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A Scottish hairdresser who never met a kitschy trend he didn't like comes to Los Angeles to enter a styling competition and wins over a jaded town of raging egotists with the ebullience of his Scottish kitschiness in ''The Big Tease.''
In the loud and proud tradition of ''Waiting for Guffman,'' the basic comedic ingredient here is campy tee-heeing that says gay stereotypes are so unfashionable, they're hip. But this mild amusement is closer to ''Happy, Texas'' -- long on hectic twinkle and short on hilarity. It's more a sampling of previous crowd-pleasers (here a whiff of ''The Full Monty,'' there a rip-off of ''This Is Spinal Tap'') than a fashion statement all its own.
Craig Ferguson, the high-energy boss on ''The Drew Carey Show,'' cowrote and stars as Crawford Mackenzie, and there's nothing new in his take on lovable outsiderness: Everyone in Mackenzie's daft Glasgow neighborhood loves and accepts him, especially Mum, and when he lands in L.A., trailed by a hapless TV-documentary producer (played by Brit comedy writer-performer Chris Langham), that blithe self-confidence should be contrasting with the airs and foibles of California showbiz.
But the L.A. of Ferguson and director Kevin Allen (''Twin Town'') is generic; only Frances Fisher, as publicist Candy Harper, is specific, and that's why Fisher's dead-on performance is worth the whole shampoo. Fisher flits and snaps as a PR flack whose brittleness extends to her hairdo, and she's a riot not because she plays it broad, but because she plays it more real than anyone else in this bleached comedy.


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'A Doll's House': Far beyond simple feminism
"From below, the sound of a door slamming shut…." That unforgettable conclusion to "A Doll's House" might be the most famous stage direction in theater history (with Shakespeare's "exit, pursued by a bear" from "The Winter's Tale" a close contender).
It signals the shocking culmination of the play by Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906) that was itself a game-changer from the moment it premiered in Copenhagen just before Christmas in 1879. The door being slammed by Nora Helmer represents her escape route from the marriage that's defined her life up to that point.
Nora's notorious gesture also seemed to underscore a revolutionary declaration of the untapped potential of theater itself. Its influence has echoed across generations of artists, from George Bernard Shaw and James Joyce to Arthur Miller. Even the Beatles toyed with the idea of titling one of their later projects "A Doll's House." (It eventually became known as "The White Album.")
And the challenges Ibsen's play poses hold a special resonance for those involved in Seattle Shakespeare Company's production, which opens Friday.
"On the surface," says George Mount, the company's artistic director, "'A Doll's House' seems like a tense domestic melodrama, but Ibsen was right in the vanguard of playing with form, using the expectations of potboilers that were the rage at the time and turning them on their ear." Mount suggests that these escapist formulas provided a kind of Trojan horse for Ibsen to introduce provocative ideas and social commentary. "The play uses the stock element of blackmail, but then that gets resolved and Ibsen takes a turn."
After the danger of blackmail has passed, Nora is forced to confront the meaning of her marriage and her love for her banker husband Torvald in a terrifying new light. "The struggle has revealed a deeper problem with society as a whole," Mount adds.
Seattle Shakes is presenting the first major Seattle production of Ibsen's seminal play in a decade. (The last one was early in Bart Sher's reign at Intiman and used the streamlined adaptation by Ingmar Bergman.) For the occasion, Mount even commissioned a new translation from local writer and actor Sean Patrick Taylor, translator of the "Cyrano de Bergerac" the company performed in 2006. Russ Banham, who is directing "A Doll's House," says the collaborative process between Taylor and the cast has been creatively stimulating. Though many alternatives are of course available, "we wanted a translation that would make it seem like the action was happening today, where the audience wouldn't think, 'This is a chestnut.' And Sean did a first-rate job."
An important aspect of Ibsen's revolutionary new theater has to do with his use of natural-sounding prose dialogue and realistic situations in place of stagey conventions. (He actually began his career with a series of verse dramas: most famously, the epic "Peer Gynt.") But the prose sets up difficulties of its own for English speakers.
"Ibsen wrote in a literary dialect we now refer to as Dano-Norwegian, Norway having been a tributary of Denmark for hundreds of years," explains Taylor. "As is the case with all Scandinavian tongues, Ibsen's language, if translated word for word, strikes the modern ear as prolix." He says he wanted to avoid the extremes of being too literal and of rewriting for theatrical effect, "according to one's own idiosyncratic notion of what the playwright should have said, if only he were as hip as we are." Especially crucial for Taylor was finding a way to maintain the right pacing, to give the play "a headlong momentum."
It's normal for the company, which launched in 1991, to include at least one non-Shakespeare classic in its seasonal lineup. (Last year it was an energetically paced, anti-sentimental version of Shaw's "Pygmalion.") But "A Doll's House" in particular makes demands that, in one sense, are reminiscent of those required to interpret Shakespeare for contemporary audiences. Like the Bard, Ibsen's iconic status in theater history and in academia can have a petrifying effect — as if it's more appropriate to read about his influence than actually to see him in performance. Then, too, with Ibsen there's a weighty history of layers of performance tradition that can make attempts to craft a fresh interpretation daunting.
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Blizzard improves the WoW community site (again) {WoW}
May 8th 2011 3:08AM Ow come on!!! Its not even 3d model... they just made a lot of screenshots. Blizzard go check wowhed and learn how database website should look like...
Blizzard improves the WoW community site (again) {WoW}
May 8th 2011 3:00AM Still no way of reading data from armory in standard way (XML). They added some javascript arrays but there are no useful informations in there.
For me, nothing exciting in these "new" features.
Breakfast Topic: Did you achieve your Noblegarden goals? {WoW}
May 2nd 2011 10:17AM Made about 15k in last 3 days by selling dwarf and gnome to my horde colleagues :P Only thing i regret, i didnt leveled that dwarf first day of event :)
WoW Moviewatch: Warcraft Wisdom {WoW}
Apr 28th 2011 2:40PM you are not paying for friends and memories but for tool to make them. And man this video was great!!!
The Queue: I don't want to go outside anymore {WoW}
Jan 18th 2011 12:40PM they are also in blasted lands, at south they have some quests about curing that area. There is one mad worgen shaman or something. You should check that out
The Light and How to Swing It: Fresh patch 4.0.6 PTR notes for holy paladins {WoW}
Jan 16th 2011 6:24PM i dont see myself using rebuke since it cost so much mana... also not happy about poti nerf.
Breakfast Topic: What features from other games would be fun in WoW? {WoW}
Sep 22nd 2010 8:31AM I must post this, since you came with mario ;)
The Light and How to Swing It: How to keybind your holy paladin {WoW}
Jun 20th 2010 7:30PM I'm one of those pallys that use only 3 maybe 4 buttons.
this on 'E'
/cast [mod:shift] Beacon of Light
/cast [mod:alt, @targettarget] Judgement of Light
/cast [mod:ctrl, @targettarget] Judgement of Wisdom
/cast [nomod] Cleanse
this on 'Q'
/cast [mod:shift] Holy Shock
/cast [mod:alt, @player] Flash of Light
/cast [mod:ctrl] Divine Favor
/cast [nomod] Flash of Light
and holy light on '2'
other than that, i have somewhere shield, not sure about nuber gut i guess '5' (muscle memory :P)
anything else, i click, like hop - middle mouse button on grid, hos - right mouse button etc. also have plea, trinkets, wings, torrent and such things on one place so i can click them manualy :P
Breakfast Topic: 8,785,350 {WoW}
Jun 14th 2010 9:21AM Figure mine out...
Largest heal cast: 1 568 812 (http://eu.wowarmory.com/character-statistics.xml?r=Drak'thul&cn=Geminy)
Not sure about this, but i'm 90% sure i have never died to saurfang's mark
Breakfast Topic: Game over man! Game over! {WoW}
Mar 29th 2010 8:59AM MusedMoose touched it slightly...
they CANNOT make any other game from warcraft universe unless wow ends somehow.
wow must ends and there will be some other game that takes over the war universe. it would be strange to play wow with one story and other game with other story... :P


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The Cougars wasted no time as they put a four spot on the board in their first turn at the dish. Ethan Davis plated the first run of the day with a groundout. Keith Buckhault followed with a two-run double and then came around to score on a passed ball for a quick 4-0 lead.
Gordon got a run back in the bottom the first on an RBI double from Aaron Mizzell and added another in the bottom of the second on a single from Devin Bonin. The Cougars added a run in the second on a sacrifice fly from Evan Speicher and then added three more in the third on two errors, a two-run double by Zach Janes and an RBI single from J.D. Cowart to push the lead to 8-2.
Cleveland State then put the game completely out of reach with a six-run outburst in the top of the fourth. DeAndre Allen started the rally with a double and eventually scored on a wild pitch. Two Highlander miscues, a pair of plunked batters, a two-run double by Davis and RBIs from Cowart and Allen completed the rally and pushed he Cougar lead to 14-2.
Randall Coley joined the Cougar hit parade in the fifth with an RBI and then singled in another run in the seventh to cap off the impressive offensive output. Jordan Dyer singled in a run for the home team in the seventh, but it was too little to late as the Cougars stopped the rally and picked up the win.
Tyler Kilgore got the win for the Cougars (9-4) while Derek Chandler, Jeb Scoggins and Andre Wilson all pitched in relief. Dylan Peppers suffered the loss for Gordon College.


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Brevard County High School Computer Technician Sentenced To More Than 12 Years On Federal Child Pornography Charges
Orlando, Florida - U.S. Attorney Robert E. O'Neill announces that U.S. District Judge Roy B. Dalton, Jr. sentenced Steven Waring (33, Cocoa) to 150 months in federal prison for distribution and possession of child pornography, followed by a 15-year term of supervised release. The court also ordered Waring to forfeit his computer equipment and to register as a sex offender. He pled guilty on November 2, 2011.
According to court documents, Waring was employed by the Brevard County School Board as a Computer Technician Specialist at Space Coast Junior/Senior High School when he was found to be in possession of child pornography. Waring also made his collection of child pornography directly available for others to download from his "IP" (Internet Protocol) address and shared directory. Law enforcement officers conducted a forensic examination of Waring's home computer and found 704 movies depicting child pornography involving prepubescent children.
This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse. Led by the United States Attorneys' Offices and the Criminal Division's Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state, and local resources to locate, apprehend, and prosecute individuals who sexually exploit children, and to identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit www.usdoj.gov/psc for more information about internet safety education, please visit www.usdoj.gov/psc and click on the tab "resources."
This case was investigated by the Child Exploitation Task Force for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Homeland Security Investigations (ICE HSI). It was also a part of Operation Safe Summer. It was prosecuted by Special Assistant United States Attorney Myrna Amelia Mesa.


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Where Are All the Plus-Size Male Models? Bring on the Meat
Posted On Wednesday, November 16, 2011 By Accidental Bear. Under Beard, Fashion Tags: bear, Male Models, Models, plus size
In search of plus size male models. New York Magazine writer Amy Odel touches base with the subject of plus size male models not receiving the same treatment as plus size female models. It is a subject dear to my heart because ...
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Prps Goods & Co. Fall/Winter 2011 Lookbook: Glorious & Manly from Head to Toe
Posted On Thursday, August 11, 2011 By Accidental Bear. Under Beard, Fashion Tags: Arts, Business, design, fashion, MEN, Models, People, Prps Goods & Co. Fall/Winter 2011 Lookbook, United States
Scanning through men's fashion blog today you might end up being converted to having a fetish for shaggy homeless men. The male models in a large percent of campaigns for Fall/ Winter 2012 are beastly handsome with manes of luscious ...
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A Cleveland Police Department drug and alcohol policy has been changed to allow for lighter punishments when there are "mitigating circumstances."
The change comes as the Council looks for its role in the dismissal of veteran officer Lt. Steve Tyson.
The motion to change the policy was made Monday by At-Large Councilman Richard Banks. The motion, which also allows 90 days for staff to bring a revised copy of the citywide policy to the Council, passed unanimously.
Councilman Dale Hughes was absent.
The Council will review changes to the citywide drug and alcohol policy at a later date.
City Council members also passed a motion that if Tyson would release the city "from any and all liability," he should be allowed to return to his position.
Banks said the drug test and medical information released by the department regarding the case could create a liability issue.
Emotions ran high as family and friends spoke at the standing-room-only meeting on behalf of Tyson.
According to their information, Tyson was placed on administrative leave after failing a random drug test. Tyson had reportedly taken a prescription pain killer prescribed for his son the night before to ease pain from kidney stones.
"Describing this as use of illegal drugs is misleading at best, and potentially deception with intent to harm," Cleveland resident Larry Byrd said.
Following the failed drug test, an internal investigation was held and Tyson was alleged to have violated three drug-use policies.
According to published reports these included "Alcohol, Narcotics and Drugs, Subsection 4 (Use of Prescribed or OTC Drugs while on Duty or During Training), Policy 5-A Alcohol, Narcotics and Drugs, Subsection 6 (Reporting for Duty or on Duty While Intoxicated) and Policy 5-II Unlawful Conduct Offenses, Subsection 1 (Commission of Misdemeanor)."
Violations of these policies would result in termination, as the police department has a zero-tolerance policy, said Janice Casteel, city manager.
Cleveland Mayor Tom Rowland said there did not seem to be any indication Tyson was intoxicated when he came to work that morning.
Supporters spoke of Tyson's integrity and asked the Cleveland City Council to do something to have him reinstated with the Cleveland Police Department.
"Steve has always been consistent, fair and impartial in his professional life, always upholding the law. Throughout his life, he has earned honor and respect from his family, friends, colleagues and peers. He is a man in whom many place their trust and confidence," Byrd said. "Steve is a true pillar of the community. … We come before you to ask to help rectify an extreme wrong that Steve has suffered."
Laney Nelson of Chattanooga read a statement written by Jill Tyson, her mother and Steve Tyson's wife, who was unable to attend. The letter stated Steve Tyson had issues off and on with kidney stones.
"We don't usually have strong pain medicine at the house, but we had some pills in the cabinet from our son's accident a few weeks before. He took one pill and walked around, so that the pain would subside. The next morning Steve felt great and went to work," Jill Tyson stated in the letter.
The statement went on to generally describe the work Steve Tyson did that day, noting no one he worked with had expressed concern.
"For some reason the chief decided to launch a full investigation before he talked to Steve," Jill Tyson said in the statement.
A police officer who worked with Tyson that day told the Council that in his opinion Tyson was not impaired in any way when he reported for work.
CPD Chief David Bishop said he could not comment on the issue because of the pending hearing.
Banks and Council member David May said they had received more phone calls on this issue than anything else that had been considered since they began serving on the Council.
Cleveland resident Daniel Brantley said there were a number of unanswered questions surrounding the issue.
Tyson had been with CPD for 27 years, a fact supporters and later Council members felt should have been considered during the investigation.
"It is not lawful for someone to take someone else's prescription," city attorney John Kimball said.
City police policy does allow for staff or police officers who go to their supervisor admitting they have a drug or alcohol problem, and ask for help with rehabilitation to maintain their jobs, Casteel said.
Rowland said based on the testimonies heard that this would not apply in this case, because it was evident Tyson did not have an addiction.
Rowland had opened the meeting by stating the Council "did not have any authority over personnel matters." The Council can, however, make inquiries about personnel matters to the city manager.
The city manager has the final decision when it comes to hiring and firing, but the Council can make changes to policy.
The Council addressed the issue as being a matter of policy. Yet, Banks admits that specific situations cannot be named in policy.
"Laws and offenses always have to be interpreted with the existing facts, and I think the Council in a unanimous vote today looked at the facts of this case and made the right decision," Banks said.
"We are interpreting this situation as mitigating; we are giving consideration to something that mitigates this whole situation," District 2 Councilman Bill Estes said. "We are just interpreting policy."
Banks said the Council was not interpreting policy as much as it was "setting policy."
Tyson was set to appeal his dismissal during a hearing Friday. At that hearing, Tyson would have had the opportunity to bring witnesses to speak. If Tyson waives the liability and is reinstated based on the Council's motion, there would be no need for the hearing.
As part of its investigation, CPD also sent information to the District Attorney's Office for review and a decision on whether criminal charges would be pursued.


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Bought this b/c I am a sucker for the idea of ginger scented lip balms. This is a collection from Bonne Bell Lip Smackers that apparently deals with a Disney character that I am not familiar with. The packaging is all very kiddy.
That aside, the gloss smells so good. It reminds me almost of carrot cake. Some vanilla and spice in there. Very yummy. It doesn't taste very good though, sort of chemically actually which isn't good, especially since it is so thin that it has the tendency to seep into your mouth. Goes on clear with some shimmer.
The only thing it really has going on for it is the smell... everything else is ehhhh. I wish they would made this scent into a solid lip smacker instead of this thin greasy feeling gloss.


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Via Orlando Magic press release:
The Orlando Magic will open the 2012 preseason in Mexico City, Mexico on Sunday, October 7 against New Orleans. Orlando then hosts its first preseason game on Thursday, October 11 vs. Philadelphia. Tip-off is 7 p.m.
The Magic will play a total of eight preseason games, including four at Amway Center. The other three games are Friday, October 19 vs. Indiana, Sunday, October 21 vs. San Antonio and Friday, October 26 vs. Houston.
Orlando Magic season tickets, partial plans, group and single-game Amway Center suite rental opportunities are on sale now. Ticket highlights for the 2012-13 season in the Amway Center, named SportsBusiness Journal's 2012 Sports Facility of the Year, include: 2,500 seats priced $20 or less, 8,000 seats priced $40 or less and 10,000 seats priced $50 or under. A limited number of season tickets are available through the Orlando Magic by calling 407-89-MAGIC or visiting orlandomagic.com.
Orlando opens training camp on October 1 at the Amway Center. The Magic's complete schedule is available through their official website: orlandomagic.com. All local telecasts will be available in high definition on FOX Sports Florida. Orlando opens its regular season on Friday, November 2 at home against Denver (7 p.m.).
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Olympic rings tattoo photos: Not everyone's as hip as Missy Franklin
After winning Olympic gold, hometown hero Missy Franklin got an Olympic rings tattoo on her hip -- but that's hardly the only spot fellow Olympians have chosen to ink up. There are also rings on backs, arms, feet and near enough to the pubic region to give you a mighty good view of some Olympic-size packages the average Speedo barely covers. Play "Spot the Rings" in our gallery below.Big pics below.
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Hey everybody! I had a rough time this past year or so with my old job (workplace bullies suck) and my health (autoimmune disorders suck), but I'm doing much better now and I have time and energy to care for and enjoy my plants once again. Yay! We visited some friends this evening and I had too much caffeine, so I'm wide awake in the middle of the night- perfect time to babble on about Hoyas to you guys! Miraculously, most everthing survived. Here is a list of my current Hoyas, plus the ones I just ordered from Joni since she's phasing out her plants. *=just ordered I made a spreadsheet with all the plants and their origins and growing conditions. I used the info from the 2011 Liddle Catalog, srqhoyas.com, and hoyor.net. I'm still missing some info and I've forgotten what other sites there are. Suggestions are welcome. It is good to be back. :-) |
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Welcome back! It's nice to be reading your posts again, and I'm really glad you're feeling better. :) I have to admit I was feeling motivated to snap up some of Joni's remaining potted plants, myself. But more on that in another thread as I don't want to take over yours. ;) |
Welcome back! That is quite an impressive list of hoyas, all shapes, sizes and bloom colors. That spreadsheet must have taken some time! ~ Mary |
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I am not one to post here often, but have read your threads and post's and it's so nice to see you back. I wish you well and a full recovery at this time.:-) Mike |
Welcome back, TigerDawn! It's good to see you here again! You've amassed quite the collection and congrats on the new plants. :-). I must admit, you're more organized than I about my plants. Happy New Year! Brad AKA Moonwolf |
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Crosscut writers' guide to 2012 election reading
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State Measures:
Initiative Measure No. 1185
What the state voters' guide says: Concerns tax and fee increases imposed by state government. This measure would restate existing statutory requirements that legislative actions raising taxes must be approved by two-thirds legislative majorities or receive voter approval, and that new or increased fees require majority legislative approval.
Initiative Measure No. 1240
What the state voters' guide says: Concerns creation of a public charter school system. This measure would authorize up to forty publicly-funded charter schools open to all students, operated through approved, nonreligious, nonprofit organizations, with government oversight; and modify certain laws applicable to them as public schools.
"Oregon's example: Charter schools 'part of fabric' of education system," (Debbie Cafazzo, The News Tribune)
Alison Krupnick: "Some of the most balanced and nuanced reporting on charter schools has come from the Tacoma News Tribune. Are charter schools an important tool that should be added to our state's educational toolbox or a distraction from the need for widespread improvements to the system?"
"Initiative 1240: Charting a new course in Washington?" (Debbie Cafazzo, The News Tribune)
Joe Copeland: "An excellent, balanced exploration of varying perspectives on the proposal for charter schools in the state by The News Tribune's education reporter. There's good insight into the thinking of Tacoma leaders on both sides of the issue."
"Charter schools," (Education Week)
Joe Copeland: The national education publication has a quick but fairly comprehensive background article on the national research and debate about charter schools, which is occasionally updated (most recently in 2011, however). It outlines the main areas of contention about charters' performance and value.
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1st May, 1929
My dear Prime Minister,
During last weekend I made a very careful draft of what I felt it would be expedient to say at the Plenary Session of the Consultative Economic Committee. I then cabled, giving you an indication of the line which I proposed to take, and also asking for certain information as to the views of the Commonwealth Government in regard to the International Institute of Business Management and also as to whether the Commonwealth Government intended to sign the International Conventions on import and export prohibitions and also on hides and skins, etc. I feel that this cable should probably have been sent a few days earlier as it has not given you very much time in which to answer.
With regard to the line which I propose to take at Geneva, I am enclosing a copy of my suggested speech. Yesterday I saw Sir Sydney Chapman [1], who is, as you are of course aware, the British representative on the Economic Committee of the League and who also attends the Economic Consultative Committee. I asked him to look through the draft of my suggestions and when he had done so, he told me that he thought that the line of country indicated was very well worth while taking and he strongly supported my doing so. I have also shewn the draft to Sir David Chadwick [2] and to J. R. Collins [3], both of whom definitely approve.
I feel fairly confident that you will regard the text of my suggested speech as being in close harmony with the Commonwealth Government policy for, although I do not attend the Economic Consultative Committee as a representative of the Commonwealth Government, yet at the same time it is obviously desirable for me only to express views which are sound from a Government policy point of view. If, after you have received my report on the work at Geneva, you definitely approve the line which I am adopting, I think it would be a very good thing if you were to decide that Australia should take a lead at the General Assembly in September to try to get the Assembly's general approval. I feel fairly sure that we could get a pretty solid British Empire attitude along these lines. At this meeting at Geneva I shall have the opportunity of consultations with Sir Atul Chatterjee [4] (of India), with the Canadian representative [5], whoever he may be, and of course with the British Delegation. [6] I shall also be able to ascertain how far Sir Arthur Salter [7] and the Secretariat would support this point of view. As far as the British are concerned, my line of country will probably irritate W. T. Layton but no one else.
I have received from the High Commissioner [8] copies of two cables referring to the Overseas Mechanical Transport Committee.
These cables direct that I should represent Australia at the Conference which is to be held to determine the allocation of funds and to discuss the programme. The cables further instruct me to consult Collins, presumably on the question of reasonable allocation, and the second cable states that I am authorised to promise an Australian contribution not to exceed 1200 spread over 5 years. I feel sure that there must be some error as regards this sum. I have been in correspondence with Gepp [9] about this subject for months and have received from him a personal indication that Australia would be prepared to contribute a sum in the neighbourhood of 10,000 spread over 5 years.
On the 26th July 1928 [10] I wrote to you expressing the view that Australia would probably have to contribute somewhere about a sixth of the 60,000. I therefore feel that the figure 1,200 in the cable should probably read 12,000. I am arranging for a cable to be sent to discover whether this is the case. 1,200 would only represent about 2% and having regard to the very great extent to which the whole subject interests Australia, I feel sure that the Commonwealth Government is not proposing such a meagre contribution.
I enclose a recent cartoon by Low from the 'Evening Standard' which seemed so much to the point that I felt sure you would like to see it.
On Monday morning I received rather a severe shock. As you know I had been negotiating with Theiler on behalf of the C.S.I.R. for the last three months. Theiler has raised a good number of difficulties about going to Australia but he assured me that, provided his health was right and the difficulties were overcome, he would willingly undertake the trip. Some months ago I induced Dr. Orr [13] to go to Basle with me for a consultation with Sir Arnold and both Orr and I felt at the end of the discussions that it was quite clear that Theiler was going to undertake the work.
Certain other small difficulties arose just before Easter so I took the opportunity of again visiting Sir Arnold at Basle and once again left feeling that all the troubles had been cleared up.
About a fortnight ago, Theiler wrote to the effect that he would have to make the provision of a thoroughly trained Biochemist as his personal assistant a definite condition of his accepting the responsibility. I at once communicated with Orr who, in a most self-sacrificing way, immediately promised Theiler to make any member of the Biochemist staff at the Rowett Institute, who would suit Theiler, available for the purpose. Theiler then informed me by wire that he was satisfied and asked me to book the passage. I received this wire last Thursday and then, on Monday, Theiler wrote to say that he had had a final consultation with his Doctors, who forbade him to go on the ground of his general health.
I cannot avoid feeling that Theiler has been very reluctant and has not treated us quite fairly in this matter. I am afraid that Julius and Rivett [14] will be horribly disappointed.
So far as I can see what we must now do is to make some arrangement whereby Orr can be appointed as consultant to C.S.I.R.
on Animal Husbandry questions and arrange for him to visit Australia a couple of times during the next 5 years. If we could arrange to get Orr to Australia next year for six months, I feel sure that he could initiate a large portion of the work for which we were relying upon Theiler.
On Monday night the Empire Marketing Board entertained Duckham [15] , Hugo Hirst [16] and Malcolm [17] together with the two Secretaries-Archer and Henderson [18]-to dinner. The purpose of the dinner was to have a business discussion with the members of the Mission. Amery [19] was in the Chair, Ormsby-Gore [20], Elliot [21] and Lord Stradbroke [22] were also present and most of the members of the Board, with the unfortunate exception of Jimmie Thomas. [23]
At the conclusion of the dinner, Duckham and Hirst both spoke briefly and quite well but Malcolm made rather too long a speech.
We then adjourned to another room for the business discussion, and Duckham opened up with the subject of Marketing with a suggestion that arrangements should be made, whereby a combination of large firms in Great Britain should be encouraged by the Government to make long term contracts with Dominion producers of butter, dried fruit and other commodities. Duckham said that the Mission had not jointly discussed this proposal but he was just putting it forward as a basis of discussion. Unfortunately it immediately became clear that Duckham had really not given the matter any careful thought because, as soon as various people started to ask him questions, he said first that it might well be worth the Government's while to give a combination of firms a guarantee against loss and then contradicted this by saying that under no circumstances should a subsidy by given.
Amery, who was in the Chair, did not take any firm hold on the meeting but simply delivered a lecture on the immense superiority of the tariff preference method of dealing with food over any other. The discussion then became very desultory and everybody felt it to be quite unsatisfactory.
It was a great pity that Duckham had not discussed the matter with the other members of the Mission or at least prepared his own mind much more thoroughly before he advanced the idea.
In my last letter I mentioned that I had been asked to write about Baldwin's [24] proposals to assist Colonial Development through the British Exchequer bearing the interest charges on developmental loans. I am enclosing a copy of the article. If you have time to read it, you will see that, after pointing out the advantages to Great Britain of such a policy, I asked why the proposal should be limited to the Colonies. I pointed out that if Baldwin's main intention was to help the British export trade, the extension of the scheme to some of the Dominions, and especially to Australia and New Zealand, would secure more marked results than in the case of any group of Colonies save possibly the West African group.
Amery used my Nigeria v. Roumania argument in the House of Commons yesterday. [25]
Since I last wrote, I have had a very interesting talk with Tom Johnston [26] about the forthcoming Election and the attitude of the Labour Party on Empire questions. Johnston told me that he regarded the most outstanding political change that has occurred during the last five years as being the attitude of the Labour Party towards the British Empire. He told me that he had recently issued a statement on the success of Nationalisation in which practically the whole of the examples were taken from Empire sources.
I asked Johnston to send me some copies of his pamphlet, a copy of which I am enclosing, as I think it may amuse you. I do not imagine that you would like this pamphlet circulated in Australia for quite a number of reasons, including the fact that he has described you as the 'Australian Tory Premier'-incidentally getting your initials wrong. Johnston told me that his main purpose in writing this pamphlet was because he felt sure that the result would be that Labour candidates throughout the country would find the information in it very useful and would thus be forced to talk and think about the Dominions.
I asked Johnston whether, in the event of Labour forming a Government after the Election, he anticipated being offered a post in the Government. He said that, as he was a member of the Labour Front Bench and had, at each Party Election to the Executive come fourth or fifth on the list, he thought that MacDonald [27] would certainly offer him a post. He went on to say that if he had any choice in the matter, he would try to get one of the offices connected either with the Dominions or the Colonies. There is no doubt that it would be an interesting experience to have Johnston as a Minister but he would need to exercise a great deal of restraint in order to prove a success. [28] However, all electoral matters will be settled by the time this letter reaches you.
I have just received a correction of the cablegram from the Prime Minister's Department in regard to Australia's financial contribution to the Mechanical Transport Investigations. This correction shows that I was right in assuming that 12,000 was intended and not 1,200. I am sorry that I incurred the expense of sending a brief cable as I might have relied upon a repeat clearing up the situation.
Yours sincerely, F. L. MCDOUGALL


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Latest Evidence News
"Mr. Brown's "Grace," however, is on another level ..."Grace" leads the Ailey dancers to heaven anyway, and they might as well pull us with them even more irresistibly."
The New York Times, December 12, 2012
"How, time after time in his work, does he get away with such a spiritual infusion? ... Mr. Brown must be a modern-dance savior."
The New York Times, July 10, 2012
"…the passions and pulsations that animate his choreography ring with power and expressivity."
"The drumming, the folks songs and the poetry-reciting tracks that provide the work with its colorful rhythms and atmosphere make the "one destination" described in the notes for "Ife/My Heart" a place where the dancing bodies are both grounded and in the clouds. Mr. Brown's impressive career has taken him to a similar place." Robert Greskovic, The Wall Street Journal, February 10, 2011
"It is in such a moment that Mr. Brown shows his ability to transcend religious beliefs to achieve something more universally and poetically spiritual." Gia Kourlas, The New York Times, February 10, 2011
"There is the joy of the ensemble moving in concert – as a tribe, a people – and the more ephemeral pleasure of abundant evocative details setting off fireworks of association." Apollinaire Scherr, Financial Times, February 11, 2011
"These ravishing creations, danced exuberantly and tirelessly, portray the African Diaspora under a corona of hope and splendor." John Fidler, Reading Eagle, February 18, 2011
"If there is any company working today whose dancers pack a more sophisticated and vibrant kinetic punch than those of Ronald K. Brown/Evidence, I can't think of it." Claudia La Rocco, New York Times, December 19, 2010
"The dancing is undeniably powerful; it sweeps you up in its physical tumult and strong emotions. There is nothing cool and restrained about Brown's works…" Sarah Kaufman, Washington Post, May 3, 2010
"Brown is one of the strongest, sweetest synthesizers of African and American-style concert dance on the contemporary circuit." Ann Murphy, Contra Costa Times, January 25, 2010
"Choreographer Ronald K. Brown creates dances so kinetically irresistible that it's hard not to squirm in your seat, to nod the chin and cock the shoulders up and down, tapping along to the beat." Karen Campbell, The Boston Globe, October 19, 2009
"To the accompaniment of the fantastic Guinean drummer Mohammed Camara, they went from one phrase to another in a constant stream of invention…." Marcia B. Siegel, The Phoenix, October 21, 2009
"The program included Evidence, a Dance Company. I have never admired this troupe more..." -- Alistair Macauley, The New York Times, May 24, 2009.
"…magnificently textured style, which shifts from earthy, raw-powered movement to jumps that send dancers sailing into the air like spirits." -- Gia Kourlas, The New York Times, February 16, 2008.
"An ingenious mix of rhythmic, African traditions and loose-jointed clubbing, Brown's swinging choreography makes viewers feel like dancing…Watching them is a sheer delight." -- Robert Johnson, The New Jersey Star Ledger, February 9, 2006.
"Lots of news releases yammer on about fusion, but the choreographer Ronald K. Brown is the real deal exploring dance idioms from across the African Diaspora, mixing Cuban, Caribbean, West African and modern American dance forms with an impressively light touch. The result Percussive, high energy works that joyously splice complex rhythms with a deep but down to earth spirituality." -- Claudia LaRocco, The New York Times, February 3, 2006.
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[European Circuit] Battle for the Wall in Madrid, 16th-17th March 2013
Posted 22 December 2012 - 09:19 AM
Posted 27 December 2012 - 12:30 PM
Just a little remark.
The Staff wants to make clear that Battle for the Wall 2013 is a completely different tournament from the one programmed for the same dates in a different city of Spain. The organizer of the other tournament - from outside of the organization team of Battle for the Wall- has considered (with all rights, of course) that his tournament should be in the very same dates.
We do not want any dispute or controversy. We consider that the choice of our dates, as you can see in our website, obeys to lots of different factors; some of them of international nature are related to the schedule programmed for a European A Game of Thrones Tournament Circuit, starting with Battle for the Wall in Madrid and continuing in Milano in May, with future projects in France and Poland and that ends in the European Championship in Stahleck, in November. We are counting for our tournament with the confirmed participation of several groups of players from different European countries like France, Italy, Germany or Portugal.
With the excellent start that was our first edition last September -with a fantastic number of players (86!) and, moreover, with the great satisfaction expressed by all the players that honored us with their trust- we launch this second edition of Battle for the Wall tournament with the same optimism, eagerness and hopes present in the very start of this road, and with the guarantee of a well done job. We do not have the intention of competing or attacking any other tournament, whatever this tournament is, that is realized in the very same dates- but at a local level-, as this seems to be the case.
More information in www.juegodetronos.com/batallaporelmuro
The Staff.
Posted 28 December 2012 - 09:50 PM
Cannot wait to see if the first edtition matched in quality with the second! And if it does, it's going to be a great event
Posted 08 January 2013 - 12:06 PM
Posted 14 January 2013 - 12:04 PM
Greetings from the cold North, where we are preparing Battle for the Wall 2013!
We have some fresh news and some important changes in the event, especially related with its definitive location.
The place we had reserved, in the center of Madrid with all the benefits we already told in the website, will be not available for the tournament. Due to reasons strictly unrelated to the organization of Battle for the Wall 2013, we won't be able to celebrate there the event. The owner of the establishment, without previous notice to his employees nor the clients that already had a reservation, has decided to close and dispose of his commerce, with our reservation being then cancelled.
Of course, we had an alternative prepared just in case. Battle for the Wall 2013 will take place in the same venue where the first edition was celebrated last September. It will take place in the Civic Center Sector 3 of Getafe (more info in the Section "Location"). We strongly ask for your comprehension and we apologize for any inconveniences this setback could cause. Along with this new info we are offering different options of accommodation, as close and cheap as possible, to make easier the trip of those adventurous participants from outside Madrid.
On other hand, and as the definitive location is no longer a private one, but it will be freely given by the generous Getafe Council, we will go back to the initial application fee of 20 euros instead of 25 as we where currently asking. (See changes in the Section "Registration").
We insist on apologizing for this uncomfortable setback that, on other hand, is completely unrelated to the organization. This mishap has caused us many problems, as you all can imagine, and that's why we are asking for your comprehension. And of course, we are not going to let this change darken this second edition of Battle for the Wall. And to achieve this success we are working as much as we can!
We also start with the Prizes section, with lots of exciting news!:
-More info about the new House Cards designed by Nacho Molina
-Prizes and tournaments for thematically based decks, do not miss the new Battle for the Wall 2013 Challenges!
-We reveal a little more about the rewards given to the participants of the European Circuit that register at Battle for the Wall 2013
-Rewards for last year's winners! The glorious champions of Battle for the Wall 0213 and Stahleck 2013 will obtain a "bye" and some other more than interesting advantages.
Don't forget to see as well the European Circuit section, where we explain what this exciting pilot project is about.
And this is only the beginning. January is going to be a month full of news!
The Staff.
Posted 16 January 2013 - 09:56 PM
Well, we're getting really serious about the tournament now…
These days we've been announcing lots of news about prizes, gifts, giveaways…etc. Everything really cool, but that's only words. Up to now!
Here you have the first sweet of many others to come, the first preview of the pin-ups by Nacho Molina, that are still work in progress. Sansa Stark, a little grown up, full of innocence and sweetness, looking for her blue prince to "roleplay" Ser Florian and Jonqil.
And you'd say… I can't see a thing! That's a little bit the idea, each preview (and we'll have one per day) we'll keep going down the image a little bit to get to the definitive full format that the AGoT card will finally have. So there's only left to have a little patience and keep the days going for your look to get a little bit further down beyond that angelical face of northerner wolf.
Posted 17 January 2013 - 01:17 AM
Looking forward to her Florian…
See you ir March, in the battlefield!!!
Posted 24 January 2013 - 02:40 AM
Just a quick reminder that there is only a week able to register on Battle for the Wall with the reduced prize of 20 euros. Starting from February 1st the prize for the application fee will be 25 euros.
Don't leave it for the very end! Take advantage of the discount while you can!
Posted 29 January 2013 - 11:51 AM
Awesome last days at reduced prize… Almost 20 applications received in 2 days! Thank you so much guys!
And you are going to be left out? Don't miss the deadline, only two days left!
See you in the battlefield!
Posted 05 February 2013 - 09:53 AM
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Tenacious, sly, vengeful. Those are the adjectives that come into mind when we think of the character of the people of Dorne. The dryness of their deserts, their hot food, their sweet wines and the historical development of their kingdom make of them people of peculiar idiosyncrasy, with a character surly and patient at one time, with spirit of revenge: nor Dorne, nor it's governing family, seated in Sunspear, has forgotten their past, the blood spilled of their family, nor their alliance with the Targaryens.
To speak about the history of this people means inevitably to speak of a development sustained by their fierce women. When the warrior queen of the Rhoynar of the eastern continent, Nymeria, came with her people to Westeros, she took one of the strongest of the Dornishmen as her husband: King Mors Martell. Combining their strength, the two managed to unite all of Dorne under their rule; House Nymeros Martell has reigned since.
They say that Dorne was the only of the Sever Kingdoms that was not taken during the invasión of Aegon the Conqueror; nor the dragons nor the fire and blood they brought with them could defeat the strength of their deserts and the fierceness of their people. It had to be through a marriage alliance that the Targaryen could finally reunite the Seven Kingdoms marrying Daeron II with Myriah Martell.
We can see that, if there is anything special in this powerful southern house, that's their women. They are far from a lady educated to have children and take care of their lord husband; to be the rest of the warrior has nothing to do with them. Heirs or bastard sand snakes, always fierce, sexual, sly, ready to defend their family and their kingdom over the other six if necessary.
And so is presented Arianne in this new illustration introduced by the talent of Nacho Molina. The contour of her figure shows us a body that only a dornish princess could have, of silky complexion and tanned skin, her hair as untamed as her headstrong character, inquisitive and sly look. In her hands she holds a thin veil than, once again, lets us only glimpse her real intentions. A woman of strong beliefs and even stronger purposes.
And with this display of charm and character she reminds us that, in Dorne, the women are the ones to decide. Are you ready to find out what she wants of you?
Arianne Martell
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Posted 03 March 2013 - 11:28 AM
Remember! The deadline of Monday 4th of March is tomorrow! The last day for registrations!


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Nazis are a classic short-cut. Put a Nazi in your game, and you've got a reason to shoot things without curling up into a morally conflicted ball and questioning whether you're a good person. So quite why MachineGames has gone to such extraordinary lengths to make this Wolfenstein revival something bigger, more thoughtful and, well, touching than that, is anyone's guess. Perhaps it cares about what it does.
The story begins during a familiar World War II. The skies are filled with bombers, and a movement tutorial takes place against a backdrop of explosions, unlikely stunts and profound bruising of the torso. And from the outset, it's obvious that Wolfenstein's scriptwriters are not just competent - they're actually really good. I felt more for my squad of multicultural heroes in the opening 90 minutes than I managed for Lara Croft's crewmates over the course of the whole game. It's so good you won't even care that a man coming around from a 14-year vegetative state can run around. We forgave Uma Thurman in Kill Bill, we can forgive a man who's virtually a cartoon.
Speaking of which, Blazkowicz steals Lara Croft's tiara as videogames' 'most battered hero'. The sheer number of blunt impacts and vivid lacerations he tolerates would test the regenerating health of the most resilient protagonist. There are times when this feels a little needless. But you don't come to Wolfenstein expecting moderation - and seeing your iconic megadude suffer gives you a little connection, in a way that Duke Nukem never managed.
Besides, The New Order is willing to address some problematic themes, and ducks predictable tropes in a way that's clever and gratifying. A conversation with a fellow guitar-playing resistance member briefly demolishes the good versus evil rhetoric that Nazi-themed videogames like to indulge in. The good guys don't have a spotless track record with human rights, he points out, in language powerful enough to make you raise an eyebrow. A scene where Blazkowicz picks up a guitar, against all odds, isn't excruciating. And praise be! The women in this story have their own tales of challenge and empowerment, and tease you with obvious plot developments that never come. It's nothing short of great.
And yet, this is still a game where you dual-wield guns, and roam through levels like a wandering cloud of muzzle flare. The weapons all handle brilliantly, and the framerate is as smooth as you'd expect from the id Tech engine. If you played RAGE, you'll recall what a buttery dream that was; Wolfenstein is the same, with better close-up textures. It doesn't score so highly in the enemy AI department, but then RAGE was truly exceptional there, and Wolfenstein is only 'very good'. Enemies run, reposition, and keep you guessing. And just enough of them stand cheerfully out of cover to give you a chance to blast them. It feels less like bad AI, and more like deliberately giving you something to shoot.
Wyatt, were you thinking?
A decision made in the first chapter will subtly change your game throughout. No plot spoilers here, but every chapter has two versions across two timelines, unlocked separately. It's a cheeky trick, really - your decision affects which exploration skill you learn. One way, you learn to pick locks, in a mini-game that's short and pleasantly annoying. The other path teaches you to hotwire certain panels. So to get 100% you'll have to play through twice. Cutscenes will also be changed to reflect your decision. It's a good reason to replay, perhaps on a more difficult setting.


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Who doesn't love reading a real life story about someone who's nailed how to make money writing?
Here's a note I just got from Frank F.:
Hey Sue, how's it going? I just wanted to give you an update and let you hear about a student's success. As you know, I made $ 2,000 my first month with your system, and then put it on pause for a couple of months until I came out here to Asia. When I started again, I had a bit of a dry spell at first, but about 3-4 months in, my income was up to $ 6,000 a month (that was in January this year). My lowest rate is now 27$ an hour – not very high, but I have to do ZERO promotion for that, so I don't ever have to spend time bidding – and keep in mind, the money goes 3 times as far out here!I also write articles for somebody else at 60$ an hour (again, with zero promotion necessary, it's a steady gig now) and the article writing has also brought me a back-end of coaching clients for 97$ an hour. What's more – the guy I'm writing for takes a big cut too, so we're really charging almost twice that for people to talk to me for an hour. And that's just the freelancing… I have a pre-launch for my own product coming up in the next couple of days as well! I was on Jeff Walker's last program and it was GOLD.You know I had really been looking for ways to make money online since 2007… heck, I even tried surveys online! Hard to believe in retrospect. But it wasn't until I found and implemented your book three years later, in late 2010, that this all started happening. Thanks again… for being the catalyst, and getting the cash rolling my way – your book was the first stone in a long line of dominoes so to speak.
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We have 3/4" hardwood floors throughout, and therefore have 3/4" allowed for tile in the bathroom if we want the floors to be a continuous height. My question has a few facets:
1) We would really like a terra-cotta (style) tile of 6" size or smaller, but have found only those that are nearly 7/8" in height. With backer board and/or other substrate material, a 3/8" terra-cotta would be much better... is there such a thing?
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If you haven't, you need to talk to your tile guy first. What's the substrate going to be? Folks tend to step over thresholds, not on them. I just installed a marble floor in a bathroom and had to beef up and level the floor first (ply, cement board, leveler, etc.). The difference in finished floor height was about 1". I had a 4" x 1 1/4" thick threshold custom made, with a bevel on both edges (larger bevel on one side). I installed it level - no slope. Looks and feels perfect, i.e no trip hazard or any of that. |
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80 mph. That's what the speedometer reads as I toss the 2012 Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8 into the second corner of Willow Springs' so-called "big course." It's a long, sweeping right-hander that's punctuated with a late apex that catches many first-timers by surprise. The big brute turns in quickly and hangs on the race line, tossing my thigh against a bolster and slamming my kneecap into a speaker grille on the door panel.
The grip is superb, but my passenger, an engineer with Chrysler's Street and Racing Technology brand, implores me to turn in even more. I'm bewildered: there's more grip available? You cannot be serious.
He is. I crank the wheel just a little more, and with just a hint of wiggle from the rear end, the nose comes around, hooks up, and pulls towards the apex. In a run-of-the-mill sports coupe or a stereotypical supercar, this would be impressive, but when we're talking about a large SUV that tips the scales at over 5000 pounds, it's beyond impressive. It's downright incredible.
Best of Both Worlds
The idea of a Jeep performing such seemingly impossible feats on a road course isn't exactly new. After all, the original Grand Cherokee SRT8, launched in 2005, offered massive power, incredible grip, and was capable of returning some stunning numbers. When we tested it back in 2007, it blasted from 0 to 60 mph in 4.4 seconds and blitzed through the quarter-mile in 13.2 seconds at 105 mph.
But in normal use, the brute suffered. SRT engineers insist that, apart from the Dodge Viper, the original Grand Cherokee SRT8 was the purest performance machine they'd ever crafted. As a result, it compromised ride quality, passenger comfort, and overall practicality for ultimate performance.
Does the new 2012 Grand Cherokee SRT8 follow in the original's footsteps? In terms of packing a wallop and pushing the boundaries of physics: absolutely. But from the get-go, engineers sought to create a vehicle that was as usable in everyday life as it was competitive on a track.
Brash Looks, Beautiful Interior
At first glance, the new SRT8 appears to abide by the original's formula. Riding one inch lower than other Grand Cherokee models, the SRT8 model bears a wild front fascia riddled with functional air intakes, fog lamps, and LED running lights, along with deep heat extractors gouged into the hood stamping. Five-spoke, 20-inch aluminum wheels, wrapped in 295-profile performance tires, accentuate the SUV's slammed stance, as do the unique side sills. Out back, a new rear bumper design allows two exhaust tips -- each measuring four inches in diameter - to exit on either side of a dramatic valance panel. The entire package is quite dramatic -- or, as SRT brand president Ralph Gilles puts it, "absolutely delicious."
You shouldn't judge this book by its cover, though, because beneath its surface lies a surprising level of refinement. As is the case with other WK2 Grand Cherokees, the 2012 SRT8 offers a sumptuous cabin that is devoid of tacky materials, blocky surfaces, or gaping panel gaps. A leather-trimmed dashboard, center console, and door panels are bundled in an optional Luxury Group package, but all SRT models receive satin chrome and carbon fiber trim accents throughout the interior. Front bucket seats that are unique to the SRT8 incorporate hefty bolstering and are trimmed in both Nappa leather and perforated suede, and a new SRT-designed flat-bottom steering wheel incorporates small shift paddles. Buyers can opt for either a panoramic sunroof or a single-pane unit when bundled with a rear-seat DVD entertainment system.
Solid Platform, Flexible Suspension
The refinement isn't relegated to the interior. Engineers rave about how structurally superior the WK2 Grand Cherokee is over its predecessor; according to their calculations, torsional stiffness is increased 146 percent over the previous generation model.
A stiffer foundation allowed the SRT team to further play with suspension tuning - and thanks to a new adjustable damping system, you can, too. Bilstein adjustable dampers lurk at all four corners and are tied into Jeep's signature Selec-Track controller. Crank the knob to track mode, and both impact and rebound damping go to full stiffness; sport mode dials it back a notch, allowing for a little more compression. The auto position renders the ride as supple and smooth over rough surfaces as any other Grand Cherokee -- a far cry from the last model, which chipped our teeth and rattled internal organs when used as a commuter vehicle.
Beneath those large 20-inch wheels lurks an equally impressive brake system. Developed with Brembo, the front brakes make use of massive six-piston monoblock calipers along with 15-inch rotors. Out back, four-piston calipers grab hold of 14-inch rotors.


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Hi all, please view these two pictures I've uploaded of this unusual shrub/tree. The plants are common in the Whiteshell provincial park area, and these ones I photographed on the Viburnum Falls trail near Betula Lake, MB. The flowers start as these green clusters, and stay on the tree.shrub until they dry and turn into what can only be described as paper flowers, gray in colour. Using a dichromatic key provided in the Manitoba field guide only led me to Hop Hornbeam, or some type of Willow, which I don't think it is either. Also, there does not seem to be any main trunk, just many 1-3mm thick branches with the lancelot shaped leaves having soft, lambs quarter like hairs underneath. Any help? |
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Heres another view...If you zoom in to the center of the picture, you'll see the early, undried green "flowers" They smell like cut grass, are encompassed tightly at the ends of the branch. |
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many 1-3mm thick branches 1-3 cm. maybe? |
You might want to take another look at the willows. Can't really see the details but some kind of shrubby willow (Salix sp) would be my suggestion. And I don't think those are flowers, they look like galls. Pretty common on willows. WW |
Here is a link that might be useful: willow galls
They Were Galls! Thanks for the help! |
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JMP® 11 Webcasts
Working with Data: Making Hard Things Easy
If you missed the live webcast, watch this recording of JMP creator John Sall and leaders from his software development team introducing JMP 11 at Discovery Summit.
One of the joys of new versions of software is that a number of things that used to be hard all of a sudden become easy. Several steps melt into one step. Stop-and-start becomes flow. Analyses that used to have flaws are strengthened. Things that used to look ugly become more beautiful. We can resolve the violation of the Anna Karenina Principle that plagues our p-values now as well as protect us from false discoveries. We can put to use data that isn't there. We can wrap our models in elastic to control their wavering ways. We can throw curves into models. We can fill factor rooms even when they have crazy corners. There is no paradise in our field, but at least we can make things work bunches better each release.
Analytically Speaking with Brian Corcoran, Chris Gotwalt, Xan Gregg
Watch any time
How do new features make their way into JMP software? For the August installment of Analytically Speaking, we ask three JMP R&D Directors to talk about the development workflow and about how JMP 11 will improve user workflow with its many customer-inspired advances. Watch this candid conversation with Brian Corcoran, Christopher Gotwalt and Xan Gregg, and get one of the first looks at JMP 11. If you missed the live presentation Aug. 28, the recorded webcast is now available on demand.
JMP® 11 on the Blog
"JMP is my go-to tool for on-the-fly data analysis. The Graph Builder keeps getting better as I can now transform the data without leaving the platform. The vastly expanded import options for Excel spreadsheets will make every analyst smile."
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You took Coach Joe and me to Gettysburg
last summer on a day trip in July.
It was hot on the bus ride we took
overlooking battle fields, but nice
outside on the patio of a local dive,
drinking beer, the three of us.
We made fun of Jake for being a confederate,
you and I, because he picked the wrong side
and because he's a bit racist, but you
were too, I guess. The movie was good,
but the mural was better and we took
pictures by the cannons and by the hillside
where men of both sides died.
The drive down Jake talked and we,
we listened to Morrissey—I should of seen.
We asked for directions from probably
the strangest toll booth man in history,
he had to be. I loved that trip, being with
two of my favorite men—loud and strong
and fathers to me. I wish we could go back
even if Jake's a confederate and you
a sympathizer and we learn again
that America has gotten fat and slow
and lazy in the outdoors. I'd go back
in an instant if you would come with me
for old time's sake.


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Philip Graham, who published the Washington Post before his better half, Katharine, took over in the early 1960s, is credited with the aphorism, "Journalism is the first draft of history." But that first draft is never detached from the events it relates. It becomes part of our history — preserving, among other things, a sometimes priceless record of what George Orwell called "the fashionable bunk of the moment."
If there were a Pulitzer Prize for outstanding susceptibility to "fashionable bunk." it would go hands-down to Bob Woodward of the Washington Post for his four trendy (mostly non-fiction) novels about the administration of George W. Bush. But his Post colleague Thomas Ricks, author of the Iraq war classic Fiasco, would deserve an honorable mention. His latest book — The Gamble: General David Petraeus and the American Military Adventure in Iraq, 2006–2008 — is better than the typical Woodward book in several ways. First, he does not try to color his narrative with the novelist's omniscience of the inner feelings and motives of the characters, the most cloying and silly aspect of Woodward's books. Second, he usually offers some indication of where he got his information. And third, he often presents his own opinions as his own opinions, a refreshing departure from today's journalism.
Following the Woodward method, Ricks interviewed enough people that he can quote somebody saying pretty much whatever he wants said in support of his narrative, and he puts those who gave him the greatest access in the most favorable light. Ricks had surprising access to a lot of senior people. Gen. Jack Keane, one of the signal proponents of the surge, reports being surprised at how much information Ricks already had by the time of their interview.
One of the principal myths of the Iraq war rests on the tendency, which Americans have shown in all their wars, to believe that a flawlessly executed war is a reasonable thing to expect and that anything short of perfection is evidence of incompetence or malfeasance. Donald Rumsfeld and the senior military command during the 2003–06 period (mainly Gens. Dick Meyers, Peter Pace, John Abizaid, Mike Sanchez, and John Casey) are commonly criticized for stubbornly ignoring the evidence that their strategy was failing, compounding the initial error of invading with too few troops. By the end of 2006, according to such critics as General Keane, the prevailing strategy of a light footprint, targeted counter-terror operations, and gradual transition to Iraqi control was leading America toward defeat in Iraq.
With characteristic hyperbole, Ricks claims that "in the fall of 2006, Jack Keane effectively became chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff." Keane sees his role more modestly, of course, but he and the American Enterprise Institute's Fred Kagan certainly had an important part in pushing for a new strategy. The Gamble's disjointed narrative elides the fact that the National Security Council staff was already well advanced in its own review of strategy options, committed to rescuing the situation in Iraq.


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Monthly pension to surviving dependents of volunteer firemen under RCW 41.24.160 can be paid from fund established by RCW 41.24.030 only to extent necessary to maintain $100 monthly income in conjunction with any benefits such dependents may receive under Federal old-age and survivors insurance program (OASI).
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Honorable Philip SheridanProsecuting AttorneySnohomish CountyCourt HouseEverett, Washington Cite as: AGO 53-55 No. 183
Attention: !ttMr. C. P. Brownlee,
Deputy Prosecuting Attorney
Dear Sir:
By letter as previously acknowledged you have requested the opinion of this office upon a question arising under the second proviso of RCW 41.24.160, which limits in certain cases the pension allowable to a former dependent of a deceased volunteer fireman, as follows:
"What act is referred to by the words 'federal old-age retirement act?'"
It is our opinion that the words quoted from the second proviso of RCW 41.24.160 refer to Title II of the Federal Social Security Act, Title 42 U.S.C.A. §§ 401et seq., providing for old-age and survivors insurance benefits.
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RCW 41.24.160, as derived from § 2, chapter 103, Laws of 1951, was amended by § 2, chapter 253, Laws of 1953. The pension allowable to former dependents of a deceased volunteer fireman was increased from $75 per month to $100 per month, and the following proviso was added to the section:
"Provided further, That the pension herein provided shall be reduced by such amounts, during such period, as any of the beneficiaries herein named shall be eligible to receive under the provisions of the federal old-age retirement act."
The onlygeneral "old-age retirement act" on the federal statute books, so far as we know, is contained in Title II of the federal Social Security Act. The provisions are set out in Title 42, U.S.C.A., beginning with § 402, which is headed as follows:
"Old-age and survivors insurance benefit payments ‑ Old-age insurance benefits."
This program is very commonly referred to as "OASI." See RCW 41.48.020 (5) as amended by § 1, chapter 62, Laws of 1953; and RCW 41.48.060 (which also mentions "title II of the social security act"). See also RCW chapter 74.40. Since the regular occupations of volunteer firemen may be of any kind, OASI would doubtless be the federal program applicable to the great majority of them. The provisions of OASI and RCW 41.24.160 assist the same classes of dependents, and payments to them under the two programs would overlap in many cases except for the second proviso of RCW 41.24.160, quoted above.
The Washington legislature has determined, by the second proviso, that payments shall be made from the fund set up by RCW 41.24.030 only insofar as necessary to maintain the $100 monthly income to the beneficiary, taking into account any payments which may be made to the beneficiary under OASI.
The language employed in the second proviso is perhaps not the most common manner of reference to OASI, but we think that such is the reference clearly intended.
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We hope the foregoing will be of assistance to you.
Very truly yours,
DON EASTVOLDAttorney General
A. J. HUTTON, JR.Assistant Attorney General


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This is a syndicated post from The Daily Register. [Read the original article...]
By CNA/EWTN NEWS | PHILADELPHIA — Following judicial decisions ordering Pennsylvania and Oregon to recognize same-sex "marriage," critics said that such decisions damage society and ignore the rights of children.
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text: On their new album, Talkin' 'Bout Men, these Georgia sisters have one of the best tunes of their career, the crossover hit ''Men'' (''They buy you dinner/Open your door/ Other than that/What are they good for?''), which is less a feminist diatribe than four good ol' gals sounding off. But other than that, there isn't much here to recommend. The Foresters don't have the soul to handle ''You Take Me for Granted,'' the great song Leona Williams wrote for her husband, Merle Haggard. With no strong solo voice to breathe personality into the lesser tunes, they retreat into the blandness of their family blend. The Foresters are more remarkable for the novelty of their sisterhood than for their art. C+


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"One common defense of Persona is that email providers already have access to users account via password-reset emails. This is partly true, but it ignores an essential property of these emails: when a password is reset, a user will be aware of the attack then next time they try to login. Being unable to login will likely trigger a cautious user to review the details of their account or ask for an audit. Attacks against the IdP, on the other hand, are silent and are not as likely to trigger alarm bells."
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I think Persona has at least the _potential_ to be more secure, for people who own their own domains. If you are logging in as benjamin at smedbergs dot us, you can have whatever solid auth you want on that Persona interaction – 2-factor, whatever. In this scenario, your hole 3 is irrelevant – you can already impersonate yourself.
]]>It's worth noting that many frameworks do not validate SSL certificates by default. You still need to be able to intercept the traffic, though.
]]>Hosting a personal domain would solve the signing attack: I could keep my private key off of the server entirely. But it doesn't solve the .well-known attack vector at all, since all you have to do there is replace the public key.
]]>This would be precisely as much effort for the website as implementing their own email-based auth + 2nd factor auth and at least as secure.
]]>"One common defense of Persona is that email providers already have access to users account via password-reset emails. This is partly true, but it ignores an essential property of these emails: when a password is reset, a user will be aware of the attack then next time they try to login."
Except for the fact that the evidence of compromise (i.e. the emails) can be deleted/intercepted without the user being aware.
By suggesting that Persona should only be used for low value accounts, you're suggesting that Persona is a toy login system, that should not be used at all. You give the Mozilla Status Board as an example — but that isn't a low value target. A compromise could cause enormous financial harm to Mozilla (and perhaps even Google, Microsoft and others, via the share market), precisely because of the impersonation risk. Impersonation is always a risk.
Mozilla should certainly exercise extreme caution with Persona, and make sure that it is at least no worse than the average existing authentication systems used for banking (i.e. user/pass with lockouts on the front-end, and whatever it is they do on the back-end). But if they haven't done that due diligence already, the project should probably be scrapped right now — if it's unfit for high-value accounts, it's unfit for anything.
]]>I'll let Monica reply if she is willing. The snotty attitude may have put her off, though. Try not to assume too much if you want a real dialog!
]]>This is true, but it is not limited to Persona: All the authorization protocols I know about, specifically including the OAuth 2-based technologies such as OpenID Connect as used by Google, also rely on the use of key pairs and are open to exactly the same attack.
It seems irresponsible to me that you would focus your attack specifically on Persona when there's nothing Persona-specific about it.
]]>The evidence of compromise is not the potentially deleted mail but the fact that the victim can no longer log into the site because the password has been reset.
]]>Justin, for the cases I'm talking about, where we're willing to require manual password resets by administrators in the event of a forgotten password, I think that simple passwords may be better than Persona, but it would clearly be better to adopt a 2-factor auth system where Mozilla controlled at least one of the factors.


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New iOS Game Releases — Week of February 18th
Wednesday night is big game night for all of us iOS gaming nuts, and there are some cool new games launching tonight to look out for. Let's take a look at what's hitting the App Store around 11:00 PM EST. We'll post purchase links and prices as soon as they become available for the States.
Turbolab Pursuit – Price: Free
Major Magnet – Price: $0.99
Hell Yeah! Pocket Inferno – Price: $0.99
Worm Run – Price: $0.99
Year Walk – Price: $3.99
Midgard Rising – Price: Free
Backflip Madness – Price – $0.99
Bunny Hill – Price: Free
Crystal Defenders Plus – Price: Free
Fallon's Fury – Price: Free
Cyto – Price: $0.99
Color Sheep – Price: $0.99
The Gods: Rebellion – Price: $0.99
Jack the Giant Slayer – Price: Free
Grudger – Price: $2.99


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* Selden's Jason Rogers won his stock car heat and started sixth in the second A-main. But Rogers was pushed out of his line early in the race, then failed to finish after a few more laps. He was credited with 28th place.
* Travis Coop, Portis, nearly advanced to Saturday night's hobby stock main event. Coop, who accumulated enough points with solid outings the first two days, started 28th of 30 cars in Wednesday's last-chance qualifier. He worked all the way to eighth, just two spots shy of transferring in his rookie season.
* Salina's Jesse Levin made the last-chance qualifier in the Northern sport mod class but finished 11th. Only the top six transferred.
* Nick Tubbs of Colby, Jeff's younger brother, finished fourth in a stock car B-main. He was fourth in his heat. Another Colby driver, B.J. Wagoner, was 12th in the same B-main after taking fifth in his heat race. Only the top-two finishers in heat races advanced to the night's A-mains.
* Brian Knoell, Salina, and Brian Calhoon, Beloit, finished eighth and seventh in different mod heats. Corey Lagroon, Salina, was seventh in his heat. Oakley's Troy Plummer was fifth in his heat, and Jay Weigel, Stockton, was seventh in the same one. Tim Watts, Beloit, was eighth in his heat, and Jesse Richter of Great Bend just missed a spot in one of the two A-mains by finishing inches behind the second-place finisher in his heat.
The HDNews.net/racing Channel is available on YouTube, featuring in-car camera videos and much more.


text: Having your credit card stolen is inconvenient. But not only that, it can also result in you being the victim of identity theft and credit card fraud. Of course, you should make sure the credit cards in your purse or wallet are well protected in case they ever do fall into the wrong hands, but


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Who do you think looks best today? (5 photos)
The best street style from London Fashion Week: http://ow.ly/p48HS via @StyleCaster
After dating famed Spago chef Wolfgang Puck for just over four years, fashion designer Gelila Assefa says, the two felt as if they were already married. But wanting to make it official, Puck presented Assefa with a ring during a 2005 stay at the Ritz-Carlton, Laguna Niguel, in Dana Point, Calif. With a smile, Assefa admits thinking, What took him so long? Puck's defense? "I was so committed to Gelila, I didn't need a stone to confirm it!"Read MoreLess


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88 Lord Caldecote, U.K. Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs, to Sir Geoffrey Whiskard, U.K. High Commissioner in Australia
Cablegram 291 LONDON, 30 August 1940, 11.10 p.m.
Received 31 August 1940
My telegram to the Commonwealth Government of 18th August No. 298 [1] and to New Zealand Government No. 259.
It is understood that as a result of a report from the Governor of New Caledonia [2] that the population of that colony was anti- Vichy, the sloop DUMONT D'URVILLE was ordered by the Vichy Government to proceed from Papeete to New Caledonia. Reliable information has since been received that after meeting the Governor the captain of the sloop [3] has recommended to Vichy certain drastic measures, including relief of the Governor and of the Secretary-General [4] who is said to be the leader of the autonomist party, the institution of proceedings against the autonomist leaders and the development of trade with Japan and America to oust British economic influence. The situation in New Caledonia has thus been brought to a head since the Commonwealth Government's telegram of 11th August No. 426 [5], and it has become of the greatest importance that an attempt should be made at once to forestall the efforts of the Vichy Government to take drastic measures against the pro-British elements in the colony.
It seems unlikely that so long as the DUMONT D'URVILLE remains at Noumea the anti-Vichy elements in New Caledonia will be able to resist the imposition of a pro-Vichy Government. General de Gaulle [6] has [7] received communications from people of New Caledonia indicating that the great majority of the people of the colony are actively on his side though possibly the Governor and most but not all of the Administration remain pro-Vichy. Commonwealth Government telegram No. 426 also indicates that the overwhelming majority of the population is on the side of de Gaulle. As indicated in the message from de Gaulle to the French Resident Commissioner of the New Hebrides repeated to Commonwealth Government in my telegram under reference, de Gaulle proposes that latter should go to New Caledonia and de Gaulle has now asked whether one of H.M. ships could take him. If this could be arranged and the immediate return of the DUMONT D'URVILLE to Papeete could be secured, there seems reason to believe that de Gaulle elements in the colony would be encouraged to depose the Governor and declare openly against Vichy. New Caledonia falls within the limits of the Australian naval station and any naval action in these waters would therefore be a matter for the R.A.N.
The Admiralty understand that, while other ships at the disposal of the Australian Naval Board of sufficient fighting value to overawe the DUMONT D'URVILLE are engaged on other services, H.M.A.S. ADELAIDE should be available. In these circumstances we should like to suggest to the Commonwealth Government that the ADELAIDE be sent at once to the New Hebrides to embark the French Resident Commissioner, proceeding thence to Noumea with instructions to bring about as quickly as possible the return of the DUMONT D'URVILLE to Papeete. We do not contemplate that it would be desirable or necessary for H.M.A.S. ADELAIDE to use actual force against the French war vessel, certainly not at present. What we should rather hope would be that her mere presence would reinforce the determination and efforts of the anti-Vichy party and that she would support the French Resident Commissioner in giving that party desired encouragement. Result may be to enable the local population to arrange their affairs in a manner satisfactory to ourselves without need for any overt intervention by us. But this process may of course take a little time during which the ADELAIDE can stay and report developments.
If there were disturbances in the New Hebrides [sic] [8] the ADELAIDE could perhaps lend support to the extent of a landing party, basing action on unsettled conditions and necessity of protection of British interests. Having regard to the attitude already taken in regard to developments in the New Hebrides and in French Equatorial Africa and the Cameroons, we should not consider this step as likely seriously to increase the risk of war with the Vichy Government.
We should be grateful if you would explain the position at once to the Commonwealth Government and ask them to consider urgently, in the light of any reports which they may have received from Ballard [9] in New Caledonia or from the High Commissioner for the Western Pacific [10] now en route to Noumea, whether they could take action on the lines suggested.