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Interview With Amanuensis
None of us were
sure what to expect when Amanuensis agreed to be interviewed. Thisbrilliant
writer of dark erotica chose Professor Snape's quarters to beinterviewed in and
frankly I was more than a bit nervous. I mean who knew whatwe would find in
Snape's living space at the castle. Would there be a casketperhaps if the
rumors of him being a Vampire were true? Would there be whips,shackles, chains,
and other implements of both pleasure and pain?
descendedinto the dungeons at Hogwarts and I expressed my concerns to both
Simon'sFlower and Madam Minnie. Madam Minnie stopped dead in her tracks and
grabbed myarm.
itbe true?" She rubbed her hands together. "Oh please let all of
thosethings be there…And Floggers…he must have a flogger somewhere!"
We gaped ather
for a moment and followed her as she ran down the final set of steps.
Iexchanged a look with Simon's Flower and we both shook our heads knowing
MadamMinnie was going to be difficult to control.
The door
toSnape's quarters swung open and a feminine voice called out,
swallowedhard followed Simon's Flower and Madam Minnie into the Half Blood
waswaiting for us, sitting on a stool in the middle of a room lit only by
candles,and she smiled in welcome. We introduced ourselves and held on tightly
to MadamMinnie's arms so that we could keep her from hunting out Professor
grinned. "It's truly a pleasure to meet you. Your stories are darklyerotic
and Droit Du Seigneur has the perfect evil Lucius in it.
enjoywriting Lucius…he's so delightfully evil," she gave us a
mischievoussmile. "So I can sense Madam Minnie would like a tour of
Minnienodded enthusiastically and Amanuensis smiled wickedly.
it's occupied right now but perhaps if you behave I will grant youpermission to
I swear I
sawMadam Minnie blink back tears as she nodded, "Amanuesis can you
describeyourself in three words?"
me?Oh." She laughed again and we joined in.
allowedMadam Minnie to walk about the room and I saw her caressing one of
ProfessorSnape's potion bottles.
"I knowwe
ask this question a lot," I began. "We're really curiousthough—Which
Harry Potter book is your favorite?"
of the Phoenix," she responded immediately. "I loved howprogressively
darker the books got up to OotP, and OotP was not only one darkbook, it felt to
be the book that really developed Harry, not just thecharacters around
youexplain what you mean by that?" Simon's Flower asked. "I mean I
agreebut I'm interested in another person's take on the book."
the book in a state of agitation and nightmares, after Cedric's death,and he
lived in that environment through the entire year," Amanuensisbegan.
"His deepening friendship with Sirius, plus his discovery about hisfather,
created a Harry that sucked me in, every word. The death of Siriuskilled me.
Harry's rage over that and his fight to make sense of it, to find away around
it just ate me up."
Minnieand I both nodded our heads in agreement.
I both enjoyed The Half Blood Prince," Simon's Flower continued."What
were your views on that?"
feltHalf Blood Prince regressed a little—though still a dark book, it's
morefocused on plot than on character development. There's a huge amount
ofexposition in Book Six, with Harry reduced to an observer, and somehow we
lostthat angry, grieving Harry. I missed that Harry."
Minniesnagged a set of Professor Snape's robes and lifted them to her nose.
Sheinhaled deeply and I rolled my eyes.
is your favorite?" Madam Minnie asked as she wrapped the robesaround
replied. "I usually identify with the protagonist in a story; Ithink it's
my "I am the hero of my own story" attitude," shepaused before
continuing. "If I don't live my own life as if it were so,who else will do
it for me."
I sat
leanedagainst the cold stone wall and asked the question I was very interested
in asI had been having terrible writer's block.
youwrite do you have any tried and true tricks that you use to tempt
enthusiastically, "I write a lot of smut—I sort of think thatit's what I'm
known for—and I can't write smut or romance that doesn'twork for me," she
paused. "If it doesn't make my own personallust-o-meter zing, then I can't
write it or I have to change it."
grinned. "I like that term! I agree completely."
Ihave a deadline," Amanuensis said thoughtfully. "And I have to writethe
non-smutty bits, sitting down and WRITING is sometimes all there is. It'sbrute
force but it works." She paused. "Sometimes I will deliberatelyleave
things until the last minute because I am more productive that way. Whena
deadline is there, I can write more in four hours on the day before than Ican
in twenty spread out over a week, when the deadline is not sopressing."
likethat too," Simon's Flower said softly. "Sometimes I wait until
thelast minute and sometimes it's some of the best work I put out!"
Minnieand I quickly agreed and Amanuensis smiled.
"If Ican,
I prefer to write only when 'the frenzy' hits. But the frenzy is fickleand
can't be wooed; it comes when it wants. It might only come once a year andlast
the length of one story; I had the pleasure of being in 'the frenzy' foralmost
five months when Harry Potter Fanfiction first came to inspire me."
youdescribe 'the freny' for us," I asked and pulled a smoke out to light
it.Madam Minnie promptly took it from my hand and stomped it out. I glared at
herbefore Amanuensis continued.
is the feeling when you're not so much writing as channeling; the ideasseem to
form in your head full-fleshed and you're just writing as fast as youcan to get
them all down in text. It's as if the characters are dictating toyou and all
you are doing is writing down what they say and do as they tellyou, 'And then
I'd say this, and then I'd do that.' There is no feeling equalto it.
like you become the character," I said. "I get that way when Iwrite
continued. "I have to write linearly. I've tried skipping aboutand writing
out of order and it just doesn't work for me."
Ican write like that," Madam Minnie said as she put on a pair of
ProfessorSnape's shoes.
"I end
upwith bits that don't connect," Amanuensis responded. "They have to
bethrown out, that bits sounded funny but turned out not to fit because when
Iactually got to that scene the tone was too somber for the funny to
work,"she shrugged. "I also happen to find that the writing goes
likestorytelling—I have to find out what happened in each scene before I
canfind our what happened in the next, see, too see if it follows the way
Ithought it would."
workfrom an outline but I totally agree with you," I replied. "I
can'twrite out of order either. It seems to me that the story flows
morenaturally." Out of the corner of my eye I saw Madam Minnie trying to
sticka pair of Professor Snape's grey boxers into her purse. "Madam
She droppedthe
material and Simon's Flower drug her over to stand next to us. Madam Minniejust
shared a smile with Amanuensis and shrugged.
areyour favorite authors?" Madam Minnie pulled Professor Snape's
robestighter around her. "All three of us are avid readers and we're
alwaysinterested in what others are reading."
listis vast," Amanuensis said. "I like SF and Fantasy primarily. Off
thetop of my head: Tanith Lee, Harlan Ellison, Lois McMaster, Bujold, Neil
Gaiman,Sharon Shinn, Alan Moore, Anne Rice," she took a deep breath
beforecontinuing. "Orson Scott Card, Matt Wagner, Aran Ashe, Sheri Tepper,
C.S.Friedman, and Eva Ibbotson."
is one of my favorites too," Madam Minnie said. "I'm totallyaddicted
to her Vampire LeStat."
alsoa Shakespeare buff," Amanuensis said. "But Shakespeare shouldn't
beread, it should be watched."
Simon's Flower said. "I noticed J.K. Rowling wasn't on thatlist."
ina separate category," Amanuensis said. "Authors who have written
oneor two books, or single series that turned my head get their own
arethose authors?" Simon's Flower asked and her quill flew against
hernotebook as Amanuensis responded.
Jaqueline Carey, Phillip Pullman, Anne Bishop, Dianae Gabaldon,"she gasped
for air and continued. "George R.R. Martin, Diane Duane, BarryHughart,
Suzette Haden Elgin, Douglas Adams, Sylvia Louise Engdahl, JuddWink," She
grinned. "And of course J.K. Rowling." She held upher hand. "The
author whose style I think of as my old gold standard isRay Bradbury. Not
necessarily my very favorite author, but one of them, and oh,such a clean style
he has—you read every word of his, never wanting toskip any boring bits, and
his language is simple though there will still bebeautiful sudden twist of
metaphor here and there that will grip you."
in fandom?" I asked. "I'm curious because we have such anextensive
list of favorites."
Amanuensis sighed. "I can't possible narrow it down. Go tothe
recommendation page on my websiteand
you'll get a taste for the fanfiction authors whose stories have made ahuge
impression on me."
of environment do you write best in?" Madam Minnie asked as she ranher
hand over the back of Professor Snape's sofa.
writeI do best in a solitary environment with unobtrusive music that's very
familiarto me," Amanuensis answered seriously. "The radio won't do
it;television or DVDs won't do it. Too distracting."
laughed. "We call it the shiny. What kind of music works for you?"
has to be something instrumental or folky (I really like Celtic music) asa
rule. I can write if there are other people and noise and such around if
I'mallowed to tune everything out—but then as soon as someone asked me aquestion
I'll all but fly off the handle. "What! I'm trying to writehere!"
thesame way," Simon's Flower said and Madam Minnie and I nodded in
agreement."I have to ask what serves as the inspiration for the stories
and stretched before answering, "I fell in love with the concept ofHarry
Potter as a gay-friendly universe. It prompted me to take the sort offantasy
erotica that I usually write into that universe."
true about the Harry Potter universe," Madam Minnie answered."Everyone
is very open to slash in comparison with other fandoms."
I'dnot actually written male/male erotica much before—in fact, I'd justwritten
my first male/male erotica just a week or two before I discovered
HPfanfiction!" Amanuensis responded. "I suppose I was just ripe
forexploring that side of my erotica interests. Elegant villains
andnon-consensual erotica light my fire, so I can't help but put Lucius
Malfoyinto a lot of my fics."
areyou focused more on erotica rather than just dark fiction?" I asked.
can'tsay why I'm more focused on erotica than any other kind of writing, just
thatthe smutty bits have always seemed to be the parts that I like to write
best,and non-consensual smutty bits at that," she paused. "Vanilla
kind ofleaves me yawning. However, writing male/male fiction has proved to be
the sortof vanilla that does work for me."
Flower asked. We were all enthralled by her explanation and wanted toknow more.
gotto do with my too deeply ingrained perceptions that 'nice girls don't
havecasual sex,' and if I read about a man and a woman in a consensual sex
scene Ireact as if the woman is stupid for being taken advantage of that way,
puttingherself at risk for pregnancy, etc." She smiled and continued.
"Butif it's two men, I don't have that reaction; for two men it's all
right, andterribly sweet. It should be all right for two women by that logic,
except Ijust find consensual female/female sex dull to read about. I still
prefer myfemale/female erotica to be non consensual. Go figure!"
We all
laughedand I shook my head when Madam Minnie picked up a potion vial and rolled
it inher palm. "What character," Madam Minnie asked as she ran her
thumbover the cork on the bottle. "In the Harry Potter books would you
want tobe and why?"
"Is thisa
'who would I WANT to be?' question? Or whom am I most like?"
Amanuensisgrinned. "I think I'm a lot like bookworm Hermione, but if you
were to askme who I'd most like in that world, I'm likely to pick someone who's
going tolive through the action without too much torment!" She
paused."Oddly, I find myself wanting to pick Scrimegeour."
Minnie asked. "Not that there's anything wrong with that but I'mcurious to
know why."
atough situation he's in," Amanuensis answered. "He's doing what
hecan to put down the evil faction, and it's from a position not likely to be
onthe front lines—and you'd have the satisfaction that you were
this line of questioning," Simon's Flower waggled her eyebrows."If
you were trapped in a room and had to pick one of the women or menfrom Harry
Potter to be naughty with—who would you chose and what colorsocks would you
and gave us a wicked grin, "I'd pick Lucius but ONLY if he thought'being
trapped in a room' was his idea," she waggled her eyebrows."And I'd
probably be wearing prim white socks, all the better to lookinnocent for the
The four of
usgiggled and I had to ask, "Do you know what the airspeed velocity of
aswallow is?"
is scoffing at me for not knowing the answer," Amanuensisretorted. "I
hate when he does that."
I turned
tofind Madam Minnie pressing her ear against a door towards the back of the
room.I rolled my eyes and nudged Simon's Flower.
if any would you give to other writers?" Simon's Flower asked.
you like, not what you think others want you to write," Amanuensisanswered
with a wry grin. "Bit of a cliché, yes? But it's said so much becauseit's
true. If your stuff is too controversial to attract a mainstream audience,you
will find an audience who loves you specifically because you're notmainstream,
and the intensity of their fondness for you will outweigh anyregrets that you
might have had."
She sat
backdown and smoothed her slacks, "Also if you can get away with it,
writeonly when it's fun. Do not write when you don't want to write. Write when
anidea seizes you, drags you by the fingers over to the keyboard, and will
notlet go until it's written. (AKA 'The Frenzy') When you look at the
keyboardwith hate, it's not time to write," she paused for a breath.
"Mind,you still may produce good work when you're fuming at the keyboard,
but if youdon't have to—if it doesn't your paycheck or your editors wrath or
thedefriending of a hundred upset livejournal users does not depend on you,
writeonly when you love writing."
I exclaimed and glanced at my watch. "This has been great butwe do have to
get going before dark…"
Minniegave Simon's Flower puppy dog eyes and she sighed heavily,
"Amanuensis canMadam Minnie get a peek at Professor Snape's bedroom."
to the door Madam Minnie was standing by, "Go in if youdare."
Minnieopened the door and hissed, "Oh…my…" She turned to face us.
"Thetwo of you go on—I'll be along later."
With that
thedoor to Snape's bedroom closed with a loud bang and I giggled as
Amanuensiswalked us out of the dungeons.
herhome sometime," I grinned. "It was truly a pleasure
"I'll make sure they don't hurt her….much."

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"It didn't take very long for me to realize that I couldn't help but be a better accountant than I was a waiter/actor," Chris notes.
So it was back to the family firm. But while Chris had finally accepted his fate as an accountant, he hadn't completely shaken that creativity bug. After seven years, he decided to hit the road again, but this time to start his own practice. Chris saw an opportunity with the changing business world to start a firm that would welcome new technology and workflow ideas, so in October 2010, he started Chris Farmand + Company PLLC in Jacksonville (www.cfarmand.com), with his father as a partner.
"After 35 years in the profession, I think my dad was really looking for an exit strategy, and also so he could spend more time being a grandpa," said Chris. But things weren't always smooth, either before or immediately after the move. He says that one of the areas of the traditional firm he never understood was relying on the billable hour.
"Every Monday morning, I called it 'Bloody Monday,' because my dad and I would take between 9 a.m. and noon to go through the WIP report, and that set the tone for a disastrous week." This became one of the driving factors in him implementing a "value billing" model, which uses fixed fees for services instead of hourly rates that can vary and confuse clients.
They spent several months establishing their pricing structure, he says, including interviewing clients and gauging their interest and reaction to the change. He found inspiration in "The Firm of the Future," and other books by Ron Baker, founder of the VeraSage Institute (www.verasage.com), a think tank that promotes value pricing structures. Since changing many of these business processes, especially the pricing paradigm, Chris says that not only has business been better, but his relationship with father has improved.
"Our clients have been ecstatic about the change. Now that they know what their accounting and consulting bill is going to cost throughout the year, they can budget it better. It's also helped clean up our AR, which used to be a real headache. (You can see Chris talking about his transition value billing in a video interview with Bill Sheridan for the Florida Institute of CPAs at
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Chris has also transitioned to a more streamlined workflow, centered on a single suite of professional tax and accounting programs, the integration between modules helping reduce redundant data entry. The three-person, full-service practice specializes in tax and virtual bookkeeping services, as well as implementation and training of small business technology. As one of the most experienced auditors in the area, Chris' father also continues to provide client services from both firms.
Chris' practice scored a 335 on the Productivity Survey, a free web-based tool (www.CPAPracticeAdvisor.com/Productivity) that helps firms assess their workflow and technology usage, and provides benchmarking against similarly sized practices.
As his firm has evolved and started to grow, Chris' clients have trended younger and more tech savvy, like himself, which makes the technology consulting side of his practice more successful. This lends to more cordial and interpersonal relationships with some, such as the family that runs the travel services company (www.iwantacruise.com), and slow-food enthusiast and brew master Ben Davis, who also owns Intuition AleWorks (www.intuitionaleworks.com).
Chris is increasingly active in the profession and is a member of the THRIVEal+ CPA Network (www.thriveal.com), an online community of "new-age CPAs" founded by Jason Blumer. He also belongs to the AICPA and FICPA, and has a blog at www.Apr16.com.
But Chris is far from being an "all work" kind of guy. Although he has remote access capabilities that allow him to work from virtually anywhere, he manages to mostly leave work at work, and spends the rest of his time with his wife Razan and five year-old son Rami.
The Farmands, part of a large community of Christian Palestinians in the Jacksonville area, also keep close to their heritage, visiting Ramallah annually. And Chris is the treasurer of the non-political and nonprofit group Ramallah American Club of Jacksonville (www.ramallahclubjax.com).
Though having achieved a good measure of success in a short time, his overall philosophy hasn't changed dramatically since his days doing improv. "Let's laugh together," is his mantra, whether he's talking to a friend, a client or an IRS agent. (And by the way, he claims to have actually heard one laugh back.)


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Thanks to two recent acquisitions, the Central Plumas Recreation and Park District has more than doubled the size of Pioneer Park in East Quincy, and officials are ready to hear ideas from the public about how to use the land.
The first acquisition is a three-acre parcel that runs north-south from Pioneer RV Park to Highway 70 and east-west from the Caltrans maintenance yard to Pioneer Park.
The second acquisition is one acre and includes the old Forest Service scaling station. This parcel has legal ingress and egress onto Highway 70, which the first parcel lacks.
The district paid $95,000 to Ralph Wittick for the first parcel and received the second as a donation from the National Park Service.
Jim Boland, general manager of the park district, led a tour of the land Saturday, Aug. 28, during the Community Wellness Fair. He said the district wanted an "open planning process."
The district has a year to refine ideas before submitting proposals for Proposition 84 grants. Boland said the grants could be for as much as $500,000.
One idea, said Boland, was to create a gravel access path from the parking area near the RV park to the backside of the barbecue pavilion. This would make it easier for people carrying supplies to the pavilion.
Other ideas that have already been suggested include a fitness track, a dog park and a "modest" indoor recreation facility.
Boland pointed out the park district was seven years into a 10-year agreement with Feather River College for use of some of its athletic fields. "Some fields may not be available in the future," he said, and the new land "has the capacity for soccer fields if necessary."
Boland said his experience taught him "don't overextend yourself. If you build something exotic and think they will come, they won't. You can't exceed your capacity."
The parcels have some physical constraints, too. The adjacent Caltrans yard is all paved, and water drains onto the Wittick parcel. There's also a culvert to be considered. Caltrans wants to keep an existing swale on the property.
Some old pavement still sits on the lot, the parcel slopes uphill toward the highway, and Pacific Gas and Electric has a powerline and easement near the highway.
The pavement at the old scaling station is buckling. But among the assets, there is electric and water at one corner of the lot.
The properties also have good access, with a bus stop on the corner of Highway 70 and Pioneer Road and a bike path to the north and south.
The parcels are zoned commercial, but recreation facilities are allowed with a permit.
Until long-term plans are formalized, the district has proposed an interim management plan. The plan calls for the district to incorporate the parcels in its insurance program.
The district will conduct a more through site safety audit and address any existing of potential hazards.
It will perform periodic site inspections and cleanup as necessary, and will maintain existing vegetation as an aesthetic backdrop to Pioneer Park.
The district will look at how to limit unauthorized vehicle access and parking.
In addition, it will consider potential interim uses that could produce revenue. The land was used in July for overflow camping for the High Sierra Music Festival. The district collected about $2,000 for that use.
"We try to be entrepreneurial," said Boland.
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Yovani Gallardo looks to extend his 16 2/3 scoreless-innings streak against the Giants on Wednesday night in the middle game at Miller Park.
Gallardo enters his start fresh off a pair of scoreless outings. The first came on July 25, when he held the Mets scoreless in 7 2/3 innings, allowing four hits, zero walks with eight strikeouts in the Crew's 3-2 loss. Last Wednesday, he blanked the Rays over seven frames, again surrendering just four hits. He walked one batter and struck out five.
The right-hander also owns a strong history of success against San Francisco. Of Gallardo's nine career starts vs. the Giants, eight have been quality starts.
Gallardo aims to push the Brewers to 10-8 after the All-Star break.
After drawing Adam Wainwright and John Lackey in their previous series, the Brewers see former National League Cy Young Award winners Tim Lincecum (in Tuesday's 4-3 win) and Jake Peavy (Thursday's starter) against the Giants. Then, Milwaukee will face a Dodgers' pitching staff, which held the best ERA in the Majors before Tuesday's action.
"We know we've got good pitchers in this series, certainly," manager Ron Roenicke said. "I'm sure the Dodgers are throwing some pretty good arms against us too. I thought we've had better at-bats lately. Maybe the run total doesn't always show that, but I think at-bats have been better, and I'm hoping that carries over into this series."
The Brewers' 4-3 win over the Giants on Tuesday night marked the beginning of a six-game home stretch. Their previous six games were on the road.
"We knew the road trip was going to be tough with arms, and we come right back and face tough arms again," Roenicke said. "And that's difficult when you're looking at trying to maintain what you're doing and you look at the pitchers you're facing, in our [NL Central] division especially. I know we've got these good arms coming here, but our division's tough, and those arms don't get easier."
San Francisco calls on right-hander Ryan Vogelsong for Wednesday's start.
Vogelsong twirled his first career complete game on Friday against the Mets, allowing one run on two hits and striking out five in the Giants' 5-1 victory.
"It's been weighing on me for a while," Vogelsong said after the start.
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Second baseman Scooter Gennett (left quad) and left fielder Khris Davis (left elbow) were not in the lineup on Tuesday.
Gennett's injury has kept him in and out of the lineup for the last few weeks, while Davis' issue just flared up on Tuesday morning.
Rickie Weeks replaced Gennett in the lineup and finished with a double and a walk, while new addition Gerardo Parra slugged his first home run with the Brewers.
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Pablo Sandoval had his second straight big game at the plate for the Giants in their loss on Tuesday.
Sandoval smacked a three-run homer off Brewers starter Jimmy Nelson, after going 3-for-5 with a pair of doubles in San Francisco's 4-3 triumph over the Mets on Monday.
The Giants' third baseman holds a six-game hitting streak.
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• Brewers catcher Jonathan Lucroy slid into second place among MLB hitters for doubles with a pair on Tuesday, giving him 37 for the season. He trails only Arizona's Paul Goldschmidt, who has 39, but his season is likely over due to a fractured left hand.
• Giants outfielder Hunter Pence has the most experience against Gallardo, logging 31 at-bats in his career against Milwaukee's starter. He's hitting .226 against him.
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Recently lost out on bid for fire chiefs job....Have been Deputy Chief for past 13 years and acting chief for past six months in which time I turned around a huge budget deficit without having to cut out any staffing or services ( previous chief was a very poor budget manager) The person I lost out to was the previous chiefs' son who was a Lt. for the past 5 years ( appointed by his father , no management experience). The
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Zone sculpting using partitioned electrokinetic injections
Narovlyansky, M.1, Squires, T.M.2, Whitesides, G.M.11 Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, U.S.A.
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In electrokinetic separations, the narrower and more homogeneous the initial sample plug, the higher the ultimate resolution of the separation. Here we describe a general and versatile method to sculpt low-dispersion, high-fidelity sample zones in microfluidic devices for high resolution electrokinetic separations. In a simple channel intersections microfabricated partitions act to reduce each channel's permeability to transverse electric fields, yet maintain permeability to parallel fields, allowing one to sculpt injection fields and plugs. For steady-state sample containment at intersections using only two electrodes one also has to use sheath flow.
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It is wrong to tax a working person almost to the breaking point, then give it to a person who is able to work but refuses to.
In this world nothing is certain but death & taxes.
The income tax created more criminals than any other single act of government.
– Barry Goldwater
One thing is clear: The Founding Fathers never intended a nation where citizens would pay nearly half of everything they earn to the government.
– Ron Paul
Taxes are paid in the sweat of every man who labors.
– Franklin D. Roosevelt
Taxes grow without rain.
– Jewish Proverb
The power to tax is the power to destroy.
– John Marshall
Did you ever notice that when you put the words "The" and "IRS" together, it spells "THEIRS?"
America is a land of taxation that was founded to avoid taxation.
– Laurence J. Peter
Certainty? In this world nothing is certain but death and taxes.
– Benjamin Franklin
No nation has ever taxed itself into prosperity.
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The way taxes are, you might as well marry for love.
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I hate paying taxes. But I love the civilization they give me.
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You can't tax business. Business doesn't pay taxes. It collects taxes.
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Tax complexity itself is a kind of tax.
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People try to live within their income so they can afford to pay taxes to a government that can't live within its income.
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You don't pay taxes – they take taxes.
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The politicians say "we" can't afford a tax cut. Maybe we can't afford the politicians.
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The sales tax seems to be more politically acceptable than the income tax.
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The payment of taxes gives a right to protection.
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A fine is a tax for doing something wrong. A tax is a fine for doing something right.
Of all debts, men are least willing to pay their taxes; what a satire this is on government.
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Radiolab is public radio's cult sensation about science, wonder and discovery. With curiosity and wit, co-hosts Jad Abumrad and Robert Krulwich use sound to illuminate ideas and blur boundaries between science, philosophy and human experience. Abumrad and Krulwich will be in Salt Lake City for their live stage show "In the Dark" performing later in the week. Before that show, they will join us at the Museum to open up their playbook and share some of their secrets for taking the complex and confusing and turning it into the profound and memorable. They'll discuss the elements that make a good story great and delve into why some stories – like climate change – are terribly boring and problematic to tell.
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Gio looks to outduel Hamels in Nats' late push
Top-flight southpaws both in top form as season winds down
While the Nationals still have faint playoff hopes, the season has not gone according to plan.
"I don't like to go back and start analyzing what happened, but some guys struggled early on," Nationals manager Davey Johnson said. "[Opening Day second baseman] Danny Espinosa was really struggling. [Denard] Span, new league, he was struggling getting on. And then we had injuries, key guys going down. All kinds of little things keeping guys from getting going."
Well, the Nationals have gotten it going lately and Gio Gonzalez hopes to continue the trend on Saturday.
The left-hander threw a one-hitter against the Mets last time out and is 5-1 with a 2.22 ERA in seven career starts against the Phillies. The Nationals have won six of those games and if they hope to make it seven of eight, they will need to score some runs against Cole Hamels.
The Phillies' season has been a disappointment, but Hamels is not giving in and wants to make sure his team finishes strong.
"The season is going to end really shortly, and if you don't take it serious, it all adds up," Hamels said. "Your stats and everything that you do, personality-wise, is going to add up and it's going to translate into the future of how you play and what you expect out of yourself. Everybody has to try to take it serious and play all the way through."
Hamels hasn't lost since July 26, has allowed three runs or fewer in nine straight starts and has an ERA of 2.18 since July 4.
Phillies: Hernandez a 'pleasant surprise'
Cesar Hernandez's natural position is second base, but he has started seven of the last eight games in center field and has been a "pleasant surprise," according to Phillies interim manager Ryne Sandberg.
"His stride and his foot speed and his speed to the gaps has been very good, calling off corner outfielders on balls," Sandberg said. "So, pleasant surprise. It's not an easy position, by no means. But I think his athletic ability has allowed him to cover the position very well, and he finds himself in the lineup."
Hernandez is signed through the 2015 season and with Chase Utley at second, the Phillies needed to find a spot for the 23-year old, so he began playing center in July at Triple-A Lehigh Valley.
Nationals: Strasburg scratched from start
Stephen Strasburg was scratched from Friday's start due to tightness in his right forearm, but is expected to start Thursday, his next scheduled start.
"All the doctors think it's a non-issue," Johnson said. "We'll give him some rest. There might have been some inflammation in there or something."
The right-hander originally felt soreness Thursday while working on a new pitch, but pitching coach Steve McCatty doesn't feel the soreness -- possibly caused by the new pitch -- is anything significant.
"All pitchers play with grips all the time," McCatty said. "When you play catch, you turn the ball different ways, you put pressure on a finger, whatever you do, you're messing around. That's all he was doing."
Worth noting
• The Nationals are 10-7 against the Phillies this season.
• Denard Span has a 24-game hitting streak, the longest active streak in the Majors.
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Lots of people are nominating Johnny Depp, Ohde Fehr, or Jim Caviezel for the part. I say any of them could pull it off.
Marvel announced this weekend that the Master of Mysticism will join the Marvel Movie Universe. That's right, in what will be Phrase 3 of Marvel Studio's plan Doctor Strange will join Ant-Man in the next crop of movies.
Marvel's uber producer Kevin Feige had this to say about the Doctor Strange project:
"Doctor Strange, which I've been talking about for years, is definitely one of them," he confirmed. "He's a great, original character, and he checks the box off this criteria that I have: he's totally different from anything else we have, just like Guardians of the Galaxy. He's totally different from anything we've done before, as is Ant-Man, which keeps us excited."
Feige also had a few words about Edgar Wright's Ant-Man:
"Ant-Man is definitely part of Phase Three. Like Iron Man 3, it's certainly set in the Marvel Universe, but it's also through the lens of Edgar Wright — which is the only reason we're making the movie… It's very much an Ant-Man origin movie from the perspective of Edgar Wright and his co-writer Joe Cornish. It will of course be firmly planted in the MCU, but a different corner than we've seen before."
During the press junket for The Incredible Hulk, I had the opportunity to ask Feige about who we would see in a Doctor Strange film. Fiege had this to say:
"I think Stephen Strange shares a quirkiness, a uniqueness with Tony Stark so I can think of a hand full of people to play Stephen Strange. What I love to do is ask you guys who you want to play role. We patrol the message boards all the time to see who the fans want in this particular role. I'll tell you this, our movies have two casting lists. One that comes from the casting director and our own ideas but the other is from the message boards about what people are buzzing about" (read the interview here).
Who do you think should play Doctor Strange Maniacs?
Lots of people are nominating Johnny Depp, Ohde Fehr, or Jim Caviezel for the part. I say any of them could pull it off.
My first choice would be Downey Jr... but he is IronMan and I have no idea who else fits the mold for Doc Strange
Wow I find it pretty cool that they do read the forums and these sites to see what fans are thinking. Not that they need to do what fans say but to understand our sensibilities is pretty cool of Marvel. Maybe that's part of why they're succeeding
Jon Hamm for Dr Strange
I'm Depped out already. Don't want him in my Marvel Universe. Last thing I want is Jack Sparrow's feminine ways conjuring up some magic.
although I love Oded Fehr, Stephen Strange IS an American. My suggestions would be Leonardo DiCaprio, Adrian Brody, or perhaps Tim Olyphant (who would be awesome)
Btw I'm more excited for AntMan than Dr Strange. Or at least just as excited.
I wonder if they'll approach GDT for Dr Strange. At some point in the past he was attached to direct a version of him if I'm not mistaken
Well we have Ant Man and Dr Strange so far. I'd like to see Namor and Black Panther at some point too but you'd think they'd want at least 1 or 2 of the established characters to help pass the torch. I'd be really surprised if they were all originals
But then again Phase 3 may be a whole new thing. The first 2 phases culminate with an Avengers film maybe they'll do something else the 3rd time around. Somebody needs to pose that question to Feige but I'd think it hasn't all been decided yet.
But then again a lot of these cats were signed for 6 picture deals so more sequels seem likely. I mean outside of the next IM none of the others have reached the mandatory trilogy.
I'm rambling, 2 cups of coffee does that to me at times. Somebody get Feige on the horn
I actually really enjoyed Disney's "Sorcerer's Apprentice", which is what Im kind of hoping Dr. Strange's magic special effects will be like. Looking forward to this very much as well. And I like all of Axia's choices. I first thought Liam Neeson would be cool too, but I think he's too stiff for the part. Dr. Strange has to be smooth, and graceful i would think.


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PITTSBURGH -- Lefty Erik Bedard provided the Pirates with another decent pitching effort, but the offense was dormant as the Cardinals downed the Pirates, 5-1, on Sunday afternoon at PNC Park.
The victory gave St. Louis the rubber game of the three-game series.
Bedard tossed seven innings and allowed three runs -- two earned -- on seven hits. He recorded seven strikeouts and absorbed the loss, falling to 0-4 on the campaign.
"I battled in a lot of innings," Bedard said. "I tried to minimize damage when there were runners on and throw strikes. You always want your command better, but I got out of some jams and tried to throw strikes."
"I thought it was a very blue-collar effort by Bedard today," Pirates manager Clint Hurdle said. "He battled and gave us seven [innings] and allowed three runs. He was maybe just a tick off command-wise, but he was making pitches and he kept coming after them. I thought he gave us every opportunity to win the game. And we've scored two runs runs for Erik in his four starts -- that's problematic -- but he pitched a very good ballgame today."
Bedard has received almost no run support in his four losses.
"All you can do is battle," Bedard said. "Runs will come, and right now, they are just not coming, so you just keep doing what you can and try and put zeros up there."
St. Louis got a solid pitching effort from right-hander Kyle Lohse. He limited the Pirates to five hits and one run in seven-plus innings of work while upping his record to 3-0.
Lohse was very effective in his first three starts, and it was business as usual in this outing.
"It was pretty much the same," Lohse said. "I'm just pitching to my game plan, which is pitching ahead of guys, keep the ball out of the middle."
"He was at the bottom of the zone all day long," Pirates catcher Michael McKenry said of Lohse's performance. "It was a steady mix, you didn't know what was coming. He was using his breaking balls really well, throwing 2-1 sliders and curveballs. He was using every pitch very well today, and to the lefties, he was using his sinker and his changeup really well. He was keeping us on our toes, and that's what you've got to do as a pitcher."
The Cards nicked Bedard for a 1-0 lead in the first inning. Rafael Furcal and Tyler Greene stroked back-to-back singles, and Matt Holliday drew a walk to load the bases with no outs. Carlos Beltran grounded into a 5-4-3 double play, plating Furcal.
St. Louis increased its lead to 3-0 in the third. Furcal doubled and Greene walked. With two outs, David Freese singled to right, knocking in both runners.
"In the one situation on the single to Freese, Bedard had gone soft and threw him an assortment of offspeed stuff and tried to sneak a fastball by him," Hurdle said. "That young man is doing a pretty good job of driving in runs."
"The situational hitting, or lack thereof, almost got us again," Cards manager Mike Matheny said. "Fortunately, David came through and got that two-out hit the other way. You keep having those opportunities, and when you don't capitalize on them, it really starts to [frustrate you]. We were really kind of getting a little demoralized by not coming through in those [situations]."
The Pirates broke through against Lohse in the eighth. McKenry doubled and scored on a pinch-hit single by Casey McGehee, slicing the Cardinals' lead to 3-1.
The Cardinals tacked on two insurance runs in the ninth inning off reliever Evan Meek. Shane Robinson drew a walk and pinch-hitter Skip Schumaker singled. Furcal and Holliday then delivered RBI singles.
St. Louis entered the game 1-for-18 in the series with runners in scoring position.
"You're going to win ballgames if you drive in runs when guys are in scoring position," Freese said. "We had been fighting that a little bit, but that happens. I think what we did good today was we got on them early. Bedard had his curveball working, but then we put some runs across the board late."
Right-hander Mitchell Boggs and righty Kyle McClellan hurled the final two frames to close out the win for the Cardinals.
George Von Benko is a contributor to MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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