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Lee Harvey Oswald Was An American Hero? Paul Kuntzler Speaks
by DALE K. MYERS
"Lee Harvey Oswald Was An American Hero" – those are the words of Paul Kuntzler, President of Miller Reporting Company, Inc., a transcription and court reporting service, who wrote a rambling, two-page open letter to The Washington Post Chairmen of the Board, Donald E. Graham, published in today's edition of the New York Times. [Editor's note: The complete text appears at the end of this article.]
Mr. Kuntzler charged that:
"President John Fitzgerald Kennedy was murdered by Vice President Lyndon Baines Johnson in a widespread, incredibly complex and brilliantly planned conspiracy that involved the Federal Bureau of Investigation directed by J. Edgar Hoover, the CIA directed by David Atlee Phillips,
The Secret Service, elements of the United States Air Force, including General Curtis LeMay of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the United States Army, the United States Navy, Henry R. Luce's LIFE Magazine, The Ford Motor Company, the Dallas Police, including Dallas Mayor Earle Cabel, big Oil of Midland, Texas, the Texas political establishment, the mafia, the anti-Castro Cubans, Southern racists, including retired General Edwin Walker, and others. President Richard M. Nixon was also involved." [NYT, 07/31/07, pp.A16-17]


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Direct a nationally-renowned undergraduate fisheries educational program. Teach a wide array of Fisheries, Aquaculture and Biology courses including: Fish Culture, Fish Management, Fisheries Science, General Biology, Biostatistics, and, as needed, Environmental Biology, Limnology, and Ichthyology. The successful applicant will advise a diverse student population, direct undergraduate research, and make departmental, university and community contributions, including involvement with student recruitment. Excellence in teaching, continuing scholarly growth, and service to the university are required for tenure and promotion.
Minimum requirements: Doctorate degree in aquaculture or fisheries field from a regionally accredited (or foreign equivalent) institution and completion of a successful interview which includes a teaching demonstration. Additional qualifications: Experience and familiarity with proper methodologies and safety of electrofishing and boat handling; evidence of ability to teach the required courses; evidence of relevant scholarly activity; ability to adapt to changing technologies that support teaching and learning; excellent communication skills (verbal and written); demonstrated ability to teach, evaluate, and advise students; experience with assessing program and student learning outcomes; student recruitment experience; and the ability to conduct scholarly activities. Demonstration, through past accomplishments and behaviors, of the ability to support Mansfield University's principles and values of Character, Scholarship, Culture, Service (http://www1.mansfield.edu/mansfield-creed [1]) and the University's strong student-centered vision and mission. Preferred: Experience teaching multiple required courses offered for our Fisheries Concentration; experience or ability to advise students pursuing Fisheries careers; and ability to develop connections with Fisheries professionals and programs. A condition of employment is an official transcript for all earned degrees and an acceptable background check report.
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Accommodation: simple semi- detached accommodation, suited for a maximum of five people, soberly but pleasantly furnished.
Ground floor: Private terrace (6,5 x 2,5 meters) with garden furniture, living room with kitchen corner (6,0 m x 5,0 m) and bathroom with shower and toilet and wash basin (2,1 x 1,1 meters).
1st floor: two bedrooms, the bedroom on the left has three inner spring single beds (0,9 x 1,90 meters) and is fitted with a wardrobe and wash basin. The bedroom on the right has a double bed (1,4 x 1,9 meters) and a single inner spring bed (0,9 x 1,9 meters). Fitted with a wardrobe and wash basin.
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A clip-on device to protect telephones and communication apparatus, wherein clips for releasably holding a 3-terminal gas protector are external extensions of electrically insulated spaced terminals within the housing. A heat coil in series with each communication line and a carbon block air gap protector across each half of the gas protector for redundancy, are within the housing. The heat coil protects against a sustained overcurrent condition on the line while the gas and air gap protectors ground over-voltages of short duration. Utilizing heat conduction means, heat generated from sustained over-voltage melts a fusible disc allowing spring biased parts within the housing to move and short line terminals to ground.
1. A protection device for communications lines that are protected by a gas tube arrestor, the protection device having built-in fail-safe redundancy and comprising an elongated housing, electrical transfer plate means disposed in insulated spaced array in said housing and adapted to be electrically coupled to a given apparatus line, heat transfer plate means disposed in said housing and electrically insulated and spaced from said electrical transfer plate means, each of said electrical and heat transfer plate means including means extending from said housing which is adapted detachably to engage the respective electrodes of the gas tube arrestor such that said heat transfer plate means is in thermal and electrical communication with the common or grounded electrode of the gas tube arrestor, and each of said electrical transfer plate means is in respective electrical communication with a line-electrode of the gas tube arrestor, air gap assembly means disposed in said housing, the last-mentioned means including fusible means and a plunger, means biasing said plunger so as to urge said air gap assembly means into a pressured engagement against that portion of said heat transfer plate means which is disposed in said housing whereby said air gap assembly means is in thermal and electrical communication therewith, said plunger being in electrical communication with said electrical transfer plate means with the former adapted to ground the latter upon a fusing of said fusible means, circuit transfer plate means disposed in insulated spaced array in said housing and adapted to be electrically coupled to a given incoming line, and over-current protection means establishing electrical continuity between said circuit transfer plate means and said electrical transfer plate means until a sustained over-current condition causes said over-current protection means to open-circuit and electrically isolate an associated incoming and apparatus line.
2. The protection device of claim 1, said plunger being oriented so as to move in a path that is substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of said housing.
3. The protection device of claim 1, each of said circuit, electrical, and heat transfer plate means being formed with a common form of deformable terminal means that extend from said housing.
4. The protection device of claim 1, said over-current protection means being in the form of a heat coil, one end of said heat coil being electrically coupled to said circuit transfer plate means, the other end of said heat coil being electrically coupled to said electrical transfer plate means.
5. The protection device of claim 1, said air gap assembly means being defined by two air gap assemblies, said portion of said heat transfer plate means being in the form of a plate having two substantially planar faces, each of said air gap assemblies being driven into back-to-back pressure engagement against a respective face of said plate.
6. A protection device for telephone lines that employ a gas tube arrestor comprising an elongated housing formed of dielectric material, a pair of electrical transfer plates disposed in insulated spaced array in said housing, a heat transfer plate disposed in said housing and electrically insulated and spaced from said electrical transfer plates, each of said electrical and heat transfer plates being formed with fingers that extend from said housing and which are adapted to engage the respective electrodes of the gas tube such that said heat transfer plate is in thermal and electrical communication with the common or grounded electrode of the gas tube, and each of said electrical transfer plates is in respective electrical communication with a line-electrode of the gas tube, a pair of air gap assemblies disposed in said housing, each of said air gap assemblies including a fusible spacer and a plunger, means biasing each of said plungers so that the respective air gap assemblies are in back-to-back pressure engagement against a respective face of said heat transfer plate whereby they share a common heat source and are in electrical communication therewith, each of said plungers being in electrical communication with an associated electrical transfer plate and held electrically insulated from a respective one of said air gas assemblies whereupon a fusing of said fusible spacer causes each of said plungers to engage corresponding portions of said air gap assemblies bringing a respective one of said electrical transfer plates to the electrical potential of said heat transfer plate, a pair of circuit transfer plates disposed in insulating spaced relationship in said housing, each one of the last-mentioned plates spaced from an associated electrical transfer plate, and a pair of heat coils, each one of said heat coils providing electrical continuity between an associated circuit and electrical transfer plate until a sustained over-current condition causes a given one or both of said heat coils to open-circuit and isolate a respective circuit transfer plate from an associated electrical transfer plate.
This is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 880,756 filed on Feb. 24, 1978, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,191,987. Another continuation-in-part (of said application Ser. No. 880,756), Ser. No. 49,801, was filed on June 18, 1979.
This invention relates to equipment and methods for protecting apparatus from over-voltage and over-current conditions and is particularly directed to sensitive devices attached to electrical conductors serving various types of apparatus such as used for communication. An example of the protection device's application is the device protecting apparatus from the effects of excessive voltage or current such as might occur because of lightning, a fault, contact by a high tension line and the like.
Of the various types of equipment presently employed for accomplishing the foregoing, each suffers from one or more disadvantages including excessive cost and size, lack of adaptability to existing protector terminals, maintenance difficulties, hazardous conditions during servicing, loss of function in the presence of sustained overload, lack of safety provision thereby permitting the apparatus supposedly under protection to function without a protector, inability to protect apparatus from both high voltage surges and low level voltages which cause sustained currents, and less-than-optimum reliability.
It is an object of this invention to overcome or substantially reduce the foregoing shortcomings and to this end the invention provides improvements in performance, utilization and construction leading to reduction in size and cost, adaptability to existing mounting locations, reduction in hazards, an assurance that the over-voltage protector is installed, ability to utilize the device in a densely packaged area, simplification and safety in servicing, ability to provide protection from both excessive voltage and excessive current, and an increase in reliability. Moreover, in the invention techniques, additional protection features are attained without significantly impairing the essential simplicity of the construction.
The invention consists of the novel methods, processes, parts, steps, combinations and improvements herein shown and described.
Serving to illustrate exemplary embodiments of the invention are the drawings of which:
FIG. 1 is an isometric view illustrating the invention;
FIG. 2 is the detail view of components within the housing of FIG. 1;
FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along the line 3--3 of FIG. 1 and looking in the direction of the arrows to reveal the components of the device of FIG. 1;
FIG. 4 is a schematic illustration of the inventive device in combination with a gas protector.
Referring to the embodiment of FIGS. 1-3, the arrangement therein illustrated comprises a housing 10 constructed of a nonconducting material illustratively shown to be Bakelite and cylindrically shaped. Located in the housing in aligned relationship are two electrical transfer plates 11, two circuit transfer plates 12, one heat transfer plate 13, two air gap assemblies 14, two plungers 15, two springs 16 and two heat coil assemblies 17. The plungers are made of any suitable material such as steel or brass. The plates and springs are made of any suitable material such as beryllium copper or phosphor bronze. Electrical transfer plates 11, circuit transfer plates 12 and heat transfer plate 13 are mounted through slots in the housing and held in place by deforming the connector terminals 11c, 12c and 13c on their respective plate, after installation.
Electrical transfer plate 11 and heat transfer plate 13 each has a pair of spaced blades 11a, 11b and 13a, 13b respectively. Each pair of associated blades comprise a holding clip. The holding clips are aligned to receive and hold the over-voltage gas protector 18. In the embodiment illustrated in FIGS. 3-4 this over-voltage gas protector is of known construction; examples of which are an AEI type 16 gas tube protector, a TII-16 type surge arrester, a Siemens type TI-6350 surge voltage arrester. A cartridge of this type comprises a gas-filled housing having a pair of opposed, spaced electrodes each of which makes electrical contact with one of the cartridge end terminals 18A and 18B. In the presence of an excessive voltage the gas between the electrodes is ionized thereby effectively shorting the end terminals and connecting them to the case of the protector and to external ground as described below. The lines and apparatus connected to these electrodes via the electrical transfer plates are thus short-circuited to thereby prevent the over-voltage condition from causing excessive current flow in the protected apparatus.
In the application of this device each of the circuit transfer plates 12 is connected to a different entering line wire 20 of the two line system, each of the electrical transfer plates 11 is connected to a different apparatus wire 21 of the two line system and the heat transfer plate 13 is connected to external ground wire 22. These connections are illustratively accomplished by such means as `Faston` female connectors 19 manufactured by AMP Co. These are push-on-quick-disconnect receptacles which mate tightly with the connector terminals 11c, 12c, 13c on one end and firmly crimp to different wires 20, 21 and 22 on the other end.
The air gap assembly 14 is illustratively shown to be the same type as used in independently mounted air gap protectors such as manufactured by Cook Electric Co., Western Electric Co., Reliable Electric Co. or Reliance Electric Co. . This assembly contains carbon electrodes although metal electrodes will also suffice. There are two carbon electrodes 41, 42 one fusible disc 43, and a metal cage housing 44. The carbon electrodes are insulated from each other by an air gap which allows the grounding of high voltage surges through the development of an arc path between line carbon electrode 41 and grounded carbon electrode 42. Should these high voltage surges on the line persist, the continued arcing will heat and melt the fusible disc 43, thereby allowing repositioning of components due to urging of spring 16, so that plunger 15 contacts grounded metal cage 44 thereby shorting across the air gap and causing the incoming line and all voltage surges to be grounded. The fusible disc 43 may be lead, solder, babbit or other appropriate material in accordance with ratings and installation requirements, the fusible disc being designed to melt when the current rating of the device is exceeded.
The heat coil assembly 17 is composed of two identical conducting rings 71, an insulating washer 72 and coil wire 73. Suitable material for the conducting ring is steel, brass or copper and for the insulating washer is Bakelite. Each conducting ring is fastened to an opposite face of the insulating washer as by glue, and each ring has a tab 71d used to connect by solder means one end of the heat coil wire 73. The heat coil wire 73 is insulated and maintained in place within the center of the heat coil assembly by its own stiffness, the coil wire being designed to open when the current rating of the apparatus wire is exceeded over a predetermined time period, as when a voltage appears which is not large enough to cause arcing of a protector. Since the coil wire is a series element in the incoming line its opening will assure apparatus safety from any excessive current. The coil is not affected by short duration over-voltage surges which produce arcing across the protector.
In FIG. 4 there is illustrated the combination of an over-voltage gas protector with the device. Under normal operation the signal path is from either one of the wires 20 and its associated connector 19 to one of the terminals 12c. It then passes to circuit transfer plate 12 to ring 71, through coil wire 73 to the other ring 71 on the same heat coil assembly where it enters electrical transfer plate 11, connector 19 and wire 21 to the apparatus.
If excessive voltage exists on the line the current developed will be conducted to ground through the path consisting of its associated wire 20 to its connector 19 to its associated circuit transfer plate 12 to ring 71, through coil wire 73 to the other ring 71 on the same heat coil assembly to electrical transfer plate 11 to its associated gas protector end terminal 18A or 18B, then through the gas protector 18 which will ionize, to the protector case, through heat transfer plate 13, the terminal at 13c, connector 19 and wire 22 to ground.
As an added measure of reliability a back up path to ground is provided for excessive voltage if the over-voltage gas protector should fail or be removed from the device. With the gas protector 18 inoperable or missing from the device an excessive voltage arriving at electrical transfer plate 11 will pass to spring 16, plunger 15 and line carbon electrode 41. The excessive voltage then arcs across the air gap to grounded carbon electrode 42, to fusible disc 43 to metal cage 44, heat transfer plate 13, terminal at 13c, connector 19 and wire 22 to ground.
With gas protector 18 installed and operable an entering excessive voltage can be grounded through either of two parallel paths; one utilizing the gas protector and the other utilizing the carbon electrodes in the air gap assembly. However, the gas protector should conduct first because it can be more accurately set for a lower firing voltage.
In the case of a prolonged over-voltage condition there is a possibility that the gas tube or other protective element will fail. If the element becomes an open circuit the apparatus and lines connected thereto are no longer protected. To eliminate this possibility the embodiment of FIG. 3 includes a shorting arrangement which provides an extra measure of safety and reliability as described hereinafter.
In the event of a sustained excessive voltage the heat generated in the gas protector will be conducted by spaced blades 13a, 13b of the heat transfer plate 13 to cage 44 and to the fusible disc 43 in air gap assembly 14. As excessive heat melts the fusible disc, its compressed spring 16 expands, pushing plunger 15 towards cage 44. During this movement electrical contact between the plunger and grounded cage is prevented by insulation means within air gap assembly 14. Eventually, when the fusible disc is melted, plunger 15 contacts cage 44 which is in contact with the grounded heat transfer plate 13 thus connecting the incoming line to ground through the path of its associated wire 20, connector 19, terminal 12c, circuit transfer plate 12, ring 71, coil wire 73, second ring 71, electrical transfer plate 11, spring 16, plunger 15, cage 44, heat transfer plate 13, terminal 13c, connector 19 and wire 22. In the illustrated use of this device there are two fusible discs, each providing similar heat sensitive means and similar grounding means for said excessive voltage. When the gas protector is not in operation these fusible discs function in the same manner as discussed, to ground the incoming line and sustained excessive voltage causing heat to be generated in the carbon electrodes.
An extra measure of assurance that the device is installed may be easily obtained. Since it is possible that the device may be removed from existing terminals it is necessary to provide means whereby it must be replaced. These means consist of a slight wiring rearrangement and a change of wire termination hardware as hereinafter described.
As presently configured, the subscriber station utilizes three screw terminals, one for each line of the two line system and one for ground. For connection purposes bared wires are now wrapped around each terminal and held in place by use of a nut on the screw. Although this clip-on device may be easily adapted to existing subscriber terminals, it is proposed to eliminate the present screw terminals and place female connectors on each of the wires. These connectors were previously described and are shown as item 19 in FIGS. 1, 3, 4. Each of the two incoming lines accepts a connector which is placed on a different terminal 12c. Each of the two apparatus wires accepts a connector which is placed on a different terminal 11c. The existing grounded wire and the apparatus ground wire accept one common connector which is placed on terminal 13c. Through this rewiring additional safety is obtained since the device becomes a series element rather than a parallel element in the use of the apparatus and it becomes impossible for the apparatus to function without the device in its proper place. In addition, ease of maintenance and safety of personnel is provided in the removal and replacement of the device after the fusible disc has melted. Although connector 19 firmly grasps connector terminals 11c, 12c, 13c, it can be disconnected rapidly and safely since connector 19 has insulation on its crimped portion where it may be held without fear of shock as with the present screw terminal connection.
An important aspect of this device is its adaptability to existing terminals of presently utilized protectors, which may be removed from operation due to one or more undesirable deficiencies and may be replaced by this device without major installation costs. This device may be operated across existing circuit terminals which presently utilize an air gap type protector with the air gap protector removed, since safety during prolonged overload is provided by its own fusible element and is not dependent upon the fusible element backup accompanying the independent air gap protector. This small mobile holder for the gas-filled over-voltage protector may be encapsulated with a gas protector using a potter material, Stycast 2651-40 or RTV-21 are suitable examples, with terminals 11c, 12c, 13c left exposed, and may be maneuvered and positioned into place so that it is quickly and easily connected as previously described or by utilizing a connector 19 having a pigtail wire for connection to existing circuit screw terminals. Another important feature of this small device is its adaptability to existing central office equipment presently utilizing densely packaged gas-filled over-voltage protectors which operate without the use of any fusible safety elements, such as in the TII 700 block. One possible minor wiring modification is removing the existing block ground connection at each gas protector case and placing the ground onto connector terminal 13c of heat transfer plate 13.
While only one embodiment of the present invention has been shown and described, it is to be understood that many changes and modifications can be made hereto without departing from the spirit and scope thereof.
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ICBA Committees Meet in Washington
Washington, D.C. (May 10, 2004) - It's spring! That means community bankers will be swarming all over Washington this week, as they converge on the city for the annual ICBA spring Joint Committee Meetings, held May 8-12, 2004 at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C.
Nearly 400 bank executives from nearly every state in the nation, serving on fourteen standing committees, will make their way to Washington to participate in the four-day meeting. The ICBA banking leadership will discuss critical issues facing the community banking industry.
On Tuesday, May 11, the bankers will travel to Capitol Hill to meet with their congressional representatives on issues affecting the banking industry, consumers, small businesses and agriculture.
"These joint committee meetings are vital to ICBA," said Dale L. Leighty, chairman of ICBA. "While the ICBA leadership is in constant communication throughout the year, we need these face-to-face meetings to solidify the best ways we can serve our fellow members, and protect and promote the interests of community banks nationwide."


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Animal Q&A
Ask an expert at the Houston SPCA
Monthly Archive for August, 2008
Could a marriage stress the dogs?
I believe that I'm a pretty decent trainer. Of the puppies I've had in the past, they all have been great into adulthood. However, since meeting my current wife just more than a year ago, I've adopted her two rescue dogs when we wed — both are male Shih Tzu's. Murphy, about 6 years in […] [Read More]
Why is my cat not using the box?
Help! I have 2 male, neutered, tuxedo cats. We have had them since they were 6 weeks old. They have been using a litter box since day one and have NEVER had an accident…not anywhere! About 6 weeks ago, one of them started pooping OUTSIDE the litter box. He still pees in it, just won't […] [Read More]
Are parakeets native to Houston?
I feed wild birds in my front yard. This summer like most I see parakeets and parrots eating alongside the wild birds. This year I have seen more than usual. Some have include a very yellow parrot, blue, green and whitish blue parakeet. Are they migrating or are they someone's pet. I would like to […] [Read More]
Can I stop my kitty's wire chewing?
Hi, I have a 2yr old female cat, spayed, (Nala) who chews through electric cords/wiring around my house. She dug up the carpet in my room and chewed straight through the wiring for my alarm, has chewed up countless phone cords, computer cords, and shoelaces. I have tried spraying "bitter" sprays bought at pet stores […] [Read More]
Can I stop my dog from jumping?
I have a 6 month old German Shepherd (Zoe) I am having a hard time getting her to stop jumping on me when I go to feed her, play with her, or take her for a walk. It is usually happens when she first sees me. I fear her in the mornings, because I have […] [Read More]
How can I stop the splashing?
How can I stop my nine month old Bichon Frise from scooping water from her water dish onto the kitchen floor and drinking it from the floor. I have put the dish on a tray, but she still manages to get water all over the floor. she also likes drinking from puddles outside. Any suggestions […] [Read More]
Why does my dog pee all the time?
I have a Doberman and she will be 1 year old in October. We can't pet her or even talk to her without her peeing everywhere. She won't be still as she is doing this and therefore she goes on whatever is close, including feet! It doesn't matter if we have just taken her outside, […] [Read More]
Is the shelter responsible?
Ok on August 1, 2008 I went to a popular Animal shelter and adopt a 2month puppy. The puppy now named zoey has been diagnosed with parvo and started showing symptoms after two days of bringing her home. I called the shelter and told them that my dog started to vomit and is not holding […] [Read More]
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Perform dozens of truly astounding card tricks instantly- with no skill, no experience necessary! Great for beginners- incredible in the hands of the pros!
Let your spectator remove a card from the deck and then replace it ANYWHERE in the deck. You can always immediately find the card!
You can do hundreds of tricks with this deck! Find any selected card in the deck- instantly! Remove all four aces from the deck at the same time! Find a selected card after the deck has been shuffled by someone else! Make a selected card magically and suddenly appear- in your pocket! Seemingly pass a selected card right through a table! Magically separate the red cards from the black- in an instant! And more!
Best of all, tricks done with this deck can be repeated immediately. No sleights necessary!
By the way, the name of this deck, Stripper Deck, refers to the way the cards are cut, or "stripped". It is NOT an X-Rated trick in any way! It is simply a cleverly cut deck of cards that allows anyone, even children, to perform some astounding card tricks!
BONUS! If you like to learn by watching a video, and you'd also like to learn MORE tricks you can do with this fantastic deck, you'll get a link to a secret online video FREE when you buy this deck. The video is ONLY available to customers who own the Classic Stripper Deck. Don't miss this chance to make an incredible trick deck even more astounding!
The Stripper Deck is similar to the Svengali Deck in that each deck has specially cut cards that help you do great card tricks with no sleight of hand. This Stripper Deck, however, can be handed to the spectator and shuffled if necessary.
Stripper Deck- Classicprinted instructionsBONUS: secret link to additional online video instructionDeck has a custom back design, not Bicycle back.Sorry, no color choice for the back design- we ship what is currently in stock.


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Cleveland Ranks Worst In the Nation In Flossing Teeth
The latest poll released about Cleveland isn't one to smile about. Clevelanders have lousy teeth according to a new poll conducted by DenTek. The oral care product maker released a survey that says
Cleveland is the place that floss their teeth the least out of any big city in the country.
"We commissioned this consumer opinion survey to drill down into flossing habits and behaviors in America's biggest cities," said Charlotte Havely, vice president of marketing for DenTek, a national leader in oral care products."
Los Angeles can proudly show their pearly whites. La la land has the most frequent teeth flossing habits. At least Chief Wahoo still isn't afraid to display his ear-ear grin.
Here is a a complete look at the list.
Worst Cities for Flossing - 1. Cleveland 2. Seattle/Tacoma 3. Dallas/Fort Worth 4. San Fransico/San Jose 5. Chicago.
Best - 1. LA 2. Boston 3. Detroit 4. Miami 5. Atlanta


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Is there some easy to use program in Ubuntu that can scan many pages straight into a PDF file?
The idea of having a simple scan utility was behind the development of, well, Simple Scan - the scanning tool installed by default from 10.04 on (Applications ‣ Graphics ‣ Simple Scan).
Simply scan as many pages as you want and choose PDF as file format when saving.
Another slightly less simple program that offers additional features like text recognition is gscan2pdf, also in the repositories.
"Easy to use" is in the eye of the user, but
I was using
Upon seeing this question I went looking and found gscan2pdf living in the Ubuntu Lucid/Maverick repositories. It uses the same scanning (libsane) engine but the UI is far more Gnome-ish. For a good time, try:


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Posted by Anonymous on 09/07/2004
I go out all the time, and was very excited about this concept, but it left a lot to be desired. While the service was excellent, the food was seriously lacking in taste and portion size and was very expensive. Save your money and eat a gardenburger
Posted by not easily impressed on 08/31/2004
From the outdoor garden to the young bright things masquerading as waiters, to the artful display of creative and delicious food, we were sincerely impressed with this place. I am vegetarian, not vegan, but this place has something to please even the most carnivorous of foodies. The laid back but sweetly sophisticated atmosphere really makes it. I like to feel a little pampered when I pay good money for good food and this place has all that and more. Thumbs up.
Posted by Even for a non-vegan...I loved it on 08/06/2004
What can I say...I loved this place. People who review this food that think they are coming to eat real pizza, sushi and noodles are fools. You cannot compare...it is a different type of food altogether. Take it as it is...and it IS delicious. Go and try the new juice bar...organic and fantastic tastes. Go PFW!
Posted by Anonymous on 08/04/2004
Pure Food and Wine is the type of restaurant you go once, maybe twice but then you never go back. When I went there I thought the food was ok, considering it's quite healthy and even creative. However, it lacks the great taste that makes a good restaurant a repetitive experience. It's just not memorable. Besides, the price is really high. Maybe if they cut it in half, I would reconsider...
Posted by Lacey on 07/27/2004
Thought I would give raw food a try, even though I have never even tried sushi. Everything was absolutely delicious, fresh, and beautifully presented. The lasagne was better than any oven baked I have ever had. And the outdoor patio was a special treat, like a little hideaway in the city. I will be recommending Pure to my friends, and will definitely go back at the chance.
Posted by Not a vegan on 07/22/2004
I read the review below which said: " there is no way it could taste good to an average person." Well, I AM an average ordinary person, and I thought the food was terrific and I am not a raw foodist or vegan. I think the lemonade is terrific, as is the coconut water...yum. I highly recommend the lasagne, the Thai lettuce wraps (I think the reviewer below thought this was a Vietnamese joint) and the tomato tartare. The scene is elegant and trendy at once. The service is impeccable. The garden area...oh that garden area...please find a way to keep it open after it starts to get cold. It is so beautiful and comfortable. All in all, Pure Food & Wine is a winner if you take into account that this is not real pizza, real sushi and real Thai lettuce wraps. It is something different and a city with many choices, and I for one loved it. I will definitely return and recommend PFW.
Posted by Anonymous on 07/18/2004
After hearing about this restaurant on the news and reading highly positive reviews about it, I tried this place out with my girlfriend and another friend. I wanted to try something different and new so they eventually agreed. The lemonade is something different. It also has agave nectar and some other herbs that taste similar to lemon. None of us liked it; it was too sour and had a peculiar taste. Perhaps that "lemonade" is for people who have an acquired taste for it. The spicy thai rolls were horrible. We thought "spicy" meant it packed heat. What it really meant was spices and herbs that really wreaked havoc on our stomachs. The Flatbread pizza was okay. The lasagna was not as good as expected. Overall, the food was not to our tastes. We are not vegan/raw foodists however we wanted to try something new. If you are like us, think twice because there is no way it could taste good to an average person. The waiter was very friendly and knowledgable. He described in detail what was in some dishes and how it was prepared. The atmosphere is very elegant and nice. Other than that, the food was quite something else.


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Dillon: Taking Newton is a huge gamble
Whoever picks Cam Newton in the NFL Draft is going to be very happy with the choice.
No, don't go take that to the bank, necessarily. Nobody in any draft is ever a sure thing, not until he actually takes the field. But at this point, hours away from the end of the pointlessly, gratuitously harsh ordeal Newton's critics have put him through, this conclusion seems obvious: People have run out of reasons NOT to take him.
The irrational, borderline-hysterical scrutiny of every corner of his physical and psychological makeup, and of his public, personal and private lives, has unveiled ... nothing that makes him more or less of a risk than any other quarterback who has ever been considered for the first overall pick. He could be the next Peyton Manning, yes; he could also be the next Tim Couch, since he never heard a fraction of the doubt about his capabilities at the NFL level that Newton has heard, yet flopped as thoroughly and spectacularly as any No. 1 pick ever.
OK, maybe not as much as other recent quarterbacks picked No. 1. More on that in a minute.
There's really no other test for Newton to pass now; the next one will come whenever the NFL chooses to no longer pompously ignore a federal court order
-- excuse me, whenever the lockout is lifted and players begin to prepare for next season. Newton's NFL success will now largely be up to his own desire to be great, but no more than it will be up to how well his future employer works with him and builds a team around him.
Few of the ranting skeptics take that into consideration. No matter how ready Newton is, no matter how well he answered every question asked of him, he'll be ruined if some organization screws up its development of him.
Carolina, which holds the first pick, sure is a good candidate to screw it up.
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But there still is the high risk of taking him. If Newton is a bust, for any reason, it sets the franchise back immeasurably. Heck, the Panthers are proof of that. This is not the choice they expected to have to make this year, after they spent a second-round pick on Jimmy Clausen a year ago.
Still, consider the high reward and congratulations to the NFL team that has considered that and decides Newton is worth it -- despite a nation of naysayers who want so badly to find reasons why he won't succeed. A nation that too comfortably and casually applies the most transparent of double-standards.
A nation that ponders the usual question of what previous quarterbacks, either top picks or NFL starters, Newton compares most readily to -- and, in perfect knee-jerk fashion, blurts out "Michael Vick'' and "JaMarcus Russell.''
Just for your own amusement, think about everything you know about the playing styles, backgrounds, levels of experience and physical attributes of Vick, Russell and Newton.
Then try to figure out if there is any other small -- superficial -- first-glance, skin-deep resemblance between the three. Take your time.
OK. Enough of that.
Actually, you probably would be more on the mark if you compared Newton to John Elway, who was the first pick when he entered the NFL. Or Ben Roethlisberger, picked in the middle of the first round. Or Brett Favre, passed over completely in the first round. Seriously, it's not that hard to see if you want to look.
Understandably, it's hard right now to see Newton as a finished product.
Quarterbacks who walk in and are ready to start in the NFL are once in a generation. Of course, there is this to consider about Newton's readiness for the job if it's handed to him under these circumstances:
This is a player who started piling up red flags early in his college career at Florida, which under almost any circumstances would make even mediocre programs at the major-college level blanch at the idea of handing such an important position over to him. Yet he took advantage of the best path available to him to keep developing, the junior-college level, where he would be able to play rather than sitting out a transfer year. At that level, he won a national championship.
Then, by all accounts, his father shopped him around for money, an act that threatened to completely nuke his playing prospects and put whatever school signed him on the NCAA's radar. Yet he landed at a big-time program in the best conference in America, stepped right in and led it to an undefeated season. Then he manages not only to maintain his eligibility to play once the NCAA gets word of the allegations against his father, the school also escapes real punishment, and Newton himself doesn't even get implicated.
Then he wins the national championship and, despite a widespread attempt to sabotage the voting, the Heisman Trophy. And after that, even though every attempt was made in several quarters to undermine his ability, his character, his honesty, his intelligence, his motivations for playing and even his dedication -- and please re-read the previous three paragraphs to see what lengths he went through in order to play -- he rose from little better than a second-day pick to a shot at the first pick in the entire draft.
Now. Add that all up. Then subtract the aforementioned skin-deep similarity to Michael Vick and JaMarcus Russell.
Hint: it appears that most NFL teams already have done exactly that. If not, Cam Newton would not be getting the benefit of the doubt from them. They're satisfied with him.
Why wouldn't they be?


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Back in Mobile to check on Mom and Dad. They seem to be doing well as expected. Nice to be here but it is really hot.
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Back in Mobile to check on Mom and Dad. They seem to be doing well as expected. Nice to be here but it is really hot.
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I have returned to CT for my oldest sons marriage to a wonderful woman Mary. They are truly meant for each other and I am looking ahead to a Daughter in Law.
The wedding is June 2nd and araingments are in full swing. I need a new white shirt for my Tux and a good haircut.
I will post more later.
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I arrived today at Chemin-A-Haut State Park in Bastrop Louisiana. There will be a dedication of the grave of Peter Moore on Saturday April 28th.
Peter Moore (1834 – 1878) served in the Confederate States Army and is buried here in Bastrop. The cemetery was recently rediscovered and on Saturday the Daughters of the Confederacy and the Sons of the Confederacy will be present at a re-dedication of the grave. Lisa Franklin was instrumental in locating and re-marking the grave.
I will post some pictures after the ceremony. It has been about 47 years since I last came to Bastrop and I look forward to seeing some of the family while here and find out if the old Moorehouse Garage is still standing.
More later,
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Mark worked on the yard while Rick and I applied compound to the kitchen walls. I hope to finish the compound today and Rick will lay the tile this week. That leaves setting the kitchen cabinets soon and then my part on the front of the duplex will be done as Mark will do the painting.
This has been fun but I am looking forward to my return to Connecticut for my son Justins marriage on June 2.
More later,
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Well it is Monday and the rain is pounding and thunder bellowing! This will be tough on the Azaleas that are in full bloom, wish I had taken the pictures yesterday. We are now putting the kitchen floor in the Ann St house and will start the kitchen cabinets this week.
It was my birthday on the 10′th, had fun with my brother Mark.
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We completed the repairs of my Aunt's house, it was damaged by some vandals a few months ago and are now going to work on my brothers home in downtown Mobile AL.
I will be in La for the Moore Family dedication in April.
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Well it is now winter here in Mobile, it is also about 70 degrees outside and that is very nice. Sure beats the winters in Connecticut (sorry to my sons, they love the winter).
My aunts house was vandalized so Mark and I have been trying to get it back in shape for sale. The vandal's broke all the chandeliers and windows in the doors. Glass was everywhere. I have repaired most of the electrical and Mark has patched the walls and is now painting.
I am looking forward to my son's coming down for Mardi Gras this year. I'm also looking toward traveling to Dublin and visit the Coleman family.
I will be back in Connecticut before June for Justin and Marys wedding.
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I have been having lots of fun helping Jordan with his new home, we gutted the house and are now rebuilding the interior. It is great working with my son and when both are there it is the best feeling in the world. I think we will have the interior finished by July 10th. I will post pictures when done.
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The weather was mild and the season enjoyed. It is now a new year and I am in the process of planning my next travel adventure. My goal is to get to Salt Lake City for some genealogy research but to paraphrase what the wise man once said; It is the journey and not the destination that yields the greatest pleasure.
If anyone has suggestions for my trip please let me know, I will be leaving Mobile Alabama heading west then north to Salt Lake City.
I will post my journey as it is planned.
Best Wishes to all my friends and family and all those motorhome enthusiasts across the country. Have a great New Year!
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Sorry, just had to say it is warm and I am loving it! Ok, so it does get cold some nights but when you have lived in Connecticut for the last 38 years this seems very nice.
I took the Wanderlust to Deep South RV and had the windows removed and re-sealed along with adding some patches to the roof. Since the work was done I located a few leaks and Deep South RV fixed them right away. I recommend Deep South RV in Mobile Alabama for your RV needs, they are a great company and friendly staff.
My current plans are to cover the RV until March when my brother Garry and I will head to Gainsville Florida for the Gator Nationals Drag Race. We have gone to Englishtown Raceway in NJ several times and this will be a new event for us. There is nothing like an 8000 horsepower funny car leaving the line on the way to 300 miles per hour in under 4 seconds.
I am enjoying my stay in Mobile with my parents, brothers and sister. It has been a long time since we were all together for the holidays.
HAPPY HOLIDAYS, MERRY CHRISTMAS to all my friends and family.
John Coleman
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Wednesday, February 23, 2011
good people are everywhere
So Jill is right to call Kay Hymowitz out for the way in which she is hiding some of the politics in her piece from the WSJ. She also does a good job of just calling Hymowitz out on her bullshit; broad generalizations about entire generations of men or women sweep away acres of complexity, and there are all sorts of reasons to disbelieve the idea that delaying the onset of marriage and "adulthood" are bad for traditional domestic roles, anyway. For example, broadly speaking, delaying marriage tends to result in less divorce. The common "starter marriage" phenomenon, where young people marry after a brief courtship and then divorce within less than five years, is often followed by long-term and permanent marriages. (Yet another reason why the divorce rate is bogus: people who marry once, divorce, then remarry and stay married until death have a personal divorce rate of 50%; could anyone reasonably call this a failure for the institution of marriage?) Clearly, marrying later is not then an impediment to successful coupling. If Hymowitz's interest is in preserving traditional domestic institutions, I'm not sure she's on track here.
We all want to look young and hot in our wedding photos, but c'mon.
Jill is also right to be frank about the power dynamics that are just below the surface of Hymowitz's piece. Marriage in a heterosexual relationship certainly doesn't have to be about the marginalization of the female partner's power and identity to the needs and desires of the male partner, but that is the traditional arrangement, and Hymowitz's desires seem to be in that spirit. Delaying marriage in that context means preserving the time period when young women are free to be independent and fully realized beings. As is typical, what is framed as a piece sympathizing with women ("poor women, no good men") is actually one that seeks to condemn them to narrow, traditional gender roles. Also, while Jill's post doesn't quite come right out and say it, I see a critique within of the attitude that success in life is a matter of working at a particular job, being a good capital producer and consumer. Traditional roles of domestic life within capitalism don't just have noxious imbalances between husbands and wives but also define life in reductive terms of capital and material goods acquisition.
While we're on the subject, I do want to say-- there have been a lot of things lately which have provoked considerations of changing gender roles and evolutions in the "sexual marketplace." (ugh) The recession, Knocked Up, Hannah Rosin's "The End of Men," Blue Valentine, and on and on, each provoking spirited reactions about what our changing economy means for dating and relationships. I have opinions on this stuff (shocking, I know), but I do want to say that, in general, I think the stakes are dramatically overstated-- or, at least, that the difficulty in navigating these waters is overstated.
I don't doubt that the currency that really matters to people is sexual and romantic success. (In the case of many men, this is actually a matter of maintaining sexual privilege, but that's a whole other issue.) But I find that the big think articles and essays on these phenomena almost universally make it seem harder to adapt to a changing romantic landscape then it actually is "on the ground." When you take on these issues theoretically, when you're reading a magazine essay that is compelled by the usual pressure to be sensationalistic, it can seem daunting. But when you really are out there interacting in the actual social spaces, I think you'll find it much easier. Remember that people want to like members of the sex that they are attracted to. Men and women, gay and straight, people want to be attracted to other people. (I think one of the best things for straight guys who feel romantically undesirable to do is to understand that straight women like love and sex too.)
A lot of people feel like there is a conflict between their political or ethical commitments and their need to get laid or find a partner. And, sure-- on some level, it is indeed easier to be a cad or a creep than it is to try to operate in the romantic space ethically. (Since the average creep cares not about his rate or percentage of success in trying to pick up women, but rather just the number of times he is successful, it's to his numerical advantage to just keep throwing it out there and coming on to women as often as possible. It's a numbers game. If you feel resentful that creeps might be getting laid more than you, content yourself with the fact that doing the right thing is a higher order concern.) But it's always been that way, and it's not much easier for creeps. The idea that it is becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy.
Just do the right thing, try your best, have fun, and you'll find yourself happier than you'd expect. Treat people the right way. Don't be a jackass doing magic tricks at a bar. Have fun. Seriously, the hype that it's a very tough landscape out there, or that it's newly difficult, is just the media doing what it does. Trust in evolution, your value, and our flawed but indispensable concept of romantic love.
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- George said...
Perfectly and eloquently expressed as always. I hope you have a comment or two on the DOMA defense decision just announced by the Administration. A small step but a vital change, I think. Patience, as WC Fields noted, is a virgin...
- February 23, 2011 at 2:12 PM
My, Freddie, but your normal intelligence and charity really seems to have deserted you here. Your obeisance to the feminist armature -- everything ever written, everywhere, at any time, should be examined as an attack on women -- seems to have blinded you to the plain fact that Hymowitz' piece is _primarily_ a vicious attack on men. From the title on down, she's denying the very existence of "good men," who are in fact legion, in order to deflect attention from the real story, which is not that good men are rare but that young women's demented value system can't appreciate them. Hymowitz is grounded in the same female supremacist muck -- it's never the case that women are primarily at fault for anything bad -- that you can't seem to free yourself from; so if you can't get back to the solid ground of reality the least you can do is be kind to your fellow travelers out there.
- February 25, 2011 at 6:06 PM
- Freddie said...
Now, now. Listen I just think that Hymowitz is wrong. That happens to include that there are no good men, and the piece I linked to asserts just that. I would ask what possible force Hymowitz's piece has that could cause men any particular pain. Part of the point is that these kind of battle of the sexes arguments are ultimately of little value because people couple, and will go on coupling, despite them.
- February 25, 2011 at 8:41 PM
"I would ask what possible force Hymowitz's piece has that could cause men any particular pain."
My God, are you serious? How can you ask such a thing? Here, try these statements on for size and see if you can imagine how they would cause any person any particular pain:
"There were no blacks who were kept out of jobs or schools unfairly under Jim Crow; it was all their own fault that they were lazy and stupid."
"No woman was ever really raped against her will; either she invited it by wearing the wrong clothes, or she really wanted it anyway."
In deference to Godwin's Law I'll omit the traditional third example. But I'm sure you get the point. Now see how Hymowitz' version runs on exactly the same rails:
"There are no good single men in the world; if a man's been passed over by women it must be that he can't really be good, since women always looking for good as a high priority."
Do you begin to grasp that Hymowitz' piece effectively erases an entire category of men, scrubbing them out of existence? Do you really maintain that that doesn't constitute a deplorable act of violence?
The rest is just the same. When you say "these kind[s] of ... arguments are ultimately of little value because people ... will go on coupling" you might just as well say "arguments about having the Pinkertons kill striking coal miners are of little value, because the coal will get dug out anyway."
You're trying to brush off a vast injustice that has literally ruined the lives of millions of young, decent and deserving men. I'm really shocked that you can be so callous -- but perhaps I haven't been reading your column long enough....
- February 25, 2011 at 10:34 PM
- Josh K-sky said...
Freddie, thanks for linking to my Blue Valentine piece. I happen to think that your and Jill's pieces are good takes on how it feels to live in the world, but as a critic it's worth trying to name what is different about today from yesterday. I like that Jill's piece roots it in economics, but I think there's something blithe about her piece that tries to get around whether there's a spiritual dimension to it -- the stoic/tragic elements that I linked to in that Traister interview.
I think Hymowitz and in a similar way Millman in his review are coming at this from a reactionary, contemptuous standpoint, and letting dudgeon outweigh critical thinking and empathy. But we're all responding to the same things. I don't think it's worth appealing to a mythic masculine past to figure it out. And it is worth treating with a grain of salt. But women are very different in the world today than they were two generations ago, and it makes sense that men will be as well.
- February 26, 2011 at 12:56 AM
- Freddie said...
I don't disagree that gender roles are changing. I celebrate it! I just want to tell people not to worry so much and to look around at all of the examples of people happily coupling and doing all of the things that we want to do as romantic and sexual beings. I believe in the enduring power of human attraction, and that it will win the day.
- February 26, 2011 at 8:22 AM
Just do the right thing, try your best, have fun, and you'll find yourself happier than you'd expect.
content yourself with the fact that doing the right thing is a higher order concern
look around at all of the examples of people happily coupling
I dare you to try unloading this tripe while sitting across from a 25-year-old virgin, and see how he reacts. If you go home with all your teeth it'll be more than you deserve.
I'm clearly not getting through here, so I won't darken your blog again. But, seriously Freddie, if you ever want to actually visit the planet Earth, let me know; I can get you a good deal on tickets.
- February 26, 2011 at 10:00 AM
- Freddie said...
Would it satisfy you if I told you that I have sympathy and concern for the 25 year old virgin which springs from a personal and individual perspective, and not from a consideration of broad, vague, and ill-defined social phenomena? I would submit to you that what such a person needs is precisely not to be treated as a member of a generation or a victim of a zeitgeist. I would say that what such a person needs is the kind of genuine human connection that can only arise from the dedication to understanding him in the particular. You're free to call that sophistry. You're free to call it insufficient. But it's the only way I know how to treat a person like a human being.
- February 26, 2011 at 10:03 AM
Ah, Freddie, I really should be paying you; the laughs just keep coming. Imagine the scene down at the Civil Rights Division:
"That's the fifteenth straight Muslim candidate they've rejected this month! Shouldn't we identify this as a case of illegal discrimination?"
"Wait! The evidence may be incontrovertible, but ace philosopher Freddie de Boer has said that it's wrong to treat anyone as the victim of a zeitgeist. Each of those people must be understood as an individual! independent of what happened to all the others."
"Wow, I'm glad you told me, otherwise I would have gone ahead and identified a pattern of injustice and started tracing its root causes. I agree that it's better we not identify the perpetrators; that's the only way Freddie knows to treat the victims as human beings!"
Remind me again: what favor, exactly, are you doing a man by refusing to see that his victimization is part of a pattern?
As you can tell, I think your conception of "the only way ... to treat a person like a human being" needs a little work. But, I'm here to help! So here's my advice, which you may call obvious (but apparently not obvious enough): before you dispense advice to someone who's been grossly mistreated, it's only human to first acknowledge and appreciate the scale of what the person has been through. And, I'm afraid your anodyne recommendations to "Come on, get happy!" are just the opposite: facile and insulting, showing a complete lack of awareness.
Freddie visits Devil's Island: "Don't despair, Captain Dreyfus! All these arguments about who was or wasn't wrongfully convicted are ultimately of little value, since there are plenty of people happily strolling the streets of Paris! (even as your own life burns away on this hellish rock)."
So, what would satisfy me? The obvious, of course: that you admit that Hymowitz's WSJ piece was _primarily_ a vicious and disgusting attack on a whole class of men, and men who deserve better. In short, you should condemn Hymowitz for the important reason, which is not that she's a subtle misogynist but that she's a blatant misandrist. Really, is that so hard?
- February 26, 2011 at 7:28 PM
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In my own personal experiences as a coach, changing the perception or story of the situation which creates the anxiety can be very effective. So often we forget where the anxiety came from in the first place.
Cardenas is a leading man, not only in his talent but in his soul. It's beautiful to witness and I can't wait for the rest of the world to see the light inside of him. Luckily, I don't think the world with be waiting much longer.
Here at Ovarian Cancer Action we applaud Angelina Jolie's decision to announce that she has had her ovaries removed and are anticipating another wave of the 'Angelina Effect', which saw a dramatic increase in the number of women referred for genetic testing after Angelina announced that she had undergone a double mastectomy in 2013.
My relationship with Eurovision has always been ambivalent. There were so many bad memories as well as good ones associated with it... Particularly as the BBC of the time presented their cold face of moral rectitude in censuring me for being named in the divorce case of someone I believed I was engaged to and who turned out to already have a wife. Rolf Harris, his manager, his director and the BBC conspired to have me removed from his TV show in which I was presenting the six Eurovision songs to the viewers. They did not want me to harm his reputation as a family entertainer...
While Clarkson's true-to-form casual attitude to the 'fracas' and bravado to the subsequent BBC action of suspending him might give the impression that no damage has really been done, PR-wise, many media experts would disagree.
If Kanye isn't quite to your refined taste either, and you're 100% positive that you don't want to witness his headline set, then I'm sure you'd be able to find alternative entertainment at the festival, right? As anyone who has been to the festival will tell you, there's a whole other world to Glastonbury than the Pyramid Stage!
If we can all agree on anything, it's that Kanye takes himself very, very seriously, and he's not a man who's going to mess up the biggest performance of his career so far, at one of the most famous festivals in the world. Don't believe me? Here's why he'll blow everyone away...
The reality is being called an idiot, a bigot, a racist, a homophobe, a transphobe, an ableist, a misogynist, a misandrist or anything else isn't restricting your freedom of speech it's a group trying to use shame to make you conform to their world view. The question is, do you care?
Let me be free. Let me be me! Don't make me old, with your thinking and words about how I should be. You don't have to come to my shows. I am giving tremendous energy with my voice, because that is me. Get my energy or shut up. A critic of my show I did on my 80th birthday. You wanted me to be coming in at the same time on the top of the bars with the tracks. Well, I like to syncopate my voice to come in before or after the music notes, not right on top of the tracks, you see. That's done in classical music, also. Remember? Yes.
"I've always been driven by what people want and not what I like," says Pete Waterman OBE. "I'm lucky enough to have come into this business seeing The Beatles before they were The Beatles, when they were John Lennon and The Silver Beetles.
No matter how much anyone against Kanye West headlining on Glastonbury's Pyramid Stage claims it's nothing to do with racism or hip hop (a genre of music intrinsically tied to black people and the black experience), I can't help but feel uncomfortable and unsatisfied with these denials.
No doubt it will become more usual for both parents to take on more equal roles in parenting in the future - particularly given the changes in parental leave at work that are set to come into force in the UK in the coming weeks.
An actor's agent does not step into the spotlight; he or she is a figure in the shadows, buoying and navigating many dazzling careers. But what does shedding light on the figure of the agent tell us about films and film stars?
After about six months we left the TV studio and were taken out to some swanky restaurant, which was indeed a night club, which was indeed the preferred hang out for yer Milanese footballer. All the women (and there was a LOT of women) looked like Mick Jagger when Mick Jagger looked like an Italian woman (1965-1969!).
St Patrick's Day is the ideal time to treat yourself to some tasty Irish cuisine, like traditional Irish breads. One of my favourite Irish breads is buttermilk soda bread which in Ireland might be better known as a soda farl. A fun way to eat them for lunch is as a pizza!
Paris in the spring is quite frankly... well just beautiful. The sun was out. It was warm... all I'm missing is my girl. The gig was great too. Bit of a come down from all the razzmatazz of the big shows in the UK. Great crowd... Some people actually flew in from The Lebanon especially for it, which was nice.


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Chicago Fire midfielder Egidio Arevalo Rios and the Uruguayan National Team are [basically] on their way to Brazil next summer after an emphatic 5-0 demolition of Jordan in the first leg of the Intercontinental Playoffs earlier today in Amman.
Rios went 90 minutes in the heart of midfield while goals from Maxi Pereira (22'), Cristian Stuani (42'), Nicolass Lodeiro (69'), Cristian Rodriguez (78') and Edinson Cavani (92+') gave Uruguay what seems to be an insurmountable lead heading into the second leg next Wednesday in Montevideo.
Once again, Section 8 Chicago is running their annual poll for Supporters Player of the Year!
All Chicago Fire supporters are encouraged to vote for their choice by Thursday, November 21 at noon CT. Two days later, the Independent Supporters Association will honor their Player of the Year with a gathering on Saturday, November 23, 6:00pm at A.J. Hudsons Public House (3801 N. Ashland).
The winner is also given $1500 from Section 8 Chicago to donate to the charity of their choice.
Past winners:
2012 - Patrick Nyarko (Charity: A Better Life For Kids)
2011 - Dominic Oduro (Nothing But Nets)
2010 - C.J. Brown (SCORES Chicago)
2009 - C.J. Brown (SCORES Chicago)
VOTE HERE: http://www.s8c.org/2013-supporters-player-of-the-year/
It was a balmy 32 degrees for this morning's Toyota Park Transit Center groundbreaking and though it's not much to look at now, there's plenty of reason to be excited for the new Pace facility, scheduled to open next year, which will include an indoor waiting area.
Congressman Daniel Lipinski and Bridgeview Mayor and Illinois State Senator Steven M. Landek were on-hand to christen the new project which is expected to increase access to public transportation for the residents of Bridgeview, along with people visiting Chicago Fire soccer matches, concerts and other events.
According to Pace, there are additional plans to include the area of Harlem Avenue around Toyota Park in its Arterial Rapid Transit express bus network, and the transit center will serve as a hub for local bus routes to connect with the express service and one another.
The Toyota Park Transit Center announcement, coupled with the recent opening of the 71st Street underpass, is welcomed news for Fire supporters as both projects should facilitate travel for soccer fans to come to Toyota Park, as well as lessen the potential for traffic and parking congestion on game days.
Because we love quoting what Landon Donovan says about current members of the Fire, we couldn't help ourselves when we saw his quote about his former coach with both San Jose and LA, Frank Yallop in Sunday's feature in the Chicago Tribune.
"Frank is the epitome of a players coach," Donovan said. "Every player who ever has played for him absolutely loved their time with him and would run through a wall for him. … He treats his players with respect and inspires hard work and success through calm leadership."
Landon's quote goes along with everything I've heard about the Fire's new head coach and Director of Soccer from former players and while Yallop admits he has a lot of work to do this offseason, you can't help but be excited about the first time he actually gets to coach the Fire in 2014.
Just 11 more Saturdays until the start of preseason and 15 until March...
Check out the full feature from Jack McCarthy here [+].
In this business when you swear you won't use your laptop for a day, often times you miss something. Such was the case for yours truly Friday as I took a much-needed day off following 10 months of non-stop career work...
So the story goes, I missed what seems to be a pretty clear, if not indirect endorsement of Mike Magee for MVP from a former teammate and probably the greatest American soccer player of all-time, Landon Donovan.
It came in an article from Scott French on MLSsoccer.com where the veteran So-Cal writer spoke with Robbie Rogers about the trade that saw his rights traded to LA in exchange for Magee to come to Chicago.
While the article centered mainly on Rogers adjustment to LA, Donovan, who is teammates with another potential MLS MVP candidate in Robbie Keane, had this to say of his Magee's exploits this season in Chicago:
"Would we like Mike Magee here? Yes," he said. "I think any team wants the MVP of the league on their team, so, yeah, we would like Mike here. But the reality is Mike's not here, and we're all happy for Mike, and there's no guarantee those things [Magee achieved in Chicago] would have happened had Mike stayed here."
If you know Magee, he'd traded the chance to still be playing for any individual accolade but it does seem we should add Landon to the list of MLSsoccer.com editors, Washington Post reporter Steven Goff and Soccer America's Ridge Mahoney on #MikeMageeMVP endorsements.
There's a decent chance if you were coming to Toyota Park from the south, west or even sometimes the north prior to 2011, you played a game called 71st Street Train Roulette.
You know what I'm talking about. 71st Street would provide great access to Toyota Park if only one of those long freight trains wasn't crawling through at the time. If you got past the train tracks, it was a cool final breeze to the stadium.
If you got stopped by the train (especially close to kickoff) it was gut wrenching to have to sit and watch as it slowly passed by or even stop on the tracks as the game began in earnest inside Toyota Park.
At the end of 2011 access to the stadium from north-bound 71st Street was shutdown in order to build an underpass that would eliminate the need for 71st Street Train Roulette. Of course this didn't make things easier for those coming from any of the above mentioned directions as you simply couldn't gain access to the stadium.
It was a two-year headache that made entering and exiting from Toyota Park difficult.
All for the greater good though as the project was completed this past week and a ceremony held Saturday morning featuring Illinois Governor Pat Quinn to open the 71st Street Bridge.
It's been a long wait and we're glad it's over…
On the match:
Yeah I mean I just think that we had some chances in the first half and I think if we could have got the second goal I think that could have changed things a little bit and then I think when we started the second half we had some bad turnovers in bad spots. I feel we had the ball and we turned it over and when they get the ball in good spots they have quality players that are going to hurt you. In the first half we had our chances to score another goal and the second half was just the key I think, in possession when we had it I think we just turned it over in bad spots and then once they went two, three up, we knew the score, we knew the results of the other game and we had to push the game. From then on, for me, it really didn't matter; we just kept on pushing to try to come back [and at least tie the match to get into the playoffs].
On the season:
Right now it's a lot of emotions. I'm proud of the guys just the way the second half of the season [went] and we were probably the best team in the league in the second half of the season. Through adversity you learn and you become better but I think the group fought all the way to the end, it's just unfortunate that early on [in the season] if you get one more win it's a different thing. I take my hat off to the guys because they competed. I know it's disappointing right now for sure, but you have to learn from every situation and move on.
On Mike Magee:
For me he's the MVP. Another very good performance, scored another very good goal tonight and look at the impact he's had on our team. He's a fantastic player and we're happy to have him starting next year from the beginning [of the season].
On the match:
I wish I knew [what went wrong in the match]. First and foremost I think New York was great. I think anytime you got Tim Cahill and [Thierry] Henry on your team and those guys are in the form that they were in tonight they're going to be hard to beat. I definitely think we might have lain down a little bit.
On reflecting on his season:
This is going to hurt for a while. It's cool to score goals and all but you play the game to lift the trophy and to kind of come that close after so much work just to get ourselves back in a spot to have a chance at making the playoffs – to be honest, it's heartbreaking.
On Thierry Henry:
He's the best. He's probably the best player in the league and one of the classiest guys I've met. I got a chance to hang with him a little bit in Kansas City this year and I have nothing but respect for him. I just told him I wish him luck and that's all.
Select shots from the Fire's loss to the Red Bulls
Sunday's regular season finale at Red Bull New York will be shown in A LOT of countries around the world... Check out the list below and for our international fans, check your local television listings.
Kickoff is 4:00pm CT in the United States.
Albavision (Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panamá)
Al Jazeera (Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Djibouti, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, UAE and Yemen)
Antel (Uruguay - highlights only)
Arena Sport (Former Yugoslavia - except Slovenia)
Astro Supersport (Malaysia, Brunei)
beIN Sports (Indonesia, Vietnam, Japan)
Benfica TV (Portugal, Cape Verde, Angola, Mozambique)
BT Sports (United Kigdom)
C More (Denmark, Norway, Finland, Sweden)
Canal + (France)
CYTA (Cyprus)
DirecTV (Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela plus the following territories in and around the Caribbean: Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Barbados, Belize, Bonaire, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Curacao, Dominica, French Guiana, Grenada, Guadaloupe, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Martinique, Montserrat, Saba, Saint Barthélemy, Saint Eustatius, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, St. Martin, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago and Turks and Caicos.)
GSP TV (Romania)
Ma Chaine Sport (Sub-Saharan Africa, Israel)
One (Israel)
Orange (Poland)
Perform (WorldWide)
PPTV (China)
Prisa TV (Spain)
Rightster (Clips WorldWide - highlights only)
SCTV/VCTV (Vietnam)
Setanta Africa (Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Comoros Islands, Congo Brazzaville, Cote d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea Bissau, Guinea Conakry, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, South Africa, St. Helena, Swaziland, Togo, Uganda, Tanzania, Zambia, Zanzibar, Zimbabwe)
Skynet (Myanmar)
Šport TV (Slovenia)
Sportdigital.tv (Germany, Austria)
Sport Klub (Hungary)
Sportradar (Worldwide excluding USA, Canada, Mexico, MENA & Japan)
SportsMax (Aruba, Bermuda, The Bahamas, The Cayman Islands, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Curacao, The Leeward Islands (including Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, St. Kitts/Nevis, Montserrat and the British Virgin Islands), The Windward Islands (including St. Lucia, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, Dominica and Grenada), Barbados, Trinidad & Tobago and Turks & Caicos)
Super Sport (South Africa)
Ten Sports (Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka)


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October Snow
Mass. Gets Federal Aid For October Storm Cleanup
President Obama has signed a major disaster declaration to help recovery from the late October snowstorm that affected central and western parts of Mass.
Branches Damaged During October Snowstorm Still On Side Of I-95
It's another sign of the ongoing impact of our huge October snowstorm: branches damaged in the storm are still along I-95 in Foxboro.
Despite Outage Issues, National Grid President Awarded For "Excellence"
The Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce gave National Grid President Marcy Reed an award for management despite issues with power outages this past year.
State Hosts Public Meetings On Utility Response To October Snowstorm
The Department of Public Utilities is looking into whether the power companies were properly prepared for the storm.
National Grid Blames Forecasters For "Underestimating" October Storm
National Grid says it would have been better prepared for the storm and restored power to 420,000 customers quicker had the forecast been more accurate.
How Much Snow Will We Get This Winter?
The October Nor'easter we just lived through is making a lot of people nervous about the coming winter.
Mass. DPU Launches Probe Into October Snowstorm
The Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities has formally launched an investigation into the response to the late October snowstorm by three of the state's public utilities.
DA: North Brookfield Woman Died Of Hypothermia, Other Health Issues
Dorothy Hall was found unresponsive in her unheated North Brookfield home last week.
Thousands Enter Seventh Day Without Power
More than 50,000 people in Massachusetts still do not have power after last weekend's Nor'easter.
Soundbytes Of The Week 11/4
The "Cain train" hits a snag. If you're hearing this mp3, you may have your power back. Delayed Halloween for the kiddies in Worcester.


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text: The intersection of the history, politics, religion, and culture of the Ancient Near East and Mediterranean World from 500 BCE to 500 CE is examined on the basis of primary literary and extra-literary sources. Particular attention is given to the origin and development of Judaism and Christianity within the course of empire building. Offered every Fall.


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Painting is the natural continuation of mass drawing with the addition of colour.
Working from both the model and still life, students complete a series of exercises that cover colour mixing, paint application, to achieve textures and atmosphere in painting. We use a limited palette of 5 colours which enables the student to keep focused on tone, temperature, mark making, and painterly qualities – those aspects that can ultimately separate a painting from a photograph – which have less to do with absolute colour than with overall mood.
Advanced projects in the drawing program allow a natural progression into working with oil paint. Students initially begin with a grisaille pallette to familiarise themselves with the medium and the problems of accurate value mixing and paint handling. They soon progress into working with the traditional limited colour palette, enabling an accurate and convincing colour impression, marrying a strong sense of drawing with the principals of direct painting.
Students learn to appreciate the impression, the whole statement of values that belong to the specific scene they are painting, whether it be a figure, still life, or a portrait. The complicated problems of representing nature are solved by understanding the form as a combination of shapes with specific colour values, each relating to the whole. Preliminary colour studies are executed before the main work is attempted, to better understand the broad effect and flow of light. A general colour 'block-in' or 'ebauche' is developed into a work that retains unity and a strong sense of drawing. economy of detail and broadness of effect being stressed.
LARA student working on a colour study
Typically a painting project begins with a studied drawing in which the accurate proportion and placement of the big masses are established. This is then transferred to canvas and the drawing can be developed from a number of different angles, for instance with an initial monochromatic underpainting, or a simplified colour block in. Regardless of the specific method, a direct treatment is encouraged, striving toward a sense of the whole, where each individual component is assigned its proper importance in relation to the whole effect.
All throughout the figure painting program lessons learned in previous drawing exercises are sustained: accuracy, proportion, capturing a lively and believable gesture, conveying a sense of anatomy, and designing a believable value scheme that describes the effect of light, are key.


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