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The last time I wrote for this spot, it was nearly half a year ago and I was writing about the end of days. This led a regular reader to inquire whether I had, in fact, been swept up in my own personal rapture. Nothing, sadly, could be further from the reality. In fact, I was swept up in this company's conversion to a completely new newspaper and website production system, a process that has been a little like the conversion from sail to steam in the shipping industry. Only without the ocean breezes.
I won't bother to bore you with the minutiae. Suffice to say, it took four and a half months of meetings, training, in-house setup, more intensive training, more frantic in-house setup and final, frenetic preparation before we "went live" with the system. As readers of the Times know, that first week was difficult and the subsequent month has been no picnic, either. Fortunately for my sanity, I was able to get a desperately needed vacation once the system was up and running (or perhaps "up and limping along" would be a more accurate description).
On the cusp of returning to work, I have spent a few days pondering this entire process. The staff at the Times has been through a lot in the past six months, not much of it all that pleasant. While the paper has moved through major changes in production — not that long ago, in the grand scheme of things, the paper was being produced on linotype machines with galleys of metal type — most of our changes have been phased in. But not since the conversion from "hot" to "cold" type have we changed nearly every element of our production, from basic typesetting system to the page production program to the way our pages are sent to the pressroom and every aspect of our electronic publishing process. So everyone is trying to learn everything all at once — a daunting and difficult task.
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The change is one that the Times has had to make to stay current with new technology. It is the reality of the newspaper business in the breaking years of the 21st century that those that don't change — those that cannot marry the "ink on paper" delivery of the news with the digital, Internet-driven delivery of the news — will likely not survive. Times management understands the need for this paper to be more than just newsprint, and has undertaken this radical upheaval to allow the paper to improve it's digital edition and to bring such exciting new products as an e-edition, an electronic version of the paper that can be read on such devices as iPads and smart phones and e-readers.
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To understand the driving force behind Patrick Jane, the title character in the hit drama The Mentalist, one need look no further than the brutal murderer who has plagued his nightmares since the series' first episode. On Monday, Oct. 22, TNT is going to take viewers on a journey through those nightmares with The Mentalist: The Hunt for Red John, an all-day marathon of episodes centering on the serial killer whose long line of victims includes Jane's own family.
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In addition to the pilot episode, TNT's The Mentalist: The Hunt for Red John marathon features the gripping season finales for each of the first four seasons, including the memorable two-part "Strawberries and Cream" season 3 finale, in which Jane finally meets Red John face-to-face.
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|Noon – "Pilot" (Season 1) – California Bureau of Investigation consultant Thomas Jane along with Senior Agent Teresa Lisbon and her team, investigate a double murder in which a pro golfer's wife and her doctor were killed in Palm Springs.
1 p.m. – "Red John's Friends" (Season 1) – Patrick Jane becomes focused on a convicted murderer who promises to reveal information on Red John upon his release, and quits the CBI in order to prove the prisoner's innocence.
2 p.m. – "Red John's Footsteps" (Season 1) – Lisbon believes the serial killer Red John is trying to trick Patrick Jane when the CBI team looks into the murder of a young girl and the kidnapping of her sister.
3 p.m. – "His Red Right Hand" (Season 2) – Lisbon's team arrives at the office to find that Bosco's team has been shot and killed, while he is in critical condition. Through the investigation, it turns out that Red John was behind the attack and that it was orchestrated as Bosco came closer to finding him while investigating a recent crime. Someone impersonating a CBI agent then picks up and destroys all of the evidence relating to the case.
4 p.m. – "Red Sky in the Morning" (Season 2) – Patrick Jane and Kristina's first date is interrupted by a report of Red John striking again, which is discovered to be a copycat. But when Kristina reaches out to the real Red John, both she and Jane find themselves in grave danger
5 p.m. – "Red Moon" (Season 3) – Patrick Jane accepts the help of a local astrologer, Ellis Mars, to solve the puzzling case of a triple homicide that involves two policemen and the fiancé of an EMT worker.
6 p.m. – "Strawberries and Cream, Part 1" (Season 3) – The CBI team must investigate the c ase of a suicide bomber.
7 p.m. – "Strawberries and Cream, Part 2" (Season 3) – The trail of the suicide bomber leads to Red John, and Patrick Jane finally meets his deadly enemy in person in a shocking confrontation.
8 p.m. – "Scarlet Ribbons" (Season 4) – In prison for killing his nemesis, Patrick Jane must prove that the man he shot really was Red John. Meanwhile, Lisbon urges Van Pelt to seek counseling in the aftermath of the death of her fiance.
9 p.m. – "Red Rover, Red Rover" (Season 4) – On the eighth anniversary of his wife and daughter's death, Jane receives a message from Red John, causing Jane to lose focus on his current case and put the investigation and his career at the CBI in jeopardy.
10 p.m. – "The Crimson Hat" (Season 4) – After another failed attempt to defeat Red John, Patrick Jane hits rock bottom, finds a lover and shoots one of his own.


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|May 16, 2001, 11:10 AM
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Can anyone provide reports on difference between 10 & 12 gauge slugs in jello or on game [or Goblins]?
Is penetration any different between the two?
|May 16, 2001, 03:53 PM
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OUCH and ouch
Ithaca made a Roadblocker model in 10 for disabling vehicles, so I assume that it hits harder.
|May 16, 2001, 08:03 PM
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I was searching a few days ago, and only found 10 ga slugs in Federal. 1 3/4 oz, but only about 1200 fps, IIRC. I would expect deeper penetration than from a similar Foster-type 12 ga slug.
|May 16, 2001, 09:35 PM
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No need for 10 gauge slugs
There is no need for 10 gauge slugs unless you want to tear apart a vehicle.
I used to use 3-inch 12 gauge slugs while deer hunting and found it to be overkill. The 1.25 ounce Foster style Federal Classic would blow through both sides of the deer and kick like a mule.
About five years ago, I put a Hastings Paradox 24-inch fully rifled barrel on my 870 Wingmaster with a cantilever scope. I now use 2 3/4 Federal Barnes Expanders with excellent results. I wrote an outdoors article for The Sioux City Journal newspaper in Iowa and put two of them in the same hole on targed at 50 yards. They shoot sub 3-inch groups at 100 yards a few inches low the way I have it sighted.
The Copper Solid by Remington is also an awesome slug, but it does not work in Hastings barrels. Both copper slugs offer massive, controlled expansion on deer.
Stick with 12 gauge standard slugs. They are all you need. Nothing hits harder within 30 yards.
|May 16, 2001, 10:21 PM
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HerrJaegermeister: When hunting Bambi caliber isn't very important. But for bigger game it can matter.
Spectre: I would think 10 gauge would penetrate more than a 12 also if using similar style slugs.
I don't think slugs would be the best choice for a charging Ford
|May 16, 2001, 10:54 PM
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I want one of those Russian 8-gauge shotguns they issue to their Dept. of the Interior troops. Heh. I mean, I'm so tough, a dislocated shoulder doesn't make me flinch in the least. Riiiight... LOL
|May 16, 2001, 11:07 PM
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FWIW, I think Winchester sells 10 gauge ceramic slugs for cleaning the interior of boilers and powerplants. Wouldn't want to get shot with one of those. Ooph, that would hurt.
|May 17, 2001, 12:23 AM
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How, exactly, do you clean something by blasting it with a 10 gauge? I mean, I'm genuinely curious here...
|May 17, 2001, 01:03 AM
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In power plants, blast furnaces, or other large hot chambers that are used to produce heat/energy on a mass scale there are deposits that build up on the wall due to incomplete combustion or deposits of the waste of combustion. For instance, think of a house chimney with soot or whatever building up in it, easy to visualize right? But in the power plant, steel mill or whatever; the size of the combustion chamber might be the size of a small house. So, it's big and it is going 24/7 a week and year. It is not possible to clean it out because anything (or any person) put in there is going to burn up. So engineers came up with a window and aimable scattergun to blast the deposit off of the opposite walls of the combustion chamber. A ceramic slug would knock off soot/coal deposits but disintegrate against the metal sides of the boiler. The dust would go up and out the chimney. Viola!
I understand your scepticism. When I first came across the product (10 ga ceramic slugs) about 3 or less years ago I was agape with the HD potential. I am sure Winchester still sells the product but it is now on the QT. Otherwise nutcase gangbangers and WAR types would stock up because it would be a much too tempting a lethal shell to be available for urban circulation.
|May 17, 2001, 05:04 AM
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I doubt there's a critter in North America that a 12 ga slug, properly inserted, wouldn't stop. Capstick wrote of using Brennekes on Cape Buffalo, so maybe there's no real advantage in going to a larger gauge.
Maybe the term,"Wretched Excess" applies.
And, there are larger gauges. Winchester still markets an 8 ga slug for kiln guns. That's right, 8 ga.
I wonder why no one has ever developed a slug load for the MM 79 grenade launcher,after all they have buck loads, grenades, Willy Pete,flares,etc.
|May 17, 2001, 09:46 AM
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Ersatz M-79 slug, or That's Gotta Hurt
A colleague of mine was in Vietnam. He was at the dentist one day when the word came through to clear out the building. They brought in an enemy guy with an unexploded M-79 grenade lodged in his jaw. Seems he was shot at such close range the grenade hadn't had time to arm itself.
|May 17, 2001, 09:49 AM
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Jeff, CA: Yet another case of not using "enough gun"?
|May 17, 2001, 09:53 AM
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IIRC a 12 gauge rifle was considered a light buffalo elephant gun sort of a 375 if you will. While 8 gauge was standard, say 416/458...and the 4 bore was akin to the 577.
Does anyone recall where Capstick mentions 12 gauge and buffalo?
|May 17, 2001, 10:37 PM
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Death in the long grass?
I recall he said he wanted to try one of the saboted 12 GA slugs. He also believe he wanted to try one of the 10 ga' ers.
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|May 18, 2001, 11:27 AM
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Hey go easy on Glamdring, if I remember correctly he was the poster who sent a Remington 870 Super Magnum (3.5" 12 gauge) to Vang Comp to be reworked into a defense gun. You gotta like someone who wants to make sure the goblins are REALLY dead when they get hit.
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And someone else was considering a 10ga for
home defense. Hey, the rule is, use as much gun
as you can handle, right? So why not? With a Vang
barrel and some training, I doubt that different
ammo strength will make much difference on followup
shot times between a 20ga and a 10ga.
|May 19, 2001, 12:10 AM
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Nope, wasn't me that had a rem 3.5" 12 gauge.
I don't like comps or porting.
I have had threads about using 35 or 458 rifles for dealing with goblins though [It isn't "overkill", rather it is being "certain"].
I still think Speer's 400 SP for the 45-70 out of a 10 to 11 lbs 458 Lott at about 2000fps would be rather effective and as easy to control as a 12 guage.
Dave: Maybe they don't need a slug load for the 40mm? Perhaps they have never had failure to stop with any of the loads. Would think the OSS would be VERY high with most any load out of a grenade launcher
|May 19, 2001, 10:43 AM
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Leessee,Glamdring, say a 6 oz slug from a MM79 at 2000 FPS? It oughta be a good stopper with hollow points(G)
|May 20, 2001, 08:29 AM
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10ga slugs are brutal!! I know that the Federal 10ga 1.75oz(768grain) slugs kick HARD!!! Not to mention they DO indeed punch through alot of stuff that Federal 12ga 1oz MAX slugs will not. About the best test I have done with 12ga vs 10ga slug is a 1/4"(?) steel plate @ 50yards hang from a 2x4. The 12ga slugs just left alittle mark on it. The 10ga slugs bent it/dented it. If you do like pain though I would go for 10ga slugs!!! (12ga 1.25oz Mag slugs dont bother me, but damn do those 1.75oz 10ga slugs)
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|May 25, 2001, 09:30 PM
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So has anyone used 10 gauge slug(s) on a live target?
Perhaps someone should write to Marshall & Sanow and ask them to start a file on the OSS % for the M-79/M203
|May 26, 2001, 09:29 AM
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Glamdring, one "Major Disturbance"(Prison riot) I survived had "Multiple Baton" loads used following gas in a dormitory setting.For those unfamiliar with riot control, that load is wooden blocks with rounded edges, over an inch across and moving at more than 300 FPS. The gas gun was basically an M-79. I can just imagine the carnage with those slugs, or maybe a 2 1/2 oz load of 00.
But it'll take a younger and tougher man than me to shoot it much.
|May 26, 2001, 01:12 PM
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The US 40mm round used in the M-79 and M-203 is a very low-velocity load that "bleeds off" a large part of the launching charge. This is why the round STOPPED in Charlie's head. The 40mm used in the MK 19, OTOH, is a different critter.
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Since the cage, which will be used in Addy's latest work, 22°HALO, is hanging from the ceiling, and I'm hanging from the cage, picking up my feet lets me spin and move about, separate from the cage itself. The ever-patient Addy stresses that merely hanging without movement makes for beautiful sculpture, but that spinning is what gives aerial dance integrity.
Addy started dancing 10 years ago, working with local groups including the now-defunct aero/betty. It was after his experience with aero/betty that Addy started AVIATOR. Addy had often felt artistically stifled as child, and was inspired by aerial dance because he "had no rules" when suspended in the air.
Freedom and its opposites—control, confinement, constraint—are just a few themes at work in 22°HALO, showing in the atrium of Wieden & Kennedy this week. The name refers to an atmospheric phenomenon that occurs when light, 22 degrees from the sun or moon, refracts though ice crystals in the air to create a halo. The science behind the name is less important to Addy than its poetic interpretation.
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On July 19, an early morning thunderstorm (3 to 3 1/2 inches during a three-hour period) brought disaster to the little community of Winding Shoals Hollow at Lyburn in Logan Co., WV. Huge, rain-saturated chunks of a giant valley fill at Bandmill Coal Corp., owned by Massey Energy, cleaved away from the valley fill and crashed into a sediment pond below.
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Bauska Castle
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|Bauska Castle
|Zemgale, Latvia
|56°24′13″N 24°10′25″E / 56.40361°N 24.17361°ECoordinates: 56°24′13″N 24°10′25″E / 56.40361°N 24.17361°E
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Bauska Castle (Latvian: Bauskas Pils; German: Schloss Bauske) is a complex consisting of the ruins of an earlier castle and a later palace on the outskirts of the Latvian city of Bauska.
The impressive castle, the remains of which were recently restored, stands on the narrow peninsula at the confluence of the rivers Mūsa and Mēmele where they form the Lielupe river. In ancient times, the hill was the site of an ancient Semigallian fortress. The first stone buildings were established between 1443 and 1456 by the Livonian branch of the Teutonic Knights and construction continued till the end of the 16th century. The old section of the castle featured a great watch tower, 3.5 meter thick walls, a prison under the tower, a garrison, and a drawbridge at the gates.
After the collapse of the Teutonic Order in this area in 1562, Bauska Castle became the residence of the Dukes of Courland, for whom the adjacent palace was built in the 17th century. In 1702, during the Great Northern War, both castle and palace were blown up and left abandoned.
Only ruins remain from the seat of the Livonian order. The palace, however, is fully restored and can be visited daily during the summer months. Visitors can explore the castle, visit the museum, eat in the café, and climb the castle keep lookout tower, which has an extensive panoramic view of the surrounding city and countryside. And in every July an international festival of medieval music is held here.
- Krahe, Friedrich-Wilhelm (2000). Burgen des deutschen Mittelalters. Grundriss-Lexikon (in German). Flechsig. p. 693. ISBN 3-88189-360-1.
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The Other Returns
June 30, 2007
The boys put on another blistering show that included the Master Of Puppets set, and they topped it off with The Other New Song and of course Seek And Destroy. Setlist and pics are up.
What was YOUR guess?
June 30, 2007
So how did you fair? Think you did well? Let's see. After Unforgiven, was Battery, then Master, then Thingy, and now Sanitarium. What's next? I'm sure you can guess now!
June 29, 2007
The band are on stage kicking Bilbao's ass right now! So far we have heard Creep, Bellz, Horse, Memory, and now Unforgiven. Can u guess what's next?
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June 29, 2007
When flying out of Lisbon this morning, we flew over the area where the concert was last night. A really cool view (pic of that is up). The boys are on their way here, and it looks like we will have a very enthusiastic meet and greet!
June 29, 2007
Crew just arried here in Bilbao and are franticly setting up for tonight's show. Thanks to Blou for writing last night journal entry. I'm sure he is still on that Metallica high. Pics from last night and this afternoon coming up in a few.
June 29, 2007
…I don't fucking believe it! That's the only thing that comes to mind right now – I don't fucking believe it! I had a meet and greet today with the guys, nervous as hell throughout, but I had a lengthy discussion with Lars about everything under the sun. After Sandman, Lars came running across the stage to shout and roar at the fans while passing out drumsticks, and he passed by me. He recognized the t-shirt and immediately stopped. "You should've been on the other side!" he shouted as he had no more drumsticks to hand out. "Tomorrow I will be!" I shouted back… "Are you here alone?" he asked… after I said yes, next thing I know he had taken me out of the crowd and up onto the stage…!!! I was on stage with Metallica!! The crowd was cheering and then Lars then told me to stand right down in front of the stage where the stewards were to watch. Suddenly, I'm dead center in front of the stage, rocking out to a FULL Am I Evil – Afterwards, James pointed at me and said "We haven't played the full song in ages… and this guy right here knows!" It just got better and better. I went nuts to Seek and Destroy with the whole band acknowledging me throughout, and afterward, Lars then gave me the drumstick he used. I thanked all of them with devil horns, pounding fists, you name it… and they went off stage. I'm now backstage outside Jeff's production office writing this with Lars' drumstick and a setlist beside me… this has been the greatest day of my life – meeting the band, being on stage with the band, and rocking out in front of the band with nobody else around me. Lars, thank you so much, I cannot tell you how grateful I am. You are a fucking legend!!!1 show down… 8 to go!! See you tomorrow in Bilbao!!
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June 29, 2007
How's this for three songs in a row: Orion, Fade, and now Puppets!!!
Justice Is Done!!
June 28, 2007
WOW!! So far we have heard Justice in full, Ride, Disposable, and now Memory! What in the hell could be next?!?!?!?
Almost showtime!
June 28, 2007
The band just finished the Meet and Greet, and are currently doing some interviews. (pics of the M&G are up) They will hit the tuning room soon, and then be on stage around 10:45. Stay tuned!
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June 28, 2007
Mastodon is getting a good reaction from the crowd. It is a sea of black shirts out there! Band will be here in a few, and then we will have the Meet and Greet.


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Five of Andrea Love's Favorite Acoustic Performances [VIDEO]
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It's no secret that Maria Brink from In This Moment puts on a great live show, but this acoustic version of "Blood" showcases her beautiful voice.
Maybe it's because I was born halfway through the 80′s, but hair band music usually isn't my favorite. However, I love this version of "Sweet Child O' Mine" from Slash and Miles Kennedy and for Slash to nail that solo on an acoustic is amazing.
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UTAS students burn copy of Federal Budget at rally against changes to university system
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- May 22, 2014
HUNDREDS of University of Tasmania students have rallied as anger over Budget cuts gripped campuses across the country.
Students burned a copy of Federal Budget papers in front of protesters at the UTAS campus in Sandy Bay, saying deregulation would force up fees and hit students trying to improve their employment prospects.
Interstate thousands gathered to protest the university overhaul and in Melbourne scuffles broke out as protesters clashed with police on the steps of Parliament House.
Tasmania University Union president Isaac Foster said students would also be hurt by other Budget measures, such as higher healthcare costs and the six-month stop in welfare payments while they looked for work.
"All the issues from the Budget affect students, yet Australia spends 27 per cent less than the OECD average on education," he said.
Mr Foster's criticism of the changes was echoed by passionate cries from the crowd, who denounced the Federal Government.
"Our message is, don't convict Tasmanian students to a second-rate education," Mr Foster, who was dressed in convict uniform with a mortarboard, said.
Among the crowd was nursing student Molly Hanson, 20, who said she was worried about high costs of specialising after her degree and said that higher fees and HECS debt would deter others from studying.
"I'm concerned about my postgraduate training, for example, if I wanted to study psychiatric nursing or midwifery," Ms Hanson said.
"For the younger generation coming through it just won't be possible."
Zack Duggan, who studies criminology, said the new policies were too harsh in the context of the lack of jobs.
"People aren't going to have any support looking for work," he said.
"There are 19,000 jobseekers but only 590 jobs advertised."
The Federal Government has vowed to deregulate universities, reducing subsides for courses and making universities responsible for raising revenue to cover costs.
The major "group of eight'' unis interstate are expected to do well because they can attract enough students, including from overseas, who can afford very high fees.
Other tertiary institutions are tipped to struggle in the competitive market and there is concern that UTAS's goal of educating more of the population might suffer if students were deterred by higher HECS loan repayments.
The National Union of Students, which oversaw the National Day of Action, said the move was "towards a United States-style system" and would inevitably push up fees for most courses.
Labor Senator Lisa Singh, who was also at the rally. said the ALP would fight against the cuts.
State Labor leader Bryan Green also spoke at the rally to support students.
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Sally Atkinson of Dodges Ferry Posted at 1:00 PM May 24, 2014
Well done to the UTAS students who attended the rally. Hopefully they have seen what the older generation's political apathy has done and will participate in more political actions!
Don Rumney of Acton Posted at 9:30 AM May 24, 2014
Taylor Lidstone, judging by your comment, you are one of the few smart un students. I wish you all the future success you aim for.
John Smyth of Hobart Posted at 3:01 PM May 23, 2014
Garry Lawson, a simple fact you don't seem to understand, All students when they finish year 11 & 12, what ever state they reside in, are given a ATAR score based on their exam results. ATAR of course being Australian Tertiary Admission Rank, if you do not achieve a high enough score, you cannot enroll in certain courses.


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on HBO Premiered Sunday Night January 12, 10:00 p.m.
By Valerie Milano
Pasadena, CA (Hollywood Today) 1/13/14 – True Detective has the cast and aura of a big budget theatrical release. This includes first call music man T-Bone Burnett handling the score and an atmospheric opening credit sequence that struck an appropriate balance between weird, menacing and atmospheric.True Detective is a murder mystery told in flashbacks by the estranged Louisiana State Police homicide team of Martin Hart (Woody Harrelson) and Rust Cohle (Matthew McConaughey).
Hart is clearly still an investigator, and is being interviewed by another team of investigators about a case he worked on with Cohle many years previously. We then cut to Rust Cohle being interviewed about the same case. However, we clearly see Cohle is transformed; longhaired, scruffy, drinking heavily and tormented by inner demons.
The crime scene finds Hart and Cohle in a remote Louisiana sugar-cane field ruminating over the murdered body of a young prostitute. A ritual murder with satanic overtones. The type of scene that would haunt even the most grizzled homicide detective and would like make headline news if the details were revealed to the media. Harrelson and McConaughey are a director's dream team when it comes to a moody, drawl-fest with zippy and profane dialogue like True Detective. Harrelson's character Martin Hart is a self-described regular guy with a "big-ass dick" and Cohle exists in a different (but parallel) dimension altogether. On the ride home from the murder scene, Hart finally coaxes the anti-social Cohle to divulge his world view and philosophy on life, which is pessimistic, nihilistic, and persuasively eloquent. His partner is immediately sorry he asked and pleads for him shut up and keep his innermost feelings to himself in perpetuity, and further cautions him that rural Louisiana is not good place for heavy philosophizing.
McConaughey is a revelation as he strips away his matinee idol aura and portrays the genius-sociopath Cohle, nicknamed 'The Taxman' by his fellow investigators due to his preference for jotting notes and diagrams in a super-sized bound ledger rather than the more conventional note-pad. Cohle is also an alcoholic, insomniac, chain-smoker and (we suspect) a few other things we can't quite put our finger on. Conversely, Harrelson has his blustering, 'good old boy' with a brain shtick down pat. His genius is knowing a sensational performance when he sees one, and teeing it up.
The grisly murder scene put this reviewer on edge and in fear of more blood and brutality. However, the grotesque murder was presented only as a set-up and was just enough, but not too much. At its core, True Detective is a complex, psychological drama that probes the relationship between the two cops, and Cohle's tortured genius as it rubs up against the prosaic, Christian-based, Deep South culture that represents most aspects of humanity that he detests.
Give writer Nic Pizzolatto credit for being able to get inside the psyche of two diametrically opposite characters and making them believable. Cohle's depressing squad car soliloquy is a rare thing of beauty that my remote and I will revisit often.
Murder mysteries are pretty thick on the ground these days. Characters as rich as Martin Hart and Rust Cohle are not. Seven more episodes to come. I can't wait.
True Detective stars Matthew McConaughey, Michelle Monaghan, and Woody Harrelson joined director and executive producer, Cary Fukunaga and Pizzolatto on the panel at TCA's Winter Press Tour. HBO's series begins tonight after the first trailer for season 4 of "Game of Thrones" airs.
Writer Pizzolatto expressed views on storytelling, "I think my ideas about a mystery and how to handle these sorts of things just came out of my own sort of ethos and concerns as a writer, more than anything. I mean, one of the reasons I wanted to do an anthology format is I like stories with endings. I like a good third act." A self-contained story.
Pizzolatto's ideas seem to please the actors. McConaughey said of the 17 year span the characters range, "One of the great things about this is that the writing was very the identities of the men at these times were very clear; all right? So we didn't have to do I didn't have to do a lot of creative wandering in my head. I mean, 17 years one of my favorite things that I got to do with Cohle is go, Who is he in '95?
The love-fest continued when the panel was asked about being at the top of the film game, and working on television. Harrelson started, "I already worked with HBO on "Game Change." There's just no finer organization making amazing stuff out there than HBO. So it's, like, a privilege to work with them. And, you know, the other part of that is just the people on this stage, you know. I really I love Matthew. He's my brother. Phenomenal, amazing person. And I love Michelle. I've known her many, many years. Cary is a terrific director. And Nic really just wrote this phenomenal script that you just couldn't put down."
The first of 8 episodes begins this evening on HBO. But the story lends itself to additional seasons as well. ""True Detective," is meant to be, of course, purposefully somewhat generic before you even get to the there are deeper indications. The word "true" can also mean honorable and authentic and things like that. But all the previous incarnations of anything titled "True Detective" was an anthology; right? So as long as there is some crime in there, I think the series format can approach it," finished Pizzolatto.


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Josh Marshall agrees that Weiner's resignation is without precedent:
What stands out to me about all this aren't Weiner's juvenile and mortifying 'offenses,' but the bizarre and almost inexplicable and unprecedented calls for his resignation. I don't think anyone will disagree with me that the open and insistent demands for his resignation from the Minority Leader, the Chairman of his party, the head of the House campaign committee and everyone else is simply unprecedented.
David Kurtz thinks part of the reason Weiner had to go was because he was "a proxy for the [Democratic party] leadership." Jonathan Bernstein blames the lying:
Weiner's colleagues turned on him almost certainly because he lied, and because of how he lied — because of the very specific lie that he told. If Weiner had 'fessed up from the beginning, I suspect he would have survived.
Joyner asks relevant questions:
Is Weiner's scandal really worse than that of those who survived? How much of his Democratic colleagues' reaction against him is personal? And how much of it is sheer electoral politics, given that he's in a safe Democratic territory and New York will be losing seats in the next Congress, anyway?
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Apple revamps look of iPhone, iPad software
Craig Federighi, senior vice president of Software Engineering at Apple demonstrates the new activation lock security feature in iOS 7 during the keynote address of the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference Monday, June 10, 2013 in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Apple is throwing out most of the real-world graphical cues from its iPhone and iPad software, like the casino-green "felt" of its Game Center app, in what it calls the biggest update since the iPhone's launch in 2007.
The new operating system, called iOS 7, strives for a clean, simple, translucent impression. Apple is redesigning all its applications and icons to conform to the new look, driven by long-time hardware design guru Jony Ive.
The operating system will show up on most iPhones, iPad and iPod Touches this fall, the company said.
The overhaul represents Ive's attempt to freshen the look of both the iPhone and iPad in hopes of deepening users' attachment to the trend-setting devices. It comes at a time when rivals such as Samsung Electronics and Google are trying to get people to defect by developing their own lines of elegant and often less expensive products.
The stiffer competition has slowed Apple's growth in the increasingly important mobile device market, contributing to a 38 percent decline in the company's stock price since the shares peaked at $705.07 in September.
Wall Street didn't seem nearly as impressed with Apple's new software approach as the sold-out audience of enthusiastic application developers who flocked to San Francisco Monday. Apple's stock dipped $2.92 to close Monday at $438.89.
The redesigned software uses simple graphical elements in neon and pastel colors. Gone is the effort to make the icons look like three-dimensional, embossed objects — a tactic known as "'skeuomorphism," that was favored by Apple's late CEO and co-founder Steve Jobs.
Interface designers call the new guiding principle "flat," but on the iPhone's main screen, the background image will move subtly with the movement of the device, creating an illusion of depth. Other screens include plenty of white space.
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How does the distribution of traits in a population look when displayed as a graph?
Bell curve
Describe three causes of genetic variation in a population.
Mutation, recombination, and random pairing of gametes
What is meant by the term
human gene pool
The total amount of genetic information with humans
How is phenotype frequency computed?
the number of indivduals with the particular phenotype divided by the
What are the conditions that a population must meet in order to have a genetic equilibrium?
No mutations, no individuals entering or leaving the population,
the population is large, individuals mate randomly, selection does not occur.
By observation only, is it easier to deduce the genotype of organisms for an allele that has complete dominance or incomplete dominance?
How does the pairing of gametes produce genotypic variation?
The smallest unit in which evolution occurs is?
Length, weight, and many other quantitative traits in a population tend to show variation
that, when plotted on a graph, looks like?
Bell curve
For a population to be in genetic equilibrium,
No mutations, No individuals entering or leaving the population, the population is large, Individuals mate randomly, Selection does not occur
What types of individuals in a population are represented by the two ends of a bell curve?
Individuals represented by the two ends are those with extreme variations of a specific trait.
What are the three main ways that variations in genotype arise in a population?
Variations arise through mutation, recombination during meiosis, and the random pairing of gametes during fertilization.
What five assumptions must be made for the Hardy-Weinberg genetic equilibrium to apply to a population?
(1) No net mutations occur; (2) individuals neither enter nor leave the population;
(3) the population is large; (4) individuals mate randomly; and
(5) selection does not occur.
Does a gene pool include the genes of individuals that cannot reproduce?
Explain your answer
no, because those genes are not available for the next generation
How is it that many varied but similar phenotypes occur within families?
Mutation, recombination, random pairing of gametes
Does genetic equilibrium exist in a flock of mallards?
How can immigration and emigration alter allele frequencies in a population?
Individuals enter and leave the population, resulting in gene flow
Any violation of the conditions necessary for Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium can result in
The movement of reproductive individuals from one population to another results in
gene flow
Genetic drift is most likely to occur in
small populations
Assortative mating is
the selection of a mate based on similarity of traits
Starlings produce an average of five eggs in each clutch. If there are more than five, the
parents cannot adequately feed the young. If there are fewer than five, predators may
destroy the entire clutch. This is an example of
Stabilizing selection
List five conditions that can disrupt genetic equilibrium and cause evolution to take place
mutations, gene flow, genetic drift, nonrandom mating, and natural selection
Explain how a Hardy-Weinberg genetic equilibrium is affected by mutations
By producing totally new alleles for a trait, mutations can change allele frequencies.
What is one potential negative consequence of nonrandom mating based on geographic proximity?
Matings with some degree of kinship may occur, increasing the chance of offspring with disorders caused by recessive genes.
How might being brightly colored increase the fitness of the males of some bird species?
The bright coloration may increase a male's chances of being selected for mating by a female.
Why is genetic homozygosity dangerous to a nearly extinct species?
Genetic homozygosity leaves no variation for natural selection to act on. Therefore, a new disease could wipe out the entire population.
If a cow develops a preference for eating white four o'clock flowers and ignoring
pink and red four o'clock flowers, what type of selection is being demonstrated? Would the cow eventually eliminate all white four o'clock flowers from the population on which it feeds?
directional selection; the cow would not eliminate all white flowers because the allele for white flowers is also carried by plants with pink flowers, which are not eaten. Crosses between plants with pink flowers would continue to produce some plants with white
Explain the role of mutations in evolution.
Mutations can produce new alleles for the trait
Contrast gene flow with genetic drift
Genetic drift occurs due to chance, gene flow is when a population leaves the environment
Explain why genetic drift is more significant in smaller populations.
The failure of one organism can disrupt the growth of the entire population
Give an example of a species that exhibits the effects of sexual selection.
For each of the three patters of natural selection, give an example of a species that exhibits the effects of that selection.
lizard, limpets. anteaters
One limitation of the morphological species concept is that
Phenotypic differences among individuals of a single population
According to the biological species concept, a species is a population of organisms that
can interbreed but cannot breed with other groups
Fish populations that do not interbreed because they live in different ponds may evolve
into separate species due to
Geographic isolation
Bird populations that do not interbreed because they cannot recognize each other's
mating calls may evolve into separate species due to
Reproductive isolation
A pattern of rapid evolutionary changes followed by long periods of no change is
described as
punctuated equilibrium
What are two limitations of the biological species concept?
A satisfactory definition is not provided for species of extinct organisms or for organisms that do not reproduce sexually.
What is one advantage of prezygotic isolation over postzygotic isolation?
Individuals do not waste gametes by producing offspring that cannot reproduce.
Describe two pieces of evidence indicating that speciation does not always occur at the same rate.
Some species of moths on the Hawaiian Islands appear to have evolved during the past thousand years, whereas speciation in other organisms may take millions of years. The fossil record shows that periods of a few thousand years during which many species appeared were separated by much longer periods during which there was little speciation
Some scientists predict that if global warming continues over the next few centuries,
melting of the polar ice caps will raise the level of the oceans, causing some peninsulas to
become islands. How might this change eventually affect the species that live on these peninsulas?
If the peninsulas become islands, the species that live there could become geographically isolated and eventually evolve into different species.
Give an example of a limitation of the morphological concept of species.
Red-tailed monkeys
Give an example of organisms that show geographic isolation.
desert and Amargosa pupfish
Give an example of two organisms that are probably a result of allopatric speciation
White-tailed antelope squirrels and Harris's antelope squirrel
What appears to have led to the reproductive isolation of the wood frog from the leopard frog?
The times that the wood frog mate and leopard frog mate are different
What role did Ernst Mayr play in the development of the modern biological species concept?
He proposed that a species is a population of organisms that can successfully interbreed but cannot breed with other groups
Explain how geographic isolation can lead to allopatric speciation.
The populations separated by a geographic barrier no longer experience genetic flow between them, leading to allopatric speciation
Explain how reproductive isolation can lead to sympatric speciation.
Competing individuals can gain an advantage by changing to a slightly different niche
contrast the model of punctuated equilibrium with the model of gradualism
A gradualism model shows the species slowly separating, while a model of punctuated equilibrium shows sudden splits in the chain
Describe one possible scenario of postzygotic reproductive isolation in an animal species.
A horse and a donkey could mate and create a mule, which couldn't breed
How might the generation time of a population affect future speciation?
The species that reproduces more evolves faster
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