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Audiologist. A professional who specializes in the evaluation and management of hearing and balance problems in people of all ages. Audiologists are also involved with the fitting and management of hearing aids and other assistive devices.
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Abortion in NYC: More racist than needing an ID to vote.By
The argument goes something like, it's more difficult for minorities to get a valid ID so requiring one at the polls would disenfranchise a disproportionate number of minorities, ergo requiring an ID is racist.
Lawsuits have been filed and public feelings campaigns have been waged to strike down the laws and demonize anyone who supports voter ID laws. Ironically, in a rather humorous twist, just the other day the main plaintiff in the lawsuit to strike down Pennsylvania's voter ID requirement law got her ID. Oops. Apparently it's *not* a gauntlet of barking dogs, fire hoses, and super evil neocon bureaucrats.
Though it does raise the question why the massive effort to bus people to polling stations on election day could not be employed ahead of time to bus people to the DMV or other ID-issuing office. But never mind that: we're focusing here on the supposed racism of requiring a valid ID to vote, something the Democrats have made a major political issue, and we are comparing it to something else the Democrats consider a major political issue: abortion.
So much of a political issue, in fact, that they reportedly plan to make their convention some sort of celebration of abortion rights. Because, Akin.
So I wonder: what percentage of minority voters would actually be disenfranchised by ID requirements? How would it compare to the abortion rate among minorities?
Well let's compare it to abortion rates in New York City for 2010, the most recent year for which abortion statistics are available, as provided by nyc41percent, a project Cardinal Dolan has participated in.
So would 40 percent of minority voters be unfairly disenfranchised? That's four in ten, two out of every five. That is the percentage of all pregnancies in New York City that ended in abortion in 2010.
How about 60 percent? Six in ten, or three out of every five. Because that's the percentage of pregnancies to black women in New York that were aborted in the same year. Half-again the percentage of all pregnancies. Clearly indicating that black women and their black babies are more likely to endure the violence of abortion.
If it didn't reach either of those then it certainly would not approach the percentage of pregnancies to black teenagers that end in abortion… 72 percent. Seventy-two. Nearly 3 in 4.
So for every 1,000 black babies born in New York City in 2010, 1,448 of their brothers and sisters were killed in utero.
For every 1,000 black babies born to teenage mothers 2,630 were snuffed out before they could utter their first tiny cry.
These are macabre numbers. There is nothing "rare" about these numbers. Of course,
those numbers [while she might not like the method, the outcome] would put a smile on the lips of Planned Parenthood founder, noted eugenicist, and horrid racist Margaret Sanger.*
So how do they compare to the number of minority voters possibly disenfranchised by voter ID laws?
According to George Mason University's numbers, there were 217,342,419 eligible voters in 2010. Of these, The Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law estimates that "New Voting Restrictions May Affect More than Five Million." That's nationwide. Five million out of 217,342,419 works out to 2.3 percent of voters nationwide.
The argument, of course, is that those five million will disproportionately be minorities.
But for this supposed disenfranchisement to even approach the racism of abortion in New York City we would have to assume that minorities are 26-times more likely than whites to neither have a valid ID already, nor to have the intelligence and wherewithal to acquire one between now and voting day.
Seems to me that that assumption is more racist than the laws themselves.
But that is today's Democratic Party: promoting, defending, and even celebrating abortion, a grisly practice that affects minorities to a disturbingly disproportionate degree, while manufacturing outrage over perfectly reasonable expectations that are employed by the doormen at President Obama's own campaign events.
*Updated at 10:10 p.m. Sunday. Surprising to me, but as a commenter pointed out, while Sanger was a racist and eugenicist, she did not like abortion. So I note that fact in my text.


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Competition is a critical tool for achieving the best return on the government's investment. While federal agencies are generally required to award contracts on the basis of full and open competition, they are permitted to award noncompetitive contracts in certain situations. Agencies are also required to establish competition advocates to promote competition. GAO assessed (1) trends in noncompetitive contracts and those receiving only one offer when competed; (2) exceptions to and factors affecting competition; (3) whether contracting approaches reflected sound procurement practices; and (4) how agencies are instituting the competition advocate role. GAO reviewed federal procurement data and 107 randomly selected contracts at the departments of Defense, Interior, and Homeland Security (which had among the highest noncompetitive obligations in fiscal year 2008) and interviewed contracting and program officials, competition advocates, and contractors.
From fiscal years 2005 to 2009, reported obligations for noncompetitive contracts decreased from about 36 to 31 percent of total obligations, while obligations under contracts competed with only one offer received were steady, at about 13 percent of the total in each year. In comparing the data in the federal procurement data system to the information in contract files, we found that about 18 percent of the contracts sampled were coded incorrectly--as either not competed when they had been, or as competed with one offer received when they had not been competed at all. Agencies used a variety of exceptions to competition for the contracts and orders in our sample, with the two most common being "only one responsible source" and sole-source awards under the Small Business Administration's 8(a) business development program. For services supporting DOD weapons programs, the government's lack of access to proprietary technical data and decades-long reliance on specific contractors for expertise limit--or even preclude the possibility of--competition. In other cases, program offices may press for contracts to be awarded to the incumbent contractor without competition, largely due to their relationship and the contractor's understanding of program requirements. For competitive procurements where only one offer is received, factors include a strong incumbent, sometimes coupled with overly restrictive government requirements, or vendors forming large teams to submit one offer for broader government requirements, whereas previously several vendors may have competed. Contracting approaches for nine contracts reviewed did not reflect sound procurement practices and in some instances sound management practices, in some cases not leveraging the effectiveness of the market place. These approaches included ambiguously written justifications for noncompetitive contracts, very limited documentation of the reasonableness of contractors' proposed prices, instances where the contract's cost grew significantly or where labor categories were improperly authorized, and undefinitized contract actions that did not meet definitization requirements. Agencies have much discretion regarding where in the organization the competition advocates should be placed, who should be appointed to this position, and how they should carry out their responsibilities. As a result, agencies have taken a range of approaches regarding the placement of the competition advocates, their skills and expertise, and the methods they use to carry out their responsibilities. Some advocates cited their experience in program offices as helping them to question requirements that may be overly restrictive, while others had been contracting officers or procurement policy officials before assuming the position. Some agency officials said that regulations are vague regarding the role of the competition advocate, and that given the Office of Federal Procurement Policy's (OFPP) recent emphasis on competition, they would like to see more guidance on competition advocate roles and methods of implementing their duties. GAO recommends that OFPP take actions regarding assessment of the reasons only one offer is received and issue guidance on competition advocate roles, including their direct involvement with program offices to seek opportunities for competition. OFPP agreed with the recommendations, and DOD generally agreed with our findings and recommendations. Other agencies provided technical comments.
Recommendations for Executive Action
Status: Open
Comments: As of July 2013, Office of Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP) noted that it has not formally asked the FAR Council to open a case to address this recommendation, in part to provide time to consider DOD's recent regulatory changes on this topic (see DFARS Case 2011-D013, 77 Fed. Reg. 39126, and DFARS Case 2013-D001, 78 Fed. Reg. 28785). OFPP hopes to use DOD's recent regulation changes to help inform thinking on appropriate government-wide action, and that it intends to revisit the issue of FAR coverage in the coming months. As of September 2015, GAO has not received any additional updates.
Recommendation: The Administrator of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy should determine whether the FAR should be amended to require agencies to regularly review and critically evaluate the circumstances leading to only one offer being received for recurring or other requirements and to identify additional steps that can be taken to increase the likelihood that multiple offers will be submitted, with the results of the evaluation documented in the contract file.
Agency Affected: Executive Office of the President: Office of Management and Budget: Office of Federal Procurement Policy
Status: Open
Comments: As of July 2013, officials at the Office of Federal Procurement Policy stated that they have not issued guidance regarding the appointment of competition advocates, but are considering this issue while updating other policy related to program and project management. As of September 2015, GAO has not received any additional updates.
Recommendation: As part of efforts to reinvigorate the role of the competition advocate, the Administrator of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy should issue guidance to federal agencies regarding appropriate considerations when appointing competition advocates, such as placement within the organization, skill set, and potential methods to effectively carry out their duties.
Agency Affected: Executive Office of the President: Office of Management and Budget: Office of Federal Procurement Policy
Status: Open
Comments: As of July 2013, officials at the Office of Federal Procurement Policy stated that they have not issued guidance, but they intend to resume conversations with the Chief Acquisition Officers Council in the coming months on improving the role of competition advocates. As of September 2015, GAO has not received any additional updates.
Recommendation: The Administrator of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy should direct agencies to require their competition advocates to actively involve program offices in highlighting opportunities to increase competition.
Agency Affected: Executive Office of the President: Office of Management and Budget: Office of Federal Procurement Policy
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Her editor is Carrie Williams, a Newport Beach native who was editor in chief of Coast Kids magazine and has written for Coast and Orange Coast magazines.
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mystery and action!!! awesome!!!!
This was an exciting book for James Bond. He had to go through all these tasks in order to stay alive. I'm glad Charlie Higson keeps his life exciting because I stay in the book and I read more for my class.
I have read the first three of the Young Bond Series, and have yet to finish one.
This sounded like the would be a really good book and I'd be sucked into the adventure. James and his friends have to solve a series of clues in order to help free someone they know that's been kidnapped. It sounds like such a fun read I couldn't wait to get into it. That being said, it was a very slow read. When it did have action, the action was slow.
I really wanted to like this series, but as I said, I never finished any of the books. It's time this series and I parted company.
Through much of this third book in the Young Bond series, characters use their brains rather than fighting to solve problems. Of course, knowing that it's James Bond we're reading about, you know violence of some sort is goign to come into play. And, as usual, it does. Bond attracts trouble, but it's clear he's grown up a bit more since the previous novels. He's a bit cleverer and Higson has given us a bit more to connect the Bond adult readers are familiar with to the one we're reading about. I look forward to the next book in the series.
For me, this book was some what interesting but the problem was that there were too many boring parts too it that l think were not very necessary. What captivated me was the puzzle James Bond and his friend were trying to solve.
The year is 1933, and the atmospherics, from the spires of Cambridge to an abandoned railway underneath the slums of London, are very well done. A series with a high I.Q.
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Tom has performed at over 300 colleges and in a wide variety of venues from Alaska to China. His appeal is truly international as he was summoned to London to tour and perform on British Television, and won The Seattle International Stand-Up Comedy Competition and Boston Comedy Festival as The Boston Herald noted "winning by the largest margin of victory in the history of the event."
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Elliot, Now we're on the same page.
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About not having a staging editor You know how it takes a long time in orthodontic to figure out if you really like something. You can't know how an appliance finishes for 18 or 24 months. So for me to talk about how much I like OrthoClear's system means little because none of my 25 cases were more than 9 months old. But I want to say this:
1) They didn't have a staging editor because Zia had his hands tied behind his back.
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5) What I suppose is that this on the fly modification would work well as long as the teeth were tracking properly. Then ordering additional movement (at no additional cost or bureacracy) would be a great advantage.
6) Also, If the teeth just started to lag, you could reverse course on just that one tooth and get it back on course. With Align, if you step back an aligner, you step back all the teeth
7) But if lag was too significant to judge precisely in the modification, then, just as with Align, you're forced to reimpress or just ride it out. With OC, it was, again, without charge or bureacracy.
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Topic: Radiation Dear ESCO, I was recently referred a 69 year old patient who was treated 6 months ago with radiation therapy for skin cancer in the right temple area. He is currently planned to undergo a full mouth reconstruction, and his prosthodontist referred him to me for simple space management of the mandibular anterior teeth, but was unsure whether this would be safe considering the recent medical history. Does anyone have any information with regard to the safety of moving teeth in this situation? I would greatly appreciate your feedback.
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Codex Eyckensis
The Codex Eyckensis is a manuscript dating from the first half of the 8th century. It is called "Eyckensis" because it was preserved during centuries in the convent of Aldeneik, near Maaseik, Belgium. It is the oldest Gospel Book of the Benelux.
According to an old legend this codex was written and illuminated by Saint Harlindis and Saint Relindis, sisters and foundresses of the convent of Aldeneik.
The manuscript contains the text of the four gospels in Latin, preceded by canon tables. These tables are divided in a number of parallel columns, indicating the concordant passages in the Gospels. They are put in an architectural frame of pillars and arches. The medallions with portraits of the Apostles at the middle of the main arch are characteristic for the Codex Eyckensis
The front page shows an Evangelist portrait, but it is uncertain which Evangelist is portrayed.
The script and the style of the illuminations show that the Codex Eyckensis belongs the body of insular scripts. These codices were brought to the Continent by Irish and English missionaries in the seventh and eight centuries. The Codex Eyckensis was probably written in the scriptorium of the Abbey of Echternach, founded by saint Willibrord in the 7th century.
The Codex is now bound in two parts, because originally it consisted of two parts. The first part only contains five pages, consisting of the Evangelist portrait and canon tables. The second part consists of the complete canon tables and the Gospels.
Attempts to conserve the aging Codex in 1957, using a clear PVC coating, were later found to be damaging the parchment. [1] In 1990, a team from Belgian Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage, led by Jan Wouters, removed the yellowing PVC laminate. [2] [3] [4]
The Codex is now on display in the St. Catherine church in Maaseik, Belgium.
- ^ Wouters, Jan; Gancedo, Gely; Peckstadt, An; Watteeuw, Lieve, Grimstad, Kirsten, ed., "The Codex Eyckensis, an illuminated manuscript on parchment from the 8th century AD. Laboratory investigation and removal of a 30-year-old PVC lamination", ICOM Committee for Conservation, 9th triennial meeting, Dresden, German Democratic Republic, 26–31 August 1990: preprints: 495–499, ISBN 0-89236-185-9, retrieved 2010-06-23,
In 1957, the parchment of the Codex Eyckensis (8th century) was systematically laminated with the commercial plastic film, Mipofolie.
- ^ Wouters, Jan (January–February 2008), "Reflections on the Position of Science in Multidisciplinary Approaches", Chemistry International 30 (1), retrieved 2010-06-23,
High-level destructiveness analysis of synthetic membranes without touching the 8th century parchment of the Codex Eyckensis revealed a polyvinylchloride polymer with 30 % (w/w) monomeric plasticizer;
- ^ Everts, Sarah (September 3, 2007), "Conservation At Arm's Length;Researchers at IUPAC congress advocate a measured approach to the conservation of cultural artifacts", Chemical & Engineering News 85 (36): 43–45, doi:10.1021/cen-v085n036.p043, retrieved 2010-06-23,
In the '60s, people believed in the eternal existence of plastics
- ^ Drastic measures save plastic treasures, pp. 42–45, retrieved 2010-06-23,
After just a few decades, the laminate had itself decayed, accelerating the destruction of the manuscripts. In 1990, a team led by Jan Wouters of the Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage in Brussels had to painstakingly peel away the PVC film (The Paper Conservator, vol 19, p 5).
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CD investors are effectively losing money. According to Market Rates Insight, a research firm tracking bank rates, annualized inflation has surpassed long-term certificate of deposit rates since February. In April, 12-month inflation hit 3.16% while the highest-yielding 5-year callable CD on the market offered a 2.4% interest rate. May's Consumer Price Index put annualized inflation at 3.6%; as of mid-June, the highest-yielding nationally available 5-year CD was at 3.05% APY.1,2,3
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B. Erma (Estes) Willenberg was born March 11,1917 near Dunning, to Elmer and Loretta (Rice) Estes and passed away July 19, 2012, at the age of 95 years, 4 months, and 1 days.
ln 1921 Erma's family moved to the Gates community and then in 1923 they moved to the Lillian community. Erma attended school at Lillian and Gates, graduating from Gates High School in 1935.
July 16, 1936, she was united in marriage to Fred B. Willenberg in Broken Bow. Following their marriage they spent a short time working their way to Idaho before returning to reside near Sargent. There, two of their children were born; Mary Anne and Paul Roger.
In the spring of 1944, the family moved to the Turner Valley community north of Callaway on the Broken Bow Callaway Road. During the years on the farm, Erma kept busy with the normal "farm wife" duties and caring for her family. While on the farm their third child, Bruce Fredrick, was born in 1950.
Erma was active in Extension Club, and 4-H, as well as taking part in the Turner Valley community activities. They lived on the farm until the fall of 1956, at which time they moved into Broken Bow.
The move to Broken Bow brought many changes to her life. During this time Erma worked at Holcomb Drug Store and Dillard Holmes lnsurance Agency.
ln 1984, Fred and Erma purchased their current home and land on North 5th Ave. After many weeks of planning and building and rebuilding, their "new" home in town became their "dream home." lt was the perfect fit; Erma could be in town, while Fred could walk out to the barn and be on the farm.
After retiring, Erma began making quilts for many family members and friends.
She taught Sunday School and helped with many other church activities.
When her husband Fred passed away in 1991, Erma remained in their home. She enjoyed watching football, especially the Cornhuskers, baseball and basketball. She spent many hours on the phone with her brother Bill, discussing the games.
She continued to make quilts. She also enjoyed visits with the neighborhood children and made great Halloween snacks for all who came knocking at her door.
ln December 2011, she moved to the Custer Care Center. She quickly became part of the family there.
She passed away quietly Thursday morning, July 19, 2012, as she was completing her "morning routine".
Erma is survived by daughter, Mary Anne Vik of Noble, Okla.; sons, Paul Roger and wife Donna of Oshkosh, Bruce Fredrick and wife Sharlene of Noble, Okla.; brother, Charles "Bill" Estes of Lillian community; sister-in-law, Pearl Estes of Cheyenne Wyo; four grandchildren, 11 great-grandchildren, and four great-great-grandchildren; as well as numerous nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends.
She was proceeded in death by her husband, Fred; her parents, Elmer and Loretta Rice Estes; brothers, Leslie Earnest "Pete" and Robert Lee Estes; and sister-in-law, Margie Wells Estes.
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Community invited to help solve crimes with tip line
June 4, 2013
By Peter Clark
The Issaquah Police Department is making a push for people to use its anonymous tip line.
In operation since 2008, the anonymous recording line has assisted in a number of investigations and arrests, according to Detective Diego Zanella. However, he said he believes the department can do a better job of engaging the public.
"The tips we get are really good, but they're not enough," he said. "It's because people don't know."
Zanella expressed understanding about people who might have concerns or knowledge of crime in their area, but live in sensitive situations. Living next to suspicious neighbors would cause a single parent to hesitate about giving information to the police. Zanella said that he was aware of the fears people have, especially in areas with heightened crime rates.
"We know that there are some people that are not comfortable with talking to law enforcement, but they are good people," he said. "We asked ourselves, 'How can the people in our city be more involved with our police work and still be safe?'"
Inspired by the federal push of "if you see something, say something," Zanella approached department heads and suggested they also set up a way to solicit information from the community. In 2011, they installed the tip line. It allows those who wish to remain anonymous to leave a message. It is regularly checked by dispatch and passed along to an officer.
Zanella wanted to stress how seriously the department takes anonymity.
"Just provide us with the information and our reports state that tips were given anonymously," he said. "We don't use names."
Throughout the department, officers spoke with approval of the tip line and how the public could assist with police efforts. Sgt. Kevin Nash gave credit to Zanella for setting up the line and acknowledged that more promotion on its behalf could only help the department.
"We've had the tip line for a while, but it hasn't been advertised," he said. "We want the community to give us tips on any kind of crime. We have it and that is how we solve some of our crime."
Such interaction with the public is something the police force has tried to stress lately. Recently, the city's website has featured canyouid.me, a photo page of people the police are trying to contact that is viewable by everyone, with the hope for assistance in locating suspects.
"Hopefully, having it on the city's website will get the public to use it," Nash said about the tip line. "I'm looking forward to the calls coming in."
"It's not just because of the theory of community policing," Zanella said about getting the public more involved with fighting crime. "It's that it works."
Call the tip line at 837-3210.
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Red Pine Camp Foundation, Inc which operates Red Pine Camp for Girls, a summer residential girls camp located in Minocqua, WI, has announced that Whitefish Bay resident, Amber Morgan, has been named to Red Pine's Board of Directors.
"We were seeking a specific blend of talents and skill sets," Connie Scholfield, Red Pine Camp's Executive Director, explains. "Red Pine is entering its 73rd season. We are a not for profit 501 (c) 3 organization. Amber brings a wonderful talent and along with our other members of the Board of Directors will guide Red Pine so we will remain a viable summer camp for girls and will remain true to the values set forth by founders Richard and Helen Wittenkamp."
Red Pine Camp was family owned until 2007. Pleasant T. Rowland Foundation acquired Red Pine Camp with the intention that it would remain a camp which would focus on nature and empowerment for girls and with the intent to hold the property until the Red Pine Camp Foundation had time to establish its operational structure. In December of 2009 Pleasant T. Rowland Foundation gifted the property to Red Pine Camp Foundation, Inc.
Amber Morgan has been associated with Red Pine Camp since 1976 as a camper, counselor, and is now a parent of two Red Pine Camp campers. Amber is a Certified Public Accountant and a former Senior Tax Manager for Arthur Anderson LLP in the Chicago, Hong Kong and Milwaukee offices. She specialized in large corporate and multi-national taxation, earnings and profits analysis, and expatriate taxation. Amber was a firm-wide specialist in the research & development tax credit and assisted numerous U.S. corporations to structure their investment into China.
"My 13 years at Red Pine have influenced who I am today more than any other experience in my life. Red Pine gave me self confidence, instilled in me a sense of adventure and an appreciation of nature, taught me social and athletic skills I continue to use today, and provided me with wonderful friends for a lifetime."
Red Pine Camp also named to its board Sheila McNulty of Glenview, IL, Chip Halverson, Northview, IL, Sandra Drewes, Oxford, Ohio, and Pleasant Rowland, Madison, WI. Irene Boudreaux, retired co-director of the camp and who resides in Minocqua, WI, was named an honorary member.
Red Pine Camp is a traditional residential summer camp for girls ages 7-16. Red Pine is known for the individual care given to each camper and the quality of its staff. Emphasis is placed on harmonious, courteous and responsible group living, respect for self and others, and an appreciation and utilization of the natural beauty that surrounds camp. Typically, campers attend from 27 states and 11 foreign countries. They learn a wide variety of camping and athletic skills. Serving 120 girls per 4-week session, campers may also choose an 8-week summer season. Red Pine Camp is American Camping Association, ACA, accredited. www.redpinecamp.com
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For Thanksgiving this year, a beautiful song by Fairport Convention (below), and a meditation on the meaning of Thanksgiving by Jason Chu (above).
For Thanksgiving this year, a beautiful song by Fairport Convention (below), and a meditation on the meaning of Thanksgiving by Jason Chu (above).
The so-called new golden age of television has mainly passed me by. While I can respect the quality of the storytelling of dramas from Breaking Bad to Game of Thrones, watching even a few minutes of their bleak plotlines and copious violence leaves me both depressed and queasy. I can't consider that entertainment.
Fortunately, we're in also in a less-remarked upon golden age in television, an age of diversity in sitcoms. Following a decade or more in which the success of the admittedly brilliant Seinfeld led to a host of lesser imitators, all centered around the putatively mirthful misadventures of an interchangeable crop of young straight white people, the prime time airwaves have become a little more colorful.
One of the best new sitcoms in recent seasons is ABC's Fresh Off the Boat, loosely based on celebrity chef Eddie Huang's memoir of the same name. Although the conventionality and nonthreatening nature of the show has been criticized by none other than Huang himself, the show is groundbreaking for the very reason that it aggressively normalizes a viewpoint hitherto unglimpsed on American television. This is, after all, only the second network sitcom in the history of American television to focus around an Asian family, and the first to qualify as a genuine hit.
The show is deliberately designed to be relatable and comfortably familiar to the average sitcom fan. It's a show about a rebellious and attitudinal young pre-teen with a goofy dad, an overbearing mother, and two goody two-shoes younger brothers –in other words a fairly standard assortment of sitcom standbys.
The fact that the main characters are all Asian is something new and different, but at first glance the majority of them come across as uncomfortably stereotypical. The father is inoffensive and assimilationist, a fan of all things American. The mother is a "Tiger Mom," and the little brothers are overachieving Asian wunderkinder.
What puts the "fresh" in Fresh Off the Boat, however, is one simple fact. When you watch the show, you watch it entirely from the Asian characters' perspective. You aren't laughing at them, you're laughing with them, a fact that makes all the difference in the world. It gives the white viewer a chance to see what being the minority looks like from the inside –and what white culture looks like from the outside.
In summary, Fresh Off the Boat is definitely fresh. Go check it out.
As one of the most popular and enduring writers of children's fantasy, Lewis Carroll is much revered for his two titanic bestsellers, Alice In Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass, each dealing with a young girl's journey's through a bizarre dreamworld. Much less well known, however, is Carroll's forgotten epic, Sylvie and Bruno, an even odder and more inventive work of literature startlingly ahead of its time.
Boldly experimental, and arguably post-modern, Sylvie and Bruno was too far distant from any ordinary narrative to find much of an audience even at the height of Carroll's popularity. A strange mashup of Victorian romance, twee fairy tale and theological treatise, the book is narrated by an elderly man who moves to the country for his health, and finds himself caught up between reality and an increasingly lurid lucid dream.
The book begins by alternating between two separate stories observed by the narrator. The initial story is an odd fairy tale set in a strange kingdom called Outland, where the loving and wise king inexplicably disappears, leaving his two precocious children (the eponymous Sylvie and Bruno) in the dubious care of his scheming brother and sister-in-law. That story has barely started, however, when the narrator suddenly awakes into the setting of the other main story, which revolves around the romantic triangle between a young doctor, the beautiful daughter of a local aristocrat, and her dashing but sadly atheistic cousin.
As the story proceeds, the narrator begins to see strange echoes of the dreamworld in the real world. As the line between waking and dreaming grows thinner, the scene begins to shift more erratically, with a sentence begun by one character in one world sometimes being finished by another character in another world. This culminates in the transition of Sylvie and Bruno out of the dreamworld into the real world, where they interact with the other set of characters, before journeying back into their own realm.
Even this summary hardly begins to tap the surface of the weirdness of a novel that was reportedly a key inspiration for James Joyce's impenetrable classic Finnegan's Wake. The book begins midsentence, and many chapters begin and end in the middle of a scene. The entire book obeys its own logic and rules, which appear to remain consistent, despite the fact that the author delights in offering insoluble paradoxes. For instance, it's strongly suggested in the book that the dream characters might be based on the real world characters, just as in the movie version of The Wizard of Oz, all of Dorothy's dream companions are versions of people from her real world. Yet it is often unclear which character is more primary and which is the imitation. For another instance, it can be easy to read the book as the narrator's descent into madness and dementia, yet when his dream figures brave the passage into the real world, they interact with the other real life characters in a way that precludes all possibility of them being merely figments of the narrator's imagination. Then, in the middle of the book, apropos of nothing, a figure appears who bears a startling resemblance to one of the dream figures, yet who might potentially be an alien from outer space. After delivering a series of increasingly satirical tales of his home planet he vanishes from the narrative, never to be seen again.
Through it all run any number of Carrollian idiosyncrasies. First, as with the Alice books, Sylvie and Bruno is filled with a quantity of indelible poems, some of which rival those books' famous "Jabberwocky", "Father William" and "Walrus and the Carpenter" in humor and inventiveness. Second, the book is interwoven throughout with any number of weighty monologues and dialogues on morality, Christianity, philosophy, science and mathematics –a true challenge to the book's supposed juvenile target audience. Third, the narrative combines a treacly sentimentality with a slyly cynical and sardonic sense of humor.
It isn't the easiest book by any stretch of the imagination, but once encountered it can never be forgotten. Easily one of the most original books ever written, it's a mind-expanding must read.
I recently revisited what I consider to be one of the most critically underappreciated works in modern fantasy fiction, Sheri S Tepper's Marianne Trilogy (Marianne, the Magus and the Manticore; Marianne, the Madam and the Momentary Gods; Marianne, the Matchbox and the Malachite Mouse). Never released in hardcover, and long out of print, this luminous and dream-drenched narrative seems to be sadly unknown, even among devotees of Tepper's more popular work.
The trilogy centers around Marianne, who begins the books as a shy and bookish graduate student living under the thumb of her sinister half brother. The details of the plot, however are secondary to the series' most distinctive traits: A multifaceted heroine, a slyly feminist viewpoint, and a an ever-shifting setting that guides the reader through a seemingly endless series of richly imagined, psychologically rich dream worlds.
Although Marianne, the title character, is nominally the same person in all three books, she is also, in some sense, a new person in each book, since at the end of the first and second books she travels back in time, and relives her life in a different way starting from infanthood. Thus, the Marianne of the first book is an orphaned survivor of abuse, who discovers deeply hidden internal reserves of strength and power. The Marianne of the second book is the pampered child of wealthy immigrants, who grows up in the shadow of magical events, a profound and continual sense of deja vu, and the occasional intrusions of a ghostly and morally ambiguous version of her former self. Finally, the Marianne of the third book represents a more confident and psychologically stable integration of her two earlier selves.
Whimsy and feminism are not concepts often found in close companionship, but Tepper's combination of the two gives the series extra spark and edge. Much of the dynamic of the first two books revolves around Marianne's relationship with her mentor, lover and would-be savior, Makr Avehl, who spends much of the first book trying to rescue Marianne, only to find out at the end that she is in no real need of his assistance. The feminist subtext is sharpened in the second book when Makr Avehl consciously attempts to cast himself as a knight in shining armor, only to end up the butt of the joke as a parody Prince Charming in a revisionist fairy tale. Interestingly enough it is only in the third book, where Marianne is finally a figure of strength and confidence, that Makr Avehl is finally allowed to save the day for real. Perhaps Marianne is finally strong enough to enjoy being rescued? Be that as it may, the book does not completely abandon its feminism, featuring as it does an extended episode in a mythical matriarchy in which the men campaign for male rights and male liberation while secretly longing to be dominated by strong (and bloodthirsty) women.
While the characters and their relationships are quite different in each book, the overall structure remains constant, as each features Marianne becoming trapped in a series of nightmarish false worlds, from which she must escape despite suffering from a dreamlike amnesia. It is in this series of settings that Tepper's imaginative gift is on fullest display, as she paints portraits of fascist bureaucracies, libraries with no exits, infinitely tall towers built of mud, people trapped inside posters, mechanical monsters, and cats and chickens that hunt human beings for sport. Few other authors have ever better captured the combined magic and menace of the dreamworld, with its bizarre juxtapositions that somehow make perfect psychological sense.
These books are all but impossible to obtain, and only at high cost, but if you're a fan of this type of literature it will be worth it, I consider them a must read.
In honor of the OSU Buckeyes' continued dominance, please enjoy my recent essay from Partially Examined Life.
Whole volumes could be written, whole volumes have been written, about the ethics of American college football, a gladiatorial pastime whose unpaid participants risk on a weekly basis both their health and (due to the prevalence of concussions) their sanity, to the obscenely exaggerated enrichment of millionaire coaches, administrators and other more-or-less parasitic entities. This essay, however, is about the aesthetics of college football, both a more rare and a more rarefied subject of inquiry.
Please enjoy this repost of the continuation of my 2004 essay: "Kierkegaard's Narrative"
Even without the religious and spiritual dimension that was the ultimate foundation of Kierkegaard's work, the narrative he inspired continues to garner resonance and popularity among a wide audience wrestling with his characteristic existential themes. The book/movie of recent times that perhaps most completely embodies Kierkegaard's Narrative is Nick Hornby's "lad lit" classic, High Fidelity (1995, the title is a pun that juxtaposes good audio quality against sexual faithfulness). The story of a young, but not-as-young-as-he-once-was record-store owner, it was hugely popular among an audience of twenty- and thirty-something Generation Xers who could deeply identify with the protagonist. Like Percy's Binx, and Kierkegaard's Aesthete, Hornby's main character Rob is deeply, passionately and compulsively dedicated to an aesthetic pursuit, which, in this case, is the collection, appreciation and occasional sale of classic vinyl records. His aesthetic orientation is so strong, he even claims that "what really matters is what you like, not what you are like," or in other words, that your aesthetic choices are your most important characteristics. When he breaks up with his girlfriend Laura, who is transitioning into a mature adult, and who is frustrated by Rob's refusal to do the same, he attempts what amounts to a combination of Kierkegaard's concepts of repetitions and seduction, by pursing a renewed connection with each one of his former girlfriends. Later, following the death of Laura's father, Rob realizes that what he most wants is not an exciting new sexual partner, the repetition of an old relationship, or even a perfect collection of records, but rather the chance to marry Laura, and move forward with his life.
Few other books or movies exemplify the model to such a perfect extent, but echos of the narrative abound in popular culture. The title character in the 40 Year Old Virgin (2005) is a male, forty-year old virgin whose aesthetic obsession is action-figures. Don Jon, from the recent movie of the same title (2013), is a young man whose aesthetic preoccupation is pornography. In the seventies cult classic, Harold and Maude (1971), Harold is a callow, but troubled youth obsessed with the aesthetics of suicide, and in the Northern California romp Sideways (2004), the protagonist Miles has an aesthetic fixation on wine that is indistinguishable from alcoholism. In the critically acclaimed Silver Linings Playbook (2012), the protagonist is trapped, not by aesthetics but by a repetition, the desire to reconnect with his ex-wife. In the Oscar-winning American Beauty (1999), Kierkegaard's three obsessions are combined uniquely into one, as the main character's attempts to repeat and recapture his lost youth are symbolized by a series of aesthetically striking fantasies about the seduction of a young girl. In each case, the main character has to make an existential choice to move beyond self-absorption and the tyranny of freedom in order to achieve a genuine connection with another human being.
Please enjoy this repost of one of my most popular essays (originally written in 2005):
For many people, the main appeal of George Lucas' "Star Wars" movies is the "Jedi Way," the philosophy/religion that guides the mystical Jedi knights. But where does this philosophy come from, and does it hold up under scrutiny?
At root, the Jedi Way is a synthesis of three Eastern religions or philosophies, with an overlay of courtly behavior drawn from the medieval knights of Europe.
The most important source for the Jedi Way is Taoism, an ancient Chinese philosophy whose name is generally translated as "the Way" or as "the Way of Nature." The two main goals of Taoism are to achieve balance and to exist in harmony with nature (and with all living beings). There is no deity as such in Taoism, which conceptualizes ultimate reality as a primal energy. This energy is expressed in the world in the form of two equal and opposing forces, the "yin" or passive female force, and the "yang" or active male force. These forces are neither good nor evil, and what is desirable is that they be in balance at all times.
The tension between yin and yang creates "qi" (pronounced "chee" and sometimes transliterated as "chi") or life energy. Qi is found in all things, but particularly living creatures. The manipulation of qi is at the root of many traditional Chinese practices including acupuncture, feng shui and tai chi. According to legend, command of qi flow (as practiced by "qigong" masters) brings many mystical powers similar to those of the Jedi, such as the ability to move objects with the mind. In the movies, the name of Jedi Master "Qui-Gon Jin" is probably a deliberate reference to "qi gong."
(Since Taoism is more of a philosophy than a religion, it is often combined together with religious beliefs from other traditions, such as Buddhism or Christianity.)
The second major source of the Jedi Way is Buddhism, specifically Zen, a variant found largely in Japan. As with most forms of Buddhism, Zen preaches "non-attachment," the letting go of emotional bonds to people, places and things. The ultimate goal is to reach a selfless state of dispassionate compassion for all living things. Like the Jedi knights, Buddhist monks are ascetic and celibate. Zen monks are known, at least in the popular imagination, for developing a particular ability or craft to the point where it can be practiced with no conscious effort and nearly superhuman skill.
The third major source for the Jedi worldview is Zoroastrianism, an ancient Persian religion which viewed the world as an eternal battlefield between the forces of good and evil. Although Zoroastrianism has only small pockets of practitioners left in the modern world, it was a major influence on many other philosophies and religions. Echoes of it are present in many places, including the way many modern Christians conceptualize the devil as a force opposite and nearly equal to God.
Finally, the Jedi philosophy is overlaid with a code of chivalry based on that practiced by the medieval knights of Europe, who operated by a code of ethics including strict rules for combat, high standards of courtesy, warrior virtues such as honor, loyalty and bravery and a veneration of courtly love. The knightly facet of the Jedi is exemplified in the movies by their preference for the "elegant" light sabers as opposed to the "barbaric" blasters.
The remarkable synthesis Lucas achieved in placing together these disparate elements has proved compelling for more than one generation of viewers. However, as a workable philosophy it has major flaws.
The first and most subtle of these is the conflict between Taoism and Buddhism. Although often linked in real life, Taoism and Buddhism do not always line up. In the first chapter of the "Tao Te Ching" (the chief text of Taoism) it says "let go of desires in order to observe the source, but allow yourself desires in order to observe the manifestations." This indicates that both "attachment" and "nonattachment" are seen as having value in Taoism, as opposed to Buddhism. In addition, the Buddhist seeks to transcend the world and earthly existence, whereas the Taoist seeks to be fully integrated into the world as a part of nature and natural existence. In the movies, this becomes an issue in the way that the Jedi Council is aloof and independent from politics, yet simultaneously also deeply involved in the galactic political landscape.
The second conflict is between Taoism and Zoroastrianism. There is no "good" and "evil" in Taoism, only balance and imbalance. Neither Yin nor Yang is preferable, and both are necessary, as apposed to Zoroastrianism, where the ultimate goal is the triumph of good and the eradication of evil. This disconnect shows up as a major plot point in the second series of movies (I, II & III), where the prophecy of "balance in the Force" may possibly mean the rise of evil.
The third conflict is between Buddhism and Zoroastrianism. Again, the concept of a fight between good and evil is somewhat alien to Buddhism. A fallen Buddhist would not be an equal and opposite force to a good Buddhist, but simply someone who had become too caught up in the illusions and the material temptations of the ordinary world. A person of this sort might be cruel, venal and selfish, but would not be expected to have any particular spiritual power. This creates a paradox in the movies, in that the Jedi draw power from controlling their emotions, but the Sith draw power from their inability to control their emotions. In addition it creates another instance of cognitive dissonance as the wise and dispassionate Jedi choose over and over again to resolve their problems through violence.
The final conflict is between Buddhism and chivalry. Buddhism preaches non-attachment, but one of the key characteristics of the medieval knights was passionate attachment. Loyalty to one's lord and to one's comrades-in-arms was among the highest virtues, and a courtly, romantic (and theoretically chaste) love between a knight and his lady was celebrated as an ideal. Also, in as much as chivalry stems from Christianity, it carries the idea of love as a powerful redemptive force.
This disconnect creates some of the most powerful paradoxes in the movies. In the first series (IV, V & VI) Yoda and Obi-Wan counsel control of emotions, and warn Luke against the dangers of his affection for his friends, and his unreasonable love for his father. Yet it is Luke's decision to ignore this seemingly wise advice that provides most of the high points of the first series. In the end, Luke is proven right when his ill-advised love for his father finally uncovers the good left in Darth Vader, and brings about the final end to the Sith. Therefore, love is ultimately shown to be even more powerful than the light side of the Force (which failed to conquer its counterpart in all five chronologically previous movies).
Conversely, the second series suffers from taking its doctrine of non-attachment too seriously. The Jedi Council consequently comes across as cold and uncaring –a fact which drives Anakin into the more hot-blooded arms of the Dark Side. In addition, this set of movies is in the strange position of positing love as the enemy. Although Anakin clearly has psychotic tendencies, the movie insists on blaming his moments of indiscriminate slaughter on his "love" for his mother and his wife. Even Obi-Wan's platonic love for his padawan does nothing except cloud his judgment.
It is this too-fully-realized disdain for emotion that, more than anything else, makes the second series inferior to the first.
It's rare for me to do an opinion piece, and I'm in dangerous waters on this one –tackling one of America's most explosive issues with a position guaranteed to anger everyone. Nevertheless, I feel this is is an important stance that has gotten lost in the debate.
I think it is time to emancipate birth control from the abortion debate, politically speaking. As a pragmatic matter, the single most effective way to reduce demand for abortions is to have widely available, safe, effective, inexpensive, preventative birth control, and to educate people in how to use it. With preventative birth control, those who are unwilling or unfit to be parents are able to avoid procreation without resorting to abortion. This, in turn, prevents an untold number of children from having to grow up in adverse circumstances.
I am strongly against a blanket ban on birth control such as that currently advocated by the Catholic church. The rejection of birth control by many members of the anti-abortion movement is counter-productive not only in terms of reducing mainstream support for the movement, but also in terms of increasing the number of unwanted pregnancies and the resultant demand for abortions. The only justification for such a stance is an absolute moral opposition to all non-procreative sexual activity. I don't feel such a stance is morally justified in light of the current global conditions of overpopulation –in addition to the practical impact of harming the effort to reduce numbers of abortions.
I think the marriage of abortion and birth control is equally injurious to the other side. An often repeated statistic is that Planned Parenthood, the largest American provider of reproductive health services, only spends 3% of funds and efforts on abortion. The implication is that abortion is a relatively unimportant part of what Planned Parenthood does –by the numbers. Yet the fact that Planned Parenthood is unwilling to give up that 3% suggests that abortion is actually quite important to their mission. It is not possible to simultaneously argue that abortion is too important to Planned Parenthood for it to be given up, and yet also not important enough to Planned Parenthood for opponents of abortion to worry about.
Given that 97% of Planned Parenthood's activities perform a relatively uncontroversial, vital and necessary service for women's health, and 3% of their activities are morally abhorrent to a sizable percentage of Americans, why hold the 97% hostage to the 3%? Just as I recognize that there are people who feel that sex is morally wrong, I also recognize that there are people who believe that ensuring continued access to abortion is a key moral necessity. But is it more of a key moral necessity than other reproductive health services, including preventative birth control?
I don't oppose those with strong moral convictions on either side continuing to work for what they think is right, with regards to abortion, but preventative birth control shouldn't be a hostage to the abortion debate. I would venture that the vast majority of Americans are in favor of preventative birth control, regardless of their views on abortion, and that a considerable number of those nominally opposed to preventative birth control would nevertheless view it as a lesser evil than abortion. Preventative birth control meets both the objective of reducing the number of abortions, and increasing the control of women over their own bodies and reproductive choices. It's a gain for both sides.
It's time to emancipate preventative birth control from the abortion debate.
The "God of the Gaps" argument –that God is the explanation for all the things we don't (yet) understand –is more popular among atheists than believers, because of its apparent weaknesses. Yet is it as bad an argument as it seems? Read my full essay on the topic of this much despised argument over at Partially Examined Life:
…Given how thoroughly "God of the gaps" has been discredited by the best minds on both sides of the debate, it may seem a fool's errand to seek anything worth salvaging within it, and yet I have recently become convinced that there is a core insight hidden in this argument, unappreciated by any of its modern critics…
This week, I'm showcasing the ever-righteous Jason Chu dropping a little knowledge on the hot button topic of "illegal immigration."


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Laura Fiedler
Mark Fiedler
What is promoting prostitution?
Mark Fiedler could be sentenced to a maximum of seven years in prison for a Class C felony. If convicted, Laura Fiedler faces a possible maximum term of four years for a lesser, Class D felony. The wording of the law for the more serious charge is promoting prostitution by managing, supervising, controlling or owning, either alone or in association with others, a house of prostitution or a prostitution business....
The less serious charge is described as knowingly promoting prostitution.
A guilty plea has arrived in a case accusing a Springfield couple the woman an elementary teacher at the time of running a prostitution business out of a prominent downtown office building.
Mark Fiedler, 43, Thursday morning admitted the Class C felony of promoting prostitution in the second degree, which could put him in prison for seven years.
He and his wife, Laura Fiedler, a Springfield Public Schools teacher at the time, are accused of arranging meetings for people seeking sex through online ads and alleged prostitutes.
The crimes occurred in an office space leased by the Fiedlers in the Landmark Building, police said.
The Fiedlers claimed they thought they were scheduling massages, court documents show.
The case against Laura Fiedler, 36, continues; a pre-trial conference is set for next week.
She is charged with the lesser Class D felony of promoting prostitution in the third degree. If convicted, the felony carries a maximum sentence of four years in prison. Her attorney, Dee Wampler, said she will not plead guilty.
The charges sprang from a sting operation by the Springfield Police Department.
Sentencing for Mark Fiedler is set for Nov. 14.
His wife, a school district employee since 2001, was making $38,002 as a teacher in the 2010-11 school year.
After she was charged, the district kept her employed for months on paid administrative leave, but she eventually no longer appeared on the list of teachers or the payroll.
On Thursday, Teresa Bledsoe, spokeswoman for the school district, said Laura Fiedler is still an employee but has been on unpaid administrative leave since Dec. 31, 2012.
An online database previously provided to the News-Leader listed her as a fourth-grade teacher. She had also taught third grade.
The couple were charged in early 2012, though they were first arrested about a year earlier.
The investigation began in December 2010 when police say an anonymous citizen tipped detectives off to a rubdown offer he received from a woman he only knew as Connie.
Connie directed the customer to her advertisement on a free classified ad site similar to Craigslist.
Under a section on the site called Adult, body rubs are offered.
Connie told police the Fiedlers received $35 per client, police said.
Connie also told police that cellphones were used to contact the Fiedlers about clients requesting rubdowns.
Some of the clients paid for and received fondling, court documents say.


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Heart Mountain Dedication Ceremony
Senator Daniel Inouye -- a Medal of Honor recipient who served with the famed all-volunteer, Japanese American 442nd Regimental Combat Team… read more
Senator Daniel Inouye -- a Medal of Honor recipient who served with the famed all-volunteer, Japanese American 442nd Regimental Combat Team -- was the keynote speaker at the dedication and grand opening of the Interpretive Learning Center at the site of the Heart Mountain Relocation Center where Japanese Americans were forcibly detained during World War II. Also speaking were former Secretary Norman Mineta and former Senator Alan Simpson, honorary co-chairs of the advisory council. The lifelong friends met at Heart Mountain through the Boy Scouts when Mineta was incarcerated there with his family. close
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- Shirley Ann Higuchi Chairman Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation->Board of Directors
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - The flow of water from a burst water main that forced people out of their homes and flooded the famous Ventura Boulevard has been stopped, authorities said Sunday.
The water flow from the broken pipe in Studio City was stopped after about four hours, Los Angeles Department of Water and Power spokeswoman Jane Galbraith said. The burst main is part of the city's original water system, dating to 1914, she said.
No injuries have been reported since the 64-inch main broke late Saturday night, but firefighters rescued a person who was in a car
that had been swept away in the flooding, Los Angeles Fire Department spokesman Erik Scott said.
More than 125 firefighters have responded and were trying to redirect water toward a Los Angeles storm drainer, Scott said.
Water was several feet deep in some places and had damaged homes
and businesses, Scott said. A shelter had been set up at an elementary school for displaced residents.
Ventura Boulevard, one of the city's main thoroughfares, runs the length of the San Fernando Valley from east to west.
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Chris Paul's tough night just got a little worse.
The NBA announced on Friday that Paul, the All-Star point guard for the New Orleans Hornets, has been fined $15,000 for his treatment of an official following Wednesday night's overtime loss to the New Jersey Nets. Here's text of the announcement via the Times-Picayune.
New Orleans Hornets guard Chris Paul has been fined $15,000 for verbal abuse of a game official, it was announced Friday by Stu Jackson, NBA Executive Vice President, Basketball Operations.
The incident occurred following the Hornets' 103-101 overtime loss to the New Jersey Nets at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. on February 9.Paul, who played an eye-popping 51 minutes on Wednesday, had a potential game-winning three-pointer rim out at the buzzer in overtime, and the Hornets fell to the Nets, 103-101. Paul fell to the floor during the attempt in an attempt to draw a foul.
Here's video of the potential game-winner courtesy of YouTube user NBABigThree.
After the game in which he shot 4-15 from the field, Paul made comments to the Times-Picayune that expressed frustration with his play.
"As a point guard and leader, there is no way I should have let us lose that game,'' Paul said. "I feel like this was my loss. I made some bad decisions down the stretch. I'm frustrated with my indecisions.''The fine, then, is just the cherry on top.


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I'm a little confused about the binder sizes for the Janome Coverpro.
It says you can make bindings from:
32mm - 8mm
50mm - 15mm
I want the one that can make the finished size around 3/8". Would that be the 32 mm - 8 mm?
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Rebranded Kenmore 19233/Janome DC 5100
Janome MyLock 644D
Janome CoverPro 1000CP
Brother PE 700II (traded)
Brother DreamMaker VE 2200
The Janome binders are both B binders - that means the fold both edges of the fabric.
A binders only fold the top of the binding and these can be useful when using thicker fabrics.
to answer yout question the 8mm is approx 1/3" and the 15mm 2/3".
I have bought some A binders from Sharp Sewing on Ebay - dont expect speedy replies to any queries, however having said that when I have ordered my orders have arrived in good time and the prices are good. I bought 3 binders whcih worked out with postage to be 60% of what one Janome binder would have cost from my local dealer ( I live in New Zealand )
------Wellington, NZ
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So she started getting yellow diarrhea yesterday morning and shes got dark strands in her poo and light ones, I'm worried she might have worms. Shes acting tired and not all spastic as she usually is. She's 11 months old, and very healthy, has not thrown up and I don't believe she has a fever. shes been having diarrhea quite often through the day. I have a dr. appt with her pediatrician today. Just wondering if anyone else has been through this or have any idea what it is.
Happy healthy mama to Belladonna (5/10/10) hoping for my VBAC 1/20/14!
I also wanted to note her appetite is gone. She shakes her head no when I offer food. She'll drink her bottles, but not nearly as much as normal.
Happy healthy mama to Belladonna (5/10/10) hoping for my VBAC 1/20/14!
Typical worms behavior is itching. They don't cause diarrhea that I know of. They can make a baby irritable just because they can interfere with rest time and what not. The easiest way to check for worms is to use a piece of scotch tape and after she has first woken up in the morning before having a BM, put a piece of tape on her rectum and pull away. If there are worms, then there will be little white eggs on the tape.
It sounds more like a viral or bacterial GI thing to me though..
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Successful baby steps today! Today I rode my percheron up on the berm ponying my pinto for the first time. Usually riding up on the berm is scary for me because it's about 10 feet across and 15 feet down a rocky slope. They see the other horses in the pastures below and some of them run along with us....so it makes me nervous. I went with one other rider and my two girls didn't flinch.
The next goal, probably tomorrow, is to ride on the berm past the ranch next door...which usually freaks them out at times because they have horses on hot walkers and stuff below.
There was a time when my percheron didn't want to go forward and backed a few steps...I just persisted with squeezing and giving her my verbal que noise that what she wanted to do was not correct. She is pretty much always pretty sensitive to that because she wants to please, but even so, when she argues, she is a BIG girl. (I forgot the crop) I just swallowed any insecurities of my own and persisted and did so while ponying the other horse. I am so proud! Thank you for nudging me forward with being more confident in myself!


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Johannesburg - Grade 10 pupil Ofentse Rammitlwa was attending a fun day at Mondeor High School on October 20. A friend had invited the Gresswold Senior School boy to the school.
After the fun day ended at about 5pm, he was crossing the road to get to his friend on the other side. He was in the middle of the road when a Toyota Tazz approached at high speed.
It is alleged that the car did not stop at the four-way stop where Ofentse was crossing. It hit him, dragged him for about 10m and threw him against a stationary minibus taxi nearby.
When the car stopped, the driver and his friends tried to flee, but were apprehended before they had got far.
Ofentse's mother Phumzile, who had been called by her son's friend, arrived at the scene to find her only son lying dead on the ground. A police officer pointed out the alleged driver, and she was shocked.
"He was poep dronk [sloshed] and could not even walk properly. On top of that, he was being disrespectful to the police officer, saying he must not hold him by his shirt and rather by his belt," the woman recalled.
Now Phumzile, her husband Mike and daughter Palesa are trying to pick up the pieces of their lives.
It still hurts to talk about what happened and they have not made any drastic changes to Ofentse's bedroom in their Kibler Park home. Mike said the police had opened a case of murder.
Not only are they hurting, they are also frustrated by witnesses' unwillingness to make statements to the police.
The couple are of the opinion that no one wants to testify in court because their parents don't want their lives interrupted by the court case.
They are appealing to anyone who witnessed the accident to make a statement to the Mondeor police.
The Rammitlwas are not the latest family to be plunged into mourning due to a young unlicensed driver. Last week, a 16-year-old teenager ploughed into four primary school children after stealing his grandmother's car in Kaalfontein, Midrand.
Two of the girls died and the others are in hospital.
The spokesman for the Road Traffic Management Corporation, Ashref Ismail, said more and more unlicensed youngsters were roaming the roads.
Some, he said, were even being given the cars by their parents to take to school.
Ismail said they had once received a call from one school, where teachers complained that they had no parking as it was taken by pupils who were now driving to school.
Investigations revealed that out of 11 cars that teenagers from the ages of 16 to 18 were driving to the school, only three had licences.
"Most of these children drive these cars with their parents' knowledge. It can't be that a 16-year-old child has a car. When you see them, you don't even have to wonder about their age, they are so small. They will then go out spinning or drifting.
"At that age they think they are invincible, and they only think about the consequences when they are caught," he said.
It is not known who the car belonged to or how it ended up in the youngster's possession.
The police had not responded at the time of going to print.
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