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WASHINGTON — Barack Obama cruised past a fading Hillary Rodham Clinton in the Wisconsin primary Tuesday night, gaining the upper hand in a Democratic presidential race for the ages.
It was Obama's ninth straight victory in the past three weeks and left Clinton in desperate need of a comeback in a race she long commanded as front-runner.
"The change we seek is still months and miles away," Obama told a boisterous crowd in Houston.
He cut deeply into Clinton's political bedrock in Wisconsin, splitting the support of white women almost evenly with the former first lady and running well among working-class voters in the blue-collar battleground, according to polling place interviews.
The economy and trade were key issues, and seven in 10 voters said international trade has resulted in lost jobs in Wisconsin. Fewer than one in five said trade has created more jobs than it has lost.
Clinton made no mention of her defeat and showed no sign of surrender in an appearance in Youngstown, Ohio.
"Both Sen. Obama and I would make history," she said. "But only one of us is ready on Day One to be commander in chief, ready to manage our economy and ready to defeat the Republicans. Only one of us has spent 35 years being a doer, a fighter and a champion for those who need a voice."
In a clear sign of their standing in the race, most cable television networks abruptly cut away from coverage of Clinton's rally when Obama began to speak in Texas.
Obama and Clinton are campaigning seven days a week, he the strongest black presidential candidate in history, she bidding to become the first woman to sit in the White House.
Ohio and Texas vote next, on March 4 — 370 convention delegates in all — and even some of Clinton's supporters concede she must win one, and possibly both, to remain competitive.
Independents turn out
Wisconsin independents cast about one-quarter of the ballots in the race between Obama and Clinton, and roughly 15 percent of the electorate were first-time voters, the survey at polling places said.
Obama has run strongly among independents in earlier primaries, and among younger voters, and cited their support as evidence that he would make a stronger general election candidate.
With the votes counted in slightly more than half of Wisconsin's precincts, Obama was winning 56 percent of the vote to 43 percent for Clinton.
Wisconsin offered 74 national convention delegates. There were 20 delegates at stake in Tuesday's caucuses in Hawaii, where Obama spent part of his youth.
Obama's victory allowed him to expand his delegate edge over Clinton.
He had 1,294, and Clinton had 1,218 in the Associated Press count, with most of Wisconsin's delegates still to be allocated. It takes 2,025 to win the nomination at the party's national convention this summer in Denver.
Obama began the evening with eight straight primary and caucus victories. The remarkable run has propelled him past Clinton in the overall delegate race and enabled him to chip away at her advantage among elected officials within the party who will have convention votes as superdelegates.
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The Democrats' focus on trade was certain to intensify, with primaries in Ohio in two weeks and in Pennsylvania on April 22.
Obama's campaign already has distributed mass mailings critical of Clinton on the issue in Ohio. "Bad trade deals like NAFTA hit Ohio harder than most states. Only Barack Obama consistently opposed NAFTA," the mailings said.
As the votes were counted in Wisconsin, Obama was in Texas, which has primaries and caucuses March 4. Clinton was in Ohio.
Clinton's aides initially signaled she would virtually concede Wisconsin, and the former first lady spent less time there than Obama.
Even so, she ran a television ad that accused her rival of ducking a debate in the state and added that she had the only health care plan that would cover all Americans and the only economic plan to stop home foreclosures.
"Maybe he'd prefer to give speeches than have to answer questions," the commercial said.
Obama countered with an ad saying his health care plan would cover more people.
The campaign grew increasingly testy over the weekend, when Clinton's aides accused Obama of plagiarism for delivering a speech that included words first uttered by Deval Patrick, the Massachusetts governor and a friend of Obama's.
"I really don't think this is too big of a deal," Obama said, eager to lay the issue to rest quickly. He said Clinton had used his slogans too.


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Faced with its biggest energy challenge in more than 20 years, the United States is poised to look for offshore reserves of oil and natural gas as never before.
By using the latest techniques, government officials hope to update surveys more than two decades old and, perhaps, discover new pools of oil and gas hidden miles under the ocean floor. Such discoveries could boost US production and lessen reliance on foreign oil.
But not everyone is pleased. Many legislators fear that such surveys will boost political pressure to begin offshore drilling in areas where it has been banned for decades. Even without drilling, the new survey - which involves blasting the ocean floor with sound waves - could threaten marine life, environmentalists say.
"There is an increasing body of evidence indicating that the intense blasts of sounds from seismic air guns can injure, kill, and otherwise harm marine mammals and fish," says Michael Jasny, senior policy consultant to the Natural Resources Defense Council.
The prospect of drilling off the coasts of tourist havens, such as California and Florida, has stirred the most vocal opposition to the new survey, contained in the energy legislation passed last week. "The inventory itself would constitute a slippery slope toward further drilling that is both unnecessary and unwarranted," US Rep. Katherine Harris (R) of Florida said in a statement. She voted against the bill with 21 of Florida's 25 congressional representatives and both US senators last week.
While most opposition centers around the potential ramifications of the survey, environmentalists are sounding an alarm over the seismic survey itself. A typical seismic air gun array pulled by a ship might fire its compressed air bubbles into the ocean five or six times a minute - more than 7,000 shots in 24 hours. Some researchers worry such testing would pummel sea creatures with a barrage of sound pulses 200 decibels and higher - equivalent on land to listening to an artillery gun being fired 500 feet away.
Studies have documented the impact of seismic exploration on fish catches off Norway, which diminished in the 1990s. Some scientists think surveys were connected to dead giant squid floating onto Spanish beaches in 2003 and whales beaching themselves in the Sea of Cortez in 2002. But little is known about the long-term impact of such testing, especially on larger animals like whales, scientists say.
"I would say not only is the jury out, it's not even impounded yet," says Arthur Popper, a University of Maryland biologist.
But a 2004 study by the Minerals Management Service (MMS) of the US Interior Department found "no significant impact" on marine life from geological and geophysical exploration. A National Research Council also noted that "no scientific studies have conclusively demonstrated a link" between the two.
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Owl City, Imagine Dragons headed to The Rave
Owl City and Imagine Dragons with Atlas Genius are among the new show announcements for 2013 at The Rave, 2401 W. Wisconsin Ave.
Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Dec. 14 at the box office, (414) 342-7283 and therave.com. »Read Full Article
Alt-J's March 29 concert moved to Pabst Theater
Due to high demand, British alternative band Alt-J's March 29 Turner Hall Ballroom show has been bumped up to the larger Pabst Theater (seating capacity 1,399.)
'Memphis' finds its rhythm at the Marcus Center
The storyline in "Memphis," on stage at the Marcus Center through Sunday, goes like this.
A high school dropout named Huey Calhoun - white - stumbles downstairs into a seedy African-American club in 1950s Memphis. Huey has been drawn there by the voice of Felicia Farrell - an equally young singer. Huey falls hard, as he already had for rhythm and blues. »Read Full Article
Crystal Castles coming to Turner Hall May 6
Canadian electropop duo Crystal Castles—consisting of producer Ethan Kath and vocalist Alice Glass—will headline Turner Hall Ballroom May 6, the venue announced Wednesday morning.
Blues legend B.B. King booked for Riverside Theater
87-year-old blues legend B.B. King is making his return trip to Milwaukee in May—and this time out, a staple of the local music scene, Paul Cebar, will be handling opening duties.
Aereo to offer local broadcast signals online in Wisconsin
Aereo, the antenna TV service that allows live streaming of broadcast signals on computers and portable devices, is coming to Wisconsin.
The company announced plans Monday, at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, to introduce the service in 22 cities, including Madison, early this year. »Read Full Blog Post(1)
On Tap Today: Cohen, Elvis and Bowie
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Leonard Cohen will appear at Milwaukee Theatre in March
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Cost cuts and Canada are among the expected topics when U.S. Steel reports earnings Tuesday. Read More »
In his first major interview since taking over as CEO of U.S. Steel, Mario Longhi said the company needs to change to remain competitive. Below are edited excerpts of his conversation with The Wall Street Journal.
WSJ: Why haven't you been more specific about your so-called "Carnegie Way" cost-cutting program, which you say amounts to $435 million this year?
Mr. Longhi: We're not going to be very specific about what we're doing because it's a competitive world, and we're not going to tell our competitors everything we're doing.
WSJ: Why does U.S. Steel need to change?
Mr. Longhi: This company has been losing money for 5 years in a row. We were having to go to the banks and borrow money to pay debt. We said this can't go on forever, this is a road to destruction. Read More »
U.S. Steel Corp. has emerged as an unlikely proxy in a heated debate over the notion of disruptive innovation between Harvard historian Jill Lepore and Harvard Business School professor Clayton Christensen.
In a nutshell: Mr. Christensen, in books like The Innovator's Dilemma, depicts nimble startups with new technologies as the inevitable doom of big incumbent companies, an argument Mrs. Lepore counters in a blistering New Yorker cover story this week.
She says patterns, and the evolution of history itself, are more unpredictable, and accuses Mr. Christensen of faulty logic and cherry-picking his example businesses like floppy drives and online education.
And U.S. Steel. More on this after the jump… Read More »
By John W. Miller
U.S. Steel Corp. CEO Mario Longhi, who is under the gun after having to announce Monday that his Pittsburgh-based firm lost $2.1 billion in 2013, is starting to make real moves.
On Tuesday — the day before he welcomes President Obama at a plant in Pittsburgh — Mr. Longhi said that the company would apply for permits to replace its blast furnace at a plant in Fairfield, AL with an electric arc furnace. The new furnace will be in operation by 2017.
What does that mean?
A quick primer on steelmaking: The blast furnace is the way U.S. Steel has made metal since the days of Andrew Carnegie. Inside the massive cylindrical structure, iron ore is melted down, part of a process that generates batches of steel from raw materials. It's a lumbering piece of equipment that is expensive to maintain, and turn on and off. It usually produces a slightly higher quality and more exact form of steel that can be used for high-grade applications such as the automotive industry.
In an electric furnace, steel is made by melting shredded up automobiles, refrigerators and other forms of scrap. More on this after the jump… Read More »
By John W. Miller.
How hungry are investors for a shake-up at U.S. Steel Corp.?
New CEO Mario Longhi's announcement of the closing of parts of Hamilton Works in Canada and coking facilities in Indiana sent the Pittsburgh-based stock soaring after the CEO's 3pm conference call with analysts. The stock closed up 8.75% on Tuesday.
Shares had flatlined all day, after U.S. posted a hefty third quarter loss because of a $1.8 billon writedown for North American flat-rolled and Texas tubular operations. Without the impairment, U.S. Steel still recorded a loss of $20 million, or 14 cents per share, compared to a profit of $44 million in the third quarter of 2012. U.S. Steel has now lost money in six of its last eight quarters.
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By John W. Miller
After market close on Friday, U.S. Steel Corp. declared a surprising $1.8 billion writedown. That's quite a mouthful for a company with a total market cap of around $3.5 billion.
So what's going on with this steel giant, which is due to report third quarter earnings on Oct. 29?
The Pittsburgh-based firm offered three reasons.
- The economy: U.S. Steel cited "the valuation effects of the protracted economic recovery."
- Oversupply: Global steelmaking capacity is in "excess," U.S. Steel said, which has depressed the prices U.S. Steel can charge for the flat-rolled metal it sells to auto and appliance makers. In addition, imports and "announced additional domestic tubular manufacturing capacity" have deflated prices for the steel pipes and tubes demanded by American oil and gas companies.
- Imports: U.S. Steel noted the "continued high level of tubular product imports." They're a consequence of oversupply — but still worth mentioning as a separate category.
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Another example of how the boom in American oil and gas production is quietly reshaping the economics of heavy industry: U.S. Steel, which relies on huge amounts of carbon-based fuel, is cutting costs by replacing coal with gas in its furnaces.
Steelmaking involves heating furnaces to temperatures above 2000°F, and the typical fuel for doing this is coke, a purified form of coal. And while the price of coke has not being rising as fast as the price for iron ore, steel's crucial ingredient, it is still expected to head upward this year, and U.S. Steel has been talking for a while about ways to reduce its exposure to shifting market prices.
Cheap U.S. gas has proven to be just what the company was looking for, its CEO John P. Surma said on an earnings call today:
Carbon costs continue to be the biggest market exposure that we manage, and I'd like to provide an update on our overall strategy to achieve the lowest cost to produce hot metal in our blast furnaces. For several quarters now, we have been discussing with you our investments in the facilities at and Gary to become self-sufficient in our cokemaking capabilities and to eliminate the need to purchase expensive and often a lower quality coke in the merchant markets. And we have aggressively worked to adjust our coking coal blends in order to lower our overall coal costs. We have taken advantage of opportunities to utilize the abundant supply of competitively priced natural gas from the continued development of shale resources in North America.
This development is a significant driver for our Tubular segment, of course, and that's enabled a significant change to our Flat-rolled segment cost structure, primarily through the use of natural gas to decrease the use of coke in our blast furnaces. We have increased natural gas injection capabilities on our blast furnaces, allowing us to maximize our use of gas and reduce our coke rates.
With the U.S. energy revolution helping the company out, President Obama's promise on climate change in his recent inaugural address –"the path towards sustainable energy sources will be long and sometimes difficult. But America cannot resist this transition; we must lead it" – has Mr. Surma worried about a European-style emmissions-trading program. How would such a scheme play out here?
I think all the folks in Washington had to do is read the European newspapers. And see if that's what you want. The gradual disorientation in the ratio of heavier sector, in particular, industry, the reduction of energy supplies, the two largest EU industry association trade groups recently wrote letters to the EU commission saying that the U.S. advantage in energy is almost unassailable. And will result in severe damage to European manufacturing position. And that's probably true over time….
And by the way, U.S. carbon emissions have been far better controlled than the European emissions the program there has done virtually no good…. We have perfect example of what that looks like, I'm not sure who is going to choose that, so policymakers will be more thoughtful and have a slightly more informed view….
U.S. Steel reported a small quarterly loss today; since breaking a long run of losses in 2011, thanks largely to falling energy prices, its results have been patchy. Its shares fell 2.2%. Read More »
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Chartreuse (Yellow-Green)
Late Spring/Early Summer
Mid Summer
Late Summer/Early Fall
Mid Fall
Blooms repeatedly
6.1 to 6.5 (mildly acidic)
6.6 to 7.5 (neutral)
From herbaceous stem cuttings
From seed; direct sow after last frost
Allow seedheads to dry on plants; remove and collect seeds
This plant is attractive to bees, butterflies and/or birds
Average Water Needs; Water regularly; do not overwater
Suitable for growing in containers
This plant has been said to grow in the following regions:
Gulf Shores, Alabama
Orange Beach, Alabama
Glendale, Arizona
Amesti, California
Deland, Florida
Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida
Zephyrhills, Florida
Lafayette, Tennessee
Austin, Texas (2 reports)
Belton, Texas
Bryan, Texas
Cedar Creek, Texas
Desoto, Texas
Magnolia, Texas
Mcallen, Texas
Richmond, Texas
San Antonio, Texasshow all
On Jan 28, 2015, angiegazelle from Mcallen, TX wrote:
I first met this plant in 1986 in Edinburg, TX. Now there are a couple of specimens at my home in McAllen, TX. Seems to do well. Tolerates south Texas droughts.
On Jan 28, 2015, angiegazelle from Mcallen, TX wrote:
I first met this plant in 1986 in Edinburg, TX. Now there are a couple of specimens at my home in McAllen, TX. Seems to do well. Tolerates south Texas droughts.
On Sep 15, 2011, saltcedar from Austin, TX (Zone 8b) wrote:
Lemon Yellow Rosemallow is tougher than it looks.
On Apr 28, 2011, Izhar from Karachi
The glowing flowers produce abundant nectar. Bees, wasps, ants adore them..
On Apr 28, 2011, htop from San Antonio, TX (Zone 8b) wrote:
Lemon Yellow Rosemallow (Hibiscus calyphyllus) is native to tropical Central, East and southern Africa, Madagascar and the Mascarene Islands. It also can be found in South Africa and Yemen. It is a cultivated ornamental in other areas of the tropics and subtropics. It has naturalized in Hawaii. The natural habitat of Hibiscus calyphyllus is open bush, thickets and forests and it is often found along rivers. It grows to 1-1.8 meters (3-6 feet) tall and is often prostrate and straggly. I tie my plant's stems onto bamboo stakes to give it a more upright appearance. The light green leaves are obscurely to distinctly three to five lobed. The 8-10 cm (3-4 in) wide flowers are bright sulphur yellow with a deep maroon eye. It can be planted in full sun; however, my plant does better in morning... read more


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Fate Core - An Update on Stretchy Things
Hi folks! Can you believe this Kickstarter is over two years old?
We thought we'd take a few minutes today to give you an update on the remaining stretch goals that everyone at $10+ will be getting in digital form once they're done. There's just a few of them left, and since each one was starting from scratch there's been a lot of time & effort involved in moving them along. We're seeing progress across the board.
We'll also talk a bit about the other Fate stuff going on in Hat-landia. Let's get to it!
Stretches...! Makin' Progress, The Stretch-meister!
Shadow of the Century is entering alpha play-testing this May. We're taking playtester applications right now on our website — learn more here: http://www.evilhat.com/home/shadow-of-the-century/
Do: Fate of the Flying Temple: The final round of editing is happening now. We expect to send it to layout (by Do: Pilgrims of the Flying Temple creator Daniel Solis) by the end of May.
Young Centurions: Our alpha playtest feedback is in. The team has reviewed it and has their action-list of things to address. We're hoping to be able to move this one along to layout and art acquisition sometime in the next few months.
Dresden Files Accelerated: We began development in 2014 as promised, with it steadily ramping up from there. Our second playtest should come right on the heels of Shadow of the Century's. The first playtest revealed that our ideas were sound but our implementation was way off. This next round has a much more "playbook" style approach that we think will get the ideas across better. Our beta playtest will tell us if we're right!
Meanwhile, Elsewhere in Evil Hat's Fate-o-sphere...
These things aren't part of your rewards package, but they are related to the game line this Kickstarter made possible, so we wanted to share.
Our Patreon campaign has been steadily churning out great, varied settings & mechanics in our Fate Worlds of Adventure line. We've knocked 8 of them out so far and have another 14 on the way. You can grab our already-released ones as pay-what-you-want items on DriveThruRPG as well as a select few in paperback at retailers or the Evil Hat webstore. Patrons of our Patreon campaign get early access to the drafts, and more depending on their level of commitment.
The Fate-Core-powered Atomic Robo RPG is up for an Origins Award this year as Best RPG. Available now & everywhere! To celebrate the nomination we've knocked 10% off of its price on the Evil Hat webstore. We've also got a Majestic 12 supplement in the works as we speak. Our goal is to have editing and art done and ready for layout by the end of May.
War of Ashes: Fate of Agaptus is in proofing and indexing now. We're aiming to get this sent to the printer by the end of May. Brace yourself for the rise of nasty, lethal, grimmsical cuteness!
Other projects wait in the wings, but aren't yet ready to see the light of day. If you haven't already, make sure to sign up for our mailing list on the front page of evilhat.com to stay in touch with the latest from the Hat.
Thanks again for your support!


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Former West High and University of Iowa standout and current NFL place kicker Nate Kaeding purchased the home of former University of Iowa basketball head coach Todd Lickliter earlier this month.
Kaeding bought the 1100 N. Dubuque St. home on March 17 for $945,000, according to the Iowa City Assessor's Web site.
Kaeding, who has played for the San Diego Chargers since he left UI in 2004, still ...


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Pirate Soccer Team Wins Season Opener
Posted: 08/23/2008 - East Carolina opened the season with a 1-0 win over Western Carolina.
Posted: 08/23/2008 - East Carolina opened the season with a 1-0 win over Western Carolina.
Posted: 08/23/2008 - Kinston will try to bounce back Saturday night on Star Wars night at the Grainger Stadium.
Updated: 08/24/2008 - Complete list of High School Football scores from North Carolina, August 22nd.
Updated: 08/24/2008 - Check here throughout the night for updated scores from area high school football games.
Posted: 08/22/2008 - The high school football season kicks off tonight, featured games include a showdown in Plymouth between the Vikings and Farmville Central.
Posted: 08/21/2008 - The Kinston Indians lost their 6th straight on Thursday.
Posted: 08/21/2008 - Evidence has surfaced indicating that several of the gold medalist Chinese gymnists were underage.
Posted: 08/21/2008 - Several ECU head coaches get bonuses for players reaching academic goals.
Posted: 08/21/2008 - NFL Union Head Gene Upshaw passes away at the age of 63.
Updated: 08/21/2008 - Former ECU sprinter LaShawn Merritt defeats rival Jeremy Wariner to win gold in the 400 meters.
Updated: 08/21/2008 - Greenville's 13 and under all-stars finished pool play with a 2-2 record, but they are eliminated when California takes out Jamestown.
Posted: 08/20/2008 - The United States whipped Australia 116-85 in the quarterfinals and are just two wins away from gold in Beijing.
Posted: 08/20/2008 - Jamaican Usain Bolt becomes the first sprinter to win gold in both the 100 and 200 meters since Carl Lewis in 1984.
Posted: 08/20/2008 - NASCAR caught Joe Gibbs Racing attempting to cheat in Nationwide Series. Both JGR drivers were docked points and their crew chiefs suspended and fined.
Updated: 08/20/2008 - Shawn Johnson and Nastia Liukin square off in Women's Balance Beam competition, and Johnson takes the goods.
Posted: 08/20/2008 - A former Duke lacrosse player granted an extra year of eligibility in the wake of now-debunked rape allegations against three of his teammates will soon be reunited with his former coach.
Posted: 08/19/2008 - Potomac outslugs Kinston 17-14 at Grainger Stadium.
Posted: 08/19/2008 - The Pirates wrapped up their final Fall Camp workout Tuesday afternoon. The team resumes normal 4pm workouts Wednesday.
Updated: 08/20/2008 - Missourit tops Greenville's 13 and under Babe Ruth All-Stars 8-6. Greenville falls to 1-2 in pool play but stays alive after College Point, NY knocked off Westchester, CA in the nightcap.
Updated: 08/19/2008 - Former Pirate LaShawn Merritt ran the fastest overall time in Tuesday's semifinals for the 400 meters. World champion Jeremy Wariner had the second fastest time. ECU's Hector Cotto eliminated in hurdles.
Posted: 08/18/2008 - Former Pitt Community College standout Lonnie Chisenhall earns NY-Penn League All-Star honors.
Updated: 08/18/2008 - The crew of the Mimi landed a state record 1228.5 pound blue marlin in the Pirates Cove Billfish Tournament out of Manteo.
Posted: 08/18/2008 - Former ECU Pirates Trevor and Darryl Lawhorn will be in uniform tonight for Potomac when they take on the Kinston Indians at Grainger Stadium.
Posted: 08/17/2008 - LaShawn Merritt qualifies for the 400 meter semi's Sunday night in Beijing.
Posted: 08/17/2008 - Carl Edwards continues to put heat on points leader Kyle Busch.


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My First Wedding Cake
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Floating cake stand, basket weave. Lucky for me the bride wanted fresh roses/flowers. The top layer is golden vanilla /bluberry filling, the middle layer is golden vanilla/cream cheese pudding /bluberry filling, bottom tier is devils food cake with raspberry creamcheese filling. I am pretty pleaed how this turned out Most importantly, the bride was very pleased ! Thanks to all who helped me with tips and support
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I trust everyone has been a good boy or girl this year, and has sent their wish list to Santa already, right? I have it on good authority that jolly old St. Nick is a huge NBA fan, so naturally I suggest you ask for fantasy help. And I have a strategy: bear in mind, if you ask for too much, you get burned for being greedy, and you will get coal bricks under your tree (like Drummond at the free throw line, amirite?? Awful, sorry.). So, that in mind, I'm simply asking for dimes. I need help with assists in my 2 leagues, I took Kyrie in both leagues, and he is not exactly packing that stat line, I have Jameer, and he's been on and off the court… well, whining to you guys won't do anything about it. But whining to Santa will. It has to, as there is no quality points on my waiver. And with that let me bend your eyeballs to a few guys that might make excellent stocking stuffers:Please, blog, may I have some more?
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In what was some brutally bad basketball last night, John Henson led the woeful Milwaukee Bucks into Chicago against a Bulls team more battered up than a candy bar at a state fair… and the Bucks actually won! It's horrifying to think in today's NBA that a guy like Henson might have been the most polished offensive player on the court for EITHER TEAM. It was brutal. This was the game I made the Yahoo highlights for, and man, it was more of a wreck than if you went out partying and decided that Lindsay Lohan would be your DD. But for fantasy, whew-ee if you're a Henson owner! Huge rainbow line of 25/14/2/3/6. It was so good from the big man that Larry Sanders punched a wall. But the icing on the cake, was this preposterous rainbow shot to close out the rainbow night. I love the Bulls announcers reacting to that. "You've got to be kidding me!" Good thing he didn't take that shot in Cowboys Stadium, that mighta hit the scoreboard! It feels really good seeing Henson going off, as he was a guy I ranked really high (#100 exactly) and have recommended him over a lot of fringe-wire adds through the young season. His stats are helping fill all the Andre Drummond voids I have! Win some, lose some… Henson is obviously a must-own in all leagues, and I think can maintain solid production playing at the 4 when The Colonel is back. Here's what else I saw last night in hoopsland:Please, blog, may I have some more?
My lead yesterday was about a weekend of injuries, and as much as I wanted to stay away from injuries in today's open, there's just way too many. Like that pilot in the Return of the Jedi when they attack the new Death Star. "There's too many of them!" Sorry in advance Jake VZ – but I think the lead is Bradley Beal reportedly aggravating his leg injury and at the time of this post in the wee hours of the morning, the Wizards fear a prolonged absence. Beal hurt the same leg with a broken fibula last year that ended his season prematurely. In both my longer blurb in my top 100 and in my top 200 I tried to say I was worried, and only ended up with him on my autodrafted team. By now, news has hit his little news icon on Yahoo and ESPN, so it's going to be a little tough to sell at full price or even a slight discount if you're hitting the panic button. I'm worried myself. I'm running in with Jodie Foster and a weird, gothy, tween Kristen Stewart into my Panic Room. More precise news should come out today, but if for some reason you were about to cut Martell Webster, hold the phone and keep my boy. I have been told I have too many "boys". But I like Webster a lot! And called him a must add a few weeks back. Trevor Ariza is also back and starting tonight, and the mere fact they're not easing him in off the bench has me thinking his hammy must be doing pretty well. Both Ariza and Webster are looking at big minutes for a stretch, and John Wall will continue to have this big offensive upside he's shown in the past two games. Here's what else went down in the wide world of fantasy hoops last night:Please, blog, may I have some more?
All hail Trey Burke! May all the inhabitants of the great Salt Lake City and all their respective wives rejoice! And… the Jazz are still atrocious. Poor Tyrone Corbin. He's got to fiddle with Burke, Alec Burks, John Lucas III and now Diante Garrett at the point. Jerry Sloan got John Stockton. Then Deron Williams. It just ain't fair! In yet another Jazz loss moving them down to 1-12, Burke got 12 minutes even, going 11/1/1 with a steal and hitting a trey shooting 5-8. Trey with the trey! If only Deuce McAllister was an NBA player. Deuce with the deuce! Or if McAllister was a dunker, "Deuce with the upper decker!" I had the unfortunate pleasure of doing highlights for my second Jazz game now, but it was cool to see Burke's debut and I thought he looked pretty good. His first NBA points were off a long rebound then coast-to-coast for a controlled, attacking floater. Obviously he's getting eased in and he'll get more minutes – hippity-skippity to a few months back and I was bigger on Burke than anyone – but I'm not ready to go nuts and drop quality guys for him. Of course it's a case-by-case scenario, but I really wanted Burke to get tons of preseason work; instead he broke his finger and missed some really crucial development time. For example, I think I'm still holding Patrick Beverley over him. PBev is the Razzball "why can't I quit you?!" fantasy asset. Lucas III is obviously not a long-term solution, and while he's in the mix, he didn't look good last night but was the only guy that could hit any long balls. Alec Burks looked awful, sure his line 8/1/1/1/2 is fine, shot 3-6 – fine – but racked up 4 TOs in 16 minutes. Just looked bad. Which brings me to Diante G, who I thought looked really good. Garrett actually led the Jazz in PG minutes with 20, and racked up a 4/1/6 line with three steals and only 2 TOs (one late one was pretty bad, but the game was over) and played down the stretch. Garrett was the only point who could create opportunities. So it's a little crowded with Burks' potential wilting away and Garrett looking decent as a D-League gamble and could get run through the season. I think Lucas III gets cut at some point and Burks plays strictly backup 2 minutes, but that's just me. It's a mess. Shocker, considering it's the Jazz! Here's what else I saw last night:Please, blog, may I have some more?
Sometimes it's nice, oh so nice, to see so much potential that you saw through the preseason finally get the chance to shine, the star to sizzle, the Sun to finally get his run. With Eric Bledsoe sitting last night with a bruised shin, my boy Archie Goodwin finally got a chance, running a season-high 19 minutes for 16/2/2/2 shooting 7-10 and hitting a three, including this highlight worthy pick 6. "Give me a chance coach!" Goodwin has great speed and a good feel for the game for a 19-year-old, and is showing a little bit of what he could do should he get extended time. The Suns backcourt is flooded, muddled mostly by the breakout Gerald Green is putting on, but the hot start-Suns have now dropped three straight, going from 3-1 to 5-5. Green is an ultimate sell-high, both in fantasy and in the NBA trade market, for his highlight-inducing big plays and he's shooting 12% better from the field and 11% better from 3-point land than last year. Obviously 2012-13 was a disaster, so some bounce back was coming, but yea, if the Suns could get anything in return, they'll take it. With Green signed through next season and Goran Dragic with a player-option for next year, both are potential trade chips the Suns could use to build around Bledsoe. Sure, I'm dreaming up a scenario that may not be the most likely, but what I'm really dreaming about is a Bledsoe/Goodwin starting backcourt. Mmmmmm. Fantasy goodness everywhere! Goodwin is worth keeping an eye on with the Bledsoe shin injury in the deepest of leagues, and deeper dynasty leagues should have him on the radar as well. Here's what else went down last night in fantasy hoops:Please, blog, may I have some more?
After re-ranking the top 10, top 20, and top 50, it's easy to see there's been big changes since last May. Below are the Razzball Updated Rankings with the previous May rankings in parentheses before the adjusted rank:
(68) ↑ 51. Derrick Favors – Utah declining to bring back either Al Jefferson and Paul Millsap gives you a slight inclination on their thoughts on Favors, and they're already talking contract extension with their emerging big as well. I love his athleticism, and if I miss out on Serge Ibaka who I'm high on early, I'm gonna want to reach on Favors to win blocks. I think he'll be a top-5 NBA swatter.
(51) 52. Kemba Walker – Kemba has been higher on virtually every rankings I've seen, and I'm just not top-50 high on him. He had a really solid season last year, but the terrible FG% still worries me as I feel like he forces some offense. The acquisition of Big Al is going to give the Bobcats/soon-to-be Hornets an actual scorer down, and I don't think that translates into helping Kemba all that much. I like Gerald Henderson a lot too to take a bigger scoring role. The 2.0 steals a game last year was elite, but I see those going down along with the scoring, and a comparable 5.7:2.4 Ast:TO ratio. All that spells a slightly down ranking for me. Although to be fair, he's played in every single Bobcats game in his career, so there's that reliability that can't be ignored.Please, blog, may I have some more?
The playoffs are coming, do you have a point guard emergency? Mo Williams consistency driving you insane? Kyrie Irving just not cutting it since his return? Steve Nash can't stay on the floor? Tony Parker goes down! Well according to Lt. Dangle there might be a new sheriff in Orlando, all he needs is a killer 'stache. Beno Udrih was Udraining shots from all over the floor Friday night and scored 27 points (10-17 FG) with 5 rebounds, 7 assists, 2 steals and hit 3 shots from beyond the arc. Beno may have that mustache in him after all. Jameer Nelson missed his fourth straight game and Beno got the nod again. In four games starting with Nelson out, Udrih is averaging 19.5 points, 7.3 assists, 4 rebounds, 1.75 steals and 2.5 threes a game. BENOthatswhatImtalkingabout Udrih! He played 36 minutes Friday night and should continue to find plenty of time on the floor even when (if) Jameer Nelson (ever) returns. If I have a playoff point guard emergency I'm picking up Udrih, Beno-911 should provide enough points and assists to make him an asset in your fantasy playoffs.
Here's what else happened in basketball Friday night:Please, blog, may I have some more?
If you're looking for fantasy basketball salvation this Easter weekend, Andre Drummond may be the closest your team gets playoff savior. He's the missing link, drop everything and go pick him up! After missing two months with a back injury, rookie Andre Drummond returned to the court last night to start at center and scored 17 points (80 FG%) with 4 rebounds, 2 blocks and 2 steals. Drums has massive rebounding upside that we didn't even see last night. In 13 January games before the injury, Dre averaged 8.8 points, 9.2 rebounds and 2.1 blocks. Translation: dude is an absolute beast on the boards. You can ask Greg Monroe (11 pts, 13 reb), Andre's words-with-friend and personal mentor. With Drums figuring to be a huge part of the future of the Pistons, it's hard to imagine they won't give him every opportunity to play in the few games there is left. Drummond's free throw percentage is rough, but the defensive stats are there and his upside alone makes him a great add in all leagues, especially for those in need of rebounds and blocks. With the waiver wire scraps getting thinner by the day, Andre Drummond could definitely warrant a spot on your fantasy playoff roster.
Here's what else happened in fantasy basketball Friday night:Please, blog, may I have some more?
Moe Harkless struck the Thunder for a career high 25 points last night and the rookie added 9 rebounds, 4 steals, 4 blocks and hit 3 threes. I've been pushing Moe for a while now, so this performance was a long time coming. Maurice is averaging a mediocre 10.7 pts and 5.4 rebounds over the past two weeks, but what really raises my fantasy eyebrow is the 3 steals a game. Do you know where your wallet is? No? Probably because Harkless just took it. Just like that. He's that good. In fact, Moe has 21 steals in the past 6 games alone! Hashtag cleptomanic! Nikola Vucevic sat this game, and Arron Afflalo left the game in the first quarter in some serious pain. This explains Moe's 45 minutes, and he should get major burn and plenty of touches going forward. Harkless is available in over 20% of leagues, if your looking for a playoff push, Harkless has all the tools to fill up all a stat sheet. And the steals! *drools Go steal him from waivers before someone else does!
Here's what else happened in fantasy basketball Friday night:Please, blog, may I have some more?
After recording three wins in a row the Suns have now suffered back-to-back losses. It appears the Suns are setting again, but the most recent shakeup to the starting line up may prove there's still fantasy value to be had in Phoenix. Yes, Suns FA pick ups just in time for Daylight Savings–first, the Morris Twins–Markieff Morris had 9 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists, and Marcus Morris had 12 points, 5 rebounds, and 2 assists. You know I'm a sucker for the twinsies starting together–pulls at all the right heartstrings. This is real basketball people. But I must say fantasy-wise it's hard to tell them apart–they're both pretty mediocre. They're worth watching for now, but if you're have to own one, Marcus is the brother to own, but they don't recommend separating the two.
Wesley Johnson could be an even better pick up, and Friday he scored 19 points, with 4 rebounds, 2 steals and 1 block in the start. Wes has developed a sixth man-type role over the past few games but he got the start last night over Jared Dudley and made coach proud. Johnson, a former top 10 pick, always had the pedigree to do this, maybe its about time he got it done. Wesley was the only one who could save Princess Buttercup and if he can continue to play well in this role, maybe he could save your fantasy team come playoff time.
Here's what else happened in fantasy basketball Friday night:Please, blog, may I have some more?


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Hi Marshall,
We are so excited about hosting the first literary event at the Junior League of Jackson with you as our featured guest! Please contact me so we can start promoting the event to your fans ASAP!
I teach 2nd and 3rd grade gifted in Clinton. We are beginning a unit of study on art/artists. Many of my students are interested in cartooning and we were wondering if you could come and speak. I'm not sure about your schedule, so we could just work around you as far as timing goes.
Kelsi Antrim
Speaker at our luncheon on March 12, beginning with lunch at 12:00 and program at 12:30.
An e-mail with more details preceded this.
March 28th speaker for a luncheon with ticket including purchase of latest book? Please let us hear from you soon. Bay Springs
Marshall, do you have the evening of March 26 open for a talk/speech for our annual MS Conservative Coalition dinner?
We can pay a stipend, and we would love you to present your cartoons and books info, etc. and any other way you see fit to entertain us for under 30 minutes. Our dinner is set at the Embassey Suites from 6:30-9 pm.
Please let me know if you are available.
Rita Martinson
Marshall, I attempted to send you an email inviting you to be the keynote speaker at the Young Lawyers Division of The Mississippi Bar for our group's annual meeting in Sandestin in July. Do you receive my message? Thanks so much!
Rachel Waide
I would like to see if you are available to speak to the Clinton Jumior High School male students at the annual Man to Man Breakfast next school year sometime in November. I am the committee chair and we haven't scheduled a date yet, but can work around your schedule! The event is usually held on a Tuesday or Thursday early in the month of November.
Hello again! See post from me on May10, 2013. Would love for you to speak to the young men of Clinton Junior High at our annual Man to Man Breakfast held in November. Please reply if you are interested, and I will get you more info. Thanks
Marshall-I spoke with you at the MSAE conference in Meridian about the possiblitly of you speaking at the Mississippi Municipal League's annual conference in Biloxi on Tuesday, July 16th. Pease let me know if you have this date availalbe and email your info. Thanks!
I am inquiring about your availability to address a meeting of the Association of Real Estate License Law Officials in Biloxi on June 26, 2013.
Robert Praytor, Administrator
MS Real Estate Commission
Mr. Ramsey
The Yazoo County Chamber of Commerce would like to ask if you would speak/present at the Yazoo County Chamber of Commerce Annual Banquet? Our date for this event would be determined by your schedule/availability-
We were hoping in the next month or so….
Please advise with your requirements and appearance fees-
Tim Mood- Interim Director
Yazoo County Chamber of Commerce
Marshall –
Please check your availability for Thursday, February 6, 2014. I am the Executive Director for a non-profit Health Underwriters Organization – we have our annual Symposium on that day and as you can imagine, the topics can get quite boring! We'd like to have a speaker liven us up some!
Please get back with me so we can discuss and so I can get more information! Look forward to hearing from you!
Cindy Carraway
Hello Marshall, I heard you speak at two MEDC events and enjoyed your presentation. I was checking to see if you were available to speak at the Byhalia Area Chamber of Commerce 25th Anniversary Chamber Celebration on Thursday, Nov. 21. Held at Whispering Woods Hotel/Conference Center in Olive Branch, MS. We would have approximately 120-150 attending. There will several advertising venues to the public. We certainly want you to promote your great new book.
Please call me at 838-8127 or 901-268-3891. Thank you, Sarah Sawyer
Good day: I am the in-coming president of the Newton County Friendship Breakfast Club, a group of diverse leaders in the community who seek to further communication among all citizens of Newton County. We are planning our annual fund raising banquet to generate funds for scholarships to students from our area attending college. The banquet is scheduled for Saturday night, February 8, 2014, in the cafeteria at East Central Community College. We would like to invite you to be the keynote speaker for the banquet and give you an opportunity to sell your books. Please contact me at 601-635-2776, or 601-4880-4913 so that we can make the necessary arrangements.
Thank you
Phil Sutphin
Marshall, on Saturday, February 8, 2014, at 7:00 pm, the Newton County Friendship Breakfast Club will hold its Annual Scholarship Banquet. We would like to invite you to be our keynote speaker for the evening. Please let me know if you are available on that date. Thanks, Phil Sutphin, 601-63512776′ firstname.lastname@example.com
Thanks, we'll be in touch to plan the details.
Hi, Marshall!!
Hope your day is starting of well. I'm the Vice President of the Wesson Chamber of Commerce. You spoke to our annual banquet a few years ago and we were interested to see if you'd like to come back. Are you available either Tuesday, January 28th or Thursday, January 30th? You are welcome to phone me at 601-695-0209 or email me at firstname.lastname@example.com. Thank you so much for your time and consideration.
The Clinton Career Women would love for you to speak for a lunch event (20 min)! We would love to hear about your book! Are you available? It would be at the healthplex in Clinton. – Lorraine
Hey Marshall,
I would like to talk to you about a speaking event at our weekly Rotary Club meeting. I have heard you speak at other events over the past few years and have really enjoyed your presentations. Please call me if you are interested. 662-378-3121.
Best Regards
D. Boggs
Hello, Mr. Ramsey
My name is Caleb Welch I'm a senior student in high school this year. I have to do a senior project this year and it would mean the world to me if you would consider being my mentor. Please contact me at my email so that we can discuss more about myself and this project (as I don't want to disclose too much to the internet in plain site)
Would like to hire you to speak at a lunch on october 2, 2014 in Meridian. My cell is 601-917-4944 or email address is above. Thank you!
I have a group of people that are interested in hearing you speak at a "commencement" type ceremony in May. Obviously we will be happy compensate you for your time. Please e-mail me if you have any interest. I will be happy to provide more details about the audience and type of engagement.
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I've had a head cold this week. It started with a sore throat on Monday and has progressed to stuffy nose and cough today. I've been using the Neti-Pot religiously 2-3 times per day all week. I've also taken Tylenol for sinus pain. Ever since DH has sinus pain a few years ago and the doctor recommended the Neti-Pot, we have been using it for all colds. I think it works wonders at decreasing the length of a cold. I am prone to sinus infections and I think it really helps. Plus it's just rinsing with saline so there's no medications involved so it's very safe for pregnancy.
I have a cold now. I've also had another bad cold, the flu and 2 stomach virus since I became pregnant this time. I am NEVER this sick... and don't even remember getting a sniffle with my other 2 preganancies.
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Slovakian Photographer, Tono Stano has created an almost Yin and Yang effect with the images in his series titled, White Shadows. If you started out using film then you understand that what is dark on a negative becomes light on a print. Stano experimented by doing just the opposite with the images. The behind the scenes video below unfortunately doesn't have audio but you can see how he did it. What do you think?
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Not that there is anything wrong with shooting with a digital...
This is art!
This is amazingly creative. It's definitely in that category where I go "and why did we need to do this?" but the results speak for themselves.


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Are you maybe under-estimating the fact that "We are about to get invaded by a foreign country!" is a big fucking deal and generally an "all hands on deck!" sort of affair? You do know what an "invasion" is, right?.
given my enlisted service in the United States Army in both the infantry and air defense branches and my time as a commissioned officer in military intelligence, i do feel that I have workable understanding of what the term invasion means.
Then you're perfectly aware as I am that the opposition of an invasion force would -- and in many cases DOES -- involve both the full force of the nation's regular military and anyone else who can carry a weapon, yes? Primarily because the need to oppose an immanent invasion far outstrips the need to distinguish between military forces and non-military police forces.
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Ashlee Simpson and Pete Wentz's split may seem shocking to fans, but insiders close to the pair say there's little drama behind the scenes.
According to People, sources close to Simpson and Wentz have said the pop star and Fall Out Boy rocker aren't mixing any emotional theatrics into their impending divorce. One person connected to the situation said the pair are riding out the breakup peacefully.
Check out photos of the ex-couple throughout the years.
"It's very amicable. They're on very friendly terms and speaking — it's fine," an insider said. "They've just grown apart. They've been growing apart for quite some time."
The source added that parenting their toddler remains their top priority. "It's all about [their 2-year-old son] Bronx for them. They're fantastic parents — Pete says she's a great mom, and she says he's a great father," the insider said. "It's about Bronx's care and well-being and happiness for them."
Insiders have also echoed the "growing apart" reasoning to TMZ, adding that their respective careers — Simpson has largely eschewed the spotlight since 2008's Bittersweet World, while Wentz has dabbled in fashion and piloted other musical projects — wedged them apart.
"After Bronx was born, Ashlee made a conscious decision to get out of the business, but Pete's heart was in music so he kept touring and that became a big issue in their relationship."
While insiders have maintained the split is drama-free, TMZ reports that Simpson left due to Wentz's antics. "It's really all about Pete's erratic behavior," the source said. "She really wanted out."
Publicly, the couple have been big on e-affection, gushing about each other on Twitter as recently as two days ago. "Dont forget 2 notice-when i look into the lil dudes eyes & smile, the way he loves. i realize @ashsimpsonwentz is a good moma + so much more," Wentz tweeted Monday.
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Hollywood's Twisted Psyche
It always comes down to depictions of people as victims of Evil Forces.
As conservatives gain ground politically, it makes sense to start looking at what makes Hollywood such a bastion of liberal thought.
Michael Medved has written extremely well on this subject, dissecting how Hollywood would rather follow its own ideological proclivities than make money at the box office. But the problem goes deeper. What concerns me is the underlying ideology in Hollywood that ordinary people are incapable of acting or thinking for themselves but are constantly being deceived and misled by shadowy forces beyond our control.
I confess I go to movies as little as possible, but the kids tend to drag us there. The last time I agreed to go it was for Men in Black, some space-alien fantasy that was absolutely nauseating in its ersatz realism. The last scene I remember was a pregnant woman trying to give birth to a space alien in her car. She was desperately clinging to her Lamaze breathing while the giant thing with tentacles was coming out of her. In the last shot, the car is rocking while the creature's tentacles are feeling their way outside the car windows. Everybody in the theater was laughing like crazy. After that I said no more.
I DO TRY TO ACCOMMODATE my kids, however, so the other night I agreed to sit down and watch on DVD The Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, which is supposed to be a romantic comedy. I admit I was intrigued by the promotions, which showed a couple in a Victorian bed on the beach. Could it be that someone had done something fetching and whimsical? Stupid me.
Eternal Sunshine is a cross between Love Story and Invasion of the Body Snatchers. The premise is that there's a doctor somewhere on Long Island who can erase specific thoughts from people's memories. Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet are a couple of lonely losers who have a mild romance -- until she decides everything is all wrong and has the doctor erase him from her mind. When Carrey finds out she no longer remembers him, he goes to the doctor to have his memories of her erased as well.
From there, things quickly degenerate into a computer-geek, video-game imagery as a young intern chases Carrey through his own memory tracking down every last trace of Winslet. There's an attempt to throw in a little Freudianism -- at one point he's a little kid under the kitchen table hiding from his mother. But basically, it's just a mess.
So there's no romantic comedy after all. Instead, we're in Manchurian-Candidate land, where Big Business and Big Science are brainwashing American citizens. Of course there's a little problem with the plot. These people volunteered for the treatment. So how do we get back to the poor-ignorant-people-victimized-by-corporate-America routine?
Don't worry, it happens. Slowly, the doctor and the intern become sinister masterminds, manipulating poor Jim against his will. The doctor is eventually exposed as a Bad Guy because he tries to put the moves on the intern's girlfriend. She discovers she's been brainwashed as well and finds the tapes of everyone's erased memories.
Carrey and Winslet meet again and once again decide they like each other. Then they get the news that they've been brainwashed and -- and what? Will they recognize that it was their own impatience that pulled them apart? Is the brainwashing a metaphor for modern couples' unwillingness to make commitments?
Don't stick around to find out. Weird Science's evil machinations have been overthrown and everyone lives happily ever after.
As usual, this movie achieved all kinds of critical acclaim -- "a simple love story," "a moving portrait of a modern relationship," "a thoughtful meditation on love and relationships." Huh? This plot is warmed-over Bride of Frankenstein. The whole point is that people are victims of evil forces.
WHAT AMAZES ME IS that when Hollywood does stumble over itself and make a real live human movie, liberal critics are apoplectic. A few years ago my wife took me to see Family Man -- one of that endless series where people wake up and find they are somebody else. In this instance, Nicolas Cage is a Wall Street honcho just breaking off a commitment-less Manhattan relationship with his lawyer-girlfriend. He encounters a mysterious black mugger who puts him in a trance. He wakes up married to his old college girlfriend played by the sweet Tea Leoni and living in New Jersey. They have two kids, a mortgage, wrestle with diapers and plumbing and neighbors they don't particularly like but have to see because they live right next door. Cage, of course, feels strangled by all this, but gradually grows to like it and realize it's real life. When he finally wakes up, he rushes off to the airport, catches Leoni just as she's leaving for a job in another city, sits her down in an airport coffee shop and says, "Listen, I have to tell you about something . . . "
There it is. How do you tell contemporary career-mongers what life and family and happiness are all about? Well, at least they're trying.
What astonished me is that a few weeks later the New York Times Week in Review ran an entire "news analysis" lambasting Family Man for trying to resurrect the "long-standing pieties" of Frank Capra's It's a Wonderful Life. "Just when you decide certain cultural slogans have fallen into hopeless disgrace, they switch sides and get pawned off on us as new and improved," wrote "news analyst" Ms. Jefferson. The movie's message, she said, was that "threatening beings -- poor black men, strong-minded women -- will settle down and find their proper place in your world." This was just "spiritual comfort food for movers and shakers who are rich, white and male."
Ay-yi-yi. The cultural gap here is much wider than we have anticipated. If celebrating home and family in New Jersey is just a way of expressing male chauvinism, then Spotless Mind probably is a sensitive portrait of contemporary romance.
The common theme, of course, is that ordinary people can't decide things for themselves. If you try obsessively to forget about someone you really like, then it must be because some weird doctor is making you do it. If you choose a family over a career, then you are only being misled by "cultural slogans." It's the same logic that has the Democrats running around asking, "How did the Republicans ever fool the American people into voting for them?"
Conservatives are winning the hearts and minds of the people in the political arena. It's time to start doing the same thing in the cultural arena as well.
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What are the major issues facing the 24th district?
New York's 24th Congressional District is a unique blend of rural, suburban and urban needs spread throughout a picturesque landscape. It is home to several lakes — both small and large — farms, nuclear energy facilities, heritage sites, factories, hospitals, universities, and the perhaps the largest intersection of highways connecting countries, cities, and communities. The needs of this district are plenty. However, to a man, the most pressing issue facing the 24th district is jobs and the economy. It is the basis upon which the rest of the issues are built. Our businesses need a strong economy to gain the confidence to expand, to invest and reinvest, and most importantly to create jobs. As the representative to New York's 24th Congressional District, I would work daily to ensure that the economy in Central New York is strengthened so that we may put people back to work.
How will you create jobs?
Our 7.8 percent unemployment rate — the best we have seen in four years — is unacceptable. We must begin to adopt policies that will encourage growth. In my first two years of Congress, I was a member of the majority which took important steps in creating jobs. The majority authored and passed 53 pieces of legislation which will empower small business owners, fix the tax code to help job creators, increase competitiveness for U.S. manufacturers, encourage entrepreneurship and growth, maximize domestic energy production, and pay down America's unsustainable debt burden. These are the building blocks for a strong economy that will instill confidence for America's businesses and create jobs.
You stand at odds with a good portion of your district. How will you appease those voters?
I disagree with the premise that I stand at odds with the district. I was elected because I promised to take a stand for the issues that mattered to the voters in this district rather than avoid the tough choices and to be accessible and accountable to all constituents. My record is clear and demonstrates a willingness to address the most pressing issues that the people of the 25th district face daily. As your representative for New York's 24th Congressional District, voters can expect the same commitment from me: I will fight for policies that put Central New Yorkers back to work; I will not shy away from the difficult decisions; I will continue to advocate for plans which take an honest look at the future of our social safety nets; and I will continue to do all of this while working with any Republican, Democrat or independent who is committed to a better tomorrow.
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Toronto Star: Canada sending 500 observers to monitor Ukraine election
CEC refuses to register Tymoshenko, Lutsenko as candidates for people's deputies
Kliuyev: Regions Party registers as candidates for MP experts who can fulfill president's social initiatives
Symonenko: A lot of young people included in top part of Communist Party list
Moroz hopes Socialist Party will overcome 5% parliamentary election threshold
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"It's time to strengthen ideology, as not everyone understands our goals. And we are changing the world! So, I would like to announce the foundation of a public and political direction in our system. The MMM political party has been set up in Ukraine and we will run in the upcoming elections to the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine," he said in a video address posted in the Internet.
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