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Shigeyuki Kihara
Shigeyuki Kihara is a contemporary artist and the first New Zealander to hold a solo exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Titled Shigeyuki Kihara: Living Photographs, the exhibition opened from 7 October 2008 to 1 February 2009.[1] Kihara's self-portrait photographs in the exhibitions included nudes in provocative poses that portrayed colonial images of Polynesian women as sexual objects. Kihara is also a fa'afafine, the 3rd gender of Samoa.[2] Born in Samoa, Kihara's mother is Samoan and her father Japanese.[3] Kihara immigrated to New Zealand at the age of sixteen to further her studies. She trained in fashion design at Wellington Polytech (now Massey University). In 1995, while still a student, Kihara's Graffiti Dress – Bombacific was purchased by the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (Te Papa).[4]
Kihara has exhibited her work extensively in New Zealand and internationally with solo exhibitions including: Fa'a fafine: In a manner of a woman, Sherman Galleries, Sydney, 2005; Vavau: Tales of Ancient Samoa, The Gus Fisher Gallery, University of Auckland, 2006; and Undressing the Pacific, Hocken Library Gallery, University of Otago, 2013.[5]
Kihara's work can be found in the public collections of ; Te Papa Tongarewa Museum of New Zealand; Auckland Art Gallery, New Zealand; The University of Auckland Art Collection, New Zealand; Massey University, New Zealand; Waikato Museum of Art and History, New Zealand; Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation, Sydney Australia; Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney Australia; Tjibaou Cultural Centre, New Caledonia; University of Cambridge Museum of Archeology and Anthropology, UK and The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
In 2007, Kihara curated a group exhibition about Samoan Fa'afafine titled Measina Fa'afafine: treasures from a liminal space at Artstation gallery in Auckland. In 2008, Kihara's curatorial project Hand in Hand, co-curated by Jenny Fraser was held in Australia. The exhibition presented various art forms and mediums to challenge dominant ideas about gender and sexuality in an intercultural exhibition of 17 Indigenous artists from the Pacific and Australia. The exhibition was staged at Performance Space and Boomalli Aboriginal Artists Cooperative in Sydney and toured to the University of Tasmania Plimsoll Gallery.[6]
Performance Art[edit]
Kihara's solo performance entitled Taualuga; the last dance has been performed at the 4th Asia-Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art, Brisbane, Australia; Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin; Musée du Quai Branly, Paris; and Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth, New Zealand.
In 2001, Kihara's T-shirt series Teuanoa'i – Adorn to Excess[7] which parodied well-known corporate logos were exhibited at Te Papa and later added to the national museum's collection. The T-shirts featured Kihara's quirky take on well-known brands, turning logos such as The Warehouse to The Whorehouse and KFC to KKK. The exhibition created controversy in the media and raised legal questions about copyright versus artistic expression.[8] Following legal advice, Te Papa removed three of the 28 T-shirts from its exhibition, but purchased the entire series.
Pacific & Gender Identity[edit]
Combining her affinity for fashion design with performance and imagery, Kihara stages provocative scenes that question the authenticity of art works by non-indigenous artists in the Pacific in the 19th and early 20th centuries. For Fa'afafine: In the Manner of a Woman (2005) exhibited at Sherman Galleries in Sydney, Kihara used her own body to reconstruct the colonial gaze preserved as 'ethnographic' imagery. She undermines the scheme of Western classifications including gender by portraying both a male and female subject. These works speak of Kihara's own identity and status as a Samoan and as a Fa'afafine. Fa'afafine, understood as the 'third gender' in Western interpretation, are an accepted part of the Samoan social fabric. By taking ownership of the image, Kihara challenges orientalist clichés composed in colonial photographs of Samoans.[3]
Shigeyuki Kihara was the recipient of the Creative New Zealand Emerging Pacific Artist Award in 2003. In 2007, she was also the first artist-in-residence at The Physics Rooms Art Residency in Christchurch. In 2012 she was awarded the Wallace Art Awards Paramount Award.
External links[edit]
- ^ [1] Archived 16 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ [2] Archived 5 December 2009 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b "ShigeyukiKihara – Artist & Independent Curator | Art | Theatre | Multimedia | Performance". Shigeyukikihara.wordpress.com. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
- ^ Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. "Graffiti dress – Collections Online – Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa". Collections.tepapa.govt.nz. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
- ^ "Shigeyuki Kihara: Undressing the Pacific", University of Otago. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
- ^ "'Hand in Hand' group exhibition in Tasmania, Australia | ShigeyukiKihara – Artist & Independent Curator". Shigeyukikihara.wordpress.com. 7 November 2008. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
- ^ Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. "Teuanoa'i – Adorn to excess – Collections Online – Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa". Collections.tepapa.govt.nz. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
- ^ "Practical legal articles from FindLaw New Zealand". FindLaw. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
- 1975 births
- Living people
- New Zealand artists
- Samoan artists
- New Zealand people of Samoan descent
- Samoan emigrants to New Zealand
- New Zealand people of Japanese descent
- Samoan people of Japanese descent
- LGBT artists from New Zealand
- LGBT artists from Samoa
- LGBT people from New Zealand
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Knife Law and the Second Amendment
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Knife Rights Newsletter; NY case, SC bill
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Knife Rights To Appeal Outrageous Ruling in NYC Case
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Knife Rights has a filed a Notice of Appeal in its federal civil rights lawsuit against New York City, following a judge's refusal to allow supposed "defects" in the case documents to be corrected. The judge previously used those "defects" to try to throw out the case.
U.S. District Judge Katherine B. Forrest previously held that the plaintiffs don't have standing to sue, because the complaint didn't identify specific knives that would be illegal under New York City's misinterpretation of state law. Ironically, the whole point of the case is that it's nearly impossible to figure out what is legal or illegal under New York City's haphazard and inconsistent approach - even the DA has admitted that different specimens of the exact same make and model knife could be simultaneously found to be both legal and illegal!
Following the Judge's decision, Knife Rights sought permission to amend its complaint to address the supposed defects in it--a basic courtesy that is supposed to be freely given. Instead, the judge found that allowing Knife Rights to fix the defects she herself had identified would somehow prejudice NYC, ignoring that ending the case is the ultimate prejudice to those being wrongly arrested under the city's misinterpretation of state law!
So, Judge Forrest has identified supposed defects in the case, while simultaneously denying Knife Rights the chance to fix those defects. That outrageous decision cannot stand. Knife Rights has filed notice that it intends to appeal the ruling, and briefs in the case will be filed with the Second Circuit Court of Appeals within several months.
Knife Rights will never stop fighting for your rights, and neither should you. Please help us win this critical battle by contributing to the Knife Rights Foundation today as generously as you can. We've led the fight to defend knife rights in the legislative arena and we are pioneering it in the courts. Please help us defend freedom!
South Carolina Knife Law Preemption Bill Pre-Filed for 2014
South Carolina state Senator Kevin L. Bryant has introduced a Knife Law Preemption bill, S.885, for the 2014 session. S.885 simply adds "knives" to the state's existing Firearms Preemption Law. It would make state knife law supreme over the entire state, repealing existing local knife regulations and prohibiting any future knife regulations. This is the fifth Knife Rights backed bill pre-filed for the 2014 legislative session!
If you live, work or travel in South Carolina, please contact your state Senator and ask them to please support S.885. If Sen. Bryant is your Senator, please thank him for sponsoring S.885. You can find your South Carolina state Senator here:
Knife Law Preemption is Knife Rights' signature legislative initiative and is the essential foundation for improving knife laws and protecting knife owners. Beginning with the nation's first Knife Law Preemption bill passed in 2010 in Arizona, Knife Rights has passed Knife Law Preemption in seven states to date. Knife Law Preemption prevents a patchwork of local ordinances which can entrap honest citizens traveling within or through a state. This is the fourth Knife Rights' Knife Law Preemption bill filed so far for next year.
Knife Rights is rewriting knife law in America in the legislatures and the courts. Support the fight for a Sharper Future with a donation before the end of the year and get chances to win from $7,500 worth of gift certificates valued up to $1,000. DONATE TODAY for a Sharper Future Tomorrow!
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The Case for Knife Rights
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NY Court sets aside "gravity knife" prosecution
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The Volokh Conspiracy
New York court sets aside gravity knife prosecution
By Eugene Volokh July 25 at 11:31 AM
From People v. Trowells (N.Y. trial ct. July 11, 2014, published in the N.Y.L.J. today) (some paragraph breaks added):
Defendant, Anthony Trowells, is charged, inter alia, with Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the Third Degree (PL §265.02[1]) [elevated to a felony because of a prior conviction for Possession of a Forged Instrument in the Second Degree -EV] .
It is alleged that on or about June 12, 2013 at approximately 10:05 a.m., the defendant was walking in the vicinity of the Major Deegan Expressway and Jerome Avenue in Bronx County, when he was observed by Detective Keith Ames of the Bronx Narcotics Squad to have a gravity knife clipped to his belt. The People claim the knife was in plain view.
The defendant claims that Det. Ames attempted to engage him in a drug-related conversation, and when he refused to respond and attempted to walk away from him, Det. Ames then physically stopped the defendant, conducted a search of defendants person and recovered the gravity knife .
[New York Civil Criminal Procedure Law] §210.40 permits dismissal of an indictment where, for a variety of reasons, the merits are not at issue and the interest of justice would be served by the termination of prosecution. In determine whether granting or denying the motion to dismiss would serve justice, the Court may consider the existence of any compelling circumstance . In evaluating whether there exists a compelling basis for dismissal, CPL §210.40[1] sets out ten factors a court may consider. The ten factors are as follows:
(a) the seriousness of the crime;
(b) the extent of harm caused by the offense;
(c) the evidence of guilt, whether admissible or inadmissible at trial;
(d) the history, character and condition of the defendant;
(e) any exceptionally serious misconduct of law enforcement personnel in the investigation, arrest and prosecution of the defendant;
(f) the purpose and effect of imposing upon the defendant a sentence authorized for the offense;
(g) the impact on the public interest of a dismissal of the indictment;
(h) the impact of a dismissal on the safety or welfare of the community;
(i) where the court deems it appropriate, the attitude of the complainant or victim with respect to the motion;
(j) any other relevant fact indicating that a judgment of conviction would serve no useful purpose.
Courts have made it clear that no one of these ten factors is dispositive, however, taken as a whole, they serve to balance the interests between the individual and the state. Thus, this Court must balance all the factors, as well as any other relevant factors in deciding defendants motion. In so doing, defendants motion to dismiss is granted .
In 1958, the Legislature enacted Penal Law §265.01[1] criminalizing the mere possession of a gravity knife, i.e., deeming it a per se weapon. The statute was in response to what was then characterized as great public concern over the rampant criminal use of gravity knives by New York City juveniles. Penal Law §265.00[5] defines a gravity knife as any knife which has a blade which is released from the handle or sheath thereof by the force of gravity or the application of centrifugal force which, when released, is locked in place by means of a button, lever, spring or other device. Centrifugal force is not defined in the Penal Law, however, it is well-settled law that releasing the blade from the handle of the knife by flicking the wrist constitutes centrifugal force.
Notwithstanding their illegality, gravity knives are widely manufactured and sold across the country in hardware and outdoor stores under brand names such as Clip-it, Husky Utility Folding Knives and other brands. They are sold for and are used for purely legitimate purposes. Despite locking safety features, many can be flicked open with the appropriate amount of force. Thus, these knives are routinely carried by many New Yorkers for legitimate purposes ignorant of the fact that they may be in violation of the law and face a potential automatic one-year jail sentence.
The law has been criticized by many as resulting in the prosecution of many law-abiding New York City citizens and visitors including artists, construction workers, electricians and others who carry gravity knives for work and other lawful endeavors (see David B. Kopel et al., Knives and the Second Amendment, 47 U Mich JL Reform 167, 210-211 [2013]; Ian Weinstein, Note, Adjudication of Minor Offenses In New York City, 31 Fordham Urb LJ 1157, 1167 [2004]). For example in 2011, New York police arrested John Copeland, a painter, for carrying a Benchmade three-inch folding knife in his pocket. The knife was alleged to be a gravity knife. The charges against Copeland were ultimately dismissed after a showing was made that Copeland was an artist and legitimately used the knife to cut canvas for his artwork.
In 2012, Clayton Baltzer was on a field trip to New York City with his fine-arts classmates from Pennsylvanias Baptist Bible College & Seminary. While riding the subway, a police officer observed what he believed to be a gravity knife clipped to Baltzers belt. After many failed attempts to flick open the knife, the officer was finally able to open it and placed Baltzer under arrest for the possession of the gravity knife. Baltzer was convicted of the misdemeanor possession of the gravity knife and was sentenced to pay a fine in the amount of $125 fine and to complete two (2) days of community service.
These and other cases have led to various proposed amendments of the statute. While apparently recognizing the societal shift from rampant criminal use of gravity knives of the 1950s to the widespread, legitimate possession of gravity knives of today, in 2011, the New York Assembly passed Bill 2259A. It called for the amendment of PL §265.01 to the extent that an individual would be guilty of criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree when he or she possesses a gravity knife with the intent to use the same unlawfully against another. Similarly, in 2013, Senate Bill 5650 proposed to amend PL §265.15 to create an affirmative defense for criminal possession of a gravity knife. The affirmative defense would be that the possessor did not intend to use it unlawfully. Clearly, the Legislature is addressing the need to delineate the criminal possession versus the lawful possession of gravity knives.
While this Court is in no way minimizing the defendants actions, it notes that the defendant was not using the gravity knife unlawfully against another, nor was he threatening its use. Rather the gravity knife was found in his possession following a search of his person by law enforcement.
The stop and subsequent search of the defendants person is also at issue. It is unclear as to the basis for defendants stop as well as subsequent search of his person. The People assert that the gravity knife was in plain view, clipped to defendants belt. The defendant asserts that he refused to respond to questions posed to him by the narcotics detective regarding drug activity in the area, and that he attempted to walk away from the detective. This behavior allegedly prompted the physical stop and search by Det. Ames. While this would not rise to serious misconduct on the part of law enforcement, it certainly calls into question the legality of the stop and admissibility of the gravity knife.
Finally, while certainly cognizant of the defendants criminal background nineteen (19) misdemeanor convictions and one (1) felony conviction, the aforementioned and last conviction for Criminal Possession of a Forged Instrument in the Second Degree for which he received a sentence of probation this Court does not believe that dismissal of the indictment would result in any negative impact on the confidence of the public in the system, or that dismissal of the indictment would have any impact on the safety and welfare of the community.
Based on the aforesaid, defendants motion to dismiss the indictment in the furtherance of justice is granted.
Note that the judge here is just applying the specific New York statute New York Civil Criminal Procedure Law §210.40 and not saying the prosecution is unconstitutional.
Thanks to Keith Kaplan for the pointer.
Eugene Volokh teaches free speech law, religious freedom law, church-state relations law, a First Amendment Amicus Brief Clinic, and tort law, at UCLA School of Law, where he has also often taught copyright law, criminal law, and a seminar on firearms regulation policy. Before coming to UCLA, he clerked for Justice Sandra Day O'Connor on the U.S. Supreme Court and for Judge Alex Kozinski on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Volokh is the author of the textbooks The First Amendment and Related Statutes (4th ed. 2011), The Religion Clauses and Related Statutes (2005), and Academic Legal Writing (4th ed. 2010), as well as over 70 law review articles. Volokh is also an Academic Affiliate for the Mayer Brown LLP law firm.
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Best/worst places for knives
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Second Circuit NY knife case: briefs of opposing sides
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Re: Knife Law
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Major Connecticut decision; very good, very scholarly.
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WI appeals court upholds Second Amendment knife rights
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Wisconsin Appeals Court Upholds Second Amendment Argument in Switchblade Possession Case
Applying the Second Amendment to knives as arms and the groundbreaking Heller U.S. Supreme Court decision, the Wisconsin Court of Appeals reversed a lower court decision that it was illegal for someone to possess a switchblade (automatic) knife in their home. The court concluded that the Second Amendment protects knives as well as guns, one of Knife Rights' foundational principles.
As such, this decision, albeit narrow as was required by Wisconsin law, held that at least with regards to switchblades at home, Wisconsin's ban is unconstitutional. Knife Rights believes such bans are entirely unconstitutional. Having said that, Knife Rights Wisconsin Knife Law Reform bill, AB 142 would remove this prohibition altogether, as well as enact Knife Law Preemption, resolving the issue entirely. AB 142 has passed the House and awaits a vote in the Senate.
The case arose when Cory Herrmann, the defendant, was injured in his home. Showing his switchblade knife to a friend, Herrmann dropped the knife and cut his femoral artery. After 911 was called, officers responding to the scene seized the switchblade and subsequently Herrmann was charged with illegal possession.
While AB 142 will hopefully settle the issue for good in Wisconsin, this decision is part of an evolving body of law protecting knife ownership and carry that was summarized in the first detailed scholarly analysis of knives and the Second Amendment published in 2013 and authored by noted Second Amendment scholars Dave Kopel, Clayton Cramer and Joe Olson. Read "Knives and the Second Amendment" here:
Some enlightening quotes from the Court of Appeals decision:
You can read the court's decision here:
"Although the Heller Court emphasized that handguns are frequently used for self-defense, we do not think Heller can be read to create different levels of protection for different types of arms that fall under the Second Amendment, based on their popularity. In addition, it is not particularly surprising that handguns are more prevalent than switchblades, given that switchblades were banned or severely restricted in many states, including Wisconsin, beginning in the late 1950s and early 1960s."
A key point is that the court also rejected the state's intellectually bankrupt argument that only a subset of knives was banned and that alternative knives were available, "Herrmann could have easily used a non- prohibited weapon for his protection. The statutory ban on switchblade knives does not unreasonably impair Herrmann's right to keep and bear arms." The Second Amendment, supported by Heller and other decisions, doesn't differentiate between types of arms. The court held, "The State...failed, to the extent necessary after Heller, to show that Herrmann had reasonable alternative means to exercise his Second Amendment right to bear arms."
The court also noted some advantages switchblades have over guns, "For safety reasons people with children may not want guns around the house. People with limited financial resources who may not be able to afford a proper gun likely would be able to afford an effective $10 automatic knife. Finally, for people who are excluded from lawful gun ownership, an automatic knife may be the most effective arm available."
"The State argues that [the switchblade ban] serves an important governmental objective - namely, protecting the public from the danger of potentially lethal surprise attacks posed by individuals using switchblade knives. However, the State cites no evidence to establish that this danger actually exists to any significant degree. Again, the State has the burden to establish that [the switchblade ban] satisfies intermediate scrutiny, and it must do so by showing the existence of real, not merely conjectural, harm... Thus, on the record before us, we are not convinced that [the switchblade ban] serves an important governmental objective."
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Intriguing WA Supreme Court decision: some knives are constitutionally protected
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Evening Times lawyer Austin Lafferty gets to grips with his marathon training
GREETINGS, fellow athletes.
Yes, your Evening Times' legal adviser is indeed writing about sport.
Every Thursday for the next few months I shall talk health, fitness and physical exertion from the perspective of the ordinary Glaswegian.
OK, I am not a Commonwealth medallist.
The only thing lying on my chest is a Batman emblem on the T-shirt.
I am middle-aged (54), overweight and spend my day mainly office-bound behind a desk hunched over title deeds. So what can I contribute?
But that's the point. I am ordinary - like you.
If my body is a temple, then parts of it are a bit of a ruin. But let's worship a while anyway.
Let me spell out my credentials. I have done sport all my life.
I am currently a 3rd Dan black belt in karate and train every week.
I swim and attend the gym, I have played rugby (though to be fair I was in the Old Aloysian 3rd 15, only because there wasn't a 4th 15), water polo, and kick-boxing.
I cycle, walk, and have done lots of road-running.
And that is where this column comes in. In the 1980s, I got the marathon bug along with thousands of Scots, and ran three Glasgow Marathons. My best time was 3 hours 58 minutes, and after that I scaled back to half- marathons and 10Ks.
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Now, Arnie-like, I am back - hitting the pavements on the South Side to train up for one more marathon.
The particular trigger for this has been that my daughter recently ran the Loch Ness Marathon for charity. Hannah, thankfully, has her mother's build (and looks, so there is a chance for her), and is a keen sportswoman, playing rugby for her university.
As she crossed the 26.2-mile finish, as well as our hearts swelling with pride, the atmosphere and achievement were seductive, and have got me going - literally - once again.
I am registered to run the Belfast Marathon in May, and am into my training programme.
This is the year of the Glasgow Commonwealth Games, and while not everyone can have a daughter's success to trigger them, we are all due a second look at health and fitness.
Obesity is an epidemic, but even without that, none of us are getting any younger, so keeping ahead of the Reaper and the doctor are more easily achieved by attention to the physicals.
As Doctor McCoy from Star Trek said in one episode when confronted with an alien race who were immortal: "I can tell you how to live longer - just eat right and do some exercise."
Wise words indeed. And now, I am off for a run.
And for good measure, I am raising money for the hospice movement, in particular St Margaret's Hospice Clydebank.
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flying saucer with 4 engine pods attached >_<
I like this TOS version better than the original, nice work m8.
Excellent work.
hm, interesting. please correct me if i'm wrong, but the Constellation-Class was first commisioned in 2278 with the last unit being commissioned in 2305. so there never was a TOS-style Constellation. though i like the idea.
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I would like to welcome Bar-bq as a Moderator to the ClanRam.
Please give him a warm welcome :)
I would like to welcome Bar-bq as a Moderator to the ClanRam.
Please give him a warm welcome :)
I've always liked Bar-bq. Sooooo good in the summertime and with a cold beer in hand. mmm --- mmm -- mmm
haha... congrats Max! Bar-bq has always been a solid member- is sure to be a solid moderator.
ps. Don't let the moderating interfere with your guitar time!
Dez, another excellent addition -- congrats BBQ. :)
Fine moderators = Super Clan!
Congrats Bar-bq! Another great choice!!!
Congrats, Bar-bq.
Congrats Bar-bq!!! Welcome aboard!!!!
Grats Bar-bq and had fun last season in fantasy good job there also mate! ;)
Congrats Bar-bq.
You have always been one of my favorite posters here at The Clan. A hearty welcome! That said, you do of course realize we expect some of your favorite Aussie grilling recipes.:D
Go easy on me, mate.
With all the new mods around here there's not going to be anyone left to moderate but me.
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Congrats Bar-bq!
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By Charlie Roumeliotis
Last season, the Washington Redskins went 3-6 before turning their season around to win their final seven games and clinch the division title.
This year, the Redskins have dropped four of their first five, but coach Mike Shanahan says they have to focus on the Chicago Bears before they look too far down the line.
"One thing you can't do is look down the road," he said during the postgame press conference following Sunday's 31-16 loss to Dallas. "What you have to do is look to today and that's what we'll do. We'll be tough on ourselves today, look at the things we did poorly, players will come in, get a work out in, look at the film, then Wednesday we'll get onto Chicago. But in order to beat a team like Chicago, you got to take it a day at a time and just concentrate on that football team and if you get better as a group, then you got a chance to win."
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Shanahan said he thought last week's defensive performance against the Cowboys was their best of the season, but also admitted their offense didn't capitalize on those opportunities.
A main reason why might be the continuing struggles of Robert Griffin III, but Shanahan believes he's starting to gain more confidence.
"I think everybody saw Robert did look more comfortable running the ball and making plays out of sequence," Shanahan said. "[That's] really a credit to him making those plays. ... The more he can do, the better we'll be as a team."
The Bears will look to make life difficult for Griffin III when they travel to Washington on Sunday.


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SACRAMENTO — The Ovation Stage welcomes the premiere of "Why Torture Is Wrong, and The People Who Love Them" by the American playwright known for works of outrageous and often absurd comedy, Christopher Durang, will play to Sunday, July 7 at the Three Penny Theatre. Penny Kline will direct.
Durang turns political humor upside down with this raucous and provocative satire about America's growing homeland insecurity.
"Why Torture Is Wrong, and The People Who Love Them" tells the story of a young woman suddenly in crisis: Is her new husband, whom she married when drunk, a terrorist? Or just crazy? Or both?
Is her father's hobby of butterfly collecting really a cover for his involvement in a shadow government?
Why does her mother enjoy going to the theater so much? Does she seek mental escape or is she insane?
Honing in on private terrors both at home and abroad, Durang oddly relieves our fears in this black comedy for an era of yellow, orange and red alerts.
This seven-cast play stars Sacramento's finest comedic actors: Amber Marsh as Felicity; Brandon Lancaster as the charismatic yet mysterious Zamir (a terrorist or not); Georgann Wallace as Zamir's mother-in-law Luella, a sweet and dazed/befuddled (Mrs. Ratzywatzy); Janet Motenko as the outrageously hilarious spy Hildegarde (code name Scooby-Doo of the shadow government), Philip Pittman (Luella's husband) an opinionated oddball eccentric, Jawara Duncan as Reverend Mike, a minister who directs porno films; and Brent Dirksen as Voice, Narrator, Maitre d' and Looney Tunes.
There is profanity, violence and adult situations and the play is recommended for mature audiences.
The shows continues on Fridays and Saturdays through July 6 at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m. to July 7 when the show closes.
The Ovation Stage at Three Penny Theatre, 1723 25th St. in Sacramento, is selling tickets for $18 for general admission and $15 for seniors, students and SARTA members. To purchase tickets online visit ovationstage.com, e-mail [email protected] or call the theater at 916-448-0312.


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CINCINNATI (AP) -- Julio Franco couldn't remember the last time he hit two homers in a game. He needed some details to fill in the memory blanks.
The year was 1996. He was playing for Cleveland. The opponent was the California Angels -- yes, they belonged to the entire state back then, not just two cities.
"It's too far [back] for me," said Franco, who homered twice Saturday in the Atlanta Braves' 6-1 victory over the Cincinnati Reds. "Tell
me what happened yesterday."
At age 46, his memory is a little worn. On some days, though, the legs and the swing are as fresh as a rookie's.
The age-defying first baseman hit a solo homer and a two-run shot Saturday off Eric Milton (3-9), starting another outburst by the Braves. Andruw Jones took the NL lead with his 19th homer, his seventh in the last eight days.
Johnny Estrada then sealed it with a two-run shot in the eighth off Kent Mercker, Atlanta's ninth homer in the last two games. But it was Franco's throwback performance that made everyone marvel.
"When you're with him every day, you think it's never going to end," manager Bobby Cox said. "Sometimes I'm amazed that he can do what he's doing at that age."
It was amazing that he stayed on the field long enough to hit two. Franco had a virus when the Braves arrived in town and his temperature spiked again on Friday, leaving him tired and weak.
"I'm losing weight," Franco said. "I can't eat well. I can't sleep well."
It sure didn't show.
"After the first home run, or maybe it was the second, I was thinking that he's kind of like a position player you could compare to Roger Clemens or Randy Johnson," said Reds manager Dave Miley, who is three years younger than Franco. "I don't know if remarkable's the right word, but he's impressive."
The Braves have done an impressive about-face in Cincinnati, winning the first three games with three starting pitchers on the disabled list. Atlanta hadn't won three in a row since a sweep of the Mets from May 23-25.
For the Reds, it was another gloomy night in front of their first sellout crowd since Opening Day. Cincinnati has lost six in a row, falling a season-worst 16 games under .500. Since their chief executive delivered a win-or-else ultimatum, the Reds have gone
Reliever Adam Bernero (4-1) blanked the Reds for 1 2/3 innings, getting the victory as the Braves' cobbled staff repeatedly dodged trouble. Cincinnati stranded 13 runners, nine in scoring position.
Reliever Jorge Sosa made his second start of the season -- this one on only three days of rest -- and limited the Reds to Sean Casey's RBI single in 4 1/3 innings. Sosa is filling in while the Braves wait for John Thomson, Mike Hampton and Tim Hudson to
recover from injuries.
Milton was supposed to be the cornerstone of a revamped Reds rotation, signing on for three years at $25.5 million last December. Instead, the left-hander leads the league in losses, hits, runs and homers allowed with 25. Last year, he gave up 43 homers, most in the NL.
"I made some mistakes," Milton said. "The outcomes haven't been good, but I try to take some positives out of them. It's tough. It's been a struggle and it continues."
Franco got the Braves rolling with a two-out solo shot in the first. His two-run homer made it 3-0 in the third and gave him his first multihomer game since Sept. 12, 1996, for Cleveland.
Since then, his hardscrabble career has taken him to Milwaukee, Japan, Mexico, Tampa Bay, Korea, Mexico again and finally Atlanta, where he's showing he's still got something left in that well-traveled body.
During the series opener, Franco stole a pair of bases for the first time since 1994. Franco, who turns 47 on Aug. 23, is the oldest major-leaguer to steal a base.
He's the second-oldest to homer. Jack Quinn was a week shy of his 47th birthday when he homered for the Philadelphia Athletics on June 27, 1930.
Jones, who had two homers in Friday's 10-5 win, made it 4-1 with his 418-foot drive to center in the fifth inning. He's 8-for-21 career off Milton with four homers.
Game notes
Franco has five multihomer games in his career. ... Sosa also had his first career hit, a single. ... The Reds had a business promotion and a cap giveaway, accounting for the crowd of
41,737. ... Milton has given up at least one homer in 13 of his 15 starts. He's 1-8 since April 21 with an 8.58 ERA. ... The Reds have given up 103 homers, most in the majors. ... Reds catcher Jason LaRue left in the eighth after twisting his right knee while rounding first base on a single.


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Consumer group challenges Amazon.fr terms and conditions
Consumers have found their white knight for personal data protection in the consumer association UFC Que Choisir, which went on a crusade against the terms and conditions of Amazon.fr.
The Court of First Instance of Paris found that the Amazon.fr site included 18 "improper or unlawful" clauses in its terms and conditions, which were therefore held unenforceable.
Several of these provisions related to the processing of personal data. In particular, a provision by which Amazon.fr could share personal data with Amazon.com Inc. and its affiliates was determined to be unconscionable under the French Consumer Code. The Court determined that the provision created an imbalance between the rights and obligations of the contracting parties, as the sharing of personal data with undetermined affiliates is imposed upon the consumer without specification of the contemplated purpose and usefulness of the sharing.
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- a clause providing that Amazon may disclose personal data if disclosure is necessary to perform or enforce sales terms and conditions of any other agreement, or to protect the rights of Amazon or of third parties. (The terms "any other agreement" and "third parties" were considered imprecise.);
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Web sites' terms and conditions are currently under scrutiny at the government administration level. A decree which will publish a blacklist of clauses considered illegal and a grey list of clauses presumed abusive is expected soon.
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Fresh asparagus is one of the heralds of spring. Although we can find it almost year round (due to imports), the best quality and quantity of asparagus comes in the spring. If you are an asparagus lover, try this lemony puree of asparagus soup for a spring or Easter dinner. It's easy to make and can be made ahead to save time. My recipe serves two, but it scales up easily to serve a crowd for dinner.
Spring Asparagus
Being happily spoiled consumers who can pretty much get anything, anytime at the market, we may never understand how labor intensive many of our foods are to grow. That definitely applies to one of my favorite vegetables – asparagus. While available almost year round, it's best in spring.
Workers often start before dawn, sometimes in the moonlight, bending low and hand-cutting the slender green spears before they are bundled and delivered to market.
A member of the lily family, asparagus spears turn green when the stalks burst through the dirt and encounter the sun. The sun-struck spears produce chlorophyll and turn green. If you dig under the dirt, you'll find the spears are white.
Buying and Storing Asparagus
When shopping, choose fresh looking spears with tight tops or heads. As a kid, I called them the braids. Many markets will have the bundles sitting in a shallow pan of water to keep them from drying out.
When you get asparagus home, stand the bundle in a tall container with a little water in the bottom to keep the ends moist and cover loosely with plastic wrap until you are ready to use it.
Alternatively, wet a paper towel with water and wrap the ends, then place in a plastic bag. It will last a couple of days stored this way, but the sooner you use it the better.
Ways to Enjoy Asparagus
There are many ways to enjoy asparagus: roasted, chopped and combined with zucchini for a quick vegetable stir fry, folded into an omelet, wrapped with Prosciutto baked for a fantastic appetizer, or as I have done here, pureed into a vibrant green soup.
Asparagus soup can be served either warm on a cool day or chilled on a hot one and makes a lovely seasonal addition to a spring brunch or dinner.
Quick and Easy Soup
To make asparagus soup, sauté a little onion in oil, add chopped roast asparagus, add a little chicken (or vegetable) stock, lemon juice, salt and pepper. Puree in a blender. That's it.
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San Francisco's Bay to Breakers is the oldest consecutively run annual footrace in the world, a staple to the City by the Bay since 1912. With a starting point near the San Francisco Bay, a few blocks from The Embarcadero, the 12K race runs west through the city and finishes at the Great Highway where the breakers crash onto the Pacific Coast's Ocean Beach. A quintessential San Francisco experience for 103 years, the race is interwoven into the fabric of the city and is a true reflection and celebration of life between the breakers and the bay. The 2015 edition will take place on Sunday, May 17.
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Join John and Abigail Adams and three generations of their descendants on a walk from the Old State House across Beacon Hill and into the Back Bay. Hear how the Adams Family experienced Boston from the eve of the Revolution to the turn of the twentieth century.
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Btw, I saw that your comment saying that you did some research on Reborn. Is it the length that puts you off? It may be long (I've seen 131 of the 203 episodes and the manga is even longer) but I think its worth it as its an amazing anime!
1. I don't exactly remember using the word "research"
2. I just used the link you gave me.
3. It doesn't necessarily "Put me off" I just
don't think I'd have the time and/or patience
to sit and watch the show and/or read the
manga. Though, after hearing that,
I'm seriously considering it.
Seeing as you said that you looked at the character's history, I assumed that meant that you had looked at more than just the link I provided. The protagonist is Tsuna who is trained by the baby hitman, Reborn to become the 10th boss of the Vongola mafia family. The mafia in Reborn are as similar to their real life counterparts as the ninjas in Naruto are to theirs so don't expect lots of gun fights. It started out as a gag manga (comedy) but changed to an action manga when its popularity was declining and that saved it so it doesn't really get going until episode 20 but the earlier episodes are still worth watching so that you get to know the characters. If you do decide to watch it, I hope you enjoy it. Btw, Spanner doesn't appear until episode 109.
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Can someone tell me the key combinations used to allow me to see extended info regarding my airport signal when I click on airport icon in menubar? things like security key, transmit rate, etc.
I remmeber it being a combination of keys using command button and then left clicking on the aiport icon in the menubar.
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Never Been Kissed
Twenty-five-year-old journalist Josie Geller (Drew Barrymore) gets a chance to relive, and hopefully improve, her senior high school year when the newspaper she works for sends her on an undercover assignment.
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|April 9, 1999
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"Rossi got to where he was running some competitive lap speeds – times that would put him in the top-15 in Nationwide Series practice" - Kyle Busch.
Oh come on! Vale has just been in Texas. Someone said, "hey Vale, wanna try out a NASCAR racer under the guidance of a champion?"Of course he is! Which fool wouldn't! As good or bad as NASCAR is, Rossi ain't gonna pass up on the chance to have a spin.That is all, he was just having a laugh and an experience!Go Vale #46!
marc, when you're asked to do stuff like this is when you know you've arrived.
@RDC "Rossi lives on the edge of traction "Really? He wasn't prepared to ride the Ducati on that edge
@ edge of fictionWell, the problem is that the Ducati doesn't have traction, sooooooooooo, you're correct. Can't force what isn't there.
"the most winner NASCAR Nationwide driver in history "Seriously, I know you need a lobotomy to properly appreciate NASCAR, but I thought a basic grasp of syntax was required for so-called motojournalists. I will respond to correctly spelled replies, so I'm not expecting to be too busy.
Arthur Dent - Are you Julian Ryder on the way home under a pseudonym? Same sense of superiority and hair dye???
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DEFINITION of 'Roll-Up Merger'
A roll-up (also known as a "roll up" or a "rollup") merger occurs when investors (often private equity firms) buy up companies in the same market and merge them together. Roll-ups combine multiple small companies into something bigger and better to be able to enjoy economies of scale. Private equity firms use roll-ups to rationalize competition in crowded and/or fragmented markets and to combine companies with complementary capabilities into a full-service business, for instance, an oil exploration company can be combined with a drilling company and a refiner.
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Roll-ups are a part of the consolidation process that occurs as new market sectors mature. Combined companies can provide more products and/or services than a smaller, independent player. Combined companies can also expand their geographic coverage and enjoy the economies of scale and greater name recognition that size confers. Larger companies are usually valued at a higher multiple of earnings than are smaller companies, so a private equity firm that has bought and integrated smaller businesses can sell the rolled-up firm at a profit.
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text: The gaming industry hit both high and low points in terms of success in 2013. Naughty Dog launched a ground-breaking intellectual property (IP) in the form of The Last of Us and Rockstar North returned with the fifth installment in the much-awaited Grand Theft Auto franchise. PlayStation 4 and Xbox One ushered in the next-generation of consoles, with 2014 holding some promising titles to feature on them. With all this being said, we have compiled a list featuring the five most anticipated titles of 2014.


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The Fiscal Cliff, Financial Planning & Analysis: Thriving in a Dynamic Environment
With the votes tallied across states and the national political lineup settled (at least for now), politicians, businesses and analysts alike are all focusing their attentions on one date: December 31, 2012. That's when, if Congress does not act, a combination of spending cuts and expired Bush-era tax cuts totaling more than $600 billion will go into effect, ostensibly pushing the U.S. economy back into recession.
During the first press conference since his re-election, President Barack Obama addressed the impending fiscal cliff and called on Congress to act on extending some Bush-era tax cuts while allowing others to expire and rise at the end of the year. The jury is still out on whether the two groups will arrive at a last-minute compromise, or will be stuck in a political deadlock that pushes the country over the fiscal cliff.
Regardless of analysts' and pundits' speculations, signs indicate that many businesses are concerned. A recent poll of small businesses by the Small Business Majority found that nearly eight in 10 small-business owners are aware of the fiscal cliff, and the majority are worried about the negative impact the spending cuts would bring. The responding owners indicated that their decisions about hiring, expanding and making business investments hinged upon how tax rates affect consumer demand.
Gathering business intelligence may become more of a focus for many organizations in the coming weeks, as they not only strategize for how to survive in their own markets, but how to insulate themselves from the anticipated economic turmoil and adjust to government policies and regulations.
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Technology has come to play a greater role in how companies forecast risks and challenges down the road. The merging of IT and finance will likely come to play in the coming months, as organizations not only prepare for the end of their fiscal years, but the anticipated disruptions that may come from a perfect storm of spending cuts and tax increases. Finance technology may even come to be a vital asset as corporations prepare themselves to survive the turmoil of the fiscal cliff debates between Congress and the White House, as well as the myriad risks that they face on a daily basis over the normal course of running a business.
As the Small Business Majority research indicated, almost 70 percent of responding small business owners are worried about the effect on contracts if the expected government funding cuts are realized. A report from Navigant Consulting, "Preparing for Sequestration's Storm," outlines how companies that rely upon government contracts could be adversely affected by the billions of dollars of spending cuts that would automatically go into effect if the country does indeed fall over the fiscal cliff.
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It will be vital to review current dependence on contracts, survey those deals chances of survival, assess their own performance and strive to improve in weak areas, Navigant advised. No matter what size or whether organizations are dependent upon government contract work, having a better sense of their current positions within their sectors and the economy as a whole can provide more insight for CEOs, presidents, CFOs and executive boards. Armed with information, they can conceivably make smarter decisions for hiring, growth activities and more.
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Within the recent technological advances in the world of business and finance, corporations may find a solution to better equip them to align their strategic initiatives, responses to turbulent environments and address the challenges inherent in their markets. The upcoming ProformaTECH conference in San Francisco offers insight on how businesses can use technology when budgeting, planning and developing forecasts to ensure the future success of their firms.
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This event celebrates the acheivements of students in the College of Arts and Communication and other academic and creative excellence.
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Keynote Speaker -Calvin Hofer
Calvin Hofer is currently Head of the Music Department and Director of Bands at Colorado Mesa University, where he conducts the CMU Wind Symphony and teaches instrumental conducting. He is principal trumpet in the Grand Junction Symphony Orchestra and the CMU Faculty Brass Quintet, as well as trumpet instructor at Rushmore National Music Camp. Active as a conductor and performer, he has been in the solo cornet section in the Great Western Rocky Mountain Brass Band and the Yankee Brass Band (based in New England), which specializes in performing on period instruments, and has conducted and adjudicated bands in Colorado, Utah, New Mexico and Iowa. In 2000, Professor Hofer launched CMU's annual Best of the West Music Festival, which grew from a one-day event of 40 high school students to a two-day festival with over 220 participants. He has conducted the world-premieres of works by John Mackey, David Gillingham, Eric Ewazen, Karl Boelter, Carolyn Bremer and Michael Markowski.
Professor Hofer is a member of the College Band Directors National Association, the National Association for Music Education, the International Trumpet Guild and the Colorado Bandmasters Association.
Professor Hofer holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from South Dakota State University, a Master of Music Education from University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, and a Doctor of Musical Arts from the University of North Texas.