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Everybody wants Jerry Blakey's job.
The three-term St. Paul City Council member's announcement that he will not seek re-election has prompted a throng of contenders to seek the post. No fewer than nine candidates will be vying for the Democratic-Farmer-Labor party's endorsement at this Saturday's convention at Central High School. "Never in the history of this ward,or probably any ward, has there been so many candidates running for one seat," says Ward One DFL co-chair Stanley Gardner. "Nine? Unheard of."
The political contest is proving to be one of the most fascinating and contentious local scrums in recent memory. Ward One is the most diverse district in the city, both economically and ethnically. It contains the brick mansions of Summit Avenue and the ramshackle bungalows of Frogtown, and stretches from the shadows of the Minnesota State Capitol to the Midway neighborhood. Roughly 25 percent of the residents live below the poverty line and seven in ten households had an income of less than $50,000 in 1999, the most recent year for which data is available. The ward is almost evenly split among whites, blacks, and Asians, with a smattering of other ethnic groups, such as Latinos and Somalis.
The field of candidates mirrors the ward's diversity. There are two Hmong candidates, two white candidates, and five black aspirants (Blakey's departure means that school board member Toni Carter could end up being Ramsey County's only black elected official). As a result, interest in the race has already been more intense than usual. While it has become common practice to pooh-pooh party caucuses as nothing more than bewildering tribal ceremonies presided over by a cabal of DFL insiders, last month's gathering attracted an unheard-of 600 attendees. For example, Precinct 14 had 47 delegates; the normal turnout is three. "It was by far our largest crowd ever," says Ward One co-chair Heidi Busse. "Even people who have been going to the precinct caucuses for 30 years were saying it was the largest they've ever been at."
This flowering of participatory democracy in part results from the sheer size of the field. After all, the more supporters a contender can drag to the caucuses, the better chance that person will have at winning a party endorsement. That said, the Hmong community's emergence as a political force in St. Paul, which began with Mee Moua's unexpected victory in last year's state senate race on the city's east side, is having a major impact on the race for Blakey's seat. (Cy Thao's election as a state representative from a district that includes much of Ward One added to the Hmong community's momentum.) "I think that it boils down to the fact that many people before Mee Moua tried and were unsuccessful," says Ward One City Council candidate Bao Vang. "Mee Moua provided that inspiration."
The rapid ascension of the Hmong as political powerbrokers has stirred some resentment, especially in central St. Paul. Ward One includes what's left of the traditional heart of St. Paul's black community, the Rondo neighborhood, which was obliterated to make way for Interstate 94. When Andy Dawkins stepped down as state representative for the area last year, it was widely assumed that his post would be filled by a black politician. However, the most likely person to assume that mantle, attorney Chris Crutchfield, was eliminated from the race because of political redistricting. That opened the door for Cy Thao to win the crucial DFL endorsement over Brooke Blakey. The convention, and its aftermath, proved contentious, with some delegates questioning special accommodations made for Hmong voters for whom English is a second language, including color-coded ballots.
Tensions between the black and Asian communities have also been exacerbated by the proposed Pan-Asian retail and office complex at the intersection of Dale Street and University Avenue. Some black residents worry that their own economic development efforts are being ignored. Robert McClain, another city council candidate, says one of his concerns is that the project will polarize the community. "I don't want to see economic development along racial lines," argues McClain, who is making his third run for the Ward One seat. "I don't want to see the Asian corner, the black corner, the Somali corner, and the white corner."
This divisiveness flared up at the party caucuses. Kerri Allen, another City Council candidate, who currently works for the city on education issues, alleges that one of her supporters was unable to secure a delegate slot because the proceedings in his precinct were conducted entirely in Hmong. "He was shut out of the process because he didn't know what was going on," she maintains.
Other delegates complained that they couldn't understand what was being told to the Hmong delegates. "A couple of the comments I got was, 'How the hell do we know what they're saying?'" recalls Ward One co-chair Gardner. "Well, you don't." Gardner, however, like many Ward One political observers, downplays the issue. "It's been my experience that anytime there is a change, there is a group of people who, instead of just going along with it, they get upset by it. It's different from the routine that they expected."
Even so, problems have continued to crop up in the wake of the caucuses. Ward One co-chair Busse says she was declared a racist by one resident who didn't agree with the way delegates would be seated at the convention. "It's still out there big time," she allows.
Racial tensions aren't the only issue that has surfaced during the prelude to this weekend's convention. The DFL feminist caucus is drawing fire for the way it conducted its screening process. One of the members of the screening committee was Lee Vang, who happens to be candidate Bao Vang's sister. The only contender who was deemed "acceptable" was Vang. Kerri Allen was not judged a suitable candidate, even though she serves on the board of the feminist caucus. "If I could have had my sister on the committee to make sure that every other candidate would be found unacceptable then she would've been there," Allen says.
One way or another, all of this political intrigue will come to a head during Saturday's convention at Central High School. One of the nine DFL candidates vying for the endorsement will need to garner support from 60 percent of the delegates in order to earn the party's backing. Under the current rules there will be seven rounds of voting. Following the third ballot, any candidate with less than 15 percent of the delegates will be dropped. This threshold will gradually increase to 30 percent. If no candidate can attract 60 percent of the vote by the seventh ballot, the convention will end in a deadlock; the most likely scenario under the current rules. "I think a lot of people are uncommitted--or at least that's what they're saying to me," says Stuart Alger, another candidate and a lawyer in the Minnesota Attorney General's office. "I don't think anybody's close to the 60 percent."
As a result, the most important battle of the day will likely occur before anyone has cast a vote. As soon as the convention opens, delegates will be asked to decide whether the number of ballots permitted should remain at seven or not be capped at all. The attempt to change the rules is being spearheaded by the two candidates who emerged from the party caucuses with seemingly the strongest support among delegates--Melvin Carter, a retired St. Paul police officer, and Vang, a Ramsey County contract manager. "Why do you go through all this trouble and not endorse a candidate and just waste people's time?" asks Vang.
Vic Rosenthal, another candidate, counters that seven ballots is plenty to determine if there is a clear favorite among the delegates. "The ward is so diverse and so divided right now that to force the issue I think is a mistake," says Rosenthal, executive director of Jewish Community Action, a nonprofit advocacy group. "You could have delegates angry before we even begin the voting process and I think it's unfortunate."
The outcome of this seemingly arcane debate could determine whether the DFL throws its weight behind any one candidate. Even if the party chooses to endorse a candidate, it will not completely eliminate a contested primary. At least three candidates--former Thomas-Dale Block Club leader Johnny Howard, businessman Toumoua Lee, and St. Paul Police officer Debbie Montgomery--plan to run in September no matter what happens at the convention. "I don't dance if I don't like the music," quips Howard. Those candidates would face an uphill battle in Ward One, however, where the DFL seal of approval is akin to coronation.
With nine candidates, and no clear favorite, it promises to be a long, contentious, and compelling day. "Nobody knows how to have a floor fight the way people in Ward One do," laughs delegate Pat Lindgren. "If there's no blood on the floor then we didn't really have a convention."
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News Corp.'s 20th Century Fox is one of the first studios that has agreed to make its films available for rent digitally through iTunes, according to a Financial Times report Thursday that cited unnamed sources. The deal could be announced Jan. 14 at the Macworld trade show, the Financial Times reported.
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Apple has been in talks with major film studios over the past year, and analysts have speculated that it was only a matter of time before licensing deals on online movie rentals would be worked out.
Apple already sells permanent downloads of more than 500 films from Walt Disney Co., MGM, Lions Gate and Paramount for $9.99 to $14.99. The Fox rentals will be available for viewing only for a limited time, the Financial Times reported.
Fox and other major studios are already experimenting with digital movies to rent or buy through other online services such as Netflix or Vudu. But the popularity of Apple's online store and iPod media players makes iTunes an attractive distribution outlet, especially as more consumers are expected to latch onto getting entertainment anywhere, from PCs and TVs to handheld gadgets.
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It's a bit early in the season for this but…
Danny Ainge was on Toucher & Rich yesterday talking about the new Celtics season. After denying he was the source in the recent piece Jeff Goodman wrote for ESPN The Magazine quoting an anonymous NBA GM on the virtues of tanking, Ainge pivoted to some stock "win now!" banter:
"We want to win, we want our guys to learn. We want our coach, who is a young new coach, to experience winning. At a certain time in the year your goals may change, but right now we're trying to win every game."
Read this quote Ian Thomsen extracted from Ainge a month ago:
"If all of a sudden Rondo's out for the year and a couple other key guys, and maybe goals change over the course of the year," said Ainge, and then he stopped the dark thoughts there. "But starting the season out," he carried on brightly, "we're starting out full blazes. And see what we can do."
The problem with this particular bit of evasion is that Danny Ainge already knows what the Celtics can do. It's his job to know that. On paper, in metrics and, as we're going to find out quickly, on the court, there's no chance the Celtics have the offensive pieces to score efficiently. Or the defensive stalwarts to protect the rim. Even a returning Rajon Rondo can only move the needle so much (at least I think so… there's a counterargument to that I'll get into another time).
None of this is to criticize Ainge. This is what he has to say. Just like all players claim they want to stay with their current team as they approach free agency. Just like Rondo can't conceive of a time when he might want to leave the Celtics. They say it. We blog it. You read it. Nobody really believes it.
Instead, note that in both of the above quotes Ainge leaves open the door for a future shift in strategy. That is noteworthy. It's an admission that there is — potentially — a strategy that doesn't involve winning that could be appealing. That's as close as he'll probably ever get to admitting to tanking.
At a certain point this season, once the C's drop enough games, the notion that they're going to start winning and make a run for the playoffs will become intellectually indefensible, and Ainge can simply shift to language about "giving the young guys a chance to demonstrate their value" and about how the older players "take pride in competing" or some such obscurantism. And you'll know we've past the point of no return.


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Just a 15-minute walk from Palace of the Marquis d'Oria and Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist, Gotha Hotel offers 3-star Cirie hotel accommodations. Church of St. Martin of Liramo and Graveyard Church are also within 2 mi (3 km).
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Atlantic Marine Constr. Co. v. U.S. Dist. Court for Western Dist. of Tex.
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ATLANTIC MARINE CONSTRUCTION CO., INC. v. UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS et al.
certiorari to the united states court of appeals for the fifth circuit
No. 12–929. Argued October 9, 2013—Decided December 3, 2013
Petitioner Atlantic Marine Construction Co., a Virginia corporation, entered into a subcontract with respondent J-Crew Management, Inc., a Texas corporation, for work on a construction project. The subcontract included a forum-selection clause, which stated that all disputes between the parties would be litigated in Virginia. When a dispute arose, however, J-Crew filed suit in the Western District of Texas. Atlantic Marine moved to dismiss, arguing that the forum-selection clause rendered venue "wrong" under 28 U. S. C. §1406(a) and "improper" under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(3). In the alternative, Atlantic Marine moved to transfer the case to the Eastern District of Virginia under 28 U. S. C. §1404(a). The District Court denied both motions. It concluded that §1404(a) is the exclusive mechanism for enforcing a forum-selection clause that points to another federal forum; that Atlantic Marine bore the burden of establishing that a transfer would be appropriate under §1404(a); and that the court would consider both public- and private-interest factors, only one of which was the forum-selection clause. After weighing those factors, the court held that Atlantic Marine had not carried its burden.
The Fifth Circuit denied Atlantic Marine's petition for a writ of mandamus directing the District Court to dismiss the case under §1406(a) or to transfer it to the Eastern District of Virginia under §1404(a). The court agreed with the District Court that §1404(a) is the exclusive mechanism for enforcing a forum-selection clause that points to another federal forum; that dismissal under Rule 12(b)(3) would be the correct mechanism for enforcing a forum-selection clause that pointed to a nonfederal forum; and that the District Court had not abused its discretion in refusing to transfer the case after conducting the balance-of-interests analysis required by §1404(a).
1. A forum-selection clause may be enforced by a motion to transfer under §1404(a), which provides that "[f]or the convenience of parties and witnesses, in the interest of justice, a district court may transfer any civil action to any other district or division where it might have been brought or to any district or division to which all parties have consented." Pp. 4–11.
(a) Section 1406(a) and Rule 12(b)(3) allow dismissal only when venue is "wrong" or "improper." Whether venue is "wrong" or "improper" depends exclusively on whether the court in which the case was brought satisfies the requirements of federal venue laws. Title 28 U. S. C. §1391, which governs venue generally, states that "[e]xcept as otherwise provided by law . . . this section shall govern the venue of all civil actions brought in" federal district courts. §1391(a)(1). It then defines districts in which venue is proper. See §1391(b). If a case falls within one of §1391(b)'s districts, venue is proper; if it does not, venue is improper, and the case must be dismissed or transferred under §1406(a). Whether the parties' contract contains a forum-selection clause has no bearing on whether a case falls into one of the specified districts.
This conclusion is confirmed by the structure of the federal venue provisions, which reflects Congress' intent that venue should always lie in some federal court whenever federal courts have personal ju- risdiction over the defendant. See §1391(b)(3). The conclusion also follows from this Court's decisions construing the federal venue statutes. See Van Dusen v. Barrack, 376 U. S. 612 ; Stewart Organization, Inc. v. Ricoh Corp., 487 U. S. 22 . Pp. 4–8.
(b) Although a forum-selection clause does not render venue in a court "wrong" or "improper" under §1406(a) or Rule 12(b)(3), the clause may be enforced through a motion to transfer under §1404(a), which permits transfer to any other district where venue is proper or to any district to which the parties have agreed by contract or stipulation. Section 1404(a), however, governs transfer only within the federal court system. When a forum-selection clause points to a state or foreign forum, the clause may be enforced through the doctrine of forum non conveniens. Section 1404(a) is a codification of that doctrine for the subset of cases in which the transferee forum is another federal court. Sinochem Int'l Co. v. Malaysia Int'l Shipping Corp., 549 U. S. 422 . For all other cases, parties may still invoke the residual forum non conveniens doctrine. See id., at 430. Pp. 8–10.
(c) The Court declines to consider whether a defendant in a breach-of-contract action could obtain dismissal under Rule 12(b)(6) if the plaintiff files suit in a district other than the one specified in a forum-selection clause. Petitioner did not file a motion to dismiss un- der Rule 12(b)(6), and the parties did not brief the Rule's application. Pp. 10–11.
2. When a defendant files a §1404(a) motion, a district court should transfer the case unless extraordinary circumstances unrelated to the convenience of the parties clearly disfavor a transfer. No such exceptional factors appear to be present in this case. Pp. 11–17.
(a) Normally, a district court considering a §1404(a) motion must evaluate both the private interests of the parties and public-interest considerations. But when the parties' contract contains a valid forum-selection clause, that clause "represents [their] agreement as to the most proper forum," Stewart, 487 U. S., at 31, and should be "given controlling weight in all but the most exceptional cases," id., at 33 (Kennedy, J., concurring). The presence of a valid forum-selection clause requires district courts to adjust their usual §1404(a) analysis in three ways. First, the plaintiff's choice of forum merits no weight, and the plaintiff, as the party defying the forum-selection clause, has the burden of establishing that transfer to the forum for which the parties bargained is unwarranted. Second, the court should not consider the parties' private interests aside from those embodied in the forum-selection clause; it may consider only public interests. Because public-interest factors will rarely defeat a transfer motion, the practical result is that forum-selection clauses should control except in unusual cases. Third, when a party bound by a forum-selection clause flouts its contractual obligation and files suit in a different forum, a §1404(a) transfer of venue will not carry with it the original venue's choice-of-law rules. See Van Dusen, supra, at 639. Pp. 12–16.
(b) Here, the District Court's application of §1404(a) did not comport with these principles. The court improperly placed the burden on Atlantic Marine to prove that transfer to the parties' contractually preselected forum was appropriate instead of requiring J-Crew, the party acting in violation of the forum-selection clause, to show that public-interest factors overwhelmingly disfavored a transfer. It also erred in giving weight to the parties' private interests outside those expressed in the forum-selection clause. And its holding that public interests favored keeping the case in Texas because Texas contract law is more familiar to federal judges in Texas than to those in Virginia rested in part on the District Court's mistaken belief that the Virginia federal court would have been required to apply Texas' choice-of-law rules instead of Virginia's. Pp. 16–17.
701 F. 3d 736, reversed and remanded.
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Pronunciation: Brit. /ɛl/ , U.S. /ɛl/
Forms: OE–16 eln, ME–16 elne, ME–15 ellen (ME a nellen for an ellen), (ME ellyn, 15 eline), 15 el, ME–16 elle, 15– ell.(Show Less)
Etymology: Common Germanic: Old English ęln , strong feminine = Middle Dutch elne , elle (Dutch el ), Old High German elina (Middle High German elne , modern German elle ), Old Norse ǫln , alin (Swedish aln , Danish alen ), Gothic aleina (? scribal error for *alina ) cubit < Old Germanic *alinâ , whence medieval Latin alena , Italian alna , Old Spanish alna , Old Portuguese alna , French aune . The Old Germanic word (a compound of which is elbow n.) meant originally arm or fore-arm, and is cognate with Greek ὠλένη, Latin ulna, of same meaning.
The diversity of meanings (see below) is common to all words denoting linear measures derived from the length of the arm; compare cubit n. and Latin ulna. The word ell seems to have been variously taken to represent the distance from the elbow or from the shoulder to the wrist or to the finger-tips, while in some cases a 'double ell' has superseded the original measure, and has taken its name.
a. A measure of length varying in different countries. The English ell = 45 in.; the Scotch = 37·2; the Flemish = 27 in. Now hist. or with reference to foreign countries, the English measure being obsolete.In early use often in sing. when preceded by numerals.
c1000 West Saxon Gospels: Matt. (Corpus Cambr.) vi. 27 Hwylc eower mæg..geþencan þæt he ge-eacnige ane elne [950 Lindisf. elne an vel enne; 1160 Hatton enne elne] to hys anlicnesse.
c1000 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 158 Ulna, eln.
1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (1724) 429 False elnen & mesures he broȝte al clene adoun.
a1300 Cursor Mundi 1675 A schippe..Seuen score ellen lang and ten.
a1300 Cursor Mundi 1838 Þe flod ouer raght seuen eln and mare.
a1325 (▸c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 586 So wunderlike it wex & get Ðat fiftene elne it ouer-flet.
1487 Act 3 Hen. VII c. 7 All merchandises..used to be measured with Eln or Yard.
c1503 R. Arnold Chron. f. lxxvijv, Item a fll. ell conteyneth iij q't's of an engz yarde, & v q't's of ye fll. ell makith an engz ell.
1520 in J. Raine Testamenta Eboracensia (1884) V. 119 A ellen of yolow velvett.
1543 R. Record Ground of Artes i. sig. N.v, 3 foote and 9 ynches make an elle.
1597 Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet ii. iii. 78 Oh heere is a witte of Cheuerell that stretcheth from an ynch narrow to an ell broad.
1609 J. Skene tr. Regiam Majestatem 57 King Davids common elne conteines threttie seven measured inches.
1630 R. Norton tr. W. Camden Hist. Princesse Elizabeth ii. 69 A monstrous Whale..whose length was..twentie of our Elnes.
1635 Earl of Manchester Al Mondo: Contemplatio Mortis (rev. ed.) 138 Ere long two ells of earth shall serve, whom scarce a world could satisfie.
1753 J. Hanway Hist. Acct. Brit. Trade Caspian Sea II. xxix. 180, 102 Ells Dantzig make 50 ells English.
1805 R. Forsyth Beauties Scotl. II. 275 The ell by which their acres have been measured (called the barony ell) contains 42 inches, whereas the common ell made use of in the country is only 38 inches.
1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. II. i. ix. 64 Tearful women wetting whole ells of cambric in concert.
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b. fig. Contrasted with inch, span, etc.; esp. in proverbial phrase, give him an inch and he'll take an ell: meaning that undue advantage will be taken of a slight concession.
1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue ii. ix. sig. Lv, Ye lyked..better an ynche of your wyll, Than an ell of your thrifte.
1580 H. Gifford Posie of Gilloflowers i. sig. G, Whereas shee tooke an inche of liberty before, tooke an Ell afterwardes.
1633 G. Herbert Church Porch in Temple (ad fin.), Lifes poore span Make not an ell by trifling in thy wo.
1643 E. Bowles Mysterie Iniquitie 40 That gave but a Yard, they tooke an Ell.
1653 Z. Bogan Medit. Mirth Christian Life 305 Have a care of taking an ell, when you have but an inch allowed you.
1798 Anti-Jacobin 2 July 278/2 Tho' they still took an ell, when we gave them an inch.
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c. As a fluid measure.[Several correspondents inform us that they remember seeing the announcement 'Beer sold by the yard', on the signboards of country taverns, the reference being to the long narrow glasses about a yard high.]
1649 R. Lovelace Lucasta 99 For Elles of Beere, Flutes of Canary Thankes freest, freshest, Faire Ellinda.
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a. A measuring rod; = ell-wand n. Phrase, to measure with the long ell , with the short ell: to measure unfairly as buyer or seller respectively.
1474 Caxton tr. Game & Playe of Chesse (1883) iii. vii. 138 In his lifte hande..an elle for to mesure with.
a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) i. xvii. sig. L1v, The night measured by the short ell of sleepe.
1637 R. Monro Exped. Scots Regim. ii. 46 Sometimes the Souldiers (the worst sort of them) measured the packes belonging to the Marchants with the long ell.
1651 Bp. J. Hall Susurrium cum Deo lxxviii. 291 Thus spake a true Idols Priest, that knew no Ell whereby to measure Religion, but Profit.
1768 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued I. i. 214 The mercer..upon seeing the lady's gown..can cut off her quantity by guess without..taking his ell to measure it.
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†b. Sc. King's ell: 'Orion's belt': = ell-wand n. 3. Obs.
a1605 A. Montgomerie Flyting with Polwart in Wks. (1821) 118 Be the hornes, the handstaff and the King's ell.
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†3. long ell: a particular kind of cloth. Obs.
1725 D. Defoe New Voy. round World ii. 12 Bays, long Ells, Druggets, broad Cloth.
1735 G. Berkeley Querist §520 Fine cloths in Somersetshire, long ells at Exeter.
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†4. As a rendering of Latin ulna: The larger bone of the fore-arm. Obs.
1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 903 The other externall branch at the middle of the Ell shooteth out a propagation from his outside.
1634 T. Johnson tr. A. Paré Chirurg. Wks. vi. xxvi. 147 The Ell, or bone of the cubit..hath..two appendices.
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C1. General attrib. Also ell-wand n.
ell-broad adj.
1476 in T. Stapleton Plumpton Corr. (1839) 37 The bredth of it is elme broade.
1696 J. F. Merchant's Ware-house 20 This being the last sort of Ellbroad Gentish that I shall treat of at present.
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ell-long adj.
1832 S. Austin tr. H. L. H. von Pückler-Muskau Tour German Prince III. ii. 36, I ate a good dinner, and then added to this ell-long letter.
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ell-wide adj.
1653 J. Collinges Responsoria ad Erratica Piscatoris iv. sig. F1, Your (ell-wide) opinion.
1826 M. R. Mitford Our Village II. 193 A pretty quaker..did persuade me that ell-wide muslin would go as far as a yard and a half.
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ell coal n. Sc. a type of coal normally found in seams one ell or more in thickness.
1794 J. Naismith Agric. Clydesdale 36 About 16 or 17 fathoms under this, lies the ell coal, so called, because it was first found of this thickness, but it is frequently from 4 to 6 feet thick.
1845 New Statist. Acct. Scotl. V. 813 Seven other workable seams, in the following ascending order, viz. the stone-coal 21/ 4 feet; ell coal, 21/ 4.
1931 Econ. Geol. Fife(Geol. Surv.) I. 82 The Ell Coal lies 1 to 7 fms. above the Upper Eight Foot... Sometimes it is a single seam of 3 to 4 ft... The Ell is a steam coal.
1931 Times 16 Mar. 19/7 Lanarkshire.—Ell best, 15s. 6d.
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† ell-glass n. Obs. (see 1c).
1682 Way to make Rum in Harl. Misc. I. 541 The Germans commonly drink whole tankards, and ell-glasses, at a draught.
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† ell-ridge n. Obs. an old land-measure.
1756 Extract fr. MS. Let. Peter Guffin (aged 82 in 1756) was unacquainted with such an old measure of land as an Ell Ridge, but had heard it contained 60 Luggs.
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† ell-yard n. Obs. an ell-measure.
c1400 (▸?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 210 Þe hede of an elnȝerde þe large lenkþe hade.
c1450 J. Myrc Instr. to Par. Priests 713 False ellen yerdes, wetyngly other than the lawe of the lond.
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How to Ask a Boy out when You're a Shy Person
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1Be confident. Get in front of a full length mirror and tell yourself you can do it. If you have to, practice your speech.
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Easter Tali by upshdragoonWatch
©2011-2016 upshdragoon
Well the Easter Tali picture is finished. It took about a week after the sketch, but I was able to fully color it. It originally started as a holiday idea, but after talking with Volrath it escalated into this plus a snippet I wrote. This was a lot of fun to create and without Vol's critiquing I doubt it would have turned out proportionally well (quarian hips still trick my eye ).
The snippet itself contains SEXUAL CONTENT if you didn't guess from the picture. Still, I feel I should warn those who can't stomach some light Tali/Shepard action. Here's a link to the story.
The heart shape is a piece of candy inside the suit for Shepard to find. Easter is about the 'candy' right?
Tali and quarians are owned by BioWare.
The snippet itself contains SEXUAL CONTENT if you didn't guess from the picture. Still, I feel I should warn those who can't stomach some light Tali/Shepard action. Here's a link to the story.
The heart shape is a piece of candy inside the suit for Shepard to find. Easter is about the 'candy' right?
Tali and quarians are owned by BioWare.
Anybody that says hacking an omni-tool to produce bunny ears is a waste of time or effort will be thrown out the airlock.
It was that Easter morning that Miranda realised that the entire crew of the Normandy SR-2 was certifiably insane and, evidently, enjoying it.
"...By the late 24th Century, the tradition of the Easter Bunny had, in most of human space, been largely replaced by that of the much more popular Easter Quarian, and a variation of the customary Easter Egg Hunt was created specifically for space vessel crews that involved the search for pieces of candy and other treats in the uniforms and costumes of other crew members. While the reaction of the Christian Church was somewhat--mixed, the popularity of the holiday did eventually come to rival that of the related Christmas celebration. For their part, the Quarians themselves regarded the whole thing with various degrees of amusement, and their claim that the tradition actually started with the legendary Commander Shepard is regarded as apocryphal by most historians."
--Codex excerpt from "Human Celebrations and Holidays: Easter."
--Codex excerpt from "Human Celebrations and Holidays: Easter."
Christmas Tali Plz?
A little heart....
Tali in a dress? Awesome.
Hehe, well she's not in a dress. It's just the two wrappings of cloth that go around her waist being unwrapped. Thanks though.
very nice and very tastfuly done too also correct me if im wrong but is that a "heart" i see on her suit right uhhmmm er south of the eqater!? (b
Uhmm... Tali? What in the actual hell are doing?
aside from the ears I love the outfit
For some reason I can see this being an actual DLC. Why? BECAUSE ITS SO DAMN CUTE!! Id pay for bunny ears on Tali. GREAT JOB!
i like what you done with her cloth, not as much with the bunny ears
I have no words!
I want to be assumed by her direct control ; o
Those hips are sooo damn cute, i love this !
Those hips are sooo damn cute, i love this !
Those Hips.....Heavy Risk.....But the Prrriiizze...
I just about died of d'awww. Dem hipz.
very,very creative J. love her.
lol, I love this xD. It's cute and at the same time, she's totally giving Shepard sexual innuendos. Heh heh, I know where the candies' hidden..
Oh, you do~?
My god! My mind is about to explode from the sheer cuteness
hahah good story and good picture, I never thought of how she would look with the wraps down, it looks supprisingly formal and regal, I love it Excellent work
Thanks, glad you like it. ^_^
Indeed I did, however I might want to remind you as there was oral in the story, Ingestion of anything from the other can cause anything from cramps to going into shock, a relationship with a different amino acid lifeform is one you don't injest!
Ah, forgot about that tidbit. Thanks for your input.
No problem, I am way to knowledgeable about this crap, funny story similar thing has come up before and Im thinking about writing an inter-alien species dating guide
hey josh its sean from work congrats on the pic man. can't wait for the next one (as if i didn't lready know)
Thanks again everybody for liking the picture. Also, don't forget to give the snippet at least one good look, heh. It's the 'icing' on the cake.
Nice ;D
Wow... I mean, WOW. I won't say anything about the rabbit ears, but she should totally wear that outfit when they make her an admiral in the migrant fleet. SO SEXY SHE COULD MAKE A FERAL VARREN PURR LIKE A KITTEN!!! LOLZ!!!
very nice!
Like I said, awesome.
Bunny'Zorah Na Rayya^^
so soso ososoo s adorable
Aww how cute! Yay for Tali!
I don't know whether to call that cute or adorable!
Oh my she looks adorable......Even more than usual
Bawww..... Happy Easter!
beautiful amazing drawing! Love how she looks and very beautiful wonderful dress
im not sure how but you made her even cutier
Besides the bunnies ears( lols) this should be official.


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So, yes, this was where I went on my honeymoon. Not very original. But, VERY relaxing. I can't say I have traveled Mexico extensively, therefore I can not tell you if this place is like "real" Mexico. It seems that most hard core travelers look at this as unauthentic and as a tourist trap. Travel two miles away from the tourist section, and it seems like real Mexico to me.
OK, it's sunny. It's hot. But you just can't swim hardly anywhere. Even the sea of Cortez which is supposed to be more swimmable seemed way too scary. This is a picture of the Pacific where you absolutely can never.....ever....swim. But it was so beautiful and relaxing to be around.
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I put the original color Mew up for now, I'll update it to a Shiny Mew later. Interesting as you didn't choose Lugia as your partner Pokemon :O Lugia was just straight up badass in The Movie 2000. I enjoyed watching it over and over again back then. Though the cute baby Lugia was the cutest thing ever. To bad we can't use that baby Lugia in-game
I tend not to always choose my favourite Pokémon (concerning the club) as my partner
The former movies were the most interesting about legendaries. Newer movies don't touch me at all, the legendaries aren't as moving. And I'd also like to see a baby Lugia in game, it was adorable. I also remember the awesome sountrack "Lugia's song" from this movie, one of the best among all the Pokémon soundtrack. It's a pity that other legendaries don't have their own theme, I'd be curious to know them.
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Kanaan in position to win IndyCar Triple Crown
LONG POND, Pa. Tony Kanaan holds IndyCar's version of the golden ticket.
He's driving for more than another win at Pocono Raceway - he'd move one victory closer toward earning $1 million dollars.
All Kanaan has to is win at Pocono and Fontana to become the open-wheel series' Triple Crown winner. He won the first leg when he broke through for his first Indianapolis 500 victory in May.
Oh, he took home $2,353,500 for winning Indy.
Still, a million bucks for winning three races isn't too shabby, either.
"A million dollars is always welcome, I have to say," a laughing Kanaan said. "I'm really not thinking about the million dollars. I'm thinking, let's go one at a time. If I win here, I'm getting closer, but it's not guaranteed yet."
No, Kanaan didn't put his pinkie against his lips like Dr. Evil when talking about the potential $1 million payday. But he's the only driver eligible for the Triple Crown title and the prize money that goes with the feat. So he may as well go ahead and win Sunday's 400-mile race at Pocono.
"We'll try and take the opportunity," he said.
While $1 million doesn't seem like much in a sports world where top athletes command $20 million in salary, IndyCar offers meager purses and Kanaan has won only $55,000 this season. That's a few free throws for LeBron James.
A driver who wins two of the three can win a $250,000 bonus from promotion sponsor Fuzzy's Vodka. IndyCar ran a Triple Crown at Indianapolis, Pocono and Ontario from 1971-1980 and from 1981-1989 at Indy, Pocono and Michigan. Only Al Unser won all three races in a single season, in 1978.
"Winning them all was a great gift," Unser said. "We thought we accomplished the world when we won all three."
Unser won four 500-mile races in a row with an Ontario victory in 1977 and wins in 1978 at Indy, Pocono and Ontario. Unser drove for Parnelli Jones in 1977 and Jim Hall in 1978. He's rooting for Kanaan to match his feat, just like he pulled for him to at long last win at Indy.
"I think Tony's a good racer," Unser said. "I'm an old-timer and I thought he was going to be another Lloyd Ruby and just keep racing and racing at Indy and never get to drink the milk or get his photo with the Borg-Warner trophy in Victory Lane. He knew the Speedway didn't owe him anything like the announcers said it did. He won based on his talent, his racing skills and the team's hard work."
Kanaan, along with just about every series driver, is racing for the first time at Pocono. The track returned to the IndyCar Series schedule after a 24-year absence and most drivers participated in just a few test sessions. They'll qualify Saturday.
Kanaan, fifth in the points standings, may not win but he'll be there at the start. That's one guarantee that few other series drivers can boast. Kanaan is set for his 207th consecutive open-wheel start Sunday, four shy of our of Jimmy Vasser's record. Kanaan now drives for Vasser.
"Jimmy really doesn't want me to beat him," Kanaan said, laughing. "He's my boss. He can take me out of the car any time he wants. I'm trying to be nice to him."
Vasser said the streak might be over if not for his well-timed "Look out!" when a distracted Kanaan almost drove over a piece of equipment after the recent Milwaukee race.
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These turned out great! I added more seasonings because we like things spicy. I added oregano, garlic, hot pepper and some dry Ranch dressing mix along with some shredded cheese. What a good idea to use those frozen rolls. I reheated one in the microwave the next day for 20 seconds and it was delicious. I had plenty left over so I wrapped them individually and put them in freezer bags so I'll have them for my lunch sometime. The fillings would be endless for these little bundles. I defrosted the rolls in the morning for use at dinner that night and they were fine. They are a little time consuming. I suggest you make these up about an hour in advance so they can rise a little and you can clean up the mess before dinner. These would be a great party food, too. Thanks for the recipe.
Super Good. I did add extra spices, but other than made it as posted. I will definitely keep these in my list of recipes to repeat.
These are simply amazing! Great meal for the whole family and very easy to make. I added lots of Morton's seasoning salt and it tasted heavenly.
Mmmmm...reminded me of my grossmutter Oma's haus. I used a homemade sweet bread instead of frozen rolls and added some caraway and garlic to the stuffing to give is some contrast as well. Vielen Dank!
My mother used to make these when I was a kid. I have made these for years & my family just loves them. However she used a tsp. of dry mustard & a tblsp of Lee & Perrins to the meat. I have also found that If you use Pilsbury Hot Roll Mix & divide the dough in half when rolling out, it is alot easier. I let them rise after I have put the mixture in. Nice to see that otherr people like these also. Great as a leftover.
Awesome! I love ANY kind of "meat pie" kinda meal. These did NOT let me down. For one person, this prepared a lot of food! I made the recipe as stated...sat 1/3 aside and used precisely as directed...just delicious. To the other 2/3 I added cummin, crushed red pepper and 1/3 C. shredded sharp cheddar...OMG, this tossed this dish into another dimension! Oh, I almost forgot, thinking just a tad of thickener would be good, to this 2/3 I added about 4 Tbsp. instant potato flakes. This did help to make a more workable consistency for adding inside the dough. Well, that prompted me even further. I boiled some potatoes, mashed them up and served some of the burger filling atop...in the fashion of colcannon. Gulp!! Had this tonight for dinner with a bit more cheese topping before I heated it....well, again!....with a side of fresh sliced summer tomatoes(w/sea salt & cracked pepper) I thought I'd wet my pants it was so good! Thinking this was SO MUCH FOOD was folly. None of it will ever make it to the freezer. Today, I bought a bag of the pre-packaged cole slaw mix, more beef, already have onions, and will make another batch tomorrow. LOL...can't wait to see how long that will last! I thought the carrots would be a great addition, and even the great pic looked like it might have had carrot in it. Thanks to other reviewers for some great "dress-up" recommendations. This will be a staple in my house forever!
Great idea using frozen dinner rolls (I used wheat). I've never used them before. This was like pierogi only way easier (still time consuming, but easy). Tastewise, it had just a bit much onion for me and seemed like a lot of cabbage for the amount of meat, so next time I may only use 1/2 or 3/4. I used LOTS of salt and pepper (1 tbsp each) and next time I would add less salt and pepper and more of other seasonings like garlic and oregano. The shredded cheese suggested by luvmybge also sounds like a nice touch (mozarella or cheddar maybe) and possibly some mushrooms. Thanks for sharing. Will be making again. Update: The leftovers were actually better than the original meal (and it's great that they only take 25 seconds to reheat in the microwave). I gave some to the puppy and she seems to think it's the best people food ever. When it was gone she just stood there staring at her bowl and sniffing like if she sniffed long enough more would magically appear.
My school lunchroom used to serve these and boy have I missed them! They are soooo good. They served these with a cheddar cheese sauce to dip in and YUM! The recipe the school gave me is for a large amount and from scratch with yeast... too much trouble. Thanks so much Haleh!
This is a ez way to make them and I am sure they are good. I make bread dough. I don't use the whole head of cabage, only about half. I add fresh garlic to the filling mixture. I roll out dough to about 1/4 inch into a round shape add filling fold over and with a fork seal edges and let rise a little before baking. And they are so GOOD!


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Republicans and the Populist Temptation
The reaction to Scott Brown's victory has been a lurch toward antibusiness rhetoric. The stock market doesn't like it.
The best stock market rally in 74 years may have ended on Jan. 19, the same day Republican Scott Brown won the Massachusetts U.S. Senate seat held by Democrats for 57 years. We don't know yet whether the alarming move down in stocks since then is simply a correction or something more serious. But the coincidence of these two history-making events raises troubling questions—especially since a Republican resurgence, on the face of it, would seem to be good for business and good for stocks.
From the beginning of this historic rally—up 73% over the 316 days since last March's market bottom—politics has been an important theme. That horrific bottom was reached after Democrats in Congress rammed through a $787 billion stimulus bill so quickly that no senator or representative could have possibly read all 1,073 pages of it. That hastily concocted porkfest should not be credited with turning stocks around. Rather, it should be blamed for the more than 18% loss that stocks suffered in the 24 days from the date of its enactment to the day of the March bottom.
The haste with which the stimulus bill was enacted made it seem certain that the cap-and-trade energy tax, unionization "card check," mortgage "cramdown," and health-insurance nationalization would become law as soon as votes could be taken. It wasn't only the antigrowth implications of these initiatives that had investors terrified in March. It was the sheer recklessness with which they were being stuffed through the legislative pipeline under the Rahm Emanuel doctrine of never letting a good crisis go to waste. The crippling uncertainty of it all was making that crisis worse.
Since then the market rally has tracked the demise, one by one, of all these initiatives, because investors could see that a political environment that had been far out of equilibrium was quickly finding its balance. Republicans stayed unified in their opposition, while in every case key Democrats lost their nerve.
Since the stimulus, precisely nothing has been accomplished by the Obama administration or the Democratic Congress. The good crisis went to waste, and stocks soared.
Seemingly, the election of Scott Brown in Massachusetts should only be a continuation of that beneficent trend back toward political balance. At a stroke, it denied the Democrats their filibuster-proof Senate majority—and opened up the real possibility of the Republicans taking control of one or both houses of Congress in November. Perhaps in 2011 a dream team, the same party configuration that proved so fruitful in the 1990s: Democratic president and GOP Congress.
So why did stocks collapse the moment the vote was tallied in Massachusetts?
It's because the immediate reaction to the Brown election—in both parties—has been a dangerous lurch toward antibusiness populism. The Obama administration's strategy has been to latch onto something that both parties can agree on: lynching Wall Street.
Just 24 hours after Mr. Brown's upset win, the White House let it be known that a radical plan to break up the largest banks, and to limit their size, was about to be announced. The next day the plan was revealed, and christened "the Volcker rule." What better way to lure Republicans onto a populist, antibank bandwagon than to associate it with the legendary Reagan-era figure?
Days later came the ordeal of Ben Bernanke's confirmation for a second term as Federal Reserve chairman. Surely there are principled reasons for denying his confirmation, as there would be for any Fed chairman (they all have a way of being far from perfect).
But it hardly seems possible that senators facing tough re-election challenges this year—such as John McCain (R., Ariz.) and Barbara Boxer (D., Calif.)—would happen to discover those principled reasons in the hours immediately following the Brown election in Massachusetts.
More likely, they seem to have interpreted the fact that Mr. Brown wore a barn jacket and drove a beat-up truck as indicating a voter preference for least-common-denominator populism. It's the low road to be sure, but desperate people do desperate things. And it might work.
A recent NBC/Wall Street Journal poll showed that Americans with college degrees, and with more than $50,000 invested, supported Mr. Bernanke's confirmation. But those with only a high-school education, and with no money invested—the classic populist audience—opposed his confirmation.
These developments have been profoundly destabilizing for stocks not because some version of the "Volcker rule" would necessarily destroy America's financial system, or because Ben Bernanke is utterly irreplaceable at the Fed. The crux of it is that it reveals a political process so dangerously narcissistic that it would use core institutions of the nation's economy as pawns in its own power struggles.
It's so dangerous because it potentially involves both parties, just when the Brown victory in Massachusetts holds out the hope of benign gridlock.
Don't think that Republicans can't be sucked in when an anti-Wall Street lynch mob gets its blood up. Recall that Sarbanes-Oxley, the devastating antigrowth response in 2002 to the Enron and Worldcom scandals, was passed with virtually unanimous support by Republicans in Congress, and signed by a Republican president. Recall that last year 85 House Republicans voted for a 90% tax on bonuses for any employee of any bank that took more than $5 billion in TARP money.
Investors got some good news last Friday. Stocks resisted following through on Thursday's sharp plunge after it was announced that the Senate Banking Committee's Democratic Chairman Chris Dodd and Republican ranking member Richard Shelby have reached an impasse on bank re-regulation. That's a nice down payment on what investors need a lot more of now: proof that the GOP won't join Democrats in a populist rush to seek revenge against Wall Street.
Mr. Luskin is chief investment officer at Trend Macrolytics LLC.


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Patch #148Dykes Feel No Guilt!
by Cristy Road
Guilt is the patriarchy's tool to keep you down. Desire will set you free. This patch spreads the love.
- Alissa 4/12/2008
why pick apart a patch? let it be what you think it is, girl girl, boy boy, boy girl.. its all beautiful, maybe there drunk or maybe a sugar buzz? eh?
- kate! 4/5/2008
np, It's actually two girls making out. Hence the title "Dykes Feel No Shame!" Totally badass!
- billy 1/23/2008
what makes you assume it's a beer bottle? and even if it is, should people feel guilt in that particular desire(the desire to alter consciousness or somesuch hippy bullshit), but not others? and from what i can see, there is no way to confirm the biological gender of either of these people. they could both be male or female or neither...stop projecting your own insecurities and prejudices onto other people's art
- np 1/7/2008
why does she have a beer bottle in her hand? doesn't that contradict the message of this patch... and for that matter, why does only the female one involve alcohol, but not the male one?
- scuffy 12/26/2007
I am pretty disappointed with this one. They look way too much like drunk girls making out in front of people than two women who are actually into each other.
The one with the two men is much sweeter and seems more real.
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I love this image so much. I got a boys one for my partner and was sad that there was not one with ladies for me.. and now there is!!!!! <3 <3
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i used this image as a flyer for my wedding party. thanks Christy Roads
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After having little help and trying to carry the Cleveland Cavaliers on his own throughout the 2015 NBA Finals, LeBron James may have a new found appreciation for teammate Kevin Love. SiriusXM Mad Dog Sports Radio's Adam Schein spoke about … Continued
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Looking ahead, what will be Stephen Curry's legacy?
Most Valuable Player, 2015 NBA champion, second in field-goal percentage, and league leader in 3-pointers for the third straight year. It was truly an incredible season for Golden State Warriors' point guard Stephen Curry, and he has, without a doubt, established … Continued
Does NBA Finals loss harm LeBron's legacy?
The Golden State Warriors captured their first NBA championship since 1975 last night, defeating the Cleveland Cavaliers in Game 6, 105-97. While regular-season MVP Stephen Curry and Finals MVP Andre Iguodala celebrated their victory, Cleveland's LeBron James walked off the court … Continued
The great debate: Jordan or LeBron?
"LeBron James or Michael Jordan?" It's a debate we'll hear for years to come, and likely one we'll never settle. It's hard to argue against Jordan's six championships with the Chicago Bulls from 1991-93 and '96-98, but James carrying his … Continued
Schein on the NBA Finals: LeBron, Cavs will win
Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson and the Golden State Warriors are the favorites to win this year's NBA Finals. Adam Schein knows that. But he also knows LeBron James plays for the Cleveland Cavaliers. And that's why he's taking the Cavs … Continued
Air ball or His Airness? Take our NBA Finals quiz
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Schein on Sports: Week in review and a weekend preview (6/16-6/20)
Everything you need to know heading into the weekend in the world of sports. Pop. Sizzle. The biggest story of the week was also the first major story of the week: The San Antonio Spurs winning their fifth NBA Championship on … Continued
Jeff Van Gundy: I'm not sure Miami Heat need Carmelo Anthony
Even on the heels of the Miami Heat's NBA Finals drubbing at the hands of the San Antonio Spurs, the prospect of superstar Carmelo Anthony taking his talents to South Beach is a frightening one for fans of other teams in the Eastern … Continued
Schein on Sports: Week in review and a weekend preview (6/9-6/13)
Everything you need to know heading into the weekend in the world of sports. Pop. Sizzle. Continuing from last week, the championship rounds of the NBA and NHL playoffs are well underway. Schein on Sports kicked off the week broadcasting live from … Continued
Schein on Sports: Week in review & weekend preview (6/2 – 6/6)
Everything you need to know heading into the weekend in the world of sports. Pop. Sizzle. This is a great time of year to be a sports fan, as the NBA and NHL will crown a champion in the upcoming weeks. … Continued


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The Power Failure Seen Around the World
In the data center world, there are few events taken more seriously than power failure and considerable effort is spent to make them rare. When a datacenter experiences a power failure, it's a really big deal for all involved. But, a big deal in ...More


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-This spreadshirt site started as just a way to get my architecture shirts to fellow students. -My long term goal is to become a licensed architect, and practicing in a mid to large sized firm within Milwaukee or the Chicago area.
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