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"My preference is to be late, but safe"
Dorval is Canada's fourth busiest airport behind Vancouver, Toronto, and Calgary. It has more then 200 000 annual flights, and welcomed its 14 millionth passenger on December 30, but the recent stretch of frozen temperatures created havoc amongst passengers and airport employees alike.
Cold weather at the airport means delays, cancellations, and disgruntled employees. It's challenging for everyone. Passengers are stressed, flight crews, and airport employees, are living minute-by-minute waiting for flights to arrive, and the ground crews are frozen solid.
Several members of Montreal International Airport's operations staff talked to The Suburban on condition of anonymity, about the impact of the extreme weather.
"It's minus 40 with the wind-chill, and the airport ramp guys are outside for hours on end in that kind of weather. Airport employees know what they are doing. Other factors include planes not leaving because of inclement weather at their destination. Some passengers pay their money and they don't understand why they are delayed" said a ramp agent, who just finished a 12-hour shift.
There are three factors which allow planes to take off. The first is permission from NavCan, which handles 12 million aircraft movements annually, making it the second largest air navigation service, worldwide, by traffic volume. Second, Canadian air regulations prohibit takeoff when frost, ice, or snow adheres to any critical surface of the aircraft. Third, the field conditions change by the minute.
"The flash freeze is the most difficult challenge, as you are dealing with 100, 000 lb aircrafts on runways which are 200 ft across. The bigger the aircraft, the bigger the width that is needed" a specialist in field maintenance at Pearson Airport, told The Suburban.
"I recently returned from an overseas flight and upon arrival at the tarmac, it looked like a skating rink. Nothing appeared to move more quickly than at a snails pace. It took us over two hours to reach our gate due to the conditions upon our arrival. It wasn't necessarily the cold, although it does slow things down, rather the rain, sleet, and freezing rain that happened the day before. The deep freeze froze everything before it could be cleaned up, making ground movement of aircraft almost impossible."
"Polar bears are the only things that I know of that seem to work better, in the cold, snow, and ice. Sometimes the traveling public has trouble understanding why or how the weather affects air travel. When people heading to the airport have to leave earlier than usual because of the weather and road conditions, they must warm up their car, brush off all the snow and ice, and load their car on an icy driveway."
"Airplanes are vehicles too and are not immune from these same conditions. At the end of the day, delays and cancellations are made in the best interest and safety of the ground crew, flight crew and most importantly the passengers" said an industry pilot.
"I was shocked that my flight was not cancelled but because it was going to Florida, they didn't cancel the flights because they were fully booked for a few days afterwards, and that would have ruined people's holidays. I can't say too much about it, as with extreme weather, one has to expect delays." Toronto resident, Sandy Steffan, who flies 60, 000 miles a year, told The Suburban.
"I was flying to Los Angeles,(LAX) for three days before venturing off to Costa Rica. Four cancelled flights and stops in Ottawa, an overnight stay in Edmonton, then Vancouver and Los Angeles. (LAX) I was in Los Angeles for dinner in order to catch my flight to Costa Rica from LAX the next morning. I flew across the country for dinner only to return to the other side of the country the next morning! I was rebooked for Tuesday, but I went to the airport and waited in line, for hours on Monday, to make sure I got out of Montreal any way possible, in order to catch my flight to Costa Rica, Wednesday morning from Los Angeles." said Montreal resident Caprice Abbey of her whirlwind travels.
There is no upside to the challenges that cold weather bring, to air travel.
"My preference is to be late, but safe" added Steffan as she was boarding her flight to the Arctic.


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Early Birds Wanted at Cienfuegos' New Happy Hour
In case five-dollar food and punches are your thing.
A little while back, Ravi DeRossi shuttered his El Cobre restaurant in the Cienfuegos complex to ready Gin Palace, which he's aiming to open March 1. In the meantime, El Cobre's el cheapo happy hour has moved upstairs to the Cocteleria, with a new menu of $5 bites including a half-Cuban or jamón croquettes. Hours are still 5 to 7 p.m., but there's a fun new name: Madrugador, meaning early bird. DeRossi tells us that two punches daily from his updated lineup will also go for five bucks a glass. See the menus below.
Madrugador Menu [PDF]
Punches Page One [PDF]
Punches Page Two [PDF]

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Political Perceptions: A Non-Victory Tour for Palin
Sarah Palin, fresh from the losing presidential campaign, seems surprisingly eager to do mainstream media interviews, considering how much bashing she did of the media (and vice versa) during the campaign. But Ross Douthat of The Atlantic thinks that's a good thing. Douthat says that "a post-election goodwill tour might be Palin's best chance for a while to change the 'Palin Rules' that have governed her media coverage since August – rules which state, so far as I can tell, that almost any negative claim made about the Alaska governor is to be published first and double-checked later." He adds: "The McCain campaign, in its infinite wisdom, decided that the appropriate response to this and other apparent displays of bias was to go to war against the press – and we all saw how well that worked out. It may be that unfair coverage of various sorts is just baked in the cake for Sarah Palin from now on. But if she wants to run for national office in the future, trying to charm the 'elite liberal media' into changing how it covers her seems like a savvier bet than just complaining about its bias."
CLICK HERE to read the rest of today's Political Wisdom. And then read Steven Waldman's new column "Did Religious Conservatives Help or Hurt John McCain?"


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Washington men's tennis opened the season in Japan at the Topy Cup with a round of 8-under 272.
Washington men's golf opens the season this week at the TOPY Cup in Japan. The international event pairs U.S. collegiate teams with their counterparts from Japan.
Washington is ranked fifth in Golf World Magazine/Nike's pre-season coaches poll that was released on Wednesday. The Huskies are second among four Pac-12 teams in this year's poll.
UW grad Charlie Hughes won in the round of 32 of match play at the U.S. Amateur Championship Thursday morning before he dropped a close decision during the round of 16 in the afternoon at The Country Club in Brookline, Mass.
Charlie Hughes beat Ian Davis 3&2 in the round of 64 during match play on Wednesday at The Country Club in Brookline, Mass.
Charlie Hughes will sleep comfortably tonight after securing his spot for match play of the U.S. Amateur Championship, which starts Wednesday and runs through Sunday at The Country Club in Brookline, Mass.
Charlie Hughes shot 1-over 71 at Charles River Country Club and is tied for 37th after the first round of the 2013 U.S. Amateur Championship.
Incoming UW freshman Kevin Kwon led the Canadian Junior Boys Championship from start to finish to earn the win at Timberwolf Golf Club in Sudbury, Ont.
Kevin Kwon leads the Canadian Boys Junior Championship by three shots heading into the final round at Timberwolf Golf Club in Sudbury, Ont.


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The Iowa Blues Challenge finals are now set, and the totals are in from the Walter Trout Benefit concert held Sunday in Des Moines. Here are the details.
The finals of the Iowa Blues Challenge will take place on Saturday, May 17 at 8 p.m. at the Hotel Fort Des Moines Grand Ballroom (1000 Walnut Street, Des Moines). Advancing to the finals from the April 10 Des Moines qualifier at Zimm's Food & Spirits were Hot Tamale & the Red Hots (Des Moines) and the Jefferson County Green Band (Fairfield). The Harris Collection (Davenport) and The Mercury Brothers (Quad Cities) moved on to the finals from the April 13 qualifier at the Muddy Waters in Bettendorf. These four bands will compete in the finals for cash, recording time, opportunities for paid gigs throughout the year, and entry into (and travel expenses for) the 2015 International Blues Challenge in Memphis. Here is a look at the schedule for the May 17 finals:
7 p.m.: Doors Open
8 p.m.: The Harris Collection
9 p.m.: The Mercury Brothers
10 p.m.: Hot Tamale & the Red Hots
11 p.m.: Jefferson County Green Band
Admission to the finals will be $7 for any Iowa blues society members (must present card) and $10 for the general public.
In other blues news, Bob Pace announced the total money raised at the May 4 benefit for blues guitarist and singer Walter Trout yesterday afternoon. Pace, who organized the event, stated in a Facebook post that the benefit raised a total of $2,770. The benefit was held at the Gas Lamp in Des Moines and featured performances by the James Biehn Band and Bob Pace & The Dangerous Band, as well as the silent auctioning of a custom Fender Stratocaster.
Walter Trout is currently awaiting a liver transplant and has lost more than 100 pounds and much of his strength over the past several months. The Huntington Beach, California blues genius will celebrate 25 years as a solo artist (after years of playing with Canned Heat, John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, Percy Mayfield, John Lee Hooker, and others) with the release of his new album The Blues Came Callin' in June. To find out more about Walter Trout, or to make a donation, visit his website. You can check out Walter Trout in action back in 2010 in the embedded video.
Suggested Links
- LAZERfest 2014 moves from Boone to Des Moines
- Brenton Skating Plaza to host Music Under the Canopy festival series
- Pleasant Hill announces 2014 Chill on the Hill concert schedule
- The City of Des Moines and Jasper Winery announce 2014 unWINEd concert schedule
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The Panama City Boat Parade of Lights is now accepting boat entries for the 26th annual parade.
The theme this year will be "Caribbean Christmas."
The routes starts at the St. Andrew's Yacht Club and goes near the marina for judging.
The festivities will take place Saturday, November 24th.
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Art01 Mar 2014 06:48 am
Large concrete and moss sculpture by Mineo Mizuno at the Samuel Freeman Gallery in Santa Monica. The show is from a few years ago, so you won't be able to see them in person, but you can visit the website and see more.
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Bad Things, Good People
If God is completely in control, why do our lives sometimes not turn out as planned? If God is love, why do we experience so much difficulty? All of us eventually have to answer these questions in some form or another. In my own walk with God, I have discovered a truth, a promise, that really helps me when I'm struggling. It is found throughout Scripture, but a certain section of David's story prominently displays it.
Forced to leave Israel because of King Saul's deadly rampage against him, David and his men had been serving a Philistine lord named Achish. Achish loved David and was led to believe that David had fully defected to him, heart and soul. But the princes of the Philistines, for good reason, did not trust David. They had no intention of letting a Hebrew fight with them against Israel. So right before the big battle, David and his men were sent home.
When they arrived at their city of Ziklag, they found it completely ravaged. The Amalekites had attacked while David and his men were away, carrying off their families and their possessions and setting the city on fire.
Consider the situation for a moment. In a short period of time, David and his men were stripped of everything they valued. They were warriors who were not allowed to fight. Their enemies had stolen their families and destroyed their homes. Their heartache is tangible in 1 Samuel 30:4: "David and the people who were with him lifted up their voices and wept, until they had no more power to weep."
Difficulty and Promise
But that is not the conclusion to the story. This horrific situation in David's life ended up being the very thing that ushered him into God's promise. He and his men went after the Amalekites, defeated them and recovered more than the enemy had stolen from them. David used the spoils of war to fund his campaign to become the king of Hebron, and seven years later, he basically walked into Jerusalem and became king of the entire nation of Israel.
In the darkest, deepest shadow of night, God always has a plan. If we choose Him instead of fear, anger or bitterness, He will unfold the rest of the story to us, and we will realize that if it had not been for the difficulty, we never would have walked into the promise.
David's conflict with the Amalekites is a striking illustration of Paul's simple statement in 2 Corinthians 12:10: "When I am weak, then I am strong." Do you hear what Paul is saying? "God is coming. We may be at the end of our rope. We may be desperate. We may have nothing left — but God is coming. We are about to witness something incredible."
God Is Coming
How does this realization of God and His purposes become an active part of our lives? In the aftermath of the Amalekites' attack, when he was at his lowest point, David chose to strengthen himself in God. He knew that we don't inquire of the Lord when our faith is weak. We can't strengthen ourselves in somebody who seems small to us; in order to strengthen ourselves in God, we have to know who He is. We have to know how He can help us and remind ourselves of His nature and character. Then, when our faith in Him is restored, we can ask Him what He wants to do.
If we can remember the principle of strengthening first and asking second, we will save ourselves a lot of heartache, and we will be able to recognize what is real, despite the pain and the enemy's taunting. Everything God does is glorious. Everything God does reflects who He is. Everything God does is in alignment with the truth of His names. This means His plans are good even when we can't see that goodness. This means there is a plan, even when it seems like there isn't a plan.
Everything we do in the Kingdom of God is instigated by faith and fulfilled by faith. Nothing happens in the Kingdom without faith. When life doesn't turn out the way we planned, we need to do what David did and strengthen ourselves in God until our faith in Him is restored and we can see His face clearly.
Then we need to prepare for breakthrough — because God is coming, and we are about to witness something incredible.


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eFlip Standard Software Makes PDF to Flipbook Likes A Real Book
Hong Kong, China – By now, everyone is accustomed to reading EBooks. Originally when books appeared in digital format it was quite exciting and it took reading a book to another level. Today the EBook is just a normal part of daily life. eFlip Standard is software that for all intents and purposes is an upgrade to the EBook. eFlip Standard can make amazing flipping books from PDF files, Microsoft Office and Open Office documents. There is a huge difference between the experience of reading a page flipping book made with eFlip software and reading a common EBook.
Who is this software best suited for? For anyone who is in need of attractive brochures, catalogs, publications for their business or organization. And of course it is perfect for those wanting to publish EBooks. Its distinctive software makes EBooks with attractive page flipping effects from normal computer documents and the process is simple. eFlip Standard can also publish flipping books into multiple formats: html, app, exe, zip, fbr, and app.
Users can fully customize the flip book with their brand messaging, logos, sound, colors and icons, background, and other company/promotion related information. A demo on the sites' homepage gives a full demonstration of how users can navigate the software to create polished, professional publications with the added convenience of the flipping pages. This is available nowhere else.
Founder/Creator of the eFlip Standard software, Sam Hung, discussed why this innovative technology has changed EBooks forever. "Realistic page flipping effects bring a new experience to readers. Flash flip book is a perfect combination of previous eBook and media elements." he said.
The features of a flipping book are characterized by the following: it shows the PDF to flipbook like a real book; it is embedded with animated background scenes that add color and pop to products or children's stories, etc.; users have the option to develop the Book from a well-designed template; narration may be added to tell the story of the book or voiceover to speak directly to readers about a product; and Background music can be included as well to add to the experience.
The software contains many other great features to design attractive digital brochures. Those who are ready to purchase may download now or try the free trial version first. For more information, visit: http://www.pageflippdf.com/pageflip-pdf-to-flash/


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Most of my problems have been solved by cleaning the sd card and downloading the latest card image. The EV3 responds to ping, downloads via usb, and the motor.rotate(90) works.
Thanks, Andy, for your help.
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"The Real Housewives of Atlanta" star Phaedra Parks was upset when she discovered her husband talking to Kenya Moore on yesterday's episode of the show. She had been trying to keep the two apart for quite some time, after rumors surfaced that they had been hanging out behind her back and supposedly texting one another. According to a new Radar Online report published on March 17, "The Real Housewives of Atlanta" star Phaedra Parks could be considering divorce after experiencing the trip to Mexico, where she caught her husband talking to the one woman who she doesn't want him around.
This isn't the first time that Apollo is in trouble with Phaedra. As many of the co-stars revealed yesterday, she is keeping him on a short leash. Clearly, she isn't happy in her marriage if she can't trust her husband. She has been trying to convince him that she doesn't trust neither of them together and she questioned whether she should bring him on the trip in the first place.
If Apollo wants to save his marriage, he needs to understand that he made a mistake with Kenya Moore and needs to understand why Phaedra is upset with him. In addition, he can't keep flirting and talking with Kenya if it makes Phaedra uneasy. Do you think she will eventually file for divorce?


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Scrabble word: TEASED
In which Scrabble dictionary does TEASED exist?
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Definitions of TEASED in dictionaries:
- verb - annoy persistently
- verb - harass with persistent criticism or carping
- verb - to arouse hope, desire, or curiosity without satisfying them
- verb - tear into pieces
- verb - raise the nap of (fabrics)
- verb - disentangle and raise the fibers of
- verb - separate the fibers of
- verb - mock or make fun of playfully
- verb - ruffle (one's hair) by combing the ends towards the scalp, for a full effect
- adj - feeling mild pleasurable excitement
- adj - to make fun of [v TEASED, TEASING, TEASES] : TEASABLE
There are 6 letters in TEASED: A D E E S T
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All anagrams that could be made from letters of word TEASED plus a wildcard: TEASED?
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Overhead wire problems cause Kings Cross train disruption
21:41 17 December 2012
Commuters travelling via Kings Cross station have endured a miserable evening after overhead wire problems near Stevenage caused trains to be delayed or cancelled.
East Coast mainline services to Peterborough, Hull Trains services to and from Hull, First Capital Connect services between Peterborough and Cambridge and Grand Central trains are currently experiencing severe disruption.
The incident has left some commuters waiting for on platforms fo hours or ultimately opting to stay in the capital for the night.
Tickets are being accepted on East Midlands Trains services between London St Pancras International and Sheffield / Leeds and also between Peterborough, Grantham and Nottingham.
East Coast passengers can also Virgin Trains services between London Euston station and Scotland and also between London Euston and Manchester.
Replacement buses are in operation in the Stevenage area.
Network Rail engineers will be carrying out essential work on the affected line from 11pm tonight.


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So, I Do Have Bipolar Disorder: Now What?
So, after having been evaluated by 3-4 different psychiatrists, you have finally been diagnosed correctly with bipolar disorder. What do you do now? Here is what you should do:
Take the challenge.
Nobody wants or plans to be diagnosed with a serious illness, but when life throws a curve ball, you need to meet the challenge. It is also critical to realize that bipolar disorder is very treatable – more treatable than many common physical illnesses. So, instead of finding different ways or rationales to deny the existence of the condition, reach within for the courage to acknowledge it. This is the most critical step in your recovery.
Allow yourself and your family to grieve.
It's natural to experience a whole range of emotions when you are diagnosed with a chronic illness for which there is no cure. Sadness, anger, denial, self-pity, a sense of loss are all common emotions in this context. Since bipolar disorder does affect your family and friends — and given the chronic nature of the illness — your family and friends need to know that some of the interactions with you will be – and sometimes need to be — different than the usual.
Arm yourself with knowledge.
You are more likely to deal with a problem if you understand the problem. Therefore both you and your family need to understand the signs and symptoms of bipolar disorder, warning signs of relapse, medications options, the role of psychotherapy, etc. I would caution that you only focus on those sources of information that are endorsed by reputable mental health experts and/or your psychiatrist.
Monitor your feelings.
It's common for people to 'scapegoat' the psychiatrist who 'breaks the bad news'. Since denial is very common, some people have a tendency to question the psychiatrist's competence and/or motivation . You should realize that a psychiatrist has nothing to gain from diagnosing you with bipolar disorder. Most doctors simply do their best to properly diagnose and treat their patients.
On the other hand, you should not blindly accept a diagnosis. Ask the psychiatrist to explain the basis and rationale behind a diagnosis of bipolar disorder. Once you have received an explanation, you need to be brutally honest with yourself regarding the types of symptoms you are experiencing or have experienced in the past.
It may be more helpful to view the diagnosing psychiatrist as an important ally in your recovery from emotional turmoil, rather than as a messenger of bad, unwanted news.
Accept bipolar disorder as a chronic, recurring, and incurable condition.
Many people who are able to accept the diagnosis of bipolar disorder, often fail to appreciate the chronic and incurable nature of the illness. This failure will set you back even before you start your treatment. Know that your illness is treatable, but not curable. Accepting that treatment will be a lifetime need will put you in the right frame of mind to continue your treatment over the long haul.
Find a psychiatrist you are comfortable with.
People have different definitions of 'comfort' when it comes to a physician especially when choosing a psychiatrist. My advice: you should focus more on credentials, experience, and reputation, and less on style, personality, ethnicity, etc. Remember it is the substance, not the style of treatment that will have meaningful consequences for your recovery.
Discuss all treatment options.
This is especially true of medications used to treat bipolar disorder, commonly known as mood stabilizers or antimanic drugs. With recent progress in psychopharmacological research, we now have a much larger number of availlable options than we did just a few decades ago. You should especially understand the differences in side effects, quickness of action, drug-to-drug interactions, effectiveness on different types of symptoms, etc.
Reassess and manage your stress.
Significant stress can not only bring about the first episode of bipolar disorder but can also cause relapse. Learning to cope better through therapy such as cognitive-behavioral therapy may be very helpful.
Improve your lifestyle and physical health.
The interplay between physical and emotional health is important. Therefore, optimizing your lifestyle and monitoring physical health are paramount.
Do not lose sight of your family.
Remember, your family is not only the best source of emotional support but the most important stakeholders in treatment decisions and outcome. Also they are in the best position to monitor your symptoms and progress. Your family should also be provided access to support groups and professional mental health treatment, if needed.
Next Week: The Many Faces of Bipolar Disorder: Part 2B – Family & Friends: Walking On Eggshells


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It's the first day of spring. I'm looking down from a hilltop, over a valley bordered by the base of the Appalachians. Bare-limbed trees reach skyward on a cloudless day and the temperature is rising toward sixty degrees. I've got a fresh bowl of some homegrown, a glass of orange juice, and everything is all right.
I'm here preparing for the second annual Southern Cannabis Reform Conference in Atlanta, Georgia. Heading up the effort is Sharon Ravert, the head of Peachtree NORML. I first met Sharon when I was working for NORML, coordinating local chapters. In just three years, she and her intrepid band of volunteers, including Kelley Hammock and Dean Sines, have taken marijuana reform to new heights in the South.
Yesterday, Kelley, Dean, and I put on our "politics uniforms" (suit and tie) and made our way to the gold-domed state capitol building in Atlanta. Dean's more at home in a biker's cut, t-shirt, and blue jeans, but with his long hair tied back and a "Registered Lobbyist" tag pinned to his sport coat lapel, he's greeted by name by the various guards and receptionists we pass. Silver-haired Kelley engages in polite conversation with some capitol guests who wouldn't know this marijuana legalizer from an AARP lobbyist. We were there to meet up with Sharon and her guest, Dr. Uma Dhanabalan, a cannabis therapeutics expert who was teaming up with Sharon to meet with a state senator.
The meeting with the senator that was scheduled for five minutes turned into forty-five as Dean, Kelley, and I waited patiently. "It's amazing how far we've come and everything," says Dean, "when three years ago they were laughing at us on the steps and now they're passing bills and everything." Dean says "and everything" like some rappers say "y'know w'm'sayin'?" He's one of those guys with enough energy for two people and he fills me in on the various senators who are passing through the office, and teases me about missing a chance at photographing the governor, Nathan Deal, as he passed by us outside.
Sharon and Dr. Uma finally return from their meeting with nothing but positive reviews. Georgia's legislature passed a CBD-only bill for medical marijuana, she tells me, but almost everyone in the legislature, including this senator, knows it just isn't going to work. "They're expecting these parents to fly to Colorado," Sharon complains, "set up a residence, get a medical marijuana card, get some CBD oil, break Colorado law leaving the state with it, break federal law trafficking it, and then Georgia won't bust them? These people could break all those laws now if they all wanted to be lawbreakers! What's breaking one more little Georgia law?"
But it's not just CBD-only or medical marijuana being bandied about the halls of the statehouse. "Privately these guys will tell you they're on board for decriminalization," Sharon confides, "but they worry about their constituents, being the buckle of the Bible Belt and all. I keep telling them they have no idea what their constituents really think because it being illegal means you can't really talk about it. The parents I know don't want their kids' lives ruined over some little pot bust."
Sharon's passionate about the cause. She was living simply as a small business owner, a Republican mom who enjoyed the occasional toke, but was by no means a pot-leaf brandishing legalizer. Then her home was raided eight years ago by sheriff's deputies in SWAT-style gear who pulled her teen daughter out of bed with an automatic rifle to her head. Their efforts turned up less than a gram of weed and a dusty old indoor tomato grow light that hadn't been used in years, but was enough to trigger a felony cultivation charge. After blowing through their daughter's college fund hiring lawyers to keep her out of prison, Sharon then went after the sheriff who approved that raid. Through face-to-face politicking with other local business owners, she helped get the sheriff's opponent elected by a two-to-one margin. "Now that man can't even get a job at the Wal-Mart in this county," Sharon offers with a note of satisfaction.
We're back in the car driving through the Atlanta traffic and halfway to Sharon's home when she gets word of a meet and greet being held in the city with Peach Pundit, a leading conservative politics blog. She turns us around and we head back to Atlanta. We end up in conversation with some leading conservatives, who seem to be in agreement about the need for not just decriminalization, but taxation and regulation of marijuana. When one mentioned he'd heard Colorado hadn't raised as much tax revenue as predicted, I explained how retailers were limiting purchases to just an eighth of an ounce and had they not been so limited, Colorado would have easily doubled the tax projections. The take-away from our meeting with these conservatives was that emphasizing the economic benefits of legalization was the winning argument in their districts.
We slip away from the event and drive back again toward Sharon's northern Georgia home an hour's drive away. This day, she will have been up since 8am and she will be getting home around 11pm. This is one of the days she actually drives home, rather than crashing in the guest bedroom of Dean and Kelley's Atlanta-area home so she can lobby a legislator the next morning. Georgia's short legislative session is over today and now she's turned her attention to the Southern Cannabis Reform Conference this Saturday in Atlanta. I'll be presenting there as will be Major Neill Franklin, the executive director of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition, and Keith Stroup, the founder of NORML.
Did I mention she does this as a volunteer? There is no salary, there is no grant from some billionaire, there are no political science gurus steering the course. This is just one Southern Republican mom who saw her daughter's life threatened by the state over weed and she's not going to stop until no mom ever has to go through that trauma. That honesty and perseverance has inspired a whole team of volunteers and now, just three years into activism, the Georgia Legislature is about ready to seriously discuss decriminalization in the next session. And if some deep pockets felt like shaking up the South, they couldn't put their money in better hands.
"Radical" Russ Belville is the host of The Russ Belville Show, which airs live at 3pm Pacific.


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Practice notes: Moss still gets it done
Jul 30, 2013, 6:52 PM EDT
RICHMOND—The Redskins got Day 5 of their 2013 training camp under their belts today under mostly sunny skies and humidity and temperatures that are starting to feel more like the norms in late July here.
—The highlight play of the day came early. Santana Moss made a one handed catch of a Robert Griffin III pass but it was better than that. Moss reached around E. J. Biggers, who had pretty good coverage on him, and snatched the pass. He can still get it done at age 34. Griffin ran down the field to congratulate his receiver.
—Leonard Hankerson made a nice catch on a Rex Grossman bomb. Biggers again was the victim and again he had good coverage.
—Aldrick Robinson got around the right side in a flash on an end around. I've seen enough of him in camp; it's time to see what he can do in some preseason games.
—I talked about RG3's hard count yesterday. Today Kirk Cousins barked out signals and pulled cornerback Josh Wilson offside. The cornerback was up in tight coverage and went to bump his man a count too early.
—Working on the side due to injuries today were Brandon Meriweather, Adam Gettis, Donte Stallworth, Chris Thompson, and Jeremy Kimbrough. DeAngelo Hall was watching practice with a boot on his sprained ankle.
—Some quick hits from the one on one pass blocking drills: Barry Cofield blew past Chris Chester . . . Will Montgomery drove Chris Baker onto the ground . . . Trent Williams stood up Brian Orakpo and stonewalled him . . . Rob Jackson put on a move to get by Tom Compton and a few snaps later Jackson spun by Xavier Nixon . . . Orakpo got the best of Williams, who had to hold him to keep the linebacker from breaking free . . . Ryan Kerrigan got under Jeremy Trueblood's pads (not hard to do) and pushed him around like the tackle was on roller skates.
—One back you don't need to worry about in pass protection is Darrel Young. He picked up Orakpo on one play and stopped him in his tracks.
—Jordan Pugh had an interception in his hands on an overthrow by Grossman but he dropped it. This team is looking for players who can create turnovers, not turn away gifts.
—Chase Minnifield had a pretty good day even though the players he was defending caught a good number of passes. As with the Hankerson bomb noted earlier, he had some good catches and some excellent passes were thrown his way.
—After a good day yesterday Jordan Reed was not so good today. He had three drops. One of them was borderline, a tough chance near the sideline, but the other two were fairly routine grabs. He's a rookie and inconsistency is to be expected.
—Attendance at training camp for the day was 7,875 (3,108 for the AM, 4,767 for the PM).
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Samsung Acme i8910 touchscreen phone shows up
Samsung really has to do something to plug all those leaks.
Or maybe not. We had a really fun week reporting about all those new unannounced Samsung handsets this week.
And here's another one – Samsung Acme i8910.
Samsung i8910 Acme a full touchscreen phone and is rumored to have 8 megapixel camera with HD video recording, GPS, Wi-Fi, HDMI (!?) connector, 3.5 mm socket, DNLA. It will come in 8 and 16 GB versions.
Not sure what OS it will have, but model number tells us that Samsung i8910 is a smartphone, and, I think, it might be Symbian S60 based.
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I am not sure how much nudity she has done in her various films as I haven't seen any and I can't say too much more about her as I don't know much more about her lol. Instead just enjoy these pictures of the spicy mama.
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The decision of the New Jersey court could set a precedent for parents across the U.S. In New Jersey, an 18 year old is suing her parents for financial support could set a precedent for parents across the US. This case involves two sets of parents, the parents of Rachel Canning, trying to set limits for their daughter, and the parents of Canning's friend, encouraging the teen to sue her parents for support to finance Canning's rebellion.
"Rachel Canning, 18, alleges in her lawsuit that her parents forced her out of their Lincoln Park, New Jersey home, and that she is unable to support herself financially. The lawsuit asks that her parents pay the remaining tuition for her last semester at her private high school, pay her current living and transportation expenses, commit to paying her college tuition and pay her legal fees for the suit she filed against her parents. Her parents say she left home because she didn't want to obey their rules." (CNN)
The laws protecting parental rights are on a slippery slope. While laws were established to protect children that are abused or neglected, these same laws affect the rights of responsible parents. The only thing that stands between a parents right to education and discipline their children and the loss of that right is the parental rights laws established in their state of residence.
In Missouri, parental rights are not guaranteed. This applies to more than custody, it applies to the rights of parents to discipline teens and set expectations for behavior. For a list of all states and their action on the Parental Rights Amendment click here
- SECTION 1 - The liberty of parents to direct the upbringing, education, and care of their children is a fundamental right.
- SECTION 2 - The parental right to direct education includes the right to choose public, private, religious, or home schools, and the right to make reasonable choices within public schools for one's child.
- SECTION 3 - neither the United States nor any state shall infringe these rights without demonstrating that its governmental interest as applied to the person is of the highest order and not otherwise served.
- SECTION 4 - This article shall not be construed to apply to a parental action or decision that would end life.
- SECTION 5 - No treaty may be adopted nor shall any source of international law be employed to supersede, modify, interpret, or apply to the rights guaranteed by this article.


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Nicotine is a powerful appetite suppressant. It works on a number of switches in the brain's weight control center. What's interesting about this study is they found that these switches were not in the nicotine reward cycle, but in its withdrawal cycle. This isn't where anyone assumed it would be. Really cool finding…but YEARS away from a use in humans.
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Storming government buildings in the Eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk, Russian President Vladimr Putin continues his clever strategy of taking over Eastern Ukraine with pro-Kremlin insurgents. Putin's fig leaf for invading Crimea was protecting Russian-speaking inhabitants threatened by Ukrainian neo-Nazis and anarchists. Despite feckless sanctions from the U.S. and European Union, Putin invaded Crimea March 1, now extending the same strategy to Eastern Ukraine. Massing some 40,000 troops along the Ukrainian border, Russian warned Ukraine that "difficulties and crises" would arise from any resistance given to pro-Russian militias now seizing government offices in Eastern Ukraine. Kremlin loyalists called for an independence referendum similar to the one completed March 17 in Crimea. Putin warned Ukaine's new government not mess with pro-Russian groups.
Cossack militias loyal to the Kremlin seized government buildings in Russian-speaking cities of Kharkiv and Luhansk. Acting Ukrainian president 49-year-old Oleksandr Turchinov denounced the Kremlin-driven takeover of more Ukrainian territory, while the U.S. and EU sat idly by. "Anti-terrorism measures will be adopted against those who took up weapons," said Turchinov, promising to crack down on separatist groups. Ukraine's 39-year-old Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk blamed Putin for employing the same strategy in Crimea to Eastern Ukraine. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry that Moscow had no intent to going further into Ukraine. Seizing government buildings in Eastern Ukraine, Pro-Russian Cossacks thumbed their noses at Kiev's new pro-Western government they regard as illegitimate.
Moscow insists that Ukraine's revolutionary government agree to establish a federation of independent provinces, in effect gutting the central government. "The plan is to destabilize the situation, the plan is for foreign troops to cross the border and seize the country's territory, which we will not allow," said Yatsenyuk, yet so far haven't confronted pro-Russian groups seizing government buildings. Calling the Kremlin-driven actions in Eastern Ukraine a "destabilization strategy," Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt said Moscow wasn't finished seizing territory in Ukraine. Moscow wants Ukraine to confirm in "non-aligned" stance, steering away from eventual membership in NATO or the EU. What irked Putin about the Feb. 22 revolution was that it occurred while he hosted the Sochi winter Olympics. It took Putin only a week after the games ended to seize Crimea.
If there were any doubt, Bildt told the West that Moscow wasn't finished with its power grab in Ukraine. "Those who thought that it ended with Crimea were wrong," said Bildt, highlighting Western impotence in stopping the Kremlin from seizing more of Ukraine. "If the political forces that call themselves the Ukrainian government continue to take irresponsible attitude toward the fate of the country and its people, Ukraine will inevitably face new difficulties and crises," said Russia's Foreign Ministry. Moscow doesn't recognize Ukraine's new revolutionary government. Western countries were quick to recognize Ukraine's new pro-Western government, despite toppling the Russian-backed government of democratically elected Viktor Yanukovich. Threatening Ukraine with a broader takeover, the weak new government is in no position to confront Moscow's superior military strength.
No matter what pro-Russian groups want in Eastern Ukraine, Moscow walks a dangerous tightrope seizing more Ukrainian territory. While Putin denies that membership in the G7 or other prestigious international groups matter, more intrusions in Ukraine threatens to push Moscow into rogue nation status. Whatever Cossacks do in Eastern Ukraine, the Kremlin needs to look at the consequences of international isolation. "Without your support, without the support of Russia, it will be hard for us to resist the Kiev junta on our own," said a pro-Russian rebel seeking Russian control of Eastern Ukraine. Despite pulling off the same stunt as Crimea, Moscow risks more international isolation seizing more territory. Russia's deputy speaker of the Upper House of parliament Ilyas Umakhanov doesn't see the same outcome in Donetsk that happened in Crimea.
Putin has some big decisions to make in Eastern Ukraine: Seize more territory and face more international isolation. If the EU votes to ban all Russian petroleum products, including natural gas, it would be a $160 billion blow to Russia's $2 trillion economy. While Bildt might overstate Russia's intent in Ukraine, there's no question that there's an ongoing debate in the Kremlin how far Russian should go. "I don't think this situation automatically reflects what happened in Crimea . . . from the judicial, historical and legal points of view, it demands a separate assessment," said Umakhanov. While the U.S. and EU would like to see Russian forces withdraw from the Ukrainian border, Kiev must proceed with caution with threats to rid Eastern Ukraine for pro-Kremlin forces. Any aggressive move by Kiev could trigger a full Russian invasion like Putin did in 2008 when he taught Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili a lesson about provoking the Kremlin.
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|And once again I find myself lost within the pages of an Alice In Wonderland book, drowning in a sea of tea. Sound like a nightmare? Nope, my idea of adventure!
|And once again I find myself lost within the pages of an Alice In Wonderland book, drowning in a sea of tea. Sound like a nightmare? Nope, my idea of adventure!
|Welcome to my gallery. Here you will find some of the things that take place in my life and the things usually kept hidden in my mind. Here is where my thoughts/hopes/dreams and wishes collide with my idea of reality. Enjoy ♥
the shit i learned in high school1. help clean up the morning after the party.the shit i learned in high school by TheAdequateGatsby
(even if it wasn't you
who smashed tater tots into the carpet
or left crushed beer cans in the flowerbox.
it might as well have been, and
if you're lucky
next time, it will be.)
2. when your phone rings after midnight,
it's never the person you want it to be.
answer it anyway.
and when it's a boy who wants to read poetry and watch meteor showers,
understand that that's probably not all he wants,
and then hang up.
or don't hang up.
trade poems and stars and kisses,
and let it mean nothing or everything.
3. skipping class is never a good idea
unless you're with a friend you love
and you sneak along the railroad tracks to sit and smoke and watch trains pass
or unless you're alone,
and you need to walk and think and drink steaming coffee in the rain
or unless-
okay, fuck it, skipping class at least once is probably a good idea.
4. don't apologize for asking questions.
5. don't be afraid to disagree.
6. don't get caught.
7. everyone is lonely
|25 years // registered nurse // staffy owner // unconditionally in love ♥


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sea etude. 2 by lazygirl-29Watch
©2012-2016 lazygirl-29
акварель (с фото)
water color (from foto)
water color (from foto)
Lovely colors! May be the water could reflect the colors of the sky and that awesome light from the sun
You are right, there is no reflection of sunshine in water and colors of the sea and the sun differ though the sea has to reflect in itself the sky. But for me it there was an experiment with technic - I never drew earlier such fast etudes and didn't draw the sea. Therefore made some mistakes in color score ))) many thanks for your opinion!
amazing colors, it's very subtile and has a great atmosphere


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Nov. 14, 2013
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By Geoff Thurner
BOISE, Idaho - The Fresno State volleyball team (17-10, 11-4) weathered another challenge from Boise State (11-15, 5-11) to pull out an emotional win Thursday night, 3-1, at Bronco Gym.
Avoiding an eighth straight five-setter in the series, the `Dogs converted a 7-1 finishing run in the 26-24 finale to move into sole position of second place in the MW.
After the Broncos took the first set, 25-23, the Bulldogs bounced back with 25-17 and 25-20 advantages in the second and third sets. BSU held court much of the fourth set and even held a 23-19 lead, but fell victim to seven Bulldogs points among the final eight plays, including four kills by senior outside hitter Marissa Brand in a five-point stretch.
"Boise State always plays us tough," head coach Lauren Netherby-Sewell said, "and can create match-up problems. They're a good serving team and with their fast offense they can score points in runs. When our serving tightened up we were able to take their middles out of it and focus our block on their outside hitters. We had great composure at critical times and really rallied together as a team."
The `Dog offense ended with a season-high .381 hitting mark by .005 points, and featured four hitters with +10 kills and +.300 marks for the second straight match (and overall this season).
Thanks to her nine kills in the final set, the former all-league hitter Brand ended with a match-high 18 kills and 21 points. The Cypress, Calif., native also logged her 11th +.300 total of the season (.314), and connected on a season-high and team-leading two aces.
"Once our setters got the middles in sync and it allowed us to really open up the offense," Brand said. "I just wanted to help the team win and wasn't nervous at the end. I got a lot of good sets and just tried to put them away. I knew we would win, whether it took four or five sets."
Junior middle blocker Maci Murdock added a season-high 14 kills, while her .571 hitting mark was the team's fifth-highest of the year and paced the squad for the 15th time this year.
The senior pair of outside hitter Korrin Wild and right side hitter Holly Franks added 15 and 14 kills and .344 and .370 hitting marks. Franks also posted two aces and eight digs, while Brand and Wild added seven and six digs, respectively.
Leading the `Dogs to their 11th +.300 total of the season, junior setter Christina Lee posted 42 assists, and freshman Brooke Legaux tied her third-best assists mark of the year (14).
Freshman libero Maggie Eppright's 19 digs just missed her fourth 20-dig total and topped the team for the 12th time in 2013.
Team-wise, Fresno State held advantages in hitting (.381-.254), kills (65-57), assists (61-52), digs (53-41) and fewest service errors (5-6); the two teams tied in blocks (9-9); and BSU held the edge in aces (7-5).
For Boise State, category leaders included Alyssa Gammel (16 kills, 17.5 points), Maddy O'Donnell (.400), Casey Rose (29 assists, 5 aces), Hannah Hubbard (16 digs) and Brittany Reardon (5 blocks).
In set 1, Franks landed the Bulldogs' first three kills of the match, but Fresno State trailed by 2-4 points until 16-13, when Fresno State went on a 4-0 run on kills by Wild and Albertson, a Lee ace and Bronco attack error. BSU answered with five straight points to retake a 20-17 lead, then used two Fresno State service errors and an attack error to hold on for a 25-23 win.
In set 2, the `Dogs jumped out to an 8-4 lead fueled by a 6-0 run that included a pair of Murdock kills and block. BSU narrowed the lead to two points twice at 12-10 and 16-14, but FS ended the set with a 9-3 spurt that included three of Wild's four kills in the set, along with a Franks/Pearson block and Franks ace in the 25-17 victory.
In set 3, the Bulldogs held court the whole way but by only a 1-3 point margin until a four-point Fresno State run pushed its lead to 21-17 on two Franks kills and a Brand ace. BSU drew within 21-19 on two straight points, but kills by Brand and Murdock ended the period, 25-20.
In set 4, Boise State tapped a 6-1 run to push out to a 12-8 lead and still sported a four-point advantage at 19-15. The teams traded points through 23-19 before Fresno State used three straight kills by Brand to tie it, 23-23. A Gammel kill gave the Broncos set point, 24-23, but three straight points via a Brand kill, Murdock block and Wild kill cinched the comeback.
In that final rally, three straight Fresno State points from 23-21 to 23-23 were even without a Bulldog setter on the court as Wild and Eppright logged two and one assists in the run to give the `Dogs another blocker up front.
"I had a lot of confidence (to pull the setter) to give us an extra blocker and try to get them a little off track," Netherby-Sewell said. "I'm normally a little conservative but Holly was serving tough, and the way we were playing out of system I was willing to go for it, and it paid off."
Thursday's decision gave sixth-year head coach Lauren Netherby-Sewell and the `Dogs their seventh win in the last eight matches in the series. Overall in the 12 meetings between the teams in her tenure, Friday was also only the second match to not go five sets (and the other from her first season in 2008 went four sets, too).
Looking ahead, the `Dogs next play at Utah State (17-9, 10-5) on Saturday at 6 p.m. Pacific Time. The Aggies swept San Jose State at home Thursday night and trail the `Dogs by one match in the fight for second place in the MW standings.
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The title of the final concert in the current season of the New Century Chamber Orchestra (NCCO) will be Atlantic Crossings. With the members of Chanticleer as invited guest artists, Music Director Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg has prepared a program evoking a musical journey across the Atlantic from Europe to New York spanning the era between the two World Wars. There will be particular emphasis on those composers who chose to flee Europe seeking safety in the United States: Béla Bartók, Paul Hindemith, Fritz Kreisler, Miklós Rózsa, and Kurt Weill. The program will also include the music of Duke Ellington and George Gershwin, both of whom were inspirations for these emigré composers. In addition, Chanticleer will explore the relationship between the emerging "American Songbook" (as we now call it) and the work of the Comedian Harmonists, an all-male German chorus popular in the 1930s.
The San Francisco performance of this concert will take place at 8 p.m. on both Friday, March 21, and Saturday, March 22, in the Concert Hall of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. Single tickets range in price from $29 to $59 and are now on sale through the City Box Office Web site, with dates above providing specific hyperlinks to the appropriate event pages. Discounted single tickets will be available at $15 for patrons under 35. Further information is available by calling City Box Office 415-392-4400.
In addition there will be an open rehearsal of this program that will be held at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, March 18. The venue is the Kanbar Performing Arts Center, located at 44 Page Street. All tickets for this event are $8; and they, too, may be purchased from their own City Box Office event page.
Finally, the Mission District Branch of the Community Music Center (CMC) will host a special preview event for this concert. Salerno-Sonnenberg will lead NCCO in performances of three of the instrumental selections on the program, "Midnight Bells" by Kreisler, the Allegro Giusto movement from Rózsa's Opus 17 concerto for string orchestra, and four of Bartók's settings of Hungarian peasant songs. The performances will be followed by a 30-minute Q&A session.
This event will take place at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, March 18, in the Capp Street Concert Hall of CMC's Mission District Branch. The address is 544 Capp Street. This will be a free concert, and those considering attending may call 415-647-6015 for further information.


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My brother (of all people) taught me how to crochet at the age of 5 or 6 because my mom couldn't figure out how to teach me ( I am left handed and she is right). I learned how to knit basic items when I was 8 years old, by my god mother.
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Erik Mollers Tegnestue Warehouse Pendant Lampfor Louis Poulsen- Designed for Udenrigsministeriet (The State Department), Copenhagen - High architectural adaptability - Creates sparkling illumination - Anti-glare ring shields the lamp from direct view - Majority of light is directed downward
Warehouse Pendant creates sparkling lighting. The position and height of the anti-glare ring aid in covering the filament in an incandescent light source, preventing glare. The major part of the light is directed downwards.
Finish: White, powder coated.
Warehouse Pendant was designed for Udenrigsministeriet (The State Department) in Copenhagen. The building is an old warehouse called Eigtved's Warehouse that dates back to 18th century. Like many older buildings dating back in time it consists of rooms with low ceiling heights. The architect then saw a need for designing a small pendant with a warm glowing light to fit into this environment.
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The Park City Police Department last week continued receiving reports of moose sightings in the city, including two in Old Town.
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The sightings followed another string of reports the week before. In those reports, moose were seen on Main Street, close to Mellow Mountain Road and along the 2100 block of Park Avenue.
Moose are plentiful in the Park City area, and the animals are sometimes spotted in Park City neighborhoods, including Old Town.


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After 13 years of performing all over the world, tribute singer Sharon Owens knows a thing or two about stepping into Barbra Streisand's shoes. She'll take the Reagle Theatre of Greater Boston's stage alongside Frank Sinatra tribute singer Sebastian Anzaldo on Sunday, February 23 for 'Barbra and Frank: The Concert that Never Was' at 2 p.m. This one day only performance will take place at Reagle Music Theatre, 617 Lexington Street in Waltham, Massachusetts. Visit www.reaglemusictheatre.org for tickets and for further details!
I had the honor of speaking with Sharon Owens about her upcoming concert and the surprise way "Barbra" came into her life. For the full interview, click here.
Sharon, you have toured all over the world as Barbra Streisand. What first inspired you to portray her and what inspires you now to portray her with each performance?
How I first got started doing Barbra was kind of a fluke! I was a singer first and I really didn't know I had the look. That was about 13 years ago. I was in Los Angeles doing a cabaret show. The producer of the show asked me to sing, 'He Touched Me' by Barbra Streisand.
I said, "You don't want me to sing that seriously, do you?" He said he did and wanted me to sing it in a beautiful gown. I asked him if he minded if I spoofed Barbra Streisand. He said he would give me one night.
So, I prepared for it and sang, 'He Touched Me' and it was funny and it brought the house down.
After three months of doing that for fun, a friend of mine in the cast said, "Why don't you do it for real? There's a real occupation for tribute artists and legends in Vegas and you'd be great." So I decided to take it a little more seriously, not a spoof. I started working on her voice, her pronunciation, and her look. The rest is history.
Were you a big fan of Barbra Streisand to begin with?
I say this not with any disrespect, but no. She wasn't my era. I'm her son's age (laughs). I loved her music, but my sister was the big fan actually.
When I was 17 or 18 doing theatre, I had a write up that said, 'A Star, Pardon the Expression, is Born.' They were comparing me to Barbra Streisand's voice even back then.
So in a way, it was kind of fate.
A lot of times, I think it was. I didn't plan on being a tribute artist or impersonator, but it is something like an actress. I love doing it and I love to sing those beautiful songs.
I imagine there are many songs you have to remember.
Oh my gosh! I sing the hits. When she does concerts now, sometimes she doesn't do the hits, so I always make sure I do the songs that everybody wants to hear.
How do you prepare to become Barbra Streisand? Is there a process?
Wow, that's a good question actually. There used to be when I first started. Being an actress or a singer, you would have to prepare for it mentally and make sure your costume is just right, but just because I've been doing it for 13 years now, it comes very, very second nature. Offstage, believe me, I'm not Streisand. I definitely don't have her checkbook.
Did you ever have the chance to meet Barbra in your travels?
That's the number one question I get from the audience as I greet the people at the end of the show. The answer is no. I've never met her and I don't know if I want to. It's not that I don't want to meet her, but I think I would be nervous, embarrassed, or I would faint! If I had the opportunity, I would probably thank her for paying my mortgage. I'm an actress and I've studied her moves, but I don't study her life.
What would you say sets the show apart and what's the best reason people should go and see this production?
What sets us apart is it's an unexpected journey and all original. It's just what you would imagine – two huge egos on stage. Who is going to close the show? That is a very funny twist.
I know you are touring around the world. Is there anything new coming up for you?
We just got back from Holland. We just have been home for not even five weeks. We won't go to Europe again for a year. We do have some offers to go back to Australia, possibly go down to Chile. We are a very busy act. God, I am just so grateful for the work and to sing and act for a living. It is just such a blessing.


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Here's a post from not too long ago:
Their previous barrels were SPC II chamber and 1:10 twist. The specs on the newer ones are much better. 16-18 inch barrel with midlength gas would be good combos with their new specs.
There have been some discussion threads on AR15.com in CMMG's Industry Forum about these barrels. Plus, CMMG staff participate in their AR15.com forum if you wanted to ask them questions direct through AR15.com.


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sounds like they have enough on their plate, doom and gloom, I wonder could they handle a fibre network roll out on top of this, maybe too much?
Electricity and gas distributor Vector is not out of the woods yet and is expecting tough economic conditions this year, chairman Michael Stiassny told shareholders today.
The NZX-listed company had maintained its investment grade credit ratings and had funds available for growth despite the credit crunch, he said.
Net profit increased by 16.3% in the 2009-year and the company was distributing 83% of net profit after tax as dividends.
"By anyone's measure we have done well and the business is in good shape. But – we're not out of the woods yet.
"Despite recent media coverage of improved sentiment and green shoots, we expect conditions will be tough in this current financial year and growth in our core business of electricity and has will remain subdued."
Mr Stiassny said regulation was a key driver and cost savings from efficiencies made in 2009 could not be replicated.
Regulation and review
The government's electricity market review paper and subsequent recommendations failed to adequately address the wholesale gas market and the "challenge" of emissions trading, said chief executive Simon Mackenzie.
"The wholesale gas business is still rolling off gas entitlements. The volatility of the gas liquids market is clearly linked to what is happening with Kupe and to international oil prices," he said.
While renewable technology was available now, it was not commercially viable. But he said innovation was becoming more sophisticated and there would be opportunities for Vector.
"In the future, it's more than possible that every home will have some kind of energy generation device that would enable consumers to generate part of their energy requirements."
Regulation was a "key issue" for the business, he said. "The setting of the input methodologies will have a far reaching impact on our gas and electricity businesses. Regulatory certainty remains a vital element in supporting investment and funding of critical infrastructure to enable productivity."
Input methodologies determined the prices distributors could charge customers and set performance criteria and the next phase of regulatory debate would cover asset valuation, tax treatment, weighted average cost of capital and cost allocation.
"It is important to get the balance right between consumer protection and creating an environment that fosters rather than stifles productivity, innovation and incentives to invest."
Regulated by the Commerce Commission, Vector's revenues were dependent on regulated prices, volumes, new connections and cost control, he said.
Fibre network
Mr Mackenzie said Vector had made no secret of its ambition to provide a high speed fibre network and was a strong contender for the government contract, but it would have to stack up commercially.
"New Zealand cannot find itself in seven years still relying on legacy networks when the rest of the world has moved on to fibre."
He said a fully transparent, open access network was the right solution for New Zealand.
Vector's fibre network was available to 10,000 Auckland businesses and growing, he said. It had completed the Vodafone fibre build project on time and budget and secured a contract with Transpower to supply fibre to its critical substations in Auckland.
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Jordan Shipley – Texas
Scout: David Syvertsen
40 Time:
Height/Weight: 6'0 – 195
Pro Potential: Greg Jennings – Green Bay Packers
Position Traits
Acceleration/Burst/Quickness: Reaches his top speed with just a few strides. Has elite initial explosion as he finds the crease and bursts through it. Very hard to cover underneath because of the quickness in change of direction.
Agility/Leaping Ability: Makes defenders miss in tight spaces. Flexible and balanced hips can get him to change direction with ease. Doesn't win a lot of jump ball competitions. Won't out-leap bigger defensive backs.
Blocking: Competitive blocker that uses strong hands to lock on top smaller defensive backs. Always hustling towards the ball in hope of throwing the downfield block.
Body Control/Body Adjustment: Well balanced when running routes and with the ball in his hands. Does not reach back away from his momentum well on a poorly thrown ball. Can look stiff at times when the ball is not out in front of him.
Concentration/Hands: May have the strongest pair of hands in comparison to all the receivers in this class. Ball just sticks to them with very little wiggle when contact is made. Makes the tough catches over the middle. Has no issues putting his body on the line.
Release: Has the quick first two steps to avoid the strong punches in press coverage. Strong arms and hands can throw a corner off balance and get him that initial separation.
Route Running: Ran a complex route tree at Texas. Runs the downfield double routes as good as anyone. Makes the cuts and breaks at full speed without rounding his route.
Separation: Can get away from a defender with ease in the underneath and intermediate passing game. Remains balanced throughout his breaks which gives him the advantage over the defender. Does not have the elite speed to gain and maintain separation deep.
Size/Length/Hand Size: Has average to below average height and length for an NFL wide receiver. Has enough bulk to outmuscle defensive backs however. Hands are big and strong.
Speed: Appears to be faster than he really is because of his rapid acceleration. Has run away from some fast defensive backs over the past two years. Hard to catch in the open field, may be one of those players that runs faster than a 40 time.
Vision/Run After the Catch: Very savvy with the ball in his hands. Can find the smallest of creases and burst through them. Has plenty of experience as a return specialist. 3 touchdowns as a punt returner over the past two seasons.
Final Word: Shipley is the kind of receiver that is NFL ready and will contribute right away if given the opportunity. What he lacks in talent and measurables is made up for in his ability to run crisp routes and consistently catch the football. He will be a weapon on third downs because he is incredibly difficult to cover underneath a la Wes Welker. He will never be the number one guy but he is the perfect complement to a strong passing attack. He has a good head on his shoulders and he is a guy that works hard on all of the little things to make him a strong receiver. He should be off the board in the second round but there is a chance he breaks in to the late first like Anthony Gonzalez did in 2007.


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Seedlings @ Bit by Bit Podcast: Show 116
May 19, 2011
We're joined by Dr. Carina Self!
Links from the show:
- Carina Self: Assistant Coordinator of the Women's Studies Program and Lecturer
- Carina Self's Dissertation: Teaching, activism, and the purposes of education: Toward an integrated vision of teachers' work
- Bridging Differences: A Conversation Between Deborah Meier and Diane Ravitch at Education Week
- Save Our Schools March and National Call to Action
- Rethinking Schools Article: "Who's Bashing Teachers and Public Schools and What Can We Do About It?"
- The Trevor Project
- GLSEN—The Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network
- Seacoast Outright
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Mike Shedlock http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com/ reveals in sarcastic detail the absolute ridiculousness of both the Boehner and Reid deficit "cutting" plans. Boehner cuts a whole $4 billion from the $1.4 trillion 2012 deficit. Those Republicans sure are fiscally responsible. Reid's plan is a fucking joke. His theoretical cuts in military spending that weren't going to occur make up the majority of his "savings". Then he has the balls to calculate interest savings on his theoretical savings and call that spending cuts. These pieces of shit should be strung up by their balls from the Capitol building.
I bet these corrupt slime balls long for the good old days in the 1970s before the internet. Now their lies and misinformation are revealed within hours and debunked by the critical thinking bloggers. This Debt Ceiling Reality Farce is proceeding as expected. The government and MSM are ratcheting up the fear index by dropping stocks and warning about social security checks not going out to grandma. Oh the horror!!!
It's nothing but lies. August 2 is a fake deadline created out of thin air, just like the prior three fake deadlines. Bennie can create $150 billion of fiat with the press of a button.
Sell the fucking gold Timmy. I dare you.
Rating the Obama, Reid, and Boehner Deficit Reduction Plans on Mish's 10-Point Credibility Scale
Many people have asked where they can find details of what the budget cuts proposed by President Obama and House Speaker John Boehner.
Because the plans have been in a constant state of flux, and because President Obama did not release details of ongoing discussions, it has been difficult to properly analyze the credibility of the recent proposals.
However, on Monday the CBO chimed in on Boehner's latest phased-in proposal.
Dear Mr. Speaker:
As you requested, the Congressional Budget Office has estimated the impact on the
deficit of the Budget Control Act of 2011, as posted on the Web site of the Committee on Rules on July 25, 2011.
In total, if appropriations in the next 10 years are equal to the caps on discretionary spending and the maximum amount of funding is provided for the program integrity initiatives, CBO estimates that the legislation would reduce budget deficits by about $850 billion between 2012 and 2021 relative to CBO's March 2011 baseline adjusted for subsequent appropriation action.
As requested, CBO has also calculated the net budgetary impact if discretionary savings are measured relative to its January baseline projections. Relative to that baseline, CBO estimates that the legislation would reduce budget deficits by about $1.1 trillion between 2012 and 2021.
There you have it. Boehner has proposed a $850 billion reduction over 10 years, a minuscule $85 billion a year on a deficit of $1.4 trillion.
Bear in mind it is far worse than it looks because it is heavily back-loaded. The 2012 reduction is only $4 billion.
ZeroHedge Comments As CBO Scores Boehner's (Laughable) Deficit Cut Plan, Jay Carney Admits Obama Still Does Not Have An Actual Plan
Boehner's plan is an abysmal joke, with $4 billion in discretionary spending cuts in 2012 growing mysteriously to $111 billion by 2021, and $0 billion in debt service reduction for 2012 and 2013 (growing to $37 billion in 2021), for a combined cumulative deficit impact of $850 billion, which on a NPV basis is more like $50 billion, but at least it is a plan.
In the meantime, here is what is going on on the other side of the spectrum.
From the NRO: After bobbing-and-weaving for nine minutes, Carney [Obama's Press Secretary] finally says what everybody knows: the president won't put his plan on paper because he doesn't want it to become "politically charged" before a compromise can be reached. In other words, you've got to pass it to find out what's in it.
$1 Trillion Budget Gimmick
House Budget Chairman Paul Ryan writes about Senator Reid's Trillion-Dollar Gimmick
The $2.7 trillion debt-limit increase proposal offered by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid contains a $1 trillion gimmick meant to disguise the plan's shallowness on spending cuts. Supporters of the Reid plan are measuring their savings against a baseline that assumes the continuation of surge-level spending in Iraq and Afghanistan, even though the President has neither requested this funding nor signaled that he might request it. Instead, the President has signaled the opposite: a troop drawdown over the next few years. In other words, the Reid plan is claiming credit for "savings" that were already scheduled to occur, and for "cutting" spending that no one has requested.
Ryan's article included a humorous flashback to a March 12, 2009 article at Washington Post, Paved With Magnificent Intentions.
Writing on the credibility of Obama's budget assumptions in 2009, George Will concludes …
Although only a small fraction of the supposedly countercyclical stimulus will be spent by the end of the year, the budget assumes that by then the economy will have perked up, and that it will grow robustly — 3.2 percent, 4 percent and 4.6 percent — in the next three years. Growth supposedly will cut the deficit in half — growth and the $1.6 trillion "saved" by first assuming, and then "canceling," a 10-year continuation of the surge in Iraq.
Why, one wonders, not "save" $5 trillion by proposing to spend that amount to cover the moon with yogurt and then canceling the proposal?
Obama's Growth Estimates
- 3.2% 2009
- 4.0% 2010
- 4.6% 2011
How credible was that?
Veto Credibility
The president has vowed to veto deficit cutting legislation if it contains a balanced budget amendment or if it does not go past the 2012 elections.
How credible is that threat? The correct answer is not at all. The veto threat is nothing but hot air because Reid will see to it that such bills will never make it out of the Senate.
Whatever does make it out of the House and Senate, Obama will sign. Thus, a veto is an imaginary threat.
With that backdrop, it's time to rate the Obama, Reid, and Boehner Deficit reduction plans on a credibility scale.
10-Point Credibility Scale
- Golden
- Rock Solid
- Fudge
- Jello
- Marshmallow
- Cream Puff
- Nauseous
- Gaseous
- Imaginary
- Delusional
Scoring the Proposals
- Given a $1.4 trillion deficit, the latest plan from Boehner to cut a minuscule $85 billion a year (and back-loaded at that) is somewhere between nauseous and gaseous. It's no wonder that various Tea-Party members will not vote for it.
- Obama's plan is imaginary or delusional depending on whether or not the President actually believes he has a plan, when he doesn't.
- Parts of Senator Reid's plan are gaseous and the rest is clearly imaginary.
- In contrast, the gang-of-six $4 trillion deficit cutting plan has something of the consistency of Jello, fudge, or marshmallow depending on details that were never disclosed.
$4 trillion sounds like a lot but it is only $400 billion a year, while the deficit is $1.4 trillion. Thus it's tough to give that plan a rating higher than Jello, and impossible to give it a rating higher than fudge.
At this late juncture, the best one can reasonably hope for is a nauseous resolution. Unfortunately, the odds now favor something between gaseous and imaginary with delusional a distinct possibility.
The higher the score, the lower the credibility, and the better for gold.
Mike "Mish" Shedlock


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It's a terrible thing when somebody dies, but it's especially sad when it's somebody who has the ability to inspire thousands with fantastic advice regarding attitudes towards achieving their personal dreams. I'm talking about Dr. Randy Pausch, a professor of Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, who recently passed away, surrounded by his family, on the morning of the 25th July 2008.
For those who don't know of him, Randy was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in August 2006, progressing into a terminal case in August 2007. He was told that he had three to six months of good health left, and despite this, maintained his positive attitude towards life. This was shown in the famous video of The Last Lecture, given back in September 2007, and broadcast on the internet. This lecture quickly gained popularity as a piece of inspiration for anybody who has any kind of aspirations, regardless of how crazy they might be.
I was one month into my first year or university when I saw this, and it reminded me exactly what I was doing there, and why. It spurred me on to do my very best throughout the year, and made me seriously think about where I was actually planning on going in life. It also reminded me of a really important fact. When you run into a brick wall in life, it is there for a reason: To let you prove just how badly you want it. They ensure that the people who achieve their dreams are the ones who have truly earned it. This lecture reinforced my desire to really be somebody who made their life happen, rather than being someone who let life happen to them.
More importantly, it reminded me that having fun whilst living your life is so incredibly important. If you're not having fun in your life, then it's time to take control and be that change in your life.
There are a number of lectures given by Randy available on The Legacy of Randy Pausch by Dr Gabriel Robins. I particularly recommend his 2007 Time Management lecture, which provides some brilliant tips for anybody, regardless of their current organisational skill.
So goodbye Randy, I'm sad to say that I never met you, or even spoke to you, but you made a difference in my life, the lives of your students, and hopefully of many others who have watched your lectures online. Your legacy will live on in all of us, as we continue to live our lives with your lessons in mind.
If you have an hour and 44 minutes to spare, I highly suggest that you spend them watching The Last Lecture.


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Where do we go from here
It was one o'clock this morning, 12:56 A.M. to be exact, when I heard that funny little sound that says, "you have a text message". I had been up late in an effort to finish my next book and beat the imposed deadline.
I opened the text and saw it was from my grandson Sam. Sam is a sophomore at the University Santa Barbara California. The text said, " Before you see the news tomorrow, I just want to tell you that I'm okay".
When I put on the TV, every station was carrying the news that a deranged individual with a semi-automatic rifle drove down the main street of Isla Vista where Sam lives and randomly shot and killed seven including himself, while sending seven others with injuries to the hospital.
Naturally, our hearts go out to all the injured and also to the family of the 22 year old suspect who created this mayhem. The column I was about to write and I am writing today was to be about a tapestry of things that bother me and should bother every American
Among them is the dramatic change of our emphasis at colleges and university where it seems that at a lot of the great institutes of higher learning, victory in sports is more important than academic achievement. Now, don't get me wrong, there are many outstanding schools still turning out learned individuals.
However, where is the justice when a coach who may not even be required to nurture young minds, earns more than a professor who may be tutoring the next Einstein, Edison, or Zuckerberg. In fact, in many of the Universities, the coach is the highest paid faculty employee.
Years ago, Sir Anthony Newley gave us a wonderful Broadway Stage Play that later became a hit Movie Musical entitled, "Stop The World I Want To get Off". In my eighties, I sometimes feel exactly like the title. But that's not the answer! The answer is that like-minded people should band together and become a force to bring about change.
A force for such change has been the United Negro College Fund. Founded in 1972, they have supplied many bright students with an opportunity for an education. The fund has attracted many high profile donors.
President john F. Kennedy donated royalties from his Pulitzer Prize Winning Book "Profiles in Courage" and Walter Annenberg gave the fund its largest single donation… $50 million. It is note that both Caucasian men gave these donations without fanfare unlike the bigoted Donald Sterling who spent millions of media dollars praising his gift giving.
In 1980, the brilliant African-American Singer Lou Rawls started his UNCF "Evening of Stars" Concert and Telethon. Until his death in 2006, the Concert had raised over $200 million and was responsible for almost 75,000 scholarships. Lou and I first interfaced when we got him to sing the National Anthem before the 1977 Ali- Ernie Shavers Fight.
The slogan of the UNCF is, "a mind is a terrible thing to waste".
Think about that! If today a young man can dribble a ball better than others, or tackle harder and more frequently, he can get an athletic scholarship. Herein lies the rub; many take advantage of this opportunity and stay in school for only their freshman year before moving on in hopes of a Pro career.
In most instances, their "mind has been wasted". The majority leaves school without the benefit of even a basic education teaching them how to cope with everyday life. Many might even succeed at their chosen sport, but when it's over, they cannot even read, or write with no opportunity for gainful employment in civilian life.
To me, Freedom of Speech is one of the four great freedoms many of us who served in the military fought for. However, today many people are afraid to speak out for fear of being "Political Incorrect".
This is wrong!
Unless we are preaching sedition, or treason, or harm to a person, or our country, we should be able to speak our mind. True freedom of speech cannot be hypocritical, or one-sided.
It should not allow muckrakers to have free reign before our TV cameras and at our microphones. While all the time they criticize some one who both honestly and rationally presents an opinion that a vocal minority finds offensive.
Such a victim is Mark Cuban, the effervescent and oft-fined owner of the NBA's Dallas Mavericks. He logically, in an interview with INC. magazine, pointed out there is no such thing as "Fair and Balanced" as one Network touts.
We are human beings and as such, no matter who we are, we have opinions. He pointed out in his interview what 95% of Americans feel, but do not express.
He stated that if he were on a darkened street in a known rough neighborhood and saw either a black man, or a white man dressed a certain way or loaded with tattoos, he would cross from one side of the street to the other, or back to avoid a confrontation.
Unfortunately, the semantics he used to describe one of the possible perpetrators was a wrong choice of words. For which he apologized!
Nevertheless, many of those who have been given access to TV's Bully Pulpit screamed for his head. This is hypocritical and one-sided. But then again, that is part of today's problem.
To conclude, I turn to the bible where it is written, "love thy neighbor". Many times it is impossible to love our neighbor, but we must try.


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Seventeen-year-old Bianca Piper is cynical and loyal, and she doesn't think she's the prettiest of her friends by a long shot. She's also way too smart to fall for the charms of man-slut and slimy school hottie Wesley Rush. In fact, Bianca hates him. And when he nicknames her "the Duff," she throws her Coke in his face.
But things aren't so great at home right now, and Bianca is desperate for a distraction. She ends up kissing Wesley. Worse, she likes it. Eager for escape, Bianca throws herself into a closeted enemies-with-benefits relationship with him.
Until it all goes horribly awry. It turns out Wesley isn't such a bad listener, and his life is pretty screwed up, too. Suddenly Bianca realizes with absolute horror that she's falling for the guy she thought she hated more than anyone. And eventually, through this realization, Bianca begins to see how harmful her unhealthy way of dealing with her problems has been, and finds a way to confront them head on.
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