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STEMS: "Indigenous Circuits: Navajo Women's Labor and the Gendering of Semiconductor Manufacture"
Contemporary digital media production centers on the Asia-Pacific region--Silicon Valley and China, sites where software and hardware are made. Asians and Asia have become racialized as digital; the "nimble fingers" of Asian women are a key resource in digital industries. However, this gendering and racialization of computer manufacture as women of colors' work has a forgotten earlier history.
In 1970 Fairchild Corporation, a key electronics manufacturer, opened a fab plant on the Shiprock Indian reservation in New Mexico and became the largest employer of Indians in the U.S. Asian and Indian women were included in similar industrial discourses of racialized labor, lack of mobility, and docility that inform digital production cultures today.


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Modesto Police Department
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Office of the Chief of Police
Author: Lieutenant Rick P. Armendariz
The long overnight ordeal began on Wednesday March 20th, at about 6 P.M., when Modesto Police officers were called to a residence in the 1600 block of Evona Court, in northwest Modesto, on a report of a domestic violence. The initial caller indicated a male suspect had physically assault his wife. The husband and wife were described as a couple in their eighties.
When officers arrived on scene, they learned the suspect was armed with a handgun and was preventing his wife from leaving the home. Officers attempted to speak with the male, however, he refused to exit the home and began to threaten to shoot the officers.
The Modesto Police Department's Hostage Negotiators arrived and began to attempt to communicate with the suspect and convince him to surrender peacefully. The suspect refused to cooperate and continued to threaten to shoot officers. The suspect was also seen holding a gun in his hand as he walked around inside the home. Members of the SWAT team began to evacuate nearby residents for precautionary purposes as negotiations continued.
As time passed, the suspect's behavior became more erratic, hostile and agitated. He continued to make threats to shoot officers, continued holding the gun in his hand and began to make threats to burn down the house.
Investigators learned the female had severe medical conditions and was in need of medical care. Officers were able to speak to the female and learned she had been physically immobilized and was pleading for help. It became evident her condition was deteriorating and, therefore, the decision was made to rescue her and remove her from further harm.
At about 4:20 A.M., SWAT team members entered the home and were conducting a hostage rescue of the elderly victim. The suspect, who was still armed with a gun, confronted the officers mid-rescue. An officer-involved shooting took place and the suspect was shot. The elderly woman was immediately removed from the home and transported to a local hospital where she was stabilized and treated for her existing medical conditions. The armed suspect died as a result of the shooting.
Three separate and independent investigations have been launched into this incident, which is a standard protocol for any officer-involved shooting investigation in
None of the officers involved were injured during this incident. The two officers involved in the shooting were placed on paid administrative leave, which is also standard procedure after an officer is involved in a shooting incident.
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I have installed Ubuntu 9.04 and am having a problem that I can connect from the server to the outside world but cannot connect to the server. I checked all of the different firewall systems (firestarter, ufw, iptables, etc.) and all are disabled. When I try to ssh, ping, etc. to the server they all timeout.
I am running on a wireless network and the router recognizes that the machine is connected to the network (with the proper ip address) but even the router cannot ping the server.
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"Babydoll" Nicole Saba turns into a scary-looking chick for new movie role!
Nicole Saba has had such a transformation you'd think she's just come off the set of "The Walking Dead!"
But don't get too thrown back by her zombie-like Instagram pic. The sexy movie star's face is only looking like "that" as part of a makeup trick for her upcoming film "Laylet Al Babydoll" (Babydoll's Night), where she plays the role of "Thurayya."
Nicole is known as one of the few actresses who take on roles where they don't necessarily appear looking their best. Good on ya, Nic!
In other news, Elaph news reported that Nicole will be making a guest appearance on Asala's show "Soula" instead of Lebanese singer Maya Diab, who's recovering from a car accident at home.
Nicole had traveled to Dubai to film the episode with Asala and guest Anwar Nour. During the show, Nicole opened up about her career, new family life and motherhood.


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If Green Bay can keep a NFL team, New Orleans can, trust me. 2 years ago they were saying the same thing. We will not let the Saints go, we put too much heart and pain into that team. I dont really care if the Hornets stay or go.
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Top Energy Wasters in the Home Office
From Dean Dowd on February 25, 2009 in Green Remodeling
Even if on idle or stand-by your office equipment uses energy. According to PG&E the biggest energy users are in your home office and home entertainment systems. In stand-by mode your computer will use 21 kilowatts of power in one year and, when powered up over the same timeframe it will use 223 kilowatts. Do you know what the top energy wasters are in the typical home office?
There are roughly 4.5 million home offices in the United States. Having an understanding of the top energy wasting equipment and how you can take measures to reduce energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions will enable you to make smarter choices in your home office environment.
Top Energy Wasters
- Computers
- Monitors
- Laptops
- Tablet PCs
- Notebook computers
- Printers
- Copiers
- Fax machines
- Scanners
Self Audit Gizmo
Theres a great little handheld gizmo called the Kill A Watt meter by P3 International http://www.p3international.com/products/special/P4400/P4400-CE.html that will give you a reliable reading on your equipments energy consumption. Its a cinch to use and its only $40.
Improving Your Energy Consumption and Your World
- Use Energy Star labeled office equipment. You will reap mega savings as much as 90% savings for some products, and they use about half the electricity of non Energy Star products.
- Make sure your computers power management system is properly programmed and your sleep mode enabled this alone will save around 900 kilowatt hours per year. Going into low power mode also helps equipment run cooler and last longer. How to: http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?c=power_mgt.pr_power_management
- Unplug your office equipment every day. Remember, your equipment is always draining electricity whether the switch is on or off.
- Buy a laptop they use significantly less energy than desktop computers.
- Get rid of the CRT screen and replace it with an LCD monitor they use 50 to 70% less power. Invest in an Energy Star LCD monitor for additional savings. Ultra-efficient LCDs give you another 25% added efficiency over the Energy Star Standard.
Remember, replace inefficient equipment with Energy Star labeled equipment and change how you use the equipment (unplugging, sleep-mode) and your home office will be well on its way to saving money and energy.
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Hibernate Framework support in NetBeans 6.1
By Dongmei Cao on Apr 30, 2008
One of the new features in NetBeans 6.1 is the Hibernate Framework support. The plugin is now available on the Beta Update Center for NetBeans 6.1. The new plugin supports the following features:
- Hibernate is available as one of the supported frameworks in the New Web Application wizard
- Bundled Hibernate 3.2.5 library. The library is automatically added to the project when Hibernate framework is selected.
- Wizards for creating Hibernate configuration files and mapping files
- Visual editor for Hibernate configuration files
- Code completion
- Auto-completion of Java class names, Java class fields, database table names and column names when editing Hibernate mapping files
- Auto-completion of Hibernate property names and values (when possible) when eidting Hibernate configuration files
- Hyperlink support to let the user navigate
- From the configuration file to the mapping files
- From the Hibernate mapping files to the referenced Java classes.
- Refactoring of Java classes and fields (find usages, rename, move) modifies the Hibernate mapping files properly.
Here is the tutorial on the NetBeans wiki to show you how to create a Visual Web project using Hibernate as the persistence layer.


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Save Hand Fatigue vs. Shears: The TRECK is specifically designed to cut single to multiple layers of clothing, thick jackets, motorcycle leathers, leather jackets, wetsuits, hazmat suits, turnout gear and racing uniforms without shears.
No Blade Changes: Replace your TRECK about half as often as shears. The TRECK uses a patented, corrosion-resistant, Polymer-coated, award-winning Rapid Edge® heavy-duty razor blade. The serrated design has 5 cutting surface layers, so it stays sharp longer than any other utility razor blade. The polymer coating reduces friction and cuts more evenly. Works well on cotton, denim, leather, nylon and a wide range of hard to cut materials.
"TRECK", "TRECK+", "Emergency Clothing Knife" and other trademarks are owned by Talon Rescue, LLC. TRECK is protected by US Patent #6,493,945 with Patents Pending. TRECK+ and other models have additional US and Foreign Patents Pending. All content © Copyright Talon Rescue, LLC.
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How To Guide: TRECK+ Emergency
Clothing Knife & Seat Belt Cutter
✦TRECK+ Usage: Clothing Cutter
1) Insert ballpoint tip into article of clothing, starting with the collar or waistband, until the top of the collar or waistband is loaded into the hook section. Use other hand to hold clothing
[ Figure 1 ].
2) Use wrist to make initial cut through all layers of clothing, with an upward flick of the wrist (see video). Use other hand to push clothing towards the blade [ Figure 2 ]. Repeat for belts or gear with extra thick waistbands or collars.
3) Continue to draw the TRECK down the articles of clothing and away from the patient. Keep handle about parallel to the cutting surface.
Wide Safety Guard
Serrated, corrosion-resistant
Polymer-coated razor blade
Example: simultaneously cutting a jacket, sweatshirt and T-shirt, or jeans with a leather belt.
Example: simultaneously cutting a jacket, sweatshirt and T-shirt, then jeans with a leather belt.
Short Runs: From neck collar to shirt cuffs or bottom of shirt. From waist of pants to bottom of pant leg.
Long Runs: From neck collar to bottom of pants.
* Shirt / Waist Transition: Pause to lift waistband. Insert ballpoint under lowest layer, then continue.
Anatomy of a TRECK+
✦TRECK+ Usage: Seat Belt Cutter
The TRECK features a wider opening than most seat belt cutters (for easier seat belt insertion). Then, pull away to cut instead of towards the patient.
Grip handle firmly. Other hand should hold belt for tension. Load seat belt into hook section by placing seat belt between ballpoint and guard, on the blade. Pull upward on the TRECK to make the cut.
[ Figure 1 ]
[ Figure 2 ]
Use wrist for upward motion
8.5" x 2.75" x 0.5" - Weight: 2.3 oz.
Video • How To Make Cuts Without Shears
The ballpoint glides along the inner layer. The material is lifted by the ballpoint, then cut with a Teflon-coated razor blade. Pull away from patient for safe, easy and fast cuts.
O2 Key
Guide / Blade Angle
Handle (for leverage, usable with gloves)
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Joseph Steven Geri
Position: TB-HB
Height: 5-10 Weight: 185 lbs.
Born: October 20, 1924 in Phoenixville, PA
Died: April 20, 2002 in Milledgeville, GA
High School: Phoenixville
College: Georgia (school history)
Drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 4th round (36th overall) of the 1949 NFL Draft.
Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 0 (15060th overall since 1950)
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The Mountain Collective is on sale for the 2014-2015 season, with a limited number of passes available for $359. The price for the Kid's pass has been reduced to $99 for the 2014-2015 season.
Also new this year, spring pass purchasers will receive two free days at Valle Nevado, Chile and Thredbo, Australia this summer.
The Mountain Collective Pass includes two days of skiing or riding at each of the six destinations: AltaSnowbird, Aspen/Snowmass, Jackson Hole, Mammoth Mountain, Squaw Valley/Alpine Meadows and Whistler Blackcomb, plus a 50 percent discount on all additional days with no blackout dates.
Passholders also receive exclusive lodging deals throughout the season. The pass grants access to 12 mountains with more than 30,000 acres of terrain and 186 lifts. Passes are available online through an exclusive technology, distribution and marketing partnership with Liftopia at www.MountainCollective.com.
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The Ohio Resource Center has released PRompt Intervention in Mathematics Education (PRIME). The work was commissioned and supported by the Ohio Department of Education. The publication, edited by Sigrid Wagner, contains chapters by Ohio educators who reviewed research and cutting-edge intervention programs in mathematics.
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Posted on Friday, June 21, 2013 by Jim Norrena
A new guest lecture series presented by MFA in Comics!
In celebration of the arrival of the inaugural MFA in Comics class, California College of the Arts will host "Comics in the City," a summer guest speaker series featuring four of the most talented creators in comics today.
Each Friday in July, the speaker series will highlight various aspects of the comics medium -- from independent publishing to the craft of writing the most iconic superheroes.
MFA in Comics chair Matthew Silady praised the new series: "The new MFA in Comics program takes a comprehensive view of the comics medium, focusing on everything from story creation to production and inspiration to publication.
"Our 2013 guest speakers reflect that philosophy. They have all mastered their craft and each brings a unique perspective to campus this summer. Our students are in for a real treat."
Featured Cartoonists & Animators
All events take place at 6 p.m. and are held on the San Francisco campus at either the Writers' Studio or Timken Lecture Hall.
Cathy Malkasian
July 5
Writers' Studio
See calendar listing »
Cathy Malkasian is an animation director and Eisner-winning cartoonist. Her credits include Rugrats, The Wild Thornberrys (for which she received a British Academy Award nomination), and most recently, over 20 episodes of Curious George for PBS since 2008.
Her first graphic novel, Percy Gloom, received an Eisner nomination for Best Graphic Album.
James Robinson
July 12
Timken Lecture Hall
See calendar listing »
James Robinson has been writing for over two decades, with an early comics work, "Grendel: The Devil's Whisper," appearing in the 1989 series of the British anthology A1.
The story for which he has arguably been most renowned is the DC Comics series Starman, where he took the aging Golden Age character of the same name and revitalized both the character and all those who had used the title over the decades, weaving them into an interconnected whole.
In 1997 Robinson's work on the title garnered him an Eisner Award for Best Serialized Story.
Jason Shiga
July 19
Writers' Studio
See calendar listing »
Jason Shiga is an Eisner-winning Asian American illustrator and cartoonist from Oakland, California. His comics have a geeky side, and often feature exciting uses of math.
Dash Shaw
July 26
Timken Lecture Hall
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Dash Shaw is a cartoonist and animator in Brooklyn. His graphic novel New School (Fantagraphics Books, 2013) was released in April. He is also the author of Bodyworld and Bottomless Belly Button.
Shaw's animated works include the Sigur Ros video "Seraph," "Wheel of Fortune," and the IFC series The Unclothed Man in the 35th Century AD.
About MFA in Comics
In our low-residency MFA program, masters of the art form will work with you to perfect your writing and drawing skills, while you study everything from comics theory to publication design. You'll also learn from renowned artists in other disciplines, including graphic design, printmaking, and animation.


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The PG&E Corporation Foundation was incorporated in California in 2000 as an independent, private foundation funded solely by PG&E Corporation. The Foundation's original mission was to make grants to individuals and organizations to support education, the environment and general community purposes. It is funded exclusively with PG&E Corporation shareholder dollars.
The Foundation's original mission continues today, by supporting underserved populations through a focus on education, economic and community vitality and the environment.
Since its inception, the Foundation has granted nearly $100 million to support communities in need, particularly in Northern and Central California.
The PG&E Corporation Foundation undergoes an annual financial audit by an external accounting firm.
Helen Burt is Senior Vice President of External Affairs and Public Policy for PG&E leading the full spectrum of PG&E's initiatives within federal affairs, state and local government relations, community relations, digital strategy, brand management, advertising, media relations, customer communications and internal communications. She is also the Chair of the PG&E Corporation Foundation.
Prior to leading External Affairs and Public Policy, Burt served as Senior Vice President and Chief Customer Officer for Pacific Gas and Electric Company. Before joining PG&E, Burt served as Vice President, Customer Billing and Operations at TXU Energy. She began her career at TXU as a customer service representative and concluded it as a Vice President, with responsibility for all gas and electric customer service and a 2,000-person organization.
Burt holds a bachelor's degree in biology and chemistry from Midwestern State University in Wichita Falls, Texas. Burt was named one of the 100 Most Influential Women in the Bay Area by the San Francisco Business Times for five consecutive years. She serves a Director and head of the Governance Committee for the nonprofit Alliance to Save Energy, which promotes energy efficiency worldwide through research, education and advocacy; Director and Executive Committee Member for Meals on Wheels of San Francisco; and Director of the Silicon Valley Leadership Group. Helen is also a member of the Executive Women in Energy Forum and the Hawthorn Club.
Chris Johns has been with PG&E since 1996 and was named president in August 2009. Previously, Johns was a partner at KPMG Peat Marwick LLP. In addition to his extensive responsibilities at PG&E, Johns actively serves the community through board service with the San Francisco Ballet, San Francisco First Tee, San Francisco Reviving Baseball for Inner-City Youth (RBI) and the American Gas Association. He is also a member of the California Chamber of Commerce.
Johns earned a bachelor's degree in accounting from the University of Notre Dame. He has also completed the Nuclear Reactor Technology Program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and is a certified public accountant in the states of California and Florida.
Hyun Park, with over two decades in the legal sector, is senior vice president and general counsel for PG&E Corporation and its businesses, including its principal subsidiary, Pacific Gas and Electric Company. Park oversees the legal and corporate secretary functions.
Prior to joining PG&E Corporation in 2006, he was vice president, general counsel and secretary at Allegheny Energy, Inc. Park previously served as senior vice president, general counsel and secretary of Sithe Energies, Inc. He also was a partner with the law firm of Latham & Watkins, where he specialized in corporate transactions and finance.
Park is a graduate of Harvard Law School. In addition, he holds a graduate degree in economics from Oxford University and a bachelor's degree in economics from Columbia University. He is a member of the State Bar of California and serves on the boards of directors of the San Francisco and Marin Food Banks and the California Minority Counsel Program.
Dinyar Mistry is vice president and controller for PG&E Corporation and Pacific Gas and Electric Company and chief financial officer for Pacific Gas and Electric Company.
Mistry joined Pacific Gas and Electric Company in 1994 and has held positions of increasing responsibility in the Finance and Regulation organizations at both the Utility and PG&E Corporation. He has served as vice president and controller of Pacific Gas and Electric Company; as vice president, Regulation and Rates; as vice president, Internal Audit and Compliance; and most recently as vice president and chief risk and audit officer. Prior to his arrival at Pacific Gas and Electric Company, Mistry was a senior manager at KPMG.
He holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree in accounting and financial management from Bombay University, a Master of Business Administration from Texas Christian University and a Master of Science degree in taxation from Golden Gate University. Mistry sits on the board of directors of First Graduate and is registered as a certified public accountant in the state of California.
Tim Fitzpatrick is vice president of Corporate Relations and chief communications officer of Pacific Gas and Electric Company. He has responsibility for the company's internal and external communications and solutions marketing.
Before joining PG&E in 2013, Fitzpatrick served as chief communications officer for NextEra Energy, Inc., and as vice president of Marketing and Communications for its electric utility subsidiary, Florida Power & Light Company.
Earlier in his career, Fitzpatrick served in communications leadership roles at Lexmark International, a printer manufacturer; BASF, the world's largest chemical company; and, Ameritech, one of the seven regional "Baby Bells."
Fitzpatrick began his career in the newspaper business and holds a degree in journalism from Youngstown State University in Youngstown, Ohio.


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Explain Portia's famous speech ("The quality of mercy is not strained...") and what it says of her character.
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It's one of those Shakespeare speeches, I think, like "To be or not to be", where everyone knows the first line or two lines, and then very little about what comes next. Portia is talking about mercy, which, she argues
...blesseth him that gives, and him that takes:
'Tis mightiest in the mightiest; it becomes
The throned monarch better than his crown
Being merciful, she argues, blesses the person being merciful, and the person who receives the mercy. It is, therefore at its strongest, shown by people who are the most powerful. It becomes a monarch (i.e. is more kingly) better than his crown does.
His sceptre shows the force of temporal power,
The attribute to awe and majesty,
Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings;
But mercy is above this sceptred sway,
The king's sceptre shows the force of his power on earth ("temporal power"), and is part of his awe and his majesty, which is why people dread and are scared of kings. However, mercy is above the influence and power of the sceptre ("sceptred sway")...
It is an attribute to God himself;
And earthly power doth then show likest God's
When mercy seasons justice.
Mercy is an attribute of God himself, the king of kings. And earthly power becomes most godly when it is merciful: when decisions of justice are "seasoned" (made more palatable) with mercy.
Hope it helps!
Portia shows several characteristics in this speech. The first is that she is intelligent and logical. She also uses strong references to the Christian faith against Shylock, the Jew. Thus, she shows a strong religious belief. Her argument begins with the idea that forgiveness benefits the person doing the forgiving as well as the person forgiven. In an obvious allusion to Christianity, she says that forgiveness and mercy are a part of the character of God and that by seeking justice without mercy Shylock may well damn himself because he will disobey God's law. She is also self-confident. She shows give no apology for her beliefs and in fact implies that hers is the superior faith. This speech contributes to the theme that in showing mercy, one becomes closest to God. In the "love we show towards our friends, the compassion we show those in trouble, and the forgiveness we offer" to those who "sin against us", we show that we love and obey God.
Portia's entire wonderful speech in Act IV goes as follows:
"The quality of mercy is not strain'd,
It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven
Upon the place beneath. It is twice blest:
It blesseth him that gives and him that takes." It shows several things about Portia's character. Mercy, however, is not primary among them. A blend of intelligence and boldness come well before mercy. She's a woman arguing law and ethics in a male-dominated society. After that, the next quality is found in the metaphor: it recognizes that mercy, like rain, falls unevenly, and (to extend the metaphor) sometimes fails to soak in. This means, she knows it will not be "absorbed" by Shylock as it should.
As far as themes, this relates to both the theme of mercy and the tension between appearance and reality.
In Act IV sc.1 Portia disguised as lawyer "Balthasar" arrives at the duke's court to save Antonio from the evil clutches of the malicious Shylock. Earlier the Duke and the others present in the court had failed to convince Shylock to be kind and merciful towards Antonio and spare his life, but Shylock remains adamant and unreasonable and replies:
"So can I give no reason, nor I will not,
More than a lodged hate and a certain loathing
I bear Antonio, that I follow thus
A losing suit against him."
Portia, to begin with, requests Shylock to be merciful but he arrogantly turns down her plea. It is then that Portia makes a long and eloquent plea for mercy on Antonio's behalf.
She says mercy is a noble and tender feeling which should spring spontaneously from the heart of a person. It is like the gentle showers from heaven which nourish the earth. It blesses the person who shows mercy by making him feel good and earning for himself a heavenly reward in addition to the blessing of the recipient of his mercy. It is a powerful attribute "enthroned" in the heart of a mighty emperor. It is a noble and divine attribute and when a person tempers harsh justice with mercy he becomes like God himself. She then directly appeals to Shylock to spare Antonio's life saying that just like how we all pray for mercy and are saved by God being merciful towards us we should also be merciful to others.
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This page contains a text in Old English with a modern English translation. This particular text and its translation are extracted from a lesson in the Early Indo-European Online series, where one may find detailed information about this text (see the Table of Contents page for Old English Online in EIEOL), and general information about the Old English language and its speakers' culture.
Wæs hé se mon in weoruldháde geseted oð ðá tíde þe hé wæs gelýfedre yldo, and hé næfre ænig léoð geleornade: and hé for þon oft in gebéorscipe, þonne þær wæs blisse intinga gedémed -- þæt híe ealle sceolden þurh endebyrdnesse be hearpan singan -- þonne hé geseah þá hearpan him néalæcan, þonne árás hé for scome from þæm symble, and hám éode tó his húse. Þá hé þæt þá sumre tíde dyde, þæt hé forlét þæt hús þæs gebéorscipes, and út wæs gongende tó néata scypene, þára heord him wæs þære nihte beboden, ðá hé þá þær in gelimplicre tíde his limo on reste gesette and onslæpte, þá stód him sum mon æt þurh swefn, and hine hálette and grétte, and hine be his naman nemde:
'Cædmon, sing mé hwæthwegu.'
Þá andswarode hé and cwæð: 'Ne con ic nóht singan, and ic for þon of þyssum gebéorscipe út éode, and hider gewát, for þon ic nóht cúðe.'
Eft hé cwæð sé þe mid him sprecende wæs: 'Hwæðere þú meaht mé singan.'
Cwæð hé: 'Hwæt sceal ic singan?'
Cwæð hé: 'Sing mé frumsceaft.'
Þá hé þá þás andsware onféng, ðá ongan hé sóna singan, in herenesse Godes Scyppendes, þá fers and þá word þe hé næfre ne gehýrde, þára endebyrdnes þis is:
Nú wé sculan herian heofonríces Weard,
Metodes mihte and his módgeþonc,
weorc Wuldorfæder; swá hé wundra gehwæs,
éce Dryhten, ord onstealde.
Hé ærest gesceóp eorðan bearnum
heofon tó hrófe, hálig Scyppend;
ðá middangeard, moncynnes Weard,
éce Dryhten, æfter téode
fírum foldan, Fréa ælmihtig.
He was a man appointed to secular life, up to the time that he was of advanced age, and he never learned any poetry. For that reason, often at the feast, when there was deemed to be cause for merriment -- so that they all in succession should sing to the harp -- when he saw the harp draw near to him, he arose from the feast out of shame and went home to his abode. Then one time he did this, so that he left the house of the feast and was going out to the cattle shed (their care was entrusted to him for the night). When at a suitable time he arranged his arms and legs on a resting place there, and fell asleep, a man stood by him in a dream and hailed and greeted him and called him by name:
"Caedmon, sing something for me."
Then answered he and said, "I can not sing, and because of this I went out from the feast and went here because I could (sing) naught."
Again he said (he who was speaking with him): "But you can sing to me."
Said he, "What shall I sing?"
He said, "Sing to me about the creation."
When he received this answer, he then began immediately to sing, in praise of God the Creator, those verses and those words which he had never ever heard; the arrangement of them is this:
|"Now we must praise the Lord of the kingdom of Heaven,
|God's power and his purpose,
|the work of the Father of Glory; thus he, of every wonder
|the eternal Lord, established the beginning.
|He first created, for the children of earth,
|heaven for a roof, the holy Creator;
|then the earth, mankind's Guardian,
|the eternal Lord; afterwards settled
|with men the earth, the Lord Almighty.


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Date: Thursday, August 23, 2012
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Date: Saturday, December 4, 2010
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Great demonstration for Palestine in Rome
Saturday 17th January in Rome it has been held a demonstration in support of Palestinian people who resists against the aggression by the Zionist army at Gaza. At least 200.000 people joined it. It has been a very important demonstration for the aim it had, that is to express the support by Italian people's masses to the heroic resistance of Palestinian people against Zionist and imperialist barbarity. Besides, it has been very important and new because of the meaning it has for our country, for its communist, revolutionary, anti-imperialist forces and for its people's masses. Importance and newness are mainly due to two reasons.
One reason is the fact that never in the history of our country so many immigrants join a demonstration. They demonstrate on the side of forces that express solidarity to whom resists against imperialism clearly and without compromises. They are on the side of forces who support people resisting recognizing their right to armed struggle and independently from their political, ideological or religious beliefs.
Another reason is that this demonstration confirms a fact: the communist, revolutionary, anti-imperialist and progressive forces of our country do not need of the organizational machinery and of the economical resources of the bourgeois left. They are able to mobilize by themselves hundreds of thousands of people. On the other side the bourgeois left (that includes the political, trade unionist and cultural forces that inherited the material and organizational patrimony of the old Italian Communist Party) gets ridiculous results every time it tries to carry out demonstrations alternative and opposed to those of the sound forces of our country, despite all the money and the resources it has.
So it was for the first time on 9th June 2007, with the demonstration against Bush's visit in Italy. The demonstration indicted by the grassroots and not institutional forces gathered hundreds of thousands of people, that of the bourgeois left only few hundreds. On 17th January of this year it happened the same. While in Rome at least 200.000 people were filling the city, elements of the Italian political class, of the Democratic Party, of the trade unionist, cultural and recreational mass organization tied to it, together with elements of the catholic area and leftovers of the last revisionist parties, were demonstrating in the town of Assisi gathering a number of people from 500 to 5000.
The more "leftist†bourgeois media lied, describing the two demonstrations as equally important. The other media said nothing, censoring the facts as they used to do during Fascism.
Our Party may find a confirmation that the proposal of the (new) Italian Communist Party, to go towards the formation of a government of People's Block, is sound, that is to say, it is possible and necessary.
The popular masses are able to mobilize themselves autonomously by hundreds of thousands as they did against Bush on 9th June 2007, for workers' rights and interests as they did in the autumn of 2008, and for the Palestinian resistance on 17 June 2009. So they can mobilize themselves led by the sound forces of our country to face the devastating economical crisis that leftist and rightist political forces of the regime are not able and do not want to face. The incapacity and the bad faith of the political forces of the regime, of their mass organizations, of the media completely subjugate to them, is more and more clear.
The success of the demonstration for Palestine exceeded expectations, as we anticipated in our statement of adhesion. Also the ability to react to the "anti – crisis†measures the bourgeoisie is preparing for Italian people's masses exceeds our expectations. The forces who today lead the resistance of people's masses in many sides of Italy, in Susa Valley, at Vicenza, at Pianura and in the other parts of Campania, who today lead to Rome hundred of thousands of people are forces able to unite themselves and rule the country, with a People's Block government. To rule the country is something that exceeds our expectations as it was to gather hundreds of thousands of people and lead them to Rome against imperialists, against Zionists, against the attack to the workers.
The political class who rule the country, the media and the intellectual at its service are in an advanced state of decomposition. They are good for nothing. We are coming into exceptional times. We can face them in an exceptional way, with new resources, and with trust. We must and can face them giving up the disposition of gaunt minority, of eternal opposition and denounce, becoming ruling force, able to defend masses' interests and lead them to a better future, of richness, peace, dignity and freedom. This is a duty, both to the popular masses who yesterday faced fascist and Nazi slaughters in our country and to those today resist against the Zionist and their scurvy and infamous war of terror.
Palestinian people's masses can never be defeated. Let's advance toward victory, together with them, with people's masses of our country, with the peoples struggling all over the world.


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The officials got both interceptions right in the game and on review. I was impressed that they applied the rule correctly. Twice.
Where I was having a little trouble was here: The Bears had a down in the 2nd where Cutler dropped back and was between the tackles. He clearly was trying to go screen, but he simply threw the ball to the ground and "took" the incompletion.
The problem I have here is that (a) he was under pressure and between the tackles and threw the ball away, and (b) the ball didn't reach the lineof scrimmage, which is the usual litmus test for intentional grounding.
Then it was the next play, and the play clock showed all naughts. The rule is that if it goes from 01 to 00, its a delay of game. You don't get an extra half second to snap the ball. Its dead when it gets to zero.
And I've seen many a game where this rule was applied. But not here. Its at 00, and the ball hasn't been snapped.
Now these are minor infractions, and didn't lead to the win or loss directly, but it drives me crazy when there's inconsistency in officiating.
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TC TO JOHN A. CARLYLE; 7 November 1824; DOI: 10.1215/lt-18241107-TC-JAC-01; CL 3:184-189.
Dover, 7th November, 1824—
My dear Jack,
You are naturally surprised at my long silence, and you are like to be still more so when I tell you the reason of it. I have been in France, my boy! In the ancient city of Paris! I returned only yesterday; and thus the voice of your anxiety never reached my ear. My heart it did reach, however; and I twice began a letter to you from the Grand Hôtel de Wagram, to tell you of my abode and my welfare; but the bustle of the modern Babylon, the chaotic tumult of my own situation in it, had put me into such a mystified condition that I felt myself unable to indite three lines of sense without a mighty effort, and so judged it better to give up the attempt entirely, and wait till I reached old England to inform you that I had ever left it. I fully expected a letter from you yesterday on my arrival: I was disappointed here; but your customary ganz wohl,1 and your kind eagerness to hear of me were recorded duly in the last Courier. I lose not a single post in answering you; tho' as yet considerably muddled; writing in an upper room of the Shakespear hotel; and after fourteen hours of sleep, still sleepy. You will excuse every thing.
My expedition to Paris was nearly as unexpected to myself as the news of it will be to you. Strachey, a little bustling, logic-chopping, good-hearted, frank fellow, came down to Dover three weeks ago; and finding himself, I suppose, rather dull in the region of the Cinque Ports, and tempted moreover by the persuasions of his cousin Kitty, as well as by the daily sight of the French coast, he determined at last on a journey thither; and after infinite pleadings and solicitations I was prevailed upon to be of the party. They were to travel in their own carriage; Kitty and her maid inside, Strachey on the coach-box to see the country; the additional expense for me would be nothing; it would be so pleasant, and would do me so much good. In fine after a world of perplexities, and miscalculations and misventures, I having first half consented, then wholly refused, then again consented, we at length all assembled by different routes on the sands of Boulogne-sur-mer in the afternoon of Thursday gone a fortnight, and set off with the utmost speed of three lean horses of the poste royale for Paris. After adventures and mistakes, which will keep us laughing many a winter night, when thou and I meet, we reached the capital on Saturday about four o'clock; and forthwith established ourselves in the Hôtel de Wagram, and proceeded to the great purpose of our journey, the seeing of the many sights with which the metropolis of France abounds beyond any other spot on the surface of the earth. By degrees we got into a proper train, and every thing went on wonderfully well. Strachey and I went out, singly or in company, to purvey for dinners and breakfasts in the cafés and restaurateur establishments, Miss Kirkpatrick generally boarding at home; and after wandering about all day at pleasure, a neat little chambre à coucher [bedroom] awaited me, where I lay down to sleep in spite of all noises, and awoke next morning ready to renew the work of discovery in some new quarter of the city. Sated at length with wonders, we left Paris last Wednesday; and after a not unprosperous journey, arrived here yesterday afternoon. Irving with his household had left Dover a few hours before; Mrs Stracheys house had no room for me; so I travelled a few paces over to the "Shakespear" and took possession of a little garret bed-room, fronting the western face of the Castle, and moderately quiet; where I am now writing to my good Jack, and where I purpose to continue for another night before setting out for London to begin a serious course of work after all this idle wandering to and fro, the enjoyments of which I have now pretty well exhausted. I have a standing invitation to the Stracheys' table and house; but I am very well at my ease here, and want to have some time for thought and rest. To-day I shall dine with them; to-morrow I think of departing.
On the whole I cannot say that I regret this jaunt: I have seen many strange things, which may people my imagination with interesting forms, and perhaps yield some materials for reflexion and improvement. France as it presented itself to me, on a most cursory survey, seemed a place rather to be looked at than be tarried in; and in the former point of view I relished it considerably. Oh that I had space to paint to you the strange pilgarlock [pilgarlic: peeled garlic, weak miserable-looking] figures that I saw breakfasting over a few expiring embers on roasted apples; ploughing with three ponies with ploughs like peat-barrows; or folded together in long trough-shaped wicker carts, wearing night-caps and dresses of blue calico, with a black stump of a pipe stuck between their jaws, and a drop hanging at their long thin noses, and faces puckered together into the most weepy-mousie aspect! Or the women riding on cuddies with wooden saddles; or the postillions with their leather shovel hats, and their boots like moderate churns; often blind of an eye, or broken-legged, and always the coolest liars in existence! But better than all was our own mode of treating them, and Strachey's French when he scolded the waiters and hosts of the inns "C'est bien imposante [imposante underscored twice]!" said he at Beauvais; "c'est une—une—rascalitie [rascalitie underscored twice]—vous dis-je; vous avez chargé [chargé underscored twice] deux fois trop! vous etes &c"; to all of which they answered with the gravity of judges passing sentence of death: Monsieur, c'est impossible; on ne vous surfait nullement; on ne &c. "Où est [est underscored twice] les chevaux?" shrieked he at the end of every post: vont venir, Monsieur, said they; Kitty and I were like to split with laughing. At length Strachey himself gave up the cause entirely and took to speaking French-English without disguise. When a man asked him for quelque chose à boire; je vous ai conduit très bien; Strachey answered without looking at him "Nong! vous avez drivé devilish slow";1 which suited quite as well.— Of Paris I shall say nothing till we meet. It is the Vanity-fair of the universe, and cannot be described in many letters. As a city its aspect resembles that of Edinburgh; high houses of white stone, with immense stacks of chimneys occupying nearly all the gable; and projections with perpendicular windows in the roof. With very few exceptions the streets are narrow and crowded and unclean; the kennel in the middle, and a lamp hanging over it here and there, on a rope from side to side. There are no foot-paths; but an everlasting press of carriages and carts, and dirty people hastening to and fro among them, amid a thousand gare-gares! [look out—look out!] and sacrés [damns] and other oaths and admonitions; while by the side are men roasting ches[t]nuts in their booths; fruit-shops, wine-shops, barbers, silkmerchants selling à Prix juste (without cheating), restaurateurs, cafés, traiteurs [restaurant keepers], magazins de bon-bons [sweet shops], billiard tables, estaminets (gin-shops) débits de tabac (where you buy a cigar for a half-penny, and go out smoking it), and every species of dépôt [storeroom] and entrepôt [warehouse] and magazin [shop] for the comfort and refreshment of the physical part of the natural man; plying its vocation in the midst of noise and stink, both of which it augments by its produce and its efforts to dispose of it. The Palais Royal is a spot unrivalled in the world; the chosen abode of vanity and vice; the true palace of the tigre-singes (tiger-apes) as Voltaire called his countrymen; a place which I rejoice to think is separated from me by the girdle of the ocean, and never likely to be copied in the British isles. I dined in it often; and bought four little bone étuis (needle-cases) at a frank (9½d) each for our four sisters at Mainhill. It is a sort of emblem of the French character; the perfection of the physical and fantastical part of our nature, with an absence of all that is solid and substantial in the moral and often in the intellectual part of it. Looking-glasses and trinkets and fricassées and gaming-tables seem to be the life of a Frenchman; his home is a place where he sleeps and dresses; he lives in the salon du restaurateur, on the boulevards or the garden of the Palais royal. Every room you enter, destitute of carpet or fire, is expanded into boundlessness by mirrors; and I should think about fifty thousand dice-boxes are set a rattling every night (especially on Sundays) within the walls of Paris. There the people sit and chatter, and fiddle away existence as if it were all a raree-shew; careless how it go, so they have excitement, des sensations agréables. Their palaces and picture-galleries and triumphal arches are the wonder of the Earth; but the stink of their streets is considerable, and you cannot walk on them without risking the fracture of your legs of [or] neck.
But peace be to the French! For here I have no room to express even my ideas ab[out them,] far less to do them any justice. Suffice it to observe, that I contrived to see nearly all [that] could be seen within 12 days, and to carry off as much enjoyment as it was possible for sights to afford me, at the expence of about five pounds sterling. I saw the Louvre gallery of pictures, the Tuileries palace, the Jardin des plantes, the churches, and cemeteries and all that could be seen. I saw Talma2 the actor, and almost touched his most Christian Majesty Charles X. What was more interesting still, I heard the Baron Cuvier3 deliver his introductory lecture, on comparative anatomy, and contrived to pick up some not altogether useless information about the study of medicine in Paris. I find it will not be unattainable for you to go thither, nor unadvisable, if all things prosper when you have done with Edinburgh. There are about a hundred and fifty students from Edinr & Dublin there at [pr]esent; the expense need not be much greater than in Edinr; and you have dissection ad libitum for the general purposes of anatomy; three large hospitals, where every patient that dies is opened for the purposes of anatomie pathologique (a science, I understand, almost peculiar to France); and lectures and books of the best description, to any extent, gratis. Cuvier's students could not be very rich; many of them had a hallanshaker [beggar] look, worse than Barclays.4 Cuvier himself pleased me much: he seems about fifty; with a fair head of hair, growing grey; a large, broad, not very high head; a nose irregularly acquiline, receding mouth, peaked chin, blue eyes which he casts upwards puckering the eyebrows with a look of great sweetness and wisdom; altogether the appearance of an accomplished kind and gentlemanly person. His lecture lasted an hour and a half: I made out nine tenths of it, and thought it very good, and wonderfully fluent and correct for an extempore one.— Nay what do you think, I made bold to introduce myself to Legendre,5 and was by him taken to a sitting of the Institute, and presented to Dupin6 the celebrated traveller in England, who charged me with a packet of letters for Constable of Edinr. Here also I saw Laplace and Lacroix and Poisson the mathematicians,7 and Vauquelin and Chaptal and Thénard the chemists,8 and heard Magendie9 read a paper on the fifth pair of nerves. Dupin was exceedingly polite, and would have introduced me to Laplace and others; an honour which I declined, desiring only to impress myself with the picture of their several appearances, all which I promise to give you orally when we see each other face to face[.] For the present, however, you see I must begone. Write to me the first instant after you have read this. Direct to Irving's 4. Middleton Terrace. I got your Birmingham letter early, and having written twice since then, I expected another ere now. You will not keep me longer waiting. If you be in Edinr, Alick will write; he owes me a letter immediately. From Edinr I expect news the moment you are settled. I have a million of things to say, but not a point of room to say them. Give my constant and warmest affection to our father and mother, and be sure you tell me how my mothers health continues. Alick was right to buy a larger pony: it seems probable enough that I may use it yet. Have you lent it to Waugh? I think you should. I have a notion of coming to establish myself, with work &c, in Scotland after all. My health will improve with care: at present, in spite of all irregularities, it is not worse. Adieu my dear Jack! My love to all about Mainhill! May good bless them all forever!
Th: Carlyle—


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3D Systems (DDD) is one of the hottest stocks on Wall Street with 40% gains year-to-date vs. 15% for the S&P 500, and DDD stock has shot up more than 400% since 2012 while the S&P is up just 22%.
As the name implies, DDD is a 3D printing stock focused on the up-and-coming industry that involves high-tech manufacturing and on-demand production of custom parts. But with just a $5 billion market capitalization, DDD stock is a prime target for a buyout by a bigger competitor to take its operations to the next level.
And one suitor that DDD stock investors might be seeing more attention from is embattled tech giant Hewlett-Packard (HPQ).
Why would HP buy out DDD stock — or competitor Stratasys (SSYS) or any other 3D printing stock, for that matter?
Well, here are a few reasons:
- HP is in Trouble: Hewlett-Packard is in deep trouble as the stock imploded after earnings last week. HPQ stock dropped more than 10% on news that it might not grow sales at all in 2014, and that management was being shaken up again as the beginning stages of a five-year turnaround plan continue to fall short.
- HP needs a change: Many businesses that rely on laptop and desktop sales have been upended by the move to mobile, including Intel (INTC), Microsoft (MSFT) and Dell (DELL). And all are looking to do something fresh and different — either in the mobile space or in something completely different. Why not 3D printing via a DDD buyout?
- HP has the cash for a DDD buyout: HPQ boasts $13.2 billion in cash and short-term investments. It can easily gobble up 3D Systems, even after paying a premium on current DDD stock valuations.
- DDD has regular printing power, too: While investors love the 3D printing segment, DDD also has a host of software and staff that could help HP and its conventional printing and imaging segment. HP remains tied to its imaging business, which includes high-quality industrial printing as well as just those ubiquitous inkjets, and DDD know-how could perhaps refresh the brand or at least provide economies of scale within Hewlett-Packard.
Crazier things have happened — and considering the debacles at HP including the Autonomy buyout and the Palm acquisition, it's not like an ill-advised deal for DDD would be a complete surprise.
But HP better act fast. A Citigroup analyst just initiated coverage on DDD stock with a "buy" rating, so the longer it waits the more expensive 3D systems could become.
Related Reading
- Hewlett-Packard stock is a sell after earnings. (The Slant)
- Kenneth Wong initiates coverage on DDD and SSYS with a "buy" rating. (MarketWatch)
- Alyssa Oursler on why DDD is set to explode. (InvestorPlace.com)
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Shares of Spirit Airlines Incorporated (NASDAQ:SAVE) tumbled on Tuesday following its Q1 earnings report. While Spirit's adjusted EPS of $0.52 came in ahead of the average analyst estimate, some investors were disappointed by the company's guidance. The stock was down more than 6% at one point but eventually recovered half of its loss.
Spirit Airlines stock has had a few other minor setbacks in the last year, but each time, patient investors have been rewarded. The same is likely to be true this time. Spirit Airlines will begin a new period of massive growth later this year. As Spirit gradually continues reducing its unit costs and wooing new customers with extremely low fares, the stock can fly much higher.
The biggest winner in the airline industry
Most major airlines have seen huge improvements in their profitability in the last couple of years due to a combination of stable fuel prices and industry capacity discipline. For example, Delta Air Lines (NYSE:DAL) -- the most successful legacy carrier today -- increased its pre-tax profit by more than $1 billion last year, and has a good shot at repeating this feat in 2014.
However, in one sense, Spirit Airlines is the real winner. Spirit has a much lower cost structure than legacy carriers like Delta. In fact, Spirit believes Delta's unit costs are more than 50% higher than its own. Delta therefore needs high fares to earn big profits.
This high-fare environment allows Spirit to offer substantially lower prices while still earning an even higher profit margin than Delta (or any other major airline). Spirit's low prices stimulate demand and should allow it to grow its capacity 15%-20% annually for at least another decade while maintaining its high profit margin.
Profit growth ahead
Spirit's solid 2014 guidance is a testament to the strength of its business model. For the full year, Spirit expects an operating margin of 16.5%-18.0%, which is essentially in line with its 2013 operating margin of just over 17.0%.
This is an impressive result because Spirit is facing significant cost headwinds this year from the new rules governing pilot rest and from investments to support faster growth next year. By contrast, Spirit's unit costs are likely to decline significantly in 2015 due to the faster growth rate, a mix shift toward larger planes with lower unit costs, and the use of more cost-effective financing.
Obviously, Spirit's 2015 profit margin will depend to a large extent on whether it is able to stimulate enough demand to fill all of the new capacity it is putting in the market. However, the company has a strong track record in this regard. As long as legacy carriers like Delta maintain their pricing discipline, Spirit should have plenty of room to win business with its rock-bottom airfares.
Foolish final thoughts
If Spirit is able to keep its profit margin steady in 2014 despite some cost headwinds, then it has a good chance to widen its profit margin in 2015, given that unit costs should be falling. Even without significant margin growth, though, Spirit should be able to meet the average analyst estimate for EPS of $3.69 -- up more than 50% from last year's level.
Spirit has plenty of long-term growth potential, too. The company has repeatedly pointed out that even after growing at a 15%-20% clip through the end of this decade, it will still represent less than 5% of total U.S. airline industry capacity. There will surely be more blips in the years to come, but Spirit's proven model and huge runway for growth ensure that any dips in its stock price will be short-lived.
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Got a new computer for Christmas and yanked the 2nd hard drive out of the old computer, to use as a data drive. Connected it to the new computer successfully with a USB/IDE bridge I had laying around. Went back and forth from the old to the new computer several times with no problems. Obviously I disconnected it from one of the computers the wrong way. Now neither of the computers recognizes the drive at all. Any trick or gimmick I can use to undo whatever damage I've done? Or am I doomed, and this hard drive is now trashed?
EDIT: Checked the pins like Wil suggested. One looked a little off so I straightened it out. No luck. Tried a different USB/IDE bridge. No luck. Drive is a Seagate Barracuda 7200 - 320GB Ultra ATA
EDIT #2: It's late, I'll try putting it back into the old computer tomorrow to see if that works. That's not too hard to do.
Edit #3: Put it back into the old computer & it didn't read it. Also used the USB/IDE bridge on a different bare drive and it read that with no problem. Any other suggestions?


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He's been called a living legend of the roadhouse-rocker set, and most recently, Joe Ely was inducted into the Lone Star Music Hall of Fame during the Sixth Annual Lone Star Music Awards at the Marc in San Marcos, Texas.
According to a May 5 correspondence from Ely's PR camp, following induction remarks from fellow Texas-music hero (and 2013 LSM Hall of Fame inductee) Robert Earl Keen, Ely fronted Reckless Kelly in the The Joe Ely/Reckless Kelly Band, or The JERK Band, to bring down the house with his signature tunes "Dallas," "Streets of Sin" and an extended version of "Cool Rockin' Loretta."
"As proud as we are to induct Joe Ely into our Lone Star Music Hall of Fame, most of all we were honored by his acceptance of our invitation and by the gift of his unforgettable performance," said Richard Skanse, editor of LoneStarMusic Magazine.
Moreover, Skanse continued, "Joe Ely really doesn't need recognition by any hall of fame or awards show to prove his standing as one of the true giants in all Texas and Americana music; all he needs to get the job done is a stage, a mic and his own guitar. (During the awards), though, he just happened to have a little help from his friends in Reckless Kelly--not to mention some gal called 'Loretta' who always seals the deal."
As for Ely's music career, he's devoted at least three decades to touring the world and sharing the stage with the likes of Bruce Springsteen, the Rolling Stones, the Clash and Tom Petty. And, per his PR rep, "his music today is still informed by the arid, wide-open sensibilities of his West Texas origins. In all of Ely's songs, like a riptide rolling beneath the melody, lies a sense of turbulence—wind, thunderstorms and tornadoes figure prominently—a beckoning, distant horizon and an aching sense of restlessness."
Ely's timeless American themes, combined with his unpredictable Tex-Mex mixture of rock, country, blues, folk, zydeco and norteño, have propelled the Texas native to the top ranks of Lone Star lyricists. But an equal part of Ely's formidable legacy rests on his incendiary live performances. Backed by a series of ensembles whose performances still evoke hushed whispers years and even decades later, Ely's command of the stage has always been absolute.
Also inducted into the hall of fame during the April 27 event was songwriter Kent Finlay, owner of the Cheatham Street Warehouse in San Marcos. In addition to performances from Ely and Reckless Kelly, the awards show featured performances from William Clark Green, Thieving Birds, Chris King, Slaid Cleaves, Bruce Robison and Kelly Willis, Zane Williams and Kylie Rae Harris.
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"The President has to reach out across the aisle and work with Republicans"
This appears to be the conclusion that many pundits are reaching from the election result.
President Obama has to reach across the aisle ...
Let us get one thing straight ... No he f*cking doesn't!
Let's Squash This Ridiculous 'Reach Out To Republicans' Nonsense!
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Over 30 Fullerton residents met recently to learn more about a plan to be voted on by the city council that will rapidly change the city's corridors.
The meeting, held August 11 at the Fullerton Library, discussed the plan-the Downtown Core and Corridors Specific Plan (DCCSP) and its features, which include districts, forbidden businesses and possible destruction of older homes. Jane Reifer of Friends for a Livable Fullerton and Jane Rands facilitated the meeting.
Rands and Reifer both sat on the Downtown Core and Corridors committee and were presented with the plan in June. Both said they became "alarmed" as the plan was presented in the meeting. The planning commission has recommended the plan be brought before the council.
"It's a seed change if the public gets to hear about [the plan]," Reifer said, as she encouraged the group to make the DCCSP an election issue.
The plan encompasses 1310 acres and stretches the width of the city. It would create districts, the Downtown Corridor, Downtown Extension, Regional Gateway, West Corridor, East Corridor, Airport Business District and the Neighborhood Market District. Each district would have forbidden uses, which also includes forbidden businesses. Religious institutions would also not be permitted in the Airport Business District.
Rands said that prohibited businesses in these areas may have no choice but to move. If prohibited businesses stay in their spot though, they are forbidden to expand.
Rick Alvarez, a planning commission member, attended the meeting and said the commission was told to quickly approve the plan, or the city would have to return the grant money that paid for the plan to be written. He said that the commission also recommended the forbidden businesses portion be taken out.
All of the districts in the plan forbid single family detached homes, which means that historic preservation of older homes is an issue, Reifer said. She encouraged those present to go through the process of making their homes and neighborhoods historic, if applicable. Owners would be allowed to stay in their homes until they are ready to sell.
Residents of these areas would live in multi-story buildings that would have minimum height requirements ranging from two to four stories. Developers, however, would be able to add up to four more stories in certain areas as long as they created and paid for an amenity for the city, such as public art or a public plaza. The room groaned when this was announced.
Paul O'Neil, a 30-year resident who lives in the plan area was unhappy about the possibility of his house being surrounded by many new neighbors in high rise buildings and said he would move if the council voted for the DCCSP.
"I just do not want 100 new neighbors on a tiny tract that's suitable for a few families. If [the council votes for the plan], I'm leaving Fullerton," he said.


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If anyone thought a collaboration between Avril Lavigne and Marilyn Manson would be tame, they were very much wrong.
Their track, "Bad Girl," off Lavigne's self-titled November 5 album , has hit the Net. It's naughty, to say the least. Lavigne previously opened up to MTV News about "Bad Girl," sharing that it is "one of the heavier, more darker tunes on this record." And she wasn't lying.
The track opens with '90s shock-rocker Manson snarling, "Just lay your head in daddy's lap/ You're a bad girl." A rock beat kicks in and Manson continues to groan as Lavigne dishes out some eyebrow-raising lyrics.
"Hey, hey, I'll let you walk all over me/ You know that I'm a little tease/ But I want it pretty please/ You know I'm crazy/ I just want to be your baby," she sings. "You can f— me, you can play me/ You can love me, you can hate me."
Avril continues to flex her edgy muscles on the chorus. Be warned: she may have previously sang about never wanting to grow up , but Lavigne's all adult on this song. "Miss me, miss me/ Now you want to kiss me/ Choke me because I said so/ Stroke me and feed my ego/ I've been a bad girl, don't you know," she sings as Manson commands, "Don't tell me what to do."
Lavigne's real-life hangout sessions with Manson are just as wild, she told us.
"I had wanted to shave the side of my head for quite some time, and I used to put it in a braid there [side of her head] and so it was kind of like shaving it," Lavigne recalled. "And then one night, it was on my adventure to France. During my adventure when I was living there, we were hanging out backstage and we were with his band having a few drinks and I was like, 'Let's shave my head. I'm ready; let's do this!' He's like that, though. He has fun. He wears his makeup; his wardrobe is very visual. I like his style."


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I have to say that we are a battery run family. Just about everything we use needs batteries and we have so many laying around that I find it funny. About two years ago my husband got a battery charger and switched us to rechargeable batteries and it was a good decision, one that at the time I thought was ridiculous but now love. Having Duracell's Quick Charger on hand has been great and will definitely come into full blown use this holiday season. With many toys on our kids holiday wish lists needing batteries I will definitely be keeping our Quick Charger plugged in and ready to go!


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The "Person of Interest" season three finale airs Tuesday night, and fans are anxious to know what's going to go down. It sounds like it's going to be a pretty epic episode, which also leaves fans curious about season four news. Has the network renewed or canceled "Person of Interest" for another round of episodes? What spoilers are available for episode 3x23? On Tuesday Zap2it shared the scoop.
Episode 3x23 is titled "Deus ex Machina." Those behind the show have teased via TVLine that the season 3 "POI" finale is "a f***ing giant hot mess," and beyond exciting. From the sounds of things, viewers will be left shocked, stunned, and dying for more. Luckily it has already been confirmed that "Person of Interest" has been renewed for season 4, so fans will only have to hold tight for the summer before they can see what comes next.
As for the season three "Person of Interest" finale, essentially everybody is fighting for their lives in Tuesday's episode. Finch is very much at risk as the focus of "Deus ex Machina" is the big trial. Everybody wants control of the Machine, and some will go to great lengths to get it.
There will be a big cliffhanger, along with some "game-changing twists." There will also be deaths, seemingly multiple deaths, but just who will be a goner remains under wraps for now. Viewers will get answers to some of their questions, but clearly new challenges and questions will arise. The official synopsis via TV Guide notes that the team will be scrambling to try to keep Samaritan offline and the Vigilance battle reaches a climax.
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After the book of Revelation, written by John, there is another book...The Prophecy of Ginny: The Beginning.
"The Prophecy of Ginny" is what it is, a Prophecy. It is the sum total and collection of stories provided by a most unlikely and unassuming character. With any luck, you will know her and her son one day too.
I wrote this book in seven days, from December 18 to December 25, 2010. Seven family members and friends were in touch with me during this time as I seemed to have vanished from the planet for a while. It is of their love and companionship I dedicate this book.
I have been asked if the characters in my book are real. I can tell you that the people and substance of the materials in my book are genuine. The names and places have been changed to protect certain elements of the story. There are parts of the book that are non-fiction, as well as fictional. I am not at liberty to divulge which is truth, or created. I will leave that up to you, the reader, to decide.
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A PLANNING application for an Aldi store in Highgate is expected to be submitted to Barnsley Council within the next few weeks.
Aldi says it has received a positive response at a consultation meeting held a fortnight ago and that has prompted plans for the store on Barnsley Road to be drawn up quickly.
Mark Taylor, property director for Aldi, said: "The Goldthorpe and Highgate area is important to Aldi with the opening of its distribution centre early next year.
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The Polish stunner made her debut at a Pringle of Scotland fashion show in 2003. The same year, she also walked for DKNY and Marc by Marc Jacobs. During the Fall 2005 fashion week season, Jagodzinska walked for top brands such as Alexander McQueen, Prada, Chanel, Marni and Burberry. Later, Jagodzinska collaborated with Marc Jacobs again, and also walked for Lanvin, Moschino, Peter Som, Derek Lam and more.
Though her career was a very successful path, Jagodzinska decided to quit the runways in 2006. She did a remarkable comeback two years later, and walked for Donna Karan, Balenciaga, Chanel, Givenchy, Louis Vuitton, Viktor & Rolf and Hermes during Fall 2009 season.
Anna Jagodzinska continued to run a successful career and in the Spring of 2009, she became the industry's most requested model. She walked for the best designers the fashion world had to offer, among them, Prada, Dolce & Gabbana, Calvin Klein, Balenciaga and more.
One of her greatest achievements as a model was walking the annual Victoria's Secret Fashion Show in 2009.
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In the very beginning of her fashion career (in 2003), Anna Jagodzinska was chosen to be the face of BCBG MaxAzria, Moschino Cheap & Chic and Pollini. The following year, Jagodzinska appeared in a DKNY ad campaign. In 2006, just before announcing her break from modeling, Jagodzinska led an H&M campaign.
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Along her career, Jagodzinska signed some fragrance contracts. Dolce & Gabbana Light Blue, Tom Ford and Prada Léau Ambree are the most recent of them.
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