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This made my day!
October 30, 2008
I recently sent off a custom order of my Back to Nature buttons to the lovely Elizabeth in Canada, and she just posted this appreciation photo on Etsy! Such a cute cardigan! It looks like Elizabeth is planning to open her own Etsy shop riizuknits soon, which I'm sure will contain lots more lovely hand knitted items. Thanks Elizabeth!
Why oh why blogger?
October 28, 2008
For some reason Blogger keeps chopping off my images. I hope they resolve this problem quickly, it's making the rabbit and the duck a bit grumpy!
UPDATE: So after much reading of the Blogger message groups, I have learnt how to go in and manually change the size of my images. Not the best solution but I'm happy with that for now!
A crafty clean up
As promised...what does a girl do when she decides to clean out her many boxes of stationery and other random items she's been collecting since she was in primary school?
Why, she makes craft mix packs of course! Each pack contains an assortment of plain and patterned coloured card and paper, stickers, ribbon, wool, a full size postcard, plus some other little bits and pieces like the mini wooden peg. I'll see how these go at the Sister's Market before making up too many, although I have more than enough supply here to go into full-scale production!
Why, she makes craft mix packs of course! Each pack contains an assortment of plain and patterned coloured card and paper, stickers, ribbon, wool, a full size postcard, plus some other little bits and pieces like the mini wooden peg. I'll see how these go at the Sister's Market before making up too many, although I have more than enough supply here to go into full-scale production!
A little message
I step away from the computer for 2 minutes this morning and this is what I come back to. My boyfriend playing around with his new iPhone and this message scrolling past in pink neon lights - "Do your tax return. And the dishes". He did finish the message with "I love you sweetie" so I guess he's forgiven.
My second favourite type of pantry
October 27, 2008
At our house we have a pair of shiny red school locker style cabinets (as seen here) that we use as our kitchen pantry. I absolutely love them. Particularly when I know I am going to open them and find chocolate inside. But today I've discovered a different pair of pantries that come a close second to the chocolate filled type - the Craft Pantry and the Supply Pantry. These are two of the cutest Etsy shops I've seen! These are my 2 favourite products:
I love these Christmas gift tags. And the baker's twine - I never knew that a simple string could make a girl so happy.
Tomorrow I will share the result of some of my recent spring cleaning. It seems I collect a LOT of stationery and other crafty bits and pieces. Understandable I suppose given my addiction to these things. But it's time to clear some space. I might be needing it for a roll of baker's twine after all...
Tis' the season
October 23, 2008
Working in retail, I am constantly reminded that Christmas is hurtling towards us at a rapid pace! Did you know there are less than 10 weeks until Christmas? Eek! I have set myself the goal of a fully handmade Christmas this year, and really need to get organised if I am going to have all my gifts completed in time.
Beautiful gift wrapping pack from Simple Song Designs.
Lolly bags from Poppies for Grace.
Greeting card from Little Paper Planes.
I have come across some cute Christmas ideas in the past couple of days:
Beautiful gift wrapping pack from Simple Song Designs.
Lolly bags from Poppies for Grace.
Greeting card from Little Paper Planes.
I think this weekend will be a good time to write my Christmas list...although there is also that nagging voice in my head that keeps telling me my tax return needs to be done. Hm decisions, decisions...
An experiment of sorts
Of all the steps involved in creating a new product for my Etsy shop, I would have to say that photography is the trickiest part for me. The right lighting, the right angle, getting the colours right - one of these elements always seem to elude me! I've been experimenting with using a darker background for my journal shots - what do you think?
PS This new scooter journal with the singing birds is now available in my shop!
The art of getting sidetracked
October 19, 2008
Tonight I gave myself a small project:
Step 1: Sort through internet favourites
Step 2: Delete any that I do not need anymore
I forgot about Step 1a - spend hours browsing long forgotten websites. These images are from Coton, an online Japanese shop. Even though the site is written entirely in Japanese and I cannot understand any of it, I just love the beautiful photographs.
I could use a lovely big leather bag like this one.
If only my finances would accommodate all the things I lust after!
What's your favourite zoo animal?
October 17, 2008
Giraffes are pretty cool, and so are lions - but my favourite animal to see at the zoo has always been penguins. When I saw this great penguin fabric recently I knew I had to have it!
Penguin journal:
Available in my Etsy shop now!
...and penguin buttons:
Available in my Etsy shop now!
I Heart...
October 16, 2008
Some of my favourite finds on Etsy this week:
- linen dress by pamela tang
- print your own stationery set by little brown pen
- poppy purse by jewelweeds
- linen tote by yorktown road
- scrabble cushions by pillowhappy
- i heart lists notepad by simple song designs
The Rabbit & the Duck get crafty
October 14, 2008
I was lucky today to have an entire day off with no errands to run or housework to do (well there was probably some housework to do but nothing that needed tending to urgently!) so I took advantage of it by sewing up some new notebooks. I also fitted in a bit of cooking, some magazine reading in the sun, and quite a lot of relaxing while listening to my fave music (should I admit to having a love of 80's and disco tunes?).
So here is the result of my productivity today - some new french cloud journals and a couple of black scooter journals. I love the newspaper print fabric I found for the pockets of the scooter journal - I only bought a small amount as I wasn't sure how it would turn out but I think I'll be going back to Amitie to purchase some more. For these journals I decided to try out a new elastic cord to hold everything in place, which turned out really well. Perfect for writing on the go!
These journals are going to be available at the Sisters Market in early February, but if you can't wait until then just shoot me an email and we'll talk!
It was Miss Scarlett, in the park, with the dagger
October 12, 2008
Some of you may recall my recent trip to Canberra and the unsettling events that took place while I was there. Well, I have an update! Last night my boyfriend and I caught up with some friends at a wedding, and while chatting about our trip we realised we had all been in Canberra on that same night. I quizzed them about what they knew and it turns out the 'suspicious death' was a young guy in his twenties - and that it was his girlfriend who did it. Such a sad story.
Sneak Attack
image originally uploaded by surferkia
The other night while browsing through Etsy and catching up on all the goss in the forums, I stumbled across a post about 'sneak attacks' that a group called The Handmade Movement is doing. Intrigued, I clicked on the link to their website to find out more.
A 'sneak attack' works like this: Everyday at an appointed time, an Etsy shop with few or no sales is announced on the Handmade Movement site. Everyone who wants to participate in the attack then visits the shop to buy an item from it. What a great idea! The shop involved has no idea they are going to be targeted until they get surprised by all the sudden buyers.
And what does the above photo have to do with surprise attacks on Etsy shops? Nothing really, I just really liked this pic (and it came up while searching for images tagged with 'sneak' on Flickr)!
Today I...
October 8, 2008
image originally uploaded by peter j thompson
...posted off my first Etsy order! A scooter journal is currently making its way up to Sydney to Paper Lion. Paper Lion shares my love of all things paper and stationery and makes lovely handbound books and photo albums - check out her Etsy shop here. I particularly love this notebook which is covered with US roadmaps - it reminded me that I have some lovely canvas featuring a map of London that I had planned to turn into some travel journals. So much fabric and so many ideas! I just need a bit more time to get everything done!
I also found out today that I will have a stall at the February Sisters' Market - even more of a reason to get sewing!
Beep! Beep!
October 5, 2008
I popped over to Fabricworm the other day to discover she had mentioned my scooter fabric spending spree in her blog! After inviting her readers to check out my shop and my blog to see what crafty things I was working on with her fabric, I thought I had better get moving and post some pics of my new journals. So here they are! I will pop a couple in my Etsy shop later this evening - I'm off to a Tupperware party now!
Etsy Treasury Feature!
October 4, 2008
A big thank you to Teneale from wicked child designs for featuring my orange botanical journal in her spring sale themed Etsy Treasury. I'm quite chuffed!
Posted by Rabbit and the Duck at 7:26 PM
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I do love a sale!
October 1, 2008
During the month of October, the EtsyDUST team (Down Under Street Team) is having a Spring Bloom sale!
To celebrate, I am taking $10 off my Botanical themed journals. There are 2 colours available in my shop - orange or brown. Very floral and very spring! I can just imagine sitting under a nice shady tree writing notes and ideas in these journals.
And while you're over at Etsy, be sure to check out some of the other gorgeous items that fellow DUSTers have on sale for the month!
Happy Spring Shopping!
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"We are taking this program to another level with this schedule," Stuedeman, the winningest first-year coach in school history, said. "Fans should be excited about this schedule because it's an opportunity for us to play the best, beat the best and be the best."
Stuedeman's squad begins competition in late September with the second annual "Tour De Miss" exhibition schedule. On Sept. 29, the Bulldogs travel to Southaven, Miss., to battle Shelton State. Following the game at Southaven High School, the first 100 fans age 10-18 will be provided with a free softball clinic and MSU softball t-shirt.
The stakes get higher the next day as Starkville's Team plays against the greatest collection of softball talent on earth - the National Pro Fastpitch All-Stars. The game takes place at South Panola High School in Batesville, Miss. Admission is $5 for the game only and $10 for the game plus a post-game clinic.
"We are playing against the New York Yankees of softball," Stuedeman explained. "It is an exciting measuring stick against the very best in our sport, as I look forward to our players one day playing side by side with them."
For the first time in Stuedeman's tenure, the Bulldogs will play on the coast Oct. 6 as they step on the diamond to take on the Marion Military Institute at 5 p.m. at Harrison Central High School in Gulfport. Before first pitch, there will be a pitching clinic from 10 a.m. until noon, with a free hitting clinic going from 1-3 p.m.
Two weeks later on Oct. 14, history will be made as the head coach goes up against her older sister Les Stuedeman in Huntsville, Ala., as part of a doubleheader vs. Alabama-Huntsville and Chattanooga State. The opening game against the Chargers will mark the first time in history Vann and Les have been in the opposite dugouts as head coaches.
As always, the exhibition schedule ends in Starkville at the MSU Softball Stadium on Oct. 21 against Wallace-Hanceville. The day before, players will conduct a pitching expo and sign autographs in The Junction prior to the homecoming football game against Middle Tennessee State. Following the game Sunday, the team will host an exclusive picnic inside the practice facility with fans that attended the clinics around the state.
It counts for real Feb. 7 when the Maroon and White host the 2013 season opener against 2011 NCAA Tournament squad South Alabama, who MSU defeated on the road in last year's season opener for Stuedeman's first win as a head coach. The rest of the month is filled out with the Kickoff Classic (Feb. 8-10) and the Bulldog Battle (Feb. 15-17) tournaments at home, a battle on the bayou against 2012 Super Regional squad Louisiana Feb. 13 and the Memphis Tiger Invitational in the land of the Delta blues Feb. 23-24.
From magical music to the Magic Kingdom, MSU will travel to the Disney Wide World of Sports Complex for the ultra-competitive Citrus Classic March 1-3 before hosting Memphis back in Starkville March 6.
The SEC lid-lifter for the Maroon and White takes place March 8-10 at home against 2011 WCWS participant LSU, before going on a four game, five day, spring break road trip March 12-15 against Jacksonville State, College of Charleston (DH) and Charleston Southern.
Returning home, MSU will play eight-consecutive games vs. tourney teams from a year ago: at home against Louisiana March 20, at Kentucky March 22-24, at UAB March 26 and at home vs. Auburn March 29-31.
The stretch run toward the postseason begins with back-to-back games against Jackson State at home (April 2) and a game vs. UAB in Ridgeland, Miss., the following night. The Bulldogs then travel to the Sunshine State to take on Florida April 5-7. The final four conference tilts include a home rivalry clash against Ole Miss April 12-14, on the road at defending national champion Alabama April 19-21, Senior Weekend vs. South Carolina in Starkville April 26-28 and on the road at new SEC member Texas A&M in a battle for maroon supremacy.
Sprinkled in that time frame will be non-conference midweek games against NCAA tourney teams Mississippi Valley State (April 24) and Houston (May 6), as well as a dogfight on the diamond against Samford April 16.
Kentucky will host the 2013 SEC Tournament May 8-11, with the NCAA Tournament beginning May 8 at campus sites across the country. For more information on MSU softball, follow the program on Twitter at @MStateSB and like the team on Facebook at Facebook.com/MStateSB.
2012-13 Schedule Highlights
- Toughest Schedule Ever: At least 24 games against 11 teams that made the 2011 NCAA Tournament (More games are possible in early-season tournament play).
- Sept. 30: National Pro Fast-Pitch All-Stars in Batesville, Miss.
- Feb. 8-17: Kickoff Classic and Bulldog Battle Tournaments at home.
- March 8-10: SEC opening series at home vs. 2011 Women's College World Series participant LSU.
- April 19-21: Three-game series at defending national champion Alabama.
- April 28: Senior Day vs. South Carolina.
2011-12 Review:
- Mississippi State made its ninth appearance all-time in the NCAA Tournament (2000, 2002-05, 2007-09, 2012) and its first NCAA Regional appearance since 2009.
- First-year Head Coach Vann Stuedeman and Georgia Southern Head Coach Annie Smith were the only two coaches in their first seasons as head coach to make the field of 64.
- Stuedeman became the winningest first-year head coach in MSU history (.579).
- Mississippi State finished the regular season with a 13-game winning streak against non-conference opponents, its longest such streak since MSU won a school-record 16-consecutive contests to begin the 2006 season. In midweek games alone, MSU went a flawless 8-0 against out-of-league foes.
- The 2012 Bulldogs broke the school record for true road wins in a season with their 13th road win at Auburn on May 4, 2012. State had two five-game road winning streaks this season, its longest road winning streaks since winning eight in a row from March 27-April 19, 2001. The eight SEC road wins by MSU were the most since the Bulldogs won eight in 2001.
- Starkville's Team ended the year winning 14 of its last 20 games, including a 12-game winning streak from April 10-May 4. The stretch was the Bulldogs' third-longest winning streak in school history.

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LucasCast: E3 2010 Special
Welcome to the LucasCast E3 2010 Special. For this episode we're joined by special guests Jeff and Lynk Former along with regular cast member Jae Onasi who is hosting the show and the loveable acdcfanbill, played by acdcfanbill himself. No imitations.
Release date: 22 June 2010
Download page: http://www.lucascast.com/lucascast_episode-e3-2010/
Extra information and resources:
Who won E3 2010?
New hardware
Games of interest
At what minute is Jeff's questions?
Great work on this one. The most professionally delivered, gaming focused podcast yet.
Sounds like you're going to have a busy time Lynky! My favourite games all came out around at the same time recently (ME2/AC2 on pc). It was busy work :) I don't think I can properly do more than 2 games at once.
A couple of points to fill in some details on things discussed:
*Crytek, creators of Crysis stated their main reason for taking CryEngine 2.0 into the console world was piracy.
*Crysis is a PITA to run, but at advanced settings and at high resolutions. There is a lot of room to tweak settings to make it work fine on mid end PCs outputting to a modest rez display (sub 16x12)
*The game isn't actually that good [IMO] Many liken it to the Oblivion of the FPS world....lovely to look at, not as lovely to play. It's enduring use has been as a benchmarking tool more than anything else.
*The wireless adapter in the new x360 'trim' is 801.11g/n compliant. 802.11n is not compliant with 'g' hardware. The 'g' spectrum of the 360 network hardware is exactly the same as any other wireless 'g' hardware. Hence, it's more of a concurrent compatibility than a backwards one.
To utilise wireless 'n' you will need a wireless n router/access point in your home setup. It gives great speed at larger ranges, but the kit is on the pricier side. If you have a smallish place, and not too much clutter between the access point and the 360, wireless g would suit most people fine. Other options are powerline adapters via CAT5/ethernet for those that don't want to put a cable through the walls, or don't have a wireless access point in their home. If anyone reading this has any queries about wireless setups, feel free to ask for some pointers over at LFN Tech forum.
Rated "It was awesome," just for "I'm sorry Dave. I'm afraid I can't do that."
Nyet. Just listen to the thing.
I've listened it once, but probably got distracted when they talked about it. I would listen all again, but it's not like the podcast is 20min or something. If someone could point me out the time, I'll be greatly appreciated. (through PM if it's more acceptable)
@Astro--I learned something new--I thought wireless n could also do wireless b/g.
Thanks for the compliment on professionalism. We had so much info to cover it was very hard to decide what to cover and what to cut. I also had to work at _not_ getting every pause and 'uh' out of there--I just didn't have enough time to make it as perfect as possible and still get it released in a timely manner. Darth Groovy's also much faster with the one-liners than I am. :D
The first time I heard him say that when I was editing, I had to stop the editing program to laugh.
It was refreshing to hear a podcast without my usual annoying nasal voice stinking up the joint. I thought the podcast was well executed. Props to Jae for filling my shoes and grandmaster of the chaos. Extra credit to Jae for cracking jokes through out the cast! :lol:
That being said, the work related drama has now officially come to an end, and I will be returning to my previous duties as "sadistic host" unless you guys like it better without the dapper zabrak! :D
does this mean that you'll finally talk to me now on skype? :P
Yeah, sorry dude, been kinda tied up. Loosing you entire management staff all at once can kinda due that to you...
When can we expect a new episode?
Its been nearly 3 months since your last one and was wondering with whats been happening recently at Comic-Con and PAX I thought you would do a roundtable about them.
Groovy just got back from his gamestop conference so you can expect one about that coming soon.
...or something.
I wasn't going to ask because Groovy mentioned loosing his management staff and I assumed that had put it on hold, but...good to know it's coming back soon.
I really want to hear about the stuff Groov saw at his conference.
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Six years ago, Dr. John Khier of Boston Children's Hospital began investigating the idea of using injectable oxygen on patients whose lungs were incapacitated or whose airways were blocked. He was prompted to do so after a young girl that he was caring for passed away – she succumbed to a brain injury, which resulted when severe pneumonia caused her lungs to stop working properly, which in turn caused her blood oxygen levels to drop too low. Now, Khier is reporting that his team has injected gas-filled microparticles into the bloodstreams of oxygen-deprived lab animals, successfully raising their oxygen levels back to normal levels within seconds.Read More
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John Armor
''About 220,000'' attorneys are in the Bar of the Supreme Court. The Court Clerk has no exact count, just this estimate. Since the Court only hears about 190 cases a year, obviously most of those lawyers have never set foot in that Court to present a case. A dirty little secret about the Court's Bar is that most attorneys join just to get an elaborate wall hanging.
The criteria for membership are three: be a member of a state bar for three years, pay $100, and have your application signed by two other members of the Court's Bar. In return, you get a large, impressive certificate (''suitable for framing'') with embossed paper, a nice gold seal, and your name inserted in calligraphy. And it's easier to get now than it was in my day in 1976. I had to wait five years to join.
There's a fringe benefit of hanging this certificate on your wall. Laymen who visit the office may not know how easy these memberships are to obtain. They may think you're a ''very bright lawyer'' to be a member of the Supreme Court's Bar. As the song says, ''It Ain't Necessarily So.''
Perhaps two percent, or about 4,000, of all those members actually practice in that Court. I'll tell four war stories quickly, ending with the one case that caused me to resign from the Court's Bar.
Over the years I've met and talked with men who have won the Super Bowl or the World Series. I've talked to other lawyers who have won cases in the Supreme Court. The parallel is a solid one. The feeling for a lawyer when he/she wins the first case in that Court is the same as the pleasure shown on Brooks Robinson's face as he jumped four feet in the air from third base after the final out when the Orioles swept the Dodgers in '66. Of course, lawyers don't jump in the air and pour champagne on one another, but it's the same thing. It's the top of your profession.
My second Supreme Court case was my first win. September, 1976, McCarthy v. Briscoe, emergency order to the State of Texas, requiring it to put Eugene McCarthy on its ballot as an independent candidate for President. That and other McCarthy cases led to the John Anderson legal victory in 1983, also as an independent candidate (in 1980). All those led to Ross Perot's two candidacies. Eventually they'll lead to the election of a candidate other than a Republican or Democrat as president. It's happened before; the legal path is now open for it to happen again.
The second victory I'll mention came in Round I of the Bush-Gore cases from Florida, in December, 2000. At first, the U.S. Supreme Court neither affirmed nor reversed the decision of the Florida Supreme Court. Instead, it vacated the lower court's decision, and told it to do it over.
That case was heard by the U.S. Supreme Court on a very accelerated basis. Lawyers managed to file only 14 briefs. Just one brief – mine – urged the Court to do what it unanimously decided, to vacate or ''strike'' the Florida decision. The high Court was doing the Florida Court a favor by giving it a chance to rethink and rewrite. The lower court failed to do that and again violated the U.S. Constitution, as the Chief Judge of the Florida Court warned his colleagues in dissent.
Then the U.S. Supreme Court took the case again. By a 7-2 vote the high Court determined that the lower court had violated the U.S. Constitution and ended the litigation. (Yes, that vote was 7-2, not 5-4. Any reporter, politician, or talking head who says otherwise either hasn't read the case or is lying to you.)
We now turn to memorable losses. U.S. Term Limits v. Thornton, 1995, was not one of the eighteen cases I briefed in the Supreme Court. But I was involved in the planning for that case. The Court decided 5-4 that states could not impose term limits on their own senators and representatives in Congress. I had urged the lawyers handling that case to pound the history of women's suffrage in their preparation. The reason was that a chief opponent of term limits was predictably Justice Ginsburg. And she had built her legal career on the history of women's rights, including the right to vote.
Why did I suggest that tactic? Because women originally got the right to vote state by state, not all at once nationally. So that might have painted Justice Ginsburg into a corner where she was forced to vote in favor of term limits. As a general rule on basic Supreme Court issues, it's always wise to emphasize the history of the nation and of the Constitution more than narrow points of the law. In its best moments, that's what drives the decisions of the Court.
Now I turn to the worst loss, the one which caused me to resign from the Bar of the Court last week. Last December, the Court handed down its decision in McConnell v. FEC. By a 5-4 vote, the Court decided that Congress had the right to tell citizens and groups of citizens that they couldn't run broadcast ads before primary or general elections. The condition was that such ads, if they named or showed the photographs of any candidates for federal office, could only be run if the sponsors subjected themselves to the jurisdiction of the Federal Election Commission.
The four dissenting Justices said in plain English that it was hard to imagine a clearer violation of the First Amendment's freedoms of speech and of the press than this provision of the federal election finance ''reform'' act. That was the position I took in my brief in the case.
Thomas Jefferson probably understood the First Amendment freedoms better than any other political philosopher in American history. In 1787, he wrote that if forced to choose ''between a government without newspapers, or newspapers without government, I would not hesitate for a moment to prefer the latter.'' His point was that with a free press we could recreate a free government; but without a free press, when the government became corrupt, there would be no cure except violence.
In a more rational time, the Supreme Court itself had the same view of the First Amendment. In Sweezy v. New Hampshire, 1957, it said that the freedoms in the First Amendment were the most basic ones because all other freedoms depend on them. ''Every citizen shall have the right to engage in political expression and association. This right was enshrined in the First Amendment of the Bill of Rights.''
Does it make sense for a member of the Court's Bar to resign over a disagreement with the Court's conclusion in a single case? Generally, no. From the first time I read many of the Supreme Court's decisions, I had a short list of decisions I disagreed with. The same is true of all other attorneys who practice in that Court. But the McConnell case was different.
The right of American citizens to speak freely about their political leaders and would-be leaders, especially when elections are being conducted, is the very heart of the Constitution. Absent that, all the guarantees in the world about free elections and democratic decision-making aren't worth the paper they're written on. In the McConnell case, five Justices of the Court drove a dagger into this heart of the Constitution.
Here are the operative words of the oath of office that every Justice makes on becoming a member of the Supreme Court: ''... I will ... administer justice without respect to persons, ... faithfully and impartially discharge ... all the duties ... according to the best of my abilities and understanding, agreeably to the Constitution and laws of the United States.'' Like this oath, the one taken by members of the Bar is somewhat wishy-washy and touchy-feely compared to the bold clarity of the oath taken by the President as required by the Constitution: ''... I will ... to the best of my Ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.''
The commitment to the Constitution is present in all three oaths. What obligation falls upon a member of the Court's Bar, when a solid majority of the Court itself become enemies of the Constitution in violation of their oaths of office?
Yes, I know that attorneys in general, and trial lawyers in particular, more often use statements of principles as window-dressing than as bases for action. When the average attorney says, ''It's about the principle, not the money,'' the case is really about the money, not the principle.
And of all the principles that any citizen, not just attorneys, can be dedicated to, the most general, most long range, and most subtle are the basic tenets of the Constitution. So I don't deceive myself. Of the 220,000 members of the Bar of the Supreme Court, perhaps five, maybe as many as ten, may follow my lead and resign from that Bar.
It doesn't matter how many, or how few, choose to follow. The right decision is the right decision regardless of how many gather to the standard, or the outcome of the contest. This is as true now as it was among those who passed the Declaration of Independence on 2 July, 1776, or signed the Constitution on 17 September, 1787. We are a nation of principle, and if we ever fully fail to be that, we will become a nation of no consequence, regardless of whatever money and power we yet possess.
One last point: Alert readers will have noted that I took six months to resign after the decision to which I so strongly object. I had filed a brief in another case before the Court. I couldn't resign, and potentially harm my client's position, until after that other case was decided a week ago.
In a better world, hundreds or even thousands of lawyers would do as I have: resign from the Court's Bar, and frame and hang the Clerk's letter accepting the resignation next to their Bar admission. But this is not that better world, and we shall see what happens.
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A bride was sentenced to 30 years in prison after she pushed her new husband off of a cliff last year. On March 27, USA Today reported that 22-year-old Jordan Linn Graham agreed to a plea deal back in December that had her serving less of a sentence. Graham thus admitted that she pushed 25-year-old Cody Johnson from a ledge, ending his life.
"U.S. District Judge Donald Molloy ordered her to serve 365 months in federal prison without the possibility of parole and also barred her from benefiting in any way from revealing additional details about the murder," USA Today reports.
The bride got 30 years of prison time much to the dismay of the prosecution -- they wanted to see Graham sentenced to life in prison. Apparently Graham showed no remorse for her actions and didn't offer an apology at all. Graham says that she wasn't really thinking about where she was and that she "just pushed" Johnson, perhaps not realizing that he would fall off of a cliff and die at Glacier National Park.
The prosecution, however, believed that Graham planned to kill her new husband which is why they were pushing for a steeper sentence. Check out the video above for more.
The bride's 30-year sentence seems too short for many people, but alas it is what it is.
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Esther Earl, whose writings and artwork make up "This Star Won't Go Out," is the person who inspired John Green to write "The Fault in Our Stars." While he takes pains to make it clear that the book is NOT about Esther, he also says she inspired it. He says (on the video) that she taught him that a short life can also be a good life.
Esther was 12 when she was diagnosed with thyroid cancer, typically a cancer with a high survival rate. However, Esther's cancer was not typical. But Esther, bright and wise beyond her years (according to those who knew her) was cheerful, positive and had things to do in life.
She died at the age of 16, but she made the most of the time she had. This book is her parents' way of inspiring others with a collection of Esther's diary, video, blogs emails, and art work, and narrative by her parents, Lori and Wayne Earl.
Esther loved to write and started writing at the age of five or six, according to her father. She wanted to be an author and met John Green at a convention. She joined his online group of "Nerdfighters," and her online presence and the friendships she made there helped inspire many through her cheerful outlook.
Esther's life and her book show how important the internet can be in meeting and befriending people all over the world. Esther's close friends, known as "Catitude" and nerdfighters, believe in advocating for intellectualism. Her online friends became another support system (besides her close-knit family).
The book is 431 pages and filled with a variety of text and color. Journal entries from her father are in one color, her mother in another, and Esther's musings, poems and diary entries in cream. It's inspirational, thoughtful and a tribute to Esther -- a very special young lady who died much, much too soon.
Penguin Young Readers Group will be making a donation to This Star Won't Go Out, the foundation named in Esther's memory. The foundation's purpose is to financially assist families struggling through the journey of having a child with cancer.
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Previously, George served as director of coalitions for the Republican National Committee, acting as party liaison to diverse business, ethnic, and interest groups. From January 1995 through May 1998, he served as special assistant and senior writer to the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, Newt Gingrich. In 1994, he was a legislative assistant to former Congressman Michael Huffington (R-CA), overseeing issues such as crime, welfare, immigration, telecommunications, and transportation.
Contemporaneous with his professional full-time career, George has held sideline occupations as a researcher, disc jockey, and freelance writer. An occasional stand-up comedian and improviser, he has appeared at venues such as Stand-Up New York, Gotham Comedy Club, and The Laugh Factory.
His international activities have included participating in conferences in Great Britain, Germany, Switzerland, and Belgium; monitoring elections in Nigeria; reporting on slavery in Sudan; and leading a fact-finding mission to Israel.
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The closest thing to a Wall Street Troll there can be. Shareholders should stop selling to him, and should stop listening his poison. He has shat all over the companies he's manipulated.
A new potential opponent to the proposed leveraged buyout of Dell by founder Michael Dell has emerged, in the form of none other than corporate raider activist investor Carl Icahn. On Wednesday, the special committee of Dell's board appointed to investigate the deal declared that selling the company would be the best option …
The closest thing to a Wall Street Troll there can be. Shareholders should stop selling to him, and should stop listening his poison. He has shat all over the companies he's manipulated.
What if the leverged buyout was a ploy by Michael Dell to sell 100 million of his shares at 13 bucks a share to a greater fool, as he winds down his position from 16% to naught.
A leveraged recap? Is he freaking nuts? He wants Dell to take out a huge ass loan just to pay a dividend. Short term moronic moneygrabs like this is what screws up good companies and kills jobs.
Remember from all the stuff about non-payment of taxes by various companies, one of the advantages of debt over capital is that it significantly reduces your tax bill.
So does buying another company with a pile of debt but a decent cashflow, like say a large cable company (something like virgin media springs to mind, but AMD might also suit). I get what you are saying, but saddling a company that is beginning to need refocussing with debt which isn't reinvested into the companies future just seems harmful in the long run. Too much profit isn't a bad thing, it just needs to be invested right, depending on which margin you look at dell runs between 4 and 7%, now Apple, they have a margin. Dell is in the doing ok category.
How would this actually help improve the companies future? Sure it would pay less tax, but only because it was paying off the interest on a loan it didn't get to invest in its future. How about they grow the company and worry about the tax on the profits when they have the profits. Hell Dell could buy Sharp, that would be interesting, they could probably even buy Sony but that would make a bit less sense. That would return real long term value to shareholders. Pawning the company jewels for a quick cash fix has at best a very tenuous medium term benefit but in reality the benefit is to the shareholders who are short on Dell.
"A leveraged recap? Is he freaking nuts?"
It is kind of leveraged buy out 101. Buy a controlling stake in said company. Get said company to take out massive loans to pay out shareholders, meaning the leveraged buyout firms. If they can only get themselves called a private equity firm, they can also ask the Directors of the company, i.e. themselves, to pay consultants, i.e. themselves, huge fees to determine how to extract the company from the financial dire straights caused by debt obligations brought on by payments to outside investors, i.e. themselves.
Aren't those the f*ckers that Jonathan Schwartz used to screw Sun over?
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Photojournalist Yoav Galai accompanied an Israeli fighting platoon in an incursion into Lebanon during the 2006 war between Israel and Hezbollah.
The unit passed through all of southern Lebanon and came under heavy fire in the village of Ainata.
The photographic work has won numerous awards including:
International COLOR awards
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China Press photography contest
Venice international Photography competition - gold medal
Israeli Press Photography competition - best of show
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Outside Inside makes these great gifts for outdoors lovers. Ornaments, magnets, photo frames. They all have themes to make a hiker, paddler, climber or skier go "aaawwww".
Each piece- like the hiking boot magnet on my fridge - has details down to the patterned sole and shoelace bow. Girls, it's like when you were a kid and played with the dollhouse pieces. The clever company is a division of GSI Outdoors so they know a little something about making replicas of the real thing. GSI is a leading supplier of outdoor cooking and dining products and is often recognized for design innovations.
I plan to hang the gondola ornament in my office all year long. It's kind of ironic because I had just finished wrapping Ryan's present- a GSI Kitchen 23. The last time we camped, we used twigs to stir our cans of soup and I burned my lips trying to sip without a spoon.
The Kitchen 23 is basically a small, zippered briefcase of 23, BPA-free 'luxury' camping items like a spoon, spatula, mini-whisk, mini-grater, Â cutting board, camp towel and more. I figure if we add this to my Infinity plate set Ryan gave me last year we'll be the envy of our yurt group this winter.
Of course, I still want my iPod but any gifty from GSI goes a long way toward quality time under the mistletoe.
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Cars.com, the premier online resource for buying and selling new and used cars, today announced the 2013 Honda Accord as the winner of its editors' Midsize Sedan Showdown which pitted six of the most popular midsize sedans under $26,000 against each other in a series of tests. Other sedans tested include the 2013 Ford Fusion, 2013 Hyundai Sonata, 2013 Kia Optima, 2013 Nissan Altima and the 2012 Toyota Camry.
"Nearly one in six new cars sold today is a midsize family sedan," said Patrick Olsen, Cars.com's Editor-in-Chief. "Midsize sedans are some of the most popular cars you'll see on the road. We test many different types of cars, but the midsize Showdown is one of the most important ones we do, because it provides practical shopping advice and expert insight for those looking to buy."
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Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Xbox 360 Achievements
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i been going through the trophies ,and i seen that each trophy is repeated twice and , that means u have complete the game 2 times,because of the new ultimate decision, awesome...^_^(sorry 4 my eng)ReplyDeleteReplies
thats what makes this more exciting to complete and now we got edo kages to make this even betterDelete
Look it says beyond the world warReplyDelete
is this game gonna have danzo vs sasuke..ReplyDeleteReplies
thing is it says madara vs kage but how about KABUTO VS ITAC?HI OMG LOlReplyDelete
I'm not gonna lie i'm disappointed in some of the achievements because it practically says that we won't see adult Obito.ReplyDeleteReplies
Yeah there it is..... Teh last battle achievement shows adult obito so its probably going to end with Naruto and all them vs. Ten tails with Madara and ObitoDelete
@Somailan Gamer If you are talking about the trophies telling you to get an A rank and an S rank, I think it just happens to be two trophies for different "difficulties" so to speak. You'll probably get both at the same time if you get an S rank first. But in regards to ultimate decision, I think the different playthrough give different Secret Factors or different fragments. I think the "A rank" "S rank" chapters are probably fragments. Then again, this is all my own opinion so you may very well be right. Both ways, this game is going to be awesome!!!ReplyDelete
The last achievement...0G...how lucky,i have PS3 and that's is a bronze trophy,JA!ReplyDelete
Ps360hd2, there are number of reasons why I look forward to this game. Do you know if there will be hack n slash battles like those from naruto ultimate ninja impact? Remember the 1 against 300 fight in impact, well I thought this game would be similar, for example you use third raikage to beat 300 people at once.ReplyDelete
If you have time please look into this and answer. Thank you!
the missions are new or are having the video game?ReplyDelete
the missions are new or are having the video game?ReplyDelete
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the icon from Uchiha Against Five Kage S rank show the Uchiha Madara?ReplyDelete
o storm 3 vai se um maximoReplyDelete
Judging by the Achivements, I take it their won't be any collectible figurines or dioramas like in Storm 1. Well, at least the game itself looks great so far :DReplyDelete
according to the first and second trophy/archivement , the campain mode will start after Pain was defeted.ReplyDelete
what end of the war trophy mean?ReplyDeleteReplies
The game will have Madara vs the 5 Kage 100% and the Game will end at Naruto/Bee vs Itachi/Nagato and when Itachi releases edo tensei. check the "Hero of the ninja world: Got S rank in The Last Battle" achievement and its itachis silhouette!!!ReplyDeleteReplies
i think its not itachis silhouette its look like the shape of tobiDelete
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Prologue: Nine Tails incident
Chapter 1: Sasuke vs The 5 Kages, at the Kage Summit, this one is obvious, if you follow the anime or manga you'll know that Sasuke went to the Kage Summit looking for Danzo, and ended up fighting all 5 of the Kages.
Chapter 2: Naruto vs Sasuke after the fight with Danzo, take a look at the shadow for this one, if you follow the anime or manga you'll know that Sasuke and Naruto meet up after the Danze Fight
Chapter 3: Naruto vs. Nine Tails, take a look at the shadow here, its Killer Bee. When Naruto was trying to get the Chakara of the Nine Tails he was with Killer Bee for Guidance Purposes
Chapter 4: Naruto Meets his Mom, This chapter wiil most likely be the time when Naruto meets him mom, if you take a look at the figure, it appears to be some sort of female with similar features that of Naruto's Mom
Chapter 5: Overall Edo Tensi Battles (Ino, Shikamaru, & Choji vs Asuma/ Kakashi vs Zabuza)
Chapter 6: Gold & Silver Brothers, The figure in this picture is kind of hard to figure, some would say its Madara, but what would skip alot of whats happening, and Chapter 7 is when the battle ends at the coast line, so it would make no sense if they skipped all of that, Im guessing its the Gold & Silver Brothers
Chapter 7: End of the Coastline Battle, pretty self explanatory
Chapter 8: Naruto & Killer Bee meets up with Raikage & Tsunade
Chapter 9 & 10: I cant really make these out
I know for a fact that Naruto Bijuu Mode is in the game, but judging by how the chapters are looking in not entirely sure how they'll introduce it. The game looks like its ending when Naruto & Killer Bee meets up with Itachi & Nagato but Bijuu mode was introduce way after that, same with EMS Sasuke and HOPEFULLY Madara. I honestly could care less if they just threw Madara, EMS Sasuke, and Bijuu Mode Naruto in there with No Explanation because I already know the story, but Im curious how they'll be introduced. I really hope Madara is in the game, and I hope CC2 isn't trolling us with the EMS Sasuke, i hope he's in there also.
It looks kind of short but at least you will get to go online and do other stuff in the game.ReplyDelete
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end of the war trophy and hero of the world this looks very suspiciousReplyDeleteReplies
he's tobi with rinneganDelete
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List Battel story mode:ReplyDelete
Prologue - Icon: Minato, Fox - The Nine Tails' Attack
Hiruzen Vs. Kurama
Minato Vs. Masked Man
Chapter 1 - Icon: Sasuke, Danzo - The Agitated Five Kage Summit
Sasuke Vs. Ay
Sasuke Vs. Gaara
Sasuke Vs. Mei
Sasuke Vs. Onoki
Sasuke Vs. Danzo
Chapter 2 - Icon: Naruto, Sasuke - Hero and Avenger
Naruto Vs. Tobi
Naruto Vs. Sasuke
Bee Vs. Kisame
Chapter 3 - Icon: Bee, None Rank
Naruto Vs. Dark Naruto
Naruto Vs. Dark Naruto (Re match)
Chapter 4 - Icon: Kushina - Overcoming Hatred
Naruto/Bee Vs. Kurama
Guy Vs. Kisame
Konan Vs. Tobi (I HOPE!)
Chapter 5 - Icon: Kabutomaru, Zabuza - Threat of the Seven Swordsmen
Onoki Vs. Deidara(Edo)
Yamato Vs. Kabutomaru
Kankuro/Sai Vs. Sasori/Deidara(Edo)
Mifume Vs. Hanzou(Edo)
Chapter 6 - Icon: Gold/Silver, Gedo - The Rumbling Coast
Darui Vs. Kin-Ginkaku(Edo)
Darui Vs. Kakuzu(Edo) *Time*
Ino-Shika-Cho Vs. Asuma(Edo)
Choji Vs. Gedo
Chapter 7 - Icon: Who-Swordman-Ever? None Rank
Rock Lee Vs. Seven Swordsmen
Guy Vs. Seven Swordsmen
Sakura Vs. Seven Swordsmen
Sai Vs. Seven Swordsmen (Maybe)
Kakashi Vs. Haku/Zabuza(Edo)
Chapter 8 - Icon: Naruto, None Rank
Naruto Vs. Ay
Bee Vs. Ay
Naruto/Bee Vs. White Zetsu Army (Maybe)
Naruto/Bee Vs. Itachi/Nagato(Edo)
Chapter 9 - Icon: Tsunade, Madara - Bet the Future
Gaara Vs. Fourth Kazekage
Onoki Vs. Second Tsuchikage
Naruto Vs. Third Raikage
Gaara Vs. Second Mizukage
....Dunno what's next then.
The Five Kages Vs. Madara Uchiha
Chapter 10 - Icon: Naruto(Beast Mode), Obito - The Last Battle
Naruto/Bee Vs. Obito/6 Jinchurikis
Naruto/Kakashi/Guy Vs. Obito/6 Jinchurikis
Naruto/Kakashi/Guy Vs. Obito
Naruto(Beast Mode) Vs. Obito
Fragments Story - Sasuke
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By Michael Herbert, State and Local Tax Partner and Bryan Mayster, State and Local Managing Director
In 2012, the California Court of Appeals held in Gillette v. Franchise Tax Board that the Multistate Tax Compact is a valid interstate compact and that California is bound by its provisions, including the election to use the equally weighted three factor apportionment formula. The court stated that having entered into the Multistate Tax Compact, California cannot, by subsequent legislation, unilaterally alter or amend its terms. California can avoid the application of the apportionment election only by repealing the statutory provision adopting the Compact, thereby withdrawing from the Compact.
Similar cases have been brought in many Compact member states, including Michigan, Minnesota, Oregon and Texas resulting in some states repealing their membership in the Compact (see below for a list of states). As these cases wind their way through state court houses around the country, we invite you to visit our blog to read our insights into these developments.
We also look forward to hearing from you to learn about your experiences with the Compact and the Multistate Tax Commission. We'd like to get your thoughts on the Compact cases, legislation impacting membership in the Compact, the rewrite of UDITPA or any other MTC matter. Please let us know what you think by posting in the Comments section below.
To paraphrase John F. Kennedy, all this will not be finished in the first one hundred days. Nor will it be finished in the first thousand days, nor in the life of this administration, but let us begin.
States that have repealed Compact membership:
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Is it better to employ a perspective that events in life are finding you? Or would you rather believe that you are in control of the action? Playwright Tom Stoppard says, well, at least the former is easier.
If anyone is able to draw parallels between William Shakespeare and Wes Craven, it's Stoppard. Sitting through Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead for the first time was reminiscent of watching a horror flick where you're screaming at the protagonist, "the killer is right behind you!", but they just keep wandering in the direction of their own doom. Stoppard's approach to suspense, however, has far more substance, don't get me wrong. By the same token, it is also far less, intense. But if horror movies focused more on predetermination and the ironic result of each seemingly arbitrary decision made the protagonist, the industry might be on to something very, existential.
Stoppard's play drops you right into the plot of Hamlet, so for those who have read or seen Hamlet, you will pick up on more of the references, however it is not completely necessary to have seen Hamlet to enjoy the show. Luckily for you, Twin Cities theater-goers, Theater in the Round will also be producing Hamlet in April 2011.
The plot of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern unfolds much like you would expect for a B roll of Shakespeare's Hamlet, or for you non-film geeks, like a string of supplemental deleted scenes. It is given that the plot of Hamlet is still occurring somewhere else off stage, but Stoppard chooses to highlight the actions of the minor characters while Hamlet is busy delivering his epic soliloquies.
The action begins with the summoning of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to come to Denmark to help their childhood chum, Hamlet, who is in a state of melancholy after his father's death. From there, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern sit in an oblivious state while the play action continues on around them. R & G usually can't remember where they are going, why they are going there, and sometimes they can't even remember which is Rosencrantz and which is Guildenstern. Despite their constant struggle to clear up those details, the two piece together what little bits of information they can only to realize that they've been unknowingly doing what they were intended to do the whole time, which is to finish out the plot of Shakespeare's original play (for which Stoppard's title is a "dead" giveaway). But they do not achieve this feat without assistance. They are aided in their physical and existential journey by the band of Tragedian Players (also in Hamlet) and by the formerly principle characters including Hamlet himself, King Claudius, Queen Gertrude, Ophelia, and the whole gang, and of course, the messenger who delivers the fateful title line, Fortinbras.
Structurally, Stoppard also extends from Shakespeare's play within a play device. In Hamlet, the tragedians are used to execute this tactic, but Stoppard uses the main plot of Hamlet to layer his philosophy. He juxtaposes the epitome of tragedy with the epitome of existentialism, and the equation somehow produces comedy. Let me not forget to mention this fact, that the play is very much an absurdist comedy.
Shakespeare's Hamlet brings into question major issues like the importance of justice and conventional thoughts about right and wrong. Structurally, it also challenged the norm earlier established by Aristotle and used a new dramatic device that inserts a play within a play. Stoppard's rendition, however, trivializes these grave issues and implies that the fate of Hamlet was just that, fate. The play implies that the people are in fact pawns in a greater order, with no choices to make, just a list of actions to carry out. As the head player says to R&G in Act II, they are just following the script, which is already written. The players job are to die; that's what they do best. Thus, the play becomes about what Rosencrantz are supposed to do, not what they want to do. Or does it?
What the play lacks in intensity, it makes up for in intellect and charm. I recommend it.


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Former Yosemite High School baseball players are invited to participate in the 9th Annual Yosemite High Alumni Baseball Game at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 2.
The event, sponsored by the Yosemite Baseball Boosters, will consist of an "Old Timer's" softball game at 10 a.m. and the 1 p.m. baseball game.
Former Badger and Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Ted Lilly will return home to play in the game that raises funds for youth baseball.
"This event has grown bigger and better as the Yosemite Baseball Boosters organization enters its ninth year of existence," said John McMillen, Yosemite High baseball coach.
Tuesday, Jan. 30, is the last day for players to sign-up for the game.
General admission to the game is $5 per person.
Check Facebook under Yosemite High School Alumni Baseball Game for more information.
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Try-outs for the 14 and under Yosemite Colts baseball team will be held from 1-3 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 9 at Yosemite High School.
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Things to see and do - Bominaco
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1 Church of San Pellegrino
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This oratory, located 500m above the hamlet of Bominaco, is decorated with 13C frescoes, whose detailed, yet rather childlike portrayal is somewhat reminiscent of today's naive art. The church also houses two delightful "Calendario bominacense&q..
2 Church of Santa Maria Assunta
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This 11C-12C church with its beautifully ornamented apses is one of the most significant examples of Romanesque architecture in Abruzzi. The elegantly simple interior has a graceful Romanesque colonnade. Note the striking 12C ambo (pulpit), near the ..


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Rachel Lee Carter Cross
Published: Tuesday, June 10, 2014 at 4:32 p.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, June 10, 2014 at 4:32 p.m.
Rachel Lee Carter Cross, 88, of N.C. Highway 8, died Sunday, June 8, 2014, at her residence.
The funeral will be at noon Thursday at New Smith Grove Baptist Church. Interment will follow in the church cemetery.
Visitation will be an hour before the service.
A public viewing will be from 1 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Roberts Funeral Service.
She was born Jan. 1, 1926, in Forsyth County to Mahlon and Emma Carter. Mrs. Cross was a member of New Smith Grove Baptist Church and served as a member of the senior choir, president of the deaconess board, missionary board, trustee board and a past member of the usher board. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband Joseph C. Cross; and son Curtis D. Cross.
She leaves to cherish her memories two sons, Ernest (Willie) Cross of Montgomery and Kenneth (Patricia) Cross of East Spencer; two daughters, Marion Cross-Young of Clemmons and Audrey Y. (Howard) McPhail of Hattiesburg, Miss.; nine grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; four great-great-grandchildren; and a host of other family and friends.
A special thanks goes to Sharon Myers and Eric Mitchell.
Online condolences may be expressed to the family at www.robertsfuneral.com.
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Hard Rock Cafe San Diego
Est. July 28, 1998
Located in the heart of the historical Gaslamp Quarter, Hard Rock Cafe San Diego is the place for Legendary Burgers, local fish tacos, fall off the bone BBQ dishes, fresh salads, award winning cocktails, along with a stellar happy hour and the best live music. Enjoy our Platinum Happy Hour with specials on top-shelf alcohol, $5 craft brews, 50% off domestic beers, house wine and well cocktails along with 1/2 off select appetizers from Monday - Friday 3pm - 7pm. And our live music rocks from 5pm- 7pm Fridays.
We are located across the street from the open-air Westfield Horton Plaza, a 15-minute walk from the San Diego Convention Center, and a 10-minute drive from the San Diego Zoo. The Hard Rock Cafe San Diego offers distinctive service and great American cuisine to satisfy the most discriminating of tastes. As family-friendly restaurant, we also offer a tasty kids menu and fun youth merchandise.
Experience Our Music-Infused Culture
No matter where you go in our San Diego cafe, music history surrounds you. Memorabilia from the greatest talents in music adorn the walls, including a vintage fabric tank top worn by Gwen Stefani on No Doubt's 1996 -1997 "Tragic Kingdom" world tour, a Gibson Les Paul Joe Perry Model Guitar signed by all the members of Aerosmith, and a boxing glove used on stage as a prop by Sugar Ray. Our Rock Shop® offers a great selection of collectible Hard Rock merchandise to help you commemorate your trip, including t-shirts, glasses, hats, and more.