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The European Commission's DG Connect committed to a paper -free communication policy in an article [4]published on their website, but several organisations of the paper value chain including CEPI, Intergraf, FEDMA and FEPE answered in an open letter asking DG Connect not to abandon millions of citizens with their communication policy.
Paper-based communication remains very important for millions of Europeans, if one only thinks of all the people who do not have online access, they will be left behind if communication becomes paperless. Despite the benefits of digital technology, paper should be complementary to electronic media and not discarded. Printed communication remains essential for various reasons, it encompasses a big part of the European industry. Implementing this policy will in turn discriminate millions who value printed communication or depend on it as they do not have internet access.
The full letter is accessible here [5].
Further information on 'Myths and Realities' when it comes to paper here [6].
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[3] http://www.cepi.org/print/16472
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[5] http://www.cepi.org/system/files/public/documents/news/2013/Letter%20DGconnect%20Sept2013.pdf
[6] http://www.cepi.org/mythsandrealities

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Chapter 6:The Battle
Luke and Kyle put their lightsabers into a defensive position and waited.2 sith knights ran forward and attacked.Luke ducked and beheaded one of them and Kyle who was in a saber lock with the knight used force push on him and pushed him back.He then immediatly used force pull and pulled him back.He then stabbed him in the chest.Luke and Kyle again waited.Then suddenly all the knights and the master ran at them.
Qual who was in his room was programing his droid to kill the master of the academy.When half way done he heard sabers.He rushed out to the entrance hall and saw Luke and Kyle dueling all the knights and the master.Qual activated his sabers and started picking off the knights one by one.After about a minuteall the knights were dead and only the master was left.He raised his saber and killed himself.Luke said to Qual"Thankyou"."Shut it.I did it because I didnt want you 2 to die.Now go".
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The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
by Carson McCullers
Analysis: Setting
Where It All Goes Down
Mid-Sized Town, Georgia; 1939-1940
In The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter, the unnamed town is the entire world. Everyone's trying to escape – from economic, physical, mental, and spiritual hard times – but no one can get the job done. Basically, the town is a snapshot of a troubled region and country. And while we never see the outside world, we certainly see its effects: the racism and poverty of pre-World War II America treat our cast as puppets, playing with their lives in some pretty cruel ways.
The fact that the town doesn't have a name is a crucial detail. It can really be any Southern town in this era: the pre-Civil Rights, Jim Crow South of segregation and inequality. We see frequent images of poverty, violence, and suffering all over the town. And all of our main characters are directly impacted by all this real-life drama.
Because this book is highly episodic – meaning that it's broken up into smaller, individual stories – we end up getting a bunch of different micro-locations as settings. This focus on very specific locations (as particular as one room!) helps to emphasize some of the other themes in the novel: isolation, loneliness, entrapment. There's just an overall feeling of suffocation throughout the book, be it from the stifling Southern heat or the tiny rooms and houses to which people are confined.
Okay, now that we've cheered you up a bit, let's take a closer look.
Mick's House
Mick's house is often described as particularly suffocating and overcrowded, and we get a strong sense of Mick's restlessness and nervous energy in scenes where she is stuck at home:
Mick did not want to go back into the rooms where the family stayed. And she did not want to have to talk to any of the boarders. No place was left but the street – and there the sun was too burning hot. She wandered aimlessly up and down the hall and kept pushing back her rumpled hair with the palm of her hand (1.3.124).
The time she spends wandering the streets is like a breath of fresh air (both literally and figuratively!). It also lets the reader breathe a bit, too, don't you think?
Sunny Dixie Show
Themes of suffocation crop up again at Jake's place of work, the Sunny Dixie Show. This place has something of a nightmare quality about it, like the abandoned set of a horror film. Jake – again, along with the reader – often feels a sense of entrapment and dread there:
Jake was always alert. Beneath the gaudy gaiety of the show, the bright lights, and the lazy laughter, he felt something sullen and dangerous (2.12.45).
Copeland's House
And now for something completely different: more themes of suffocation and dread! This time we're at Doctor Copeland's home. Copeland's house has some notable parallels to Mick's in certain scenes, namely where other people are involved. However, when Copeland is alone, or at least alone with Portia, his house takes on a very different vibe that reflects his character: dark, quiet, and lonely. First, let's check out Casa Copeland when it's not jam-packed:
Far from the main street, in one of
the Negro sections of town, Doctor Benedict Mady Copeland sat in his
dark kitchen alone. [...] Although the night was very hot, there was a
small fire in the round-bellied wood stove. Doctor Copeland sat close to
it, leaning forward in a straight-backed kitchen chair [...] (1.5.1).
Pretty calm, right? Almost peaceful? Pretty unusual for a non-Singer-related location. Plus, details like the "straight-backed" chair represent Copeland's own severe personality.
But when Copeland's pad is filled with people, it becomes much more like the other locations in the book and isn't immune to themes of poverty and overcrowding:
Doctor Copeland stood in the center of the front room near the tree. He was dizzy. He shook hands and answered salutations with confusion. [...] The air thickened and voices grew louder. Faces whirled about him so that he could recognize no one. (2.6.42).
Biff's New York Café
Biff's New York Café is really the major social location of the book – we meet and part from most of our main characters at this local hot-spot. It even gets its own lovely chapter. Unlike some of the more personal spaces, the Café is one of the few places people can come to breathe on occasion:
The place was still not crowded – it was the hour when men who have been up all night meet those who are freshly wakened and ready to start a new day. The sleepy waitress was serving both beer and coffee. There was no noise or conversation, for each person seemed to be alone (1.2.132).
Calm, yes, but notice that even in this social place, "each person seemed to be alone." You know you're in a book of isolation and loneliness when even the local gathering hole can't bring people together.
Singer's Place
It always comes back to Singer, huh? His room at Mick's boarding home is actually really different from a lot of the other places in the novel. It's quiet, it's clean, it's very rarely crowded, and bonus, it has a radio. This space is a safe haven, a refined and civilized space in a very uncivilized world.
But in the end, this civil space is symbolically shattered by despair and violence via Singer's suicide. Hmm, a formerly safe place is destroyed by the world in all its horror… sound familiar? Maybe like wartime locations?
That leads us to our last setting-related point. McCullers published this book in 1940, when Europe was falling to Nazi conquest and America was only a year away from entering World War II. We get constant little reminders throughout the book – from depictions of poverty and racism to mentions of Hitler on the news – about the world outside this little Southern town. No matter how isolated it is, this town is definitely (and sadly) a product of its historical context.


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Fourth Year at Arizona
15 Years in Coaching
?* Coached UA's Mike Bell to a third consecutive 900-yard season and No. 4 status on
?* Led the rushing attack to a six-year high with 315 yards rushing against No. 7 UCLA in 2005, an average of 7.3 per click.
?* Rose Bowl coach for
?* He was part of the WSU staff that put the program in back-to-back bowls for the first time in school history and started a three-year stretch with 10 or more victories.
?* Coached defensive back Scott McGarrahan of
?* Dunn was a three-time All-America wide receiver at Idaho in 1989-91, and remains the Idaho career record holder for receptions (268) and receiving yards (3,847), which both ranked No. 2 on the NCAA career lists at the time behind Jerry Rice.
?* He led the nation with 88 catches as a junior, was third with 85 as a senior and fifth as a sophomore with 73 catches.
?* Helped the Vandals win Big Sky titles in 1987, 1988 and 1989 and were 24-12 during his three varsity seasons.
?* He played professionally for the Houston Oilers, British Columbia Lions and Edmonton Eskimos in 1992. He caught 20 passes for the Eskimos in 1992 and 1993.
Dunn's work with UA running backs the past two seasons has helped establish a consistent running game to augment a new passing attack. His coaching style and knowledge of college football has meshed neatly with coordinator Mike Canales' game strategies and play calling.
Dunn, 37, brings a background with coaching staff leadership responsibilities at the Pac-10 level. He has coached on both sides of the ball and has the insight of a former heralded collegiate player, and professional football experience.
His senior charges last year, Mike Bell and Gilbert Harris, positioned themselves for a professional future after their two years of work in Dunn's system.
Dunn's work in 2006 will focus on a pair of lettermen with experience ?- junior tailback Chris Henry and sophomore fullback Brandon Lopez ?- a group of young players with a year of apprenticeship, plus an incoming group of true freshmen.
Dunn's Coaching history
1993 Idaho, Volunteer coach, Wide receivers
1994 University of San Diego, Tight ends/receivers coach
1995 Idaho, Cornerbacks coach
1996 New Mexico, Cornerbacks coach
1997 New Mexico, Cornerbacks coach
1998 Washington State, Running backs coach
1999 Washington State, Running backs coach/ST coordinator
2000 Washington State, Running backs coach/ST coordinator
2001 Washington State, assistant head coach, RB/ST coordinator
2002 Washington State, assistant head coach, RB/ST coordinator
2003 Texas Christian, Cornerbacks coach
2004 Arizona, Running backs coach
2005 Arizona, Running backs coach
2006 Arizona, Running backs coach
Dunn in The Postseason
1988 NCAA I-AA Playoffs, Idaho wide receiver (3 rounds)
1989 NCAA I-AA Playoffs, Idaho wide receiver
1990 NCAA I-AA Playoffs, Idaho wide receiver (2 rounds)
1993 NCAA I-AA Playoffs, Idaho volunteer, receivers (3 rounds)
1995 NCAA-I-AA Playoffs, Idaho cornerbacks coach
1997 Insight.com Bowl, New Mexico cornerbacks coach
2001 Sun Bowl, Washington State assistant head coach, RBs/ST
2002 Rose Bowl (2003), Washington State assistant head coach
2003 Fort Worth Bowl, TCU cornerbacks coach
The Dunn File
Birthdate: July 22, 1969, San Diego, Calif.
High School: North Kitsap High School, Poulsbo, Wash., 1987
College: Idaho, 1992
Family: Wife Janelle; daughters Kayla and Lauren
Playing Experience: University of Idaho, receiver, 1987-91
Recruiting Areas: San Diego and Orange Counties, Colorado


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Explain The Underlying
Order In The Universe
Ajay Saini
To: "Positive Atheism" <firstname.lastname@example.com>
Sent: Saturday, January 20, 2001 10:53 AM
Subject: PA-via_Positive_Atheism_Index
Dear sir,
Here I want to share some thoughts to explain the Universe.
Firstly, it looks three basic reasons behind the creation of universe
a) Creator cause
b) Material cause
c) Simple cause i.e. Living creatures
Based on above, you have to acknowledge three basic entities which are eternal (can neither be created nor be destroyed, neither have beginning or end in time), extremely small (hence can not be detected with your apparatus or systems) as follows.
1) GOD (Creator cause): A supreme being who is Omnipresent, whose consciousness is spread throughout the infinite space, having full knowledge and strength to design the universe,to set the rules and He has three actions with the universe
a) Creation
b) Carrying it with the set of rules defined by him
c) Taking the universe back to initial conditions.
At the same time,he is also responsible for creation of living beings at earth and planets having earth like conditions and providing everything for them.
A Perfectly Homogeneous State of Smallest material entities/particles, has no motion. This state can not be able to form the seeds of universe until an external agency i.e. GOD disturbs its homogeneity. Now these particles have properties of attraction & repulsion forming subatomic particles which are then compressed to singularity conditions by God, explosion of which resulting into formation of atoms and their big structures of large scale universe.
Living Things (i.e. who has consciousness, will, feeling, efforts etc.) which are in abundance (i.e. countless), having little knowledge & strength, remain always in their pure states, never change in time like material particles. They have presence in all the living creatures and make them dead when God displaces soul from the body.
From: "Positive Atheism Magazine" <firstname.lastname@example.com>
To: "Electrotherm-Delhi"
Subject: Re: PA-via_Positive_Atheism_Index
Date: Saturday, January 20, 2001 8:29 PM
You are positing your conclusion as a premise -- presupposing what you set out to prove and using your presuppositions to answer the dispute in question. This is not unlike saying, "I know there's a god because God told me that he exists." This is fine for personal, private religion, but you will need much more than this when seeking to have the rest of us go along with it.
Finally, I'd like a source citation for the Hawking quotation, because he seems conspicuously silent regarding his religious views.
Cliff Walker
"Positive Atheism" Magazine
Five years of service to
people with no reason to believe
Added: January 31, 2001
From: "ajay saini"
To: "Positive Atheism Magazine" <email@example.com>
Sent: Saturday, January 27, 2001 11:14 AM
Subject: Re: PA-via_Positive_Atheism_Index
Dear Sir,
You have answered my queries via E-Mail (attached below) on 20/01/2001 and asked a fascinating question whether "God told you that he exits." It is not a question of personal belief or so but a matter of existence of God. That's why I am putting a simple analogy to express my logic of God.
Suppose a house is needed to be built.For building of a house,you come across the following:
1) MATERIALS suitable to construct the house
2) INTELLIGENT WORKMAN (or Creator) who has knowledge for constructing the house
3) USER of that house (otherwise it will be meaningless to build the house, if user does not exist)
So, if you say that we accept only the first reason (i.e. materials) and discard other two reasons. Can the MATERIALS itself be arranged in the pattern of house without a CREATOR? Can you justify your logic about rejecting other two reasons.
Based on the similar analogy, same is the case with UNIVERSE.
IF you say that MATTER does only exist (As you know through experiments of Physics) rejecting the Creator cause (because it is not detected through Experimental Physics).
Can the MATTER itself take the shape in phases of Expansion and Contraction of Universe without triggered by CREATOR's Knowledge and Strength?
Can you explain the underlying order prevailing in this Universe without Creator? Further from above analogy,the USERS of this Universe are all Living Creatures, making it justified.
Please answer my Queries at my e-mail.
Ajay Saini
From: "Positive Atheism Magazine" <email@example.com>
To: "ajay saini"
Subject: Re: PA-via_Positive_Atheism_Index
Date: Saturday, January 27, 2001 11:56 AM
I cannot explain any "underlying order in the universe" because the universe is almost complete randomness. Here and there exist tiny, tiny (very tiny) pockets of order, like one would expect in a constantly expanding universe. But the universe, for the most part, is cold and chaotic and almost completely random.
We live in one of those tiny pockets of order, so I can understand why people would think the universe is highly ordered. And, our senses are tuned to see only the order. But when we take measurements with instruments, we detect much disorder with hardly any order at all. This is, I think, exactly what we could expect from an explosion that occurred naturally, that did not have any creative force behind it.
Cliff Walker
"Positive Atheism" Magazine
Five years of service to
people with no reason to believe
From: "ajay saini"
To: "Positive Atheism Magazine" <email@example.com>
Subject: Re: PA-via_Positive_Atheism_Index
Date: Tuesday, January 30, 2001 4:55 AM
Dear Sir,
You have responded my E-mail (Attached below)on 27/01/2001. You have described the universe completely chaotic, random and not showing an order. Such a mathematically accurate universe can not be governed by chance.
Then how a chaotic and random universe can produce systems undergoing an order? can you explain an example of it?.
Now let's take our solar system----
Our earth is spinning around its axis at a fixed speed producing day and nights. At the same time it is also rotating around the sun in a fixed orbit at a speed, which when measured, found to be consistent with previous observations. This mathematics is so accurate we can predict the position of earth at any instant in the solar system. Now the question is.....
1)Why the earth follows fixed orbit around the sun in chaotic/random universe?.
2)Why does it not violate its path & speed if the universe behaves in random manner?.
3)Similarly in atomic structures, why the values of electrons, neutrons & protons are so finely adjusted in an atom to produce meaningful objects in this universe?
why does it not happen that electrons & protons interchange their position in an atom to justify choatic/random behaviour of universe?.
More importantly is the existence of human beings and other creatures. Their bodily structures are so complex that it can not be justified without an intelligent creator. Living bodies can not be produced by chance due to random behaviour of universe. Why todays they are not produced at random?.
So the ordered systems are not the exceptions and exist at each and every scale of universe. They need the help of creator to set in order.
Because these systems are the part of this universe, you can not let them unexplained. Otherwise you have no other option but to accept an intelligent creator.
Your answers to my queries are eagerly awaited at my E-mail.
Ajay Saini.
From: "Positive Atheism Magazine" <firstname.lastname@example.com>
To: "ajay saini"
Subject: Re: PA-via_Positive_Atheism_Index
Date: Tuesday, January 30, 2001 9:27 PM
You have described the universe completely choatic, random and not showing an order.
I said no such thing!
I described the universe as almost entire random, and noted that the tiny pockets of order that do exist are all that we can see with our senses.
If you wish to discredit me, at least have the decency to quote me correctly.
This is what is so frustrating about dealing with theists who try to force the findings of science in such as way that it appears to validate their faith. People are perfectly justified in believing whatever suits their fancy, but when theists start lying about what science has found, asserting that science says something that science does not, in fact, say, I will offer a stern rebuke: Stop misrepresenting science! This will get you nowhere with us, except to show us your disrespect for the truth and to prompt us to reject any other claims you may make in the future!
And when people criticize me by misquoting me, they completely lose their credibility with me. It's one thing for you to make no sense (your first letter), but it's another thing altogether for you to lie (your second letter, over a dozen copies of which flooded our mailbox over the course of a day).
Have a nice life. As far as we can tell, it's the only one we get.
Cliff Walker
"Positive Atheism" Magazine
Five years of service to
people with no reason to believe
From: "ajay saini"
To: "Positive Atheism" <email@example.com>
Date: Wednesday, January 31, 2001 5:53 AM
Dear Sir,
Thanks for your replying e-mail on 30/01/2001.
My intention is not to hurt your feelings.I assure you that we will not make further discussions on the subject of Universe.
But I think that aim of Modern Science has lost in infinite darkness of Universe. (Why we are here to understand this Universe).
Its position is like a person who looks through its one eye presenting an incomplete picture of Universe and trying to keep other eye closed.
Thanking you for co-operation.
Ajay Saini
From: "Positive Atheism Magazine" <firstname.lastname@example.com>
To: "ajay saini"
Subject: Re:
Date: Wednesday, January 31, 2001 6:56 AM
I don't agree with presupposing that a god exists and then trying to prove the existence of that god. I prefer to open my eyes and look and then acknowledge what I do see and detect, and either suspend judgement or flat-out reject any ideas for which we lack sufficient reason to give our assent. The god idea, to me, lacks sufficient force to warrant my assent. I consider it dishonest for people to twist and misrepresent the specific findings of specific branches of science in order to try to justify giving assent to the god idea. This is why I have spent hundreds of hours trying to keep up with the basic and undisputed findings of several branches of science, and also studying the arguments from both camps over disputed findings.
I find that on almost all occasions, the disputes arise when people conclude that certain finding shows that we no longer need to posit "God" to explain a given mystery, because that mystery has now been shown to have a natural cause. The people who dispute these naturalistic findings tend to assent to the processes of experimentation and calculation which led to the conclusion that the former mystery has a natural cause, but they refuse to apply the processes to this particular question.
Some people just don't want to give up their gods, that's all. I have no problem with people believing that gods exist. However, when they go around teaching that science says this or that (attempting to make science justify their god belief) when, in fact, science does not say anything of the sort, I will make a strong denunciation of what those people are doing. It's one thing to believe, privately, that a god exists; it's another altogether to spread falsehood in an attempt to convince others to agree. There is where I draw the line between private religion and a public menace.
Meanwhile, this Forum exists, in part, to examine some of the god claims that are floating around, and to test the arguments being used to convince people that gods exist. So, if you wish to present some of these arguments, feel free to do so on this Forum. However, if I, another correspondent, or one of our readers objects to your presentation on whatever grounds, expect to hear a response. Don't expect us to simply go along with your argument without examining it, because it is that form of credulity -- blind faith -- that we frown on the most.
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From: "ajay saini"
To: "Positive Atheism Magazine" <email@example.com>
Subject: Re:
Date: Sunday, February 04, 2001 9:31 AM
Dear Sir,
Please refer to your mail(below)regarding which I have some questions :-
you have said that every mystry has a natural cause.Of cuurse, I am also a supporter of definite cause for a certain action or mystry because no action can be initiated without a certain cause.The same is the case with Universe.
1)Take the example of a solar system.We come across the principle of Gravitation which has relation F=GmM/rxr.In this formula,three quantities(m,M,r)are physical parametersi.e.property of matter but the fourth(value of G) does not depend on the material world.Moreover,its value is found to be same universally.It is a pure mathematical constant.But simply a mathematical value can not govern the systems untill there exists a supporting cause/existance for it.If we take out the value of G from the relation,Solar system will no longer be stable.
2)Similarly,in atomic structures the electromagnetic force is defined by F=K q1q2/rxr.(q1,q2,r)are the physical parameters but the fourth(value of K)does not depend upon the physical quantities.Moreover, its value is found to be same for every atom.Again,it is a pure mathematical constant and unable to govern the system untill a supporting cause exists for it.If we do not include the value of K,Atom will no longer be stable.
Can you explain the supporting cause/existance for it?
Another I am giving you a real world example.Suppose a scientist in the lab. performs a simple chemical reation with the atoms of Hydrogen and Oxygen producing a molecule of water.Here I analyse the situation as under...
1)Atoms of hydrogen and oxygen are the material cause.Also,the chemical reaction is the property of atoms under certain conditions.
2)The creator cause is Intelligent Scientist who allows the atoms to come close together under certain conditions so that a chemical reaction is triggered.
But Modern science seems to analyse the situation after the atoms undergo a chemical reation and not giving sufficient respect to the intelligent scientist.
Similarly the God is a Scientific Truth for this universe.Each and every creation of Him indicates towards a definite cause and meaning.Human beings here can only study the laws of universe defined by him and do not have gutts to disturb the laws.
Thanks for replying me on line.
Ajay Saini
From: "Positive Atheism Magazine" <email@example.com>
To: "ajay saini"
Subject: Re:
Date: Sunday, February 04, 2001 3:09 PM
You still have not made a case for the existence of a god. You leap from the formation of water (which appears to occur naturally, without intervention of any kind) to the scientist in the lab -- and this is somehow supposed to relate to a god, whose existence you have not shown. I don't get it.
Cliff Walker
"Positive Atheism" Magazine
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people with no reason to believe
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Description: This report describes the strategy for the Miombo Network Initiative, developed at an International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP) intercore-project workshop in Malawi in December 1995 and further refined during the Land Use and Cover Change (LUCC) Open Science Meeting in January, 1996 and through consultation and review by the LUCC Scientific Steering Committee (SSC). The Miombo Network comprises of an international network of researchers working in concert on a 'community' research agenda developed to address the critical global change research questions for the miombo woodland ecosystems. The network also addresses capacity building and training needs in the Central, Eastern and Southern Africa (SAF) region, of the Global Change System for Analysis Research and Training (START). The research strategy described here provides the basis for a proposed IGBP Terrestrial Transect study of land cover and land use changes in the miombo ecosystems of Central Africa. It therefore resides administratively within the LUCC programme with linkages to other Programme Elements of the IGBP such as Global Change and Terrestrial Ecosystems (GCTE). The report provides the framework for research activities aimed at understanding how land use is affecting land cover and associated ecosystem processes; assessing what contribution these changes are making to global change; ...
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Stock Upgrades: Nothing but Net Profits for Nike
Justin Sharon
Wall Street ratings agencies set the tone for today's stock market.
Mariano Rivera bid adieu to the Bronx
after 18 years, he could be forgiven for thinking how much has changed since his first appearance in pinstripes in 1995. Then again, maybe not. That year saw
(NASDAQ:YHOO) incorporated and, still shiny and new, shares surged 4.50% yesterday.
eBay Inc
(NASDAQ:EBAY) was founded months later, and just jumped 4.48%. And, of course, back then the country was
blighted by a government shutdown
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Katy Perry continues to channel (Chanel?) 1995′s
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. At least Mo will be well cared for in retirement, with his
favored athletic apparel outfit
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Today in economics, analysts expect an uptick in the final University of Michigan/Thomson Reuters consumer sentiment survey for September at 9:55 a.m. Eastern. In earnings action,
Finish Line
(NASDAQ:FINL), and
Vail Resorts
(NYSE:MTN) all released results earlier this morning.
(OTCMKTS:AXAHY): Berenberg boosts the European insurance outfit to Buy from Hold.
CONSOL Energy
(NYSE:CNX): The commodity company is now Buy from Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
DCP Midstream
(NYSE:DPM): Credit Suisse lifts the limited partnership to Neutral from Underperform.
Hennes & Mauritz
(OTCMKTS:HNNMY): The Swedish clothing company better known as H&H, fresh from yesterday's 6.98% surge to an historic high, is now Outperform from Neutral at Credit Suisse.
Heritage-Crystal Clean
(NASDAQ:HCCI): The pollution control company is boosted to Buy from Hold with Wunderlich, which points to capacity expansion opportunities at its Indianapolis re-refinery. Its price objective, previously $16, increases to $20.
(NYSE:NKE): The new
(INDEXDJX:.DJI) member, which rose 2.06% yesterday and is adding on another 5.52% this morning on impressive earnings, is now Buy from Neutral at Stern Agee.
Occidental Petroleum
(NYSE:OXY): The energy name is now Positive from Neutral at Susquehanna, which also takes its target price up by $12 to $115.
Solar Stocks
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Trina Solar
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Yingli Green Energy
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Walter Energy
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WPP Group
(NASDAQ:WPPGY): The British advertising giant gets upgraded to Overweight from Neutral at HSBC Securities.
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WEST POINT, Miss. - After 36 holes at the Old Waverly Bulldog Invitational, East Carolina remains in second place after posting a 2-over par 290. The three-day, 54-hole event is being held at the Old Waverly Golf Club, home of the 1999 U.S. Women's Open.
The Pirates (579) are 10 shots behind host institution Mississippi State (569), who shot an even round 288. Florida International and Georgia State are tied for third at 591 (15-over), while East Tennessee State (594/18-over) sits in fifth.
Junior Katie Kirk (141/3-under) moved into third place following a 2-under 70 (33-37), which consisted of five birdies (three on the front nine) and sits two shots behind tournament leader Jessica Peng (5-under/139) from Mississippi State.
Sophomore Nicoline Engstroem Skaug (142/2-under) carded an even round 72 (35-37) and is currently one shot behind Kirk in fourth place. Classmate Frida Gustafsson Spang (147/3-over) moved up nine spots after her even round of 72 (39-33) and is tied for 13th.
Rounding out the Pirates roster are senior Fanny Wolte (41-28=79) and junior Emily Eng (38-38=76) who are tied for 28th at 8-over par (152).
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Angela M. Powers, professor of journalism and mass communications, is a specialist in media management and economics and internationally known for her work on leadership in newsrooms and the changing media landscape. Her most recent work focuses on the organizational ecology of family-owned news media and the role of communication infrastructure and information technologies in organizational change and transformation.
Her research has appeared in such books as "Changing the News," "The Media as a Driver of the Information Society," "Leadership in the Media Industry," "Corporate Governance in Media Organizations" and "Media Management: A Casebook Approach"; as well as in journals such as Media Transformations Journal, Observatorio Journal of Communication Studies, Journal of Media Economics, Health Communication, Women and Health, Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly and Newspaper Research Journal.
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Prior to coming to Kansas State University, Powers was an assistant director of university honors at Northern Illinois University, where she was a professor in the department of communication and received a University Excellence in Teaching Award. Her professional experience includes work as a television journalist for NBC and CBS affiliates in Illinois before receiving her bachelor's and master's degrees from Illinois State University and her doctorate from Michigan State University.
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Check out how these stars rock the all-important LBD... --Angel
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From the black and white color to the crisp bowtie, this gown flawlessly mimics a tailored tuxedo, but it's still ultra-glamorous! --Angel
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Your hair is perfect, your makeup is divine, but don't ignore your arms, shoulders, and legs. Give yourself a gorgeous glow with shimmery bath and beauty products that'll make you twinkle like the stars! --Angel
1.Aquolina Pink Sugar Roll-On Shimmering Perfume, $18 2.Kings & Queens Shimmering Body Milk, $11 3.Creative Sensations Vanilla Shimmer Hand and Body Lotion, $11.50 4.Michael Kors Leg Shine, $32 5.Urban Decay Shimmer Powder, $26 6.Benefit Kitten Classic Powder Puff, $26 7.The Body Shop White Musk® Sensual Shimmer Fragrance, $24
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There is nothing more sophisticated than a black gown for formal affairs. We love the structured, one-shoulder style of this elegant number. --Angel
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There's no better place to be than uptown! Mix a bit of polish with classic elements, a dash of luxury, oh, and a lot of attitude for an Urban Sophisticate Prom! -- Angel
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There are about a gazillion reasons to buy a vintage Prom dress, but here are 3 that should convince you. --Angel
1. You won't have to worry about someone else showing up in the same dress -- you'll be one of a kind, guaranteed!2. It's crazy inexpensive! You can find a dress for less than $50 if you're willing to look.3. Buying a vintage dress is like recycling, so you'll be doing something good for the planet (just in time for Earth Day!).
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The Rhone Glacier receded 9,000 years ago. Even then, life in Goms is sometimes hard. For example, not only was Obergesteln hit by avalanches, it also suffered two fires. Because the houses were not rebuilt with larch wood, Obergesteln is called "the Ticinese village in Valais".
The Goms is situated where the Rhone river is still called the Rotten and the river resembles more of a wide stream than a wide river. The wide valley floor in the Upper Goms is not only suitable for agriculture, it is also a wonderful place for sport's enthusiasts to show off their skills.


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Jan 30, 2011 8:35 AM
If all our internet research (Okay, fashion blog stalking!) is correct, denim is going to be a big trend this spring. That's good, cause we've got plenty of jeans in our closets, but it's time to expand the wardrobe to include some other key pieces. The Spring Sophia Dress ($248) by Steven Alan is an adorable little denim cotton sundress. It looks so feminine, yet sturdy! We swear to you, this would look perfect on a wet spring day with a light scarf, cardi, and pair of fun rain boots!
This is so cute! Know of any cheaper ones?? (That are avail. in Canada)
Here's one at Dorothy Perkins that's similar: http://www.dorothyperkins.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogId=33053&storeId=12552&categoryId=212426&parent_category_rn=208600&productId=1938331&langId=-1
With shipping to the US, the total comes to just over 45 dollars!
Err, Canada that is. (Shipping to North America is the same price!)
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FULTON – In a pitchers' duel between two starters recently back from injury, it was Itawamba AHS senior Luke Hargett escaping with the 3-2 win against senior Seth George and Tishomingo County on Tuesday night.
With the bases loaded and his team clinging to a one-run lead in the top of the seventh, Hargett got Derek Wright to ground into a 6-4-3 double play to end the game.
The win avenged a 12-2 loss to the Braves earlier this season and keeps the Indians (11-7, 8-1 Division 1-4A) tied for first in Division 1-4A with Pontotoc.
The loss dropped Tishomingo County to 11-7 overall and 4-3 in Division 1-4A.
"They got one more hit than we did, or one more play or whatever you call it," said Tishomingo head coach Jerry Long. "It seems like the last few games we've been snake-bit. For some reason we can't get the big run or the big hit."
The Braves were no hit by Saltillo's Cole Morse on Saturday, and Morse was on hand to watch the Braves almost pull out a division win on the road. Saltillo's game against New Albany on Tuesday was postponed due to rain.
Pinch-hitter Jacob McDuffy led off the top of the seventh with a double to left center. Cameron Bonds followed with a single to right that scored pinch-runner Daniel Aday from second.
Cody Duncan then laid down a sacrifice bunt to move Bonds over to second. George was intentionally walked and Griffin reached safely on an infield hit to load the bases before the game-ending twin-killing.
Tuesday's lack of clutch hitting could very well be because of Hargett (2-1), who has beaten Shannon and now Tishomingo County since returning last week a from a dislocated kneecap. Hargett pitched all seven innings, striking out six, walking three, hitting a batter and allowing seven hits.
'Great job' all around
"Their guy George did a great job tonight, and of course Luke did a great job for us," said Itawamba head coach Brian Long, no relation to Jerry Long. "Both teams struggled at the plate, but I think that was because both pitchers did a great job."
Ironically, Hargett has broken his kneecap twice this season after swinging a bat.
"We don't let him hit anymore," joked the Itawamba skipper.
George (1-1), who hadn't pitched in three weeks prior to Tuesday due to a sore shoulder, threw 52/3 innings, striking out nine, walking five and giving up four hits and three runs in suffering his first loss of the season.
"He deserved better than what he got," said Jerry Long.
The Indians scored their first run in the bottom of the the first without getting a hit, as leadoff hitter Colin Chatham walked, stole second and went to third when Braves catcher Blake Long's throw sailed into center field. Chatham would score on Dillon Mitchell's sacrifice fly to center.
George hit a two-out triple in the top of the third and later scored that inning on a throwing error by Indians third baseman Maihkail Miller off a ground ball hit by Lee Griffin.
The score remained tied at one until the bottom of the sixth when Mitchell led off with a double, advanced to third on a wild pitch and would score on another wild pitch. George recorded two outs that inning before being taken out with runners on first and second.
Tyler Pritchard relieved George and hit the first two batters he faced, The second hit batsman scored pinch-runner Kyle Bean with what proved to be the winning run.
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Venable 05 Named MLB National League Player of the Week
After serving as one of Major League Baseball's National League's offensive leaders last week, Princeton alum Will Venable '05 garnered N.L. Player of the Week honors for the first time in his career, it was announced Monday.
Since the All-Star break the current San Diego Padre outfielder has been on an offensive tear. Venable is in the top-25 in league-wide statistics over the second half of the year, hitting .370 (37-for-100) with 17 runs, 10 RBI, eight doubles, six homers and two triples.
Last week Venable led the N.L. in hits (13) and total bases (23) and was second in runs scored (7) to boast a .406 (13-for-32) batting average and a .719 slugging percentage. The former Tiger also added five runs, two home runs, two doubles and a triple to tally a .406 on-base percentage over a seven-game span en route to his national accolade.
Venable currently owns the longest active hitting streak in the Majors, as he's riding a 15-game streak (Aug. 2-18). Over that period, he's amassed a .377 (23-for-61) average with 12 runs, eight RBI, five home runs and five stolen bases.
On the year, Venable owns a .266 (92-for-346) average, with 47 runs, 42 RBI, 20 walks, 17 home runs, 16 doubles, 14 stolen bases and six triples.


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by Jack Downey
In 1964, Richard Hofstadter published a rather enduring essay in Harper's Magazine that succeeded, if nothing else, in accomplishing what most (egomaniacal) writers only fantasize about: he coined a new phrase that had legs, and has proved a valuable addition to our intellectual lexicon.1 "The Paranoid Style in American Politics" investigated the social psychology behind the contemporary rise of the anti-intellectual "Radical Right," and witnessed profound similarities between his allegedly secular subjects – although the distinction is not as clean as he seems to hope (especially in his treatment of anti-Catholicism) – and Christian millenarianism:
I call it the paranoid style simply because no other word adequately evokes the sense of heated exaggeration, suspiciousness, and conspiratorial fantasy that I have in mind…2 The distinguishing thing about the paranoid style is not that its exponents see conspiracies or plots here and there in history, but that they regards a "vast" or "gigantic" conspiracy as the motive force in historical events. History is a conspiracy, set in motion by demonic forces of almost transcendent power, and what is felt to be needed to defeat it is not the usual methods of political give-and-take, but an all-out crusade. The paranoid spokesman sees the fate of this conspiracy in apocalyptic terms—he traffics in the birth and death of whole worlds, whole political orders, whole systems of human values. He is always manning the barricades of civilization. He constantly lives at a turning point: it is now or never in organizing resistance to conspiracy.3
In Hofstadter's typology, the secular paranoid – like his religious counterpart – does nothing by halves, and interprets phenomena through a lens of epic bifurcation. The matters in which he is engaged in are absolutely critical, not just to himself, but on a universal scale. From this perspective, the salient "principle" at stake and the subject of unjust persecution is not simply oneself, but a larger, transcendent ideal.4 Recent commitments to a kinder, gentler political discourse aside, as human rights advocate and New York City attorney Scott Horton noted in 2007 (and as a pre-emptive strike against accusations that I'm claiming any originality whatsoever for appropriating Hoftstadter), the paranoid style is alive and well in our collective imagination and rhetoric. Visceral self-righteous indignation is par for the course, although this is not the same as saying it is inherently unwarranted or inappropriate.
In late November, Right Wing Watch – an organ of People For the American Way – sounded the alarm that a "who's who of Religious Right leaders" had spawned a 12-part film series (the book is on its way), the dramatically-titled Resisting the Green Dragon – produced by the Cornwall Alliance for the Stewardship of Creation, "which seeks to expose how the environmental movement is out to control the world and destroy Christianity." The Cornwall Alliance rather immodestly touts itself as "one of the most prominent voices in America and internationally on issues of religion and the environment." By the next day, some antagonistic "radical" blogs seem to have bought into Cornwall's own hype, and started describing it as an aristocracy of "prominent religious leaders" – which I'm sure made Cornwall's day.
Happily for the progressive conspiracy-minded, ThinkProgress investigator Lee Fang wrote a feature article on the Cornwall Alliance back in June which reveals potentially substantial ties between Cornwall and Big Oil & Coal. So… according to the Cornwall Alliance, they're a collective of eminently reputable scientists and intellectuals, exposing a sinister international plot to establish a totalitarian world government and eliminate human freedom; according to critics, Cornwall is itself the conspiracy – an influential front organization peddling snake oil, and pushing the agenda of unrenewable energy and Christian fundamentalism, an agenda which is becoming increasingly mainline.
It would be melodramatic to allege that Resisting the Green Dragon has made that much of a splash. On the other hand, it did receive a plug from Glenn Beck back in October, when Cornwall Alliance founder Dr. E. Calvin Beisner and WallBuilders president David Barton appeared on his show (October 15, 2010) to warn of the grave dangers posed by the Tides Foundation and The Story of Stuff, entities which might appear relatively benign to the average human… which is, of course, exactly where their treachery lies. Most of the critical reviews of the series are highly polemical, and simply based on the publicly-accessible, high production value (which is to say, it looks like an Animoto video with some CGI add-ins) trailer.
Unfortunately, the main body of the series itself isn't nearly as cinematic as the condensed promo leads one to believe; no dramatic soundtrack or animated dragons with flames in the background. Essentially it's a collection of taped lectures given to a catatonic-looking audience of about a dozen or so (try as they might to crop out the empty seats). Resisting the Green Dragon is a long, long six hours; not for the faint of heart.
The actual meat and potatoes of the series is predicated on a number of rather hefty presuppositions that might not be obvious to all viewers. Here's a few of the ones that stuck out throughout the twelve lectures:
- Environmentalism is a unified international movement.
- Environmentalists promote a single, global government. It might be the United Nations.
- The film Avatar is a crypto-environmentalist con, meant to lure normal people into the contemporary manifestation of primordial evil that is the Green Dragon.
- The Green Dragon is a real thing (and they're not talking about the cannabis-based alcohol, apparently of the same name; or, for that matter, the farmer's market in Lancaster County, PA).
- Al Gore is a totalitarian.
- Paganism, atheism, deep ecology, pantheism, panentheism (thought of as a sort of gateway drug for backsliding soon-to-be-environmentalist Christians), and animism are all interchangeable spiritual orientations.
- Katharine Jefferts Schori, Presiding Bishop of the U.S. Episcopal Church, is a panentheist.
- Anthropogenic climate change theories are based on pure pseudo-science.
- Environmentalism is fundamentally misanthropic… in the sense that Nietzsche claims Christianity is misanthropic in The Antichrist – i.e., it is an ideology that is steeped in a deep antagonism towards human life.
- Environmentalists want to suppress human freedom. Recycling, reusable shopping bags, and vehicle emissions regulations are only the beginning.
- Environmentalism has infected the highest branches of American government.
- Doomsday environmentalist prophecies are inherently false because God promised to take care of us. See Genesis 9:11 if you take allegations of rising sea levels seriously.
- Christian stewardship of the earth does not require that we trade in the safety and comfort of our sweet SUVs for the wimpy horsepower of compact hybrids.
- Environmentalists support the socio-economic status quo, and are antagonistic towards upward social mobility. We know this because they don't want to give starving Africans access to electricity or medicine.
Now, it's true that a fair number of the claims made throughout Resisting the Green Dragon are right on the money and hold water in the face of closer scrutiny. Yes, many environmentalists do try to "target" children. Many environmentalists do consider pollution and climate change to be global issues. Many environmentalists aren't evangelical Christians. Al Gore is a fascist… oh wait. No, not that one. (Well, maybe. I don't know. Possibly the most humorous part of the video is that Al Gore is targeted – along with James Cameron, of all people – as Public Enemy #1… I mean, it's not like he's some vegetarian or anything.)
Most of the major claims that the participants make in the series would be disputed by environmentalists, for example, that they support a totalitarian worldwide government, that global warming is a myth, that they favor eugenics… Al Gore is a radical environmentalist… that kind of thing. One pretty consistent, somewhat astounding, error that persists throughout Resisting the Green Dragon is the conflation of different ideologies or communities, in order to present "environmentalism" as a rising if not already dominant worldview.
So we're stuck with "deeply problematic" (decorum prohibits translation) conclusions, like that all environmentalists support the concept of an international military dictatorship. Oddly enough, this assertion is made in the very first lecture in the series, by Dr. E. Calvin Beisner – who possibly seems the eeriest of all the participants because a) he is the eeriest, or b) he gets the most face-time of the lot – the same lecture in which he implies that Dave Foreman and Earth First! are contemporary analogues for, well, Satan.
But who exactly is the "who's who" at the core of Resisting the Green Dragon? Besides Beisner, there's Dr. David Legates, a University of Delaware climatologist who is apparently ignoring his governor's request that he not identify himself publicly with the institution out of fear of embarrassment for… the state of Delaware. Also appearing is Dr. Vishal Mangalwadi (all but one of the nine main speakers have a doctorate in something), who's own website touts him as simultaneously "disturbing and controversial" (fair enough), as well as "on the order of Tocqueville and Solzhenitsyn and Augustine" (somewhat less convincing).
Apparently, because he was born and raised in India, Cornwall considers Mangalwadi uniquely qualified to critique the environmentalist propaganda flick Avatar – since the title is derived from a Sanskrit word, you see. Tom Minnery, from Focus on the Family, makes a cameo to slam the recently-dead, former Stanford University biologist, advisor to seven presidential administrations, and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Stephen Schneider. Dr. Charmaine Yoest, of Americans United for Life, thinks outside the box in her talk, "The Green Face of the Pro-Death Agenda," which is largely based on a director's cut of the 2004 brain drain The Butterfly Effect that ends with Ashton Kutcher's self-abortion. (Unfortunately, she seems to think it was an 80's movie, an excusable mistake considering most people I know who saw the movie tried to forget it as soon as they saw it.)
Dr. James Tonkowich, former president of the Institute on Religion & Democracy and an ordained minister in the schismatic – (cough) I mean "renewal" – Presbyterian Church in America, is far and away the least scary of all the featured speakers. He actually advocates recycling and acknowledges global warming, unwittingly contradicting some of his predecessors in the series. He's also the least smug and condescending. He's an out-of-the-closet conservationist. He's not a Joni Mitchell fan. Oh, and he thinks that a primate of the worldwide Anglican Communion is a heretic.
Participants in the Resisting the Green Dragon series are, not surprisingly, unapologetically anthropocentric, although they betray a fairly deep internal disagreement over what constitutes responsible Christian "dominion" and "stewardship." At least thematically-speaking, a number of their criticisms of environmentalists are the very same ones that would typically be used against themselves: lack of respect for rational thought, questionable science, narcissism, an apparently hilarious but practically toxic social agenda.
Potentially duplicitous ties between the Cornwall Alliance and corporate fossil fuel behemoths aside, the individual speakers featured in the series do seem to be true blue. They're also clients. By design it would seem, Resisting the Green Dragon is virtually impossible to take seriously without it evoking some sort of visceral emotive response. At least for the first little bit. Then things start to drag on, and on. Did I mention it's six hours long? It feels like more.
In the end, while it could (very easily) be argued that the participants do exhibit more than a few characteristics of Hofstadter's paranoiac, the same can be said for some alarmist critics, who decried the series as symptomatic of fanaticism's triumph over mainstream American religion. (One could make an argument that such a thing has occurred, just not on the basis of this series.) After the first five minutes, you'll wish it was that interesting.
Jack Downey is an activist and doctoral candidate in Theology at Fordham University. His dissertation investigates modern asceticism and the Catholic Worker movement. Previous writing has appeared in Tricycle Magazine: The Buddhist Review.
1 http://www.harpers.org/archive/1964/11/0014706. Cf. Richard Hofstadter. The Paranoid Style in American Politics and Other Essays (New York: Vintage Books, 2008).
2 Hofstadter (2008), 3.
3 Hofstadter (2008), 29-30.
4 Hofstadter (1996), 3.


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[[caption-width-right:273:He blows his stack when he flips his lid. Although he's a monster, he's just a big kid.]]
Hal Seeger created this AnimatedAnthology in the [[TheSixties 1960s]] for Creator/{{ABC}}. The show was to have debuted in September 1964, but it was delayed until October 1965. Its run ended in September 1968.
Milton was a lovable, friendly monster who only superficially resembled FrankensteinsMonster. His voice was based on Jim Nabors' Gomer Pyle from ''Series/TheAndyGriffithShow''. Milton was created by Professor Weirdo and his assistant, Count Kook, in their laboratory atop Horror Hill. His loveable personality had been the result of a lab accident during his creation. Professor Weirdo, in his haste, accidentally added too much tenderness and Milton was the result.
Because Milton was so good and lovable, Professor Weirdo and Count Kook spent many sleepless nights plotting ways to evict him from the castle. Also living in Weirdo's castle atop Horror Hill were two other creatures, Heebie the ghoul and Jeebie the hairy cyclops, who joined in the adventures. Voice talent included Bob [=McFadden=], Dayton Allen, Larry Best and Beverly Arnold.
''The Milton the Monster Show'' had the following supporting segments:
* ''Fearless Fly'' told the story of Hiram, a meek insect who became a superhero when he put on special glasses.
* ''Flukey Luke'' was about a cowboy hero whose Indian sidekick, Two Feathers, spoke with an Irish accent.
* ''Muggy-Doo, Boy Fox'' was about a foxy con artist who was originally portrayed as a cat in a 1963 Paramount theatrical cartoon, "Boy Pest With Osh" (which in turn was based on a comic book Hal Seeger drew in the early 1950s).
* ''Penny Penguin'' was about a bratty little penguin girl and her parents.
* ''Stuffy Durma'' was about a millionaire hobo.
!!This series provides examples of:
* AnimatedAnthology
* BrattyHalfPint: Penny Penguin.
* ComicBookAdaptation
* ExpositoryThemeTune: Both the series overall and Milton's segments had these.
* {{Expy}}: Fatty Karate is basically a fly version of [[WesternAnimation/{{Batfink}} Karate]].
* LimitedAnimation
* MadScientist: Professor Weirdo as well his rival Professor Fruitcake.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Professor Weirdo after Milton rises.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed
* RagsToRiches: Stuffy Durma's backstory.
* SimpletonVoice: Milton has that kind of voice.
* YellowPeril: Doctor Goo Fee and his sidekick Gung Ho.


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Speakers Bureau
The Speaker's Bureau is an FSSS program though which foreign students and scholars are able to interact with the larger campus and Missoula communities. Foreign students are invited to give talks about their home countries on a variety of topics, from courtship customs to political institutions to an overview of the country in general. The audiences often include local high school classes, community organizations like the Rotary Club, and even individuals or agencies requiring translation assistance. Most students are happy to share what they love most about their homelands and the audience groups are always very excited to meet students and learn about other countries around the world.
Most importantly, the Speaker's Bureau builds bridges between people of different countries. Many people only know about another country through newspapers or news programs. Those views are not always accurate and do not always represent the larger issues or the majority viewpoint. In many instances, only official governmental stances are voiced, leaving the average citizen with no representation. The Speaker's Bureau gives ordinary citizens, like the students, a voice by allowing them an opportunity to express how they feel about history, current events, international affairs, cultural norms and values, and even literature and art. This program also personalizes information for the Montanans who are listening. They learn that even though someone may observe different religious practices or speak a different language, they can still have many of the same interests and concerns. Whatever the similarities or differences, the Speaker's Bureau brings foreign students and Montanans together to explore each other's experiences.
If you are interested in having someone from the Speaker's Bureau speak to your group, please read the following instructions before filling out the request form.
Instructions to Prepare the Request Form
1) If you wish speakers from more than country, please complete one form for each country request. For example, if you need speakers from two or more countries, please fill out a form for each country. Requests for multiple speakers from the same country can be made on one form.
2) The request should be intellectual or educational in nature, not for entertainment, only. If your request is lecture or presentation, please explain the topic you would like a speaker to cover in detail, so that he or she can better prepare.
3) Please notify us of your request at least three weeks before the date you plan to invite a speaker(s). Request made on short notice may not be granted. Students need time to plan for your presentation. Also, please be flexible with your schedule as all foreign students attend university full-time and many work on campus. During mid-term and final week of semester, requests will not be honored, as students have to study for exams.
4) Many foreign students do not own a vehicle and are not familiar with the
locations in Missoula or Western Montana. If you are able to provide transportation, this will greatly help a speaker(s) participate in your program.
5) Please be aware that the submission of the request does not guarantee a speaker(s), though FSSS will try to meet your request.


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Are you converting your side/front/rear yard space into space for parking or storage? Then you need to apply for a Use of Premises permit.
Examples: Sheds (over 120 square feet require a long form permit), pools, new parking spaces*, or space for sale of Christmas trees or automobiles.
What you need:
completed application;
Start online
certified plot plan showing how the land will be used;
Example of Plot Plan
and diagrams showing temporary structures, changes in current use and utilities.
Bring materials (steps 2 & 3) to Counter 1 at 1010 Mass Ave, Building Division. Application be processed immediately if application was initiated online.
*If the space is to be used to parking, a Curb Cut application is required first from the Public Works Department.
Curb Cut / Driveway Application