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There are many reasons to support a simplified tax code and in an upcoming Examiner.com article, we'll lay out some specifiics. In the meantime, it's important to illustrate how our legislators have set up a system which makes it easy fodder for a left-right paradigm portraying people as bogeymen for taking advantage of legal tax breaks or loopholes, some of which are actually discounts on what would otherwise be excessive taxation.
While we may disagree on the way taxes are assessed or collected, there is seemingly no one who doesn't believe the wealthy can and should ultimately shoulder a larger burden than those of lesser means. It is also generally understood that the less fortunate use a higher percentage of their income on basic necessities so we need to avoid taxes that are regressive.
We seem to focus, however, on wealthy people and businesses who earn money legitimately and legally as if they themselves are criminals, while ignoring the income of those who actually break the law and violently so, including drug dealers and organized crime, none of whom pay any federal taxes. While it is well understood that the less fortunate might not be able to pay taxes and often are receiving government benefits as well, perhaps a more objective look at those who actually do pay is in order, particularly in regard to the road map that's been set up for them. As it happens, the wealthy have been paying a dramatically higher percentage of the tax burden since 1980 so an objective evaluation of what everyone's "fair share" is in order, along with an even-handed assessment of the ways individuals and companies reduce their tax liability.
Expecting anyone to not take advantage of legal deductions and loopholes in our bloated tax code is like asking them to deliberately avoid buying things on sale and pay full price instead. How many individuals championing higher taxes on the rich and calling for closing loopholes and eliminating deductions have themselves traditionally spent days if not weeks each year taking advantage of every available deduction as well as planning tax-advantaged investments? It is human nature and for better or worse, the American way.
In fact, we've made tax exemptions institutional. While the IRS scandal trudges on under the allegation that the agency unfairly scrutinized conservative organizations, one can't help but wonder why any political advocacy group, conservative or liberal, is eligible for a tax exemption? Isn't it against the law for houses of worship to weigh on on political issues? That's aside from the entire tax-related industry that lives on its ability to presumably pay them less than you'd otherwise pay Uncle Sam.
Regardless, business has become the most visible target of late and much of the attack represents a fundamental lack of understanding both of taxes and how business works, similar to uniform demands for living wages that don't do an actual economic analysis using real math. That is not to say that a minimum wage is either good or bad; it is simply to point out that if you are going to argue that a business be forced to raise wages then you must also look at the business model including profit and labor costs to see how it will be affected before making an assessment that it won't matter.
People who are in business generally understand that all costs of doing business are figured into pricing that's passed on to the consumer. Overhead is the term commonly used to describe ongoing costs in operating a business such as rent and labor. Taxes, of course, are a part as well. When the cost of doing business goes up, a business may make less profit and perhaps it doesn't matter, unless the owners rely on that profit for their income or in a larger company, it affects shareholder price.
If the profit is adversely affected, something else must be done to compensate: either revenue must go up or other expenses must go down. The primary goal of business is to make a profit and that is not an inherently bad thing as profit is what puts more money back into the economy, allows for expansion that leads to more jobs and pays for dividends to shareholders. Without profit there is no point in running the business at all. It's one thing to try to maximize profits with no regard for doing damage along the way, i.e. operating a sweatshop or taking no precautions to protect the environment but simply trying to run the most efficient business you can should not be in and of itself somehow considered amoral. It's hard for some people to believe but there are those who are raised to understand that making money is not just the way to live well but also prevents you from being a burden on others, allows you to take care of your family and give back to the community.
The recent onslaught of corporate inversions has led to a wave of criticism from everyone from Barack Obama calling them "unpatriotic" to Elizabeth Warren, who says such companies are turning their backs on the country by taking advantage of all the good things America has and then "running out on the bill."
Why do companies look to inversions to boost profits? AP's Stephen Ohlemacher listed some of the reasons, starting with the U.S. having "the highest corporate income tax rate in the industrialized world, at 35%. The U.S. is also the only developed country that taxes corporate profits earned abroad. Foreign profits are subject to U.S. taxes once they are brought to the U.S., though corporations can deduct any foreign taxes paid."
So essentially, U.S. companies must pay U.S. taxes on foreign earnings, making them less competitive with their foreign counterparts.
This is not to say that no company ever does things we could more accurately describe as "tax dodges." Some of these are certainly questionable in nature, including shifting revenue offshore to achieve a lower tax rate or using such methods as "earnings atripping," where a foreign parent company "lends" money to the U.S. firm which then deducts the interest payments, or "hopscotching," in which profits are funneled through a foreign parent company that was formed through an inversion so the money can be invested in the U.S. without paying U.S. taxes.
The tax code is full of deductions for every special interest, some of which we view as inherently benevolent. Who doesn't champion the mortgage deduction, which is little more than a gift for realtors? Do homeowners somehow deserve lower taxes than renters?
Regardless, the way our tax code is set up there are seemingly variations that are necessary and others that simply provide an avenue for abuse. The question is, what to do? Do we want Congress to spend time arguing the tax code line-by-line?
The Democrats, as embodied by President Obama and Senator Warren, seem to want to vilify wealthy individuals and companies as a matter of course, rather than addressing the issue with the tax code as a whole. This tends to portray anyone trying to save money on taxes as evil and selfish without looking specifically at individual policies and without addressing the very notion that our tax code is insane.
How insane is it? If copied into Microsoft Word, the tax code alone would be around 11,000 pages long and if you add in regulations, annotations to court cases, revenue rulings, explanatory material and other various and sundry IRS memoranda, you come up in excess of 72,000 pages.
Holy War and Peace, Batman! ( x 5 )
While private citizens have generated ideas for alternatives which may need some tweaking such as The Fair Tax, the government has come up with little more than partisan finger-pointing and rhetoric. Why this should be a surprise to anyone is a mystery, considering they're the ones responsible for this abomination to begin with.
Republicans have not come up with a great number of ideas either and are admittedly averse to simply eliminating deductions or loopholes that effectively raise taxes, as they see that as doing nothing more than making American companies less competitive without solving the bigger problem. Some do at least recognize that even where they might agree, such as in regard to stripping, they seem to understand that cherry-picking one provision or another doesn't solve the larger problem. Ohlemacher added to his rundown, "Key Republicans say the only way to adequately address inversions is to overhaul the tax code, making it more attractive for businesses to locate in the U.S. 'Anything short of that and you're not going to be able to do it,' said Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah, the top Republican on the Senate Finance Committee."
Admittedly, there are special interests working against reform. Certainly if we eliminated the need for CPAs and tax attorneys, some professionals would need to find another way to make a living. Ending tax manipulation is necessary to reduce the influence of special interests but also to stop the misinformation campaign used to promote ideology rather than true understanding.
One notable example is the Koch Brothers, whose lobbying activities on behalf of fiscally conservative causes have made them the left's most popular whipping boys despite Libertarian stances on issues such as gay marriage and defense spending. While most agree there is a need to get money out of politics, whether it is the Kochs or George Soros or unions or Super PACs, looking at specific issues can provide a better understanding of why the system is flawed and how it provides fodder for ideological attacks.
Last Friday, Nation of Change ran an opinion piece entitled "Charles Koch Personally Founded Group Protecting Oil Industry Handouts, Documents Reveal." Unfortunately, it appears that Lee Fang, an "investigative researcher" for Nation of Change (Progressive Journalism for Positive Action) and other left-leaning blogs such as ThinkProgress, didn't bother to do any actual investigative research when evaluating the tax laws he refers to as "handouts."
Fang asserts that Koch has funded efforts to protect "special tax breaks that benefit fossil fuel producers." That is technically correct; however, a study by Joseph R. Mason of Louisiana State University, gives a detailed description of the specific law and asserts it's repeal will have a far reaching effect and paints an entirely different picture:
"Section 199 was enacted by President Bush in 2004 to provide taxpayers benefits for production activities in the United States. Under the provision, labor intensive corporations are particularly favored by being able to deduct a percentage of domestic production activity each year. The repeal would apply solely to oil and gas firms.
Dual capacity credit, on the other hand, allows companies to deduct taxes on incomes from abroad, offsetting relatively high U.S. taxes on foreign incomes, hence,...a way for American firms to compete efficiently against foreign competitors.
In repealing the dual capacity credit, however, the current administration would effectively double-tax firms conducting business in many foreign countries. Although the change applies to all corporations, the energy sector will be put at a strong disadvantage when competing against state-run oil and gas companies in such countries as China, Russia and Venezuela."
Incidentally, Nation of Change is a 501(c)3 nonprofit which operates...wait for it..tax free.
Of course, Mr. Fang probably isn't really interested in talking about tax policy and conveniently, most of his readers aren't likely to click through the links to find out what the law actually entails. Instead, he'll simply say that Charles Koch pays to advocate for handouts for fossil fuels...and the beat goes on.
While they may mention tax overhaul, the GOP will likely be hard pressed on some of their own sacred cows, such as faith-based organizations, when even that area is full of organizations such as the Brother Nathaneal Foundation, home of one of America's most vehement anti-Semites and Preaching for Politics, where "Pastor" Michael V. Wilson advocates for outlawing homosexuality and sentencing gays to 10 years in prison, two guys that have no right to have their bigotry subsidized by the taxpayer.
It's time for Americans to stop parroting the left-right paradigm of higher or lower taxes and start from the ground up with a simple consumption tax for anyone who buys stuff...that is, anyone who buys stuff. That could easily include a small transaction tax on investments (which only affects the top half of earners) and a prebate so the less fortunate would not be paying taxes on basic necessities. The broader the tax, the lower it could be and most importantly, there would be no deductions or loopholes to speak of and the underground economy would be forced to contribute. Furthermore, tax cuts or tax hikes could be a fraction of a percent over the entire tax base if needed without drastic economic effects and by nature of it being a voluntary tax (no one is required to buy anything), it also eliminates the actions of the IRS being perceived as forcible confiscation of private property.
Overall, the results could be...simply wonderful.


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Henry Billingsley Jr.
Henry C. Billingsley, Jr.
1946 - 2013
Henry Hank C. Billingsley, Jr., 66, of Kenosha, passed away unexpectedly on Jan. 1, 2013, at his home. He was born May 1, 1946, in Decatur, Ill., to Henry, Sr. and Garnet (Cummings) Billingsley. Henry earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Aircraft Maintenance Engineering from Parks College-St. Louis University. Henry was a proud Veteran who served state-side in the National Guard for six years during the Vietnam Era. Hank married the love of his life, Sandra Bralley, on March 16, 1968, and together they raised three children. He worked as a Fuel Systems Engineer for Outboard Marine Corp. (OMC) for over 19 years. He became Mr. Mom as he supported Sandy through Medical School and her
Family Practice Residency. In 2000, he and his son, Eric, started their own business, Billingsley Engineering.
Henry was involved in his community having served on the Paris Planning Commission Board and the Westosha Central High School Board. He was a 4-H Board Member and was a 4-H leader who taught all aspects regarding small engines. He was also an active member of the First Presbyterian Church, Kenosha.
Hank loved to fly and was an instrument instructor with over 3000 hours of flight time. He enjoyed riding his motorcycle, fishing, and various forms of hobby farming. A favorite pastime was travel with Sandy and family. His family was very important to him and Grandpa B was proud of his children and grandchildren and all of their accomplishments.
Henry is survived by his loving wife, Sandy; his children, Susan (Bruce) Johns, Henry Patrick (Kelly) Billingsley, and Eric (Shelly)Billingsley; his grandchildren, Hailey, Cody, and Ethan Johns; Jake, Allie, and Ryan Billingsley; and Kaelie and Aiden Billingsley; his mother-in-law, Rosemary Bralley of Atlanta; his siblings, Janet (Bill) Harper, Linda (Lanny) Niedringhaus, Bill (Carolyn) Billingsley, Tom (Kathy) Billingsley, Nancy Amato, Jim (Marcia) Billingsley, Mary (Randy) Hartman, and Dave (Sharon) Billingsley; his siblings-in-law, Patty Bralley and Andy (Carolyn) Bralley; and many nieces and nephews.
Henry was preceded in death by his parents, Henry, Sr. and Garnet Billingsley; his infant brother, Joe; and his father-in-law, James Bralley.
Visitation for Henry will be held at Miller-Reesman Funeral Home on Friday, Jan. 4, 2013, from 4-8 p.m. Funeral services will be held at First Presbyterian Church, on Sunday, Jan. 6, 2013, at 3 p.m.
In lieu of flowers, a memorial is suggested to the Paris School Foundation.
Miller-Reesman Funeral Home
620 15th Avenue, Union Grove, WI 53812
Published online at KenoshaNews.com on Jan. 3, 2013

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Academic Senate Meeting Minutes
Thursday, September 21, 2006
12:45 -2:00 pm
Student Service Building,
Conference Rooms A & B
Senators Present: Yolanda Bellisimo, Barbara Bonander, Hank Fearnley, Theo Fung, Ron Gaiz, Deborah Graham, Erika Harkins, Patrick Kelly, Arthur Lutz, Radicia Portello, Ingrid Schreck, Blaze Woodlief
Senators Absent: John Sutherland, David Rollison, Sheri Rollison,
Guests: Bernie Blackman, Peggy Dodge, Letta Hlavachek, Jim Geraghty
1. Call to Order
2. Approval and Adoption of Agenda
3. Approval of Minutes
4. Officers' Reports
5. Standing Reports
6. Old Business
a. Committee Appointments Procedure
b Program Review
c. President's Evaluation
d. Agenda Format
e. Retreat Rights Policy Task Force Update
f. Goals survey
7. New Business
a. Academic Standards
8. Requests to Address the Senate on Non-Agenda Items
1. Call to Order
2. Approval and Adoption of Agenda
3. Approval of Minutes:
4. Officers' Reports
The President reported the following:
The Vice President reported the following:
The Treasurer reported the following:
5. Standing Reports:
Curriculum Committee
The committee has14 unrepresented areas
Curriculum Committee needs faculty reps
Academic Standards Committee
No report
Community Education
No report
Technology Committee
Facilities Planning & Modernization Committee
Report postponed until next week's agenda
6. Old Business
Committee Appointments
o According to a former attorney for City of San Francisco, advice and consent of Senate means to vote. Additionally, the governance manual states Òit is the responsibility of the Senate to vote on committee memberships. It does not state that these are selections made by the president. As a result, the appointments made by President to committees are invalid. All appointments made in the past are not valid, unless they are voted in. Therefore, the Senate must vote to approve all prior appointments, all current appointments and future prior appointments.
o In the future, a call for nominations will go out to faculty and the senate will vote on the membership of committees.
o Senator Gaiz made a motion as follows: "To put us in compliance with bylaws all current representatives and future applicants come before the Academic Senate for consent using a process that is as efficient as possible."
o Main Motion was adopted
o Ballots were distributed
o Senator Fung requested that she be removed from consideration from the GRC
o President Bellisimo accepted Senator Fung's resignation
o Votes were collected, placed in a sealed envelope, and the seal was signed by two officers of the Senate
Program Review
o Discussion on the definitions and process of program review
o Program review process model is program driven; each objective, goal, an evaluation will be analyzed by the members in the program.
o Planning and data will drive funding of programs
The following items will be included on the next agenda:
c. President's Evaluation
d. Agenda Format
e. Retreat Rights Policy Task Force Update
f. Goals survey
Minutes submitted by Schreck


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So it's mid January and all of a sudden you realize you've already forgotten about your New Year's Resolutions. Work has picked up, you've spent your days reorganizing your life post-holidays and between those tasks and your daily routine, your goals have somehow escaped you. You are not alone.
The good news is, it is still January, so buckle down, get your resolutions in order and get back on track to making 2014 the year to remember.
You know what they say about writing goals down? If not, let's recap:
Experts, backed by plenty of research have been preaching for centuries that a goal that is written down is 80-95% more likely of becoming a reality. In fact there was a study* done on Harvard MBA graduates back in 1979 to determine why, of such skilled people, some (just 3%) were so much more successful than the rest of the group (in fact they were making ten times more than the other 97% combined!) What amounted was that the majority had either no goals or had not committed their goals to paper (84% had no clear goals; 13% had not written their goals down) while the remaining highly successful 3% had committed their goals very clearly to paper. In my mind, that means if you're not writing down your resolutions, there's a very large chance you will not achieve them. So place the odds in your favor and head on down to one of Denver's local paper stores. I'm not against Hobby Lobby and Michaels, but let's support the smaller businesses and make your goal list truly unique.
By the way, if you're thinking you'll just type out your resolutions, that's fine, just make sure you print them out, stick them on some fancy paper or cardstock and pin them to a board, or your laptop, or your fridge – anywhere you will see them often. That's the second trick to realizing your goals – constant reinforcement.
So about these local paper stores…
The Stationary Company has roots that go well back to the 70s. It began as a one man print shop in Larimer Square and was later purchased and relocated to Cherry Creek, where it's home remains today. There you will find everything from cards, notepads and ribbon, to invitations and personalized stationary.
The Papery was the Editors Choice Winner of the 5280 Stationary/Paper Good category. They have recently moved to East Hampden Avenue, where they boast an extensive collection of greeting cards, special occasion personalized stationary and computer compatible invitations.
Wordshop has a beautiful mission to revive the written word. They are located on Meade Street and specialize in customized invitations, preferably by appointment. You can also find bulk papers, boxed notes, pens, planners and journals. Plus they have a cute little blog, celebrating the many special moments they have written about.
Now you are out of excuses – get yourself some specialty paper worthy of your resolutions and write them out before January passes us by. Trust me, when you reach year-end and you're living your resolution, it will be more than worth it.
Stay motivated by visiting create-the-dream.com.


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Encyclopedia of Jazz Musicians
Kohler, Wolfgang
Kohler, Wolfgang, piano, comp. Teacher; b. Hofgeismar, West Germany, 15 October 1960. He's the son of Walter and Erika Kohler, farmers. He has a brother Harald (born 1959) and a sister Christine (born 1969). He began taking classical lessons at the age of 8 with Mrs. Wrba, and later with Prof.Bender and Mr. Menzel.
He started playing jazz in 1977. From 1978 to 1981, he toured with the bebop band "Just Friends." Since then, he's had a close relationship to the musical leader of that formation, Allan Praskin (as). There were tours in Germany, Swiss and Austria, and festival appearances in Zurich and Leipzig 1980 a.o. Since 1980, he's been living in Berlin (the former west side). He studied at the Hochschule der Kunste with Prof. Kuhnert, and had private studies with Walter Norris and Etzel Gundlich. He received a diploma in teaching (SMP) in 1985. As a freelance musician, he toured with the Lou Blackburn (tb) international Quartet (1982-86) and the popular comedian Karl Dall (1980-85).
He's also worked with: Heinz von Hermann (ts), Hendrik Meurkens (harm), Hermann Breuer (tb), Wilson de Olivera (ts), Herb Geller (as), Lou Donaldson (as), Matthias Schubert (ts), Annette Lowman (voc), Leo Wright (as), Lew Soloff (tp), Frank St. Peter (as), Adrienne West (voc), Jocelyn B.Smith (voc), Angela Brown (voc), Silvia Droste (voc), Bobby Shew (tp), Jon Faddis (tp), Hayati Kafe (voc), the RIAS Big Band (Jiggs Whigham cond.), Billy Elgard (dr), Allan Harris (voc), Claire Martin (voc), Jeff Cascaro (voc), Dusko Gojkovich (tp), Bruno Castellucci (dr), Gitte Haenning (voc), Rolf v. Nordenskjold Orch., Joe Nay (dr), Leonard Jones (b), Paolo Cardoso (b), Ronnie Stevenson (dr), Randy Brecker (tp), Rolf Kuhn (cl), Ed Schuller (b), Douglas Sides (dr), Judy Niemack (voc), Siggi Busch (b), David Friedman (vib), Cynthia Utterbach (voc), Madelaine Bell (voc), Reggie Johnson (b), Nigel Kennedy (viol), Ulli Bartel (viol), John Marshall (tp), Ack Van Rooyen (tp), Nana Mouskuri (voc), Tony Lakatos (ts), and Gustavo Bergalli (tp).
Since 1986, he's been playing with Benny Bailey (mainly in Quartet). Also, since 1980, he's played in his own formations of trio, duo and quinetet. He's the composer of two musical revues: "Und dazu zieh'n Sie 'n Smoking an?" about the life of Kurt Tucholsky (1989) and "Romanisches Cafe" (1990). He's also the composer of various film music for TV, and for the children's program "Karfunkel," ZDF.
He's had private teaching activity since 1980. Since 1999, he's been a professor for jazz piano at the Hochschule fur Musik H. Eisler.
Faces (1998); Wolfgang Kohler Quartet feat. Christian Ramond (b) and Felix Astor and Allan Praskin - (dr) (in preparation)
As sideperson:
Just Friends: Just Jazz (1979); Red Onions New Orleans Jazzband: Mad Dog (1984); Mark Nightingale and the RIAS Big Band: Destiny (1996); Ralf Rothkegel Quartet: Songs from my heart (1996); RIAS Big Band presents Helmut Brandt (1997); Benny Bailey Quartet: Firm Roots (1998); Max Greger and the RIAS Big Band: Swingtime (1999), Big Band Hits (2000); RIAS Big Band: German Folk Songs...Our Way, Weill (2001), Bach Brandt New (2001)
Contact information:
Wolfgang Kohler
Adolf Martensstr. 14
12205 Berlin
0049 (0)30 84 10 81 70
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Dec 8, 2013 8:51 AM
The part of the Rosebud Garland Collar ($36) that involves a gilded gold chain and lilies with turquoise centers is lovely, like a 1920s art deco masterpiece. We're not quite buying into the so-called "rosebuds", as those pink stones are skewing a little carnivorous to us, like the piranha plants from Super Mario Brothers, or a certain singing Venus flytrap named Audrey II. Perhaps these associations say more about us than this necklace, but hey, just watch your fingers.
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Crazy Larry
"Crazy Larry, his claims are IN-SA-A-A-A-A-ANE!"
Magically Oracle RAC now scales to 8 nodes per rack * 8 racks = 64 nodes for OLTP?
We settled on 3 nodes for the applications we have not ripped RAC out.
"5 Terabytes Flash Cache Memory - Not Flash Disk!!!" Marketing BS. Too bad you forgot to change all the other charts in the deck that said Flash disk....come on you can do better than that...fire someone in marketing....along with that guy who can't forward the charts fast enough.
We looked at Exadata but even though "its the most successful product launch ever" it looks like only 9 companies bought/took one last quarter
* Apple
* Research in Motion
* Amtrak
* A large East Coast insurance company
* Thomson Reuters
* Barclays Capital (UK)
* Two banks in Europe
I looked out at TPC-H and I did not see a new result for 1TB. Who does 1TB any more? I guess you want to play with the little vendors. And why did Oracle show the database vendor name and not Fujitsu and Sun? Oh and you did not show the HP blade result which your own team could not beat? That has got to Hurd.
8 cores per node * .5, 8 nodes per rack, 8 racks = 256 Oracle licenses of Oracle EE and RAC =
$16.5 Million for just the base oracle database for year one!!!!!!
"Crazy Larry, his prices are IN-SA-A-A-A-A-ANE!"


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Underground Railroad House
613 E. Cass Street
Schoolcraft, MI 49087
Phone: 2696794129Website
The Dr. Nathan Thomas House, built in 1835, was the home of one of Michigan's most active Underground Railroad participants, a founding member of the state's Republican Party and Kalamazoo County's first physician.
Tours are available by appointment by writing to: Schoolcraft Historical Society, P.O. Box 638, Schoolcraft, Michigan 49087.


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Henry IV Part 2
by William Shakespeare
Henry IV Part 2 Act 2, Scene 4 Summary
- At a tavern (probably the Boar's Head) in Eastcheap, a couple of Drawers (waiters) argue about a dish of apples and then reminisce about the time Prince Hal insulted Falstaff by comparing him to a round, withered up, old apple. Falstaff was so mad.
- The Drawers can't wait 'til Hal shows up tonight – the Prince and Poins are going to dress up like waiters so they can play a joke on Falstaff. It'll be a barrel of laughs, just like old times.
- Mistress Quickly and Doll Tearsheet stumble in and they're rip-roaring drunk.
- Quickly says that Tearsheet's face is all red and she herself has had way too much wine.
- Enter a drunken Falstaff, who's singing a song about King Arthur and Sir Lancelot, the "worthy knight." Falstaff pauses in between lyrics to shout that someone really ought to clean out the chamber pot. (That's Shakespeare's clever way of telling us Falstaff, who is decidedly not a "worthy knight," has just been using the toilet.)
- Then Falstaff greets Tearsheet and Quickly and this is what audiences (especially the "groundlings" in the cheap seats) have been waiting for. Let the trash talking begin.
- When Mistress Quickly says she's feeling sick and faint, Falstaff insults her (and all women) by saying that when women aren't feeling sick, they're usually out sleeping around.
- Tearsheet says she hopes Falstaff gets the "pox" (syphilis) and Falstaff retorts that men catch venereal diseases from women.
- Tearsheet snaps back that the only thing men "catch" from women are their "jewels." Translation: Men, especially Falstaff, are thieves. In other words, she's reminding Falstaff that he's always ripping off Mistress Quickly. (Hmm. Doll Tearsheet appears to be a lot smarter than Mistress Quickly. Good to know.)
- Falstaff, not to be outdone, compares sleeping with a woman and catching a venereal disease to being wounded in battle.
- Mistress Quickly thinks that all this insulting and sexually charged banter is great fun. It's just like old times. Then Quickly says that Doll Tearsheet is an empty vessel (a common term for a woman and also an empty cargo ship).
- Doll Tearsheet quips that an "empty vessel" could never carry such heavy cargo like Falstaff. (Translation: She could never bear the weight of him in bed.) Falstaff drinks so much booze that it would be like carrying an entire cargo of imported wine.
- Then Tearsheet makes nice with Falstaff, since he's going to war soon and may get himself killed.
- A Drawer enters and announces that Pistol is at the door. Mistress Quickly doesn't want him anywhere near the joint because he's such a "swaggering" trouble maker but Falstaff convinces her to let him in. But first, Falstaff makes a bawdy comment that Doll Tearsheet can "stroke" Pistol like a "puppy."
- Pistol enters and he and Falstaff make some lewd comments about how Pistol should "discharge" his "pistol" on Mistress Quickly.
- When Pistol turns to Doll Tearsheet and suggests he should "discharge" on her as well, she calls him a slew of names (like "scurvy companion," and "mouldy rogue"). Then she whips out her trusty knife and tells him to get lost before she stabs him between his "mouldy chaps" (his cheeks).
- When Pistol threatens Doll Tearsheet, Mistress Quickly begs him not to start any trouble. Tearsheet lays into him again and the two continue to trade insults.
- Pistol, who has whipped out his sword, is all riled up and starts misquoting lines from famous plays like Christopher Marlowe's Tamburlaine Part 2 and George Peele's Battle of Alcazar.
- The brawling and smack talk continues until Falstaff takes Pistol's sword and tells him to scram.
- Pistol's not having any of that and the brawl ensues. Pistol and Falstaff stab wildly at each other until, finally, Bardolph tosses Pistol out on the street.
- Tearsheet and Quickly fawn over Falstaff, who has made quite a heroic showing. They want to make sure he didn't get stabbed in the groin by Pistol.
- Doll Tearsheet calls Falstaff pet names like "whoreson chops" as she tenderly wipes the sweat from his brow.
- Falstaff continues to show off by threatening to "toss" a sheet over Pistol and beat him to a pulp. Doll Tearsheet lovingly replies that she's going to "toss" Falstaff between her sheets later that night because he's such a brave guy.
- A band of musicians arrive and the party heats up. Doll sits on Falstaff's knee and continues to call him pet names like a "tidy Bartholomew boar-pig" (a plump, roasted pig). Falstaff doesn't like being reminded of his mortality when he's about to go off to war and says as much.
- Then the talk turns toward Prince Hal and Poins, who, by now, are in the tavern wearing disguises. Falstaff starts badmouthing the pair.
- Hal and Poins overhear Falstaff and respond in kind. They should beat up Falstaff, a dried up and impotent old man, in front of his girl, Doll Tearsheet. That would show him.
- Poins and Hal continue to eavesdrop on Tearsheet and Falstaff, who, by now, are making out and saying lovey-dovey things to each other. (Tearsheet says she loves Falstaff more than any of the other "scurvy young boy[s]" and Falstaff offers to buy her a nice outfit. Doll Tearsheet says she sure will miss Falstaff when he goes off to war.)
- Falstaff calls for more wine so Hal and Poins emerge (since they're pretending to be waiters). Falstaff sees Hal and says "Ha, a bastard son of the King's." Hal insults Falstaff in kind.
- Mistress Quickly gets all excited that Prince Hal is there and Poins urges Hal to hurry up and give Falstaff a beating.
- Hal asks Falstaff how he could even dare to say such horrible things about him, the prince, in front of such a fine, upstanding, and virtuous "gentlewoman" like Doll Tearsheet.
- Mistress Quickly, who doesn't understand that Hal's being a smart-aleck, says that she couldn't agree more. Doll Tearsheet is a great girl.
- Falstaff says something like, "Oh, you heard what I just said about you? I didn't know you were in earshot."
- Falstaff's in the process of talking his way out of the jam when Peto arrives and says a bunch of army captains are looking for Falstaff (who is supposed to be recruiting soldiers for the war, not having fun in the tavern).
- Prince Hal says he feels bad that he's been wasting time in the tavern when so much is going on in the world and the country is in the middle of a rebellion. Hal and Poins leave.
- Falstaff laments that he has to go away before he has time to sleep with Doll Tearsheet but, he's such an important guy that he can't ignore the call of duty.
- Falstaff leaves but then Bardolph comes back to fetch Doll Tearsheet for Falstaff, presumably so the two can have a proper "goodbye."
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The German collector who bought the piece for £2.54m on July 2 gives it to the Tate to put on display for the next 10 years.
15:33, UK, Tuesday 29 July 2014
Tracey Emin's unmade bed, complete with empty vodka bottles and cigarette butts, is returning to the Tate after more than 15 years
My Bed caused controversy when it was shortlisted for the Turner Prize - and displayed at Tate Britain - in 1999.
Earlier this month the notorious work fetched £2.54m at auction, a record for the artist, when it was purchased by dealer and White Cube gallery owner Jay Jopling.
It has now emerged that Jopling acquired the work on behalf of German industrialist and collector Count Christian Duerckheim, who has announced the long-term loan to the Tate for at least 10 years.
It is not yet known whether the bed will go on display at Tate Britain or Tate Modern and a gallery spokesman said that details will be announced in the autumn.
Count Duerckheim said: "I always admired the honesty of Tracey, but I bought My Bed because it is a metaphor for life, where troubles begin and logics die."
Tate director Sir Nicholas Serota said: "I am absolutely delighted that Count Duerckheim has agreed to loan such an important work to Tate for a period of at least 10 years.
"We look forward to displaying the work and are most grateful to Count Duerckheim for his generosity in creating an opportunity for visitors to see a work that now has iconic status."
Millionaire collector Charles Saatchi, who bought My Bed for £150,000 in 2000, sold it at Christie's.
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The San Diego Fringe Festival is in affiliation with Actors Alliance of San Diego and is a non-profit event of ContACT Arts. People attending can expect art of every variety including: music, comedy, dance, poetry, spoken word, film and many more, all scheduled to commence for 11 straight days (July 3rd-13th) at various locations throughout the city.
On Saturday, July 12th, a special Family Fringe event will take place at Fringe City at Horton Plaza (808 Broadway) from 12 p.m. - 5 p.m. This event is free to the public with artist donations encouraged. The entire afternoon will consist of family friendly performances and fun.
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Reviews, photos, and updates will be uploaded here as the event unfolds. Follow @mscourtneybeth on Twitter and Instagram for social media updates. Get immersed in the arts and be ready to be entertained and enlightened by the experience not like any other in the city.
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Catholic students on the University of Tulsa campus formed the Catholic Discussion Club. The first meeting was held on February 20, 1946 and Robert D. "Bob" Mannix was elected president. The Newman Club, established by members of the former Catholic Discussion Club, held its first meeting on October 2, 1946, in Marquette Hall at Christ the King Parish. Reverend John J. Sullivan, assistant pastor at Holy Family Cathedral, was the first chaplain and Bob Mannix was the first president. Father Sullivan would retire on August 8, 1993, in St. Joseph, Missouri as the Bishop of the Diocese Kansas City. The Tulsa Chapter of the Newman Center became affiliated with the National Newman Federation in Washington, D.C. and the Southwest Province.
A house with two lots at 3112 East 5th Street was purchased for the first permanent meeting place. Bishop McGuinness dedicated this building in December 1955. Reverend William J. McCarthy, assistant at Holy Family, was named the chaplain.
The Newman House underwent significant remodeling, which included a proper chapel. Bishop Reed blessed this chapel in April. At the time, the chaplain was Reverend Michael E. Keatinge, pastor of Claremore.
Mass was celebrated on the TU campus for the first time. Reverend Thomas K. Melton, the Newman chaplain and assistant pastor at St. Francis Xavier Church, offered the Eucharist at Sharp Chapel.
Reverend Robert T. "Bob" Schlitt was appointed as TU's first full-time resident Catholic chaplain.
Sisters Rose Mary Elsbernd and Rosemary Hemesath, F.S.P.A. (Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration, of La Crosse Wisconsin) were asked by Bishop Ganter to assume responsibilities as campus ministers in the Tulsa area. The name of the Newman Center was changed to Metropolitan Tulsa Catholic Campus Ministry.
The Newman Center building was traded to the University of Tulsa for the land at the present site of the St. Philip Neri Catholic Newman Center. The original house was dismantled for the construction of the Allen Chapman Activity Center. The Newman Center temporarily moved to a small house at 3205 East 5th Place.
A building committee headed by Reverend Paul E. Eichoff formed to plan a new center.
Bishop Beltran assigned Reverend Timothy Davison as chaplain, while continuing as the chaplain at Bishop Kelley High School. Father Davison replaced Father Bob Schlitt, who completed his second assignment at TU, having served previously from 1965 to 1973.
The groundbreaking ceremony for the new center was held on May 22 at 4th Place and Florence. Construction began in August. The first board of trustees was appointed by Bishop Beltran.
The new St. Philip Neri Catholic Newman Center was dedicated on April 21, 1991, by Bishop Beltran. Reverend Timothy Davison was appointed full-time resident chaplain. Soon after, he was appointed as the diocesan vocation director.
Stuart Crevcoure entered the seminary and was the first TU student associated with the Newman Center to do so. St. Philip Neri House, a satellite residence for young men planning to enter the seminary, was established at 3rd Street and Florence. It was dedicated by Bishop Slattery on August 15.
Construction began on a new addition to the center, a game room named in honor of Bishop Sullivan. The Newman Society celebrates its 50th Anniversary on the TU campus with a Mass and dedication of the new game room on September 19.
Reverend Daniel Mueggenborg was named chaplain. The Newman Choir organized under the direction of student Brian Gonzales. The first ERiS Youth Rally for junior high school students was presented by Newman Center students.
The Newman Center sponsored its first education and immersion program. In December, a course in Marian theology was completed with a pilgrimage to the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City. Annual high school confirmation retreats for area high school students began.
The Catholic Faith Series immersion program began with a year-long study of early church history and Catholic doctrine. The course ended with a two-week pilgrimage to Rome, Assisi, Florence, and Milan. Also, the Social Justice Guatemalan immersion program began. After an overview course in the Church's teaching on social justice, student and staff of the Newman Center traveled to the Catholic Mission of Oklahoma in Santiago Atitlan, Guatemala. The construction of two homes for area families commenced. The Catholic Faith Series was recognized by the Catholic Campus Ministry Association as one of six exemplary programs nationwide.
Father Jack Gleason, pastor of the Church of the Madalene and the diocese's vocation director, was named chaplain of the Newman Center. Father Stuart Crevcoure, a Newman Center alumnus, was named assistant chaplain.
Father Joe Townsend, pastor at Saints Peter and Paul Church, was named chaplain. Father Stuart Crevcoure continued as assistant chaplain and was also named parish administrator for Sacred Heart Church in Sapulpa, Oklahoma.
Father Stuart Crevcoure, was appointed chaplain of the Newman Center. The Social Justice Guatemalan Immersion program was recognized by the Catholic Campus Ministry Association as one of six exemplary programs in the nation.
The Newman Center library received an important collection of books from the estate of Dr. Robert Tompkins. Included in this collection are several rare volumes from the personal library of Cardinal John Henry Newman.
The Newman Scholars Program was inaugurated. Five scholarships for Catholic students at the University of Tulsa are endowed through the university.
Father Jovita Okonkwo was appointed Chaplain of the Newman Center and Father Gary Kastl was appointed Assistant Chaplain.
Father Matthew Gerlach was appointed Chaplain of the Newman Center, sharing duties with his appointment as Vocations Director. Father Matt also renovated the apartment at the Newman Center and lived there during his tenure at the Newman Center. The Chapel of the Good Shepherd was repaired due to damage during a rainstorm.
Father Kerry Wakulich was named part-time Chaplain of the Newman Center in addition to his duties as Chaplain at Bishop Kelley High School.
The Faith and Food program was recognized by the Catholic Campus Ministry association as one of six exemplary programs in the nation.
FOCUS (Fellowship of Catholic University Students) missionaries served the students of TU for the first time. The missionaries offer their daily life for serving Christ by praying, being vibrant on campus, starting Bible studies, and fostering disciples to multiply the flock. Read more about FOCUS at TU and their tremendous work.
Our Mission
The mission of the St. Philip Neri Catholic Newman Center is to prepare university students for a life of faith and leadership in the Catholic Church and service to the world.
Our Story
The Saint Philip Neri Newman Center was established in 1946 to serve Roman Catholic students at the University of Tulsa. In 1991 it moved to its present location at 440 South Florence Avenue.
An active ministry on the TU campus, the Newman Center provides weekly liturgies, as well as educational, social, and service opportunities for students of all faiths. Students enrolled at other colleges and universities in the Tulsa area are encouraged to participate, too.
The Newman Center is a member of the National Catholic Student Coalition and the Catholic Campus Ministry Association. The Newman Center also connect with other campus ministries through regional and national conferences and retreats.
Our Staff
- Chaplain – Father Kerry Wakulich
- Director of Development – Megan Meussner
- Administrative Assistant – Chelsea Junger
- Volunteer Coordinator – Courtney Leonard
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I have difficulty interpreting the following question:
If the simple function $\phi$ in $M^{+}(X,\mathcal{A})$ has the (not necessarily standard) representation $$\phi=\displaystyle\sum_{k=1}^{n}b_k\chi_{F_k}$$ where $b_k \in \mathbb{R}$ and $F_k \in \mathcal{A}$, show that
$$\int \phi \mathrm{d}\mu = \displaystyle\sum_{k=1}^{n}b_k\mu({F_k}).$$
We know that a simple function $\phi$ is of $\bf{standard \;\;representation}$ if
$$\phi=\displaystyle\sum_{k=1}^{n}a_k\chi_{E_k}$$ where $a_k$ are distinct and $E_j$ are disjoint nonempty subsets of $X$. Moreover, its integral is of the form $$\int \phi \mathrm{d}\mu = \displaystyle\sum_{k=1}^{n}a_k\mu({E_k}).$$
Is the question stating that the integral will hold for $\phi$ where $b_k$ are not distinct and where $F_k$ are not disjoint? I would like to say that this will hold when $b_k$ are not distinct, but I do not think this will hold if $F_k$ are not disjoint sets.


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How Can This Be I had an old Droidx laying around with the fantastic Sygic GPS program loaded. Sygic works great on the trusty dx even without any data plan but the delay getting a satellite fix was one minute- 5 minutes - 10 - no fix at all......aaarrrgghhhh, just frustrating and stupid. I rooted the phone to try Fasterfix an now I get an almost instant gps lock with way more satellites detected than ever before. You would never realize how crippled Motorola and Verizon devices are until you root one and get a program like this one. If you're rooted, download and be grateful.
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Morning MoneyBeat Asia: A Wan Start to December for the Stock Market
Market Snap: At the New York close: S&P 500 down 0.3% at 1800.90. DJIA down 0.5% at 16008.77. Nasdaq Comp down 0.4% at 4045.26. Treasury yields up; 10-year at 2.801%. Nymex crude oil up 1.2% at $93.82. Gold down 2.3% at $1,222.30/ounce.
How We Got Here: Might the market be concerned about, like, stuff?
After eight weeks of an inexorable rise, the market took a breather on Monday, the first trading day of what is generally the market's best month. It didn't help sentiment that the first weekend of the big holiday shopping season in the U.S. disappointed. Most estimates had sales either flat or down. Even if the estimates don't exactly match up to the concrete results that will come later, they certainly presage a dour season for retailers, as U.S. consumers continue to keep a tight fist on the purse strings.
At the same time, a string of mainly chipper PMI reports from Beijing to Washington prompted some worry that an improving economy might lead the Fed to lay off the QE pedal.
Then again, it was a low-volume trading session, and let's not kid ourselves, the markets have been torrid this year. They are going to fall every now and again. Hey, the market could even drop 5% or more and portfolio managers would still be looking at a banner year. Also, traders managed to defend the key levels of 1800 and 16000 on the S&P and Dow, respectively (barely in the case of the former). They've still got this bull by the horns.
Coming Up: Watch for trading in Asia to heat up Tuesday as U.S. participants return from the long Thanksgiving weekend with an eye toward the U.S. jobs report Friday. There's little on the data calendar for Tuesday although a meeting of Australia's interest-rate setting board will be on the radar. Economists surveyed by the Wall Street Journal expect no change in interest rates.
What You Missed Overnight
Stocks Retreat as Investors Watch Fed Stocks fell broadly, as investors focused on the prospect of a pullback in central-bank stimulus measures and mixed results from the Thanksgiving shopping weekend.
Trade Ministers Try Again to Revive Doha Deal The World Trade Organization this week makes what could be a final effort to keep long-sputtering trade talks alive amid mounting signs that many of its 159 members have given up on a global agreement.
Twitter Shares Draw Lukewarm Ratings From Underwriters The underwriters for Twitter's initial public offering aren't chirping about prospects for gains in the stock, with only two of the five bestowing a buy rating.
EU Threatens Actions Against Big Three Ratings Firms The European Union's markets watchdog said it found flaws in the way the big three credit ratings firms rank government bonds and warned that it may take "enforcement action" against them
From The Wall Street Journal Asia
China Stocks Fall on IPO Reform News China's stock markets fell after volatile trading Monday, as long-term reform-inspired optimism gave way to more imminent worries of oversupply following Beijing's decision to end a 13-month moratorium on new share offerings.
Thai Politician Turned Protest Leader Vows to Uproot System His followers call themselves whistleblowers. He presents himself as the man to clean up Thailand. Still, questions abound about Suthep Thaugsuban's campaign to oust Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra and her wealthy brother Thaksin Shinawatra from power.
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EU Balks as UK Urges China Trade Deal U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron called for a free-trade deal between the European Union and China as he met with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang in Beijing at the start of a three-day trade mission on Monday, but Brussels was quick to call talk of a pact premature.
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TC TO JOHN STUART MILL; 16 October 1832; DOI: 10.1215/lt-18321016-TC-JSM-01; CL 6:237-242.
Craigenputtoch, Dumfries, 16th October, 1832—
My Dear Mill,
You must not estimate my eagerness to hear from you by my promptitude in replying:1 I live in a region barren of great events; grudge sometimes to let 'the present agreeable Family'2 derive any Postage from my friends for small ones. Really this latter consideration is not without influence on me: I think, were I Member of a Reformed Parliament, there should no day pass but ten Good-morrows, sure of an unmixed reception, would depart from me; and, were it possible, fifteen come in. If I have any regret in the prospect of missing my Election, this is mainly it. In the actual case, moreover, before the projected time of your return from Cornwall had passed, I was over head and ears anew in Scribbling; a business that almost drives me distracted, at least that I cannot bear to interrupt. Late last night I finished;3 and now, you see, this morning I am with you.
Your Letter gave me insight into many very pleasant things, in your own faithful way. I beg you will by no means let me lose sight of London; least of all, of your circle therein; many things of value for me lie in it, which may yet become of more value. In London alone of all places in this country have I found some men (belonging to this century and not to a past one) who believed that Truth was Truth: of such men, how obstructed otherwise soever, all may be hoped, for they have attained the source of all. Considered as European Thinkers, our poor Utilitarians make the mournfullest figure: yet in this one fact, that they were the re-originators of any Belief among us, they stand far above all other Sects. Young minds too will not end where they began: under this point of view, you and certain of yours are of great interest for me; indeed, I may say, form the chief visible encouragement I have to proceed in this rather hazardous course of mine. And yet, hazardous? What hazard is there? While I have a whinstone stronghold here among the Peat-bogs, as much Potatoe-ground, and two arms to dig it with, as the natural man needs; and overhead the everlasting Heavenly Vault, and my SENDER there! There is no other way of it: jacta est alea [the die is cast], as Ulrich Hutten4 said;—or rather, as the old Ecclefechan Blacksmith once, in threatening circumstances, phrased it: "Then, we must just do the best we can for a living, Boy!" Poor old Smeal (that was his name): he toiled faithfully with hammer and anvil, till past ninety, that he might keep free, that he might not beg: he did so; and we—? Shame on us!—
But to get on with business. The Examiner has come in the most punctual manner, ever since the complaint I made you of it. We will let it alone therefore; at least, till it get wrong again. I think I have recognised little of you there lately: you do not always write in it then? Fonblanque, as you say, seems but indifferently at ease; my wonder is great how a man of his sharp faculties, keen genial nature, can go on (not to say gallop on) in that course, without bolting. Day after day he declares with cutting emphasis: "Man of office, this thing thou sayest and doest is not true: what art thou?"— "A Liar, and the truth is not in me,—and need not be sought out of me," the Man of Office would have answered sufficiently for most; nevertheless our friend still asks. That a dull workhorse of an Editor should still ask, with ever new eagerness, is not wonderful; but that a Fonblanque should and can almost surprises me. Is it your prediction that he will abide to the last by Politics? One might regret it: he is of far too broad and generous spirit for that narrow service; which, out of England at this day, he would never have gone into. But here too perhaps: jacta est alea! Offer him my kind wishes and regards. I feel much sympathy and community with him: but for myself, am quite weary of Politics; and carefully avoid speaking of the subject (so far as I can); I never do speak of it, without emitting more or less of a sulphurous indignation improper for me, or for anyone. However, Each to his trade!
I have had some late Numbers of the Westminster Review: my chief conquest, I fear, was admiration renewed, at the 'Completeness of Limited men.'5 No Westminster-Reviewer doubts but he is at the centre of the secret, com[m]anding free view of the Whole; and so he 'rides pro[s]perously,'6 without variableness or misgiving. Ought it to be so? I sometimes think, Yes: let every man feel as if his function were the sole one, he will do it the better. You can perhaps tell me who that loud-spoken, firm-nerved, cut-and-sever Master of Logic-fence there, is, who writes much, often about Cornlaws and Poorlaws; and must have written (I fancy) that most limited-triumphant Disquisition on the poor Saint-Simonians.7— By the way, I owe you many thanks for your few sentences on that matter of their Trial, which I had elsewhere inquired after in vain.8 If you have any pamphlets, books, or even newspaper-leaves about it to lend me, I should still be glad of them. I sometimes even think of writing about it,—in some dialect or other; had I materials. Enfantin becomes quite intelligible to me from my knowledge of Edward Irving. The Enthusiast nowise excludes the Quack; nay rather (especially in such times as these) presupposes him. Do you know where Gustave d'Eichthal is? Or what Duverryer [sic: Duveyrier] makes of himself in prison? Which is their prison?
Your promised Magazines were expected last Wednesday, at least partly; but did not come. The Cholera is at Dumfries, rather violent; and the people in a shocking panic, so that all communication is obstructed; and a parcel may still be there. We shall see tomorrow: happily the Disease is fast abating. The terror of the world at this Pestilence is such as if Death had never before been heard of. Nevertheless Death is not new; moreover, come when or how it will, it should find us at our work, and thinking mainly of our work.— Do not mind Tait even if you had it; there are enough of them in Dumfries; and, alas, they are hardly worth carrying even so far, not to speak of buying. What will become of Tait? He is white-puffing (for there is a white and a black sort); that seems to be his main stay at present; but by nature it cannot last. The Fox Periodical9 I shall be very glad to see: I cannot fish out your piece in the last Table of Contents; where indeed one has few data. I never could make much of Unitarians; from the great Channing10 downwards there is a certain mechanical metallic deadness at the heart of all of them; rhetorical clangour enough, but no fruit for me. Unluckily too they seem a sort of Half-men; which class of Nature's products one has the least patience with. But let us, in all conscience, look first! I know Fox only by his political Speeches; the lowest class of human compositions, and these very ill reported.
This thing of mine that I have been writing is a long Essay on Diderot; which you will see most probably in the Cochrane Review, this Number or next. It is a wearisome straggling affair; and to you will not communicate much; tho' readers enough may learn from it, if they will please to look. Cochrane informs me, with hair on end, that the general or rather universal opinion about the Goethe production was—unfavourable!11 Good Heaven! had not 'the age of miracles' ceased? I answer poor Cochrane as I can: the proper answer would have been a glass of brandy. In my own secret heart, I know that Paper to be not a stupid, yet a baddish one: the problem set before me was of the impossible kind; this was the approximation I could make to it. To elucidate that subject to English readers, at this point of time, lying beyond me, nothing remained but to coruscate round it with what fireworks one had; uttering in any case n[othing] but what seemed true, so far as it went.— You are very charitable in construing my hydra-hea[ded] method of publishing myself—thro' so many monstrous Periodicals all at once. Alas, it is that I have no better bethod [sic]; otherwise it were to be named a bad one. I had hoped that by and by I might get out of Periodicals altogether, and write Books: but the light I got in London last winter showed me that this was as good as over. My Editors of Periodicals are my Book-sellers, who (under certain new and singular conditions) purchase and publish my Books for me; a monstrous method, yet still a method. "Allah is Great" as the Arabs say: there is ever some resource left; and Meditation, like Murder, will out. A question often suggests itself, whether we shall never have our own Periodical Pulpit, and exclude the Philistine therefrom, above all, keep the Pew-opener (or Bibliopolist) in his place; and so preach nothing but the sound word? The Answer, however, comes not. Meanwhile: Speak! Preach! The Night Cometh.12 Where men are, there is an audience: "you may make a Pulpit by inverting any Tub"! To such strange shifts are we reduced. Ay de mi!13 Often I think, it were delightful could I have leave to sit wholly silent for some three years from this date, till I had got to the bottom of many things! But that too was not appointed: Let us on then, getrosten Muthes [be of good cheer]!
October Tirl-the-trees is busy here, has made the moor very savage. We are for Edinburgh in a six weeks or so; to see how the world wags there. Radicalism! Radicalism all! Another edition of Churchill's "Hunger, a Pastoral"!14 Nevertheless let us hear for ourselves how they manage it. I once loved Edinburgh, and still do not hate it. I hope some day you and I shall see it together.— Has Napier yet sent your Books? I am quite shocked to find the state of things; and dread, it is not yet rectified: I have found the man very remiss in other matters. Tell me, at all events, and I will poke him again.
My Dame begins to get surprised that Mrs Austin does not write. We keep hoping however that it is not distress of her own or husband's that prevents her. Is the Falck15 soon to be out? Were Falck a Boswell, there might be a Book. But Boswells are almost as rare as Johnsons.— You will now be quite master of Cornwall transactions: tell me if Charles Buller accounts himself sure of Liskard; what he is doing, meaning to do. A fine faculty is in my good Charlie; it were a thousand pities he should go to waste.16— I am but beginning to write; and my poor sheet, save it as I may, is done. If among your modern French Books you can spare me any that really illustrate the late condition of that country (under any of its aspects) they were highly welcome. Politics of course is one aspect; not for me the greatest, far from that; yet the easiest come at—thro' Books. Any tolerable History of the Revolution I could still read with interest. I am very curious about France. Indeed I thank Heaven I have still a boundless curiosity about all human things: it is only simulacra of things that I cannot away with. Unfortunately, however, I can get no knowledge! "White men know nothing": in the original it stood "Black men,"17 but holds this way too.— Write to me the first moment you have; and be always sure of my affection. Vale et me ama [Farewell and love me]!
T. Carlyle
Encourage Glennus; rebuke Diabolus.— Could not Wilson18 have turned in hither as he came or went? He should have been welcome.
Now that I remember it, in the last Number of Fraser there is a Prophecy called The Tale by Goethe: if you know the original, and have guessed at it, the Commentary (which is mine, as well as the Translation) will interest you a little. I am all wonder at it. T. C.


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You, too, can reviews movies online.
It's as simple as slapping up a web site and letting your inner Roger Ebert loose.
Only it's not really that easy.
WWTW made the journey from full-time reporter and film critic to movie blogger roughly three years ago, and it's been a bumpy trek filled with frustrations as well as light bulb moments.
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If that's you, then proceed by all means.
Starting a web site can either be super simple or complicated. This site uses WordPress technology as its platform, but budding bloggers can also opt for TypePad or Blogger as their platform of choice. WWTW began as a Blogger site but transitioned to WordPress after one year on the Web.
You can read about several options at Problogger.net, an invaluable resource for neophyte bloggers.
You'll also want to buy your own domain name (like whatwouldtotowatch.com, drudgereport.com or aintitcool.com). You can find out which names are available at sites like godaddy.com, and the annual expense is minimal.
And check out the free resources in your own community for other tech help. Meetup.com is a great way to find local groups that pertain to your interests. I'm a member of the WordPress Meetup and Front Range Bloggers group in the greater Denver area, and each has been a major boost to my blog.
I'm a journalist, not a techie. But if I can crank up my own web site, so can you.
Setting Up Shop
The next step is the movie blog itself. It's helpful to nail down an area of interest before writing your first few posts. Do you want to focus on horror movies? Indie features? Foreign films? Maybe you're a sucker for B-movies.
Niche blogging can separate you from the pack and make it easier to target your potential audience.
WWTW is a general interest film blog, with a minor emphasis on overlooked indie films, horror movies and conservative-minded audiences. That means I compete with hundreds of similar sites. It makes my mission harder since I can't reach out to any one demographic, but it honestly reflects my film interests.
One you've got your theme nailed down, make sure your entire site reflects it. If it's a horror movie blog, the graphic design should reflect that theme, and so should the sidebars elements (links, photos, video clips, etc.).
And stay on target! Nothing will confuse readers quicker than having to wade through a post on Meryl Streep's Oscar chances if your site is geared toward science fiction films.
It's All About the Content
Movie blogs can go in a variety of directions. Some strictly offer film reviews, while others comment on breaking film news and cultural trends. No matter the direction, the new blogger should deliver clean, readable content that adheres to journalistic principles.
That means limiting spelling mistakes, linking to supporting data whenever possible and fixing errors quickly.
Just remember – whatever you're blogging about will likely be covered a hundred times over on other sites. So while there's nothing wrong with yet another review of the latest Matt Damon movie, always try to think of ways to set it apart from the competition.
Consider this post as an example of thinking outside the proverbial box:
Be bold, original and thought-provoking. Just don't try to start an online ruckus for the sake of drama – and site traffic. It might pay off in the short term, but you won't build community that way.
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Your Real Time Brussels energy reporter is this week in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, for the country's most important annual event: an oil and gas conference.
As becomes clear even on the approach to the airport here, this country lives–physically and metaphorically–on oil.
Oil rigs protrude into the Caspian basin, right up to the coast of the inland sea. Blackish swamps around the airport are a reminder that the ground here floats on oil.
Azerbaijan hosted the first oil drilling activities in the world in the 1840s. In the early years, some people apparently became millionaires because the found oil in their backyards while they were digging for water. Now, some see the country as a key to avoid European Union overdependence on Russian natural gas.
If you drive south to the biggest oil-and-gas processing center in the country, the leftovers of the Soviet oil exploitation are still visible: many, small oil rigs with their typical moving arms still dot the seaside, mixed with abandoned industrial equipment, and Soviet-style concrete apartment blocks.
Oil represents more than the past. Since the second half of the 2000s, money from oil exports started pouring in the country, fueling strong growth and economic modernization. Modern, small houses are being built by the side of run-down apartment buildings outside Baku. The city itself is experiencing a true real-estate boom: Three top-class hotels almost ready to open and four glass towers now overlook the old city.
The conference was opened by the country's president, son of the leader considered to be the founder of modern Azerbaijan, Heydar Aliyev. Companies with stands range from BP and Statoil to pipeline-coating firms and oil services contractors, such as Eni's Saipem.
Oil and gas of course benefit other parts of the economy. A company called Caspian Catering Services has a big stand. Their mission: delivering food virtually anywhere "onshore or offshore, in the private sector or the public domain."
Gasoline costs just 50 euro cents a liter, about a third of prices in the European Union. Huge SUVs are unsurprisingly becoming more popular and the driving styles of those behind the wheels of Land Cruisers and the Soviet-style Lada taxicabs doesn't appear to reflect any concerns for energy conservation.


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The "Climate Train" is Greeted by Zulu Dancers and COP 17 Officials in Durban
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- COP 17 Climate Change TrainDon't get us wrong, we know that climate change is serious business and hope as much as anyone that the COP 17 delegations in Durban will come up with solid plans to reduce global carbon emissions - but life would be boring if we didn't add a few Zulu Dancers, a brass band, and a climate change train to the mix, right? In true South African style, the environmental agency Indalo Yethu and a handful of partners decked out an old train with a variety of projects that address climate change, including new technologies, plants, and a symbolic Coral Reef art project. The train is making its way across the country for one month, and it arrived in Durban just as COP 17 got underway. It was met by traditional Zulu Dancers, a honking brass band, and even Christiana Figueres, Executive Secretary of the United Nations National Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).1
- COP 17 Climate Change Train200 delegations have arrived in Durban for the COP 17 climate change conference2
- COP 17 Climate Change TrainAs part of an initiative to drive awareness, the country's environmental agency has been driving an old train through South Africa3
- COP 17 Climate Change TrainAfter going through 17 cities and towns, the train arrived in Durban4
- COP 17 Climate Change TrainIt was met with Dancing Zulus and a honking brass band5
- COP 17 Climate Change TrainThe train is carrying technology and plants - all aimed at educating the public6
- COP 17 Climate Change TrainThe on-board educators have been talking to businesses, churches, and individuals7
- COP 17 Climate Change TrainPeople are invited on board to talk about climate change8
- COP 17 Climate Change TrainMany rural communities in South Africa don't know what climate change is, or if they do, how it will affect them9
- COP 17 Climate Change TrainIn some ways, South Africa is a bit behind when it comes to renewable energy and other carbon emissions reductions10
- COP 17 Climate Change TrainSouth Africa relies heavily on coal for a lot of its energy11
- COP 17 Climate Change TrainThe visible, colorful train aims to change that12
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Surely a silly question, but anyway. Suppose I blow up a point P in the plane. Then the exceptional divisor E should have zero intersection with (the strict transform of) any curve in the plane, since they are all linearly equivalent to a line not passing through P. But the strict transform of a line L through P seems to be a line which intersects E transversely (if I've computed correctly) which would mean L.E=1. What have I done wrong?
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This just means that the pull-back process doesn't preserve linear equivalence of divisors. This would work if we had a flat morphism.
The exceptional divisor intersects trivially the total transform of a curve in the plane, not the strict transform.


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2011 Scholarship Dinner
2011 Scholarship Dinner
KINGSVILLE (November 9, 2011) — Texas A&M University-Kingsville celebrated its student scholarship recipients and honored the donors that make it possible at the 4th annual Javelina for Life Scholarship Dinner held November 3.
Nearly 350 people were on hand for the event, which was held on the A&M-Kingsville campus. Many students had the opportunity to meet and personally thank those who funded their scholarship, engage in scholarly conversation, and have their photo taken together. The event enabled students to learn more about the meaning, mission and benefactors behind their scholarships.
"The Javelina for Life Scholarship Dinner is a celebration of giving. It provides an opportunity for students to meet the donors who have contributed toward their education. It also allows donors to meet the scholars that they have invested in," said Daniel Gaines, assistant director of donor relations and major gifts. "The event also serves as an acknowledgement of achievement. The students that attend are among the brightest at the university, and the dinner serves as a way to acknowledge their achievements that have earned them scholarships."
Scott Gines, vice president for Institutional Advancement, served as the master of ceremonies for the evening. The featured speaker was Richard Ritchie, J.D., who is a lawyer in his hometown of Mineral Wells, Texas, and one of the most decorated athletes in Javelina history. A 1977 graduate of Texas A&I University, Ritchie was quarterback for the Javelinas from 1973-76, during which time the team went 39-0, won national championships in 1974-1976, and was ranked No. 1 in the NAIA during most of that time.
The focus of this year's event was slightly different than in the past with an increased emphasis on showcasing student achievement. This could be seen throughout the program as scholarship recipients gave introductions, speeches and the prayer. The event concluded with a performance by the Javelina Chamber Singers.
"We wanted to showcase our students and all of their unique talents and abilities. It's a great way for our alumni and donors to see firsthand the investment they are making by helping our students receive a valuable Javelina education," said Paige de Vaudrecourt, coordinator of annual giving programs. "We also wanted to introduce our students to the many alumni and friends of the university who are 100 percent committed to seeing them succeed and are the epitome of Javelinas for Life!"
Students who were featured during the program included Cecillia Leanos, a freshman studying criminology and the recipient of the Greater Texas Foundation and Rumaldo & Teresa Juarez Scholarships; Arlene Lara, a junior studying communication science and disorder and Spanish and the recipient of the Larry Kruse Scholarship; Jonathan Sulaica, a junior studying geology and the recipient of the Presidential Gold Series Scholarship; Nick Kolbe, a junior studying wildlife management and the recipient of the Presidential Blue Series, Nick Harrel Jr. Wildlife, and Lyssy Scholarships; Yvonne Saldivar, a junior studying accounting and the recipient of the Presidential Blue Series and Hilda Garcia Undergraduate Scholarships; and Allison Meier, a freshman studying mechanical engineering and the recipient of the Presidential Silver Series and Kelly Scholarships. Leanos, Sulaica, Kolbe, Saldivar and Meier are also Honors College students.
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Had to check the calendar for this one.
Hotmail? It's 2011,folks. Nobody is using hotmail anymore.
Mozilla release manager Christian Legnitto confirmed in the early hours of this morning that there will be just one more beta of Firefox 4 before the upcoming but oft-delayed browser hits Release Candidate status. "I just wanted to send a quick note clarifying again that Firefox 4 beta 12 is the last planned beta," he said. " …
Hotmail? It's 2011,folks. Nobody is using hotmail anymore.
...that, unfortunately, you are wrong. There are plenty of the clueless still using it.
Also those of us who want a spam-catching email account for giving to businesses alongside our normal ones. Hotmail used to be such a spam magnet that now its spam filters are actually quite good.
just for spamtasic websites; which I though would last 6 months is still usable 6 years later.
Unfortunately they are the no. 2 email provider with 25% of the market, just behind the market leader Yahoo which has 26%.
Changing email provider means telling everyone your new email address and persuading them to use it. That can be a bit of a pain which is why a lot of people still use hotmail.
I've had a Hotmail account as my backup account since they were called HoTMaiL and their servers ran BSD. It's outlasted at least 6 ISP's and an ill-fated attempt to host my own mail server. Hotmail has done well by me, despite Microsoft's best efforts to ruin the service.
And like Magnus says, their spam filters are rather effective these days, in my experience better than Gmail's. These days I use Gmail as my spam magnet.
It is 2011 and it was way back in 2008 that Hotmail was last useless. These days it is "okay".
Things go in cycles. As Firefox was once more efficient and faster than MSIE, now FF is slower and less efficient than MSIE.
If Mozilla doesn't ship an improved production FF by mid-summer, I'm off to Chrome or back to MSIE.
In other words, there is a 50% chance I'm switching to Chrome or MSIE.
An MS service might be the only one on the internet to cause a large enough problem to delay a competior product? I for one am shocked.
It's funny but that doesn't really sit well with alongside the claims that "no one uses Hotmail" does it?
I think it is a lame excuse by Mozilla.
I think if Hotmail was their only problem they'd have shipped.
that'll do...
If it stops just ONE person from falling into the clutches of Hotmail, then it's all been worth it.
If it makes others leave - then it's a triumph.
Wait for it, wait for it...
It cures cancer!
Firefox smells!
umm... That about what you're expecting? ;)
Give Adblock a chance to catch up.
"...the team needs to rely on Redmond's help to fix the glitch. "
No they don't. If the Hotmail site is delivering standards-compliant HTML/CSS, then they need to fix FF to be standards-compliant. If it's not, then they need to LEAVE it looking crappy.
Just write to the standards and let the shit web developers look like shit.
The end user, being most probably ignorant of how a webpage works, will blame Firefox, because it works just fine in Exploder.
After the disaster area of beta9 I expected plenty more betas - but beta11 has surprised me. All the annoying broken UI elements seem fixed, seems at least as stable as FF3 (yeah, not saying much) and I can live with the RAM use. Looks good to go.
Why are you looking at me like that?
Microsoft isn't done, until Firefox won't run.
Hotmail bug?
Pardon !?!?
Of course Firefox users are far to educated and refined to use such a CHAV tool as 'Hotmail'.
Problem solved.
Nearly half their testers use Hotmail. One hotmail problem knocked out their whole ability to communicate with their testers.
UA spoofing helps.
This problem fixed if I set general.useragent.override to "Mozilla/5.0
(Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US) AppleWebKit/534.14 (KHTML, like Gecko)
Chrome/10.0.607.0 Safari/534.14".
The patch for bug 627729 is a Hotmail-specific code path that forces the use of
the old HTML parser for document.open() on Hotmail.
Remove that code path once Hotmail has deployed a fix for the problem at their
I would also include https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=636690
I'd recommend that all commenters be forced to read those threads before commenting on this article (I know it would have improved my comment) but I know how likely that is, so:
In summary:
MS Hotmail stopped working in FF4b. FF developers investigated and found that it was an issue with UA sniffing in Hotmail. They contacted MS developers, who confirmed the issue and have written a fix.
The Hotmail fix has been promised by the release of the FireFox release candidate. In the meantime, a workaround has been added to keep the (apparently many) FF beta users who also use Hotmail happy. That workaround will be removed once the Hotmail fix is released.
So nothing really left to see here. Move along.
I use Hotmail via the Webmail notifier plugin, alongside a couple of yahoo accounts and a gmail account.
I get lots of newsletters sent to the hotmail account. I use a yahoo account for sites like this one.
If Hotmail was the only problem, why didn't Mozilla put the OS X and Linux versions into production?
Surely there aren't many Mac fanboys or Linux types using Hotmail via the web interface.
I think the Hotmail thing was just an excuse.
This reminds me of my days in first year university, when it was always one more change and it will be working, one more test ... for hour after hour.
Maybe by mid-summer they'll have something to deploy in production, hopefully.
And now Mozilla has gone from one more change, one more test, to one more beta and one more month.
(And actually Hotmail is a pretty good service these days. The spam filter works really well. But Windows Live Mail, it is missing a lot of useful features. The way things are going, though I'm more likely to abandon Firefox than Hotmail.)


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Dr. David Hurst shares a dental practice and quiet suburban life with his wife, Dana. Their well-established home life with their three daughters is thrown into an unexpected tumult when Dave begins to believe that he witnessed his wife in an intimate moment with another man. Feeling utterly defeated, Dave turns to Slater, one of his disgruntled patients for help in trying to regain grip on his sanity. However, Slater's lone wolf, freewheeling attitude results in advice Dave is not quite prepared to take.
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La Sal Mountains, Evening. Arches National Park, Utah. October 11, 2012. © Copyright 2012 G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.
Sunset light on sandstone towers of Arches National Park and on the distant La Sal Mountains, Utah
I was hoping to get up into the La Sal Mountains, in the Moab/Arches area, during this visit to Utah, but it didn't quite happen. We had seen some aspen groves high on their slopes and thought they could make a good photographic subject, but we were twice stymied – well, once stymied and once we guessed wrong. The wrong guess came first. As we approached Moab late in the day from the south, we though we would turn off the main highway before reaching town and drive up there. However, a sign warning of construction and a road closure dissuaded us, so we turned around and continued to Moab. Later, thinking that if it was closed from the first route (and actually, it wasn't) then there must be access from the alternative, we drove up the Colorado River Canyon and turned off to head up that way… only to encounter road construction! We could perhaps have continued on, but it was late in the day and we had not calculated this delay when guessing how long it might take to get up to the trees.
So, in the end, our views of the La Sal Mountains were from greater distances – from high on the plateau of Canyonlands National Park and from Arches National Park. On the day I made this photograph, the light had been "interesting" – a combination of blah, clouded-over light, with occasional bursts of beautiful light coming through breaks in the clouds. We had been out on the ridge near the end of the main park road and had really enjoyed those moments of wonderful light, but late in the day it looked like the breaks would end there, but that they might continue over near the section of the park where this photo was made. So we quickly got in the car and headed over that way. When we arrived, things did not look so promising. The large clouds that had begun to block the light earlier were also affecting this area. But there we were, and there wasn't time to try to get to another location before the end of the day, so we headed up into this rocky area to see what might develop. From here, the La Sals were largely clear, with more sun than shadow on the face of the mountains. Even though there were clouds overhead at our position, they were increasingly broken as they led toward the mountains. Now all I needed was some evening light on the foreground rocks and I might have a photograph. I got my wish, with just a few brief moments of somewhat attenuated golden hour light on the rocks as the more intense light fell on the distant range.
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Seattle - Washington football coach Keith Gilbertson announced today that Jimmy Lake has been named an assistant coach on the Husky staff. Lake will coach the Husky cornerbacks. Cornell Jackson, who coached safeties, will move to offense to coach the Washington running backs. Defensive coordinator Phil Snow will now coach safeties. Chuck Heater, an assistant coach since 1999, will not return to the Husky staff.
"I'm thrilled to have this opportunity," Lake said. "I have always wanted to be the best I can be as a coach and I have worked hard to be able to make the step from Division I-AA to Division I. I know there will be new challenges and I'm excited to get started. The chance to work with people like Phil Snow, Randy Hart and Chris Tormey on defense is just tremendous. I'm looking forward to working with them and learning from a great group of coaches. I have a lot of respect for coach Gilbertson and everything that he has accomplished during his career."
A Spokane native, for the last four seasons Lake has coached defensive backs at Eastern Washington. Last year's team included two players who were second-team All-Big Sky selections and a third who received honorable mention honors as the Eagles posted a 6-5 record. It was Eastern Washington's fifth consecutive winning season.
During his first year at Eastern, the Eagles defense ranked first in the Big Sky Conference in pass efficiency defense (106.9) and interceptions (1.45 per game).
Lake graduated from Eastern Washington in 2000 with a degree in business administration. As a senior in 1998, he was an honorable mention All-Big Sky pick at strong safety despite suffering a knee injury in the fifth game of the season. Lake finished the year with 33 tackles.
In Lake's junior season Eastern won the 1997 Big Sky Conference title and advanced to the semifinals of the NCAA Division I-AA playoffs. Lake had 66 tackles during the season and had his only career interception in Eastern's 40-35 win at Montana. He added 22 tackles in three playoff games.
The four-year letterwinner had 160 tackles, including three sacks, during his 36-game career. He had a career-high 13 tackles against Cal State Northridge to end the 1996 season.
Lake was born Dec. 17, 1976, in San Francisco, Calif. He and his wife Michele have a son named Jimmy Jr. and a daughter named Faith Kathryn.
Cornell Jackson has an impressive resume as a running backs coach. He coached the position from 1996-99 at Arizona State and tutored such Sun Devil standouts as J.R. Redmond, Terry Battle, Jeff Paulk, Terrell Smith, Michael Martin, Delvon Flowers and Bruce Perkins. Five of those players were selected in the NFL draft and Redmond and Battle earned All-Pac-10 honors.
Each season Jackson coached the Sun Devil running backs ASU finished in the top four in the Pac-10 in rushing. The 1996 Arizona State team that advanced to the Rose Bowl led the league with a 248.5 average. The following season the Sun Devils topped the Pac-10 at 193.8 yards per game.


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It was a team of both firepower and depth. Arguably one of Oregon's most talented of all time, 22 athletes represented the Ducks at the NCAA championships at Hayward Field and 11 of them scored to culminate the program's second national championship ever and help catapult Oregon track and field's storied legacy. Harry Jerome (100 meters) and Les Tipton (javelin) claimed individual national titles while the Ducks added five more finishes among the top three placers to tally 70 points, outdistancing second-place San Jose State by 30 points. Jerome, Tipton, Kenny Moore and Gerry Moro would compete in the Olympics in subsequent years, with Jerome, whose personal-best 10.0 tied the world record, earning a bronze medal at 100 meters for Canada in the 1964 Games in Tokyo. Oregon also made history in the NCAA meet by becoming the first school to ever sweep the top three finishes in the same event, with Tipton, Gary Reddaway and Ron Gomez placing first, second and third in the javelin.
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Itchy - 01 by gunnmgallyWatch
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pencil, watercolor and acrylic
beautiful work
Reminds me of Egon Schiele.
one of the best things I've seen on DA, no lie
you are a talent
Great colors.
Looks really good
Trypophobia... awesome job
amaziiiiing you're so amazing this is awesome!
still love it
Wonderful - I really like this. Very different
I think I'm learning something from you every time.
just lovely
I love this, it took my breath away.
Beautiful work! I really like the contrast and color choice.
woah, this is beautiful.
love this one!
Beautifully whimsical as usual <3
absolutaly (misspelled but still) beautyfull!
Will you tell us more about the character here? My best friend and I are transfixed and dying to know.
inspired composition!
awesome i love the colors harmony in this one.. keep it up good job
THis is really amazing. Do you often work with mixing watercolor and acrylic? The texture is devastatingly beautiful!
damn..this is amazing
love the composition and colors! Great work!
the detail and the red is just gorgeous
great face--the expression, the authenticity
I have one word for this: Grand. This is just grand.
brilliant job in the colors
You are so good at one you do.
This is so stunning!
so amazing!!!
hey this is amazing! I like the contrast of the darkness of the black with the intensity of the red that you used. Very nice piece of work
love it!
the more i stare at this, the more itchy i feel. ..
wow!!! *____________*
striking and fertile.