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If I think of something, I'll edit it after I finish watching tonight's Walking Dead.
Oh finally lobo to the rescue!
@ rain of lead:
Is she sick?
@ rain of lead:
She posted a song one night that I never forgot.
I wish her well after the flood and hope she posts again here.
y@ rain of lead:
@ rain of lead:
Okay now I remember…yeah old mind of mine clogged up there for a minute! 😉
I wish Leia could talk. Then she could tell me if she's sick.
Random 3 Play for Calo…
Alan Parsons
Good ones CC!
Not looking good for obama…..
Obama seeks votes as complaints mount over storm response
been reading "the hitchhikers guide to the galaxy" to the girl
as a bedtime story.
we're nearly done with book 1 and she wants me to read the rest of the series
This isn't looking good at all….
Lack of power, gas rationing and bitter cold next up for Sandy storm victims
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/11/04/over-2-million-remain-without-power-after-sandy-as-bloomberg-warns-gas/#ixzz2BJelpURk
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@ Lily:
Biden is always looking as good as he sounds
What a dolt…I mean it's obama who doesn't want to work with the Republicans and the democrats too..that is why he goes around Congress…it's his way or no way. Right now all that is coming out of Biden's mouth is fiction.
@ rain of lead:
She threw up yesterday.
And today, she hasn't eaten much
@ rain of lead:
Yeah I think what is going to go on up north is going to make Katrina look like a cupcake. With the cold…the looters and Bloomberg not allowing the National Guard in because they have guns…not a good recipe if you ask me.
One more (3) for Calo… and done for a while.
No Doubt
well this is nice
Breaking: GEN Tommy Franks, GEN Hugh Shelton Among 500 American Warriors to Run Full-Page Ad Endorsing Mitt Romney for President
A star-studded list of retired high ranking US military officers is set to shake up the presidential race as the nation heads into Election Day, November 6. GEN Hugh Shelton (USA-ret) and GEN Tommy Franks (USA-ret) are among the military heavyweights who are taking out a full page ad in Monday's Washington Times, the Tatler has learned
heh, I say
A total of 1,010 adults were interviewed by telephone nationwide by live interviewers calling both landline and cell phones. All
respondents were asked questions concerning basic demographics, and the entire sample was weighted to reflect national Census
figures for gender, race, age, education, region of country, telephone usage and whether respondents own or rent their homes.
Registered voters were asked questions about their likelihood of voting, past voting behavior, and interest in the campaign; based
on answers to those questions, 693 respondents were classified as likely voters. Respondents who reported that they had already
cast an absentee ballot or voted early were automatically classified as likely voters. Among those likely voters, 41% described
themselves as Democrats, 29% described themselves as Independents, and 30% described themselves as Republicans.
now look how they managed the likely voter breakdown
693 respondents were classified as likely voters.
41% described themselves as Democrats,
29% described themselves as Independents, and
30% described themselves as Republicans
SO they have a tie among Likely Voters with a D+11 sample???
@ rain of lead:
Good to hear
@ rain of lead:
Isn't the Washington Times a conservative paper? Are they wasting their money preaching to the choir?
how nasty do you think jug ears when he loses on tuesday
bet he won't concede until 2015
fox is on
they are comparing 2008 and 2004, wtf?
did those jackwagons forget 2010
humpf, guess they did
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Description in the Hitchhiker's Guide
Vogon poetry is of course, the third worst in the universe. The second worst is that of the Azgoths of Kria. During a recitation by their poet master Grunthos the Flatulent of his poem "Ode To A Small Lump Of Green Putty I Found In My Armpit One Midsummer Morning " four of his audience died of internal hemorrhaging and the president of the Mid-Galactic Arts Nobbling Council survived only by gnawing one of his own legs off. Grunthos was reported to have been "disappointed" by the poem's reception, and was about to embark on a reading of his 12-book epic entitled "My Favourite Bathtime Gurgles" when his own major intestine–in a desperate attempt to save life itself–leapt straight up through his neck and throttled his brain. The very worst poetry of all perished along with its creator, Paula Nancy Millstone Jennings of Sussex, in the destruction of the planet Earth. Vogon poetry is mild by comparison.
Oh freddled gruntbuggly,
Thy micturitions are to me,
As plurdled gabbleblotchits,
On a lurgid bee,
That mordiously hath bitled out,
Its earted jurtles,
Into a rancid festering confectious inchulsphygnum. [drowned out by moaning and screaming]
Now the jurpling slayjid agrocrustles,
Are slurping hagrilly up the axlegrurts,
And living glupules frart and slipulate,
Like jowling meated liverslime,
Groop, I implore thee, my foonting turling dromes,
And hooptiously drangle me,
With crinkly bindlewurdles,
Or else I shall rend thee in the gobberwarts with my blurglecruncheon,
See if I don't.
@ rain of lead:
I've been working on the flying bit… can't seem to get the hang of "forgetting to hit the ground"…
@ CynicalConservative:
Lily is yaking to me on the phone tonight.
@ coldwarrior:
I think she's adopted a new catch phrase
"so long, and thanks for all the fish."
@ CynicalConservative:
can I have a quarter?
@ rain of lead:
and the mice just crack her up
rain of lead wrote:
@ coldwarrior:
I think she's adopted a new catch phrase
"so long, and thanks for all the fish."
Have you seen the movie? They made that into a musical number.
rain of lead wrote:
@ lobo91:
once we finish the books
we'll watch one of the movies, there were 2-3 I think
Hollywood only got one of them done. The brits got 3 series out of it though.
Dana Loesch @DLoesch
Biden and Reid's quotes magically become racist if liberals think a conservative said them: http://bit.ly/UtoOuq
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Dana Loesch @DLoesch
Biden and Reid's quotes magically become racist if liberals think a conservative said them: http://bit.ly/UtoOuq
I love it when those liberal rat's asses step in their own crap.
Leave it to the f-ing MSM. Did not know this.
So, I'm skimming this this piece by Mark Stein and I read:
…Even more extraordinary, on Sept. 14, fewer than two dozen inbred, illiterate goatherds pulled off the biggest single destruction of U.S. airpower since the Tet Offensive in 1968, breaking into Camp Bastion (an unfortunate choice of name) in Afghanistan, killing Lieutenant-Colonel Christopher Raible, and blowing up a squadron's worth of Harriers. [emphasis mine -admin] And, even though it was the third international humiliation for the United States in as many days, it didn't even make the papers. Because the court eunuchs at the media are too busy drooling over Obama's appearance as what he calls "eye candy" on the couch between Barbara and Whoopi.
Nite Lily.
Sleep well.
Guess who — it's not who you think it is… can you last the whole 2 minutes, 57 seconds?
@ rain of lead:
I'd be afraid of FLOTUS's reaction as well. I wouldn't want to be in the Executive Residence tuesday night — or any other night between November 6 and 1/20/2013. Barry is going to have one miserable family situation for the next several weeks.
@ Canoe Convoy:
Couldn't happen to a nicer guy if you ask me. 😈
There was an interesting question in one of the local newspapers here: why are people from European countries so interested in the US-presidential election ? Nearly 100% answered: because our own elections are a joke.
Good morning. Back to normal photo walking for the next little while. And catching up for the month of October.
Stop the presses! Obama gets the endorsement of—Canada's socialist New Democratic Party!
@ Moe Katz:
And that's a surprise…NOT! They are the type of people that would/have backed people like Mao and Stalin.
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@ Moe Katz:
And that's a surprise…NOT! They are the type of people that would/have backed people like Mao and Stalin.
And Pol Pot and Ruhollah Khomeini….
Meet some of the most pathetic individuals you'll read about today. On the upside, they're not voting.
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Meet some of the most pathetic individuals you'll read about today. On the upside, they're not voting.
"She has decided it doesn't matter who becomes president: "I'm a Christian and I believe that God is in charge. If this guy wins, it's not the end of the world because God is still God."
Romney tied in CNN's D+11 Poll:
The latest CNN national poll of likely voters, which shows a 49%-49% tie between Republican challenger Mitt Romney and incumbent President Barack Obama, is either absurd, or very good news for the GOP–or both.
Romney has gained 3 points since the last time CNN ran its poll, in late September, when Obama led 50%-47%. That is good news for the Republican ticket, especially since the poll was conducted after Hurricane Sandy.
Yet there is something odd–and even ridiculous–in the poll's sample: of the 693 likely voters in the total sample of 1,010 adults polled, "41% described themselves as Democrats, 29% described themselves as Independents, and 30% described themselves as Republicans."
In other words, the poll is a D+11 outlier. It presents a picture of an electorate that is far more pro-Obama than it was in the historic 2008 election. That is extremely unlikely.
Momentum. We've got it. Obama doesn't. If Obama can't win a D+11 (11ty!!) poll, he probably can't win the Presidency. We won't know until tomorrow, but all signs are fortuitous.
@ Canoe Convoy:
Yeah, poor Queen Michelle I. She won't be able to take those endless taxpayer funded vacations all over the world.
Good Mornin All….make it a great day
A Chicago lawyer is the key player behind the secret talks between the US and Iran. Yedioth Ahronoth reported Monday. A close friend of Michelle Obama, Valerie Jarrett is assisting the US government communicate behind the scenes with the representatives of Iran's supreme leader Ali Khamenei.
Jarret, who was born in the Iranian city of Shiraz, is a senior advisor to US President Barack Obama.
@ rain of lead:
One more day! I am so excited! I figure if CNN is cooking polls to the tune of D+11 to get Obama tied, Obama is pretty much toast. Romney would be slaughtering him with a D+1 or D+0 sample, let along an R+1 sample like Gallup is predicting. This is why you have to watch polls. You can't just rely on the numbers they give you. You have to look at how they got those numbers. That is something the Outsider and Ferb just can't seem to comprehend. I think our readers are smarter than that, though. One more day and a wakeup. I don't intend to sleep tomorrow night until it is done. Of course, if Romney wins Pennsylvania, it may be done fairly early!
As President Obama closes out his presidential campaign on Monday with stops featuring A-List celebrities like rapper Jay-Z and rocker Bruce Springsteen, many of the victims of Hurricane Sandy are still waiting for federal, state and local assistance. Scenes of increased desperation — residents wielding bows and arrows against possible looters, tempers flaring in long gasoline lines, and impassioned pleas to officials for help — are highlighting what has become an uneven recovery from the storm.
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@ Storagemanager:
Concur with your sentiments. There will be some drinking taking place in WI as well — more when folks see the outcome of the election. Do not make the mistake of thinking WI will go to the Dems — instead, think of the outcome of the June recall election. WI just might turn R.
Oh, I wish! I don't drink any more, but I wish all those who do a merry time! It is going to be strssful as hell. This is the most significant election since the election of 1864. Like 1864, it is an existential election for the United States. We really can't surtvive another four years of Obama. Just the debt alone will kill us. We'll be at over $20 trillion by 2016 if Obama is re-elected. We already owe more compared to our GDP than Germany did in the Treaty of Versailles. Obama added 50% to the national debt, and we got nothing in return. It'd be one thing if he'd bought a couple of more carrier battle groups, and bumped the whole Navy back up to over 300 ships, but he didn't do that. He could have initiated a crash course to nuclearize the American power grid if he is really so concerned about GoreBull Warming, but he didn't do that either. We got nothing but crony socialism for our money. He did pay some guy $2.6 million to go to China and teach hookers how to drink. There's wise use of our tax dollars…
Mr.President it is not your voters who need revenge…it is those of us who suffered under you for four years….we vote to rid America of YOU.
hey storage….how long you been posting here?
Canoe Convoy wrote:
instead, think of the outcome of the June recall election
I've been saying for a while that the Electoral Machine that produced June's recall results would deliver Wisconsin to us. We've really won the last four elections straight there, so Wisconsin isn't looking as purple as it used to. I hope Romney has coat-tails for the Senate there. I am really not too terribly worried about the Presidential election. Even the cooked polls have it tied, and that would make it a turnout election. And even the cooked polls have Romney up by big margins with the independents. That's why they are having to cook the polls to the tune of D+11 to get a tie. No, I think we'll win the Presidency. I don't know if we'll get the Senate, though. I think that will be close. I think someone will wind up with a 51 vote majority, but it could be the Democrats. We'll see.
Back on September 13th, Senator John McCain appeared on Hannity, the television program of the popular conservative talk show host, to discuss the recent 9/11 attacks. When the topic turned to Libya, the Senator from Arizona was quick to accuse Sean of having been wrong about Islamists taking control of Libya. Hannity appeared to be slightly taken aback as McCain did everything but stick his tongue out at those (Hannity included) who had expressed concern that Libya had fallen into the hands of the Islamists, saying, "You were wrong about Libya… I know you were… you were wrong."
Documents recently obtained and translated by Walid seem to demonstrate that McCain is the one who is wrong and Sean Hannity was the one who was right.
A common complaint of westerners who try to read about the Middle East is the sheer volume of Arabic names they must sift through to reach a modicum of understanding; they lose track and often move on. There's one name that such westerners should grok and it is Abdel Hakim Belhaj. As we previously reported, Belhaj was officially put in charge of Tripoli from August 30, 2011 thru at least May of 2012. He is radical and has been identified as a 'brother' of al-Qaeda by Ayman al-Zawahiri.
Paul Ryan draws large crowd in Liberal Minnesota:
With a new American Future Fund poll showing Mitt Romney with a one-point lead in liberal Minnesota, Paul Ryan went to the state President Barack Obama won by more than 10 percentage points in 2008 and drew a crowd of nearly 9,000 people on Sunday.
A source who was at the event told Breitbart News Minnesota GOP Chair Pat Shortridge announced 9,000 people were in attendance, and Ryan said another 1,000 people had to be turned away because the venue was filled to capacity.
Ryan's campaign appearance in Minnesota represents how the Romney campaign is aggressively playing offense on Obama's electoral turf to expand the electoral map. Obama has spent the last weeks of the campaign on defense, trying to hold onto states — like Minnesota and Wisconsin — he comfortably won in 2008 and were once included in the campaign's baseline of states guaranteed to go into Obama's electoral column,
According to NBC News, it was Ryan's largest solo event to date.
I don't think we'll win Minnesota. If we do, it will be a blowout of epic proportions. But that Ryan is drwawing this large a crowd there is encouraging.
election officals in florida manage to make a mess again
Democrats Sue to Extend Florida's Early Voting
In a state where legal action often goes hand in hand with presidential elections, the Florida Democratic Party filed a federal lawsuit early Sunday to force the state government to extend early voting hours in South Florida.
The lawsuit was filed after a stream of complaints from voters who sometimes waited nearly seven hours to vote or who did not vote at all because they could not wait for so long to do so.
Shortly after the lawsuit was filed, local election supervisors in Miami-Dade and Palm Beach Counties, where lines sometimes snaked out the door and around buildings, said they would allow voters to request and cast absentee ballots on Sunday. Voters in three other Florida counties will also be able to pick up and drop off absentee ballots. State election law permits election offices to receive absentee ballots through Tuesday as long as they are cast in person.
But later on Sunday, Miami-Dade's county election supervisor closed down the line for absentee ballots after two hours at its Doral office. It was eventually reopened, and election officials said that anyone in line by 5 p.m. would be able to drop off a ballot.
where is rodan
we need an on the ground report
500 senior admirals and generals took out an ad today in the Washington Times to declare their support for Mitt Romney. The professional core of the U.S. military overwhelmingly favors Mitt Romney over President Obama by a two-to-one margin.
The NC Times reported:
Hundreds of former senior military leaders have taken out an ad in Monday's Washington Times newspaper declaring their support for Republican Mitt Romney, a rare if not unprecedented action in the final days of a presidential campaign.
"We, the undersigned, proudly support Governor Mitt Romney as our nation's next President and Commander-in-Chief," says the advertisement, which is signed by some 500 retired flag and general officers representing major branches of the U.S. military.
James J. Carey, a retired Navy rear admiral, told friends and colleagues in a written message that it was important for the group "to take a public stand on how very important it is that our fellow Americans choose a new Commander-in-Chief" on Tuesday. Carey is national chairman of the National Defense Committee.
The dissatisfaction with Obama among many former military leaders runs the gamut — from his handling of the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, to his possible allowing of billions of dollars in prospective defense cuts, to his presiding over a dour economy over the last four years, according to interviews with two local signatories.
Retired Rear Adm. George K. Worthington, a former SEAL commander, noted the deaths of two ex-SEALs among the four killed during the consulate attack in Lybia. The former SEALs, both government contractors, were Glen Doherty of Encinitas and Tyrone Woods of Imperial Beach.
@ rain of lead:
found this post at another blog
The long lines in FL are not because of an inadequate number of polling stations. It's cause we have ten amendments on the ballot and they are all damned long and in legalese (of course). So the problem is that most people aren't inclined enough to look at the sample ballot they send out at least two weeks ahead of time, figure out what you want to vote for or against, mark the ballot, and bring the damned thing with you when you vote. It's taking some folks fifteen minutes to vote because they have to read all the stuff on the ballot
new thread btw
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This is a question that has been asked a lot, but I can't seem to find the answer I am looking for.
We are looking at buying a small quantity of workstations, around 6, which all will have exactly the same hardware and OS.
What we really want to do is set one of the workstations up exactly how we want them all, with software, settings, etc. and then 'clone' the workstation in its entirety. Then we would ideally be able to put the clone (presumably via CD/DVD) into each of the other workstations and have them all exactly the same. So all we need to do it manually alter the IP addresses for use on the network.
The server is only very basic, so I don't believe it's an option to network boot and deploy things that way.
Is Norton Ghost perfect for the job?


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"Days of Our Lives" is heating up with week, and with Valentine's Day right around the corner, Eric is also feeling the love as he chooses Nicole over being a priest, Days of Our Lives News reported on Feb. 9.
According to the report, after a long, and drawn out, week of Eric Brady sitting in the church with monk, Brother Timothy, he finally made is big decision, and it's to be with Nicole Walker.
Eric will spill his feelings to Nicole this week, and she may be surprised. Although Nicole and Eric have had a romantic relationship in the past, she and Daniel have been getting close again, and working hard to clear Eric's name so he could go back to the church after his sex scandal with Kristen.
Will Nicole chose to be with Eric and live happily ever after, or will she be conflicted about her feelings for Eric and Daniel?
Who you do you think Nicole should choose on "Days of Our Lives?" Eric or Daniel?
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- 'Days of Our Lives' spoilers: EJ tells Abby to move on
- 'Walking Dead' spoilers: Daryl struggles with his identity without the group
- 'Glee' to end after season 6 due to Cory Monteith's death
- 'True Blood' cancelled: HBO series to end after 7th season
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The Vatican has joined the global condemnation of Boku Haram, and made an urgent plea for the release of the kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls according Vatican News on Thursday. Speaking on behalf of the Holy See Press Office, Father Frederico Lombardi blasted the terrorist group and its deplorable acts of violence.
More than 200 Nigerian schoolgirls, 276 according to Globe Aware, were abducted from their dormitory on April 14, 2014, with eight more kidnapped this past Sunday. Most of the girls are still missing and feared to be victims or future victims of sex trafficking. One father told ABC News he'd prefer his daughter dead than to think of the horrors that await her as a sex slave. Behind the viral campaign to #BringBackOurGirls is the importance of awareness, which the First Lady reiterated via Twitter on Wednesday.
Our prayers are with the missing Nigerian girls and their families. It's time to #BringBackOurGirls
Father Frederico Lombardi stated this latest abduction is one more act of "horrible violence" Boku Haram is renowned for. Vatican Radio reported the representative of the Holy See Press Office said the appalling kidnapping of the Nigerian girls prove the terrorists have the utmost of hatred for the respect of innocent life, which "calls for the strongest condemnation" against the animals that committed the offenses.
Lombardi went on to say the abduction of the Nigerian schoolgirls "arouses the most heartfelt feelings of compassion for the victims," and imparts an unimaginable "sense of horror for the physical and spiritual suffering along with incredible humiliation" the victims are experiencing. The Vatican demanded the release of the girls back to their "normal" daily lives and offered prayers for the end of conflict and terrorism in Nigeria.
The international outrage has brought global support from unlikely allies as the threat of the kidnapped Nigerian girls' fate grows truer every day. Celebrities such as Justin Timberlake, Ashton Kutcher and Sean Penn, among others, have also embarked in the campaign to raise awareness to end sex trafficking with Real Men Don't Buy Girls, photos with signs similar to Michelle Obama's #BringBackOurGirls.
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Do you remember how effortlessly you moved around when you were a kid? That ease tends to fade as we get older. Your body gets tight, your shoulders schlump and you navigate the world more timidly. Is it possible to recapture that gracefulness? Yes, says Caroline Kohles, a New York City teacher trainer of Nia, a form of movement that draws from martial arts, dance and healing arts. "Grace is a choice open to everyone," she says. Below, the four components to work on.
"If you have poor balance, you tend to protect yourself by restricting your movements. With better balance, you can move with more confidence," says Lindsay Newitter, an Alexander Technique teacher. This gentle technique is a great way to improve your body mechanics. Go to amsatonline.org to find a practitioner.
Test Yourself: Stand tall and lift one foot, holding for as long as you can without wiggling for up to 30 seconds. Then repeat on the other side. "If at any point you rock side to side, you need to work on your balance," says Kohles.
How to Improve: Good balance calls for strong core muscles – the muscles around your trunk and pelvis. Crunches, planks and Pilates exercises are particularly good for this. And practice those one-legged stands daily.
Correct posture means that muscles, bones and joints are stacked up properly whether you are moving or at rest. "Like any form of architecture, the body is designed to function in a certain way. If we sink on one side, the effect is the same as with a building that starts to settle. The frame can't withstand that," says Kohles. Poor alignment makes you appear awkward and also puts you at risk for joint injury.
Test Yourself: Look at yourself sideways in a mirror: Are your shoulders slumped? Are you leaning back? Is your tush pushed too far forward? Does your spine make an exaggerated "S" shape? Any "yes" answer means your alignment is off.
How to Improve: Most people try to stand up straight by throwing their shoulders back and lifting their chins, which makes them look as if they've enlisted in the National Guard. Instead, think of rising from the top of your head (touch it first so you can sense where it is). This will automatically pull the rest of your frame into alignment.
"If you have limited flexibility, you may over-compensate by favoring your stronger muscles, which will affect other joints," warns Patrice Winter, PT, DPT, who teaches rehabilitation science at George Mason University and is a spokesperson for the American Physical Therapy Association.
Test Yourself: Try this upper-back and chest test. Lying on your back, with your legs out straight, raise your arms so they are perpendicular to the floor. Then lower your arms behind you, trying to touch the floor with your hands. If your hands don't reach the floor, your flexibility needs work.
How to Improve: For a general all-over stretch, start by lying flat on your back. Lift your arms over your head toward the floor and extend your arms and legs from the body. Next, bring your knees to your chest, wrapping your arms around them. Circle your knees clockwise and then counterclockwise. Finally, do a spinal twist by moving your knees over to one side and at the same time move your head in the opposite direction. Hold for 15-30 seconds and reverse.
To move with grace means that when you go from point A to B, "you are smooth and confident, and you know where you are in every movement," says Winter.
Test Yourself: You should be able to stop and hold at any part of a movement. Can you, for example, sit down and get up without using your hands or rocking to get momentum? "Grace is not plopping," Winter says.


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Dalton Trumbo Movies and Career Information
Dec 09, 1905
Director and Writer
Dec 09, 1905
Director and Writer
James Dalton Trumbo was an American screenwriter and novelist. As one of the Hollywood Ten, he refused to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee in 1947 during the committee's investigation of Communist influences in the motion picture industry. Trumbo won two Academy Awards while blacklisted; one was originally given to a front writer, and one was awarded to "Robert Rich", Trumbo's pseudonym. Blacklisting effectively ended in 1960 when it lost credibility. Trumbo was publicly given credit for two blockbuster films: Otto Preminger made public that Trumbo wrote the screenplay for the smash hit, Exodus, and Kirk Douglas publicly announced that Trumbo was the screenwriter of Spartacus. Further, President John F. Kennedy crossed picket lines to see the movie. On December 19, 2011, the Writers Guild of America announced that Trumbo was given full credit for his work on the screenplay of the 1953 romantic comedy Roman Holiday, sixty years after the fact.
- Movies Directed by Dalton Trumbo
- Johnny Got His Gun 1971
- Movies Written by Dalton Trumbo
- The Horsemen 2009
- Executive Action 1973
- Johnny Got His Gun 1971
- Horsemen (1971) 1971
- Lonely are the Brave (1962) 1962
- Last Sunset 1961
- Exodus (1960) 1960
- Spartacus 1960
- Terror in a Texas Town (1958) 1958
- Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell 1955
- Roman Holiday 1953
- Gun Crazy (Deadly is the Female) 1950
- Man to Remember (1938) 1948
- Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944) 1944
- I Married a Witch 1942
- Kitty Foyle: The Natural History of a Woman 1940
- He Ran All the Way
- Always
- Papillon
- Our Vines Have Tender Grapes (1945)
- Fixer (1968)
- Brothers Rico
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Jillian Kilby
Jillian's initiative to build a company in rural NSW that provides quality project engineering services was driven by her passion for rural communities and dedication to continue her career in engineering – no matter where she chose to live.
"It was important to me to have a great career as an engineer - and enjoy the lifestyle offered on a property in rural NSW"
Jillian was raised on a property north of Coonamble and completed a Bachelor of Civil Engineering with First Class Honours at the University of Sydney. Prior to starting her own company, Jillian worked for Waterway Constructions as a Project Manager of maritime construction on Sydney Harbour.
"Waterway Constructions taught me the importance of integrity and quality workmanship, the need for innovation and ingenuity and provided my foundations in project management."
The projects were complex and often involved innovation in design and construction, in the office and on site. Water based construction was multi-faceted and a broad range of experience, management skills and leadership ability was required.
Beyond the workplace, Jillian maintains a high level of involvement in her engineering community. She continues her professional development as a Civil Engineer by engaging in training and attending technical seminars provided by Engineers Australia.
In 2009, Jillian served as the Chairman of the Civil and Structural Engineering Panel, Engineers Australia Sydney Division. Here she formed friendships and key mentoring relationships to further enhance her professional development opportunities. She is also maintains membership of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and involves herself in aspects of corporate governance and risk management.
Jillian's other professional engineering roles include:
- Unit Representative of the 2010 Sydney Division Committee,
- Member of the NSW Infrastructure Report Card Steering Committee released to the NSW State Government in July 2010
- Delegate to the 2010 Engineering Leadership Conference in Brisbane on behalf of Defence Materiel Organisation for demonstrated leadership in engineering and community involvement.
- National Structural College Women in Engineering Representative in 2008 and 2009 to encourage greater recognition and involvement of women in structural engineering.
- Coordinator of the 2008 Great Engineering Challenge during Australian Engineering Week to involve over 200 students in a day of hands-on engineering challenges that aimed to inspire students to consider a career in Engineering.
Jillian's passion for rural communities is demonstrated by her role in many voluntary organisations including
- Director of the Royal Agricultural Society Foundation of NSW which aims to encourage educational excellence and foster sustainable rural and regional communities by providing grants and scholarships to support education and skills development in country NSW.
- Deputy Chair of the Royal Agricultural Society Youth Group which develops initiatives to encourage increased participation of young people in the Sydney Royal Easter Show and at other RAS events.


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Mobility and Technology
By marina on Sep 04, 2009
According to Juniper research the mobile app market will be worth $25 billion in 5 years. With Apple store demonstrating ability to streamline mobile application delivery and accessibility to the multitued of users, developers are focusing even more so on building the mobile application. But iPhone is not the only game in town.
Application developers are making their products available across mobile devices and have to overcome challenges of efficient content delivery, take advantage of the physical location of their users, leverage touch and accelerometers. So with all that in mind, how do you build your next generation mobile app. That's the topic Sun and Micello will try to address during the upcoming Sun Startup Essentails Webinar next week.


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Photographer Nina White spent a year documenting a family of twelve living in rural Australia. Focusing on their close relationships and connection to the land they live on and animals in their care this book presents a privileged view into a unique family's life.
Nina has recently graduated from a Bachelor of Photography, Majoring in Photojournalism with First Class Honours. She works mostly on social documentary projects and enjoys the challenge of telling stories visually.
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April 2, 2013
GREENVILLE, N.C. - Ten home games at the East Carolina Soccer Stadium and the First Annual ECU Soccer Tournament highlight the 2013 women's soccer schedule, 15th-year head coach Rob Donnenwirth announced Tuesday.
After a road exhibition contest at Coastal Carolina on Aug. 16, the Pirates will kick off the 2013 campaign with a pair of road matches at Davidson (Aug. 23) and Elon (Aug. 25), before opening up a five-game home stand that includes hosting its first ever soccer tournament. ECU will welcome in UNC Greensboro, UNC Wilmington and Western Carolina for a three-day event and are scheduled to play the Spartans on Friday, Aug. 30 and the Catamounts on Sunday, Sept. 1.
ECU's home swing continues with matches against UNC Wilmington (Sept. 6), George Washington (Sept. 8) and Campbell (Sept. 13) before closing out its non-conference schedule on the road at South Carolina (Sept. 15) and High Point (Sept. 20).
Conference USA action for the Pirates starts at home in 2013 when they play host to 2012 NCAA participant Colorado College (Sept. 27) and Charlotte (Sept. 29). Other home matches for ECU in 2013 include: Marshall (Oct. 13), Florida Atlantic (Oct. 20) and Middle Tennessee (Oct. 31), which has been tabbed as Senior Night.
The conference road opener is set for Oct. 4 at Old Dominion followed by a trip to UAB on Oct. 6. Other league road games consist of Florida International (Oct. 18), Southern Miss (Oct. 25) and Rice (Oct. 27).
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Have Gun, Will Travel…
Well, well, the Yankees didn't get their man after all…
Talk about a guy (Cliff Lee) who doesn't mind being a hired gun and throwing home life stability (I don't know what kind of family he has) to the wind.
First, he develops his talents in Cleveland. When they can't afford him, he jumps to Philadelphia to help them make the World Series in 2009. In 2010, he starts out with the "promising" Mariners, but when they completely collapse he is dealt to Texas and helps THEM get the big show.
Now, after being courted by the Yankees and Rangers, he decides to go back to Philly to join a starting rotation that would also include Roy Halladay, Roy Oswalt, Cole Hamels, and Joe Blanton.
What a crazy guy (although, the kind of checks he's cashing must be incredible)! I guess if you don't mind not setting down roots anywhere, more power to him.
What's Up, Doc?
What's up? How about the 2010 NL Cy Young. Congrats to an old-school, throwback sort of pitcher who eats innings, doesn't come out of games, and has been dominating batters for more than a decade in relative anonymity.
Very Quick NLDS Thoughts:
Phillies vs. Reds:
Though the Reds are clearly the "fly under the radar and upset everyone" team, I'll take Halladay, Oswalt, and Hamels in a short series.
Braves vs. Giants:
The Giants can pitch, but Jason Heyward is a special player and will turn this series to Atlanta. Bobby Cox is also an X-Factor as the best manager in baseball.
Heading into the top of the ninth inning of Saturday's game against the the Phillies, it looked as if the Twins were headed for a sweep at the hands of the defending NL champs. But then, less than 24 hours later, the Twins had taken two of three from the Phils and salvaged what looked to be a disaster.
Thome, Mauer, Butera, and Young provided the late-inning offense in the thrilling Saturday comeback (featuring a blown save by Jon Rauch that prolonged the game even further), while Carl Pavano out-pitched Roy Halladay (Yankee fans, I bet you never thought you'd read that sentence!) on Sunday.
Now, on to the city of Brats & Beer!
Preview (40-29, 1st, 1.5 GA DET): Scott Baker (6-5, 4.41) vs. Chris Narveson (5-4, 5.79).
Geesh, Blackie
Well, I wanted to get in a blog posting before heading up north for the weekend, but I wish it were under better circumstances.
Let's just say this: If anyone thought that Jesse Crain would be headed to the batters box in the second inning, please raise your hand. Didn't think so.
As I type this right now, Nick Blackburn was absolutely terrible against the Phillies, allowing 8 runs in one and two thirds innings of "work". Chase Utley and Ryan Howard provided most of the damage with moon-shot home runs.
I know it's way too early to panic, but I wish the starters on this team would be a little more consistant. I have to give them credit for staying healthy, but you just can't count on Blackie, Slowey, or even Baker, for that matter, to give you a good outing every five days. It's just that the Tigers are breathing down our necks.
Saturday: Kevin Slowey (7-4, 3.84) vs. Cole Hamels (6-5, 3.74)
Sunday: Carl Pavano (7-6, 3.92) vs. Roy Halladay (8-5, 2.36). Gulp
2010 MLB Picks
My "official" predictions for the 2010 MLB season (before the season gets too far along and starts to affect my judgement!):
AL East
New York
Boston (Wild Card)
Tampa Bay
AL Central
Kansas City
AL West
Los Angeles
NL East
Atlanta (Wild Card)
New York
NL Central
St. Louis
NL West
San Francisco
Los Angeles
San Diego
AL Champ: New York
NL Champ: Atlanta
World Series Champ: Atlanta Braves
Questions, comments, rants, profanity-laced tirades?!
The Sad State Of Baseball Economics
After watching my beloved Minnesota Twins got stomped by the New York Yankees in the first round of the playoffs this past season, and then seeing Cleveland-bred C.C. Sabathia and Cliff Lee pitch the Yanks and Phillies into the World Series, I believe that now is the time for me to comment on the sad economic state of baseball these days. This has always been a very hot-button topic for me (as I root for the small-market Twins), so I would like to take a few moments to explain why the current system is broken and what can be done to fix it:
Basically, the problem started way back in the 1900s, when both the American and National Leagues were first established.
Instead of free agency, there was something called the reserve clause, which was essentially a legal precedent that baseball used to keep players on one team until their owner decided differently. The players were treated not too much different from a cattle-range steer, to be bought and sold as commodities. It wasn't, by any means, the greatest system in the world (as the only option a player had to fight against an unfair salary, which were very common in those days when most owners made Carl Pohlad look like the Monopoly Guy, was to quit playing altogether), but it did help the competitive balance of the game, allowing all teams (if managed/owned sensibly) to have a shot at competing for a championship.
That all changed in the 1970s when Curt Flood of the St. Louis Cardinals challenged the reserve clause all the way to the Supreme Court.
Though Flood didn't actually win his case, he shed so much light on the matter that a free agency sytem was quickly established by MLB. During the 1980s, the system actually worked like it was supposed to…players had better rights, AND the game was still competitive. But, starting in the mid-1990s, salaries began exploding (along with the economy) and suddenly the system was skewered. Teams in huge economic markets like New York, Los Angeles, and Boston were able to throw huge wads of cash in the pockets of all the top free agents, all but assuring there services. Sometimes, in the case of Ted Turner's Atlanta Braves, all it took was an incredibly rich owner to give a team a distinct advantage.
Those big markets had (and continue to have) such an advantage for a few different reasons: First and foremost is the fact that, just by sheer geography, a team like the Yankees can much more easily fill their ballpark every night than, say, the Twins can out here in Minny. Also, teams on both coasts have established their own TV networks (YES Network for the Yankees and NESN for the Red Sox), which bring in enormous profits compared to what the Twins get from Fox Sports North.
After about ten years of this broken system, when the same teams started making the playoffs year in and year out, MLB Commissioner Bud Selig established the "luxury tax" system into the game. Essentially, this is known as the Robin Hood system, as it robs from the rich to give to the poor.
This has helped a little bit (e.g. the Twins signed Justin Morneau to a long-term deal and have at least a shot at doing the same with Joe Mauer), but it din't get to the root of the problem, as teams like the Yankees, Red Sox, Angels, and Mets can continue to reach into their deep pockets to get the best players. Essentially, they are saying "luxury tax be damned" and just paying the fine for going over the payroll limit. This is evidenced very toughly for Twins fans by these two photos:
The Twins gave very decent offers to both Torii Hunter and Johan Santana, but couldn't come close to matching the amount of years the Halos offered Hunter or the sheer dollar amount the Mets dangled in front of Santana. Another obvious example was the beginning of this season, when the Yankees went out and got C.C. Sabathia and A.J. Burnett, while the biggest moves the Twins made was signing Nick Punto, bringing in R.A. Dickey (what a joke) and getting a Joe Crede whose back was so bad that he essentially a non-factor. Those "moves" were all we could afford. Imagine how different the 2009 ALDS might have been if Hunter had been patrolling the outfield instead of Delmon Young, or if Santana had made the Game One start instead of Brian Duensing.
Now, to be fair, there are some criticisms of instituting a salary cap into MLB, but I would like to give my rebuttal to two of them:
1. Why should the Yankees be penalized for running an efficent system? It seems as if Yankee fans could just criticize Carl Pohlad for being a tightwad all those years and not spending money to improve his team, but that really isn't a fair criticism. First of all, George Steinbrenner isn't really spending much (if any) of his OWN MONEY on the Yankees, instead relying on seemingly endless revenue streams based on his sheer geography. Without those streams, other owners (like the Pohlad family) would be dipping into their own personal reserves, which would be like you paying for your office supplies/furnishings or me paying for Wal-Mart shelf labels.
Secondly, then, is that if teams know they can't spend with the Yankees, then why even try? The Twins know that, under the current economic system, they are already beaten in trying to sign free agents, so instead we save our money to try and lock up as many of our good players as possible (which, in this age of inflated salaries, is fewer and fewer each season).
2. The second criticism of the the salary cap is that it really isn't needed, due to the fact that the 1998-2000 championship run of the Yankees was accomplished primarily with home-grown players like Derek Jeter, Jorge Posade, Andy Pettitte, and Mariano Rivera.
That may be true, but funny how those great players STILL WEAR YANKEE PINSTRIPES! Instead of losing those great players to a higher bidder, the Yanks can just keep them. Plus, whether the free agents work out (Jimmy Key, Paul O'Neill, Johnny Damon, Sabathia, etc.) or flop (Kevin Brown, Chuck Knoblauch, Carl Pavano), the Yanks can just "pay through" and be done with it. If the Twins make a mistake in signing the wrong player to an expensive contract, it would hamper the organization for a decade.
Thus, until MLB institutes a salary cap like the NFL and NBA (to a certain extent) have in place, the economics of the game will remain skewered towards the large markets, and that severely troubles me. I consider baseball to be my favorite sport, the one that captivated me as a child and still does to this day, but right now the NFL is gaining ground and fast due to the fact that in the NFL setup, all teams have a chance to be competitive. It is only through bad ownership (Al Davis, Matt Millen, etc.) that teams completely fail.
I know that this situation isn't likely to change anytime soon, but that doesn't mean that it is right or correct. Until Bud Selig can take charge of the National Pastime like he should and not just cater to the owners, the Yankees will continue to unfairly dominate the Twins for years and years to come.
Goliath vs. Goliath
It's been way too long since I updated this blog, but in part it is because of exactly what I am about to say. Last week, the New York Yankees beat the Philadelphia Phillies in the World Series, and I'll admit that I hardly watched any of it. Was it because my beloved Twins were knocked off by the hated Yanks? Partially, I will admit. But I think the real reason is just because of how depressing it was to see the "haves" of baseball continue to lay the unrequited smackdown on the "have nots". This line of thinking was epitomized by the Game One starting pitching matchup:
The Yankees opened the Series with burly lefthander C.C. Sabathia, who had pretty much dominated any opponent sent to face him all season long. Just two seasons previous (2007), though, old cap-tipping C.C. (the Yanks must have straightened that out along with Jason Giambi's mustache, Randy Johnson's dangly hair, and Johnny Damon's Jesus-mane) had been the star of Cleveland, winning the AL Cy Young award.
Sabathia's mound opponent in Game One was Cliff Lee:
Much like C.C., Lee had lead his Phillies with dominating performance after dominating performance down the stretch the throughout the playoffs. But, again like Sabathia, just one year previous Lee won the AL Cy Young while in Cleveland.
So, while most baseball fans may have just seen a great pitching matchup, I saw what is wrong with the very fabric of what was once America's Pastime (much more on that topic in my next post). Instead of a level playing field, some teams are given advantages (based no more than upon the geographic territory they happen to inhabit) that allow them to dominate the lesser opponents. I mean, just imagine how Cleveland fans must have been feeling while watching that Game One? It would probably be like how you and I (Twins fans) would feel should the Mets ever stop sucking and Johan Santana gets the chance to shine in the postseason. It is a very helpless feeling, and one that completely turned me off to the rest of the Series.
About the only excitement I got out of it was watching old Pedro Martinez turn back the clock one more (last?) time against the team he will be forever paired with:
Other than that, I don't have much interest in watching teams steal young talent from around the league and then calling it "high drama" when they invetabily meet in the biggest of games. I can't begrudge the fans of either team, as I guess I can't blame them for their economic advantages, but I personally find it very disheartening.
Coming up next: Why football is quickly approaching my beloved baseball in terms of "favorite sport".
Boy, This Game Takes You Back Sometimes
As I watched the Yankees record the final out of the ALCS tonight and advanced to the World Series to face the Philadelphia Phillies, I couldn't help to be transported back a full decade (or even more) to my youth.
As a youngster in the late 1990s, my Twins were the scourge of the American League, so come playoff time I would always latch onto another team to root for. This most often ended up being the team playing the Yankees at the time, as I despised their large-market spending and arrogant owner. Plus, it was always that same core of guys (1996-2001) who were nearly impossible to beat.
A decade+ later, four of those same guys (well five, if you count former Yankee catcher Joe Girardi, now managing the club) are still doing their thing…Derek Jeter still gets all the clutch hits, Jorge Posada keeps chugging along, Andy Pettitte never loses a big game, and Mariano Rivera is absolutely incredible.
Thus, while I still cannot bring myself to actively root for the Yanks, I do have more than a grudging respect for those four players…guys who play the game the right way and deserve any more rings they can get on their fingers.
MLB Predictions: 2009
Each year, usually after receiving the Sports Illustrated Baseball Preview issue, I make a complete set of MLB picks. It's always fun to look back at them and see how right/wrong (wrong far outnumbering the right!) I was at the end of the season. Here they are for '09:
AL East:
Tampa Bay (Wild Card)
New York
AL Central:
Kansas City
AL West:
Los Angeles
NL East:
New York (Wild Card)
NL Central:
St. Louis
NL West:
Los Angeles
San Francisco
San Diego
AL Champion: Boston
NL Champion: Chicago
World Series Champion: Chicago
So, after 100 long seasons of waiting, I think this is the year that the Cubbies will finally win the big one. I just think that their pitching is too good not to make a deep playoff run.


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College Hockey:2005-06 Clarkson Season Preview
The 2003-2004 season saw the Golden Knights finish in the middle of the pack during the regular season but make a surprising sprint through the ECAC tournament only to fall to Harvard in the last minute of the ECAC championship.
Hopes were high, then, in Potsdam at the start of the 2004-2005 season, a season coach George Roll acknowledged was "certainly disappointing."
Clarkson began the season with three straight losses, and then suffered through a seven game winless streak from mid-November to mid-December. That has underscored, in Roll's mind, the importance of gaining momentum early on.
"For our team, right now, it's important to get off to a good start," he said. "[We need] to gain some confidence and start believing in each other.
"We're going to be awfully young this year, but that's not to say we can't have success. We feel pretty strongly that we can get the program turned around."
Roll has indicated that he wants to play a more up-tempo style this season, and have his team quickly transition out of the defensive end on breaks. Despite the loss of leading scorer Jay Latulippe, Roll thinks incoming freshman forwards Shea Guthrie and Chris D'Alvise will help assume some of the departed offense.
He also expects significant improvement from sophomore winger Shawn Weller; a year ago Weller was an incoming freshman who was widely thought to have a knack for the net. But in his first year in the league, he struggled to find his rhythm on offense.
After a full season during which he collected only three goals and 11 assists, some have already forgotten why Weller was so highly thought of before arriving in Potsdam.
Roll isn't among them, however, and cited Weller as someone he looks to see make an impact for the Golden Knights this season.
"Shawn Weller … he didn't have a disappointing year," Roll said. "He did a lot of the intangibles and things.
"But he can give us a lot more offensively. If he gets off to a good start, gains some confidence, he can put up some pretty good numbers."
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Jeff Saut to US Investors: Proceed With Caution
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Plus, keep your eye on favorably rated companies like Skyworks Solutions, Xilinx, SanDisk, EastGroup Properties, Equifax, and Advanced Micro Devices.
Excerpt from
The Traders
by Sonny Kleinfield (1983):
"I asked the obligatory question: How do you decide when to make a trade?" "Through experience," he says, propping his foot up on a small fold-out seat screwed to his post. "Over the course of eighteen years as a specialist, I've had every type of experience – up market and down market, people getting shot, wars, you name it – and you learn how to react based on those experiences. I guess I've had everything happen, and I guess you store it in the computer in your head. You don't have a lot of time to decide, that's for sure. And you have to anticipate. You have to look at the tape and anticipate – two months or three months, maybe a day or so, maybe two or three seconds before someone else. That's what makes you a good trader... People talk a lot about their bellies. I guess that has something to do with it, too. You do feel something in your gut."
He clears his throat with a loud harrumph and goes on: "You watch the tape. There's a talent to reading the tape. Later today, either the market is going to go further down or it's going to rally. It's down fourteen now, at eleven-thirty. You have to anticipate when the rally will start and end. An outsider looks and sees the market down six points for the day. A student of the market looks at what the market was doing over the course of the day. Here, we live and die by the moment. The market is constantly breathing during the day. You have to breathe with it and sense its pulse. That determines whether you're a successful trader or an unsuccessful trader."
Do you ever hold on to a bad trade and hope for a rebound? I ask. "Live in hope," Milton says ruefully, "and die in despair." He goes on to say, "You try to stretch your profits and limit your losses. The worst thing you can do in this business is try to protect a bad trade. You do this and they carry you out of here. This reminds me of the kid who (poops) in bed and gets it all over his legs trying to kick it out of the crib. You see, a bad trade is like a diseased piece of meat. You don't want it any more of it. Throw it away. Bury it. Burn it, just get the damned thing away from your mouth. When you're breaking in a new trader, the hardest thing to learn is to admit that you're wrong. It's a hard pill to swallow. You have to be man enough to admit to your peers that you are wrong and get out. Then you're alive and playing the game the next day. A lot of traders don't learn that and they fail."
Last week
, I asked myself the obligatory question: "Did I make a bad trading decision by targeting mid-July through mid-August (with the date specific of July 19) as the timing point for the first meaningful decline of the year?" The reason for said question was that every time the
(INDEXSP:.INX) sold off last week, buyers showed up to save the day. And the operative word is "trading" because that potential downside strategy was merely a short-term tactical call. Indeed, I continue to believe the odds are high that we are into a new secular bull market. Last week the media help raised my conviction level to "There they go again," to quote a President from an era gone by. To be sure, "There they go again" as the recent pullback attempts have caused the media to trot out the usual "Bear Boo" suspects. The reason why is a mystery to me, because these broken-clock bears have been wrong for more than four years! Of course, I too have been called a broken-clock bull. Now anyone is entitled to be wrong -- Lord knows I have been wrong more than I care to admit -- but as my father used to say, "If you think the equity markets are going up, be bullish, and if you think the markets are going down, be bearish."
Speaking of being wrong, I had thought that while this quarter's corporate earnings reports were going to look pretty good, the revenues reports would come up short. So far, that is just not the case with 56.3% of reporting companies beating their revenue estimates. Meanwhile, 65.2% have beaten their earnings estimates for the best reporting season since 4Q10. As for the sectors doing the best on the earnings front, technology (+71.3%), industrials (+68.7%), and financials (+67.9%) have the best beat rates, while utilities (+22.2%), telecom (+33.3%), and materials (+51.0%) have done the worst. By my work, the only sectors
currently overbought, on a short/intermediate–term basis, are materials, technology, and telecom.
As for individual companies beating their estimated earnings/revenue estimates, and guiding future earnings estimates higher, six favorably rated companies from the Raymond James research universe have hit my screens. They are, in no particular order:
Skyworks Solutions
EastGroup Properties
(NYSE:EFX); and
Advanced Micro Devices
(NYSE:AMD). My firm offers these names for your potential "buy list," especially if we get the envisioned 10% pullback.
This week, we'll get a barrage of economic reports having the potential of a negative impact on the equity markets. Today we get the pending home sales (-1.0e), and on Tuesday, we get the S&P/Case-Shiller (+1.45) and the consumer confidence (81.0e) reports. Wednesday ushers in the ADP Employment (180Ke), Q2 GDP annualized (+1.0%e), the GDP Price Index (+1.1e), the Core PCE (+1.0e), the Chicago PMI (54.0e), and the FOMC interest rate decision. Thursday sees the release of the initial jobless claims (+345Ke), the ISM Manufacturing (52.0e), the ISM Prices Paid (54.0e), and the total vehicle sales (15.8Me), and then on Friday, we'll get the all-important employment data.
As for the here and now, at the beginning of this missive, I asked the obligatory question: "Did I make a bad trading decision by targeting the mid-July through mid-August timeframe (with the date specific of July 19) as the timing point for the first meaningful decline of the year?" Given the weight of the evidence, I am sticking with that "call." To recap a few of those "evidences" mentioned over the past few weeks: We had a 7.5% decline in the SPX between May 22 and June 24 that was accompanied by a much more severe ~17% decline in the NYSE Advance/Decline Line; for the last 10 years between mid-July and early August, nine of the 10 S&P macro sectors have declined; the SPX has been making new rally highs without a similar expansion in new yearly highs for stocks (at the May 21 high, there were 536 new 52-week new highs; last Monday, there were 325); when they start "running" the laggards, it's time to look over your shoulder; the 14-day Stochastic Indicator has fallen below its moving average; and the list goes on. So, the weight of the evidence continues to suggest caution until the mid-July into mid-August point of vulnerability passes.
The call for this week:
On Friday, July 19 (D-Day), the SPX closed at 1692.09. The following Monday, it closed at 1695.53 and then at 1692.39 on Tuesday. Subsequently, the SPX has not been able to recapture those highs. Anybody that follows
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New hope for the over three million long-term jobless Americans was unveiled in the form of a new unemployment benefits extension bill introduced by Senators Jack Reed, D-RI and Dean Heller, R-NV in a joint press conference on Tuesday morning, June 24, 2014 in the Capitol building. The bill is a much more parsed down version than the Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2014 that passed the Senate on April 7, and languished in the House of Representative committee stage, before expiring on May 31, 2014. There is one catch for the new bill will not include retroactive payments, therefore some long-term employed could lose up to six months of payments if they lost them when the Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC) program expired on Dec. 28, 2013 and are still unemployed.
The bipartisan duo which have been working to secure legislation to extends the EUC program since December 2013, are united in fighting for the long-term unemployed in their states, Rhode Island and Nevada. Both their states have the highest number of long-term jobless in the country. Senator Reed in introducing the new legislation urged Congress to pass their new attempt to extend unemployment benefits and he explained that doing everything to help Americans get back to work is important to stabilizing the economy and creating jobs.
Reed believes extending benefits is key to this goal; "We need to get our country back to full employment -- to a place where all Americans have an opportunity to earn a living and build a better life for their families. Restoring unemployment insurance is the decent thing to do, and it is a smart step that will provide some much needed stability and predictability to the long-term unemployed as well as to local businesses and our economy as a whole. That is why Senator Heller and I continue working on bipartisan solutions that will help job seekers. I appreciate Senator Heller's steadfast leadership and commitment to helping more people who've been out of work return to the labor force."
While Heller emphasized the problems his long-term unemployed constituents in Nevada are facing without the extension and he believes this new bill should satisfy the House GOP leadership's demands as well as Democratic supporters. Heller recounted; "This year has been extremely difficult for Nevadans who still do not know how they are going to pay their bills or feed their families. Senator Reed and I have gone back to the drawing board, and put together a new proposal that I hope both chambers of Congress can debate and vote on. This new bill allows for job-seeking Americans to collect these important benefits moving forward, and pays for them as well. I am grateful to Senator Reed for his continued partnership on this important issue. His input and his friendship have been invaluable over the past many months."
Senators Reed and Heller's new stand-alone bill attempts to comply more with Speaker of the House John Boehner's, R-OH demands. The bill will have a five-month extension, lasting approximately until the end of 2014. The new bill will cost a total of $10 billion and will be paid for by revenue, including "pension smoothing" and "extending Customs user fees through 2024" as was the last bill. One of the major benefits of the new bill is that unlike the previous one there is no deadline; Congress can always choose to pass it, preferably sooner rather than later.
The bill includes additional provisions, including excluding Americans who have earned $1 million and over the previous year. Those receiving benefits would also be allowed to have access "enhanced, personalized assessments and referrals to reemployment services" to help them in the efforts to find employment, a task that is far more difficult for the long-term unemployed since they face discrimination. They will able to received those services at "27th week of UI (Tier I)" and then again at the "55th week of UI (Tier III)."
The new bill however, would not be retroactive, because rates have been falling even slightly, and it was also a roadblock to passing the bill the last time. Boehner believed the states have not been keeping track of eligibility, since the deal was reached months after the EUC program expired. Heller stated at the press conference the reasoning behind the decision to omit this element from the bill; "In the environment we have here today, we wouldn't be able to pass retroactive unemployment extension." Meanwhile Reed thinks that "All of these excuses - not reasons, but excuses - foiled our plan. So we're beginning again."
Although there will not be a retroactive element, those who were eligible when the EUC program expired and did not go back to work, will be allowed to collect the remaining weeks of benefits they were set to receive when the new bill would be signed into law. Reed and Heller announced; "The new Reed-Heller bill provides prospective emergency benefits and allows eligible job seekers who were cut off on December 28 to pick up where they left off in the UI claims process." Sen. Reed's spokesman Chip Unruh explained to CBS News how that will work; "If you were eligible for three more weeks...you would be able to collect those three weeks."
The new bill does not include that almighty job creation element, which was the main roadblock for the first Senate passed bill. It was not possible for the Senate to add job creation measures to the bill. Heller previously stated that adding job creation elements is something the House would have to do. Then the two bills can be resolved in conference negotiations with the Senate. The first Reed-Heller bill also did not include job creation measures. After the bill was passed and transferred to the House, Boehner had unsuccessfully lobbied that the White House provide him a list of acceptable job creating provisions to the now defunct bill. Job creation provisions were a key demand from the speaker in order to put the bill to a House vote. Senate leadership or the White House were not willing to allow Boehner to add any provisions that were appealing to the House Republicans, any suggestions given were part of Obama and Democrats agenda. Heller is an agreement with Boehner that the White House provide provisions that are acceptable for the GOP House to move along the bill.
The fact that the bill still does not include job creation provisions might mean it could result in the same fate in the House as the previous Reed-Heller bill. Senator Heller expressed however; "It's the best we can do under the circumstances," even though he wished the bill could had all the elements of the original bill. Heller also understands the reluctance Republicans have for the bill. The bill is a "water downed" version was supposed to appeal to Republican demands however; Speaker was not "impressed." Speaker Boehner's spokesman Michael Steel commented after the press conference unveiling; "The speaker laid out the criteria before Christmas: We will take a look at any plan that is fiscally-responsible, and does something to help create private-sector jobs."
Although earlier in the month Senate Majority Harry Reid, D-NV promised to bring the new bill to a vote, stating; "Anytime Sen. Heller makes a little progress on this we'll bring it back. Because people are just as desperate today as they were two months ago" it is still not listed for a vote date. Reid was pleased with the new bill "applauding" the senator efforts "to keep the issue alive." Speaking at the Democratic Senate Leadership weekly news conference Reid criticized the House Republicans for not acting on the issue; "We need to get some movement in the House. We've already passed an unemployment extension over here and the House, in their typical fashion, has done nothing."
Senator Reed is uncertain when the bill will reach the Senate floor for a vote, explaining; "This is a very crowded agenda for the rest of the year. We are not giving up. We are going to use the same all-out full court press all the time. If there is an opening and we can bring the bill to the floor and we've got the votes we are going to urge the leader to do that." Senator Heller never expected that it take so long to extend the EUC program when he and Reed first began collaborating for it s renewal over six months ago. Heller said; "What I was hoping would be a sprint has become a marathon."
There are some additional hurdles to having the new bill passed. First House Republicans, if they would demonstrate an interest in passing the bill, by acting on the old bill with modifications, it would improve the chances of Senate Republicans again voting for the extension. Of the original Republican co-sponsors "Sens. Kelly Ayotte of New Hampshire, Susan Collins of Maine, Mark Kirk of Illinois, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, and Rob Portman of Ohio," Kirk is displaying reluctance to support the new bill.
If there was chance that the new House leadership would be any more lax and supportive passing the extension, it is not and is standing even more behind Boehner. Heller spoke with his friend from the House Majority-Leader-elect Kevin McCarthy, R-CA, who is just as insistent as the speaker that job creating provisions need to be included to pass any EUC extending legislation. Heller is in the process of ongoing negotiations with the new House leader and recounted McCarthy's position; "His message was very clear. It was very similar to Boehner's-very similar to Boehner's-and that is, 'We want job provisions.'"
President Barack Obama's obstinance and refusal to get involved in the negotiation process has been also a major roadblock, especially in rallying the Speaker and House Republicans. Heller believes "If we are going to make progress … he needs to be more engaged and I'll continue to say that. He needs to pick up the phone and call the speaker and say, 'Hey, how are we going to get this done.'" Heller is working every angle possible to beat the odds and ensure the bill passes preferably before the August recess. Heller is working with Majority Leader Reid to schedule the debate and vote, he is garnering votes from Senate Republicans particularly the old co-sponsors who helped the bill pass the last time, and he is negotiating with the House Republican leadership to ensure the bill gets scheduled as well in the House once it passes the Senate.
Heller and Reed's cooperation is the bipartisan model Congress should strive for, but Reed still blames the House Republicans for not passing their first unemployment benefits extension bill, and the opposition early on to their new bill, and the roadblocks they will place to prevent its passage or even a vote on it. Reed expressed that "There are lots of our colleagues in Congress who don't want to act, and we've heard lots of excuses."
Senator Reed fought back against the Republicans favorite argument against extending the EUC program that the unemployment situation is getting better. Reed said although number are improving for the short term unemployed, the long-term unemployed are facing the brunt if the problems. Although the total unemployment rate keeps falling each month, the long-term jobless rate in May remains high at 3.4 million, 34.6 percent or a third of all unemployed Americans, just slightly lower than in April. Older workers, women and younger workers with in service and blue collar jobs with only a high school diploma are the most affected. The EUC program usually has been renewed as long as the long-term jobless rate is above 1.3 percent. Reed explained; "We are seeing the overall unemployment numbers come down, but long-term unemployment is stuck pretty much where it's been for the last year."
Presently over 3.1 million long-term jobless Americans have been unemployed for more than 27 weeks, they need the benefits to survive, and each week around 72,000 keep losing benefits. That number is more than double the original 1.3 million that were affected when the bill first expired on Dec. 28, 2013. In total over 10 million Americans are still unemployed from the Great Recession and its aftermath. Sen. Heller worries the most about living in the western states, expressing "I'm concerned going into the summer months," because of the rising gas prices increasing cost of living and making it more difficult for the long-term jobless on their job hunt.
Despite opposition from Republicans, Democrats in both the House and Senate staunchly support extending unemployment benefits. Rep. Sander Levin, D-MI, the Ranking Member of Ways and Means Committee who has launched "Witness Wednesdays" commended the new bill in a statement. Levin wrote; "The bipartisan bill introduced today in the Senate answers Speaker Boehner's demands that any extension of unemployment benefits be paid for and be provided only on a prospective basis. The bill could be easily combined with upcoming legislation to fund transportation improvements or to extend tax breaks to meet the Speaker's final demand that any UI extension be part of larger legislation that will create jobs. The time for excuses is long over. Three million Americans – including nearly 300,000 veterans – have now lost their unemployment benefits because of Republican obstructionism. We must act now."
Witness Wednesdays is being held each Wednesday in June and July at lunch time, 12:30 to 1:15 p.m. on the Capital steps where "members of Congress and faith, labor, civil rights, and nonprofit leaders" read personal stories submitted to the Democrats' Ways and Means Committee website of those suffering from losing their unemployment benefits. Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) Schakowsky, who has been involved in those weekly sessions expressed that "There is a commitment from the Democrats in the House to not let this fall off of the table." Continuing Schakowsky explained; "This is about families and the stories are devastating." Senators Heller and Reed understand the hardships the families are facing and Heller promised Americans "We're not giving up."
- S. 2532: A bill to provide for the extension of certain unemployment benefits, June 25, 2015, Referred to Committee -- Full Text -- Video of Press Conference
H.R. 4550: Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2014, May 1, 2014, Referred to Committee
- S. 2148: Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2014, March 13, 2014, Reported by Committee
S. 2149: Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2014, March 24, 2014, Reported by Committee
- H.R. 3979: Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2014, Jan 31, 2014, Passed Senate with Changes
Bonnie K. Goodman is the Editor of the Academic Buzz Network, a series of political, academic & education blogs which includes History Musings: History, News & Politics. She has a BA in History & Art History & a Masters in Library and Information Studies, both from McGill University, and has done graduate work in Jewish history at Concordia University as part of the MA in Judaic Studies program. She covers US, Canadian & Israeli politics, with a particular focus on the Obama presidency, Congress, domestic policy, and elections.
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- Reed and Heller to introduce new unemployment extension bill to Senate this week
- Levin launches Witness Wednesdays to pressure GOP to pass unemployment extension
- Heller wants Obama to be involved in unemployment benefits extension negotiation
- Levin wants unemployment extension be added to tax extenders or highway bills
- Reid promises to put new unemployment benefits extension deal to a Senate vote


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'A Thousand Cranes' lands at Tryon Fine Arts Center
Published: Friday, October 18, 2013 at 1:43 p.m.
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TRYON, N.C. – On Sunday, the Tryon Fine Arts Center at 34 Melrose Ave. will present "A Thousand Cranes," based on a novel by Eleanor Coerr.
The play is about a young Japanese girl who has leukemia. She is told that if she can fold 1,000 paper cranes, she will get the strength to live. She manages to make 644 before becoming too weak. Her friends and classmates finish the cranes for her.
Students from several N.C. and S.C. high schools make up the cast. The show, which is free, starts at 3 p.m. in the center's outdoor amphitheater. The show will be moved inside the center if it rains.
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Dmitri Kombarov plays club football at FC Spartak Moskva alongside his identical twin, Kirill. A long-time servant of city rivals FC Dinamo Moskva, the tricky left-winger has made rapid strides in recent seasons and was rewarded with his first international cap in February 2012.
• Joined the Spartak academy with his brother at an early age before moving to Dinamo's youth set-up at 14.
• Made his senior debut for Dinamo in July 2005 and became a first-team fixture the following year; rarely missed a game over the next three and a half seasons as he established a reputation as one of the most dependable wide midfielders in the Russian Premier League.
• Started all 30 league games in 2008 as Dinamo finished third and qualified for Europe; made his continental debut in the first leg of a UEFA Champions League qualifier away to Celtic, which Dinamo won 1-0 in Glasgow before going down 2-0 in the Moscow return.
• After 132 top-flight appearances for Dinamo (and 14 goals), he and brother Kirill switched to Spartak in August 2010; started all six matches in the club's 2010/11 UEFA Champions League campaign before scoring twice in the UEFA Europa League as they reached the quarter-finals.
• Made his debut for Russia as a half-time substitute in a 2-0 victory against Denmark in Copenhagen on 29 February 2012.
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Fourth Edition of the ESCCA International Summer School on Cytometry (ISSC-4) Details
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3-Day Flow Cytometry Camp: Experimental Designing, Data Analysis and Presentation Details
The ISAC SRL Leadership Development program is designed to enhance and develop the next generation of emerging leaders in SRL (Shared Resource Lab) operations who will also help further the field of cytometry. New SRL managers with less than three years of experience as manager and deputy or assistant SRL managers with at least 3 years of experience are eligible to apply.
This five-year program provides ISAC SRL Emerging Leaders with a complimentary membership in the Society, subscription to Cytometry Part A, and complimentary registration and partial travel funds to attend the Society's annual conference CYTO as well as eligibility for one-time funding of mentored training. In addition, ISAC SRL Emerging Leaders are given the opportunity to be an integral part of the Society through committee memberships, advisory boards, and creating educational material to further support the goals of ISAC. Being chosen an ISAC Emerging Leader is an indication that you are recognized for your leadership potential, technical expertise and ability to achieve your career goals.
For more information, please look at the 2014 ISAC SRL Emerging Leader Application Form available as a word file and pdf.
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The pomegranate (Punica granatum) has long been recognized as a fruit with many health benefits. Pomegranate tops all other conventional fruits, including blueberry and strawberry, in its ORAC (Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity) value, ranking pomegranate as one of the most powerful antioxidant fruits.
Pomegranate juice contains a wide range of polyphenolic compounds, including ellagic and gallic acid, anthocyanins and tannins, especially punicalagin. Punicalagin is a powerful antioxidant, protecting cardiovascular function and accurate cellular replication.
Clinical and experimental studies show that pomegranate juice:
- Decreases Low Density Lipoprotein (LDL) oxidation.
- Enhances cellular (macrophage) glutathione.
- Helps maintain regular platelet activity.
- Reduces activity of angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) an supports normal vascular contraction.
- Promotes normal cell function and replication.
Other Ingredients:100% Pomegranate juice concentrate.
No wheat, no gluten, no soybeans, no dairy, no egg, no fish/shellfish, no peanuts/tree nuts.
Suitable for vegetarians/vegans.
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Mar 12, 2013 9:05 AM
What we originally thought was a joke turned out to be one of the best skin care lines we have seen in a while. Lamonì Lab recently developed their Ozée collection ($59-19), and - we're not joking here - it uses extract of snail slime. Well, some of the products do. Others use plant stem cells (equally as WTF!). Plot twist: it works just as they say it does. The Lip Contour Gel Serum ($41) and Anti-Aging Cream ($59) are the most effective products, yielding results practically overnight. The Day Cream ($51) keeps the snail extract pumping through evening, when it's time to layer on the Night Cream ($51), post-scrub with the Gentle Cleansing and Make-up Remover Cream ($19). While you don't need every single piece from this collection to get better-looking, more youthful skin, we certainly suggest investing in your face now to prevent any major expenditures later. The Ozée line is significantly cheaper than a facelift.
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Ledisi: 'I Don't Have a Clue' Why Grammys Chose Beyonce; Gives Bey Props (Watch)
*On the Grammy red carpet Sunday night, Ledisi was asked about the show's decision to have Beyonce sing "Take My Hand, Precious Lord" during a "Selma" segment, when Ledisi – who was in the building – actually sings the gospel standard in the film as part of her portrayal of Mahalia Jackson. "I don't have a clue," she … Continue reading Ledisi: 'I Don't Have a Clue' Why Grammys Chose Beyonce; Gives Bey Props (Watch)
Experience 1963's 'March on Washington' As it Happened in PBS's 'The March'
*Tonight, on the eve of Wednesday's 50th anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington, PBS airs the documentary, "The March," a 360 degree look at the historic event – from sunup to sundown – that culminated in Dr. Martin Luther King delivering one of the greatest speeches in world history. "There were some extraordinary bits … Continue reading Experience 1963's 'March on Washington' As it Happened in PBS's 'The March'
'Mahalia' Camp Apologizes to Fantasia for 'Unauthorized' Interview
*Producers of the upcoming Mahalia Jackson biopic have apologized to its star Fantasia Barinno for comments given to the New York Post by a financing broker for the film that were not authorized. Under the headline "'Idol' Threat to Gospel Flick," the Post's Page Six quoted "executive producer Adrian Taylor" as saying production on the … Continue reading 'Mahalia' Camp Apologizes to Fantasia for 'Unauthorized' Interview
Video: Fantasia Addresses 'Mahalia' Drama on 'Wendy'
*"American Idol: champ Fantasia Barrino called in exclusively to "The Wendy Williams Show" today to set the record straight about her pregnancy, relationship and rumors surrounding her involvement in the legendary gospel singer Mahalia Jackson biopic. Is the family furious? Are the film investors backing out? Watch below.
'Mahalia!' Producers Upset Over Fantasia's Pregnancy
*Members of legendary gospel singer Mahalia Jackson's estate are upset that Fantasia Barrino has become pregnant by a married man as she prepares to play the Queen of Gospel in the biographical film "Mahalia!" According to the New York Post, producers are also furious with the 2004 "American Idol" winner for not telling them about … Continue reading 'Mahalia!' Producers Upset Over Fantasia's Pregnancy
We Remember Jessy Dixon: Gospel Artist Succumbs to Illness at 73
*Energetic gospel artist Jessy Dixon, the man who opened for Paul Simon, passed away on Monday at his Chicago home after battling an unrevealed illness. The singer was 73 years old. Over his 50-year career, Dixon contributed to the success of many other artists in jazz and R&B, including Randy Crawford, Cher, Diana Ross, Natalie … Continue reading We Remember Jessy Dixon: Gospel Artist Succumbs to Illness at 73


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All Kenyon students are encouraged to attend the fall Student Leadership Conference. The goal of the Student Leadership Conference is to provide student leaders the knowledge, skills, and resources necessary to lead you and your organization towards great success.
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Student organization leaders will be able to count their participation towards completing their Student Organization Leadership Development requirement!
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The stability of the world is continuing to unfold today with Norway now being specifically targeted by terrorists. A concrete terror threat has been made against Norway reported the Voice of America on July 24, 2014. This information has come from Norway's intelligence agency which says it has information about a concrete threat of a possible terrorist attack from people who are associated with radical Islamist fighters in Syria.
Benedict Bjoernland, who is the head of the Norwegian security service, has told reporters that the agency has information which is reliable which has come from a foreign partner about the possibility that there will be an attack against Norway in the near future. There has not been mention of any specific target. There is no information about specifically who may actually carry out this attack or how it may be carried out.
Norwegian intelligence says a terrorist attack against Norway is possible within a few days reports Sky News. This concrete terror threat is coming from people who have links to Syrian fighters. Bjoernland has confirmed the information about this threatened attack is from reliable sources.
Norway is now working closely with counter-terrorism teams to verify this information and in order to establish whether any extra security is now necessary. There have been about 50 people who have gone to Syria from Norway to join the fighting. About half of them have returned to Norway and they appear to have something to do with this threat. Syrian President Bashar al Assad has warned that Arab, regional and western countries will soon pay a high price for supporting terror.
This terror threat comes about three years after the tragic terrorist attacks in Norway by Anders Breivik. On July 22, 2011 a car bomb was exploded in Oslo's government district resulting in the deaths of eight people. Later that same day Breivik opened fire at the Norwegian Labour party's youth camp killing 69 people.


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Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Eclectic Kitchen
The pretty aqua color is a great background for all the colors going on in this fun kitchen. And by fun, we're talking a swing hung from the rafters people. But I love the colored tiles too. And that pink oven. Is that an oven? I don't cook. I'd rather swing. -HousetoHome
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2 comments:
- Dulcette. said...
Oh my... I love this Kitchen.
- May 13, 2008 at 11:35 PM
- SimplyGrove said...
The stools are so quirky! I love them!
- May 14, 2008 at 1:20 AM
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