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Half of the famous stoner duo, Cheech & Chong, is taking a weed break. "I don't smoke anymore," Tommy Chong told the Fairfield Weekly. "I never did smoke that much and I decided just to take a sabbatical until we get the Republicans out."
Chong was in Stamford, CT last Friday performing in The Marijuana-Logues, the pot play based on The Vagina Monologues. The show, which ran in New York from 2004-2005, makes periodic tours with the original cast (Arj Barker, Doug Benson and Tony Camin) and guest performers. This tour - featuring Chong, Camin and Brett Gelman - also hit Albany, NY on Saturday and Red Bank, NJ on Sunday.
Camin reports: "The shows went really well. The first night in Stamford was light, a little more than half full, but the rest were packed. Tommy was the best he's been. He's replaced 'logues' with more of his material and it works great. The third guy was Brett Gelman. He did the show in New York for a few months at the end. He was filling in for Doug. Arj is still in Australia. The May shows will be myself, Doug and Tommy. We're not sure who's doing Hawaii [in Honolulu on May 26]. It will definitely be Tommy and two others though."
For The Marijuana-Logues tour schedule: CLICK HERE
"Another downside," adds Camin, who plays the smart stoner of the trio in the show, "no free weed was offered, so it was a complete failure in that - the most important - regard."
To read the Fairfield Weekly interview with Tommy Chong: CLICK HERE


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TNA Impact Wrestling is coming back to my neck of the woods… this time for a Basebrawl live event.
TNA will hold a Basebrawl live event from the Appalachian Power Park in Charleston, West Virginia on Friday, August 17, 2012.
Wrestling news, rumors, spoilers and results. We are a leading resource for WWE, TNA and everything related to pro wrestling.

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Gisele Bündchen has appeared to start off the summer season with a provocative photo sans clothes playfully relaxing in a swimming pool. Bündchen has posed completely nude for Lui Magazine reported E! Online on May 27, 2014. The 33-year-old supermodel has generated envy among women and excitement among men with this sizzling hot photo.
Bündchen is seen on a bright sunny day floating casually sitting on top of a large inflatable pool toy in a swimming pool totally naked. To turn the heat of her photo up higher she is wearing only a pair of sky-high heels. Her hair is magnificently styled in a soft wave. The final touches of this sexy shot are seen with Bündchen's innocent looking stare. Lui Magazine has tweeted this extraordinarily titillating cover shot.
Bundchen looks strikingly stunning straddling an inflatable pool toy completely nude in her photo for the French adult magazine Lui reports US Weekly. This is the same magazine Rihanna recently made waves with due to a racy cover photo. Rihanna actually found herself being temporarily kicked off of Instagram after she shared photos from her sexy series in Lui.
Bundchen is magnificently tan for her sexy Lui cover shot reports Beauty World News. The former Victoria's Secret angel has not yet commented on the photo shoot. This is the same model who was chosen as the face of Chanel No. 5 due to to her "natural beauty and modern femininity." Bundchen has offered a really refreshing way to start off the summer with her sexy Lui cover photo.


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Winners of the Gender Equality in Education Drawing Contest Announced!
Partners of the United Nations Girls' Education Initiative (UNGEI), East Asia and the Pacific (EAP) and South Asia (SA), are pleased to release the winners of the 3rd contest on promoting gender equality in education:
- Afghanistan: Hamdullah (17)
- Bangladesh: Bikash (16)
- Bhutan: Pasang (18)
- Cambodia: Chhor Vida (16)
- China: Yuet Ting (13)
- Fiji: Pranav Yashvi (9)
- India: Meghna (7)
- Indonesia: Kayla (6)
- Iran: Parsa (10)
- Kyrgyzstan: Sergei (13)
- Lao PDR: Bobby (12)
- Malaysia: Xin Ying (10)
- Mongolia: Narantsatsral (11)
- Myanmar: Sint (13)
- New Zealand: Tifanny (16)
- Pakistan: Shaheer (11)
- Palau: Ladrick (12)
- Papua New Guinea: Brenda (17)
- Philippines: Edison (16)
- Sri Lanka: Rosniya (17)
- Thailand: Kler (9)
- Timor Leste: Jose (18)
- Uzbekistan: Dilshod (15)
- Viet Nam: Ngoc Giau (14)
To view all drawings, please click here: www.unescobkk.org/education/gender/advocacy/ungei-drawing-contest-2011/
This year, the competition was open to young people across the region aged 18 years and under. More than 3,000 drawings were received from 24 countries illustrating how gender equality in education benefits everyone.
One drawing from each of the participating countries was chosen by the public and will be featured in the UNGEI 2012 calendar. The winning drawings will also be posted on the organizers' respective websites. Additionally, winning drawings and all other entries in the contest will be used by UNGEI partner agencies in their respective publications, presentations, websites and promotional and advocacy materials.
The aim of the contest and of the calendar is to raise public awareness on regional issues of gender equality in education, and to paint a picture of the benefits reaped from gender equality in education for both girls and boys.
The calendar will be released in early December.


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Feb. 25, 2011
This week's edition features junior defensive end Datone Jones.
Jones missed all of last season due to a broken foot suffered early in Fall camp and is expected to be a key performer on this year's defensive line.
In the video, he discusses his comeback from the injury. To watch, click here.


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hi hi all ♥
i've decided to start a new dA account for a number of reasons
mostly, that i want a fresh start, away from my horrible ex and my exfandom hetalia (lol) and some other things too
even though i have a lot of watchers here, barely any are active and i really miss having people to talk to on here
when i was younger it was always such a relief to get on dA and have my friends to talk to! it cheered me up a lot... and i really miss it
i know most people have moved on to tumblr, but on tumblr i don't have many people to talk to either, and i've been on dA for so many years it's like a second home to me even if it's uh.. declined recently :'-)
so! on my new account i want to talk to people more and post better art ♥
i'll still check this account for a while just to catch up on anything and rewatch some people
this account will then stay here but unactive (not gonna deactivate it) ♥


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Posted by Vee | June 7, 2012, 10:03 (MST) | 24 Comments
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Via TV Shows on DVD: Warner Bros. has released the cover art for The Vampire Diaries: The Complete Third Season, which will be available on DVD and Blu-Ray starting August 28, 2012 in the U.S. and August 20, 2012 in the U.K. Via the press release:
Today Warner Home Video has formally announced that The Vampire Diaries – The Complete 3rd Season is coming home on DVD and Blu-ray Disc this August 28th. The 5-disc package in DVD format will cost $59.98 SRP, and the high-def Blu-ray Disc version priced at $69.96 SRP will be a 9-disc combo set that comes with the BDs, and DVDs, and UltraViolet digital download (the latter is only available in the USA, not in Canada, and must be redeemed within 2 years of the title's street date).
No comprehensive list of special features yet (we're seeing Season 2 DVD features pop up here and there as being included, which is obviously incorrect) but we should have an update in no time. Meanwhile, what do you think of the chosen cover art? Also, be sure to pre-order your copy! (Links below the cover.)
Posted by Abby | June 1, 2012, 13:58 (MST) | 62 Comments
Category: Misc, The Vampire Diaries TV
Friday Night Bites is a weekly round-up for various tidbits of show and cast/crew news not quite big enough to warrant a blog post, not strictly Vampire Diaries-related, or that somehow just fell through the cracks. Please insert theme song by Explosions in the Sky here and enjoy.
- Kat Graham performs on Ellen (above video), while making a statement of support for Jennifer Tyrrell.
- Video of Kat talking about her new EP, "Against The Wall".
- Kat will also be a Special Style Correspondent for the 2012 MTV Movie Awards.
- Interview with Sara Canning about her upcoming Hallmark film, Hannah's Law.
- TVD Casting Director Greg Orson will be co-hosting an audition event in New York on June 23rd.
- Hello there, Daniel Gillies.
- Speaking of Daniel Gillies, Saving Hope premieres on NBC on June 7th!
- Pictures and video of Daniel and his Saving Hope castmates from the CTV Upfronts.
- Stefan and Damon are up for best "broment" over at Zap2it, but the competition is pretty tough, so they're going to need votes!
- Paul Wesley interviewed at the UK Glamour Awards (video).
- Paul Wesley and Torrrey DeVitto getting silly in the Glamour photo booth.
- Pictures of Paul and Torrey from the UK Glamour Awards!
- Paul and Torrey backstage at Glamour Women Of the Year Awards.
- Vampire Diaries on Pinterest! Way to go, CW!
- TV Guide's Matt Roush talks TVD.
- Ian Somerhalder in Sao Paulo.
- The Ian Somerhalder Foundation is raising funds for an animal sanctuary.
- Kat Graham, Joseph Morgan, Candice Accola give some advice to new graduates.
- Colleen Houck's 10 reasons that Julie Plec is an awesome choice for Tiger's Curse.
Posted by Abby | May 25, 2012, 13:34 (MST) | 3 Comments
Category: Misc, The Vampire Diaries TV
Friday Night Bites is a weekly round-up for various tidbits of show and cast/crew news not quite big enough to warrant a blog post, not strictly Vampire Diaries-related, or that somehow just fell through the cracks. Please insert theme song by Explosions in the Sky here and enjoy.
- Matt Davis talks about Cult in this video interview (above).
- Need your Daniel Gillies fix? Check out this Gilliestastic trailer for Saving Hope.
- You you might also like this interview (in scrubs!), where Daniel talks about his Saving Hope character. (Video)
- The ever delightful Price Peterson gives us The 25 Best Things About The Vampire Diaries Season 3.
- Nina Dobrev's movie The Perks of Being a Wallflower will hit theaters (at least in the U.S.) on September 14.
- If you're making a list of the 24 Sexiest TV Scenes, this TVD fan favorite definitely rates a spot.
- Nina Dobrev, pretty in pink.
- Nina also looks stunning in blue for the 2012 amfAR Cinema Against Aids Gala.
- She even offered to bite a bidder at the auction. The evening raised almost 11 million for HIV & Aids research.
- More pictures of her beautiful evening look here and here.
- A review of Joseph Morgan's movie, Warhouse.
- We're not so sure about the reliability of this study, but we can't argue that Vampire Diaries does serve up a fair amount of death.
- Nina Dobrev (#84) and Dawn Olivieri (#63) both make Maxim's Hot 100 list.
- Kat Graham backstage at Hip Hop Squares. (Video)
- Ian Somerhalder is making friends in Manila.
- Ian talks about the modeling business and embracing aging.
- More about Ian's partnership with Pennshoppe.
- Move Hole's list of reasons to watch The Vampire Diaries.
- These celebrity pet slide shows are cracking us up. Everyone loves Ian and his cat(s)!
- The character therapist takes on Alaric Saltzman.
Posted by Abby | May 21, 2012, 19:58 (MST) | 6 Comments
Category: The Vampire Diaries TV
Hollywood Life caught up with Steven R. McQueen on the green carpet recently and asked him what he thinks might be coming up for Jeremy in season 4. Will Jeremy and Bonnie rekindle their romance? Will we see more scenes between Jeremy and Matt? Steven also gives some insight into how Jeremy may be reacting to his family situation as it was left in the finale. Spoilers for The Departed (EP322).
Zap2it spoke with Ian Somerhalder at the same event, to ask about his reaction to events in the finale (spoilers!). While he does do a little teasing, the actor is looking toward the bright side for next season.
"Here's the good thing: he's not pining for her, he's not pining for Katherine, so maybe we'll get some of that Season 1 Damon back," he says.
Ian also talks about some of his off-screen work and projects he has going on right now, READ MORE AND WATCH THE VIDEO AT ZAP2IT.
Posted by Abby | May 18, 2012, 15:30 (MST) | 10 Comments
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Friday Night Bites is a weekly round-up for various tidbits of show and cast/crew news not quite big enough to warrant a blog post, not strictly Vampire Diaries-related, or that somehow just fell through the cracks. Please insert theme song by Explosions in the Sky here and enjoy.
- Daniel Gillies thanks fans (picture above) for supporting Team Isaias, which was able to meet its fundraising goal to help Isaias and his family. Daniel also filmed a thank you video.
- Ian Somerhalder's Moke made HelloGiggles' list of 8 Adorable Celebrity Cats To Purr Over.
- The Secret Circle has been cancelled. Bummer. :(
- On a happier note, congratulations to Matt Davis on the pickup of CUlt.
- Kat Graham at 102.7 KIIS FM's Wango Tango.
- The Vampire Diaries, a not-so-guilty pleasure.
- A first time viewer picks her TVD favorites over at Ology.com.
- More details about Joseph Morgan's scary new movie Warhouse.
- Watch a new clip for Warhouse.
- Still not enough Warhouse? Read this interview with Joseph!
- If you're ready to go back to thinking about Klaus, here's an interesting character analysis of him.
- Claire Holt's movie, Blue Like Jazz will be out on Blu-ray August 7th!
- Ian Somerhalder is heading to Manila to model for Penshoppe.
Posted by Abby | May 18, 2012, 13:12 (MST) | 58 Comments
Category: The Vampire Diaries TV
Want to know how the Vampire Diaries cast felt when they read the season finale? TV Guide asked the actors about their reactions to reading that script, and about their hopes for their characters going into season 4. Spoilers galore for The Departed (EP322).
Posted by Kate | May 18, 2012, 12:41 (MST) | 37 Comments
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The first round of nominations for the Teen Choice Awards are out, and The Vampire Diaries and its cast has six nominations this year!
Choice TV Show: Fantasy/Sci-Fi
Choice TV Actor: Fantasy/Sci-Fi: Ian Somerhalder
Choice TV Actor: Fantasy/Sci-Fi: Paul Wesley
Choice TV Actress: Fantasy/Sci-Fi: Nina Dobrev
Choice TV Actress: Fantasy/Sci-Fi: Kat Graham
Choice Male Hottie: Ian Somerhalder
You need to log in to the site to vote, but you can see the nominations at Give Me My Remote. You can vote every day, so get out there and support our show! The awards show will air on July 22, and we'll have more information about that broadcast as it gets closer.
Posted by Vee | May 17, 2012, 20:28 (MST) | 16 Comments
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The 2012 Upfront took place today in New York City and most the Vampire Diaries cast – Nina Dobrev, Paul Wesley, Ian Somerhalder, Kat Graham, Michael Trevino, Steven R. McQueen, Candice Accola, Zach Roerig and Matt Davis (for his new show, Cult) – were in attendance. As we posted earlier this morning, The Vampire Diaries returns in October for Season 4 and the cast may have had a few hints to throw out on the green carpet. Check out links to videos and photos below.
Video & Interviews
- E!Online: Candice Accola on "Vampire Diaries" Finale
- E!Online: Michael Trevino and Zach Roerig on "Diaries"
- E!Online: Nina Dobrev on Shocking "Diaries" Finale
- E!Online: Ian Somerhalder on Dealing With Fame
- E!Online: Is Paul Wesley Like His "Vampire Diaries" Character?
- E!Online: Matthew Davis Talks [spoiler]New Beginnings With "Cult"[/spoiler]
- The Insider: Matt Davis on [spoiler]his 'happy' death.[/spoiler]
- MTV: Ian Somerhalder Says 'Fifty Shades Of Grey' Role Would Be 'Amazing'.
- Hollywood Life: Michael Trevino Hopes To [spoiler]Play Klaus 'For A Few Episodes'.[/spoiler]
- Hollywood Life: Candice Accola Is [spoiler]'Sure' Joseph Morgan Will Return.[/spoiler]
- Wetpaint: Zach Roerig Says Matt Shouldn't Have A New Love Interest in Vampire Diaries Season 4
Posted by Abby | May 11, 2012, 14:44 (MST) | 2 Comments
Category: Misc, The Vampire Diaries TV
Friday Night Bites is a weekly round-up for various tidbits of show and cast/crew news not quite big enough to warrant a blog post, not strictly Vampire Diaries-related, or that somehow just fell through the cracks. Please insert theme song by Explosions in the Sky here and enjoy.
- Bing has a video clip of Ian Somerhalder's efforts to clean up the beach for Earth Day (above).
- TV To Bing About video featuring Kat Graham, about her music.
- Beautiful pictures of Nina Dobrev from the Met Gala: here, here and here.
- Wonder what it's like to wear that gown? Nina talks about what really goes into achieving that red carpet look (video).
- For a less glamorous (but way more comfortable!) Nina look, try this great shirt.
- Guess who's adorable in this BTS video of Nina's Got Milk campaign shoot?
- Video from Nina's appearance Like Her Like Me Got Milk Event.
- Photos of Nina, onstage and off at the Got Milk event.
- Like Rebekah's style? Get a better look at the white wrap sweater worn by Claire Holt on TVD.
- Zach Roerig is in Israel with America's Voices.
- The Gilbert House is for sale! This isn't something happening on the show, but the actual house used for the exterior of the Elena and Jeremy's abode is being sold. If you've ever wanted to own that porch for your very own, now's your chance!
- Vampire worlds may be colliding, with both Kellan Lutz and Nina Dobrev in negotiations to join new film Kid Cannabas.
- This is one bad-ass picture of Joseph Morgan on the set of his new movie Open Grave.
- Paul Wesley looks dreamy in these photos from a People Magazine shoot from 2010.
- Chris Grismer is so talented he's almost scary.
- Fire at The Mystic Grill set in Covington, GA.
- More details about the fire damage can be found here.
- Don't worry, no one was hurt and it won't affect filming.
- Ian Somerhalder in GQ.
- If we're talking about epic love triangles, you'd better believe that TVD is on the list.
- Ology presents one sentence recaps of The Vampire Diaries season 3.
- Candice Accola, Claire Holt and Kayla Ewell at the Young Hollywood Issue party.
- Nina Dobrev is looking very spring-like in this floral outfit.
- io9 has a question: Why do all of the grown-ups on The Vampire Diaries suck?
- Nina is named the Sport's Illustrated Lovely Lady Of The Day. Hint: scroll down.
- Uncle Mason, Firefighter!
Posted by Vee | May 10, 2012, 7:40 (MST) | 9 Comments
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We had not one but two Vampire Diaries cast members hitting the late night talk show circuit last night. Nina Dobrev and Ian Somerhalder were both hyping tonight's Season 3 finale (which you're all going to tune in to, right? RIGHT?).
Nina Dobrev displays impressive skills with Conan O'Brien:
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ASK IRA: Will new NBA trade rules stimulate market?
Q: In negotiations both sides usually get something. Can you name one aspect from the players' standpoint that is a gain in the current state of negotiations, or are players giving in across the board? — Jack.
A: Actually, the league has relented when it comes to trade rules, easing the previous restrictions that trades involving teams over the cap must come within 125 percent and $100,000 of matching salaries. The proposed rules are much more liberal and will not force teams to come nearly as close on matching salaries. The upshot is trades can again be more be about basketball than money. That is a very good thing.
Q: Ira, the NBA would be awesome with only large markets. But that would leave you with an eight-team league, taking away about half the revenue. Good luck with that. — Nick.
A: Fine. But does the NBA want to be a big-time operation, or something closer to hockey, where you actually can have viable franchises in Nashville and Columbus? The moment for the NBA is at hand to decide whether it wants to be something closer to the NFL or the MLS.
Q: There needs to be a system that allows small markets to compete equally. — Tom.
A: That system is called smart management, smart drafting and smart coaching. Yes, money matters, but it's more than that. The Knicks spent like crazy prior to last season's breakthrough. It's about more than money. And competitive balance looks far better in the standings than the television ratings.
Q: I'm so happy Micky Arison and not Donald T. Sterling is my owner! — Ramon.
A: Well, actually he's the Heat's owner and not your owner, unless you're a Heat player (although I don't recall a Ramon on the current roster). Of course, maybe you're "Carnival Ramon".
Q: Why does Stern say the next offer won't be as good because he needs to recalculate the losses? I thought the league was losing money? That would mean they are saving money by missing the first month of season? — Jeffrey.
A: He said they are losing "revenue" which helps keep those losses down. Actually he says a lot of things.


text: On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 01:26:10AM +0200, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote:> On Wednesday 16 April 2008, Russell King wrote:> > On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 01:10:02AM +0300, Adrian Bunk wrote:> > > On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 11:03:45PM +0100, Russell King wrote:> > > > On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 12:52:23AM +0300, Adrian Bunk wrote:> > > >...> > > > So this is a only impacting ARM wrt. PCMCIA, and given that ARM supplies> > > > an asm/ide.h, it's _entirely_ reasonable that if a platform has PCMCIA> > > > then it supports IDE.> > > > > > > > > We could simply always select HAVE_IDE on arm instead of manually > > > > > setting which platforms could possibly get IDE support (e.g. are there> > > > > any boards with PCI slots for which HAVE_IDE is currently not > > > > > selected?).> > > > > > > > You could, if there was a demand for it. As no one has added that,> > > > I conclude that its less common for people to stick an IDE controller> > > > into a PCI backplane.> > > > > > People can always enable code for stuff they don't use.> > > > > > But instead of having 14 ARM platforms plus PCMCIA (which is offered > > > unconditionally on all ARM platforms...) select HAVE_IDE it's simpler> > > to select it once for all ARM platforms.> > Please send me a patch doing this, it should be safe for current IDE tree.> > > That would seem logical, but Bart objects to that idea.> > I don't remember the background but I think it was needed because of badly> perplexed ide_init_hwif_ports() and friends in <asm/ide.h> vs <linux/ide.h>> (almost all this stuff is gone in IDE tree for 2.6.26)...> > Ok, I found the patch:> > http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/tglx/history.git;a=commitdiff;h=4b3b8ee5db374b76608537e061f2efd90e21179d> > [ tglx's history tree since it is from May 2004. ]> > > However, consider that we're gradually transitioning over to being> > exclusively libata only.> > > > > > In fact, there are only three classes of ARM platforms which have PCI> > > > selected but not HAVE_IDE - IOP13xx, IXP2000, and Orion. I suspect> > > > the only reason they don't select it because they now use the ATA code> > > > rather than the old IDE code - that's certainly true of Orion.> > > > > > The libata options are offered unconditionally on all platforms...> > > > It wasn't *my* choice to restrict IDE on ARM. See Bart for that> > decision.> > It could be that I did the poor job of explaining things back then> but I also didn't like the fact that I needed to restrict the IDE> choice on ARM - the change in question was _necessary_ to start> converting IDE drivers to become real, independent, modular host> drivers and as a preparation for adding proper warm-plug support.Any objections against the patch below?> Thanks,> BartcuAdrian<-- snip -->It's plain wrong for PCMCIA to select HAVE_IDE that implies e.g. theavailability of an asm/ide.hIt turns out this was done for ARM, and we can simply always select HAVE_IDE on ARM instead of manually tracking which platforms might possible have an IDE controller directly or indirectly.Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <email@example.com>--- arch/arm/Kconfig | 15 +-------------- drivers/pcmcia/Kconfig | 1 - 2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 15 deletions(-)40d8b054ee277ee1d66e4379621e26d18926ed9d diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/Kconfigindex 4039a13..6808136 100644--- a/arch/arm/Kconfig+++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ mainmenu "Linux Kernel Configuration" config ARM bool default y+ select HAVE_IDE select RTC_LIB select SYS_SUPPORTS_APM_EMULATION select HAVE_OPROFILE@@ -223,7 +224,6 @@ config ARCH_CLPS7500 select TIMER_ACORN select ISA select NO_IOPORT- select HAVE_IDE help Support for the Cirrus Logic PS7500FE system-on-a-chip. @@ -236,7 +236,6 @@ config ARCH_CO285 bool "Co-EBSA285" select FOOTBRIDGE select FOOTBRIDGE_ADDIN- select HAVE_IDE help Support for Intel's EBSA285 companion chip. @@ -261,7 +260,6 @@ config ARCH_EP93XX config ARCH_FOOTBRIDGE bool "FootBridge" select FOOTBRIDGE- select HAVE_IDE help Support for systems based on the DC21285 companion chip ("FootBridge"), such as the Simtec CATS and the Rebel NetWinder.@@ -300,7 +298,6 @@ config ARCH_IOP32X depends on MMU select PLAT_IOP select PCI- select HAVE_IDE help Support for Intel's 80219 and IOP32X (XScale) family of processors.@@ -310,14 +307,12 @@ config ARCH_IOP33X depends on MMU select PLAT_IOP select PCI- select HAVE_IDE help Support for Intel's IOP33X (XScale) family of processors. config ARCH_IXP23XX bool "IXP23XX-based" depends on MMU- select HAVE_IDE select PCI help Support for Intel's IXP23xx (XScale) family of processors.@@ -335,14 +330,12 @@ config ARCH_IXP4XX select GENERIC_GPIO select GENERIC_TIME select GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS- select HAVE_IDE help Support for Intel's IXP4XX (XScale) family of processors. config ARCH_L7200 bool "LinkUp-L7200" select FIQ- select HAVE_IDE help Say Y here if you intend to run this kernel on a LinkUp Systems L7200 Software Development Board which uses an ARM720T processor.@@ -397,7 +390,6 @@ config ARCH_PXA depends on MMU select ARCH_MTD_XIP select GENERIC_GPIO- select HAVE_IDE select HAVE_GPIO_LIB select GENERIC_TIME select GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS@@ -413,7 +405,6 @@ config ARCH_RPC select ARCH_MAY_HAVE_PC_FDC select ISA_DMA_API select NO_IOPORT- select HAVE_IDE help On the Acorn Risc-PC, Linux can support the internal IDE disk and CD-ROM interface, serial and parallel port, and the floppy drive.@@ -425,14 +416,12 @@ config ARCH_SA1100 select ARCH_MTD_XIP select GENERIC_GPIO select GENERIC_TIME- select HAVE_IDE help Support for StrongARM 11x0 based boards. config ARCH_S3C2410 bool "Samsung S3C2410, S3C2412, S3C2413, S3C2440, S3C2442, S3C2443" select GENERIC_GPIO- select HAVE_IDE help Samsung S3C2410X CPU based systems, such as the Simtec Electronics BAST (<http://www.simtec.co.uk/products/EB110ITX/>), the IPAQ 1940 or@@ -440,7 +429,6 @@ config ARCH_S3C2410 config ARCH_SHARK bool "Shark"- select HAVE_IDE select ISA select ISA_DMA select PCI@@ -450,7 +438,6 @@ config ARCH_SHARK config ARCH_LH7A40X bool "Sharp LH7A40X"- select HAVE_IDE help Say Y here for systems based on one of the Sharp LH7A40X System on a Chip processors. These CPUs include an ARM922Tdiff --git a/drivers/pcmcia/Kconfig b/drivers/pcmcia/Kconfigindex 8b22281..519b4ff 100644--- a/drivers/pcmcia/Kconfig+++ b/drivers/pcmcia/Kconfig@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ config PCMCIA_DEBUG config PCMCIA tristate "16-bit PCMCIA support" select CRC32- select HAVE_IDE default y ---help--- This option enables support for 16-bit PCMCIA cards. Most older


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About 13 percent of Indiana's registered voters turned out for last month's primary election, according to numbers the secretary of state released today.
Voter turnout is expected to be low in tomorrow's primary because of a lack of statewide races.
At an event today, former U.S. Senator and Indiana governor Evan Bayh said he has not decided whether he will re-enter politics.
Marion County Clerk Beth White will likely be running against incumbent Connie Lawson for secretary of state.
IU researchers have found that tweets can predict the winner of political elections.
Governor Mike Pence says the person he selects to replace the outgoing auditor will be someone who is a viable candidate for the 2014 election.
Monroe County officials acknowledge there are problems, but there is widespread disagreement about solutions.
Wells County saw the highest voter turnout at 72 percent. Scott County saw the lowest with 46 percent.
More than 2.6 million of Indiana's 4.5 million registered voters cast ballots this year.


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Our mission is to provide homes and opportunities for people with autism and other developmental disabilities. We offer high quality personalized services that enhance each person's independence, dignity and continued growth. As a non-profit community organization we are dedicated to increasing public understanding of the people we serve and their ability to be contributing members of the community.
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CLASP's roots run deep within our community and with the families of those people we serve. In 1976 a small group of families who had children with developmental disabilities who were all in the same school class, began planning weekend activities together. These activities grew to become routine, and the group began to grow. In 1978 this group began to discuss the future of their children as they grew to be adults and would no longer be involved in the school system. In 1982 the group developed a limited partnership and opened CLASP's first group home on Kings Highway in Westport. Since that time, CLASP has added a dozen more homes and an apartment program to support the ever growing list of individuals needing these services. Family and community involvement continue to be a strong focus of the organization as we grow and add programs to meet the needs of people in greater Fairfield County.
Administrative Staff
Tracy Flood, President
Tracy started in 1984, working weekends while finishing grad school. Her story is very similar to many other CLASP folks. She saw this as a short term job opportunity and later realized was her calling and passion and has become her extended family. Her favorite thing about CLASP is the opportunity to learn something new every day, and to have the chance to get to know so many amazing people.
Michele Markelon, VP of Finance
Michele started at CLASP in 1989 as our bookkeeper. In 1992 she took over as VP of finance. Michele loves that she's making a better life for the people CLASP serves.
Patricia Richards, VP of Quality Assurance
Patty was introduced to CLASP when she did some consulting for a person we served in 1991. She started as a program director, became the Director of Quality Assurance in 1996 and has held the VP Quality Assurance position since 2002. Patty loves that CLASP's focus is that everyone is an individual and that we tailor services to meet their particular wants and needs.
Jeannine started at CLASP as a part time bookkeeper with insurance responsibilities in 1992. She has been in our HR Department for many years. Jeannine says the best part of her day is a "client moment" in her office.
Siobhan (Clancy) Horan, Senior Program Director
Clancy started in 1983 as a Residential Instructor at our first CLASP group home on Kings Highway, the second day it opened. She rose through the ranks to her current position as Senior Program Director, which she has held since 2006. Clancy loves that she has been able to share in the lives and experiences of so many wonderful residents.
John Tyliszczak, Program Director
John began his CLASP career in 1991 as a manager at our Woodside Circle group home, (which later became our Webb Road home.) From Webb he moved over to Blue Ridge in Wilton and in 2005 became the Program Director for the Westport group homes. What John loves most about working at CLASP is that he can do good things for people and that makes him feel good.
Jen Saracin, SLA Director
Jen started at CLASP in 1989 when she was 17. Over her 20+ years she has held almost every position at CLASP, and worked at virtually every site until taking charge of the apartment program in 1999. Jen loves CLASP's willingness to step "outside of the box" for the benefit of the people we serve.
Robin Hammond, Development Director
Robin started at CLASP in 1999 as a part time administrative assistant. She became Development Director in 2007. Robin loves that she's able to make a difference in people's lives on a daily basis.
Octavia Catan, aManager of Accounting Processes
Octavia has worked at CLASP since 2006 and earned her MBA from the University of New Haven and her BA in engineering from Polytechnical University of Bucharest/Romania. Octavia loves the " CLASP family atmosphere".
Tina Martire, Behavior Specialist
Tina became part of CLASP's family in 1992 when hired as the Behavior Specialist. Tina has readily helped out, wearing many hats at CLASP, including resident go-to artist! Her happiest part of being here, is being part of the heart of the CLASP family.
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Board of Directors
Julie McNamee, Chairman
Julie has worked in the field of Child Care for over 35 years, and has developed and manages her own child care program. She has 4 grown children and 2 grandsons. Julie is a dedicated volunteer for Special Olympics as well as being actively involved in other recreational programs for young adults with developmental delays. Her daughter is a very happy resident of a CLASP group home. Julie joined the CLASP board in 1996 and has held the position of Chairman since 2005. She currently resides in Fairfield with her husband, Tom.
Beverly Bonfoey
Beverly is a CT native who went to school in NC, majored in Speech Pathology and has dedicated her career to working with individuals with developmental disabilities. Upon returning to CT, she worked for CLASP at the Pine Drive group home when it opened and changed her focus to working in residential services, with a stint in day services. Most recently, Beverly completed her Master's Degree in Human Resources Development and Organizational Management. She works as an HR Generalist at Developmental Disabilities Nursing Consulting Services in Hamden. Beverly feels that she has now come full circle joining the Board of Directors of CLASP Homes in 2013.
John Chidsey
John is a 1970 graduate of Fairfield University. He began his career in banking in 1971 at the Putnam Trust Company of Greenwich which was bought by The Bank of New York in 1995. He retired from The Bank of New York in 2007 as Vice President in the banks Trust Division in Greenwich. He is the uncle of Mark who resides in a CLASP group home.
John Harmon
John is Managing Director of Adulant Consulting services which advises small and medium size business clients on strategies for growth and operational excellence. His services include business plan preparation, financial forecasting, strategic plan development, marketing plan development and execution, and operations efficiency. John is also chapter chair of SCORE, a volunteer organization and an arm of SBA that provides counseling services to small businesses in Fairfield County.
Bruce Katz, Vice Chairman
Bruce, an attorney and CPA, is the brother of one of the people we serve. His hobbies include sailing, running, and home improvements. He has been on the CLASP Board since1989.
Marc Hawley
Marc started in the mortgage business in 1993 after getting his degree in Economics and International affairs from the University of Maine and went on to join Landmark Financial Group. He grew up in Fairfield and Easton and currently resides in Darien. Marc is a devoted brother to Ben, who has lived with CLASP since its inception. He enjoys crewing on a sailboat that he races with the Norwalk Islands Sailing Fleet in his spare time. Marc joined the CLASP Board in 2009.
Yvette Kohn
Yvette has served as Secretary on the Board of Directors for Our Vision since 1999. She has worked as a Teacher's Aide at the Temple Israel Early Childhood Center and has held various senior administrative positions for large media and real estate companies in New York City. Yvette is a regular volunteer at the Gillespie Center in Westport. She and her husband, Steven, have raised three children, including her eldest daughter, who is a member of Our Vision.
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Dvd Release Date: 2005-12-06
Genre: Drama,
Rating: PG-13
Duration: 1hr 43min
Two aging spinster sisters have their peaceable Cornwall existence disrupted in 1936 when they take a young Polish violinist into their care. After a particularly violent storm, Ursula and Janet Widington awake to find young man Andrea half-drowned and badly injured on the beach. They slowly discover that he is a Polish Jew with a gift for music as an accomplished violinist, hoping to find his way to America. But the village isn't used to visitors and everyone, with the exception of the sisters, is full of suspicions, especially when Andrea develops a friendship with a beautiful Russian woman vacationing nearby. Eventually, the two must make a choice between trying to keep their new charge for themselves or setting him free in the world.
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- Directed by Charles Dance
- Produced by Elizabeth Karlsen, Nik Powell, Nicolas Brown
- Written by Charles Dance, William J. Locke
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Manor Farm Barn in Southfleet is a beautifully restored 18th century barn that serves a selection of delicious dishes as well as Shepherd Neame's award winning ales and lagers and an extensive wine list.
The stunning building features an attractive thatched roof, exposed oak timbers and a dramatic high-ceiling and won the CAMRA Pub Design Award in 2002.
The pub has a large patio garden with seating for over 100 people and holds barbecues throughout the summer.
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We designed the IMPACT conference to be as rewarding as it is intensive. Here is the complete hour-by-hour schedule rundown for IMPACT 2015.
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Musical Perspectives on Culture
Sérgio and Odair Assad, Sandeep Das, Johnny Gandelsman, Kathryn Stott, Wu Tong
A Silkroad Collaboration
Brazilian-born brothers Sérgio and Odair Assad have set the benchmark for all other guitarists by creating a new standard of guitar innovation, ingenuity and expression. Their exceptional artistry and uncanny ensemble-playing come from a family rich in Brazilian musical tradition and studies under guitarist/lutenist Monina Távora (1921-2011), a disciple of Andrés Segovia. In addition to setting new performance standards, the Assads have played a major role in creating and introducing new music made for two guitars. Their virtuosity has inspired a wide range of composers to write for them including Astor Piazzolla, Terry Riley, Radamés Gnattali, Marlos Nobre, Nikita Koshkin, Roland Dyens, Jorge Morel, Edino Krieger, and Francisco Mignone. The Assads' repertoire includes original music composed by Sérgio and his own take on classic folk and jazz music, as well as various styles of Latin music. Their classical repertoire includes transcriptions of the great Baroque keyboard literature of Bach, Rameau, and Scarlatti and adaptations of works by such diverse figures as Gershwin, Ginastera, and Debussy; thus making their touring programs a compelling blend of styles, periods and cultures.
Sandeep Das is one of the world's leading tabla virtuosos. A favorite disciple of the legendary tabla maestro Pandit Kishan Maharaj ji of the Benaras Gharana, he has built a diverse international career, collaborating with a variety of genre-crossing artists. Das is founder of HUM (Harmony and Universality through Music), an ensemble promoting global understanding through performance and education. He has composed for and performed internationally with the Silk Road Ensemble since the group's founding in 2000, and is a Grammy-nominated recording artist in his own right.
The son of a musical family from Moscow, by way of Israel, violinist and composer Johnny Gandelsman combines his classical training with a restless desire to reach beyond the concert hall in exploring contemporary music. As a concert soloist and a founding member of the quartet Brooklyn Rider, Gandelsman has premiered dozens of new works and has released albums by
The Knights, the Silk Road Ensemble, Brooklyn Rider, and others on his label, In a Circle Records.
Kathryn Stott is internationally recognized as one of Britain's most versatile and imaginative musicians and among today's most engaging pianists. She is in demand for a wide variety of chamber music alliances, playing with some of the world's leading instrumentalists, as well as appearing on major international concert platforms in recitals and concerto performances. Kathryn has also directed several distinctive concert series and festivals and has developed an extensive and exceptionally varied catalogue of recordings. Born in Lancashire, she studied at the Yehudi Menuhin School and the Royal College of Music and was a prize-winner at the Leeds International Piano Competition 1978. Her teachers included Nadia Boulanger, Vlado Perlemuter and Kendall Taylor. In addition to her busy career as a performer, she is a visiting professor at the Royal Academy of Music in London and was recently made an Honorary Member. Kathryn has been performing and recording with Yo-Yo Ma for nearly 30 years and together they regularly tour Europe, the USA, South America and the Far East.
Born to a musical family in Beijing, sheng player Wu Tong graduated from the Central Conservatory of Music in 1994 and has appeared as soloist with the New York Philharmonic, London Sinfonietta, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra. He is the founding vocalist of Lunhui ("Again"), the first rock band ever to appear on Chinese television. In 2008 he made his operatic debut in The Bonesetter's Daughter (San Francisco Opera) and wrote the film score to Wong Kar-Wai's Ashes of Time Redux. A nominee for Best Crossover Album at Taiwan's 2011 Golden Melody Awards, he was named 2012 Musician of the Year by New York's China Institute. In 2013, he premiered Zhao Lin's Duo, a double concerto written for him and Yo-Yo Ma.
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|Conference Registration
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|Pre-Conference Extended Education Sessions
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Pre-Conference General Session
A global strategist, an astute analyst, and a beltway sage
Jeffrey Kleintop, Liz Ann Sonders, and Greg Valliere
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|Welcome Reception in The Exchange
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|Regional Dinners
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|Conference Registration
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|Breakfast in The Exchange
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General Session
Opening remarks
Bernie Clark, followed by a conversation with Walt Bettinger
A passionate competitor
Abby Wambach
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|Extended Education Sessions
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Lunch and Learn in The Exchange
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|Showcase Stage Presentations
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|Showcase Stage Presentations
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|Extended Education Sessions
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|Technology Education Sessions
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|Education Sessions
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|Technology Education Sessions
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|Education Sessions
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|Break in The Exchange
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|Showcase Stage Presentations
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General Session
An intellectual maverick
Fareed Zakaria
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|Fareed Zakaria Book Signing in The Exchange
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|Conference Registration
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|Breakfast in The Exchange
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General Session
Tenth Annual IMPACT Awards® Presentation
Jon Beatty and Bernie Clark
An uncompromising leader
Alan Mulally in conversation with Neesha Hathi
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|Technology Education Sessions
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|Education Sessions
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|Education Sessions
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General Session
A venture culturalist
Yo-Yo Ma and Friends
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Final Night Event
The Art of the Party at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston
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|Conference Registration
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|Breakfast in The Exchange
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|Education Sessions
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|Brunch, Bloody Marys, and David Brooks Book Signing in The Exchange
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General Session
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David Brooks
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Wildcat mentor one of 20 finalists named by the Atlanta Tipoff Club
TUCSON, Ariz. ?- University of Arizona men's basketball coach Lute Olson was named a finalist for the Naismith Award, the Atlanta Tipoff Club announced Wednesday.
Olson was one of 20 finalists for the Naismith Award presented by Coca-Cola, which has been presented annually since 1987 to the men's basketball coach of the year. The list was compiled by the Atlanta Tipoff Club's Board of Selectors and is based upon coaching performance this season. The finalists include Rick Barnes, Texas; Jim Boeheim, Syracuse; Mark Few, Gonzaga; Ray Giacoletti, Utah; Billy Gillispie, Texas A&M; Frank Haith, Miami (Fla.); Mike Krzyzewski, Duke; Lute Olson, Arizona; Rick Pitino, Louisville; Skip Prosser, Wake Forest; Lorenzo Romar, Washington; Bo Ryan, Wisconsin; Kelvin Sampson, Oklahoma; Bill Self, Kansas; Al Skinner, Boston College; Tubby Smith, Kentucky; Eddie Sutton, Oklahoma State; John Thompson III, Georgetown; Bruce Weber, Illinois; and Roy Williams, North Carolina.
Through 29 games, Olson has guided Arizona to a 24-5 record and No. 11 national ranking. Currently, the Wildcats have a 14-3 record and are in first place in the Pac-10 Conference standings.
Arizona will next be in action on Saturday, March 5, at Arizona State. Tip-off is scheduled for 4 p.m. MST and can be seen nationally on Fox Sports Net.


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Course map for Boulder Cup
Submitted by Kris Thompson on
The Boulder Cup course has already been designed and ready for some rarely found soft grass racing. At first glance I bet off chamber skills will be highly desired here but with map in hand I think it's time for me to pay this course a visit
Details on the Boulder Cup
Date: October 31, 2010 — Halloween Day!! Costumes for racers and fans encouraged
Site: FlatIron Crossing Shopping Center and Frank Varra Park (near Dick's Sporting Goods), Broomfield, CO
Other Attractions: Full amateur racing slate, giant beer garden, expansive vendor expo, large kids zone, costume contests and trick-or-treating for kids, cruiser race and much more
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I walked what I think was roughly the course this weekend. Lots and lots of off-camber and, at least one nasty run up followed by a possible high speed turn on off-camber. Looks like a great possibility - throw in some snow and it'll be really interesting!
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2006 -- Sophomore
Appeared in 19 matches ... Ended the season with two points on one goal ... Goal came in a 4-0 victory over Oregon State in the final match of the regular season ... Appeared in all five matches during the NCAA Tournament ... Finished the year with 11 shots.
2005 -- Freshman
Appeared in 14 matches ... Ended the season with six points on three goals ... Tallied her first collegiate goal in a 4-0 victory over Washington on Oct. 21 ... Scored two goals during the NCAA Tournament ... Recorded a goal in a 9-0 victory over Mississippi Valley State in the first round ... Also had a goal in a 4-0 win over Marquette in the third round ... Appeared in UCLA's semifinal victory over Florida State at the NCAA College Cup.
High School/Club
Scholar Athlete Award winner at San Clemente High School in 2001 and 2002 ... Second-team all-county selection her sophomore year ... Member of the Southern California Blues Club Program since the U-10 level ... Club teammate sister McCall and Erin Hardy ... Helped the Blues capture their first-ever Surf Cup title in November of 2004, along with a pair of League Cup Championships in 2001 and 2002 ...Region-IV Championship in 2000 ... Played two seasons of soccer at San Clemente High School before transferring to Laguna Beach High School.
Full name is Blake Colleen Zerboni ... Born December 13, 1986 in Camarillo, Calif. ... Daughter of James and Lindy Zerboni ... Has two brothers, Rhett and Gage ... Also has four sisters, Chloe, McCall, Greer and Cole ... Twin sister McCall is also a sophomore on the UCLA women's soccer team ... Enjoys painting, dancing and traveling.


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Well hello again Stanford softball fans!
First and foremost - happy belated Valentine's Day to all of our fans out there! As I'm sure everyone celebrated the day and enjoyed it with loved ones, so did we.
Being the close family we are, we decided to do a secret Valentine exchange. So when we walked into our locker room Friday afternoon it was filled with presents galore! We even got special Valentine's gifts from Coach A and Mikey (Coach A's son)!
We wrapped up a great weekend of softball here at home Sunday afternoon. We continued our flawless (and yes that is a Beyoncé reference) record of 12-0! I'll give you a rapid fire review on our stellar weekend …
- Madi Schreyer picked up 4 wins while holding a 1.59 ERA.
- She notched 20 strikeouts and allowed only one extra base hit. In 28.1 innings of work she held teams to a stunning .164 batting average.
- Offensively we outscored opponents 34-16 this weekend to increase our season total to 94-22 while going a perfect 5-0.
But we didn't stop there …
We continued our streak all the way to Davis taking on the Aggies and defeating them at home. A 10-1 victory that we celebrated afterwards with a lovely dinner and cupcakes brought to us by our very special fan Cliff and his mom (BIG thanks to both of them!).
We have a quick turn around this week. We leave tomorrow for our tournament in Cathedral City, Calif., where we will face a bunch of quality teams. We hope to see all of our fans out there supporting us in some wonderful Southern California weather!
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College Hockey:Catching A Break
Bozoian Gets His Shot With Wayne State
PLYMOUTH, Mich. — This time last year, A.J. Bozoian figured his hockey career was over. And he was willing to accept that.
But it wasn't an injury or lack of talent that had him thinking that. He just simply couldn't catch on with a Division I school, or in specific terms, a Division I school where he could play. He had tried Niagara and Ferris State and ultimately Wayne State, where he now mans the blue line, but the road back home to Michigan wasn't exactly smooth sailing.
Bozoian played the 2001-2002 season at Niagara where his older brother, Mike, was a junior defenseman and a member of the Purple Eagles team that went to the regional finals in the 2000 NCAA Tournament after an upset of New Hampshire.
That year in western New York, the younger Bozoian posted just two assists in 17 games.
"I enjoyed my freshman year very much and from it, I took a great experience," said Bozoian. "But seeing the direction things were heading, I felt it was no longer the best place for me to be."
Coming home to the Detroit suburb of Brownstown the summer of 2002, Bozoian contacted Detroit Compuware head coach Todd Watson about the possibility of coming back and playing another year of juniors in the North American Hockey League. He was welcomed with open arms and had several schools inquire about his services for the next year.
One was Ferris State. The Bulldogs' coaching staff told Bozoian he would have a legitimate shot at cracking their lineup, but nothing would be concrete.
"I went to Ferris and was told I was going to be given a shot to prove myself," explained Bozoian, 22. "After our intrasquad game, Coach Daniels called me into his office and said he didn't feel I would break the lineup and he couldn't see carrying nine defensemen. So I left Ferris to be closer to home. It made no sense to live four hours from home just to go to school."
At the Christmas break of 2003, Bozoian enrolled at Wayne State and began going to some of the Warriors' hockey games early in 2004 hoping to rekindle old friendships.
"Once I got to Wayne, I did believe my hockey career was over," admitted Bozoian, a secondary education major. "I was just looking to finish my degree and begin my 'life.' During my first term, I went to watch some men's games and recognized guys like (Greg) Poupard, (Steve) Kovalchik, (Ryan) Wright, (Marc) Cannon and (Mark) Nebus. I have grown up with these kids and know they are all great guys. I figured, 'Why not give it one more shot?'"
Bozoian spoke with WSU associate head coach Willie Mitchell over the summer and asked about walking on. Mitchell and head coach Bill Wilkinson agreed to the tryout, but offered no promises. That's all Bozoian needed.
"The coaching staff gave me the opportunity I was looking for," he said. "And I am very excited contributing here in whatever way I can."
Sitting out the Fall 2004 semester as he had to complete his year in residency after transferring to Wayne State in January, Bozoian made his Warriors debut Feb. 4-5 at Bemidji State and then faced his old Niagara team at home last weekend.
"Each player here has, and knows, his role with the team," the 5-foot-9, 190-pound Bozoian noted. "I am still trying to feel out my role here.
"Against Niagara, I felt comfortable out there. I was more anxious to just start playing again as opposed to being nervous about playing NU. There are only three guys left from the original 2001-02 freshman class [defenseman Shayne Baylis and forwards Ryan Gale and captain Barret Ehgoetz]. All three are good guys and it was nice to see them again and have a chance to compete against them after everything that happened at NU."
"A.J. has Division I experience and has good puck skills and skates well," Wilkinson said. "On defense, you have to have those skills and he will contribute nicely and give us some depth."
A redshirt junior, Bozoian is eligible to play next year and has every intention of doing so. But beyond that, it becomes a bit of a question mark.
"Hockey future is never a certainty," Bozoian said. "I am going to finish my degree and hopefully have a good senior year in both academics and athletics and see what opportunities present themselves. If I play hockey after college, that would be great.
"But if I don't, I am old enough to respect the fact that I have played 22 years of hockey and it got me to the college level and helped mold me into who I am today. Hockey teaches you more than any lecture, book or class ever could. It has been a great experience and I feel lucky to be able-bodied and healthy enough to have played for as long as I have already.
"But like I said, I would still love to play somewhere after college."
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Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo previewed in the UK
The Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo has just been previewed in the UK, less than two weeks before it should be officially announced at MWC 2011 in Barcelona.
Previously appeared as Sony Ericsson Hallon, the Xperia Neo is a high-end smartphone that runs Android 2.3 Gingerbread (slightly customized with SE specific software – Timescape UI included).
The handset is about 11-12mm thick and, like the Xperia Arc, it features a 4-inch Reality Display, HDMI port, 3.5mm headset jack, 8.1MP camera with Led flash and HD video recording, and a 1GHz next-generation Qualcomm processor.
You can check out the full Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo preview at Tech Radar.
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Blind Justice is a series of four films on "Women and the Law. 'Some Protection is an animated documentary, based on true story of Josie O'Dwyer and using her voice as personal commentry, the film shows the devastating effect that detention and imprisonment have on young girls, who are sent in "for their own protection".
A film by Marjut Rimminen
9 minutes, 16mm, 1987
Research: Gail Pearce
Design: Marjut Rimminen
Animation: Marjut Rimminen
Assistant Animation: Kathleen Houston
Painting: Adrian Kern, Vanessa Luther-Smith, Debra Thaine, Stoney Parsons
Rostrum Camera: Heather Reader
Editing & Sound: Picturehead Production
Narration: Josie O'Dwyer
Voices: David Goodland, Jaqueline Holborough, Josie O'Dwyer
Directed by Marjut Rimminen
Produced by Orly Yadin
A Smoothcloud Production for Channel Four Television
Distribution: www.yadinproductions.com
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FINALIST for Best Film and FINALIST for Best Sound Track at the 1988 British Animation Awards
"The final film (in the Blind Justice series), Some Protection by Marjut Rimminen, would attract the most accolades. Based on a true story of one of Josie O'Dwyer, whose life was devastated by a legal system which had put her into detention for her 'own protection', the film gains immeasurably from the damaged voice of Dwyer herself on the sountrack and the variety of visual styles expressing the girl's emotional states." Clare Kitson, British animation: The Channel 4 factor
The animation genre, often using real, first-person narratives, had I believe first been seen in the UK with Colin Thomas and Bill Mather's pioneering work for the BBC on Animated Conversations and continued with Aardman's Conversation Pieces. While Aardman gradually moved into the comedy arena, the journalistic baton was taken up by Marjut Rimminen with Some Protection (1987, for Paul Madden) and, later, by several filmmakers under my watch. Silence (about the holocaust survivor), A is for Autism and Abductees (alien abductions) all crammed more emotional truth about their protagonists into 11-minute running time than one would expect to find in a standard halfhour documentary. Clare Kitson, British animation: The Channel 4 factor, chapter 'Missionary Zeal…'
Some Protection "… an exciting new form of creative 'documentary' … innovative in its approach to the subject!" Women & Animation, ed. Jayne Pilling, British Film Institute
"The impact of Some Protection, (Marjut Rimminen) contribution to Blind Justice, a forceful new series of films about women and the law, owes much to her ability to evoke visually and kinetically the moods, emotions and feelings of the protagonist, Josie O'Dwyer, as she narrates the true story of her experiences of detention and imprisonment." James Leahy, The Guardian, 5 Nov 1987
"Rather than portraying O'Dwyer's story in a 'passive' manner, trying to retain its authensity (read as:truth), the film invites us to take part in O'Dwyer's sufferings – and therefore portrays the truth of how a prison sentance can be perceived. During the nine minutes of film, we not only get acquainted with the story of one woman; it also offers a look into a bigger social problem – the destructive effect of the prison system." Tonje Bjander, Animerte Dager 1999
" It is widely assumed that documentary is about Griersonian grit, Flaherty fact and Wiseman wisdom, but this is to neglect the rich and varied tradition of documentary in the animated film. From Winsor McCay's ground-breaking Sinking of the Lusitania, to Marjut Rimminen's subjective documentary Some Protection, to Jan Svankmajers's fantastic documentary The Death of Stalinism in Bohemia. Animation has documented the personal, social and political events that have shaped the world." Dr. Paul Wells, National Film Theatre lecture November 1996
" Some Protection elokuvasta on tullut lähes animaatioiden klassikko ja sitä esitetään Lontoossa dokumenttielokuvien seminaareissa esimerkkinä siitä mihin animaatioelokuva voi yltää." Kirsi Riipinen, Kotiliesi 4.10.1996
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The Ohio Supreme Court recently ruled that Coroners may retain organs during death investigations.
This is a profound victory for Medical Examiners and Coroners, and is one small step in stopping the increasing criminalization of our profession. It has always been interesting to watch people's perceptions of my work as a Medical Examiner — they are both fascinated and repelled. Both reactions are understandable, but unfortunately both are dangerous when people pander to them.
Pandering to the fascination is dangerous because it leads to unrealistic expectations of what we can do. The infamous "CSI effect" (though studies have indicated that it is overstated) can lead jurors to expect that we should do unnecessary and expensive tests on cases that don't require it, and further that we should be able to provide exact answers to questions when we cannot. A classic case is that of "time of death." In the movies, the ME looks at the body and says "he clearly died between nine and nine-thirty last night." It never works that way. The traditional methods of determining time since death (cooling of the body, rigor mortis, livor mortis, etc), are filled with error.
Consider rigor mortis. Rigor mortis is the stiffening of the body after death. It is the result of the particular biochemistry of muscles. It turns out that the molecules that make muscles contract act like a ratchet — there is one molecule that is a long string with teeth on it, and another that is a hinged arm that catches and pulls those teeth. The important thing to note is that *both* the pulling of the teeth *and* the release of them requires energy. Thus, while it takes obvious energy to, say, flex your arm, it *also* takes energy to relax it and allow the arm to fall. The use of that energy requires oxygen (by the generation of a high energy molecule called adenosine triphosphate, or ATP), which the cells get from the bloodstream. In addition to the oxygen in blood, muscles also maintain their own limited supply of oxygen in the form of myoglobin. When the body dies and blood flow stops, the muscles continue to use that myoglobin to allow the formation of the energy molecules that power the cells, both to maintain the cellular structure and to allow movement of the limbs.
Of course, the nerves are no longer telling the muscles to move once a person is dead, but an observer can passively cause them to move by lifting the limbs and moving them. That movement will use energy from that limited supply. After awhile, that limited supply is gone, and the muscles become stiff — there's no energy to disengage that ratchet mechanism. The muscles remain stiff until the ratchet itself starts to fall apart as part of decomposition, at which point the muscles relax.
Consider all of the things that are involved here: the storage of energy, the use of energy, the pace of cellular metabolism, etc. All of these have a lot of variables. If a person had been exercising (such as running away from or fighting an assailant), then there will be less energy stored. If it is hot, then all the cellular processes speed up; if it is cold, then they all slow down. If the body is clothed or obese, it will cool more slowly, and thus the cells will stay more active and use up energy faster. Toxins and drugs can affect it. Disease can affect it. And on and on and on.
Thus, the use of rigor for the determination of time of death is a broad estimate, as are the other indicators. Most Medical Examiners don't give an estimate of time of death based purely on these features. Instead, they ask "When did someone last see him alive?" and see whether or not that's consistent with the changes. If someone says "Yesterday" and the body is fully skeletonized, then it's probably inconsistent. That 15-minute window they give you on Law and Order simply doesn't exist. Unfortunately, sometimes juries think it does, and will misjudge evidence when they hear it.
Pandering to the revulsion, however, is even worse. It's worse because it misrepresents our motivations and gives the absolutely wrong impression about what we do. And the legislation that panders to it is destroying forensic medicine in the US. Why? Because it, in a slow and creeping manner, is criminalizing what we do.
The best example is the so-called "Dale Earnhardt" law in Florida, which makes it a class D felony for Medical Examiners to share images of cases with each other. The law arose from a FOIA (or FOIA-equivalent) request for autopsy photographs of Dale Earnhardt after his NASCAR accident. Understandibly, the family did not want those photographs used for exploitation. However, the law was written so that Medical Examiners could not easily use cases for teaching and certainly not for research or publication. The law has, I believe, been tweaked, but the bottom line is that it has had a profoundly chilling effect on forensic pathology education and research in Florida. Why? Because even if the law is written fairly liberally, Medical Examiners will choose to be "safe than sorry," which means that there is no reason to stick our necks out. Even if some of the things that Medical Examiners shy away from may be within the line of legality, who needs the hassle of being investigated or sued?
I have had colleagues in Florida ask me for case illustrations for their lectures and testimony because they believe that they cannot legally use their own case photos. In a recent case of alleged malpractice against a Medical Examiner, *neither* the accusers nor the target of the allegations were allowed to show the photograph that would have trivially answered the issue at hand.
Other laws in other states have essentially made all research impossible other than datamining old cases for statistics. The only way that we can do research is somehow contrive the process as part of an investigation. I personally have some very intriguing findings involving child abuse that I am sitting on simply because I am not sure of legal liability issues for performing some of the tests I performed. I don't believe I did anything illegal, and can justify everything I did as part of my investigations, but why risk the hassle? If I publish, I might have a problem. If I don't, I know I won't. The choice is simple. The legislatures of these states have simply determined that they would prefer to have unsolved child homicides and pander to the hyperbole of the press.
After all, it's *easy* for a legislator to propose a law limiting what we do. Who *really* cares about advances in forensic medicine — it's an abstract kind of thing that *other* states can do. On the other hand, a family member tearfully complaining that their loved one was some how abused by having a piece of tissue tested after their death makes great press and great politics.
A new twist on this is the issue of organ retention. In many postmortem examinations, the significant pathology is not obvious at the time of the initial dissection. Instead, the tissues must be treated with preservatives and dissected or analyzed using special procedures. This takes time. In order to allow the family to bury its dead, we release the body but keep the organ in question for examination.
This is particularly true of the brain. In life, the brain is a gelatinous organ with the consistency of Jello. It is essentially impossible to do fine dissection on a fresh brain. In most cases, where the brain is obviously not involved with death (such as a gunshot wound to the chest), we just slice through the brain to look for something unusual.
In cases where important pathology may be in the brain, however, it is often necessary to "fix" the brain prior to dissection. In this, we place the brain in a large container of formalin and allow the formalin to diffuse into the tissue. Because the formalin diffuses in very slowly, we commonly allow the brain to fix for up to six weeks before beginning the dissection. During the dissection, the brain is reduced to numerous small fragments, some of which are processed for histology and the rest, at most places, incinerated.
A family took exception to this in Ohio, and a class action lawsuit was brought against the Ohio Coroners. In a clear example of good sense, the Ohio courts found in favor of the Coroners. The plaintiffs are now appealing to the federal courts.
As always, the Coroners are being cast as people who don't care about the dead or their families and who are doing this out of some sort of spite. They ignore that we do this for a *purpose.* An editorial in the Columbus Dispatch plays on that theme and notes:
Coroners fear that giving such property rights to families could impede law-enforcement investigations and delay autopsies. This need not be the case.
Criminal cases should take priority, and that can be spelled out in legislation.
This ignores the fact that in many of these cases in which the organs are retained to *determine* whether or not it is a "criminal case." If we knew beforehand, we might not need to do the study. Even notification issues are not as trivial as many seem to think. Issues of *who* is really next of kin are often nontrivial, both in cases where none is known, but also in cases of atypical families where the determination of who really is the next of kin ends up in court. What happens when we notify the "wrong" next of kin? These issues arise a lot; the Medical Examiner office is not the place to make those determinations, and we should not be made liable when we fail after acting in good faith.
We are trying to answer questions about cause and manner of death important to the law, important to public health, and important to the families themselves. We care deeply about these issues and about the families and the dead. But more, we care about the truth. We believe we owe it to the victims and to society to provide the best answers we can. And, unfortunately, sometimes that means that we have to do things that the next of kin don't like.
I remember when I was a medical student many, many years ago. I was in a jurisdiction where the next of kin had to give permission for an autopsy at all — even a forensic one. As you probably know, the next of kin are frequently the culprits in homicides of family members. When this is the case, they are unlikely to consent to an autopsy. I had a patient who suffered "the dwindles" — slow weight loss, uncertain peripheral neuropathy, headaches, nonspecific mental symptoms, etc. He died shortly after admission.
I and a friend suspected arsenic poisoning, but the next of kin refused an autopsy. I snuck into the morgue, collected a hair sample, and tested it myself. It was full of arsenic. I asked about what to do, and was told that what I had done was likely illegal, and was not admissible in court in any case. It was clearly a murder, but the law about autopsies did not allow investigation.
We have come some ways in the past 30 years away from that, but the movement is now to return to magical thinking about forensics, play on that stereotype of the Medical Examiner as some sort of ghoul that lives in the basement, and applaud the criminalization of forensic medicine. A few months ago, I was vigorously criticized for doing an extensive subcutaneous dissection on a baby (where the skin is largely peeled away to look for underlying bruises) as "mutilating" the baby so that she couldn't have an open-casket funeral. In fact, a good funeral home could have prepared the baby for an open casket funeral; it simply didn't want to do the work. But even if the claim were true, and while I certainly understand the desire for such a kind of funeral, I believe that the mother's anger would have been better directed at the boyfriend who beat the child to death. Instead of attacking me for providing evidence of that beating, I believe that it serves a better purpose to use that data to prosecute the murderer.
These attacks on my profession are now occuring as those same lawyers who want to inhibit research and testing complain about the quality of "science" in forensic medicine. Most Medical Examiners agree that we need more research in forensic medicine. Unfortunately we are not funded for it — most Medical Examiner's offices are local offices with poor funding, and the medical establishment prefers to fund other initiatives. But, in fact, many Medical Examiners would love to do independent research even on their own time and on their own dime; many projects would not require a great deal of money. However, we face the further hurdle that most such projects are now illegal — to the point that even sharing data between pathologists is a felony — all because of pandering to the kind of hyperbole that legislators, the press, and the public find so appealing.
You can't have it both ways. You can't complain about the state of science in forensic medicine, and place such hurdles to investigation that it is either financially ruinous to a small office, or illegal altogether.
We care deeply about those victims we investigate. We care deeply about their families. When members of our families die, we share the same experience. Unfortunately, sometimes you can't serve both the truth and the feelings of survivors. We try to accomodate families as much as we can, but this trend to remove discretion from us, and to criminalize our basic work will do a *real* disservice to the families of victims. It limits of what we can do now, and by stopping the progress of forensic science it keeps us from providing better answers in the future.
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CORVALLIS, Ore. - Battling Oregon State throughout, the Washington State women's basketball team finally succumbed to the Beavers late in the second half in a 65-55 loss to OSU in Pacific-10 Conference women's basketball action, Saturday at Gill Coliseum.
Bianca McCall led the Cougars with a game-high 19 points while Charmaine Jones added 12. In addition, Kate Benz contributed a game-high 11 rebounds along with nine points for WSU. McCall posted her 13th game of the season, and the 34th of her career, scoring in double figures. Oregon State was led by 13 from Brina Chaney.
The Cougars were done in by two categories that are normally strengths for them. Two days after converting nine treys at Oregon -- the most by the team since 2001 -- the Cougars shot 2-of-20 from outside the arc at OSU.
Additionally, the Cougars, who are second in the Pac-10 in free throw percentage, made good on 15-of-23 (65.2 percent) attempts from the charity stripe. Conversely, OSU was a perfect 17-of-17 from the free throw line.
Ironically, the Cougars fared well in a category that has been a struggle for them, turnovers. With a season low 11 turnovers, WSU committed four fewer than OSU.
"It comes down to stats; tonight we just didn't knock them down," WSU Head Coach Sherri Murrell said. "I thought we had a great small victory tonight in how we started and how we attacked them. We forced them to go to zone. When they went to zone they forced us to have to shoot and we just didn't do it.
"I am really proud of the kids," Murrell added. "We need sustained effort like we did tonight. If we do that than smaller victories lead to bigger victories. It's too bad we came on the short end of it because I really felt we did a great job tonight."
Down 31-24 at the half, WSU (5-19, 1-14 Pac-10) blitzed the Beavers with a 10-0 run in the opening 3:42 of the second half to gain a 34-31 lead. McCall accounted for half of the Cougars' points in the run.
OSU (14-9, 8-6 Pac-10) responded with a 7-0 run of its own to retake the lead at 38-34 with 14:20 remaining. The run was broken by a Jones' 3-pointer, the first trey by the Cougars in 13 tries up to that point.
Up by three with 10:27 remaining the Beavers extended their advantage to double-digits at 57-45 with an 11-2 run.
OSU grew its lead to 61-48 but a bucket by Benz, combined with a Jones' steal and Stephanie Singer 3-pointer brought the Cougars back to 61-53 with 2:44 remaining.
After closing the gap to 61-54 with a McCall free throw, the Beavers erased any doubt as to the outcome with consecutive buckets by Anita Rivera and Krystal Turner.
The Cougars made their first three shot, all courtesy of McCall, to take a 6-3 lead just over two minutes in the game. McCall accounted for all of the Cougars' first eight points.
A 6-0 OSU run staked the Beavers to a 9-6 advantage. A pair of McCall free throws along with one from Lindsey Egeland brought the Cougars even at nine at the 14:50 mark.
OSU grabbed a two-point advantage bur four consecutive WSU points, courtesy of McCall and Jones, gave the Cougars a 13-11 lead with 12:23 remaining.
WSU extended its advantage to 17-13 but OSU went on an 11-0 run over a 4:06 span to take a 24-17 lead at the 5:12 mark. OSU maintained its seven-point advantage into the halftime break.
The first half featured five lead changes and three ties as both teams struggled from the field after hot starts. After McCall began the game 3-of-3 the Cougars went 5-23 from the field for the rest of the first half while OSU, which made four of its first seven shots, went 7-of-23 for the remainder of the half.
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Quebec's government Thursday unveiled a controversial secular charter banning public sector workers from wearing religious apparel -- including headscarves, turbans and yarmulkes.
It sets strict new dress codes for teachers, doctors, police officers, daycare workers, bureaucrats and other public sector workers, as well as offering guidelines for handling requests for exceptions.
The bill also requires people receiving state services "to have their faces uncovered."
The minister in charge of the issue, Bernard Drainville said at the charter's unveiling that he hoped the measure will unite Quebecers.
"We are convinced that, once it has passed, this charter will be a source of harmony and cohesion in Quebec and will allow us to become closer as citizens and to know each other better," he said.
But recent polls showed the proposal has so far divided the Canadian province's population, with Quebecers evenly split among those for and against it -- and opponents saying it discriminates against religious minorities.
Quebec's fragile minority government needs the support of a hostile opposition to pass the bill, and threatened a snap election if it fails. A date has yet to be announced for the the vote.
The proposed "Charter affirming the values of State secularism and religious neutrality and of equality between women and men, and providing a framework for accommodation requests" is a response to growing calls by ethnic minorities for religious accommodations, Drainville has said.
The draft, unveiled with only modest amendments after three months of public consultations, says it aims to lay out "the separation of religions and state and the religious neutrality and secular nature of the state."
However that neutrality may not apply to a crucifix that has adorned the main chamber of Quebec's National Assembly since 1936, which will stay up in deference to the province's "cultural heritage," unless lawmakers choose otherwise in a separate vote.
The federal government meanwhile has vowed to fight in court against the proposed charter, which it sees as an afront to the nation's much-vaunted multiculturalism and Canadians' constitutional rights and religious freedoms.


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One of the objectives of the $1000 challenge was to get a better understanding of what poverty really feels like. Some might say that I haven't gotten the best flavor of that, having gone on business trips and allowing my friends to treat me to dinner (twice). It's a fair point. So today I decided to reflect on the original intent of the challenge — among other things, to learn about benefits and other assistance programs available to those living in poverty.
After rent, food makes up the largest component of my $1000 budget. So how do people that are living on a $1000 a month get by and still eat complete and balanced meals? I've known that food stamps exist, but I haven't really known the first thing about them. The first thing I learned is that SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) is the new name of the food stamp program since 2009. There aren't actually stamps any more, essentially a debit card that is given out to recipients that is good for food purchases.
What really had my curiosity peaked: Would I be eligible for food stamps (or a food debit card) if I were actually making $1000 a month? I decided to look into it.
The USDA has a handy online calculator that lets you estimate what your benefits might be. After inputting information about my hypothetical income ($1000 gross) and assets ($0), the calculator revealed that I would likely qualify for $36 to $46 per month.
Some interesting facts about the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program:
As of November 2010, there are 43.6 million people in the United States receiving food assistance as part of SNAP, or 14% of the population. On average they received $134 per person per month in 2010 or $293 per household. All in all, it's a $68.3 billion dollar program funded by the federal government. And it appears that likely due to the economy, the number of people collecting food assistance has risen dramatically, from 26 million in 2006 to 43mm in November 2010.
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S. 2388 would modify certain personnel policies for the commissioned officer corps of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Based on information provided by NOAA, CBO estimates that implementing the legislation would have no significant impact on the federal budget. Enacting the legislation could affect offsetting receipts (a credit against direct spending) from payments made by individuals who enter the corps but fail to complete their required service obligations as well as revenues from fines levied on individuals who wear the uniform of the NOAA commission officer corps without proper authorization. Therefore, pay-as-you-go procedures apply. However, CBO estimates that any such impacts would be insignificant.
The bill would establish service requirements for individuals enlisting in the NOAA commissioned officer corps. Under the bill, any officer who fails to meet those requirements would be obligated to repay NOAA an amount equal to the costs incurred to train that officer. Based on information provided by NOAA regarding the cost of such training, CBO estimates that the total amount of payments to NOAA from officers who fail to meet their service obligations would be minimal.
S. 2388 also would make it illegal for any individual to wear the uniform of the NOAA commissioned officer corps without proper authorization. Violators would be subject to criminal penalties; however, CBO estimates that any amounts collected would minimal and would be offset by associated direct spending.
Finally, the bill would authorize NOAA to pay certain expenses related to higher education for individuals serving in the commissioned officer corps or individuals who commit to serving in the corps after completing a college degree. Based on information provided by the agency about the number of officers who would receive such assistance, CBO estimates that implementing this provision would cost less than $500,000 a year, assuming the availability of appropriated funds.
The bill would impose intergovernmental and private-sector mandates as defined in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act (UMRA). The bill would increase the costs of complying with existing mandates related to protections for personnel in the NOAA commissioned officer corps. It would impose an additional intergovernmental mandate by preempting state and local laws relating to jury exemptions. CBO estimates that the aggregate cost of complying with the mandates would fall below the annual thresholds established in UMRA for intergovernmental and private-sector mandates ($73 million and $146 million in 2012, respectively, adjusted annually for inflation).


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Flower colour
Lilac, Purple
Skill level
This species which originates in northern Italy, is one of the earliest flowering crocuses. It produces flowers in a range of attractive shades of purple and lilac, many with striped outer petals. For a bold effect plant them in pots and move them into a prominent position as they come into flower. They also look good naturalised in drifts among herbaceous plants and deciduous shrubs and trees.
Family: Iridaceae
Genus: Crocus
Species: imperati
Plant type: Spring-blooming bulb
Flower colour: Lilac, Purple
Foliage colour: Mid-green
Feature: Flowers
Sun exposure: Full sun
Soil: Well-drained/light, Clay/heavy, Chalky/alkaline
Hardiness: Hardy
Skill level: Experienced
Height: 10cm
Spread: 5cm
Time to divide plants: April to May
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