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(WOMENSENEWS)--When the Susan G. Komen for the Cure went public about its internal rift over Planned Parenthood in January, the year was off and running for women's media rights and leadership.
Before 2012 was over, Planned Parenthood, under the leadership of Cecile Richards, was lauded for its winning record of campaign spending.
One of the biggest episodes of this women's media year involved Rush Limbaugh and Sandra Fluke, the Georgetown University Law student that Limbaugh called a slut and insulted no fewer than 46 times. Jodi Jacobson "and 3,565 followers" started a petition to get ProFlowers to withdraw its sponsorship of "The Limbaugh Show." It spread like wildfire on the Web and within a month 68 sponsors dropped support. The Limbaugh show still airs, but due to an inflated contract, over-hyped listener numbers and very low revenues, it is costing radio stations to run it.
The Melissa Harris Perry show launched in February on MSNBC, adding a huge boost to the voices of progressive women of color.
New Jersey teenagers used social media to press for a female moderator of the presidential debates. They garnered a lot of press and whether coincidence or not, Candy Crowley wound up moderating CNN's face off between President Barack Obama and the GOP challenger Mitt Romney.
Women organized when Virginia and Texas attacked abortion with new laws--TRAP aggravations (medically unnecessary, politically motivated state regulations) in the former and trans-vaginal ultrasounds requirements in the latter. They led demonstrations on Capitol steps and the feminist blogosphere moved public awareness by ripple effect from their platforms into other progressive and mainstream media.
To ridicule the Texas law, for instance, Gary Trudeau created a character who seeks an abortion appearing in his longstanding "Doonesbury" strip. It was censored in over 50 media outlets. The year wasn't even a quarter over yet.
Inflammatory GOP Comments
During the thick of the election two Senate candidates--"illegitimate rape" Todd Akin and "pregnancy by rape 'was part of God's plan'" Richard Mourdock--bellowed their ignorance about women's bodies. Feminist media writers and spokeswomen were no longer alone. GOP candidate Romney provoked a flood of visual amusement and Halloween costumes with a debate reference to "binders full of women."
By the year's midpoint, 25 studies, reports or articles that investigated forms of severe media bias against women were published.
"Racial and Gender Differences in the Relationship Between Children's Television Use and Self-Esteem: A Longitudinal Panel Study" by two professors--Nicole Martins at Indiana University Bloomington and Kristen Harrison, director of the Media Psychology group at the Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan--documented the deleterious effects of television on the self-esteem of young boys of color and all girls.
In a study of film festivals, The Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film at San Diego State University found that only 18 percent of independent dramatic works are directed by women.
In January at the Sundance Film Festival, dramatic and documentary features submitted by women made up a meager 17 percent. (Reason why that matters: When women can't tell stories they can't dismantle repressive norms and foster visions for change.)
In February VIDA, Women in Literary Arts, released its annual report, The Count. It continued to find women's bylines in low supply at major literary magazines and reports on literature. The New York Review of Books ranked with a particularly low score of 19 women to 133 male writers.
Among a myriad of data in "Women Rule," a report by Women Who Tech, it was found that 55 percent of women use social media but only 5 percent of tech start-ups are women owned.
That's just a sample. All told, the year's findings on women and media provide an anthology of persistent discrimination by corporate, commercial media. Which is why more women-owned independent media is paramount.
2012 Accomplishments, Setbacks
In this area we see quite a few accomplishments. To name just a few:
- Women's eNews, the nonprofit publisher of this commentary, is now in its 13th year.
- RH Reality Check transitioned to its own 501(3), and through outstanding growth is now hiring five new staff.
- Feminist Frequency's "Tropes vs Women" video series drew 6,968 backers on Kickstarter with $158,922; making a funding rate of 2,548 percent. (Yes, 2,548 percent, not a typo.)
- After a successful Indiegogo fundraiser, Women Action and the Media, a national advocacy organization which seeks gender equity in media, is building a network of members--"a new kind of justice league"--to initiate a gender justice media ecosystem.
But the year also saw setbacks:
- Tight money forced New Moon Girls, a 20-year-old magazine, to cancel its summer hard-copy edition.
- In August, after 24 years of operation, Boston-based Teen Voices closed its doors.
- The 40-year-old Our Bodies Ourselves has had to tighten its belt. They just concluded a special fundraising campaign, "Send Our Bodies Ourselves to Congress," to make sure lawmakers were better informed about real women's health issues. The effort squeaked by with just enough raised to send every member of Congress a copy of the book.
Women's media matters because, among other things, it affects laws and politics.
Five of the six female candidates supported by the Women's Campaign Fund won their Senate races. This is a great victory. In the House races, however, the campaign's 16 wins were outnumbered by 22 losses. State legislative challenges turned up a higher failure rate for candidates backed by the fund.
What if more women's media could have covered more of these races? We'll never know the answers, but we know media with a gendered view can spotlight women's issues within local congressional districts not only during election cycles, but also on an on-going, regular basis.
In 2013, champions of progressive women need to build alliances with independent women-led media to accomplish this. In the new year women with capital resources, and other investors, need to step up to increase their support of women-led media.
If not, we will lose the ability to frame issues on our own terms and many of our concerns will remain invisible. Hiring a first-ever woman to work on media policy from a gender justice lens--like ensuring the Federal Communications Commission fulfills its commitment to women's media-ownership or tying together all the variant media reports of 2012 into one large sweeping report--would be a good place to begin.
Ariel Dougherty is media maker and strategist with over 40 years experience working in the feminist media and cultural communities.
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Church Stretton Cottages
Just show me Church Stretton Cottages
Enjoy the 'great outdoors' in a Church Stretton cottage
scattered in and around this historic market town on the
English/Welsh border. Situated in an AONB renowned for ancient rock
formations, it attracts lovers of fresh air and countryside.
'Walkers Welcome' at a Church Stretton cottage
There's no better place to lace up than a Church Stretton
cottage, with miles of wonderful walking in the Shropshire Hills on
your doorstep. Known as 'Little Switzerland' during
Victorian times, Church Stretton proudly boasts the 'Walkers
Welcome' status and hosts a Walking Festival every June. For
amazing panoramic views, head to the top of the Long Mynd, looming
high above town and featuring a rocky plateau - you can take the
shuttle bus up at weekends and then enjoy the downhill walk back.
The Long Mynd is also known for golf, gliding, hang gliding and
paragliding, as well as horse riding and mountain biking along
cross-country routes.
Back in town visit the thriving antiques' centre. Browse a
wide variety of independent shops or stalls at the twice-weekly
market. Look out for the rather crude Sheela-na-gig at the Norman
church of St. Laurence. Break for refreshments in cosy tearooms,
cafes and traditional inns. Or play crazy golf in the Town Park. In
addition to walking, annual events range from real ale trails,
music and art to summer and festive carnivals.
Our Church Stretton cottages also make great bases from which to
tour the surrounding area, filled with interesting towns and
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It would be great to be able to use "windows": { } and "osx": {} in user preferences file.I tried using Preferences (Windows).sublime-settings in User but this still does not work.
Ideally having one file would be best, so you can edit all the config in one place but the ability to use Preferences (OS).sublime-settings file in User would be good as well.
I find for some reason Source Code Pro font looks great in Medium on Windows, but far too fat on OSX so I want to use Light. But if I use Light on Windows it is really thin and looks weird.
Looks like (OS) works for keymap but preferences still are not supported.


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STOCKTON - Armed men tied up a woman during a home invasion robbery Wednesday night in south Stockton, police said.
The victim told officers she was home in the 2000 block of Pock Lane about 9:55 p.m. when the men forcibly entered the residence and knocked her to the ground. One held her at gunpoint while the other brandished a knife, police said.
The men took undisclosed items from the home before fleeing, authorities said. One of the intruders was described as a Latino man 22 to 24 years old, 5 feet 3 to 5 feet 4 inches tall and 160 to 180 pounds with a gray T-shirt and blue jeans, police said. The other was described as a Latino man 25 to 26 years old, 5 feet 4 to 5 feet 5 inches tall and 250 to 280 pounds with a dark gray hooded sweatshirt and black jeans.
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Children's Health
Make Weight Loss a Family Affair
April 6, 2012 -- Want to get your overweight child to lose weight, but don't know how?
Do the same thing yourself.
This is the main finding from a new study of 80 overweight or obese children and their parents. When parents lost weight, their kids did, too. For each one unit decrease in the parent's body mass index or BMI, children lost one quarter of a BMI unit.
"That is a lot of weight on a child," says researcher Kerri N. Boutelle, PhD. She is an associate professor of pediatrics and psychiatry at University of California-San Diego and Rady Children's Hospital, also in San Diego.
Since 1970, the rate of childhood obesity in the U.S. has tripled. About 1 in 3 children in America are overweight or obese. As a result, obesity-related diseases and conditions normally only seen in adults are increasingly diagnosed in kids.
To find out what helps children lose weight and what doesn't, Boutelle and colleagues looked at a number of factors. These included a parent's weight loss, changes in foods served at home, and parenting style such as setting limits on behavior.
The researchers divided the families into two groups. In one group, parent and child attended separate sessions in a five-month weight loss program that included dietary changes, exercise, behavioral change skills, and parenting skills. In the other group, parents were the only ones who participated in the weight loss program.
"The only thing that was associated with weight loss was parental weight loss," Boutelle says.
Study: No I in Team
The average BMI of parents in the study was obese, but not all the parents in the study were overweight. The findings may have been even more dramatic if all the parents were overweight or obese, Boutelle says.
"Children look up to their parents," she says. "It is not fair to tell a child to lose weight if you don't do it yourself."
It has to be a team effort.
Her message to parents? "Walk your own talk."
Nazrat Mirza, MD, is a pediatrician at the Obesity Institute at Children's National Medical Center in Washington, D.C. "This study reaffirms the role of the parent and the fact that changes need to be made in the home environment to be sustainable."


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Though it might be interesting to know what people are using for configuration to run the media server on, and what settings you are using.
I'll start off with what I'm guessing must be in the very low end of the scale.. :
A almost 10 year old 548Mhz PIII with 768Mb RAM.
Network is 100Mbs wired.
I honestly did not think this would work at all but to my suprise I've actually managed to watch a couple of 720p movies on it. Of course the CPU is maxed out and no one can even look at the PC before it starts stuttering, but still! To get this to work I had to set it to use the TsMuxer and changed to stereo sound, everything else is pretty much default values as I'm really not qualified to change anything..
So let's hear it, what are you using and what's your settings?


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- Jun 26:
- Same-sex marriage: Evening rallies unleash jubilation after court rulings
- DOMA repeal will keep Orinda husband from deportation to Mexico
- Prop. 8: Bay Area's gay rights advocates celebrate same-sex marriage rulings
- Gay marriage: Proposition 8 appears doomed in California after Supreme Court ruling
- Gay marriage: How TV helped nudge society on the issue
- Bay Area lawmakers' reactions to marriage rulings
- Timeline: Key dates in the American gay rights movement
- Prop. 8: Obama calls to congratulate California gay marriage plaintiffs, hails court's rulings
- Prop. 8: Supreme Court ends California ban on gay marriage but fight remains
- Obama on DOMA: 'Supreme Court has righted a wrong'
- Document: California Attorney General Kamala Harris addresses marriage licenses
- Document: U.S. Supreme Court ruling on DOMA, the Defense of Marriage Act
- Raw Video: Prop 8 Supreme Court decision reactions
- Document: U.S. Supreme Court ruling on Proposition 8 and gay marriage
- Prop. 8 and DOMA: Bay Area greets gay marriage rulings with joy
- Jun 25:
- Same-sex marriage: Bay Area events planned after high court releases decision
- California gay marriage ruling: Supreme Court has many options
- U.S. Supreme Court to decide gay marriage cases today
Q What does the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in the Proposition 8 case mean for legalizing same-sex marriage in California?
A Barring unforeseen developments, it is likely that same-sex marriages will begin in the near future, most likely by the latter part of July.
Q Is there any roadblock left to same-sex marriages in California, or anything that could accelerate the process?
A Proposition 8 supporters argue that a federal judge's 2010 ruling blocking enforcement of the gay marriage ban does not apply statewide, and may not have legal effect at all. Most legal experts say this argument is unlikely to prevail, but it could tie things up with further legal battles. And it is possible matters could move more swiftly if a federal appeals court agrees to the attorney general's request to allow same-sex marriages to proceed immediately or sooner than the typical 25-day waiting period for Supreme Court rulings to become final.
Q What does the Supreme Court's ruling striking down the federal Defense of Marriage Act mean for California and the rest of the country?
A DOMA barred same-sex couples from federal benefits, such as married tax recognition and surviving spouse rights. With the law now off the books, the federal government must treat legally married same-sex couples the same as heterosexual couples in terms of benefits. This covers 18,000 couples married in California in 2008, as well as those who may now marry soon with the apparent demise of Proposition 8.
Q How soon might same-sex couples marry in California?
A The most widespread estimate is about 25 days, the typical time frame for Supreme Court rulings to become final. Attorney General Kamala Harris is trying to move things faster, but that is considered unlikely.
Q Will same-sex couples be able to marry in all 58 counties in California?
A Most likely, but there could be counties that resist and argue that the state cannot order them to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. That could result in further legal skirmishes involving those counties.
Howard Mintz covers legal affairs. Contact him at 408-286-0236. Follow him at Twitter.com/hmintz.


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Everyone's Entitled to Opinions
Published: Wednesday, July 24, 2013 at 12:01 a.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, July 23, 2013 at 8:23 p.m.
In reference to Martha M. Sherouse's letter to the editor, be advised, Ms. Sherouse, that it is the Lakeland Police Department ["Legislators, Sheriff's Office Should Stay Out Of LPD Reformation," July 17]. It is not the Lisa Womack, Gow Fields, Doug Thomas or anyone else's police department.
Representatives, residents and anyone who maintains a presence in the city has a right, if not an obligation, to weigh in on the issues of public service. An argument could be made that anyone who regularly travels the city streets has a vested interest in all aspects of maintenance and policing thereon.
Furthermore, Sheriff Grady Judd has been uncharacteristically quiet concerning the issues at LPD. The only thing I am aware of is that when asked, he said he would help if needed. He also implied that support for intervention would have to be unanimous among the city leaders.
I fear that Ms. Sherouse's confidence in Chief Womack is undeserved. Perhaps, if we were talking about Chief Jane Castor from Tampa, I could agree that the situation could be reversed. However, Ms Womack's woes grow worse every day.
Concerning State Attorney Jerry Hill's fairness, he has a job to do and he has done it well for quite a while. Mr. Hill relies on law enforcement to give him the tools to prosecute criminals. Lacking reliable information and testimony, his job becomes impossible. As for his letters being released to the press, I consider that a laudable "government in the sunshine" practice. The public has a right to know why criminals are not being convicted of their crimes.
Election time will be here soon and we will have an opportunity to endorse the people and positions we support and remove any roadblocks to progress. I hope you are taking notes, I sure am.
Reader comments posted to this article may be published in our print edition. All rights reserved. This copyrighted material may not be re-published without permission. Links are encouraged.


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Voices: Bernie Clark, On Grooming Tomorrow's Leaders
Bernie Clark is head of Schwab Advisor Services, a unit of Charles Schwab that provides custody and other support services to independent registered investment advisers.
Registered investment adviser firms managed more than $2.8 trillion in 2011 compared with $1.3 trillion ten years ago, according to Cerulli Associates.
The first generation of RIA principals and chief executives created a new way to manage wealth. Now they have to start thinking about transitioning the management of that wealth to the next generation of advisers. Every firm should have a succession plan that outlines who will take over its leadership roles once current leaders step down from their positions as CEOs and principals.
Among other responsibilities, the next generation of RIA leaders will handle many of the inter-generational wealth transfers between baby boomer clients and future generations. But an average of 50% of assets involved in an inter-generational wealth transfer do not stay at the financial adviser where they started, according to a 2011 study by business consulting firm Capgemini. So, RIAs have their work cut out for them.
We predict that successful leaders in the next generation will have spent at least five to ten years shadowing their predecessors, learning the company's culture, and building their own relationships with existing clients. Even once the transfer of power takes place, it's wise for the first generation of leaders to stay on. It's important for the new leaders to have the benefit of their counsel and for clients to have time to prepare for the change.
If an RIA firm doesn't have the perfect in-house candidate for the next principal or CEO, it's very common to use mergers and acquisitions for succession planning.
For example, we recently helped facilitate the merger of two large West Coast firms. One was a money management firm that focused on investing, and the other was a more holistic wealth planning firm. One firm's management was the first generation, while the other firm's management was younger. The merged company wrote a succession plan that allowed for the first generation to continue running the company for the present, gradually ceding power to the new generation. Each firm had what the other needed.
The biggest worry is that some firms don't have any specific succession plans in writing. It's really important that there is a fall-back succession plan in place, even if it gets modified down the road. There are many different ways to bring in new leadership, and considerations such as whether they will be equity partners or not, or how fast the transition of power will take place, need to be spelled out.
Because RIA firms care so deeply about their clients, succession planning is a natural concern, and many firms have already started passing the torch to the right people. But those who haven't should start now if they want their firm to continue to succeed in the future.


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At the end of a long academic day, 18 undergraduate students enter Dr. Suzanne Marshall's Southern Oregon History 251 class at Southern Oregon University. Three guests, students from Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI), have walked over from their class, Writing Your Life, to help out today.
Marshall opens the blinds and lets the world in, setting the stage for today's workshop. She begins, "Oral history is a valuable source for understanding the past through the experiences of the people who lived it."
Today's lesson: How to conduct an oral history interview with a focus on a particular historic event/time period using the Minnesota Historical Society's "Do's and Don't When Interviewing."
Don't talk too much. Do ask open-ended questions. Don't rush the interview. Do listen quietly and carefully and actively. Don't interrupt. Stick to subject, get specific details. Don't challenge a story. Keep the interview brief. Great communication reminders for us all.
Now it's time to have a brave student model newly learned skills. Ian Rogers volunteers to interview OLLI student Lynn Ransford. Up to the front of the class they go, with Ransford carrying a large, framed picture under her arm.
"What was one of your first childhood memories?" asks Rogers. Ransford holds up the framed picture and we discover it is Franklin D. Roosevelt. When she was in kindergarten, Ransford would give a silent wave to this image of FDR as she walked by him in the hallway of their house. One day following the wave she heard her parents crying in the other room. FDR had died. She will never forget that day and neither will history.
Next the class pairs up to hone students' interviewing skills. "Tell me about your childhood" easily opens the door to the important stories that each student has to share. The room comes alive with personal history.
The oral history project begins. Students' hands go up as Marshall calls out a list of people to be interviewed: 1960s feminist, Peace Corps volunteer, a 90-year-old who will talk about anything in the 20th century, Nuclear Age environmental activist, child during World War II in Europe. Each student leaves today's class with a pink index card with the name of an OLLI student's contact information. Appointments will be made and professional, historic interviews conducted.
New historical information will now be recorded and never forgotten.
— Heidi Monjure
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Editors, like file managers and browsers, are legion. To carve out a niche for itself an editor needs to have some compelling or unique feature(s). QuiEdit is unique. No, really. It is. If you want to write, unplugged from the distractions of the digital world, it has to be a contender. How?
QuiEdit isn't in the Ubuntu repositories or any of the major distros; so, you'll have to grab a stand-alone binary at the developer's website. There is a Ubuntu/Debian package as well as source code and a PPA for Ubuntu users.
Once installed, starting QuiEdit reveals why it effectively unplugs you from the rest of your computer. Well, a picture paints a thousand words so here it is in all its minimalist glory: it's in the opening image of this article.
It's full screen. You can't resize or minimize it. The only way to get back to other running applications is by
ALT+TAB. No fancy GUI, no menus, no buttons but it's your firewall against distraction. Strictly speaking, that's not entirely true. When you start it for the first time it is in full screen mode but
CTRL+SHIFT+F will reduce it and you can then minimize it. If you close QuiEdit in either mode it will restart in that mode.
Finding your way around is by that ancient device, the keyboard. So
CTRL+H is your first port of call.
Use the scroll wheel to view Help.
CTRL+H again to clear it. Start writing. When you save your text you'll ge a surprise. Here's a short pasted section of text I saved and then opened with Gedit.
Yes, that's the default save mode. I like this uber-minimal editor but I would also like the ability to save as
.txt files too. I contacted the developer who has kindly added it as a feature request on Github. That will complete it nicely.
If you want to write your stuff in Markdown and then convert to a hoist of other formats (including HTML, LaTeX, PDF) I can only recommend Pandoc.
It can also convert from HTML into any other format, so you can stil use QuiEdit ;)
Other options
This looks quite a lot like PyRoom.
I use Focuswriter (http://gottcode.org/focuswriter) for this, write all my articles in it - it supports basic formatting and will export to RTF and ODT.
Whats wrong with the command line?
Try going to another virtual terminal (CTRL+ALT+F2), then login, then try one of these commands:
There you go, a distraction free writer.


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Major in Classical Humanities
Offered by the Saint Louis University College of Arts and Sciences
Download a fact sheet about SLU's undergraduate classical humanities degree.
Saint Louis University Classical Humanities Program OverviewSaint Louis University's classical humanities major allows you to concentrate in Latin, Greek or both languages. Designed for students pursuing a course of study that is facilitated by knowledge of classical languages and culture - including law, medicine, theology, philosophy, political science, anthropology, art history and others - SLU's classical humanities curriculum is flexible and offers many types of tutorials and independent study options.
You'll have access to the University's Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies and the Vatican Film Library on campus, as well as access to computer software and Internet support specifically for Latin and Greek studies, literary studies and comparative literature.
What You'll Learn in SLU's Classical Humanities ProgramSaint Louis University's major in classical humanities requires 27 credit hours. You will choose from three prerequisites in Latin, Greek or both and go on to take six electives from the languages as well as upper-division courses relating to classical culture.
What Can You Do With a Classical Humanities Degree from SLU?Most classical humanities graduates continue their professional study in classical languages or in other fields. Recent graduates of SLU's classical humanities program have entered fields such as law, theological studies, social work, art history, hospital administration and education following graduate programs.
Learn more about SLU's undergraduate admission requirements, scholarships and financial aid, or take our majors quiz to find other SLU undergraduate degrees that might interest you.


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Mold 1
Entry from British & World English dictionary
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(British mould)
1A hollow container used to give shape to molten or hot liquid material (such as wax or metal) when it cools and hardens.
Example sentences
- Casting is a process by which a liquid or molten material is shaped by pouring into a mould that contains the negative impression of a desired model.
- Then he pours liquid gelatin into the mold and lets it harden.
- The artificial limb is made inserting the mould into the molten material.
1.1Something made in a mold, especially a gelatin dessert or a mousse: lobster mold with a sauce of carrots and port
More example sentences
- Both times were screaming fiascos and we couldn't understand why, so we decided to blame it on the recipe and the molds, and we moved on with our lives.
- There are the usual Jello molds, spinach dips and salads, green nacho chips, and pickle displays.
- Judy suggests garnishing the mold with fresh raspberries and whole cranberries.
2 [in singular] A distinctive and typical style, form, or character: he planned to conquer the world as a roving reporter in the mold of his hero the latest policy document is still stuck in the old mold
More example sentences
- What was a masterful, elegiac character study in the mould of Le Carré's classic A Perfect Spy becomes an angry disquisition on contemporary geopolitics.
- The switch to the West Coast offense doesn't mean the team will become a pass-first team in the mold of the old 49ers.
- Wilson crafts this social satire in the mould of Thackeray or Trollope, crisscrossing class barriers with fluid facility.
character, nature, temperament, disposition;
2.1 archaic The form or shape of something, especially the features or physique of a person or the build of an animal.
pattern, form, shape, format, model, kind, type, style;
archetype, prototype
3A frame or template for producing moldings.
Example sentences
- Mantels made of plaster offer a very smooth finish and, because they are poured in molds, a level of intricate detail not usually achieved by wood carving.
- He showed them how he uses hand tools and traditional early Victorian moulds to create his designs for brickwork.
- With the cornicing, for example, Bryant had a mould taken from the original and a new plaster cornice made for the new ceiling.
verb[with object]
1Form (an object with a particular shape) out of easily manipulated material: a Connecticut inventor molded a catamaran out of polystyrene foam
More example sentences
- To reduce friction and ensure the timely release of the protective guard, however, each component had to be molded from a different material.
- At about the time Hanson began making his realistic figures in the 1960s, other artists were also making life-sized figures molded from actual people.
- I think it was a bowl and I was abusing it, using it outside on the front steps to mold snow sculptures.
1.1Give a shape to (a malleable substance): take the marzipan and mold it into a cone shape
More example sentences
- The paper is then moulded into the shape of clay sculptures that Stephen and David have designed, and attached to the sculptures to protect them from damage.
- Tops creates moulded glass sculptures using kiln casting, inspired by everyday items such as taps and bolts, with part of the sculpture in the original metal, and the rest in glass.
- Raw materials used for CCM discs are made up of carbon fiber, phenol resin and silicon; the fibers and resin are molded in the geometric shape of the braking band.
1.2Influence the formation or development of: the professionals who were helping to mold US policy
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- The second dominating influence moulding his life was the threat of blindness that hit him just after he had arrived at Edinburgh University as an outstanding sportsman and scholar aged 17.
- These successes, if that is what they are, are tinged with a jealousy that legal writers elsewhere have a more publicly acknowledged involvement in moulding the law's development.
- The movies of the time did more than represent or reflect society - they influenced and moulded it, too.
1.3 (often as adjective molded) Shape (a column, ceiling, or other part of a building) to a particular design, especially a decorative molding: a corridor with a molded cornice
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- The first and largest bedroom, overlooking the rear garden, is a well proportioned double with polished timber floorboards and moulded ceiling cornices.
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- The former NatWest bank in the High Street was built in 1838 and boasts high - moulded ceilings and Gothic columns.
break the mold
- Put an end to a restrictive pattern of events or behavior by doing things in a markedly different way: his work did much to break the mold of the old urban sociologyMore example sentences
- Would someone attempt to break the mold and introduce a different element?
- It is about being willing to take a few risks, having the courage to break the mould and not just blindly following a set pattern in your life.
- What it boils down to I am afraid is that everybody is too busy looking out for themselves and is too scared to break the mould of what society has defined as acceptable behaviour for its members.
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- Together, the new technologies gave Europe and the United States an abundant and inexpensive, rigid yet moldable, material, which was an important contribution to the industrial revolution.
- Educational systems that discourage students perpetuate the creation of obedient, moldable, passive, and low-paid future workers incapable of changing systems.
Middle English: apparently from Old French modle, from Latin modulus (see modulus).
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(British mould)
A furry growth of minute fungal hyphae occurring typically in moist warm conditions, especially on food or other organic matter.
- The fungi belong to the subdivision Deuteromycotina (or Ascomycotina).
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Late Middle English: probably from obsolete mould, past participle of moul 'grow moldy', of Scandinavian origin; compare with Old Norse mygla 'grow moldy'.
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1.1The upper soil of cultivated land, especially when rich in organic matter.
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I Never Take You For Granted
I'd just like to say thank you so much for watching For Better Or Worse on TBS last Friday. I'm so proud of the cast and you. Thank you for your support. You have no idea what it means to me and the people who work with and for me to have your support. Without you, our lives would be very different, but because you're there a lot of people are seeing their dreams come true. Thank you again and again.
Tomorrow, Friday, July 20th, new For Better Or Worse and new House of Payne episodes will be on TBS starting at 8/7c. Check them out if you can. Don't worry, I'm not going to bombard you with emails every week about these shows... LOL. But I do want you to be aware that they're on every Friday on TBS. This week, Bobbi Kristina makes her acting debut. Whitney would be so proud. Krissi did such a great job. I was blown away by her acting debut! You'll see...
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November 6, 2006
There is more new information in the fair ride accident that put an Augusta teen in the hospital.
News 12 has learned District Attorney Danny Craig is in Wilmington, North Carolina today. He took an agent from the GBI with him.
They are taking a closer look at the Orbiter ride, which is now in winter storage in North Carolina.
13-year-old Desire Northington was thrown 60 feet from that ride at the Georgia Carolina State Fair in October.
Now there's concern the ride may have been running backward, and the DA wants to interview the owner and the people responsible for that ride.
The fair in Columbia County has the exact same ride, but called the Ion.
Last Friday, the Georgia Department of Labor ordered all Orbiter and Ion rides shut down.
News 12 spoke to a man named Cliff who has worked on fair rides for more than 24 years. He is currently working to maintain rides at the fair in Columbia County.
"We are under the state of Georgia law not to run a ride," he said of the Ion. "They've been in the U.S. for 34 years. Most shows have one."
He says he has never heard of anything like what happened at the fair in Augusta, where 13-year-old Desire Northington was thrown 60 feet from an Orbiter ride.
There's concern that Orbiter may have been running backwards.
"Are the buckets supposed to run a certain way?" we asked.
"Yeah," Cliff said.
And that seems to be the big question tonight. Was the ride running the right way?
News 12 shot video of the Orbiter at the Georgia Carolina State Fair, when it was briefly reopened after the accident.
Experts in the amusement industry say the ride as a whole is supposed to spin clockwise, and the buckets at the end of the arms are supposed to spin counterclockwise.
They say it if doesn't run this way, it can create too much force for the riders.
These experts have apparently seen our video, and say it may hold a clue about what happened that night.
Georgia's labor department says its investigation is still open.
That's in addition to the GBI and the district attorney's probe.
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Well Excuse Me! - Remorse, Apology, and Criminal Sentencing
Jeffrie G. Murphy
Arizona State University College of Law
Arizona State Law Journal, Vol. 38, No. 2, Summer 2006
There is a growing body of literature on apology and law. Until recently, most of this literature has dealt with apology in private or civil law, but there is now a significant body of literature developing on apology in criminal law. Most of this literature is very positive about the potential legal role of apology and in this way extends into law a general cultural celebration of apology and other expressions of remorse - a celebration so pervasive that some have even referred to present day America as a "culture of apology." In this essay the author expresses considerable skepticism about our culture of apology and raises doubts about the general idea of integrating apology and remorse into criminal sentencing.
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Date posted: June 23, 2006
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The Victorian model is badass. I don't know what you're talking about. It's killer.
I know what you mean about gouache. It's difficult to work with but if you can get a nice, even layer without pools, the dried color is awesome. Those aren't bad color studies. I remember doing them by the dozen in art school. These days you can whip out 500 of them in about as many minutes digitally.
Nice work, overall.
Posting more stuff throughout the day.
I'll put up some more recent drawings tonight probably.
Are those both chipboard?
Nope. The chair is made out of illustration board, and second image is made out of foam core
That chair looks like it was a pain in the ass to make. Nice work, though!
My first attempt at drawing a clear, plastic, reusable bottle I got from my college orientation. I was pretty happy with how the cap for it came out but I got too carried away with the light on the body of it.
The second attempt. Really happy with how this came out, the base is a bit wonky though. I tried to pay more attention to how the light was hitting and reflecting off the surface. I think this came out a lot better than the first attempt.
I've never drawn a skull before so this was a first for me. It still has some work left to be done on it; the skull I drew from had a lot of value changes so I tried to simplify them a bit more. I'm happy with most of it except the back of the skull around the top. It looks rather blotchy, so I'll try and fix that when I go back to it.
While it is fairly late, I think I want to differentiate my topic a bit from the other Artists a tad, to give it it's own personality, maybe get people more involved in the art forums. It looks, at least to me, that only a handful of people regularly post here. In order to liven things up I think I'll post some art related-ish questions every once and a while. Maybe we can get some serious discussions going, or something.
So the Question of the week (?) will be…
What is your favorite colour? Why? It can be very specific or fairly general
Purple would be my favorite color. I enjoy the depth of it. To me it is very ominous yet pleasant. I find it soothing to look at over most colours and gives me a sort of calming experience. I feel like there is a lot more going on inside the colour then we may expect, almost like there is an inner battle going on inside, a psychological battle of different personas. Is it evil? Is it good? Is it straight, or is it gay? How was it raised from adolescents to adulthood? Was it beaten? Was it used?
Is it happy, or is it sad? I just find there are a lot of questions you can come up for it, but they can go unanswered or have multiple answers to different people. It's a very mysterious and thoughtful colour.
I know that probably sounds weird to a lot of people, maybe even insane but that's just the why I see it and that is my opinion on it
So if your brave enough, What is your favorite colour and why? It doesn't have to be a deep thought provoking answer, but I think everyone has some sort of reason that a particular colour calls to them.
I sort of consider color contextual… I like green lights, white wine, blue skies, and golden showers.
The most spiritual color relationship, to me, is this:
Well college has been starting up slower than I had anticipated, or maybe I just am managing my time more wisely, but we will see I guess.
Anyways, I think it's time for a new question:
What game has a more interesting art direction Bioshock, or Borderlands?
I got this question into my head due to a number of factors, but mainly because the Bioshock team is set to release a book of concept art from Bioshock Infinite along with the launch of Bioshock Infinite. I think both games have their own unique visual styles, but what game has that extra "oomph" that just grabs your attention more? With Borderlands 2 due this month (?) and Bioshock Infinite (Early 2013, February?) I think this is a relevant topic since most consumers will purchase games based their art/graphics. These two games came to mind for stand-out artwork, Borderland with its Cell Shading and Mad Max vibe and Bioshock with its dark, retro set pieces.
other games are welcome to the discussion, but please avoid games with realistic type graphics
Originally posted by petesahooligan:
The most spiritual color relationship, to me, is this:
You read my mind? That's exactly what I consider the most spiritual color combination. The warm grey is absolutely the same as in my brain.
Weeeell I don't think Borderlands 2 is much (if any) different than Borderlands 1, and while I found it interesting it became slightly annoying after a few hours. I like ink'n'paint styles very much but something about their lineweight bothers me. The textures are very well done, though. And the environments, the scenes, that was my favourite thing in the game.
And I've never played Bioshock, I will when I get the time, but I liked the visuals I've seen and the in-game posters look great. I'd totally buy an artbook.
Rage has been my latest favourite game far as graphics are considered.
I think the cell shading in Borderlands became a very distinguishing factor during it's original release. When the game was in development they were planning on doing doing more realistic graphics from what I have heard, but for whatever the reason they decided to do cell shaded graphics. Considering it a very grey and brown game with hits of colours if it were to do realism it would probably just blend into the first person shooter crowd. I believe that the graphics were paramount to success of the game, it caught the eyes of gamers in a sea of grey, brown wastelands.
I have played Bioshock either; however, I plan to purchase a copy sometime soon. Still I really enjoy concept art, it's very creepy.
So this was a project in our Digital Design class were we had to take a celebrity and turn them into an illustration using photoshop and using selections. I picked Robert Downey Jr. I don't think anyone will see that though. I wanted to use negative space to kinda of bring out features without actually selecting them and colouring them. I wanted to be a bit more creative with it.
Update Being hit with a lot of projects in the past couple of weeks and Mid Terms are coming up. I'll probably update with more work soon. Maybe try and draw some video game characters in my spare time….we'll see.
Anyways, this is a WIP.
Basically, we had to trace an art piece that we pulled from a pile of assorted artists. Most people went for Group of Seven works. I felt like taking a risk. After we finished the trace we then have to convert the piece into a greyscale version using markers. Having little to almost no marker experience I think this will be very challenging, but so far I'm having a lot of fun with it.
I know my lines are shaky in parts of it but I'll clean them up as I get to them.
EDIT: The original work is Still Life by Hendrick Andriessen
Originally posted by Zedzero2:
So this was a project in our Digital Design class were we had to take a celebrity and turn them into an illustration using photoshop and using selections. I picked Robert Downey Jr. I don't think anyone will see that though. I wanted to use negative space to kinda of bring out features without actually selecting them and colouring them. I wanted to be a bit more creative with it.
shuold be made into a painting.
id buy that ;)
The only problem I see with the digital illustration is the cigar butt. I can see a bit of eraser tip and when it comes to illustrations aspects of raster editing shouldn't be shown, perhaps it's just something you missed but I just noticed it right off the bat, and it draws quite a bit of attention from everything else. My only qualm with it, everything else is nice though! Good work I love your art.
Yea, I noticed that weird bit too, but I don't think I even touched the eraser too while doing that. I only used the pen tool.
My teacher defiantly hated it, pretty much made all of us put it up in front of the class, then organized them into shit, mediocre and well done, so that was embarrassing. However, seeing everyone else's I felt pretty bad about my work, so thank you guys for the positives. :)
This is an update to my pervious WIP. This is as far as I could get last night as my marker blender died in the process, and it was due today. XD I managed to get new blenders and finished about 97% of the project. I'll update version once I get it back. Overall, I'm pretty happy with piece some area's I don't particularly like and some area's of grey are too dark.
Are you using a gray set of markers? It's pretty good, and it's a difficult assignment. Your range of values seems reasonable, (though I probably would have just blended out the gray background rather than carry the ink all the way to the edge of the frame). I think the boldest decision here is to use object models that aren't easy to identify, so the rendering has to work extra hard to convey the character. The book under the skull near the rope turned out exceptionally well, I think.
Thank you, I really appreciate the feedback guys. :) Yea, we had set of 12 cool grey markers. It was a challenging piece, I've never have really used markers all that much beforehand so it was quite the learning experience, and pretty enjoyable.
this is qwerber and I approve of his art.
I want to echo Pete's praise of how you handled the book. Getting the highlights on the page edges like you did with markers while having to effectively use negative space to achieve that effect is just awesome. The texture you were able to give the wood panel on the near-side of the table was like-wise well done. Overall extremely impressive.
I'd like to see what you can do with digital art in the future, given the diversity of physical media you've been able to do awesome things with.
Thank you! I really didn't even know how big that book was until I was about 75% finished and doing another part of it. I stepped back and literally "Whoa, that's a big book." Hahaha. Doing the textures was defiantly the stressful part of doing Hendrick Andriessen's piece, a bad texture or different texture altogether would have ruined the piece and I started so late that I had to make sure I didn't screw anything up too bad.
As for digital art, I have very little experience using computers that way. I find that, so far, it feels like completely different techniques need to be learned. I also find physical pieces more relaxing and almost stress relieving.
Well I got swamped with projects this week. I don't feel like I have anything to worthwhile to post up at the moment, expect maybe one project, another illustration I had to do for class, but other than that I don't feel anything is good enough for public viewing. So stayed tuned.
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Charles W. Young, 84
Published: Sunday, January 6, 2013 at 4:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Saturday, January 5, 2013 at 4:18 p.m.
ASHEVILLE - Charles W. Young, 84, of Asheville, passed away Tuesday, January 1, 2013, while a resident of Deerfield Espicopal Retirement Community. Born in Meadville, PA, he was the son of the late Charles W. Young and Lois K. Young.
He graduated from Mercersburg Academy in Bethlehem, PA, and then graduated from LeHigh University with a degree in Mining Engineering. His career was spent in the Minerals industry. He was employed by the Tennessee Valley Authority in Chattanooga, TN most of his career. He was a member of Civil Defense, a volunteer in the fire department, Boy Scout Leader, President of his Homeowners Assoc., a member of the Chattanooga Canoe Club, a charter member of the Fort Caroline Presbyterian Church in Jacksonville, FL, a charter member of the Chattanooga Chapter of the US Power Squadron, The American Institute of Mining and Metal Engineering, and the Society of Mining Engineers.
Charles was an avid outdoorsman and loved to snow ski, sail, whitewater canoe, hike and loved listening to jazz music.
Mr. Young is survived by his sons, Walter Young and his wife Kimberley of Roanoke, VA, Thomas Young and his wife Collette of Chattanooga, TN, Christopher of Indianapolis; daughter, Christine Witmer and her husband William of Clearfield, PA; a grandson, Davis of Chattanooga; a brother Philip Young and his wife Nancy of Blacksburg, VA; and a sister Jean Y. Morrow of Hendersonville, and numerous nieces and nephews.
A memorial service will be at 2:00pm, Sunday, January 6, 2013 in the St. Giles Chapel at Deerfield Episcopal Retirement Community in Asheville. A private interment will be held at Forest Lawn Memorial Park. Visitation will be from 4-6pm Saturday in the Forest Lawn Funeral Home Chapel in Hendersonville.
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"A delightful page-turner…that will put the lucky reader within the feverish excitement of a hopeful and tragic time."<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />
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In Government Girl, Huffington Post contributor and political aide Stacey Parker Aab shares her memories of being young and female in the White House during the Clinton Administration. An eye-opening account of a personal and political coming-of-age, Government Girl is a rare insider's look at life in the halls of presidential power—with an afterword in which Aab draws parallels between her own career as a Clinton White House intern and the current careers of Obama staffers—perfect for Wonkette blog readers who hunger for more intimate Beltway knowledge.
A memoir of being young and female in the clinton White House
Stacy Parker Aab was born in Detroit in 1974, the only daughter of a white Kansas farm girl and a young black Detroiter fresh from two tours of Vietnam. An excellent student, Aab gravitated toward public service and moved to Washington, D.C., for college in the hopeful days of 1992.
Not only would Aab study political communication at The George Washington University, but she would also intern at the White House. For three years, she worked for George Stephanopoulos. In 1997 she became White House staff, serving as Paul Begala's special assistant.
At first, life was charmed, with nurturing mentors, superstar politicos, and handsome Secret Service agents. In January 1998, the world of the Clinton White House changed radically. Monica Lewinsky became a household name, and Aab learned quickly that in Washington, protectors can become predators, investigators will chase you like prey, and if you make mistakes with a powerful man, the world will turn your name into mud.
Government Girl is a window into the culture of the Clinton White House, as seen through the eyes of an idealistic young female aide. Stacy Parker Aab's intimate memoir tells of her coming-of-age in the lion's den. Her story provides a searing look at the dynamics between smart young women and the influential older men who often hold the keys to their dreams.
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March 11, 2009
Extended Daylight Saving Time Saves Energy, Says DOE
People throughout most of the United States set their clocks ahead by one hour on March 8 for the start of Daylight Saving Time, marking the third year in a row that Daylight Saving Time started three to four weeks early. The Energy Policy Act of 2005 shifted the start of Daylight Saving Time to the second Sunday in March, rather than the first Sunday in April, and extended it through the first Sunday in November, rather than the last Sunday in October. The shift started in 2007, and the intent was to save energy by allowing people to take advantage of additional daylight in the evening hours. See the article from this newsletter on the shift.
Although some people argued that the increased use of lighting in the morning could easily cancel out the gains in the evening, the data suggest otherwise. A DOE report released last year found that U.S. electricity use was decreased by 0.5% for each day of the extended Daylight Saving Time, resulting in a savings of 0.03% for the year as a whole. The savings are small in percentage terms, but in absolute terms, they added up to 1.3 billion kilowatt-hours, enough to power about 122,000 average U.S. homes for a year. The DOE report did find small increases in electricity use in the early morning hours, but those increases were more than cancelled out by the energy savings in the evening. The shift was also found to have no effect on traffic volume and gasoline consumption. See the DOE report (PDF 285 KB). Download Adobe Reader.


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"Dinky Hocker Shoots Smack!" was published in 1972. "Happiness Is a Serious Problem: A Human Nature Repair Manual" came out in 1998. Both found their way onto the literary collage at Room 389, an Adams Point neighborhood bar where Pabst Blue Ribbon drinkers rub elbows with connoisseurs who discern between Angostura and Peychaud's bitters. The walls are dark wood. In the back is a lounge lined with pale green sofas and chocolate brown leather arm chairs. It's Hemingway with a reggae soundtrack.
"This is Room 389? How long have you been open?" a woman asks. She wandered in from Grand Avenue wearing her exercise clothes.
Ben Cukierman, one of three owners, tells her that the bar opened a few weeks ago but the grand opening is set for today. She is disappointed that they won't serve food.
"We're going to be a bar bar," he says.
They are working on the food issue -- maybe takeout from local restaurants.
"Oh. "... A bar bar. No appetizers, chips?" she says, moving toward the lounge. "How about dancing?" she asks, eyeing the open floor, a turntable and shelves filled with records.
That is the domain of Jamie Bernal. He is in charge of the sound, lighting and ambience. "Sound is my background," he says. But Room 389 is not a dive or a dance club. It's a neighborhood bar with a lounge, he explains. And skylights. And a patio overlooking Grand Avenue.
Ben, on the other hand, is a lawyer. He came on board last.
"But you are also the guts of it," Jamie tells him.
"Thank you for saying that," Ben says. "But maybe you should start with you and my brother."
Ben's brother is Daniel Cukierman, who opened the Shattuck Down Low in Berkeley.
The three men were standing at the bar on a Monday night.
"You're looking at the trinity right here," Jamie says. He was the one who actually spotted the site when it was a shuttered sports bar, called the Golden Bear for years and briefly the Dapper Lounge. Some of the old customers still come to watch a game. An A's fan, a woman, burst out in applause one night when the team scored. "They just want to see the game and sit at a clean bar and without getting high-browed by a bartender," Ben says. The TVs have been reduced to two screens, but they are prominent. The sound, however, is muted.
"We found our jewel," Jamie says.
Finding a name was another matter, Ben says. "We all thought our ideas were genius."
Meanwhile, they put Alex Conde ("Like Condé Nast," he says) in charge of the "cocktail program." He splits his time between Room 389 and Marzano and has the energy of a new convert. "The Oakland palate for cocktails and wine has evolved so much," Alex says. "Just because you have tattoos doesn't mean you don't wear Armani."
He's actually a true believer, but if he had been baptized it would have been in an Old-Fashioned made with Angostura bitters.
He begins to recite the recipe for an Alaska and loses me after chartreuse. But if someone prefers a shot of Bullet, he adds, "Cool. We have it."
A man sitting at the bar points to his greyhound cocktail made with grapefruit and high-end vodka. "Do you see the wedge?" he says. "That means it's fresh. You get pulp. There's going to be pulp in there."
Alex mixes up a cocktail for Dan: Pampero rum from Venezuela, vermouth, coffee liquor, egg white, Aztec chocolate bitters and Guinness.
"Oh my God, that tastes amazing," Dan says. The four men banter back and forth about what to name the invention. I feel like I should order something complex and worthy of Alex's skills. It will be my last drink until Oct. 3.
"I write about drinking so often, I would like to write about sobriety for a change," I explain and order a martini despite its simplicity.
He tells me my choice is a worthy one.
Every cocktail is a variation of the gin martini, he says. "It's the Adam and the Eve."
Jamie mentions that Room 389 will open at 10 a.m. on weekends; otherwise, at 4 p.m. There are a few details to work out before Room 389 hits its stride. But the martini goes down like silk.
Room 389: 389 Grand Ave. Info: www.facebook.com.


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Leon Hiebert was pastor of Andover Assembly of God (Generations Church A/G) from 1989 to 2009. He is a Viet Nam veteran who spent 10 years in the US Navy most of the time as a corpsman serving with the Marine Corps. A native of Belleville, Kan., Hiebert is semi retired and lives in Andover with his wife, Sharon. He is a school bus driver for USD 385, Andover, Kansas.
Scripture: 1Corinthians 15:57 But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. (NIV)
Observation: Paul has been writing about death and the resurrection. Presently we live and die in the physical realm, but when we die we will come alive in the spiritual realm. The spiritual realm is so far superior to the physical that death will have lost its sting! Instead of death being seen as a defeat, we will see it as a glorious door through which we enter into the spiritual realm. This victory over the power and sting of death has already been won for me and is given to me in the Lord Jesus Christ as He dwells in my life! Wow! It is one of the bennies (benefits) of knowing Jesus!
Application: The great joy is in knowing the wonderful Person of Jesus! The more I get to know Him, the more I learn about the other great benefits I have in His Lordship. Sharon and I recently purchased a newer car for our trip to Delaware. We took possession just a few hours before we left. We bought it for dependable transportation, but it has several extra benefits to make driving more enjoyable. On the long drive we often read the owner's manual to find out how something worked or the purpose of a particular button. And in life's journey with Jesus, I often get out the Bible (owner's manual) to learn about something new I have discovered in Jesus!
Prayer: Lord, every day I have the potential of discovering a new benefit! I want to be faithful in Your Word and open to Your Spirit. Teach me, I pray. Amen
Pastor Leon
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Re: A nice blog on collecting Tolkien books
Just can't stay away
2010/7/23 2:59
Posts: 88
So come on Trotter - which IS the best Super Deluxe you own?
Posted on: 2010/8/16 11:49
Re: A nice blog on collecting Tolkien books
2006/6/5 22:04
From Essex, England
Posts: 1813
I think you will get a general agreement on this, the 1982 Super Deluxe Silmarillion, ideally signed, my copy is not signed, as an aside it is possible to have signed copies by Christopher Tolkien of all four Super Deluxe books(The Silmarillion, The Hobbit, Children of Húrin and The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrún).
Posted on: 2010/8/16 11:53
Edited by Trotter on 2010/8/16 12:11:26
Re: A nice blog on collecting Tolkien books
Just can't stay away
2010/7/23 2:59
Posts: 88
Ha! Just as I am coming round to everyone's ideas, here is a book now worth £2000 approx? OK, I get the stuff about how limited it was (read the post on this forum from a year or so back), but still, how can anyone say CoH would not double in value in ten years, when you look at the Silmarillion Super Deluxe! BTW, a lovely looking book!
Posted on: 2010/8/16 12:11
Re: A nice blog on collecting Tolkien books
Home away from home
2008/10/5 18:02
Posts: 557
I think ultimately, as someone once said on this forum(?), a book is only worth how much someone is willing to pay for it.
I am a pretty avid Tolkien book collector myself, but I don't own any of the Super-deluxe editions, though may eventually in the future. Personally (with no offense to other collectors on this forum), if I'm going to spend that kind of money on a Tolkien book, I'd rather spend it on a book that was published in Tolkien's lifetime (1st/1st). That is not to say you shouldn't buy those books or they are not worth collecting.
In addition, I think as collectors we should not always (not that it is bad) focus purely on monetary value. For me, both the quality of an item and its rarity make it equally desirable, though not necessarily valuable. For example, I have a near fine copy of the American edition of SoWM; probably not worth a ton but it is both hard to come by (in this quality) and of superior quality.
Also, for me, one of the funnest parts of collecting is finding the deal. I know all of you have found those deals before, and would love to hear about your finds.
I knew a bookseller that once found a first edition, first printing of The Hobbit (American edition) with the dust jacket in very nice condition at a thrift store in the 1980s for something like a dollar. Now that's a deal.
Posted on: 2010/8/16 14:50
Re: A nice blog on collecting Tolkien books
2007/8/16 4:56
From Scotland
Posts: 1640
I have to agree with Jlong here. I don't think anyone should pay four figures (£ that is) for any post mortem book relating to Tolkien --why not just go out and buy a few genuine early impression of, for example, LotRs?
(Bruffyboy) CT never did any 'signings' (not really), and his signature can't possibly be getting rarer! Where are they going? If you mean it's harder to get a recent signature, then that too would be untrue --there are more CT signatures kicking about from recent times than ever: CoH launch bookplates, CoH Super Deluxe, S&G Super Deluxe --there's approx 1900 for you. His signature is not uncommon, and isn't going to become so I don't think.
Also, if you want to compare prices, you have to think about what, say, £100 was actually worth back in 1982 i.e. the price for the 1982 signed copies of the deluxe Silmarillion --inflation and all that. What would £100 of early 1980's UK money be equivalent to now? I'm not going to guess, but I would suggest many hundreds. That said, it sounds like the most elegant, well made of the Super Deluxe editions...
Posted on: 2010/8/17 1:05
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CORPUS CHRISTI – The Texas A&M - Corpus Christi men's tennis alumni edged out the current Islanders 4-3 in an exciting dual match while the current Islanders women's team topped the alumni 5-2 today in the Christian Care Sleep Center Islanders vs. Alumni annual match at the Thomas J. Henry Tennis Center.
"Just seeing the great high character of these teammates back together again, the people that built this program was the best part of today," Director of Tennis Steve Moore said. "The level of tennis was incredible high but the camaraderie of these players was even better than the tennis. I can't thank Christian Care Sleep Center enough for making this great event possible. We had over 110 people show up today to watch the Islanders alumni take on the Islanders."
The men's match came down to former Islander Jason Holland and freshman Paul Cook in No. 5 singles. With the match tied at 3-3, Holland, the first Islander athlete in school history as well as the first member of the tennis team, won 12-10 in the third set super tiebreaker over Cook to help lift the alumni to a 4-3 victory. Holland is currently ranked No. 2 in the state in the men's open rankings, which includes all ages.
In doubles, the alumni garnered two out of the three matches to earn the point. Assistant Coach and former Islander Goncalo Figueiredo teamed up with Dmitry Novikov to win 8-6 over Islanders Kevin Bettendroffer and Guillaume Rauseo. In No. 2 doubles, former Islanders Aurelien Tave and Gergo Weindinger topped Matt Westmoreland and Cook 9-8. The duo of Javier Pujol and Pietro Jordao downed former Islanders Holland and Andrew Maingot 8-4.
In singles, the Islanders and alumni battled it out until Holland clinched the match. Westmoreland, Rauseo and Jordao all sealed their singles matches. For the alumni, Novikov topped Bettendroffer 6-2, 2-6, 10-8 at the No. 1 position and Tave captured a 6-3, 4-6, 10-7 victory over Pujol in the No. 2 slot. Holland clinched the match at the No. 5 position with a 6-3, 4-6, 12-10 victory over Cook.
For the Islanders, Westmoreland earned a 7-5, 4-6, 10-8 win over Weindinger while Rauseo garnered a 7-5, 6-3 victory over Joey Farias. The other Islander, Jordao beat out Maingot in the No. 6 position 6-4, 6-1.
On the women's side, the Islanders dominated the alumni 5-2. Maider Martin and Stefania Nicolae topped former Islander assistant coach Megan Harless and Doris Kuselj 8-6 while Chelsea Horan and Sandres Burges defeated Alexandra Williams and Carlotta Santos 8-5 to garner the doubles point for the Islanders. Former Islanders Mia Matuszak and Erica Eriarte topped Cassie Shaw and Leanne Mascall 8-6.
In singles action, the women played one set to eight. Nicolae, Martin, Burges and Horan all captured their singles matches. Nicolae topped Mascall 8-4 in the top spot while Martin defeated Kuselj 8-5 in the No. 2 slot. Burges followed suit with an 8-6 victory over Santos in the No. 3 position while Horan also secured a victory in the No. 4 position with an 8-5 win over Williams. Former Islander Matuszak defeated Shaw 8-5 in the No. 5 position and Harless won her match in the No. 6 spot due to an injury.
The Islanders will continue the fall season at the ITA Texas Regional. The women's team will compete Oct. 17-21 at TCU in Fort Worth, Texas, while the men's team will compete at Baylor in Waco, Texas, on Oct. 19-22.
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Alumni 4, Islanders 3
1. Goncalo Figueiredo/Dmitry Novikov def. Kevin Bettendroffer/Guillaume Rauseo 8-6
2. Aurelien Tave/Gergo Weindinger def. Matt Westmoreland/Paul Cook 9-8
3. Javier Pujol/Pietro Jordao def. Jason Holland/Andrew Maingot 8-4
1. Dmitry Novikov def. Kevin Bettendroffer 6-2, 2-6, 10-8
2. Aurelien Tave def. Javi Pujol 6-3, 4-6, 10-7
3. Matt Westmoreland def. Gergo Weindinger 7-5, 4-6, 10-8
4. Guillaume Rauseo def. Joey Farias 7-5, 6-3
5. Jason Holland def. Paul Cook 6-3, 4-6, 12-10
6. Pietro Jordao def. Andrew Maingot 6-4, 6-1
Islanders 5, Alumni 2
1. Maider Martin/Stefania Nicolae def. Megan Harless/Doris Kuselj 8-6
2. Chelsie Horan/Sandra Burgues def. Alexandra Williams/Carlotta Santos 8-5
3. Mia Matuszak/Erica Eriarte def. Cassie Shaw/Leanne Mascall 8-6
1. Stefania Nicolae def. Leanne Mascall 8-4
2. Maider Martin def. Doris Kuselj 8-5
3. Sandra Burgues def. Carlotta Santos 8-6
4. Chelsie Horan def. Alexandra Williams 8-5
5. Mia Matuszak def. Cassie Shaw 8-5
6. Megan Harless won def. injury


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The Ashland School District is now accepting open enrollment applications for the 2013-14 school year.
The Ashland School Board voted to utilize open enrollment for a second year. For 2012-13, more than 100 Rogue Valley students enrolled, regardless of district boundaries or permission from their home district.
Under state law, the final day to apply is April 1. Space is limited by grade level. If applications exceed grade level capacity, students will be selected by a lottery. Applicant families will be notified of approval by mid-April, and they must confirm before May 1.
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I am another one who has converted from tversity recently using the amazing ps3 media server!!!!
I known that there have been a lot of discussions on the 1080p stuttering with external subtitles but after spending hours cannot figure out what is wrong.
The specs of the machine that the ps3mediaserver runs:
- Windows XP
- Intel Core 2 4300 @ 1.8GHz
- NVidia 8600 GT with 256 MB (supporting CUDA)
- Gigabyte P35-DS4-rev1 board
- 100Mbps wired connection to the PS3
- PSM version 1.10.5
I try streaming an 1080p H264 video and without subtitles everything works ok!
When trying to use subtitles everything goes wrong. The video is stuttering.
When looking at the task manager I see 97% use of the processor by the mencoder_mt
which I assume is the problem.
I tried then to lower the quality and the bandwidth used. I used the "lowest quality setting" and 10Mbps
as the bandwidth cap in the common encoder settings.
I see an obvious degration in the picture quality (in PS3) and a bandwidth (in the ps3) of 6-10Mbps which meant that it was working
but the exact same stuttering was there!!!!!
I am pretty sure that it is not the network (the PSM buffer is almost empty all the times)
When playing the video without any subtitles (the video does not need transcoding) it works perfectly!!!!
My understanding is that PSM is using some decoder to decode the video and then some encoder (mencoder all the times)
to encode back all the subtitles etc. It seems to me that the problem is not @ the decoder part but on the encoder one?
(I tried Avisynth as well with the CCCP codec pack as advised in the readme)
Any idea on how I can debug it more?


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BYNG — Dale triumphed 22-6 over Byng Tuesday as five players had multiple hits.
Jaelin Flewallen had five hits, including a double and two triples with four runs batted in.
Lacey Hood added four hits for Dale along with two runs batted in.
Danni Manning finished the game with three hits, including a double, and drove in two runs.
Kensi Stith had three hits and two RBI and DaLacey Dockery completed the game with three hits, including a single and one RBI.
Dale compiled 15 hits.
The Lady Pirates improved their record to 7-3 and will play visiting Seminole at 4 p.m. Thursday.
Note: Report compiled by Abbie Click.
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EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (WEAU) -- History was made in Eau Claire on Wednesday, as the L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library became the first public library in the country to check out Apple iPads.
After spending the summer loading them with thousands of books, Eau Claire library users can now get their hands on the popular tablet computers.
Thanks to a $50,000 grant from the Presto Foundation, library users will be able to stay up-to-date on the latest technology without paying hundreds of dollars.
"Since we are the first public library, if not the first library in the United States to lend out iPads, it's been a challenge but it's been exciting," said library director John Stoneberg.
For Stoneberg, the roll out of the iPad lending program is all about changing with the times.
"The goal of the iPads program is to first introduce our customers to a new technology they haven't used," Stoneberg.
If you're over 18 years-old and have an active library card, Stoneberg said you can enjoy all that the iPad has to offer.
"Each of the iPads is loaded with 1,000 e-book titles. It also has 10 audio books and a lot of free apps and shortcuts to websites," Stoneberg said.
The library director said users can also download their own books, as well as listen to music and watch videos.
"It's awesome. I'm impressed," said library user Jeff Gettler.
Although the tablets were going like hot cakes on Wednesday morning, the Eau Claire man said he was excited to take one of the new iPads for a spin.
"I have a child so I was checking out the educational stuff. There are several apps they can use for that," Gettler said.
While checking out a coveted iPad, Brenda Kaese said she wanted to try one of the tablets before she made the big purchase herself.
"I'm a speech therapist so that's what got me interested. Because it's a very expensive technology it's not something you just decide suddenly you're going to go out and buy," Kaese said.
Stoneberg said over the next week, the library will have 32 iPads to checkout for seven days and six iPads to use in the library.
He said only one iPad will be allowed to be checked out per household at once, and users will have to sign a contract to take the tablets out of the library.
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A Yahoo! User Mar 17, 2013 17:14 Flag
deja vu
looks like we are on a losing run just like last season when we threw away 3rd placeSort: Newest | Oldest | Most Replied Expand all replies
well another awful performance & another poor management decision from avb. 3 defeats on the spin. its not looking good. i think we should really be 5th at best based on performances. they say the table dont lie. so its looking like we will end up at 5th at best.
away to inter with a 3 goal lead, he plays 4 defenders & 2 fowards. so all in all very attacking.
home to fulham which we need to win, he plays 5 defenders & 1 foward. & that foward is ade who drops wide & deep to hold up the ball etc. so we have no one up there. the only way we can regularly score with this team & system is basically a bale stunner out of nothing. so all in all very negative.
I'm not sure a couple of games makes a run, but even if it extends, then I don't think it was only last season. Haven't we had a similar '2nd half of season' dip in goal scoring over a 'few' seasons?
We need consistent goals - as has been said by most for a while now. The two main strikers just aren't performing - so the reliance falls too heavily now on Bales shoulders. Luckily last season, we still had VdV, Bale and Ade firing. But we still have nine games and it could be that Daffy or Ade find their shooting boots again and rack up another half dozen goals plus each.
I would bemoan the number of games we're playing - but that would be a bit of a nonsense as we all want the team to get Europe - which means that we obviously have to play more. The number of games is just a product of our success over the past few seasons - and is something the top clubs have been dealing with season-in, season-out. At least Chelsea will be playing the same number of games in the run in (so far that is). Wenger, from the perspective of the EPL, must be quite happy that they're out of Europe.
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Nine games?
Lets hope not hey!
I'm yet to see any of the coverage from todays game. From what I've heard we played well at times, but seemed completely toothless and seemingly relied on an attempted worldie's from Bale!
Fingers crossed the results start to go our way soon!