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The musician admits he faced mental and emotional breakdown when Mercury died of AIDS in 1991 partly because his father had recently passed away too. "We lost Freddie and my dad died at almost the same time. I didn't want to love I'd lost myself completely."
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Asiana Airlines no longer intends to sue television station KTVU for reporting bogus, racially insensitive names of the Asiana pilots involved in the July 6 crash of a Boeing 777 at San Francisco International Airport. But the airline still isn't happy.
KTVU's Friday noon broadcast identified the pilots with names such as "Captain Sum Ting Wong," and "Wi Tu Lo."
The KTVU story, Asiana said Wednesday, "profoundly disparaged Asiana, its employees and all Asians. Asiana deplores the hateful words of the broadcast. Asiana Airlines, however, has decided not to pursue legal action as a result of a public apology by KTVU for the report in question and its determination to keep all of its resources dedicated to caring for the passengers and family members of Asiana Flight 214 and supporting the investigation into the cause of the accident."
KTVU's news director did not respond to email and telephone requests for comment from this newspaper. The station has apologized for the report and a video of the apology remained on the station's website Wednesday.
The National Transportation Safety Board also has apologized and said that a summer intern originally had confirmed the names.
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I was playing some 1080p mkv files and they were giving me stutters on my ps3 so I decided to try out coreAVC instead. I could not detail instruction on how to do it, so I just installed coreAVC 1.8 and then insteall ffdshow and disabled h.264/AVC in decoder config page as someone suggested. Then I went ahead and disabled Mencoder on PMS transcoder setting and enabled AviSynth/ffmpeg. However the avisynth/ffmpeg says "this engine is not loaded". I am a little confused so I went ahead and try playing something on my ps3. To my surprise, my mkv files plays! and to a even bigger surprise, my CPU load on my server went from 80% with memcoder to ~10%, the buffer is filled as soon as I start any mkv, and the info status on ps3 top right corner shows that the content is AVC, with audio stream in DD5.1 48khz, so I am assuming PS3 is now doing it's own decoding? I am still confused, but I am happy with my setting right now. I don't know if I have stumbled on something amazing or not...but seems like this could be a solution for all those who don't have core2duo and decoding is taking a toll on performance?


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MONTEVALLO | Stillman College's D'uanaway Barnes led all scorers with 22 points, but it was not enough as the Tigers dropped their season opener 79-76 Tuesday night at Montevallo.
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Hoping that someone here can provide some info. I have a 2004 Master Spa / Down East / Exeter SE with a 3 pump system. An error - OHH showed up on the panel. The manual states it's an overheating problem, spa has shut down, one of the sensors has detected 118F. It says that once the heater has cooled, reset by pushing any button. This didn't work. I let it sit for 24 hrs, still no go.
A few years back, I had to replace the system control pack due to a heater malfunction. The relay blew and lost the 240 volt circuit. The unit is a MS2000, manufactured by Balboa. I still had the old one and took the temp probes from it and tried them in the one on the spa, all to no avail. It was a long shot, but figured I try. I also checked for dirty clogged filter. This doesn't seem to be a problem. The spa will not power back on, so it seems it's pointing to a control pack problem. When I reset the power, it cycles through all phases, after it checks the 240v, the OHH error shows up on the topside panel and will not go any further.
I'm hoping I don't have to replace this unit again as it was very expensive - $560 the last time, probably more now. I removed the circuit board from the old system pack and from where the sensors are, it doesn't look like I could use the old for any replaceable components. The wiring diagram doesn't show (at least to me) where the temp sensors are connected to. There are at least five fuses on the board that I can see, all checked okay.
I've called the guy who services my pool. He has serviced the spa a little, but I think his first inclination is to replace the system control pack - he doesn't have to shell out the $560+. I was hoping to troubleshoot a little more before I go that route.
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Castlevania: Lords of Shadow - Ultimate Edition now available through Steam
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Ultimate Edition is now available through Steam. The Mercury Steam and Climax Studios title will run you $29.99 and comes with the Reverie and Resurrection DLC. PC specs listing required and recommend hardware innards can be found through the link.
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow - Mirror of Fate HD announced for PS3 and Xbox 360
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Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 screenshots have appeared out of Comic-Con. Dunno if they are new or not, but they are still spiffy. Bask in their glory below. The Mercury Steam title is expected in Q4 on PC, PS3, and Xbox 360. Thanks, AGB.
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Toki Tori 2 is finally ready for your download through the eShop for Wii U. Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Gates of Inifinity also has new DLC available for those whow own a 3DS. There are other title available this week, and all are listed below. There's also a sale on escapeVektor.
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow - Mirror of Fate looks rather nice in this video
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Mirror of Fate has some lovely B-roll footage available for viewing, courtesy of Nintendo World Report. You should check it out below. Castlevania: Mirror of Fate is due in March on 3DS. Thanks, manamana.
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Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Mirror of Fate will release in March, this much we know, but today, the game's producer Dave Cox handed out the actual dates on Twitter.
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MercurySteam producer David Cox has reiterated that the firm plans for Lords of Shadow 2 to go out with a bang, as it has no plans to develop other games in the series once the trilogy ends.
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Konami and developer Mercury Steam have discussed how they're intending to push the series forward in 3DS title Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Mirror of Fate, with advances in emotional storytelling and, that key tenet of Castlevania, exploration.
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Tahoe Mountain Sports will present a multi-part event, featuring a yoga class, a fashion show and a book swap to benefit the Kings Beach Library.
Co-owner of Tahoe Mountain Sports and Friends of Kings Beach Library treasurer Pam Jhanke organized the event.
"Usually in the spring at Tahoe Mountain Sports we do an event at the store and look for a non-profit partner," Jhanke said. "This year when we were talking about it I knew that the library was celebrating their 25th anniversary (at their current location)."
The library is raising money to match funds allocated by Placer County for an interior remodel. A $10 donation is recommended, but not required, to attend the event. All of the proceeds go to the library, Jhanke said.
The yoga fashion show will be held at the North Tahoe Events Center. North Shore yoga instructor Shari Beard will be teaching the all-levels class.
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LONDON — I thought the scrum of photographers were surrounding Kate Moss exiting Topshop's Unique collection show today, but instead they were there for Kendall Jenner, the latest member of the Kardashian clan to blossom in the public light.
Ms. Jenner, who last week modeled for Marc Jacobs in a nipple-revealing sweater and wool slacks, was seated to the right of Anna Wintour at the British fast fashion show. Topshop displayed a pretty good collection of trend pieces — a little bit Marni, a little bit Burberry – which will be sold for a fraction of a designer price come next fall. Making it a fave of the likes of Ms. Jenner — the brand has already captured the older Kate Moss fans — is savvy, savvy, savvy.
This is the fashion city we look to for innovation in fashion. But I didn't expect to find it at 199-year-old Pringle of Scotland.
London is the reason stores are full of futuristic zany mixed-up digital prints that look like photos of someone's vacation done collage-style, or gender morphing experiments in tailoring. They're coming from young up-and-comers like Mary Katrantzou and Peter Pilotto and J.W. Anderson.
Yet designer Massimo Nicosia blew me away today by using 3-D printing with knitwear for Pringle. This printing method — which has generated concerns that terrorists could print guns that would mass through airport metal detectors — actually uses plastic powder that it forms in whatever three-dimension shape a programmer creates. Lady Gaga's crazy heels (including those Alexander McQueen armadillo heels) were 3-D printed in Italy.
From afar, one particular Pringle sweater will look as though it has an interesting chain motif knitted in. Up close, the chains are 3-D printed, then knitted in by hand. Similarly, fringe at the hem of a cashmere sheath dress is 3-D printed. The plastic material is unbending and slightly rough to the touch. It's easy to see how it could make a heel or a gun. Mr. Nicosia, though, is pushing to interesting new limits. He sees it as a modern new frontier. "Paco Rabanne was famous for using metal," he says. "I think [3-D printing] is really going to drive us forward."
Followers of fashion know Mary Katrantzou as another of the graduates of Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design who do not compromise on their art. While there might be a bit of Alexander McQueen inspiration in her digital prints, which wrap colorfully around the body in a riot of prints and tailored shapes, Ms. Katrantzou has never done anything that she didn't make entirely her own. She is one of the leading lights of fashion design today.
Is that why she threw a series of solid-color, nicely tailored but relatively drab winter coats over several spectacularly printed and embellished dresses in her collection today? Either she is teasing us with a statement about commercial sellable fashion versus runway collections (possible — she has a sense of humor) or she is actually initiating a commercial more sellable group to increase sales and profits. Advice: buy into a designer's strength. Ms. Katrantzou is about curve and print — buy those dresses made of badges that reminded me of the Girl Scouts, or the dresses with the seat-belt T-straps. Leave the plain coats to one of those highly finished labels that show in Milan.


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The purpose of the Honor Court will be to uphold Hamilton standards of academic honesty and to ensure protection of students' rights in questions of alleged violations of the Hamilton College Honor Code.
The Honor Court will be composed of the non-voting student chair and ten voting members, consisting of seven students and three faculty members. The students, two seniors, two juniors, two sophomores and one first-year student, shall serve for a one-year term with a two-term limit. The student members will be selected during the spring semester of the preceding academic year. The Court will publish notice of the selection process to all students. The current Court will select, by a majority vote, the student members from among the names of interested and qualified persons responding to the notice. Once new members have been chosen, the Student Assembly shall offer the student body the opportunity to offer their input regarding the appointments, before holding a vote to confirm the new appointments. The Court will not consider platforms from student on disciplinary probation or who have been found responsible for violating the Honor Code. A sitting member of the Court who is found responsible for violating the Honor Code, will be dismissed from the Court.
Faculty members will be elected by the faculty at its May meeting, one each year for staggered three-year terms. The written consent of the nominees must be presented to the Academic Council. In accordance with faulty rules, candidates may be nominated from the floor.
The chair will be elected in the spring by the outgoing Court from among candidates nominated by that Court. A student may serve as chair in his/her third term on the Court.
If the chair resigns or cannot serve for any reason, the Court will elect a chair from among its members. The Court may select a substitute chair for a given case where there is a conflict of interest with the chair, or if the chair is otherwise unable to serve.
If there is a vacancy on the Court during the academic year the Court will publish notice of the vacancy in two all-campus email messages and one issue of the Spectator and will elect by a majority vote a substitute Court member from among the names of interested and qualified persons responding to the notice. Only members of the group represented by the vacated position will be eligible for election.
All members of the Court will be invited to every Court hearing. A quorum of the Court will consist of six voting members: five students and one faculty, plus the chair, who will not vote. If a quorum cannot be attained owing to disqualification of members for conflict of interest, the hearing must be scheduled at a time when it can be heard by the maximum number of Court members who are qualified to hear the complaint. In all other instances when a quorum is not attained, the hearing will be rescheduled, unless the parties assent in writing to going forward with the number of members currently present.
If a member of the Board believes that he or she has a conflict of interest in a particular case, that member may seek to disqualify himself or herself after consultation with the chair. The accused may request that the chair seek disqualification of any member of the Court if the accused believes that a conflict of interest exists with that member. The accused must present to the chair written explanation as to the nature of the alleged conflict of interest. If the chair believes that a conflict exists, the member will be disqualified upon majority vote of the Court.
The dean of students may establish an ad hoc hearing board whenever the regular Honor Court is not constituted or is otherwise unable to hear a case. An ad hoc hearing board will be composed of five members, including at least three students.
Throughout these procedures, the dean of students is understood to mean the dean or his or her designee.
Violations of the Honor Code are considered to be infractions against Hamilton College. Complaints against students for alleged violations of the Honor Code will be presented to the dean of students or to the chair in writing. The dean of students and/or the chair will investigate the complaint and gather any form of evidence that may aid the members of the Court in reaching a decision. The dean of students and the chair will determine if the complaint warrants a hearing
If it is determined that the complaint does not warrant a hearing, the complaint will be dismissed. The complainant and the accused will be informed in writing. A decision not to hear a complaint may be appealed by the complainant or the accused to the Appeals Board, which may direct the Court to hear the complaint.
If it is determined that the complaint warrants a hearing, the dean of students will prepare a formal statement of the complaint and of the evidence against the accused. The dean of students will inform the accused in writing of the complaint, the identity of the complainant, the evidence available, a witness list, the range of sanctions available to the Court, and the following rights:
- the accused waives the right to an Honor Court hearing, and
- the accused admits a violation of the Honor Code, and
- the complainant and the accused acknowledge that they have no substantive disagreements about the facts of the complaint, and
- the violation is the student's first.
10. If the violation is the student's second and the student admits a violation and waives the right to an appeal, the student may, but is not required to, request an administrative hearing and thereby waive the right to an Honor Court hearing with the understanding that the sanction is expulsion.
The dean of students and the Honor Court chair will decide whether to approve a request for an administrative hearing. A decision by the dean of students and Honor Court chair to deny an administrative hearing may not be appealed. Only the accused student, the complainant, the dean of students, and the Honor Court chair may take part in an administrative hearing. The complainant may suggest a sanction. After the hearing, the dean of students and the Honor Court chair will determine a sanction and the dean will inform the student in writing of the decision. The possible sanctions are the same as those outlined in Article II, Section 2(D), except separation from the College. Any complaint that may result in separation from the College will be referred to the Honor Court. The accused may appeal the decision of the dean of students and the Honor Court chair to the Appeals Board within one week of receiving written notification of the decision.
Once a complaint has been filed, a request by a student respondent to withdraw temporarily or permanently from the College will not be approved until the hearing processes have concluded.
All hearings of the Honor Court will be conducted without regard to any matter previously developed in informal proceedings, and no decision about responsibility in a complaint will be made on evidence other than that presented at the hearing.
The chair will convene the Court for a hearing to be held as soon as possible, but no sooner than three workdays following delivery of the written charge to the accused. The accused will present to the dean of students a written, point-by-point response to the complaint at least 24 hours before the hearing. Failure to submit the written response to the complaint may result, at the discretion of the Honor Court, in a delay of the hearing of up to one week. Any witness to be brought to testify should be identified in this statement. All points of the complaints that are not specifically denied will be deemed admitted, and evidence, testimony and witnesses regarding these points will be deemed unnecessary in the hearing. If the accused chooses not to attend the hearing, the Court has the authority to hear the complaint without the testimony of the accused.
Normally, the dean of students will select a faculty member not connected with the complaint to act as co-complainant with the faculty member or student who initially brought the complaint forward, and bear primary responsibility for presenting the complaint against the accused. The faculty member or student who initiated the complaint will give testimony in the hearing and may be asked questions by members of the Court or the accused about that testimony. The dean of students will be present at all hearings to oversee the process.
Hearings are closed to observers. Neither party may have an attorney present at the hearing. The hearing will proceed as described below.
The written record of the complaint will consist of the written statement of the charges, the written response to the charges by the accused, any documentary evidence, the summary by the chair of the Court's actions, and the letter from the dean of students informing the accused of the Court's findings. This record will be filed in the Dean of Students' Office and will be open to the student's inspection. The taped record is not part of the student's file and will be kept in the office of the dean of students, to be destroyed after adjudication or decision in any appeal.
After the week has elapsed during which an appeal could be made, if one is not made, a brief account of the complaint will be made public by the chair. The name of the student or students will not appear. If an appeal is made, publication will be postponed to await the outcome of the appeal.
The College will make provisions for interpreting this system to new students upon their entrance into the College. These programs will be organized by the dean of students in consultation with the Honor Court chair.
This constitution may be amended by the procedures set forth in Article XI of the Constitution of the Student Body of Hamilton College. The adopted amendments are contingent upon ratification by the faculty.
All members of the Hamilton community are expected to be truthful in presenting testimony during any disciplinary inquiry and to cooperate fully in the investigation of infractions. Participants in disciplinary hearings will be reminded of this expectation by the chair, but failure to admonish does not remove the requirement. Lying or obstruction of any inquiry will itself be grounds for disciplinary action.
In serious disciplinary complaints where the penalty may be separation from the College, the dean of students may, at his or her discretion and after informing the student of his or her intention to do so, notify the student's parents or guardian in advance of the hearing. In all cases where the penalty assigned is removal from a course, suspension, or expulsion, the dean of students will notify the parents or guardian within one week of the decision and will send a copy of the notification to the student.
These provisions do not apply if the student is financially independent of his or her parents and has a separate domicile.


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Idaho Rules of Civil Procedure Rule 82(c)(2). Assignment of Additional Cases to Attorney Magistrates.
The jurisdiction of an attorney magistrate is the same as that of a district judge, but the cases assignable to an attorney magistrate shall be those assignable to all magistrates and the following additional cases may be assigned to attorney magistrates when approved by the administrative district judge of a judicial district:
(A) Civil actions regardless of the nature of the action, where the amount of damages or value of the property claimed does not exceed $10,000;
(B) All proceedings involving the custody of minors incidental to divorce proceedings, all adoption proceedings pursuant to chapter 15, title 16, Idaho Code, all termination of parent-child relationship pursuant to chapter 20, title 16, Idaho Code, all paternity proceedings, and all actions for change of name;
(C) All proceedings for divorce, separate maintenance or annulment, including orders to show cause, hearings and issuance of restraining orders; and including all proceedings pursuant to the revised Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act and Idaho Code, section 32-710A;
(D) Such order of the district judges stating the jurisdiction of attorney magistrates shall be posted in a conspicuous place in the clerk's office in each county in the district and published in the Idaho State Bar Desk Book;
(E) All habeas corpus proceedings regardless of the nature or origin, including all habeas corpus proceedings involved in a criminal proceeding or conviction.
(Amended July 2, 1976, effective October 1, 1976; amended March 31, 1978, effective July 1, 1978; amended November 25, 1980, effective January 1, 1981; amended March 30, 1984, effective July 1, 1984.)


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IDs sought in check-cashing scheme
Published: Tuesday, March 5, 2013 at 10:34 p.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, March 5, 2013 at 10:34 p.m.
The Polk County Sheriff's Office is seeking help in identifying three people in regard to a fraudulent check-cashing scheme.
Blank checks were stolen from a local business during a breaking and entering and larceny just outside of Columbus, the Sheriff's Office said in a news release.
"The suspects went into All Bright Sanitation sometime during the past week and took about 50 blank checks and printed them and began going to banks in Columbus, Hendersonville and Asheville," the release says.
The fraudulent checks were passed to bank tellers along with what appears to be a government-issued fraudulent ID card in an effort to obtain money, accordin to the release.
The unidentified suspects received more than $20,000 in cash before a bank teller became suspicious and alerted supervisors, who placed a hold on the account and notified the customer and law enforcement.
The Sheriff's Office encourages banks and retailers to be aware and observant of suspicious transactions through the use of credit cards and checks. Anyone with information is asked to call the Sheriff's Office at 828-894-3001.
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Spotted Wing Drosophila Trap
Sturdy trap is easy to use and reusable
Determine geographic distribution, infested crops, reservoir hosts,
timing emergence and seasonal occurrence of Spotted Wing Drosophila.
Red label ensures maximum visual attraction. Once attracted, flies
enter the trap on either end of the cylinder that spans the width of the
trap. Simply unscrew the jar to observe captured males with wing spots.
Captured flies are easily poured out of the trap for detailed evaluation.
Can be easily hung on vines or branches with a twist tie (included).
USA made. NOTE: Lures are not included and must be made by the
user. Common lures included apple cider vinegar, yeast and sugar
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USA, 2012, 99 Minute Running Time
Genre/Subjects: Comedy, Drama
Program: Special PresentationLanguage: English
DIRECTOR: Edward Burns
Producer: Edward Burns, Aaron Lubin, William RexerEditor: Janet GaynorScreenwriter: Edward BurnsCinematographer: William RexerPrincipal Cast: Kerry Bishé, Connie Britton, Edward Burns, Ed Lauter, Heather Burns, Dara Coleman, Brian D'Arcy James, Marsha Dietlein Bennett, Noah Emmerich, Caitlin Fitzgerald
Gerry (Edward Burns) is the mediator in an uncomfortable intersection of lives when his father, who walked out on the family 20 years ago, asks to share one last Christmas with them. A young man at the time of his father's departure, Gerry became the Irish-American family's father figure and is now in the position of securing everyone's buy-in for the visit. It's not an easy task—everyone is already dealing with major issues. Mom Josie is still bitter about Big Jim's abandonment after all these years. Gerry's married sister, Dottie, has taken her gardener to bed. His other sister, Erin, wants nothing to do with the family. Their brother, Quinn, is inadvisably bent on proposing to his much-younger girlfriend, and the widowed Gerry is in the middle of a flirtation with the plainspoken caretaker for his late wife's ailing mother. Big Jim's return dredges up old emotional baggage, which gets filtered through funny, insulting banter among the siblings.
Perhaps best known for his role in Saving Private Ryan, Burns has written, directed, and starred in several features, including She's the One (with Jennifer Aniston and Cameron Diaz), Newlyweds, and The Brothers McMullen, which took the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance in 1995. The cast also features Connie Britton (Friday Night Lights) as Gerry's potential love interest, and the venerable Ed Lauter (The Artist, Trouble With the Curve) as the miscreant dad.
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Iran, aided by Russian technicians, is about to open a nuclear reactor, to produce energy. Russia says it's implemented safeguards to ensure fuel can't be diverted for possible weapons programs. Still: Let's translate this into Drudge Report-ese, shall we?
If you're a well-trafficked Internet propagandist, then sure, maybe this non-controversial development—which is proceeding without American objections—could be interpreted as OMG Iran is going to nuke the shit out of us during happy hour!
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VAIL - It's time for toasting to life, love and romance as Vail Restaurant Month celebrates its final week, "LoveFest" Monday through Oct. 14. All week long and into the weekend, it's date night every night, as Vail's top resorts and restaurants offer sizzling experiences and memory-making events for friends, family, singles and couples. "We created the four themed weeks of Vail Restaurant Month to celebrate all Vail has to offer in its spectacular fall season," said event co-founder Ilene Rapkin, "and that includes collaborating with our partners to present unforgettable moments and a truly diverse calendar of themed events. LoveFest Week, the grand finale, is all about sharing and appreciating our wonderful Vail culinary community with the people who are most important in our lives."On Friday, La Tour's Chef Paul Ferzacca and Domaine Chandon wine guru Ellen Flora join together to present a five-course culinary extravaganza. This LoveFest feast will pair fine wine and cuisine, including world-class Napa wines and Colorado-sourced delicacies. For reservations, call La Tour at 970-476-4403.The array of LoveFest highlights listed on the event calendar at www.VailRestaurantMonth.com include "That's Amore!", a classic Italian family-style dinner at Campo de Fiori, "R&R," a luxurious spa and romantic dinner package at the Four Seasons, themed dinners and menus at Larkspur, Tavern on the Gore, Alpenrose, Flame, BOL, Ore House, Terra Bistro, Matsuhisa, Elway's, Ludwig's, Vail Chophouse, and a "Date Night for Beer Lovers" at the Tavern on the Square at the Arrabelle.An innovative "Deconstructing Champagne" tasting event at 5 p.m. on Friday at the King's Club at the Sonnenalp features toile methode champenoise sparkling in a taste sensation exploration of what makes champagne fabulous. The "Deconstructing Champagne" event is $44 per person and includes food and wine pairings. Reservations are recommended for this event: Call 970-479-5410.On Oct. 13 at 4:30 p.m., Masters Gallery in Vail Village hosts a benefit for Walking Mountains Science School. The party will feature Newton wines and Domaine Chandon premium bubbly, as well as appetizers donated by Block 16 at the Sebastian and Campo de Fiori. Tickets are $45 per person, and proceeds will support Walking Mountains School. To purchase tickets call Walking Mountains at 970-827-9725. "LoveFest is also about the spirit of giving," Rapkin said. "This is a big-hearted town, and while Vail Restaurant Month was created to support our community's initiatives and local businesses, we also care deeply about supporting important charities. This year, we are proud to present both a wonderful fundraiser for the outdoor education programs offered by Walking Mountains Science School, as well as the Eagle County Schools with our Little Foodies in the Kitchen after-school recipe contest and classes. We're deeply grateful to all of the community, restaurant, resort and corporate partners supporting these events."For "LoveFest" calendar of events, prize giveaways, event details, reservation information, and special fall lodging offers, visit www.VailRestaurantMonth.com.
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In this study, strong anion exchange membranes were found to depyrogenize highly viscous formulations (viscosities 20–35 mPas, ≥ 640 mg substance/mL) of triodinated X-ray contrast agents, such as Visipaque and the Gd-chelate based MR-contrast agent Prohance, without the need to dilute the formulation. The method was simple to perform and had no impact on pH, ionic strength, or concentration of gadolinium. The applicability of the method was demonstrated on endotoxin-contaminated formulations with different ratios of Ca 2+ and Na + , which remained unchanged after treatment with the anion membrane.
Working with new experimental drugs for in vivo studies requires careful control of the endotoxin content, so that any adverse effects caused by endotoxin are not superimposed on side effects from the investigational drug. The authors therefore developed a method that could give endotoxin values < 1 EU/mL without changing the composition of the drug formulation.Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) is composed of a carbohydrate portion and lipid-A, and appears in solution as molecular aggregates between 10,000 and 1,000,000 Da. Lipid A contains phosphate groups that give the molecule a negative charge and allow use of an anion exchanger for removal (1). The common methods for removal of endotoxin (LPS) from solutions are ultrafiltration, adsorptive matrices such as chromatographic resins, and ion-exchange resins (2–4). The choice of method is dependent upon the concentration and type of drug molecule, the molecular weight, ionic strength, pH of the medium, pI, and the interaction between the drug molecule and LPS (i.e., aggregation). For highly viscous solutions, attempts to remove endotoxin by any of the common methods was unsuccessful because of long centrifugation times and clogging of the filters.
The authors identified a method that can be used as a final step directly on formulations of X-ray contrast agents with high viscosities (20–35 mPas, ≥ 640 mg substance/mL) and gadolinium-based magnetic resonance (MR) contrast agents (5).
Because most methods require diluted solutions, the high concentration of nonionic contrast agent provides an advantage by lowering the solubility of LPS in the medium and pushing this negatively charged species onto the exchanger. For research on new X-ray contrast agents such a method is of high value and has not been described in the literature. A search in Scifinder retrieved only one publication describing the removal of endotoxin from pharmaceutical formulations with high viscosity (6).
Tri-iodinated aromatic X-ray compounds : Visipaque (Iodixanol 320 mg iodine/mL in 10 mM TRIS buffer pH 7.4, osmolality adjusted to 290 mmol/kg with NaCl, viscosity = 24 mPa) was used as well as several other chemically related derivatives formulated to > 320 mg I/mL having viscosities in the range 24–35 mPa.
Gd-chelates for MR : Prohance (Gd-DOTA, 0.8 M in 10 mM TRIS buffer pH 7.4, osmolality adjusted to 290 mmol/kg with NaCl) was used.
Preparation of stock solution of LPS from Escherichia Coli
One vial (10 mg, 10 e7 EU, Sigma Corp., USA) was added to 10 mL water for injection (WFI) and 1 mL acetonitrile to give a concentration of 9.1 e6 EU/mL = 9.1 e3 EU/µL.
Preparation of working solution of LPS from E. Coli
0.1 mL of the stock solution was diluted to 10 mL with WFI (dilution factor = 100) to give 91 EU/µL.
Depyrogenation procedure
Filter device: 15 cm2 Sartobind Q15 (Sartorius, NY) membranes integrated in ready-to-use units with pore size 3–5 µm made of cellulose modified with positively charged quaternary ammonium groups.
Equilibration and sterilization of Sartobind Q15 : Each filter was eluted with 50 mL 10 mM TRIS pH 7.4, followed by 5 mL 70% ethanol that was allowed to stay in the filter for 3 min, and finally with 50 mL 10 mM TRIS pH 7.4.
Endotoxin removal : The formulations were passed through the filter units by a flow of 1–2 drops/s.


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Design 'opinionator' Stephen Heller has written a thought-provoking piece about mediocrity in design. Take from it what you will — for me, it really reaffirms just how critical it is to follow your own work through to that point where you're not just happy with it, but that you genuinely feel inspired by it. Sure, it won't necessarily happen with every job you do, but it's nice to have aspirations!


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At the request of students last year, we are proposing "Les midis en français" this year. In a casual and friendly environment, and just for the fun of it, bring your lunch and speak/practice your French with fellow students.
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David Lee Bloss, 72, a resident of Chillicothe, Mo., died Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2012, at Wright Memorial Hospital, Trenton, Mo.
Memorial services will be held at the Lindley Funeral Home, Chillicothe, Mo., on Friday, Nov. 23, 2012, at 1 p.m. There is no scheduled family visitation. Friends may call at the Lindley Funeral Home, Chillicothe, Mo., on Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2012, from 12 noon until 4 p.m., and also on Friday, Nov. 23, 2012, from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m.
Burial will be held at Resthaven Memorial Gardens, Chillicothe, Mo.
Memorial contributions may be made to the First Christian Church, and may be left at or mailed to Lindley Funeral Home, P.O. Box 47, Chillicothe, MO 64601. Online condolences may be made at www.lindleyfuneralhome.com.
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SACRAMENTO -- Compared with her nondescript stint in the nation's capital, outing anonymous political donors in California has been the role of a lifetime for Ann Ravel, the state's top political watchdog.
The former Santa Clara County counsel, who spent 20 months as a lawyer in the U.S. Justice Department, began to make her mark almost immediately when she took over the Fair Political Practices Commission in early 2011.
But her political profile shot skyward during the final weeks of the November election campaign as she led the state's quest to expose money funneled into California by shadowy out-of-state groups.
The case illuminated the Fair Political Practices Commission's core mission, Ravel said, and it came when voters were frustrated by the undisclosed cash flowing around the nation after the U.S. Supreme Court's 2010 Citizens United decision, which allowed corporations and unions unlimited campaign spending.
"People need to know and want to know who's trying to influence political decisions in this country," Ravel said in an interview with this newspaper. "Why the donors themselves were attempting to shield themselves from being outed publicly is something we want to find out."
A day before the Nov. 6 election and after a California Supreme Court ruling, Arizona-based Americans for Responsible Leadership admitted it had not originated the $11 million it contributed to a business political action committee fighting against Gov. Jerry Brown's tax-hike measure, Proposition 30, and for an anti-labor measure, Proposition 32.
The money had flowed between two other conservative groups, the Americans for Job Security and the Center to Protect Patient Rights, one of which has links to David and Charles Koch, the billionaire brothers who have played a huge role in anonymously funding political campaigns around the country. The other has ties to GOP uber-strategist Karl Rove, whose American Crossroads Super PAC spent $300 million on campaigns this year.
This week Fair Political Practices Commission investigators began looking for ways to uncloak the donor or donors behind the groups.
"It's going to be difficult" to get to the original source of the Arizona donation, Ravel said. But, she said, "no doubt there will be subpoenas" to sharpen the search.
Her return from the nation's capital started with a call from Brown in early 2011 as he was forming his new administration. Within three weeks, Ravel, a Los Altos resident, was leading the state watchdog agency.
"Jerry clearly from the start talked about accomplishing things, and that's very much my approach to issues," Ravel said. "In Washington, the issues were fascinating ... but it was just not at my pace."
Brown said that he wanted her to be "practical, not let the commission go to excessive lengths" adding rules that strain a "lively political process." But the governor watched approvingly as she relentlessly pursued the anonymous donors. "Unmask the donors" became a rallying cry in his tax-hike campaign.
"That's exactly what the commission is designed for," he said in an interview with this newspaper.
Ravel said she is "absolutely hoping" to shine a light on "dark money," campaign contributions that move through nonprofit "social welfare" groups that are not required to reveal their donors' names.
Still, Ravel said, the attention on the Arizona donor case may have affected the race as much as the disclosure she won. Voters approved Proposition 30 and rejected Proposition 32.
"We never did find out the individual before Election Day but knowing we didn't know, and how important it was and finding out it was a shell game and finding there were more levels of hiding, it certainly served a purpose," she said.
Her work on the Arizona case drew rave reviews, but good-government groups have clashed with her over what they see as a less firm hand on campaign finance violations and gift regulations. Under rules the Fair Political Practices Commission adopted under Ravel, violators get warning letters rather than immediate fines, and elected officials need not report all gifts showered on them by lobbyists and others.
"She laid it out early she wanted to do big things, and we're always happy with chairs who want to do something big and reform-minded," said Phil Ung, lobbyist for the good-government group California Common Cause. "But on some issues, we wish she was a lot stronger."
Ravel has shown a yen for plowing into untrodden territory. She required judges to post campaign finance and economic interests, but she had to back off when she tried to force political bloggers to disclose who pays them.
It was the Fair Political Practices Commission, under Ravel in her first year, that unspooled the schemes of Democratic campaign treasurer Kinde Durkee, awaiting sentencing for stealing more than $7 million over the past 15 years from more than 400 political clients, including U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein.
The Durkee case was important, Ravel said, but the Arizona donor case got "to the heart of what my job is, to instill trust in government and get people to care about the political process."


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The Pacific women's basketball team never trailed and won its fifth game in a row, as Ashley Wakefield scored a career-high 19 points in the Tigers' 64-52 victory over UC Santa Barbara on Thursday at the Thunderdome in Santa Barbara.
Pacific (12-2, 2-0 Big West Conference) led by as many as 20 points in the second half and shot 47 percent from the floor for the game.
"We controlled the game for 40 minutes," Tigers coach Lynne Roberts said. "Winning on the road is huge no matter who you are playing, but especially beating Santa Barbara. It's just a really good win."
Kendall Rodriguez had 13 points and a career-high nine rebounds, and St. Mary's High product Kendall Kenyon scored 10 points and had nine rebounds for Pacific and turned in what Roberts said was "her best defense in the past year and a half."
"It was encouraging that she could be that aggressive and physical defensively," Roberts said.
The Tigers didn't trail at any point for the second game in a row and posted their third consecutive win at Santa Barbara. Nicole Nesbit scored 13 points for the Gauchos (5-10, 1-2).
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Mick Jagger -- who was said to be on his way to New York on Wednesday to help with funeral arrangements for his late girlfriend L'Wren Scott -- wrote a touching tribute on his website to the 49-year-old fashion designer, who reportedly took her own life Monday at her Manhattan apartment.
"I am still struggling to understand how my lover and best friend could end her life in this tragic way," The Rolling Stones singer wrote. "We spent many wonderful years together and had made a great life for ourselves. She had great presence and her talent was much admired, not least by me. I have been touched by the tributes that people have paid to her, and also the personal messages of support that I have received. I will never forget her."
The Stones, who were touring Australia and New Zealand, have postponed the last seven shows of their tour, according to the band's website.
Scott hanged herself from an L-shaped doorknob in her Chelsea apartment sometime between 8:30 a.m., when she texted assistant Brittany Penebre, and 10 a.m. Monday, when she was found dead, according to the New York Daily News. An autopsy was performed Tuesday, but the results weren't immediately released.
The Daily News also said Scott's older brother, Randall Bambrough, was headed to New York to help with the funeral arrangements, but the coroner's office said as of Wednesday it hadn't heard from Scott's family.
Jagger, 70, began seeing Scott in 2001, after she had established herself as a force in the fashion world. Jagger's model daughter with ex-wife Jerry Hall, 22-year-old Georgia May -- who was reportedly close to Scott -- quit a modeling job in Melbourne, Australia, and was believed to be heading to New York.
In an essay in The New York Times on Tuesday, Scott's friend and former fashion writer Cathy Horyn wrote that the designer was going to announce Wednesday that she was closing her business, apparently because of money woes.
The Daily News reported that Scott was spotted last week, alone, on the Caribbean island of Mustique, where Jagger owns a mansion. The Daily Mail, citing a source close to the Stones, said Scott "harmed herself" about a month ago, an incident that was "hushed up."
The newspaper said there was no immediate response to that report from Jagger's camp, though they did slam tabloid reports saying the couple recently broke up.
"There is absolutely no basis in fact to this story," the spokeswoman said. "It is a horrible and inaccurate piece of gossip during this very tragic time for Mick."
Scott's designs were worn by everyone from Oscar winners Angelina Jolie and Sandra Bullock to first lady Michelle Obama. But her company was somehow in debt to the tune of nearly $6 million, according to the Daily News.
Jagger, whose net worth is estimated at more than $305 million, helped Scott financially on "numerous occasions," a source in the London fashion world told The News.
"Her business was in serious financial trouble," the source said. "Jagger put millions into it trying to keep it afloat."
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Four area wrestlers will be competing for state titles Saturday night after advancing to the finals on Friday in their respective weight classes at the high school wrestling state championships in Greensboro.
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Three are defending state champions: North Henderson's Mitchel Langford (2-A, 106 weight class), Hendersonville's Bryan Wallace (1-A, 160 weight class) and Hendersonville's Rhett Hoy (1-A, 220 weight class).
The other area wrestler in tonight's finals will be Hendersonville's Matthew Parce in the 1-A, 182-pound finals.
Langford was the first to advance after he had a tech fall (18-2) win over Darius Dunn of Cor Holders High School. Langford, still unbeaten at 51-0, will be facing South Iredell's Matthew Insogna (44-2) in the 2-A, 106 title bout.
In the 1-A ranks, Wallace (47-3) decisioned Southwest Onslow's Zach Winegardner in Friday's 160 semifinals by a score of 13-6. He will be taking on Tavi Rivera (39-1) in Saturday night's finals.
At 182, Parce (42-6) earned a hard-fought 2-1 win over Kyle Kidd of North Moore in the semifinals to advance to the finals against Ayden-Grifton's Diego Martinez (49-3).
Hoy (40-10) pinned Brandon Stiles of Murphy in Friday's 220 semifinals and will face Tyler Nester (44-6) of Alleghany in the finals.
Five other area wrestlers are still alive in consolations and have a shot at finishing as high as third place Saturday: West Henderson's Daniel Carroll (220) and East Henderson's Aaron Owensby (132) in 3-A, North's Clifford Braly (113) and Zach Houston (138) in 2-A and Rosman's Bryer Owen (126) in 1-A.
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Be a Better Writer--WHAT'S YOUR QUESTION?
These lessons, by one of our most consistent FaithWriters' Challenge Champions, should not be missed. So we're making a permanent home for them here.
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Be a Better Writer--WHAT'S YOUR QUESTION?
Even though I'm not doing a new lesson until sometime (still to be determined) after the holidays, I'd like to continue to make myself available for questions. As I mentioned several weeks ago, I've worn a variety of hats here at FaithWriters and in my life; one of those might lead you to think of a question you've been wanting to ask.
I'm a freelance editor.
I'm a writer--I've written extensively here and on a (now-defunct) blog or two. Had a few minor publications.
I'm a retired school teacher (high school English).
I've been a challenge judge.
I've won multiple challenges here, and have also placed in the Best of the Best a few times.
I'm an avid reader, of many genres.
I'm a grammar lover (but definitely an amateur).
Or if you'd just like to get to know me better, here's a brief autobiography. If you'd like to ask questions about any of these things, fire away. I'm 58 years old, and I have been a Christian for 53 years. I've been retired from teaching for 4 years. My husband and I have been married for 38 years, and we have two married daughters and two granddaughters. Our cat is unfriendly and ornery. I love travel, playing the piano, crossword puzzles and other word play, music, and board games. In my extended family, there are several people with various physical and mental disabilities, giving me a tender heart toward the issues that disabled people tend to encounter. I battle with periodic depression. I attend a tiny church in rural Michigan, of a holiness denomination. My faith-related passions include justice, inclusivity, and compassion.
So--fire away, and send others to this site if you can.
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Hi Jan!
It's 11:53am here so it's 'unsociable' for me to drop you this note. I've read the latest discussion with interest. Like Abraham's , I'm sure you won't abandon the Forum if there are at least 10 or more of us here in this city of learning to be a better writer.
Would you mind giving me some advice as to how to cultivate habits of being a better writer? As a complete beginner, are there habits that I can cultivate or attitudes to be inculcated?
Are there any reading lists which you would recommend?
Thank you very much!
Caleb Cheong
Re: Be a Better Writer--WHAT'S YOUR QUESTION?
Hi Jan,
I'd also love to hear any advice you have for cultivating good writing habits. Do you recommend writing for a specific amount of time each day?
I have decided to work on writing articles with the hopes of being published in magazines or online sites. Would you recommend getting articles edited before sending them to a magazine's editor? I would likely have a couple of mistakes in my writing, even if I went over it carefully. Would that affect its chances of being published?
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Caleb and Rachel, I"ll answer your questions together, since they're similar.
Good writing habits--that's an interesting question. When I was teaching, one of the buzzwords we educators liked to toss around was "multiple intelligences." Whole books have been written on the subject, so I'll grossly over-simplify it here: people learn and work in different ways.
So it would be difficult for me to say that any one particular habit will work for both Caleb and Rachel (or for any other writer). What works for Caleb might drive Rachel nuts, and actually make her a worse writer. Instead, I'll suggest a few things that might work for some writers, and encourage you to try them out, and to use this list to explore other things that might work for you.
1. You already know your most productive time of day, and there are lots of variables that enter into that: family, your own body's preferences, your job, other things that need to be done. But whatever that time is, prioritize it. That will mean different things to different people.
2. Similarly, it's good to have a specific writing place. Not everyone will be able to have a "writer's retreat" separate from the rest of their lives, but find a way to place yourself in an atmosphere that's conducive to writing. Think about things like furniture, lighting, and temperature. Most important, in my opinion--minimizing distractions.
3. About distractions: some people work best when there's music playing. I'm not one of them. I'm too finely tuned in to music; if there are voices, I'm going to want to sing along, and if it's instrumental, I'm going to hum. And my little brain can't handle that kind of multitasking. But if music works for you, find the kinds of music that make you most productive. However, I don't care to work in total silence, which is just as distracting to me. A news program playing in the background is just the right level of noise--but you'll want to find the noise level that's best for you.
4. Same thing goes for food and drink. And clothing. And whether the cat gets to be in the room. And how long you can work without giving yourself a break. And balancing exercise with work. You just have to know what works for you.
5. This is the one that I recommend for EVERYONE, though. In order to be a good writer, you really have to be a good reader. I'm going to separate this into a few sub-points:
a. People who read lots and lots and lots of books have a better vocabulary, a better grasp of the world, a finer appreciation of allusion, more cultural references, and I could go on and on. Read, read, read.
b. If there's a particular genre that you hope to break into--read, read, read in that genre. You'll discover what kinds of things are being published in that genre, and any expected norms. In addition, you'll become familiar with publishers who are working with your genre.
c. Read like a writer. Analyze as you're reading; if you find a sentence that works particularly well, figure out why. If you notice that a writer has a particular quirk of writing, determine why the writer does that, and if you think it works. It will take you more time to read this way, and if you're a person who likes to devour books (because let's face it, books are wonderful), you may have to give books that particularly speak to you a second read in which you do the "critical" reading.
d. Don't read bad writing, if you can help it. And just because a book is popular, that doesn't mean the writing is good. Learn to discern good writing from bad, but if you're not sure, read reviews by professional book reviewers and pick up those books that are highly recommended.
Now--Caleb asked about reading lists. I recommend a grammar guide or style manual, for handy reference. Your questions about comma usage or whether to use "effect" or "affect" can be answered online, too--but some of the advice you'll find online is contradictory and from dubious sources. If you'd rather do your self-editing online, find a site that you trust, and know your sources.
I'd also recommend that you read books about writing by writers you admire. "Bird by Bird" by Anne Lamott was such a book for me, or "The Writing Life" by Annie Dillard.
Finally, Rachel asked about editing. I definitely recommend that you have your work edited before you submit it for publication. A polished work will be far more likely to be considered. Although magazines and publishing houses have their own editors and will certainly do more tweaking of your piece once they've accepted it, it'll never get to that point if they decline to give it a look because of multiple errors. If you have a writing friend who is very knowledgeable about these things, you might have her do the edit for you--but I really don't recommend this. A professional edit is really what you need.
I hope I've covered your questions. It would have been easier, I know, to just give a very specific list of habits guaranteed to make you a better writer, but that just doesn't exist--God made us all so wonderfully different, and we just have to work out for ourselves what works best for us.
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I'm going to add another writing habit that'll apply to all writers:
6. Keep writing.
Write through writer's block, even if all you're writing is shopping lists and notes to your spouse. If you have a smart phone, get a writing app like "Brainstormer" that will give you random writing prompts. Look around you and write a description of your room. Write, write, write.
I also sometimes recommend writing out of your comfort zone. All those suggestions about furniture, temperature, distractions in my first reply? Shake yourself out of writer's block by changing one or more of those. Write with pencil on paper rather than at your computer. Go to the mall and sit on a bench...and write. Turn the thermostat down 10 degrees...and write. Fast for a day...and write.
7. Keep something with you at all times on which you can write notes. Some people like to write notes on their devices, some on a notebook with a pen or pencil. Whatever works for you--but don't miss out on the opportunity to jot down a stray idea or observation.
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King's On Writing deserves all the acclaim it has received as well. Although more helpful to the pantsers out there than to the planners.
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Thanks, Mike!
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Great advice, Jan! I really appreciate your how you pointed out that we all learn in different ways. I really want to learn to write well, and I can see myself taking some writing advice too far that doesn't work for me and ending up frustrated.
Thank you also for your recommendation to get professional editing for my articles. I'm sure that suggestion will save me a lot of time, and the objective perspective will help me to grow as a writer.
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Hi Jan!
Thank you very much for your valuable advice and tips! I've leaned a lot.We appreciate you.
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Now that the long Thanksgiving weekend is over and I have time to answer questions, I'm giving this thread a bit of a bump.
Anyone else have a question for me? Want to play "Stump the Editor?" Bring it on!
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Jan, this is an after the fact question, because the article has already been submitted. So for the next time...
When you're addressing the reader as in Cherished one must you also capitalize "one?"
Ex. Cherished one, God has not abandonned you...
You mentioned a long Thanksgiving week-end. Mine was a long Thanksgiving week, and Christmas will be happily just as long. But I will be tuning in.
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I love to write. Nothing escapes the crush I have on the written word. I'm hooked on words!!
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Lillian, except for "I," pronouns are not capitalized. I wouldn't have capitalized "cherished" either--except that you put it at the beginning of the sentence. But if the sentence was something like this:
Believe me, cherished one--God has not abandoned you.
...then both words of the phrase would be lower case.
Even though the person is being addressed, and the phrase "cherished one" stands in for a name--no capitalization.
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Therein was the source of my dilemma. You hit it right on the head. I instinctively wrote it correctly, but still had reservations.
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I love to write. Nothing escapes the crush I have on the written word. I'm hooked on words!!
"Let words bewitch you. Scrutinze them, mull them, savor them, and in combination, until you see their subtle differences and the ways they tint each other." Francis Flaherty
Re: Be a Better Writer--WHAT'S YOUR QUESTION?
Hi Jan,
I'm still fairly new to FW and am enjoying it so much! So thankful to have found the site! Just wanted to let you know I really appreciated your tips on becoming a better writer. They were all great tips and for me another good one is to write about what I feel strongly about! From the heart....as the saying goes.
Anyway, I'm looking forward to taking part in your lessons after the holidays...and Happy holidays to you and yours...May God richly bless all your endeavors in this coming new year and always!
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Hi Jan,
I have a question related to the greeting. Shouldn't it be: "Hi, Jan," because I'm directly addressing you? It looks very stuffy though.
Another question: I am writing an entry for the writing challenge this week and the piece that came to me is a non-fiction article. All the challenge entries that I've read so far seem to be fictional stories or personal experience stories. Is a non-fiction teaching article an acceptable entry?
Thank you for your time!
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SAN JOSE -- Attorneys for the man accused of kidnapping and killing Morgan Hill teen Sierra LaMar all but lost their bid Friday to keep the transcript of the grand jury hearing that led to his indictment on murder charges secret.
Responding to a request by this newspaper, Judge Griffin M.J. Bonini ordered the transcript unsealed July 11 unless defendant Antolin Garcia-Torres' lawyers manage to convince an appellate court to review the ruling. The paper argued that the public's right of access to court documents trumped Garcia-Torres' overstated concerns that pre-trial publicity will hurt his chances for a fair trial.
The release of the 2,000-plus-page transcript will make public for the first time some of the evidence prosecutors have against Garcia-Torres, who has been in custody for more than two years without bail on suspicion of killing Sierra . The 15-year-old vanished in March 2012 on her way to her school bus stop. Her body hasn't been found.
Once a defendant is indicted, the grand jury transcript is presumed to be public, putting the burden of proof on Garcia-Torres' attorneys to show why it should remain sealed. The document has been under seal for slightly more than four months.
Attorney Brian Matthews argued that media coverage of the grand jury transcript would likely hinder his client's already compromised chances of getting a fair trial, ultimately resulting in a need for a change of venue. The risk to his client is heightened, he said, because District Attorney Jeff Rosen announced last month that he is seeking the death penalty against Garcia-Torres.
But Bonini noted that "This is not a motion for change of venue."
The paper's attorneys David E. Snyder and James M. Chadwick contended that the coverage of the transcript was unlikely to contaminate the jury pool, particularly since Santa Clara County has a large population of 1.8 million people. Motions for a change of venue in much bigger cases, including the trial of Michael Jackson in much smaller Santa Barbara County, have been denied.
The last time a change of venue was granted in Santa Clara County was in 1980, when the county population -- and thus the jury pool -- was smaller. That's when the so-called San Jose Cheese Company murder trial involving the local Mafia was moved to Los Angeles County.
Two members of a citizens group that continues to help in the ongoing search for Sierra's body attended Friday's hearing. Afterward, searcher Doug Tollis praised Bonini's ruling, saying the group plans to scour the transcript in hopes it will help them pinpoint their search.
"It's about time," he said. "We've been searching blind."
Tollis also scoffed at the notion that most people know about the case -- though it appears he's doing his best to spread the word by plastering his green Toyota pickup with her photo and the phone number of the county Sheriff's Department. But even in Morgan Hill where she lived, Tollis said, "People say, who is Sierra?"
Contact Tracey Kaplan at 408-278-3482. Follow her at Twitter.com/tkaplanreport.