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An Artist's Lego-Brick Road
For Nathan Sawaya, Lego isn't just a hobby. Not only does he own more than 2.5 million brightly colored bricks, but in 2004 he quit his job to focus on creating sculptures made of them.
"Lego is my medium of choice," says the 39-year-old former attorney from Colville, Wash., who now works full-time as an artist in New York. He prizes the medium's "accessible" qualities and aims to "take it into a new place, that of the contemporary art world."
He's now taking it to Asia: "The Art of the Brick," a traveling exhibition of 52 of his works, opens at Singapore's ArtScience Museum on Saturday; a smaller showcase of his sculptures opened at the Pier 2 Art Center in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, on Nov. 3. The Singapore display includes pieces such as "Yellow," which depicts a man made of yellow Lego bricks tearing his chest open, and a 30-inch-tall sculpture of the ArtScience Museum, whose lotus-like exterior has become an iconic part of the Singapore skyline.
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I purchased this as a gift for my daughter for Christmas. It turned out to be an excellent choice and one I will give every year. It was a fun project, well packaged, high quality, and turned out better than the picture. It's not really eatable, but still well worth the price. It lasted a long time, was easy to do, and attracted a lot of attention. Way better than the standard gingerbread house!

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Duck Dynasty Clan Starts Line of Guns
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(NEWSER) – Got a cottonmouth in your duck blind? TheDuck Dynasty family says it has just the thing: a .22-caliber pistol, one of a dozen guns now being offered by the Robertson clan of A&E fame, reports CNN. The family's company, Duck Commander, teamed up with gun-maker Mossberg to create the weapons—nine shotguns, two assault rifles, and the aforementioned pistol.


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PARKERSBURG - In the days following the deaths of a school teacher, her husband and their daughter in Doddridge County, school administrators in both Ritchie and Doddridge counties scrambled to provide support and understanding to both students and teachers.
On Sept. 3, Frederick A. Spencer III, his wife, Dixie L. Spencer and their daughter Patience Josette "P.J." Spencer were killed in their home off West Virginia 18 north of West Union. Officials and relatives identified the alleged shooter as 16-year-old Joseph Spencer, who will be tried as an adult.
Dixie Spencer was a teacher at Ritchie County Middle School and some of the family's children attended school in Doddridge County. Both school systems brought in counselors and memorial services were held in both counties.
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Worthington Elementary School Principal Joe Oliverio stands next to a plaque dedicated to 11-year-old Patrick Kincaid Jr., a student who died in March 2009 following open heart surgery.
The triple homicide and response by those school systems raised questions about how prepared Wood County schools and administrators are to deal with providing support and counseling following a tragedy.
"We do have plans in place for when there is a tragedy and how school officials respond," said Sue Woodward, assistant superintendent of school services for Wood County Schools
Woodward said the district has a crisis team and a counseling plan as part of the district's crisis management plan.
The Crisis Intervention Team is responsible for arranging counselors for schools during a tragedy, such as a student or teacher death.
"The crisis team is made up of school counselors," said Dianne Boggess, coordinator of student services and assessment. "If something happens, the administrator at the school and the school counselor decide if they need help from the crisis team. They call those counselors, and they clear it with their immediate supervisor who releases them to go to the school in need."
Those counselors provide additional support for students and staff, everything from speaking to classrooms and groups of students to providing one-on-one counseling sessions, Boggess said. In some cases, students can be referred to outside agencies for additional help.
"There are lots of different things they do, but it is all dependent on the needs of the school and the situation," she said.
Woodward said one of the most recent times the crisis counseling plan went into effect was at Worthington Elementary School.
Eleven-year-old Patrick Kincaid Jr. died in March 2009 after undergoing open heart surgery to replace a faulty valve. The school had rallied around Kincaid prior to the surgery, raising thousands of dollars to help the family cover medical costs and showing support for their friend.
Worthington Principal Joe Oliverio said officials first used the district's phone messaging service to contact parents, then contacted staff.
"The parent is the first line of support for any child, and we wanted them to be able to break the news so the kids wouldn't have to hear it first from a teacher or staff member," he said. "It also allowed us to get in touch with our school counselor who then set up a plan to meet with the students and bring in additional counselors."
Oliverio said staff members met an hour before the start of school that day to discuss how Kincaid's death would be handled within the school.
"It was also to help the adults deal with their own grief and shock," he said. "You can't be strong for others until you can be strong for yourself."
Oliverio held an assembly to speak with students.
"As their principal I felt they were looking to me for answers," he said.
About a half dozen counselors were brought in, visiting classrooms, meeting with small groups of students and speaking with individual students as needed.
Thanks to the quick response of staff and counselors, Worthington returned to a "normal" school day by lunchtime.
Shortly after Kincaid's death, the school placed a plaque above a memorial garden which had been built in memory of a teacher's child who had died of cancer. Students and staff held a small ceremony for their friend, inviting Kincaid's family to attend and to view the memorial.
"Thank goodness we've not had to add to the garden," Oliverio said.
Boggess said putting intervention responses into the district's crisis plan has made it easier for administrators and staff to address difficult situations during challenging times.
"They don't have to wing it," Boggess said. "Emotions are already frazzled and you are trying to deal with everything as quickly as you can. This gives them a guide and some help.
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United States Adherence to the Berne Convention and Copyright Protection of Information-Based Technologies
Dennis S. Karjala
Arizona State University College of Law
Jurimetrics Journal, Vol. 28, No. 147, 1988
The Berne Convention, which governs the international aspects of copyright protection in its signatory countries, has been in existence for over one hundred years. During that period, numerous attempts have been made to reform United States copyright law to permit our entry into the Convention, but while the reasons for our not joining may have varied with time, the United States has never acceded to its terms. Nevertheless, the differences between United States law and the requirements of the Berne Convention have steadily narrowed over the years, most particularly with the adoption of the Copyright Act of 1976. With increasing concerns about international piracy of the creative works of American authors, a major groundswell of support for United States entry into Berne has recently developed and seems to be gaining momentum. Three bills to amend United States copyright law to permit our joining the Convention were introduced in 1987.
The movement toward Berne is not without opponents, but the debate has focused on the historical issue of the desirability of maintaining our traditional differences from the requirements of the Convention, such as the United States preference for certain formalities like a notice of copyright on published works and the Convention demand that its members provide for moral rights of authorship. This article raises the neglected issue of the effect of United States entry into the Berne convention and the protection of information-based technology like computer programs and databases under American copyright law.
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Hitchens: vote for Obama OCT 14 2008
Christopher Hitchens endorses Obama for President.
To summarize what little I learned from all this: A candidate may well change his or her position on, say, universal health care or Bosnia. But he or she cannot change the fact -- if it happens to be a fact -- that he or she is a pathological liar, or a dimwit, or a proud ignoramus. And even in the short run, this must and will tell.
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I thought I had fixed the stuttering problem by doubling the java heap space. But it still ran out of heap space when I ran four half-hour videos in succession. In addition, four copies of MEncoder.exe were also in memory.
Is this a known problem?
Running Windows 7 Professional SP1 64-bit on Core i7 CPU.
Streaming to PS3 with latest updates.
PC connected to 1GB/s Netgear WNDR3700 router to 1GB/s switch to PS3.
I ran it again to create a log. It stopped temporarily on the third video but recovered, but finally stopped on the fourth video. This time there were six copies of MEncoder in memory. Anyone else having this problem?


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The Stonehouse Tavern is the newest restaurant to reside at Bluebird Farm in Carrollton, Ohio. They specialize in traditional comfort foods cooked fresh daily. Dining areas include a glass enclosed porch that provides a scenic view of the farm's beautiful surroundings. There is also an outdoor deck overlooking a waterfall cascading down the hillside. The tavern serves a variety of Ohio wines, beer and spirits.
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West Alabama baseball team swept by Chargers
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HUNTSVILLE | The University of West Alabama baseball team jumped ahead of Alabama-Huntsville 2-0 in the first inning, but a season-high four errors led to a 5-3 loss Sunday. It is the first three-game Gulf South Conference sweep the Tigers (21-24, 13-10 Gulf South) have suffered this season.
West Alabama used four pitchers, with Steven Glasgow (0-3) taking the loss after pitching through three innings beginning in the fourth. Glasgow allowed three runs on three hits.
West Alabama's Matthew Magee led the game off with a double. Magee ended 1-for-4 with one run.
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Ala. Credit Union announces merger
Published: Wednesday, February 6, 2013 at 3:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, February 5, 2013 at 11:27 p.m.
Milestone Credit Union has merged with Alabama Credit Union. The merger increases Tuscaloosa-based Alabama Credit Union's assets by more than $20 million.
Milestone Credit Union was formerly the Birmingham Post Office Credit Union.
"We're honored to have been chosen as a merger partner with Milestone Credit Union, the oldest credit union in Alabama," said Steve Swofford, president of Alabama Credit Union. "The partnership will benefit both memberships in so many ways."
Alabama Credit Union now is operating Milestone's two branches — one in Fultondale and the other inside the main Birmingham Post Office — and has retained the staff.
Alabama Credit Union has assets of $550 million, and more than 50,800 members with 24 offices in the state.
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Tickets on sale for holiday musical in Venice
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Last Modified: Wednesday, November 21, 2012 at 1:04 p.m.
VENICE - Advance tickets are now on sale for "Rockin' on Top of the World," a musical benefit for the Venice Lions Club.
The performance by Brian Gurl, Judy Alexander, Tom Ellison and the Polar Express Band will be at 7 p.m., Dec. 6, at the Venice Community Center, 326 Nokomis Ave. S.
Section A seats are $25 and Section B seats are $20. For tickets, call (941) 480-9290 or (828) 284-2715. Tickets are also available in the center lobby from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday, Wednesday or Friday.
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Vt. more gun-friendly than NH says Guns & Ammo magazine
Guns & Ammo magazine opens its rankings on best and worst states for gun rights in 2013 with a snarky quip that makes a blunt point: Apparently, the Second Amendment doesn't apply to the District of Columbia, since it's not a state. Other top Second Amendment states were, in order, Alaska, Utah, Kentucky, Wyoming, Alabama, Kansas, Missouri and New Hampshire.
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Posted by Shreve & Co. at 12:00:00 AM in Panerai (29)
Human technology changes and improves from time to time; sometimes rapid, sometimes slow. But sure enough Officine Panerai evolves with the times. Through elaborate mixtures of aesthetics and high-end watch making, Panerai created a concept piece – the most complicated piece Panerai ever made. As a tribute to Galileo Galilei and his genius, Officine Panerai produced 30 examples of a Tourbillion with the Equation of time. They deemed it L'Astronomo. The Equation of Time pertains to the difference between the 'apparent solar time' (time told by the sun) and the 'mean solar time' (time told by the watch). Because of the earth's peculiar orbit and axis, these two vary every day except for four days a year. They differ up to 15 minutes – faster or slower. The L'Astronomo also tells the sunrise and sunset times but these vary from location to location. Panerai takes care of this by customizing each piece to have the owner's chosen city and location as the reference point. Not only does the name of the chosen city and the mil estimation engraved on the back, the watch also features a map of the sky above the chosen city installed on the lower part of the device. Depending on the hemisphere chosen, this disc spins left or right updating the night sky above the chosen city. This 50mm watch seems heavy. But it is actually lighter than it looks because the case is in titanium. It is also available in a pink gold case on request. To see the L'Astronomo, visit Shreve & Co. – authorized dealer of Officine Panerai.
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Glazed Seljuk wall tile from the sultan's summer residence at Kubadabat, near Beyşehir. Since the residence was built by sultan Alaaddin Keykubad I (1220–1236), this tile - painted with an underglaze - must be dated from that period.Underglaze is a method of decorating ceramic articles; the decoration is applied to the surface before it is glazed. As the glaze will subsequently cover it such decoration is completely durable, but because the subsequent glost firing is at a higher temperature than used in on-glaze decoration the range of available colours is more limited. It uses pigments derived from oxides which fuse with the glaze when the piece is fired in a kiln.Correspondent: J.M.Criel, Antwerpen.Sources: Wikipedia & Personal visits (several times between 1978 and 2001).
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- Jul 11:
- In San Jose's suburbs, Martial Cottle Park is throwback farm oasis
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- The man for whom a new San Jose park is named
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- Silicon Valley holdout: 287-acre farm in the heart of sprawl on the way to becoming public park
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- Walter Cottle Lester fulfills lifelong dream - gives Santa Clara County his family farm
SAN JOSE -- Walter Cottle Lester, who passed up a staggering fortune to donate his family's vast farm land to ensure Silicon Valley would forever maintain a piece of its agricultural roots, died of natural causes Friday afternoon at age 88.
Heartbreakingly, he passed away the day before the opening of the public trail he fought so hard for -- one that helped him preserve his family's 237-acre ranch in South San Jose. Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors President Mike Wasserman turned Saturday morning's event into a "Walk for Walter," who had been confined to his house under nurse's care for several months.
Lester gave up more than $500 million, turning away repeated bids from developers to build on his pristine land that his family kept for three generations since the 1860s and is considered the biggest farm left in San Jose.
"People ask: Why didn't Walter sell and go buy an island? Well, his world was right here," said David Giordano, who managed the farming operation for Lester the last two decades. "His duty in life, as he perceived it, was to preserve the ranch in its entirety."
The last surviving member of the Cottle family, for which Cottle Road is named, Lester was reclusive, never married and had no children.
Over the last few years, Lester donated his land to Santa Clara County and the state of California in exchange for their agreement to turn the area into a $26 million park that cannot be developed and will include plenty of land for farming.
The donation helped Lester avoid the vast majority of a more than $100 million estate tax bill associated with the death of his deaf and blind sister 15 years ago, since she co-owned the land. The bill would have forced Lester to sell a big chunk of his land -- a painful and unimaginable fate.
Lester's passion for preserving the estate reaches back to his ancestors who were on their way to Oregon in covered wagons before they ultimately settled in San Jose 150 years ago. His grandfather, Martial Cottle, gave the land to his daughter, Ethel Cottle Lester, who passed it on to her children, Walter Cottle Lester and his late sister, Edith.
The South Bay region was once known as the Valley of Heart's Delight for its rich orchards, but as technology companies and others took over in the mid-20th century, lands like the Cottle spread were steadily sold and systematically sprouted homes, offices and shopping malls. The one big holdout was Lester.
To this day, cherries, plums, apricots, peaches and grains are grown on the land and sold from a fruit stand between Highway 85 and Branham Lane. Lester had lived in a 140-year-old farmhouse there and used to proudly drive his pickup truck around the property also rimmed by Snell and Chynoweth avenues.
Though he was distrustful of government, Lester dedicated the latter part of his life to crafting an ironclad deal with the county and state to ensure the land would remain as open space after his death -- the end of his family's blood line. After help from local officials and funding from a state parks bond, he finally accomplished that goal and crews broke ground on the park in August.
"He was just a crusty old farmer who had a dream, and he stuck with it. He was stubborn and crotchety and a loner in many ways. He knew what he wanted," said Susanne Wilson, a former county supervisor who worked with Lester on the preservation effort. "He wasn't about to relinquish one bit of that land. He was here first and by golly he had rights."
In addition to the new 4-mile trail that rings the property, in the coming years, the new Martial Cottle Park will also include picnic areas, a visitors' center and land that can be leased for farming. Although Lester didn't get to see the full vision come to fruition, Giordano and his cousin, Frank, who also worked with Lester for decades, said he was content with the plans he had laid out.
"He drew his first and last breaths there, and you can't say that about a lot of people," Frank Giordano said. "We're going to certainly miss him."
County Supervisor Dave Cortese, who was Lester's lawyer in the late 1990s before getting into politics and also grew up on a nearby ranch, said Lester repeatedly told him he wanted future generations to be able to have a similar place to visit in San Jose.
"You're almost transcending space and time when you walk into the place," Cortese said. "It's going to be that way forever now."
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Justice for All: Securing Land Rights for Tribal Communities
UNDP partners with the Ministry of Law and Justice, Government of India to empower the poor and marginalized to demand and access entitlements and support justice delivery institutions to ensure the law works for the poor.
- UNDP in partnership with the Ministry of Law and Justice, Government of India, is helping the poor and marginalized access justice and demand and access entitlements
- Innovative legal literacy models have generated awareness among 1.5 million marginalized men and women across seven of India's poorest states
- National and state legal service authorities have been supported in improving access to services for poor
- National and state legal service authorities have been supported in improving access to services for poor
- As a result of this partnership, 175 acres of agricultural land has been restored to over 1,600 dwellers in Odisha
- Six Right to Information clinics and land rights resource centres have made it easier for forest dwellers to interact with revenue and forest officials
For thirty-four year old Naran Majhi, 2011 marked the end of a long wait – to be legally recognized as the owner of the land his family has farmed on for close to 200 years. Located in Karpalat in the Kalahandi district of Odisha, Naran's land is in a dense forest and for years he was deemed an "encroacher" with no rights of ownership on his land. This until local volunteers with a land rights awareness group told him about the Scheduled Tribe and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers Act in 2006 which recognizes the ownership rights of thousands like Naran who farm on land that is now designated as forest area. Along with forty other families in the pre-dominantly poor and tribal dominated district, Naran applied for the regularization of his land holdings and today proudly displays the forest land patta or recognition document that he holds jointly with his wife. Over 80 percent of families in Thuamul Rampur block live below the poverty line and agriculture is the mainstay of the local economy.
"My family has been living in this village for 200 years and while we have depended on forest land and resources to eek out a living, for years there has been uncertainty as we never had any documentation to prove we were the owners of the land. Since I received the ownership document, I have registered for employment under the Mahatma Gandhi National Employment Guarantee Act and put money into developing the land so my family can finally be secure. I am now sending two of my daughters to school" he added. In a short span of two years, 175 acres of agricultural land has been restored to over 1,600 forest dwellers.
For his wife, thirty-year old Padmini the document has come with another first – she is a joint owner of the land. "Jointly owning the land makes me feel secure. I am confident now that we can keep the property intact and as I have a say in how the land is to be used. My husband cannot mortgage or sell it without my consent." Women like Padmini are in a minority in India where according to the Food and Agricultural Organisation, women account for a mere 9.2 percent of the total farm land holders in the country.
Recognizing the crucial link between poverty reduction and access to justice, rights and entitlements, since 2006, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has partnered with the Ministry of Law and Justice, Government of India to empower the poor and marginalized to demand and access entitlements and support justice delivery institutions to ensure the law works for the poor.
According to Caitlin Wiesen, Country Director, UNDP in India, "Legal empowerment is critical to promoting inclusion, fostering economic growth and expanding progress in human development." Innovative legal literacy models, including those using ICTs have generated awareness among 1.5 million marginalized men and women across 7 of India's poorest states enabling greater access to their legal rights and entitlements as well as access to mechanisms for grievance and redressal.
Legal literacy has been mainstreamed into the National Adult Literacy Programme and over 4,000 intermediaries including legal aid lawyers, paralegals, elected women representatives from minority communities have been trained to help marginalized people seek entitlements and redressal through justice delivery systems. UNDP is also supporting efforts to strengthen law school based legal aid clinics to involve law students in providing legal support services to the most marginalized and vulnerable.
To address challenges faced by institutions and individuals providing critical legal aid services to the marginalized women and men, UNDP is also supporting national and state legal service authorities in improving access to services for poor. Partnerships with judicial training institutions aims to sensitize the judiciary on the challenges faced by marginalized groups in accessing justice.
Empowering communities to have the confidence to demand and protect their rights and assets is crucial to fostering prosperity and drive development processes forward. Six Right to Information clinics and land rights resource centres has made it easier for forest communities to interact with revenue and forest officials, which has made accessing justice, easier and more affordable. For many like Naran, Padmini and their families, it has built a sense of security, the possibility of investing in the future and enabled the realization of rights that they only once dreamt about securing.
Related Project
Increasing Access to Justice for Marginalized People (September 2008 - December 2017)
In partnership with the Department of Justice, Ministry of Law and Justice, Government of India, the project focuses on strengthening access to justice for the poor by developing strategies that address barriers to accessing justice in legal, social, economic and political domains.
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Holocaust Denial on Trial, Trial Transcripts, Day 19: Electronic Edition
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1 Q. [Mr Irving] Will you agree that it says: "4 million people suffered
2and died here at the hands of the Nazi murderers between
3the years 1940 and 1945"?
4 A. [Professor Richard John Evans] Yes, that is what it says.
5 Q. [Mr Irving] Will you now turn the page please? Is that another
7 A. [Professor Richard John Evans] Yes, that is right.
8 Q. [Mr Irving] Do you recognize that plaque?
9 A. [Professor Richard John Evans] I do not now that I can see what it is.
10 Q. [Mr Irving] Does it appear to be in the same place as where the
11previous plaque was?
12 A. [Professor Richard John Evans] I will take your word for it.
13 Q. [Mr Irving] Do you agree this one says: "Never let this place be a
14cry of despair and a warning to humanity where the Nazis
15murdered about one and a half million men, women and
16children, namely Jews from various countries of Europe"?
17 A. [Professor Richard John Evans] That is right.
18 Q. [Mr Irving] Is this also Auschwitz?
19 A. [Professor Richard John Evans] They are both in Auschwitz, yes.
20 Q. [Mr Irving] So somebody has arbitrarily reduced the figure from 4
21million to about 1.5 million? Is that Holocaust denial?
22 A. [Professor Richard John Evans] No, I do not agree that the reduction was arbitrary.
23I think inevitably in the immediate aftermath of the war
24there was an enormous amount of uncertainty about the
25numbers who had died. This does not have a date on it,
26but I think the 4 million is a plaque which was erected
1very shortly after the war and, as research progressed,
2then the true number of people who died in Auschwitz was
3more closely approached, so it is an arbitrary reduction.
4 Q. [Mr Irving] Is the first figure, which is the figure of 4 million, in
5any way associated with the figure of 4 million that was
6propagated by the Soviet Union in the first postwar years
7for the victims in Auschwitz, in your opinion?
8 A. [Professor Richard John Evans] I have to say I do not know enough about Auschwitz. I am
9not an expert on Auschwitz. You had an expert on
10Auschwitz here.
11 Q. [Mr Irving] We will keep it in general terms. If you were told (as we
12have heard) that Dr Piper, the director of the Auschwitz
13State Museum at the time that first plaque was in
14existence, and who arranged for it to be removed and
15replaced by the second plaque, has stated that the first
16plaque was purely propaganda, would you accept that this
17is evidence of politicization of the Holocaust and the
18figures connected with it?
19 A. [Professor Richard John Evans] I think, well, I would have to see Dr Piper's statement
20before I could accept that is what he said, of course. I
21mean ----
22 Q. [Mr Irving] Can I draw your attention back we -- will leave that
23subject. Can I now take you back to your book, please?
24 MR JUSTICE GRAY: You have not got your answer yet. I think
25the object of the exercise is to get the answer to the
26question, Mr Irving.
1 MR IRVING: My Lord, his answer was the now familiar one that
2he has not seen the document.
3 MR JUSTICE GRAY: No, well, he was actually going on to say
4something else. Would you like to complete it?
5 A. [Professor Richard John Evans] Yes. Obviously, I accept that there is an element of
6propaganda in the official memorialization by the Soviet
7Union and its satellites in the period of Communism. That
8is particularly evident, for example, in the absence of
9any mention of Jews in this first plaque, whereas in the
10second one it does say mainly Jews. I think it is the
11case that in the postwar years the Soviet Union and the
12authorities in Communist Eastern Europe did want to
13minimise the element of Jewish dead amongst the ----
14 MR IRVING: As evidence of general Polish anti-semitism or?
15 A. [Professor Richard John Evans] No, I do not think that is true. I think it is a number
16of different things. It is not that.
17 Q. [Mr Irving] While you have your book in front of you, Professor Evans,
18will you remain on page 206 and look at the next paragraph
19briefly, which begins with the words: "A leading
20authority". I am sorry, my Lord, that I should have
21provided your Lordship with the lines I am going to refer
22to, but it is very brief.
23 A. [Professor Richard John Evans] Yes.
24 Q. [Mr Irving] I will read it out: "A leading authority on this
25literature, which is Holocaust denial literature,
26Professor Deborah E. Lipstadt", that is the Second
1Defendant in this case?
2 A. [Professor Richard John Evans] That is right.
3 Q. [Mr Irving] "... of Emery University, Atlanta, Georgia, consistently
4refuses to take part in public debates with the deniers on
5the ground 'to do so would give them a legitimacy and a
6stature that they in no way deserve"?
7 A. [Professor Richard John Evans] Yes.
8 Q. [Mr Irving] Have you any comment on this refusal to debate? Is it a
9position of strength or a position of weakness, do you
11 A. [Professor Richard John Evans] I think it is a position of principle.
12 Q. [Mr Irving] A position of principle?
13 A. [Professor Richard John Evans] I do not think it is a tactical consideration, in my
14understanding of it.
15 Q. [Mr Irving] Is it a principle that you, as an academic, would
16willingly adopt?
17 A. [Professor Richard John Evans] I think, yes, I do not think that Holocaust deniers are
18academics or scholars or academically or scholarly
19respectable, and I would not take part in seminars or
20discussions with them on that basis.
21 Q. [Mr Irving] So Holocaust deniers, as you once again use this favourite
22phrase of yours, are a form of low academic life or low
23life, in fact, because most of them who have not been
24academics find themselves cast out? Is that your
26 A. [Professor Richard John Evans] I do not agree with any of those statements. First of
1all, it is not a favourite phrase of mine. It is a phrase
2which I have to use because it is at the centre of this
3case, as I make no apology for that. I do not like using
4phrases like "low life" or "low form of life" and, to my
5knowledge, I have never used those phrases. The problem
6is not that they are not academic; the problem is what
7they are engaging in, in my view, is a politically
8motivated falsification of history, and that is why
9I think, on the whole, I would endorse and accept
10Professor Lipstadt's position.
11 Q. [Mr Irving] But is it not equally arguable that the use that is made
12of the Holocaust and that immense tragedy inflicted on the
13Jews during World War II has just been equally politicized
14for other purposes, whether good or bad?
15 A. [Professor Richard John Evans] I think there is, obviously, a political element in a
16great deal of historical writing, if not all historical
17writing, to some measure or other, but I would distinguish
18between the historians', as it were, control of that
19through reference to the documents and through the attempt
20to arrive at an objective interpretation which is in
21accordance with the documents, on the one hand, and
22deliberate falsification and invention on the other.
23I think the Holocaust deniers belong to the latter
25 Q. [Mr Irving] Would you consider ----
26 A. [Professor Richard John Evans]
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Graveside funeral services will be held in the West Side District Cemetery on Wednesday, August 29, 2012 at 11:00 A.M. for longtime Valley Acres resident, Joan "Honey" Witt, 82. Mrs. Witt was born in Oklahoma on April 10, 1930 and passed away in Bakersfield on August 23, 2012. She had made Valley Acres her home since 1964. Mrs. Witt had been employed for over 15 years as a secretary for B.J. Hughes Oilwell Cementers. She was a member of the Calvary Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her parents, three sisters and four brothers. Mrs. Witt is survived by her husband of 65 years, Norman Witt of Valley Acres; her daughter, Julie Dahna of Modesto; her grandchildren, and their spouses, Brian Dahna and Tonya of Valley Acres and Misty and Dean of Cheyenne, Wyoming; her great grandchildren, Brian, Conner and Lily Dahna and Destinee. There are no visitation hours scheduled and the services are under the direction of the Erickson & Browqn Funeral Home. To convey condolences or sign an online register, please visit www.EricksonAndBrown.com.
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13 September 2008
The Fall
Will Lasky at The House Next Door suggests that The Fall is destined to be a cult classic, and that seems right to me. It's a movie that causes viewers to split quite strongly, some feeling the film is visionary and powerful, others finding it pretentious and boring. Inevitably, as we try to tell people what we thought of the movie and what the experience of watching it is like, we compare it to other films -- The Princess Bride comes up a lot, but I think that's a bit misleading, and likely to cause dissatisfaction in a viewer who watches The Fall expecting the other film's whimsy. A closer approximation would be Terry Gilliam's The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, a movie that is as full of stories-within-stories as Princess Bride and The Fall, and also shares The Fall's darker view of human motivations, attention to imagery, and sometimes messy (some might even say flabby) narrative structure. The other particularly valid comparison, I think, is to the films of Julie Taymor -- there's an animation sequence in The Fall that is reminiscent of the one The Brothers Quay did for Frida, and director Tarsem says in the commentary for The Fall that he'd originally planned to get The Brothers Quay to do his, then he saw Frida and realized they'd just done it. So he went to different twin animators, the Lauensteins. There are certainly other similarities to Taymor's work as well, especially the careful visual construction of every scene and the strongly divided reactions among viewers.
What can't be denied is that again and again The Fall is visually gorgeous. This has, for some critics, been one of its weaknesses -- bright, colorful beauty is something we have learned to distrust in movies. (Notice how much praise there is for the murky mess of The Dark Knight. [Sorry, I've really come to hate that movie.]) There is a suspicion, even as we are impressed by the framing and the vivid hues, that many of the shots in The Fall are not art, but kitsch: 3-D Dalí.
For me, there were a few mitigating elements that moved the imagery decidedly into the realm of art and out of the trash-heap of kitsch. First, like Dalí's best paintings, the imagery is striking, forcing an involuntary, whispered "Wow" when I first saw a few of the shots. We are not in the realm of Thomas Kinkade.
Second, and perhaps more important, the imagery makes sense within the conceit of the movie. The entire film is filtered through the perceptions of the child Alexandria, stuck in a hospital after breaking her arm in a fall while picking oranges with her family, migrant workers in the early twentieth century. She wanders through the hospital and meets Roy, a silent-movie stuntman who has been paralyzed after falling from a train trestle in a dangerous stunt, one he performed, it seems, to try to win (back?) the love of the movie's leading lady, who has become the girlfriend of the leading man. Roy's body and heart are broken. He begins telling Alexandria a story of a group of heroes who seek to destroy an evil Governor Odious.
Roy tells the story using the most exotic characters he can think of, including Charles Darwin and an Indian. We quickly discover that we are in Alexandria's imagination, though, when, despite Roy mentioning the Indian's "squaws" and "wigwam", the Indian on the screen actually lives in India. Alexandria's frame of reference is different from Roy's. Little details throughout the movie remind us of this.
The imagery also makes sense in contrast to the more objective reality of the hospital, which, though beautifully filmed, has a much more restricted color palette and tighter, less epic cinematography. Alexandria's imagination is full of vivid beauty.
The performances are also notable, particularly the leads -- Lee Pace as Roy manages to find considerable range in the role, and is particularly fine in small, intimate scenes with Alexandria. And Catinca Untaru as Alexandria is phenomenal, giving easily one of the best performances by such a young child that I've seen. Her character, in more than one way, is the movie, and Untaru entirely lives up to the challenge.
Along with the imagery and Catinca Untaru's performance, what most impressed me about The Fall was the courage of its ending. It is sweet and touching without being sentimental, because Tarsem allows Roy's story to grow very dark as Roy himself loses hope in life. Alexandria is too naive and too determinedly idealistic to allow the darkness to fully enter her imagination, though -- she fights Roy to bring the story back to a place of beauty, and the effect is that the story does not change her, as much as it amuses her, but it does change Roy. Or perhaps not. Tarsem has been criticized for being too much of a pop artist, too much still the guy who made TV commercials and music videos, but the criticism is superficial and ignores the tremendous ambuity of the ending and the unreliability of a very young narrator. The final section, with Alexandria narrating action scenes from old silent movies, brings the grand imaginings of the earlier sections of the film toward a simpler kind of beauty, though one that is equally faithful to the idea that imagination is not an escape from reality, but a tool with which to understand and even shape it. The meaning of The Fall is, in the end, left up to us to decide, interpret, and imagine. That, more than anything else, makes it a work of art.
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I wanted to like this movie a lot more than I actually did. (mild spoiler ahead)ReplyDelete
I think the film reeeeaaally started falling apart when the girl started to enter the adventure. Everything started getting disjointed. Then the compatriots start getting mowed down at the end like clockwork, and it became dreary and anticlimactic.
The movie had a lot of the sloppiness and worst traits of Tim Burton and tried to pass those off as strengths.
And I guess there were narrative "blocks" kind of floating around but they never coalesced for me.
Random thoughts--but, yeah, this one was a disappointment. I found it more cloying than anything.
The Fall hasn´t arrived here in Brazil yet - nor did I know anything about it until now. It looks like a wonderful aesthetic experience at the very least. Thanks for the tip, Matt!ReplyDelete
(Big Fish + Pan's Labyrinth)/Cinema Paradiso = The Fall.ReplyDelete
I liked it quite a bit. No surprise that the compatriots got mowed down a lot, the story was the contrivance of a suicidal person trying to teach a kid a (wrong) life lesson.
I absolutely adore this movie and have watched it three times. I disagree with the comment of someone who said it ruined the movie when the girl entered... If anything it added such a wonderful twist. The movie was meant to be extreme and flamboyant; after all it was her imagination. I especially love the part where the princes starts wiggling around in her seat and we flash back to reality and the girl is wiggling on the bed and has to go "potty".ReplyDelete
I would highly recommend it to anyone who appreciates great cinematography and ascetically pleasing movies .


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Hi everybody,
PMS is working here on a QNAP 250 Pro+ in Version 1.20.412.
In this version i have three problems:
1) In a folder with ~50 videos it only shows me 19 movie files in the transcoding menu. When deleting on of the first movies, the next in the list is shown, but always just 19 movies.
2) When playing a movie with transcoding and stopping the movie i couldn't play it any more. In the tmp folder the movie is just there and look likes that it's preventing the movie from being transcoded again. Could i delete that automatically?
3) Going to 1.21.1 wich is the latest update as a qpkg, none transcoding movies are played at all on a Sharp Aquos TV. What has changed from 1.20 to 1.21 in the transcoding setting, that prevents the movies from being played probably?
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On the front page of the Devils Lake Journal for Thursday, August 7 you will find what's "Coming in print," what's only found on our website today and a whole lot more.
Coming in print: What was discussed at the special meeting of Ramsey, Towner, Benson, Eddy and Nelson counties.
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In December 2012, Sartorius Stedim Biotech (SSB) expanded its process analytical technology software capabilities by partnering with Umetrics, a provider of multivariate technology, including software for design of experiments (DoE) and multivariate data analysis (MVA). Under the pact, SSB assumes global marketing and distribution of the Umetrics portfolio for the pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical industries and will integrate Umetrics software programs as private-label products into its own bioprocess portfolio and market these as stand-alone solutions under a dual branding arrangement. The major areas for these software systems are critical process steps, such as cell-culture processes or specific purification steps. MVA enables process parameters to be added in batch trajectories, and DoE software permits these critical process parameters to be identified and quantified.
In January 2013, Waters expanded its biopharmaceutical platform solutions with UNIFI, new ACQUITY ultra-performance liquid chromatography (UPLC) CSH130 C18 and XSelect HPLC CSH130 C18 columns for peptide mapping, and three GlycoWorks kits for glycan labeling and sample preparation. These products further progress routine biotherapeutic analysis, particularly for glycoproteins that require analysis of glycan modifications as well as protein- and peptide-level structural analysis. The biopharmaceutical platform solution brings together UPLC/mass spectrometry (MS) characterization technology with the UNIFI Scientific Information System that was first developed for intact protein mass analysis, peptide mapping, and supporting general bioseparations. The expansion supports a mix of quadrupole time-of-flight (Q-TOF) MS and optical-detection instruments within a networked laboratory workgroup. The newly released Glycan application workflow expands the platform's capabilities to support routine assignment and profiling of released glycans using fluorescence detection. The combination of high-performance UPLC HILIC (hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography) separations, the company's calibration standards and reagents, and access to Ireland's National Institute for Bioprocessing Research and Training (NIBRT)/Waters' GlycoBase 3+ UPLC glycan unit reference database enables glycan assignments, quantification, and profiling. Developed by Prof. Pauline Rudd's research team at NIBRT, the GlycoBase 3+ database is a repository of glycan chromatographic retention data, expressed in glucose calibration units, and which encompasses sets of glycan structures associated with biotherapeutic glycoproteins.Also in January 2013, PerkinElmer launched the JANUS BioTx Pro automated workstation for improved process development of proteins. The workstation is designed for high-throughput, small-scale protein purification (of µg to mg proteins) and accommodates multiple chromatography modes (column, tip and batch). It supports commercially available plate and column-based screening tools, such as GE PreDictor plates, PhyNexus PhyTip columns, and Atoll columns. Applications for the workstation include resin-binding studies and conditions screening.


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I'm surprised no one came QQing to forums about use of this. We can use it cycloned/feared/sheeped... great combo dark bargain+cataclysm when being trained by meelee/bm pets... I can't say on forums here how to use the spell because mmo champion thinks it's an exploit, even though it clearly isn't since spell is in game.
But you can google and find the command "how to cast cataclysm warlock", easy
I had fun with Cataclysm used it in a few BGs, Darkmoon arena and just had a lot of fun with it before it was removed. Everyone seemed amazed at the spell when I kept using it in the Shrine :3
"When i am done with you, you won't trust your own mind."
I actually changed my offspec to use this, was pretty funny watching people panic when I popped it on trash.


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A Thibodaux man accused of decapitating his son was transferred Tuesday from the Lafourche Parish jail to a state mental hospital, officials said.
A judge declared Jeremiah Wright, 31, incompetent to stand trial two weeks ago. The ruling requires the state to keep him in a mental facility until he may be fit to stand trial. Like a jail, Wright will not be able to leave the hospital.
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Teen recovering after shooting
Published: Monday, March 4, 2013 at 2:26 p.m.
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A 17-year-old was shot in Gray Monday afternoon, but he is expected to make a full recovery, the Terrebonne Parish Sheriff's Office said.
Detectives are seeking the person who shot the teen while he was walking on Champion Street. Someone called 911 about 12:30 p.m., the Sheriff's Office said. The shooter reportedly fled before police got there.
The teen, who is in the hospital, told detectives he didn't know the shooter, but they believe he did know him and "this is an isolated incident," sheriff's Capt. Dawn Foret said.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Crime Stoppers for a potential reward at 1-800-743-7433 or the Sheriff's Office at 876-2500.
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CORPUS CHRISTI – The Texas A&M – Corpus Christi baseball team will compete in its final game prior to Southland Conference play, as it travels to Houston to matchup with Rice on Wednesday at 6:30 p.m.
The Islanders (6-11) are coming off of a tough series with Valparaiso, where they took command of the series with a win in the opener before the Valpo pitching staff found a groove and allowed only one run in the doubleheader on Saturday to clinch the series.
Despite winning its series this weekend, Rice also had a tough weekend, as the Owls had to use eight pitchers over 27 innings in a doubleheader split against Old Dominion on Saturday after winning the series opener.
Rice (10-6), which ranks as high as No. 15, will have to expend some more arms Tuesday night, as it hosts TCU the night before the Islanders come to Reckling Park. This has delayed the Owls in naming a starter for Wednesday's game until after the matchup with the Horned Frogs. However, the entire staff has been strong for Rice this year, as they have a team ERA of 2.25.
On the mound for the Islanders will be junior Kevin Landgrebe, who will be making his second consecutive midweek start. Last week, Landgrebe made his first start with A&M – Corpus Christi, and threw well, going four innings and giving up two runs on six hits.
On the season, Landgrebe has made eight total appearances with a 2.84 ERA by giving up just four runs in 12.2 innings pitched.
Offensively, the teams tout nearly an identical batting average, as the Islanders are hitting at a .250 clip, while the Owls have a batting average of .251. However, the Owls have come up with a few more timely hits, as they have knocked in 21 more runs than the Islanders in one less game.
Brandon Tierney now leads the team in batting average, as he has hit .304 up to this point of the season. With three walks and seven hit by pitches he also has the second-highest OBP at .429. Tyler Ware leads that category, as he has also been plunked seven times to go along with a team-high 11 walks to reach base in nearly 44 percent of his at bats.
Leading the way at the dish for Rice has been Skyler Ewing, as he has 21 knocks in 65 at bats for a .323 average. Ewing also leads the team in home runs (3), slugging percentage (.492), runs (10) and on base percentage (.392).
This will be the 14th meeting between the two schools with the Islanders still in search of their first victory against Rice, including an 0-9 record against the Owls on the road.
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PIKEVILLE, Ky. – Despite winning all four games since the last poll and running its win streak to eight, the University of Pikeville fell one spot to No. 5 in this week's ratings.
The Bears, 15-1, did so despite gaining four total points in this week's 2012 - 13 NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Coaches' Top 25 Poll. They have 254 ratings points, having carried 250 in the Dec. 10 poll.
On Thursday night, the Bears will play the newly-minted No. 1 team in the country when the University of the Cumberlands comes to the East Kentucky Expo Center. The Patriots are also 15-1 on the season, but are 6-0 in the Mid-South Conference. Pikeville's lone loss came to MSC member Campbellsville on Nov. 15.
Cumberlands snagged seven of the 11 first-place votes and 276 ratings points, 11 more than second-place Columbia (Mo.), which took the four remaining top nods thanks to a 16-0 worksheet to this point in the season. The Cougars were sixth in the latest poll.
For Cumberlands, the poll marks its first appearance in the top spot since a one-week stint on Dec. 8, 2008, and the NAIA reports it to be only the second time the school has ever been No. 1.
The nation's only other unbeaten team also made a big leap, as Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) rose eight places to No. 3 thanks to an 18-0 record. Previous No. 1 Oklahoma Baptist, 14-2, is No.4 this week, only four total points in front of the Bears.
Only one other Mid-South school picked up votes this week. Lindsey Wilson is 15-2 on the season and ranked 14th this week, down six places after last Thursday night's loss at Shawnee State.
Georgetown, 11-4 overall but only 2-4 in the league, had appeared in 78 straight polls before falling out on Dec. 4. This week, the Tigers didn't get a single vote.
The second five in the poll is actually comprised of seven teams: William Carey (Miss.), Lee (Tenn.), Westmont (Calif.) and Science & Arts (Okla.) check in before a three-way tie for 10th between Montana State-Northern, Cal State-San Marcos and Texas College.
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The Corpus Christi, Texas native walked-on to this season's women's basketball team after playing at King High School in Corpus Christi for coach John Reyes. She averaged 12 points, five rebounds and three assists during her senior season. As a freshman, she earned Freshman of the Year honors and was named First Team All-District, First Team Metro and First Team All-South Texas after totaling 16 points, seven rebounds and four assists. She also lettered in track, volleyball and basketball and was named Newcomer of the Year in track and was an All-Regional qualifier in the 4x2 relay and triple jump. In volleyball, she advanced to the All-District playoffs as a freshman.
During non-conference season, she logged three minutes against Houston Baptist in the Husky Classic and scored her first basket of the season last Wednesday at UTPA in five minutes of play.
Alva is next up in the "Meet Your Islanders" features for GoIslanders.com, a unique way to get to truly know your Islander athletes.
Q: The best part of being on the women's basketball team is?
A: Building lifelong friendships with your teammates
Q: The biggest influence on your athletic career has been?
A: My dad
Q: When you're not playing basketball what do you like to do?
A: Just eat, sleep and chill with my friends
Q: What are your pre-game rituals?
A: Eat and pray
Q: Two things you must have on the road with you?
A: My cell phone and my uniforms
Q: What is your favorite moment at Texas A&M - Corpus Christi?
A: When we beat Rice at Rice
Q: Most people would be shocked to know what?
A: That I have a one year old daughter
Q: If you could play anyone one-on-one who would it be?
A: Dwayne Wade
Q: What is your favorite sporting event you have ever attended?
A: When I played at College Station for a tournament three years ago
Q: Your teammates would best describe you as what?
A: Goofy
Q: Who was your sports idol growing up?
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Q: What is your dream job?
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The New England Journal on Criminal and Civil Confinement was founded in 1973 as the New England Journal on Prison Law. After a series of informal seminars at the Law School in 1972 dealing with prison law, faculty and students decided to begin the nation's first journal dealing exclusively with prisons. The Journal began as a forum for prisoners, prison officials, lawyers, judges, law students, and others to discuss their views on the legal problems facing the prison system, prisoners, and prison officials. The Journal was highly regarded in its beginning years as the only student journal in the nation that directly investigated and analyzed issues facing the nation's prisons. The first issues of the Journal included articles by judges, esteemed scholars, practitioners, and federal prison officials.
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In 1982, the Journal changed its name to the New England Journal on Criminal and Civil Confinement in order to accurately reflect its expanding perspective. Consequently, the Journal entered a new era in becoming the leading voice for the advancement of new ideas in the fields of criminal, juvenile, and civil commitment law. In addition to publishing scholarly works on confinement, the Journal now publishes timely articles contributing to the legal discourse of criminal law and procedure. The Journal has consistently been ranked as one of the top criminal law journals in the nation and remains the only specialty journal that specifically addresses issues of civil confinement law.
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Car thief escapes after chase on Skyway bridge
Published: Wednesday, January 2, 2013 at 6:28 p.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, January 2, 2013 at 6:28 p.m.
MANATEE COUNTY - A suspect in a stolen car led deputies on a high-speed chase through Manatee County onto the Skyway Bridge on Tuesday night.
The car, stolen out of Sarasota County, was spotted driving east on 26th Avenue East from 9th Street. Deputies attempted a traffic stop at 2500 15th Street East but the suspect vehicle accelerated and deputies pursued. The chase went through Bradenton, Palmetto and onto the Skyway Bridge.
The pursuit was cancelled on the Skyway Bridge after the suspect vehicle reached speeds over 100 mph.
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My bicycle is our second car. I love to bicycle in all weather, for all distances, and on all routes. Bicycling has brought so much joy to my life, and I want to share it with anyone who is interested. I will use my soapbox to tell you about the joys, the freedom, the benefits, and, yes, the challenges of bicycling and walking for transportation.
I just can't bring myself to complain about the odd weather we've had. Sure, there's been snow at an unusual time of year, but even when the snow is falling, it's not too cold. The time I complain is when it's extreme: 5F with a wind chill of -10F, or 95F with humidity and a head index of 110F, or 25 mph winds gusting up to 40 mph.
Missouri isn't a fair weather state. I read somewhere that although Kirksville has some of the worst weather in the US. It isn't the coldest, or the hottest, or the windiest, but it gets extreme in all directions. I appreciate a mild 28F day even if snow is falling in April when it is "supposed" to be warmer. On days like that, I keenly remember both the coldest windy day when I thought my fingers would fall off despite my thick gloves, my eyeballs froze, and I had to coat my face with Vaseline, as well as the hottest humid day when sweat poured off me, I drained bottles and bottles of water, and I nearly collapsed from the loss of electrolytes.
Last winter was an incredibly mild winter. I complained about that because I had just bought studded tires and I was champing at the bit to try them out! This year I couldn't wait to take the snow tires off. They are fun on ice, but even with the extra snow this winter there wasn't much ice on the roads, and without ice they are slow, noisy, and heavy. (Next year I'll have a separate winter bike with studded tires just for icy days.)
Missouri weather always gives us something to complain about. Or you could say that Missouri weather teaches us to appreciate a balmy 40F day.


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ground 1
1 [in singular] The solid surface of the earth: he lay on the ground
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- In spring you kill the vetch by simply cutting it close to the ground, and then lay it in place on the beds.
- He froze and lay close to the ground, his entire body choked up with uncontrollable fear.
- Light rails are too buslike to impress most commuters, too squished and close to the ground.
informal deck
1.1 [mass noun] A limited extent of the earth's surface; land: an adjoining area of ground had been purchased
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- While in the air, he watched as a tractor pulling a plow cut a dark line of earth across an expanse of ground.
- In 1757, he leased a back house and some ground adjoining his premises on Cork Hill.
- Grass surpluses have developed on grazing ground on many farms at present following recent good growth.
1.2 [mass noun] Land of a specified kind: my feet squelched over marshy ground
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- Just before a cottage, go right at a green marker-post and follow a path across marshy ground to a gate in the fence to your right.
- Cross marshy ground to a cairn, and after 300 yards you will reach the trig point on top of Auchineden Hill.
- Houses included piled structures with stone hearths set in marshy ground.
1.3British The floor of a room: the device fell to the ground, where it exploded, blowing a hole in the floor
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- The few times that one did come fully into their powers, every being in the room fell to the ground.
- Water was leaking into the room now, pouring into small depressions in the ground where it had fallen before.
- She half rose, and then suddenly was thrown to the ground again as the floor rocked beneath her.
2 (also grounds) An area of land or sea used for a specified purpose: shore dumping can pollute fishing grounds
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- There was a sense of urgency today as cleanup workers tried to head off oil slicks before they reached Spanish beaches and the fishing grounds.
- The move was designed to relieve people of the squalid living conditions, as well as to grant better access to hunting and fishing grounds.
- The remaining birds, whether on the breeding or wintering grounds, mostly inhabit public or undeveloped beaches.
2.1 (grounds) An area of enclosed land surrounding a large house or other building: the house stands in seven acres of grounds the university grounds
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- The building, the grounds and surrounding area are untidy.
- In contrast to the grounds surrounding the house, this area had been neatly trimmed and landscaped.
- During their weeding and cleaning the pupils also learned much about the horticulture of the grounds surrounding the church buildings.
2.2An area of land, often with associated buildings, used for a particular sport: a football ground Liverpool's new ground is nearing completion
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- A war of words has broken out over Yorkshire's proposed purchase of the cricket ground from Headingley boss Paul Caddick.
- You have a club worth millions; you fill out your ground every week.
- The only option would be to burn the paddock to the ground.
3 [mass noun] An area of knowledge or subject of discussion or thought: third-year courses cover less ground and go into more depth [count noun]: he shifted the argument on to theoretical grounds of his own choosing
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- This is a huge subject that covers much ground and will see a good many proposals.
- Any book on European integration which aims to be at all comparative is bound to cover a lot of ground, both theoretical and practical.
- Certainly she believes the process is moving onto dangerous ground.
4 (grounds) Factors forming a basis for action or the justification for a belief: there are some grounds for optimism they called for a retrial on the grounds of the new evidence
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- That may give them grounds for a constitutional challenge on the grounds of equality and of guarantees not to endow any religion.
- But in a case such as the present where the bad faith of the plaintiff is not alleged, I can see no basis for the implication of a representation of reasonable grounds for belief.
- However, interest-based financing systems can neither be justified on the grounds of efficiency nor on the basis of economic justice.
reason, cause, basis, base, foundation, justification, rationale, argument, premise, occasion, factor, excuse, pretext, motive, motivation, inducement
5chiefly Art A prepared surface to which paint is applied.
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- To create his paintings, he stencils wide bands and squares of colorful enamel paint over bright acrylic grounds.
- Lashing skeins of clear acrylic medium course through wiped grounds, in a family of pinks ranging from alizarin to rust, of oceanic vastness.
- These new paintings are mostly organized around nearly straight brushstrokes executed on grounds made of broader, looser applications of paint.
5.1A substance used to prepare a surface for painting.
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- Alkyd and acrylic primers, pigmented with titanium white, have largely replaced white lead in oil as grounds for oil painting.
- His new work recalls his beginnings, but with broader lines, more intense colors and richer, more complex grounds.
- We should probably not assume that his changes in technique - the turn away from the live model, the shift in pigments and grounds - were determined by haste and flight.
5.2(In embroidery or ceramics) a plain surface to which decoration is applied.
6 (grounds) Solid particles, especially of coffee, which form a residue; sediment: machines which presoak the coffee grounds produce a superior cup of coffee
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- Most of the coffee in it was the residue from the coffee grounds, but he didn't care.
- After four minutes, you press the plunger to force the coffee grounds to the bottom; they're trapped by a wire mesh.
- With trembling hands, she shook the coffee grounds into the filter.
rare grouts
verbo[with object]
1Prohibit or prevent (a pilot or an aircraft) from flying: a bitter wind blew from the north-east and the bombers were grounded
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- He had been praised for a mission where he rescued injured youngsters in atrocious flying conditions which had grounded every other aircraft.
- Some flights to the US could be grounded after the airline pilots' union called on its members not to fly with armed sky marshals on board.
- He said the airline has grounded the pilot with pay while executives investigate the incident.
prevent from flying, keep on the ground
1.1 informal (Of a parent) refuse to allow (a child) to go out socially as a punishment: he was grounded for hitting her on the head
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- Being grounded by your parents will be treated as an unexcused absence.
- I was kicked out of the altar serving program and I was grounded by my parents for a good month.
- The social ostracism extends to grounding the child or even making him go to bed early.
2(With reference to a ship) run or go aground: [with object]: rather than be blown up, Muller grounded his ship on a coral reef
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- Initially it seems that the ship is grounded as solidly as a breakwater, but after a while the creaks and groans are evidence of movement, however slight this may be.
- Yesterday, salvors were also hard at work on the cargo ship Sagitarius, which is grounded on the rocks off Leaches Bay.
- If river levels sink too low, barges could be grounded and agriculture thrown into chaos.
run aground, become stranded, run ashore, beach, become beached, land, be high and dry
3 (usually be grounded in) Give (something abstract) a firm theoretical or practical basis: the study of history must be grounded in a thorough knowledge of the past
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- The brilliant synthesis was grounded in his own practical experience.
- This radical political practice was grounded in an equally radical theology.
- The music is soulful while being grounded in the aesthetic and working practices of jazz.
3.1Instruct (someone) thoroughly in a subject: Eva's governess grounded her in Latin and Greek
teach, familiarize with, acquaint with, make conversant with, inform about
informal give the gen about, give the low-down on, gen up on, clue up on, clue in on, fill in on, put in the picture about
4Place (something) on the ground or touch the ground with (something): he was penalized two strokes for grounding his club in a bunker
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- However replays showed his foot went into touch as he grounded the ball.
- The irony is that he would have been two strokes better off had he not been penalised for grounding his club in a bunker during Thursday's first round.
- However, he made no attempt to ground the ball and ran touch in goal for what should have been a certain try.
5North American Connect (an electrical device) with the ground.
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- The method further includes contacting the second metallization layer with a conductive liquid that is electrically grounded.
- And since this pipe extended a considerable distance below ground, it served as an adequate basis for grounding the entire electrical system.
- The spark plugs must be grounded to complete the electrical circuit.
6 [no object] (ground out) Baseball (Of a batter) be put out because of hitting a ground ball to a fielder who throws it to first base before the batter touches that base: he grounded out to shortstop
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- The batter grounded out, shortstop to first, and the runner from second rounded third and attempted to score on the play.
- He started Game 6 at first base and grounded out to first in his only at-bat.
- He ended the inning by grounding out to third.
1(Of an animal) living on or in the ground.
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- Perhaps he disturbed a nest of ground rats or threatened the eggs of some bird.
- It didn't even seem like the ground creatures that lived in the woods knew about it.
- Very few ground snakes lift their heads up high so there's not much need to detect airborne sounds.
1.1(Of a fish) bottom-dwelling.
1.2(Of a plant) low-growing.
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- The ground flora in the oak woods ranges from areas of bilberry through grassy swards to rich moss carpets and small alder flushes.
- I munch a mushroom, then strip a spiny ground herb to yield a mouthful of sweet white pith.
- Most of the ground lichen pastures are found in the northern herding districts.
2(In aviation) relating to the ground rather than the air (with particular reference to the maintenance and servicing of aircraft: ground crew
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- He says the agreement covered pilots and cabin crew, terminal services and other ground staff.
- This dispute also involves ground service staff and check-in agents as well as load controllers.
- Suddenly things got busy around the aircraft and I asked our ground maintenance what was going on.
be thick (or thin) on the ground
- Exist in large (or small) numbers or amounts: good men are thin on the groundMás ejemplos en oraciones
rare, few and far between, scarce, seldom seen/found;British out of the common
- Parents however were thin on the ground except for the usual dedicated few.
- Sympathy for what he himself has overcome since last August is strangely thin on the ground.
- Others argue that allied troops are too thin on the ground to make any difference.
break ground North American
- Either he spoke at your school or broke ground for your office building, or you met him when he was running for mayor of Calgary or you saw him speak when he was lieutenant-governor.
- The number of housing projects builders broke ground on in January declined by the largest amount in nearly a year as bad winter weather played havoc with construction activity.
- Five years ago, developers broke ground for River Station in the same area, and the first of some 360 new condos sold at prices twice as high as had been predicted.
- Author Sara Paretsky broke ground in contemporary mystery writing with the 1982 debut of V.I. Warshawski, a tough-talking, hard-boiled and independent female detective.
- While it broke ground by merging political and social issues with blistering, tribal-influenced metal, the group was never an overtly spiritual or introspective band.
- Of course, of course, and it wasn't until after - then people said, 'Oh, you broke ground.'
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- Do something innovative and beneficial: this case breaks new ground of great constitutional importanceMás ejemplos en oraciones
- This innovative method plainly breaks new ground.
- In 1901, the hotel also broke new ground with the introduction of the first automatic telephone equipment in Shanghai.
- Many of these advertisements broke new ground and initiated a completely fresh style in British commercial art.
cut the ground from under someone's feet
- Do something which leaves someone without a reason for their actions or opinions: she rounded on Nathan with a devastating tirade and cut the ground from under his feetMás ejemplos en oraciones
- Perhaps even more disturbing for him, he half-wittingly joined in the assault, cutting the ground from under his feet.
- The Olympics, though, cut the ground from under his feet.
- Eventually the ideology that has won the support of the majority will prevail and cut the ground from under the tyrant's feet.
from the ground up
- informal Completely or complete: they needed a rethink of their doctrine from the ground upMás ejemplos en oraciones
- I washed cars during summer and holiday vacations and learned the business from the ground up.
- My family believes in hard work and learning the business from the ground up.
- Too few are willing to pay their dues and learn the business from the ground up.
gain ground
- Become more popular or accepted: new moral attitudes are gaining groundMás ejemplos en oraciones
make headway, make progress, make strides, progress, advance, proceed, move, get on, get ahead, come on, come alonginformal be getting there
- Nevertheless, foreign influences upon traditional normative structures in developing countries gained ground with increasing momentum.
- At the turn of the century a political and social movement called Progressivism was gaining ground in this country.
- But with British newspapers increasingly gaining ground here, that tradition may be changing.
gain ground on
- Get closer to someone or something that is ahead in a pursuit or competitive situation: the dollar gained ground on all other major currenciesMás ejemplos en oraciones
- The race looks to be a close and competitive as ever, as we are aiming to gain ground on the few boats ahead of us, while keeping those behind just there.
- Votes go up and down across all classes, with Labour recently gaining ground on all fronts.
- It does so because it believes that recessions are a great time to gain ground on the competition.
get off the ground (or get something off the ground)
- Start or cause to start happening successfully: there'd have to be a public inquiry before the project got off the groundMás ejemplos en oraciones
- Most scientists have a lot more trouble getting their projects off the ground.
- At recent meetings held in these areas I have been lobbied very strongly regarding this issue because of delays caused by planning in getting projects off the ground.
- He said: 'There has been a real sense of community spirit in getting this project off the ground and we would like to thank all those who are helping us.'
give (or lose) ground
- Retreat or lose one's advantage during a conflict or competition: he refused to give ground on this issueMás ejemplos en oraciones
- Any delay in addressing this opportunity is likely to mean losing ground to the competition.
- With feelings still running high in the wake of the collapse of the European summit last month, after a public bust-up between Britain and France, Paris is refusing to give ground.
- Meanwhile, further one-day walkouts in London over cost-of-living allowances could be staged if the Government refuses to give ground.
go to ground
- (Of a fox or other animal) enter its earth or burrow: rabbits evicted from one set of burrows will go to ground elsewhereMás ejemplos en oraciones
- Quite frequently, instead of being caught by the hounds, the fox will go to ground, typically in a fox earth.
- In the U.S. hounds are trained to pursue the fox until it goes to ground (finds cover in one of its holes).
- For instance practices like digging up foxes that have gone to ground and blocking exit holes should not be allowed.
- 10.1(Of a person) hide or become inaccessible, especially for a long time: he went to ground following the presidential coupMás ejemplos en oraciones
hide, hide out, hide oneself, conceal oneself, secrete oneself, shelter, take cover, lie low, go to earth, go undergroundinformal hole upBritish informal lie doggo
- He was a businessman who arranged for the four to go to ground in a small flat and there they hid for 1,032 days until the liberation in 1945.
- Take this week for instance: I've been absent due to illness - and that's what she did - totally went to ground and recovered in private and stuff.
- Last week, he went to ground in the Alps in advance of Wednesday's crucial meeting with the British Olympic Association and the results of the second test that could seal his fate.
stand one's ground
- I had to at least hold my ground, or lose all semblance of competency.
- But they did manage to hold their ground on the key issue of keeping those jobs at home.
- Shoulder to shoulder with any striker, he wants to make sure he will be able to hold his ground.
- He was grateful the president also advocated taking a closer look at the message sent by "stand your ground laws."
- This panel discussion on Stand Your Ground examines whether this law is a justifiable explanation for self-defense or a license to kill innocent people.
- Some twenty-seven states have Stand Your Ground laws involving justifiable homicide when attacked.
make up ground
- Get closer to someone ahead in a race or competition: he was forced to make up ground after a bad start and was never able to catch the leaderMás ejemplos en oraciones
- He made up ground before the convention, and he made up ground - even moving ahead nationally - during the convention.
- He bobbled coming out of the gate and spent most of the race making up ground before flattening out in the stretch and finishing third.
- It was Austria's Kate Allen, who came out of the water 44th out of 50 competitors, gradually made up ground on the bike and finished with a 34-minute run to win by 6.72 seconds.
on the ground
- In a place where real, practical work is done: the troops on the ground are cynicalMás ejemplos en oraciones
- They are the ones who can really drive change on the ground, and make a difference.
- It can then be guided by an operator on the ground with the aid of the live video link to screens on the ground.
- He appears to have been caught out by not monitoring what was happening on the ground.
on one's own ground
- In one's own territory or area of knowledge or experience: I feel relaxed if I'm interviewed on my own groundMás ejemplos en oraciones
- When a tragedy occurs on our own ground, our own territory, we identify with it much more.
- 'It will be nice to play on our own ground and play friendly matches with other clubs in the area,' said the club chairman.
- We are going there with their record of not having lost on their own ground and it will be a difficult game.
prepare the ground
- Make it easier for something to occur or be developed: these measures prepared the ground for further reformMás ejemplos en oraciones
- Several developments helped prepare the ground for this achievement.
- It is a means of preparing the ground for enhancing personal development and contributes to partnership between an individual and the employing organisation.
- In preparing the ground for such a development, an examination of the central lessons of the miners' strike is of vital importance.
run someone/thing to ground
- see run.
work (or run) oneself into the ground
- Exhaust oneself by working or running very hard: they stole the game from us despite my players running themselves into the groundMás ejemplos en oraciones
- He ran himself into the ground, and collapsed with exhaustion at the end of the game.
- Once that hope had gone, she worked hard for a while and then realised she was running herself into the ground - and for what?
- And he said some social workers took things too far, working themselves into the ground and damaging their own health, investigating every possible indication of abuse.
1Do preparatory digging or other work prior to building or planting something: this tractor can break ground in the spring and throw snow in the winter
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2 another term for break new ground.
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1 (also hold one's ground) Not retreat or lose one's advantage in the face of opposition: you will be able to hold your ground and resist the enemy's attack I'm proud of standing my ground on many issues
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2 (stand your ground) US Law Denoting a law or legal principle that permits a person to use deadly force in self-defence without first trying to retreat.
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Palabras que riman con groundabound, aground, around, astound, bound, compound, confound, dumbfound, expound, found, hound, impound, interwound, mound, pound, profound, propound, redound, round, sound, stoneground, surround, theatre-in-the-round (US theater-in-the-round), underground, wound
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past and past participle of grind.
1Reduced to fine particles by crushing or mincing: ground cumin
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- This is not always necessary as some butchers sell finely ground mince.
- Richworth produce a fine ground up trout pellet that is ideal for my purposes.
- Remove from the oven, dry on paper towels and then toss them in the cumin, chilli and salt and freshly ground pepper.
ground down
- Exhausted or worn down: why would a competent and effective woman get so ground down?Más ejemplos en oraciones
- The principal sufferers are the suppliers, and most of her book is spent on the way these farmers, food processors and nurserymen are systematically ground down by the supermarket buyers.
- The Knights began the game the better but Sheffield, just like they had done when beating Batley, started to come back into it after 15 minutes or so, with their forwards trying to ground down the opposition.
- He never seemed too ground down by office even when he was in the eye of the political storm.
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A federal agency says 380,000 pounds of possibly tainted deli meat products sold in sandwiches at Wal-Mart stores have been recalled by a food company in Buffalo.
The Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service said Tuesday that roast beef and ham distributed to delis at the nation's largest retailer might be contaminated with Listeria bacteria.
Agency spokesman Gary Mickelson says that no illnesses have been linked to the meats made by Zemco Industries and that most have already been consumed. The sandwiches were removed from store shelves.
Mickelson says a retail sample collected in Georgia tested positive. Listeria can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people.
Walmart said the recall impacts Marketside Grab and Go
sandwiches, including the Ham and Swiss Sandwich, Italian Hero Sandwich, Roast Beef and Cheddar Sandwich, and Smokehouse Hero Sandwich. Each of these half and whole sandwiches have a sell-by date of Aug. 25, 2010, or before.
The recall does not affect individual retail packages of deli meat.