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Country Radio Gives Rascal Flatts Its Humanitarian Award
They follow Tim and Faith, Toby Keith, Brad Paisley, Brooks & Dunn and other huge country stars.
C'mon, these guys have a children's hospital wing named after them!
It seemed inevitable and it finally happened: Rascal Flatts is getting the big annual humanitarian award from the Country Radio Seminar folks.
And the trio is in good company. Others who have received it include Tim McGraw and Faith Hill, Toby Keith, Brad Paisley, Brooks & Dunn, Reba McEntire, Vince Gill and Garth Brooks, to name a few.
The guys will get the award Feb. 22 in Nashville at the radio seminar. And they earned it.
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Little Women
by Louisa May Alcott
Little Women Chapter 41 Summary
READ THE BOOK: Chapter 41
Learning to Forget
- Laurie takes the lecture that Amy gave him to heart. He goes back to his grandfather and thinks about how he could do something useful with his life.
- Laurie begins to realize that his love for Jo is cooling. He wants her to respect him, but isn't desperate for her love anymore.
- At first, Laurie turns to composing music. He tries to write a really sad and pathetic song about Jo, but somehow he's always humming cheerful music instead.
- Next Laurie tries to write an opera. He's trying to make Jo into the heroine, but somehow he finds himself writing about a sweeter, more delicate, more blonde sort of woman. A woman like...Amy, perhaps?
- Laurie goes around in a fog for a while, writing about this blonde heroine and wondering what it is that seems to be simmering inside him. Is it genius? Well, maybe.
- One day, Laurie comes home from seeing a Mozart opera and realizes that his own operatic compositions are nothing in comparison. He decides to stop trying to compose music and turn his attention to something else.
- Laurie wishes that he weren't too rich to need a job. He realizes that he needs to stay busy so that he doesn't become idle or immoral. We're not all that sympathetic: if only we had the same problem of too much money and leisure time!
- The narrator speculates about Laurie's behavior. Most novelists might have him go through a period of dissipation, where he spends too much money and gambles and sleeps around. But, the narrator tells us, his promises to his grandfather and the influence of the March girls keeps him from doing anything immoral.
- Laurie's romantic love for Jo finally disappears entirely. At first he resists this change, but then he admits to himself that he just feels a brotherly love for her now.
- Laurie compares his changing affections to Mozart's life. Mozart fell in love with a woman who didn't want to marry him, so he married her sister instead and was perfectly happy. This gives Laurie an idea.
- Before giving up, Laurie writes one more letter to Jo asking if she'll relent and marry him. She writes back telling him "no" once again – and also telling him that Beth is getting worse. Jo asks Laurie to comfort Amy for the coming loss of her sister.
- Laurie writes to Amy and they begin corresponding regularly – but Laurie won't go and visit her until she asks him.
- Meanwhile, Fred Vaughn has come back and asked Amy to marry him – and she has refused.
- Amy is starting to care a lot about Laurie's good opinion of her. She writes him letters twice a week and tells him about everything going on in her life. She tells him that she loves him like a brother, but...you get the idea.
- Amy goes around making sketches of knights and young men. The sketches are faceless, since that's fashionable at the moment – and also convenient for concealing who she's really thinking about.
- In one of her letters, Amy tells Laurie that Fred has gone to Egypt. Laurie understands that this means Amy has refused his proposal of marriage.
- One day, the news arrives that Beth has died. It's too late for Amy to do anything about it or to come home for the funeral, so her family tells her to stay in Europe.
- When Laurie gets the news of Beth's death, he rushes from Paris to Vevey, where the Carrols are living, in order to comfort Amy.
- Amy, sitting alone in a garden and mourning for Beth, is overjoyed to see Laurie. She feels like he can sympathize with her loss more than her aunt, uncle, and cousin, and she's also just glad to have him around!
- As soon as Amy and Laurie see each other, they know they're in love. But they still have to be prim and proper about everything.
- As they sit down on a bench in the garden and begin to talk, Laurie sees some of Amy's sketches and figures out how she is feeling.
- Laurie begins taking care of Amy, being kind and also a bit commanding. He makes her walk in the garden to stay warm in the cold wind, and they talk about Beth.
- When Amy and Laurie come back, Aunt Carrol realizes that Amy is in love with Laurie instead of Fred. She doesn't talk to Amy about it – just starts spending more time with her daughter Flo and tactfully leaving Amy and Laurie alone together.
- Amy and Laurie are very active, going for walks, rowing on the river, and spending a lot of time together. The weather is great, the place is beautiful, and the whole world is basically nudging them and winking.
- Laurie decides that his second romance is going to be more calm and decorous than the first. He doesn't make a scene or declare his love for Amy; he just spends time with her and is sweet to her.
- One afternoon, Laurie and Amy are rowing a boat together on the lake. Amy says they row well together, and Laurie asks if she'll "row" with him all their lives. And, of course, she says yes.
- If you're wondering, yes, that means they're engaged now!
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Sean Murphy, Cofounder and Chief Creative Officer from YFYJupiter discusses the process and more with Packaging Matters.
Packaging Matters:
Before I ask you about straw-based packaging, can you explain who YFYJupiter and YFY are?
Sean Murphy:
YFYJupiter is a full service brand packaging company. We offer creative and graphic design, structural engineering, testing, global project management solutions and print management. We do a lot of work in retail driven packaging.
YFY is our parent company. They are very diverse. For this conversation, I'll focus on YFY's packaging division. One of the largest packaging converters in greater China, YFY is integrated with technology platforms, science and paper making technologies. It was YFY scientists who developed the proprietary process to turn straw into pulp and paper.
YFYJupiter is marketing and distributing this pulp through our subsidiary company Mobius105. We are also using the straw pulp and paper to develop environmentally sustainable packaging solutions for our own customer base.
Packaging Matters:
How do you make pulp and paper out of straw?
Sean Murphy:
It's an interesting process. In simple terms, waste paper and wood-based materials traditionally used to make pulp are replaced with straw.
The groundbreaking component is the method by which the straw fibers are broken down. Traditional pulping methods employ harsh chemical processes. This new proprietary enzymatic process eliminates the harsh chemicals. It is similar to the way nature digests straw in a cow's stomach. The process uses up to 40% less energy and 90% less water than traditional methods.
Once you have the pulp and paper you can proceed as you normally would; molding inner packaging components from the pulp or converting the board to finished outer packaging.
Packaging Matters:
Where does the straw come from?
Sean Murphy:
Straw is collected from regional farms in China, specifically in the Jiangsu Province near the pulping and milling facilities.
Since the straw is collected locally, as apposed to bringing in waste paper from the US for example, the carbon footprint of the entire paper and packaging manufacturing process is greatly reduced.
Here is another remarkable benefit of Npulp. In the past, after the grain harvest, the residual straw was burned off as waste. By collecting the straw to use for packaging, we are preventing millions of tons of CO2 from entering the atmosphere.
Packaging Matters:
How did the idea for straw paper and packaging come about?
Sean Murphy:
It started over ten years ago with the amazing leadership at YFY. They are always looking for and developing new technologies for sustainable paper.
Making environmentally-frinedly paper from straw was not an entirely new idea. In fact, many other paper companies had tried, but failed. YFY took up the challenge and, working in their laboratories in Taiwan, developed the special enzyme and process.
Then, around two years ago, I attended an annual innovation meeting sponsored by one of our customers, a large US-based IT and computer manufacturer for whom we produced a range of packaging.
As always, we were being challenged to develop packaging solutions which aligned with the customer's sustainability goals. Npulp based packaging seemed like a natural fit.
Working closely with their procurement and engineering teams, we formulated pulp and paper to meet their goals. To make matters interesting, all of this development was taking place at the same time YFY's manufacturing facility was ramping up, including the construction of a new green field mill and converting facilities in Yangzhou, China.
Packaging Matters:
How has the response been to Npulp based packaging?
Sean Murphy:
Interest in straw based Npulp packaging has been tremendous. Even prior to launch, we had companies contacting us wanting to discuss how they could use Npulp in their packaging programs. They wanted to know our projected roll-out date, what our expansion plans were etc., before we had even produced anything outside the lab.
Now that production is underway, it seems every day we talk with someone with a keen interest in Npulp. When you think about it, if Npulp is a good fit for your brand packaging, there is no downside to the decision to make the switch. This is a win for manufacturers, brands AND the environment.
Packaging Matters:
What would be an example of Npulp not being the right fit?
Sean Murphy:
Npulp is brown – like kraft paper. Some brand owners would not find this suitable for their primary packaging.
That is not to say you cannot bleach Npulp but, doing so would defeat its environmentally friendly objective. We have other solutions for brand owners who want to be environmentally friendly, yet still want to print on high quality, bright white paper stocks.
Packaging Matters:
Why China?
Sean Murphy:
First of all, YFY and YFYJupiter are both based in Asia. YFY is headquartered in Taiwan and YFYJupiter in Hong Kong. Together we operate numerous design and manufacturing facilities throughout Mainland China, Taiwan and Vietnam.
It is only natural to develop the Npulp facilities in our own back yard first. Many of our retail customers source goods (and packaging) from Mainland China. And, a large portion of our IT customers also have vendor and manufacturing interests in China.
Packaging Matters:
What are your future, global plans for Npulp?
Sean Murphy:
Since Npulp is made of straw, there is an abundant supply of raw material waiting for us in many regions all around the globe. So it would seem to make sense to set up production in other regions, especially in areas where the demand for packaging is high.
I could imagine facilities in Mexico, Europe, the United States… who knows where? Surely the expansion plan will unfold as we listen and respond to our customers' needs. Our exceptional success, to date, is due in large part to our willingness to listen and respond to our customer's needs. That is something we've no plans to change.
Packaging Matters:
How will you measure the success of Npulp five years from now? Ten years?
Sean Murphy:
Three ways come to mind. First, I would be very excited to see this technology introduced into other locations around the world. Broader availability would allow us to better serve our customers with global operations. On a personal level, one of the most rewarding parts of my job is getting to work globally. I truly enjoy meeting and interacting with people from different cultures. So if the opportunity presents itself, I would leap at the chance to champion the effort.
Second, we want to see the Npulp pulping process, paper making energy and efficiencies continue to improve. In the laboratory, YFY has been testing and will soon be able to manufacture higher quality papers with Npulp including outer liner boards. To meet performance criteria for these higher quality papers, however, Npulp is currently being blended with other materials including waste paper, wood pulp and so on, just like most traditional papers for similar applications. The blend ratio of Npulp used will gradually increase over time, using less and less of those other materials. As a brand owner, I think it would be really cool someday to be able to simply say 100% of my packaging is produced from straw – 100% Npulp!
Finally, who knows how we could stretch the limits of Npulp beyond packaging? Could Npulp be used as a material for construction? What other uses could there be? It will be interesting to see how Npulp develops in both in terms of a business model and as a product. We are on the cusp of something really big. The journey has just begun and we can hardly wait to see how far it will take us.
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A cicada year is upon us. Be they good or bad, their bulging red eyes and awkward bodies are ugly, and millions of cicadas gather to caterwaul in a most unpleasant and deafening chorus.
Fawn Grove folks used to call them locusts, the laymen's term for all such flying beasties that have appeared periodically to plague man since Moses was leading the children of Israel out of Egyptian bondage.
The current 17-year cicada emergence has been featured in national news. Most of the heaviest infestation is north and east of us, but some may appear in our corner of Mississippi. Cicadas, locusts and grasshoppers are kinfolk, perhaps cousins, some more or less harmful or helpful.
That mid-1950s summer was a memorable locust year. I was at Ole Miss and spent most weekends at Fawn Grove, where Grandy's farm was surrounded by deep woods, and our winding access road was lined with trees overlapping above the narrow lane. City folk en route to visit at the farm literally stopped their cars and feared the noise might be mechanical mishaps. Driving to and from Oxford, we found the cicadas were less loud, but open windows made them unwelcome hitchhikers.
A cicada, called a locust or any other name, is loud. Locusts sometimes appear in local areas, such as Eggville-Auburn a few years ago, and still called locusts. Image changing Bob Dylan's song from "Day of the Locusts" to "Day of the Periodical Cicadas."
The shrill buzz of locusts has been likened to the racket of gears turning in heavy machinery, or the "hollow, eerie sound that flying saucers are supposed to make," a scientist once said. Never having heard a UFO, nor seen one, I've heard that unforgettable summer locust racket – and I've seen more of them than I want to see again.
Biblical account
It was from Katy Bryson that I learned only the males make noise. Their womenfolk are incapable of making a sound. Menfolk holler all day, stay up till midnight, and probably have to be wakened by vigilant farm roosters crowing at crack of dawn.
We can be glad these cicadas we called locusts are not as bad as those of Moses' day. As the Exodus account says, "The locusts went up over all the land of Egypt, and very grievous were they."
The biblical locusts "covered the face of the earth so that the land was darkened" and "there remained not any green thing in the trees or in the herbs of the fields." And the Bible says, "Before them there were no such locusts as they, neither after them shall such be."
The best I can tell from reading, the cicadas we have around here today feed by sucking plant juices, whereas the locusts that appear further west in our country chew up everything from tree leaves to fields of wheat.
Wandering and wondering through reference books, and I may be confused, but cicadas and grasshoppers and locusts and katydids seem to be kin.
A katydid is "any of several large grasshoppers having stridulating organs that produce a large shrill sound." Grasshoppers are plant-eating insects with hind legs adapted to leaping. A locust is "a migratory grasshopper." And, as already ascertained from dictionaries, a cicada is commonly called a locust.
Whatever you call them, let the pests swarm on your property, and you'll be glad to tell them good-bye.
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The veteran quarterback who engineers end-of-half touchdown drives, improves as the game unfolds and doesn't turn the ball over?
That's who Texans coach Bill O'Brien wants.
And that's who Ryan Fitzpatrick was Saturday night, during the Texans' 32-7 blowout of the Atlanta Falcons at NRG Stadium.
Fitzpatrick started slow but finished strong, going 9-of-12 for 97 yards, one touchdown and a 126 rating. The 10-year pro outdueled Atlanta QB Matt Ryan, while guiding the Texans (1-1) to their first preseason victory.
"(Fitzpatrick) did a good job. I feel like that's how he has to play for us," O'Brien said Sunday at NRG Stadium. "I felt like he played smart, he was comfortable."
Fitzpatrick was pulled off the sideline to lead the Texans in a two-minute drill at the end of the first half. A smooth seven-play, 74-yard drive in just 73 seconds followed, ending with a touchdown catch by receiver DeVier Posey
"We had three timeouts on that last drive," O'Brien said. "When you have three timeouts and over a minute to go in a drive, you can check the ball down the field. They may play a prevent type of coverage and if the (running) back is open, just check it down and let the back gain 10 yards and keep going because you have timeouts.
"That is a good example of him understanding the situation and being comfortable with our offense. I felt like he took a big step, especially relative to how he had played the week before."
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Conrad Advertising are going places; quite literally in fact.
We're currently relocating to offices in Central St Giles and this new position has been created specifically to ensure that our clients continue to receive a first-class level of advertising expertise, creative solutions and customer service.
You'll be expected to create an environment where your Account Managers' know what's expected of them and feel inspired to do their best every day. You will have people management experience gained in either an agency, media or travel environment and be expected to play a key role in establishing a culture of accountability, flexibility and innovation across the business.
On the client side you'll be responsible for cultivating strong personal links, identifying new commercial opportunities and delivering high-quality, tailored presentations.
We believe that this is a truly exceptional opportunity to develop your career. If you agree, then we would like to hear from you.
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Bridal Shower Brunch Menu: Think Variety
Planning a bridal shower brunch menu is also fun, and lends itself to contributions from family and friends.
Different breads, such as brioche, croissants, cinnamon buns and Danish, can all be purchased at your local bakery.
Of course, if you are feeling ambitious and have the expertise, you might want to make some of these items. If you have never tried it though, don't experiment the night before the party.
In addition, if Aunt Mary has a tried and true recipe for brioche, get her involved in your brunch plans.
Platters of fresh fruit such as melon, strawberries, pineapple, grapes, kiwis along with crudites such as carrot sticks, celery, cucumber, cherry tomatoes and radishes, as well as a variety of dips, can be put together the night before, covered and refrigerated.
Cold cuts from the deli, slices of smoked salmon (if the budget will permit), and plates of different cheeses, perhaps labeled by a little paper flag of the country of origin, round out the brunch selections. Serve spritzers, smoothies, juices and bottled water for healthy options and maybe a punch or champagne cup with your bridal shower brunch menu as well.
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In the theme of excellent television and song lyrics, I put together some Veronica Mars tees in the same vein. These show homage to one of the catchiest theme songs of all time and I'll be wearing one to the Veronica Mars movie when it comes out!!*
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Thibodaux man sentenced to 29 years for manslaughter
Published: Tuesday, January 26, 2010 at 5:38 p.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, January 26, 2010 at 5:38 p.m.
THIBODAUX -- A Thibodaux man was sentenced to 29 years in prison this afternoon for his role in a fatal shootout inside a Lagarde Street residence in March 2008.
Pyrell Duncan, 28, of 426 Carol St., shot and killed 35-year-old Roderick Burns, of New Orleans, on March 21, 2008. During the exchange, Duncan received wounds that required the amputation of his left leg at the knee.
Duncan's sentence came about through negotiations between prosecutors and defense attorneys following his October 2009 guilty plea to an amended charge of manslaughter. He was initially charged with second-degree murder.
District Judge Walt Lanier III formally sentenced Duncan this afternoon. The defendant must serve 85 percent of his sentence before having a chance for parole or probation.
Members of both the victim and defendant's families said they hoped the sentencing would bring them closure and added they held no animosity toward each other.
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Gripper Bot
I'm thinking in make a robot where i can make my things my way.. so i'm making it to be line follower, but to future update to gripper.
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Hi, it seems a cool project, I made something similar. I made this robot controlled by RF signals and with a gripper on it. Perhaps this can help you.
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Mechanic Gripper
No, the gripper is mechanic, using a simple motor
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hey i recognise those bit from a real robots kit that costs heaps.
so well done for doing something with that failure of a kit.
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The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
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The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian Theme of Hopes, Dreams, and Plans
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian is a novel about hope, and how important it is to have it and how it helps us stay afloat. In this novel, we see the consequences of people and even whole communities that lack hope. Why is it important to hope? Who has the most hope? Why do only white people seem to have hope? Why does Arnold have hope?
Questions About Hopes, Dreams, and Plans
- Did Arnold's parents have dreams, hopes, and plans? What were they? Did they come true? Why or why not?
- Think about Mary and her dreams. What happens to them?
- Why did using his mother's geometry book crush Arnold's dreams?
- What are Penelope's dreams?
- Why are the words "you can do it" (25.140) so powerful for Arnold?
- What do you think will happen to Arnold after high school? What will happen to Rowdy?
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The surname Grubbs was first found in Berkshire, where they held a family seat as Lords of the Manor. The Saxon influence of English history diminished after the Battle of Hastings in 1066. The language of the courts was French for the next three centuries and the Norman ambience prevailed. But Saxon surnames survived and the family name was first referenced in the year 1176 when Richard and John Grubb held estates in that shire. Later the family branched to Stoke Climsland, Cornwall where the family was recorded in 1329. This branch would later become Quakers and some of the first settlers to America.
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Samsing Hercules coming to T-mobile as a variant of the SGSII
Previously it was revealed in Toronto that the Samsung Hercules will be coming to Canada through Telus. Now the 4.5″ smartphone is coming to T-Mobile aswell but its branded as a Galaxy SII which means this is a variant of the SGSII and not an all new smartphone.As revealed earlier the smartphone has a 1.Ghz Dual core processor, 8MP camera that can shoot 1080p, a 4.5″ screen and a 4MBPS HSPA+ radio.
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Then we whittled the list to ten cities and sent Kiplinger's reporters to each one to find the extra ingredients that make them special: say, a gorgeous setting, a green sensibility, a brainiac population or a rah-rah sports culture. Want to see a moose on your daily walk? They're a common sight in our #9 city. Rub elbows with celebrities? A surprising number of them call our #4 city home. There's something for everyone in our picks for 10 great places to live.


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The international captive population of the golden lion tamarins (and the other lion tamarins) is managed by the International Committee for the Conservation and Management of Lion Tamarins.
The North American Population is managed as a Species Survival Program (SSP) of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA).
The primary objectives of the captive population are, in priority order, to:
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I have arrived in Riga to cover the last two days of the U20 European Championship. I use this post to give you a few updates of both U20 tournaments as well as some other stories about European prospects. But let's start with the U20s.
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Here are my thoughts about the ending U18 and starting U20 European Championships.
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30 minutes or fewer Thick and rich, a bowl of this creamy cereal is like old-fashioned cream of wheat and provides 12 grams of protein. Walnuts and ground flaxseeds add more fiber and healthful omega-3 fats.
- ½ cup unsweetened soymilk
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- ¼ cup oat bran
- Pinch of salt
- Dash of ground cinnamon
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This article investigates the extent to which citation and publication patterns differ between men and women in the international relations (IR) literature. Using data from the Teaching, Research, and International Policy project on peer-reviewed publications between 1980 and 2006, we show that women are systematically cited less than men after controlling for a large number of variables including year of publication, venue of publication, substantive focus, theoretical perspective, methodology, tenure status, and institutional affiliation. These results are robust to a variety of modeling choices. We then turn to network analysis to investigate the extent to which the gender of an article's author affects that article's relative centrality in the network of citations between papers in our sample. Articles authored by women are systematically less central than articles authored by men, all else equal. This is likely because (1) women tend to cite themselves less than men, and (2) men (who make up a disproportionate share of IR scholars) tend to cite men more than women. This is the first study in political science to reveal significant gender differences in citation patterns and is especially meaningful because citation counts are increasingly used as a key measure of research's quality and impact.
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Barbie-Bratz Dispute Heads To (Yet Another) Jury
Barbie is now a 31-year-old senior associate at a large Los Angeles law firm. The eldest Bratz girl is just about to wrap up her medical residency.
We jest, of course. But the truth is that the dispute between Barbie (represented by her owner, Mattel Inc.), and MGA Entertainment (who owns the Bratz line) has been going on for a longer than we can remember. Frankly, we can barely remember what the fuss was all about.
In any event, perhaps we're close to the finish line. After nearly three months of courtroom testimony, the dispute between the companies over the ownership of the Bratz empire was sent to a jury for deliberations. Click here for the story, from the LAT.
The case, taking place in Santa Ana, Calif., is the second bite at the apple for both companies. During the original trial in 2008, a jury in Riverside, Calif., ruled for Mattel. The company was awarded $100 million in damages, and MGA was ordered to turn over the franchise to Mattel.
But the jury's decision was scotched last year by an appeals court, which ruled that MGA deserved a little something for manufacturing and marketing the dolls.
As the LAT reports, the major point of contention centers on when and where Bratz creator and former Barbie designer Carter Bryant came up with the idea for the Bratz dolls.
Bryant has contended that he came up with the idea for Bratz in 1998 when he was on a break from the company. Mattel said that he came up with the idea in 1999 during his second stint with the company and that he violated the terms of his "inventions agreement" by taking the concept for the dolls to rival MGA.
In his closing arguments, Mattel lawyer and Quinn Emanuel partner Bill Price sought to cast doubt on the credibility of Bryant and MGA Chief Executive Isaac Larian.
MGA lawyer Jennifer Keller told the jury that Mattel, the world's No. 1 toy maker, had brought the lawsuit because it was threatened and panicked by Bratz's success.


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Clean Dreams: California Moves Closer to 33% Renewables Target
The House draft bill on energy and climate calls for one-quarter of electricity in the U.S. to come from renewable sources by 2025. Is that feasible? Look at California.
California already has the nation's most ambitious renewable-energy targets—20% in 2010 and now 33% in 2020. The California senate yesterday approved a bill making that more ambitious target official. While California utilities won't quite meet the 2010 target, things are looking better for the more ambitious goal.
After sounding a cautionary note last fall, the California Public Utilities Commission is getting more optimistic about the prospects of the state providing 33% of its electricity from clean energy. Last year, California installed four times more renewable energy under the renewable program than in any prior year, marking a tipping point of sorts. In its latest progress report, the California regulator says:
Clearly, 2008 was a turning point for the [Renewable Portfolio Standard] program and contracted projects are beginning to deliver in large numbers. This may represent the end of the start-up phase of the RPS program, as contracts signed in the earlier years of the program are now built and the renewable market begins to mature.
On paper at least, there are enough clean-energy projects in the pipeline to meet the 33% target well ahead of schedule—in 2013, CPUC says.
That doesn't mean there aren't still plenty of hurdles. Geothermal and wind power account for more than half the state's clean energy today, yet new renewable-energy projects in the state are shunning geothermal and wind in favor of more-expensive solar power. The transmission question still looms large—utilities will have a hard time overcoming environmental opposition to new transmission lines and may struggle to build them quickly enough to meet the state's new targets, CPUC notes.
But there might be a way around that: Think small. One of the ways California could meet its new targets is by building tiny, 20-megawatt solar installations near existing power substations and power lines.
That would solve the transmission gridlock and potentially provide lots of power. CPUC estimates that so-called distributed solar could provide the vast majority of the new clean-electricity capacity the state needs to meet the 33% target.
Of course, small-scale solar power is more expensive than wind power or traditional generation like natural gas. California might be able to meet its clean-energy goals, but will have to be ready to pay for it.


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I've problem with my T2000, after upgrading firmware to newwest
version (6.5.3), I've problem with IOBD (IO board) during POST...
PCIX0 & PCIX1 are being moved to ASR black list. Maybe anybody had
similar problem ? Do you know, how I can downgrade firmware on my T2K
to lowest - previous version ? Standard command flashupdate of course
doesn't work. Maybe anybody have pdf manual with additional - service
- no standard commands for ALOM (will be good for 6.5.3 version :P) ?
Standard commands with pdf about ALOM from docs.sun.com are not
enough. I found on sunsolve bug with T2K where solution was downgrade
to previous version ... So, I think it is possible.


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My togetic used explosion on the opp last pokemon. Togetic was in its red hp and was my second last pokemon. My last pokemon was a magikarp. SAVED!!!!
My togetic used explosion on the opp last pokemon. Togetic was in its red hp and was my second last pokemon. My last pokemon was a magikarp. SAVED!!!!
Nothing bad happened to me, but once I saw a youtube video where Whitney's Clefairy used metronome and it turned into Seed Flare.
the only pokemon i had that used metronome was togepi but i dont think i ever had bad luck with it, or used it much
however i've seen people on youtube who just have the worst luck ever with it and my heart goes out to them xD
Against Bugsy's Scyther, my Togepi used Overheat, Water Spout and finished it off with Rock Wrecker. You cannot believe how hard I laughed after this.
But if it has to be something "cool, powerful and astonishing", my Togepi used Sacred Fire against a Zubat. More precisely against Proton's, in the Slowpoke Well. That was nice.
❝I don't want to forget.❞
My Togepi used Roar of Time on a Pikachu in Trophy Garden on my Diamond.
Togepi used Judgement against Morty's Gengar ._.
It had no effect, but still.
once, my togepi soloed the gengar of morty, because he had run out of other pokemon and couldnt use sucker punch anymore. So I used metronome and metronome etc. I got roar of time, which dealt damage of half of gengars life (?) anyway, after that battle, togepi evolved :P
The Shiny Swalot is back, feel free to PM me!
Made by Cloneydew2000 ((click to go to his page))Ask the Shiny Swalot It needs questions!
Click here to look at my Pokemon Fusion stuff
I have claimed Swalot!Viewing all pokemon anime episodes ((main episodes)). Last episode watched: 045 : The Song of Jigglypuff
Sky attack...
Two times in a row.
My Togepi really wants to fly.
When I was training my Clefairy against a wild pokemon it's metronome turned into Memento. Frickin Memento. It made me laugh out of disbelief


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Julie of the Wolves
by Jean Craighead George
Julie of the Wolves Theme of The Home
What does it mean to be home in the world of Julie of the Wolves? Miyax moves around so much, her home changes on practically every page. She moves from the seal camp, to Mekoryuk, to Barrow, to a sod house on the tundra, to various campsites, to an ice house, and finally, we assume, to her father's house in Kangik. But are any of these places really home for our girl?
Look, it's clear from the get-go that Miyax is a girl in search of a home, but what isn't clear is what that home would even look like. Miyax is caught in the middle of so many forces – nature and civilization, Eskimos and Americans, human and wolf – that we can't help but think she needs to do some more soul searching and find out a bit more about her true self before we can know what kind of home she needs.
Questions About The Home
- Where in the novel does Miyax seem most at home? How can you tell?
- What do you think is Miyax's definition of home? Where in the novel can you find evidence to support your answer? And what do you think her ideal home would look like?
- If traditional Eskimos are always moving, always building sod houses in summer and ice houses in winter, what might they consider to be home?
- Do you think Julie can ever feel at home in Kapugen's house in Kangik?
Chew on This
Home in Julie of the Wolves is defined by those around you. Miyax is only truly at home with the wolves, because they, alone, are her true family.
It is impossible for Miyax to find a home because she will always be caught between two cultures: the Eskimo one and the Americanized one.


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By Chief Master Sgt. Gonda MoncadaJanuary 14, 2009
BRYAN-COLLEGE STATION, Texas (Jan. 14, 2009) -- Media trucks, emergency and military vehicles still line the perimeter roads around Duncan Field at Texas A&M University following the crash of a Texas Army National Guard UH-60 at about 3 p.m. Monday, killing one and injuring five.
The Soldier killed was 2nd Lt. Zachary Cook, a recent graduate from Texas A&M. While waiting for his class date to officer's basic, he assisted the Texas A&M faculty with this year's cadets enrolled in Winter Exercise training.
About 190 Reserve Officers Training Corps students voluntarily enrolled in the course prior to the official start of the semester to gain Soldier skills at Camp Swift in Bastrop, Texas. The course is offered every year and has been supported by the Texas Military Forces as long as the current faculty can remember.
Col. Jake Betty, ROTC commander, said: "Zach was one of those self-assured individuals that when he entered a room, everybody knew Zach was there. He had this young John Wayne swagger."
Four Texas Army National Guard Soldiers were transported to local hospitals with various degrees of injuries and immediately the crash site was secured by Texas Army National Guard Soldiers, campus and College Station police officers.
One local journalist who happened to be on site recording the events for his newspaper said: "It was amazing how fast people rushed up to the aircraft after the crash. The thing was still smoking but nobody seemed to pay attention to that. Everybody wanted to help. It was remarkable to see."
Those who have seen the wreckage said it is a miracle that anybody emerged from the aircraft alive. Wreckage is strewn across the entire Duncan Field, a field that is sacred for many of the students and faculty at Texas A&M. Years ago a bonfire went horribly wrong there and killed the students who had built it.
Now it has claimed the life of one more person, and Texas Army National Guard Soldiers are being treated for serious injuries.
ROTC Soldiers arrived at the field at different times during the day to pay their respects. Some kneeled to pray; others just stood and reflected. Many of Zach's friends agree that he was doing what he wanted to do most, which is to fly.
The Texas Army National Guard Soldiers are receiving medical care and their family members and many of their Guard members are praying for a full recovery.
All of the Soldiers currently being treated have served valiantly overseas in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
(Chief Master Sgt. Gonda Moncada serves with Texas Military Forces Public Affairs.)


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> I'm getting this in my logs. No other explanation.
> SSH_brute_force IN=bond0 OUT=
> MAC=00:1d:60:0b:ce:61:00:90:4b:c9:ac:f6:08:00 SRC=220.127.116.11
> DST=192.168.128.6 LEN=52 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=38 ID=0 DF PROTO=TCP
> SPT=36939 DPT=22 WINDOW=8184 RES=0x00 ACK URGP=0
My WAG, some script has decided that ip address 22.214.171.124
(r3a239.net.upc.cz) has hit your ssh port 22 enough times in X amount
of time, which might indicate it is try to guess the password for an
account on the 192.168.128.6 node.
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NEW DELHI: Auto companies may no longer be able to market their cars without mentioning the average fuel consumption, report Sushmi Dey & Nirbhay Kumar from New Delhi. To promote fuel-efficient vehicles, a review committee on auto fuel policy has favoured mandatory declaration of average mileage per litre of fuel by automakers for selling their vehicles.
The interim report, recently submitted to the petroleum secretary RS Pandey, has favoured recommendations made in the report. The panel, headed by ministry of petroleum & natural gas' scientific advisory committee chairman and former HPCL CMD MB Lal, has suggested that auto manufacturing companies must declare fuel economy in terms of km per litre. This will help customers take informed decision while buying a new vehicle.


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Hey I'm charley! I work in performing arts but love to write and read also!
I suffer from Anorexia Nervosa and BPD. I have other issues as well and i think most of my writing will consist of poems that i write about my mental health problems. But sometimes i do just get a spark of inspiration and in the happy times my writing can be pretty positive.
Im working on writing a book at the minute and i just want to see what people think of my writing really, the style, use of vocab and such so id love your feedback.
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We help qualified doctors to pursue their careers in specialist (internal) medicine through medical examinations, education and training. We also provide resources and information to support and facilitate professional development for physicians throughout their careers.
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HS girls soccer: Palisade blanks Delta in season opener
Updated: 12/30/2015 - The Bulldogs scored six second-half goals en route to a 7-0 victory over Delta.
Updated: 12/30/2015 - The Bulldogs scored six second-half goals en route to a 7-0 victory over Delta.
Posted: 11/06/2014 - Their week ten win over Palisade not only secured them a playoff spot, but gave the Panthers momentum heading into the postseason.
Posted: 08/20/2014 - Delta returns eight of 11 offensive starters from their 2013 semi-final team.
Updated: 03/31/2014 - The Delta Panthers start out the 2014 season 9-0.
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Posted: 11/23/2013 - Delta couldn't keep up late in the game and fall in the 3A semifinals.
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Posted: 11/01/2013 - The Grand Junction Tigers enter round one of the playoffs, and regular season play officially wraps up for all teams.
Posted: 10/18/2013 - Two undefeated teams fall in big upsets.
Posted: 10/04/2013 - Friday Night Blitz featuring Palisade's upset over Rifle in a wild game of the top two 3A teams in the state.
Updated: 09/30/2013 - Check out the latest high school football rankings from around the state.
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Updated: 08/29/2013 - Palisade Bulldogs defeat Delta Panthers 3-1.
Updated: 08/22/2013 - Delta Panthers prep for 2013 season.
Updated: 06/05/2013 - High school football players get off-season training from the CMU camp.
Updated: 04/30/2013 - Palisade defeats Delta 11-10.
Updated: 04/29/2013 - Palisade Bulldogs prep to take on Delta Panthers on Tuesday.
Updated: 03/28/2013 - Central Warriors head coach Laurence Gurule sits down to talk about the upcoming duals against Germany.
Updated: 03/19/2013 - Palisade Bulldogs defeat Delta Panthers 1-0.
Updated: 03/01/2013 - Scores and highlights from Friday night's action in the 4A and 5A state playoffs.
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text: Posted November 13, 2012 Stop looking at one exception of a HOF quarterback to make your point, when 99% of reality aligns with what I am saying. The era of the gunslinger is over. Farve was the last remaining dinosaur of that era. When Aaron came in they won a ring with the same team. When Farve saw that and stopped slinging it he had his best year at 40 with the Vikings by becoming an efficient passer. Sure, you can win in an inefficient manner. In technical terms, it's not impossible. It's just not realistic. It's also not practical, and definitely not sustainable. You certainly can't do it when you don't have the Bears defense to save you. And why would you want to? Why would you want to win DESPITE your quarterback's play? You want to become the Jets? The reality is we don't have an efficient passer. We have a gunslinger in an era of sharp shooters. It just doesn't work. Well to be fair and to my main point I think we can agree that Peyton Manning, Eli Manning, Aaron Rodgers, Tom Brady, Ben Roethlisberger, and Drew Brees are the 6 best QBs in the NFL right now. In Peyton Manning 4th year as a starter he had an INT% of 4.2% In Eli Manning's 4th year as a starter he had an INT% of 3.8% and in 2010 it was 4.6% In Big Ben's 3rd year as a starter he had an INT% of 4.9% In Drew Brees' 2nd year as a starter he had an INT% of 4.2% Tom Brady is the exception to the rule. Aaron Rodgers didn't start until his 4th year in the league. So 4 of the top 6 had a year worse than what Cam is doing right now. So my major overlying point is that this is part of the maturation process that virtually every QB not names Tom Brady goes through. Cam is no different and it is part of the process of developing as an NFL QB. If his INT% is still this high in 3 years then you may be right. But right now I think it is foolish to make any grand statement that it is anything other than what it is. A young QB developing. 1 person likes this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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Alberto Ibargüen: Knight Arts Partnership Announcement
presented at Miami Art Museum
By Alberto Ibargüen
Good morning.
Thank you all for coming to the announcement of a major investment in the arts by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.
Today, I'm privileged to announce the Knight Arts Partnership, an initiative to support the arts in our home community. Over the next five years, Knight Foundation will invest $40 million and generate another $20 million for a total of 60 million new dollars for the arts in South Florida.
The new Miami is being built every day -- and I don't just mean the buildings going up all around us. The new Miami is evolving out of the millions of daily interactions of people from different places, people of different races, cultures and creeds.
In fact, nothing defines us more or better than our diversity. But the challenge of that diversity is to build a sense of community that is inclusive and functional, a fusion culture that works for us in this place and time.
It is in that sharing that we build, one by one, drop by drop, the reservoir of shared experience necessary for building great and bonded communities.
Few areas in civic life have lower barriers to entry -- lower barriers to sharing experience and understanding -- than the arts, or more opportunities to turn to the person next to you at a concert or museum and say "Wow, did you see that? Did you hear that? Did you feel that?"
The arts build ties that bind neighbor-to-neighbor and community-to-community. It is these social networks that translate cultural vitality into economic dynamism.
But most of all, when art hits home, it fills your soul; it moves you and makes you better. It helps you understand yourself and your world.
Knight Foundation was created to promote the advancement of communities the Knight brothers cared about. So, it's natural that we should engage in those areas of civic life where the nature of change in Miami and South Florida are already taking us.
All of us are aware of the enormous growth of arts and arts organizations in Miami but it's worth taking a moment to reflect on the organic nature of social change. When a handful of community leaders dreamt 25 years ago of build a performing arts center, no one knew that the 100 or so arts organizations that existed then would grow into more than 1,200 today, fueling an industry that generates $922 million per year, touching every part of this community.
Seven or eight years ago, when planning for Art Basel first started, who would have predicted its enormous success or the rise of more than 20 art fairs around it, not to mention the continued viability of Art Miami and the rise of ArteAmericas? And who would have predicted that today, Miami's cultural organizations engage some 19,000 volunteers who donated more than 648,000 hours of their time last year?
Knight Foundation has participated in that growth. Over the last two years, we have made a number of contributions to the arts, including,
- $10 million for the Knight Concert Hall at the Adrienne Arsht Performing Arts Center,
- $250,000 to fund the Knight Grand Jury prizes at the Miami International Film Festival,
- $100,000 to Funding Arts Network for the creation of new work by local artists,
- $100,000 to the New World School of the Arts to match a challenge grant by Kirk Landon,
- $350,000 to MOCA and the then Carnival Center for the Performing Arts to bring to Miami the Merce Cunningham Dance Company during the Center's inaugural season,
- $250,000 to support the choral group, Seraphic Fire,
- $500,000 through Knight's donor-advised fund at the Dade Community Foundation to support the Cleveland Orchestra's Miami residency, and
- $350,000 from the same fund at the Dade Community Foundation to support the 20th Anniversary concerts of the New World Symphony.
That's nearly $12 million we've more or less quietly invested in the arts in this community.
Today, we want to be less quiet for two reasons. First, because we want to celebrate and sing loudly the praises of the three organizations to which we'll give endowment grants. And second, the matching grant portion of our initiative needs to be known by artists, arts organizations and by potential funders who will be encouraged to come forward to meet this challenge.
The first part of this initiative is composed of endowment grants to the Miami Art Museum, the Museum of Contemporary Art and the New World Symphony. We chose these organizations because their courage, leadership, innovation and commitment to quality. Our endowments will fund activities that each organization is uniquely suited to do.
We start with the $5 million Knight New Media Endowment at the New World Symphony that will advance their use of digital technology. That will include the use of new media in re-inventing the concert experience and will also include the implementation of New World's Internet2 technology, permitting performers and audiences to share real time experiences with other ensembles around the world.
We will endow the Museum of Contemporary Art with $5 million to create the Knight Exhibition Series that will allow MOCA to present, here in Miami, two or three exhibitions each year featuring the work of the most important new and emerging artists from anywhere in the world. The endowment will also support MOCA's school programs, lectures, film screenings and creations of new works by emerging artists.
And finally, we will create a $10 million endowed fund at the Miami Art Museum that, in conjunction and collaboration with the Miami Dade Public Schools (whose Superintendent, Rudy Crew is with us this morning), will develop and carry out a program to bring some 40,000 school children to the museum every year.
So, that's the first $20 million.
The second part of the Knight Arts Partnership is a $20 million challenge that opens a window of opportunity for everyone in the community. Everyone! In each of the next five years, we will invite every artist and arts institution or organization in South Florida to offer ideas about creating art in our community. If your idea is selected to go forward, we'll ask for a fuller proposal that will need to detail how you wi'll be able to raise matching money. In that way, we expect Knight Foundation's $20 million to generate $40 million of new money for the arts.
This year, we'll accept starting today and until April 15th. Anyone interested is invited to www.knightarts.org. The first year's winners will be announced this fall.
We want to support the projects you in the artistic community will imagine and invent, so we're going to do this with just three rules:
1- The idea must be about arts.
2- Your art must take place in South Florida.
3- You must find funding to match the Knight Foundation grant.
With these grants, Knight Foundation adds to a growing tradition of philanthropic giving in South Florida's arts community. We're proud to add to a tradition that has long included the Knight brothers, Ted Arison and the Arison Family Foundation, Adrienne Arsht, Sandy and Dolores Ziff and Pat and Phil Frost (at both FIU and University of Miami). That legacy also includes many others who have committed hundreds of millions of dollars to the New World Symphony, the Arsht Center, the Miami City Ballet, the Wolfsonian, MOCA and so many other arts organizations.
There's a tradition in our country of public/private partnerships to support arts and culture. That's true in the most famous cases of New York, San Francisco and Los Angeles. It's true in Chicago and Houston and it's most recently true in Cleveland, where a 1.5 cent surcharge on each cigarette sold will provide almost $20 million a year for its local cultural groups. It's also true in Denver, where $40 million is dedicated annually to the arts and sciences from just one-tenth of a percent of their sales tax.
The folks who'll gather in a little while to celebrate Miami-Dade County's leadership in the arts have a lot to celebrate and I hope our announcement will add to that celebration. But like cities and counties across America, we are seeing the economy and tax revenues become more and more strained. The arts are competing every budget year with other local government services for these decreasing tax dollars.
We have too much invested in the quality of our community to leave the future of arts in jeopardy. I hope the initiative we announce today will encourage even more commitment on the part of our public officials, our mayors, commissioners and the Cultural Affairs Council to identify and secure a dedicated public revenue source for the arts.
It's therefore particularly gratifying to see here the mayors of the City of Miami, Manny Diaz, and of Miami-Dade County, Carlos Alvarez. Their presence and that of other public officials affirms the importance and nature of public/private partnerships in support of the arts.
At the core of all of is a belief that diverse communities are rich communities and that those communities that rise to the top, who offer the greatest quality of life, are those that view every single human being as a creative entity. I believe that. And today's Knight Foundation initiative will help to prove that true.
Finally, and on a personal note, I'd like to thank Norman Braman, Rosa and Carlos de la Cruz and Aaron Podhurst, who helped me evolve an idea into a workable concept. Also, Rosa Sugrañes who, as the chair of Knight Foundation's Miami community advisory committee, has been a fierce advocate for the arts. Thanks to, Lorenzo Lebrija, the Miami program director for Knight Foundation who was instrumental in developing this initiative and who will be primarily responsible for managing it. No celebration of the arts in South Florida can fail to thank Lyn Arison and Adrienne Arsht.
And finally -- but certainly not least -- thanks to Susana Ibargüen, whose passionate advocacy for the arts has so deeply informed my own.
And now, because we believe in acting on our words, I'd like to present endowments checks to Terry Riley, director of the Miami Art Museum, Bonnie Clearwater, executive director and chief curator of Miami's Museum of Contemporary Art, MOCA, and Howard Herring, general manager, and Michael Tilson Thomas, artistic director of the New World Symphony, each of whom will say a few words.
Riley, Clearwater, Herring, Tilson Thomas.
Thank you all for participating in this wonderful announcement. I hope you'll join us for the lunch that the County Arts Council, with thanks to Michael Spring, Jorge Perez and Mayor Alvarez, have waiting for us outside.
About the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
Knight Foundation supports transformational ideas that promote quality journalism, advance media innovation, engage communities and foster the arts. We believe that democracy thrives when people and communities are informed and engaged. For more, visit www.knightfoundation.org.


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