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by the Duggar girls, Jill, Jana, Jessa and Jinger Duggar in their book "Growing Up Duggar" page 17 Very interesting in light of the preparations for Jill's recent wedding. And since our favorite shopping style is frugality, our favorite places to shop are thrift and consignment stores. If you shop there enough (and we go fairly often!) you can find great clothes at great prices. … [Read more...]
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Quoting Quiverfull: If You're Living and Breathing You're Making Some Man Stumble?
by unknown from Go Tell My People - A Letter to my Daughter: Aroused by the Skin of my Wife The more "right" your figure is, the more careful you have to be. And you are a poor judge as to what is "right". Those breasts or those hips you think are "too big" or "gross", and positively hate, are the very things that will turn on a man. And again, you are a poor judge to determine how big is too big. That is because there is virtually no female set of hips, ample as they may be, that will not cause a man's heart to pitter-patter, especially when draped over with a soft clingy fabric. And how beautiful, if that is the man's wife. But what if she isn't? She becomes a snare and a fiery dart in the … [Read more...]
Quoting Quiverfull: Fashion Leads to Lust?
by Stephanus Blignaut from Go Tell My People - Modesty: Discouraging Lust and Encouraging Godliness Women are so easily caught up in "what everyone is doing" or what is available in the shops and what is promoted in magazines and TV. They don't think about how their body is portrayed and what it causes in men – the stumbling block it becomes for men. Women condemn lust in a man when they see it but somehow they don't make the connection between the condemnable lust and their own clothes that they are wearing. Not realizing this makes them stand guilty before God as a stumbling stone because of the lust they caused. … [Read more...]
Quoting Quiverfull: Mary Pride Marginalized by Patriarchy?
by Karen Campbell from her blog That MomMary Pride was one of the first leaders in the modern homeschooling movement. Her book The Way Home was a powerful rebuttal of the radical feminist agenda and she minced no words as she made an appeal for rejecting all sorts of sacred cows. Mary was outspoken and certainly no model of the perfect patriarch wife and ruffled lots of male feathers. One of my fondest memories of homeschooling in the early days (nearly 30 years ago now) is of a conference in the St. Louis area with Gregg Harris, Michael Farris, and Mary … [Read more...]
Quoting Quiverfull: Outbreeding 'Others' to Have a Wholely White Christian Nation
by Mary Pride from her book The Way Home page 80 - Evangelism Through Reproduction We Christians can sometimes be inconsistent. We'd fight and scream if someone tried to stamp out our evangelistic efforts....Let's say that Christians are 20 percent of the US population. If each Christian family had six children, and the humanists, feminists, and others kept on having an average of one.....then in twenty years there would be sixty of us for every forty of them. In forty years, 90 percent of America would be Christian! That is without outside evangelism. All we'd have to do would be to have children and raise them for Christ... [T]hen in two generations...we would be over 40 percent of the … [Read more...]
Quoting Quiverfull: Sex Ed Via Guinea Pig?
by Marjorie Holsten from The Raw Story - Homeschooling Expert: Sex Ed is a Liberal Plot Make Kids Watch Guinea Pigs do it Instead "People say to me, why would they teach such awful things to our children?" she remarked. "If you go deep down and you connect those dots, you see that when children are desensitized to sexual things, that affects their ability at a later date to bond with a spouse." … [Read more...]
Quoting Quiverfull: Sexlessness and the Single Woman?
by Colleen Chao from Ladies Against Feminism and True Woman - Sexual Desire and the Single Girl Imagine keeping a lion in a small cat-carrier. For years. Day after day. Night after night. He roars. He eats. (A lot.) His energy is endless. And yet you keep him caged. If sex is the highest good in life, the greatest pleasure we can experience, we're in trouble. … [Read more...]
Quoting Quiverfull: Why is it Always Extremes? Where's the 'Middle Ground' in Patriarchy?
by Russell D. Moore as posted at Ladies Against Feminism and Moore to the Point - What I've Learned in Twenty Years of Marriage.Russell actually makes some decent points about marriage in this piece. But he also illustrates the black and white thinking of many in the Evangelical church. I knew on our first date that I loved her and wanted to spend my life with her. But many told us, "Wait until you can afford it before you get married." It's true. We had … [Read more...]
Quoting Quiverfull: How Can Accountability and Standards Be 'Wrong'?
by Karen Campbell at her blog That Mom - Patriarchy on Trial, part four A new, organized, and clearly focused group of former homeschool students, motivated, in part, by the bad fruits of patriocentric homeschooling, have taken up the banner for homeschooling reform, putting the very good ideals at the heart of homeschooling at risk. Their legitimate concerns over some instances of sexual, physical, emotional, and spiritual abuse of children have resulted in their misguided call for state-operated control over all homeschooling and have even extended to their advancement of "homosexual rights" for homeschooled children. Though I have had similar concerns about treatment of all children, home … [Read more...]
Quoting Quiverfull: Pot Meet Kettle – Modesty Standards and Religion?
by Bojidar Marinov from The American Vision - Civilization and Self ControlNo wonder Islam seldom teaches self-control in man. While acknowledging the destructive nature of male uncontrolled lust, Islam leaves it to women to protect themselves and society from destruction by choosing their clothing in such a way as to completely shut them off from the world. Men are supposed to remain at the level of immature puberty their whole lives. Women and girls are supposed to act wise and mature from a very early age, exercising external control where men are unable to exercise internal self-control. In the Shariah legislation, a woman is guilty of adultery even when raped. It must be her fault, … [Read more...]


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At least one notable TV personality who intended to vote for Barack ObamaBarack ObamaCotton: US policy should be regime change in Iran Chelsea Manning takes part in first Pride March Trump: Obama not leading the resistance MORE in 2008 is now casting a ballot for Mitt Romney.
In a clip from the upcoming season premiere episode of "The Simpsons," Homer Simpson is seen heading to the Springfield voting booths to make his pick for president in the 2012 election (even though technically Election Day isn't until Nov. 6).
Simpson says of Obama, "I don't know, I already got one wife telling me to eat healthy. Plus, he promised me death panels and grandpa is still alive."
He then considers Romney, grumbling, "I hear he wears magic underpants. I expect the leader of the free world to go commando. Plus, his horse totally choked at the Olympics. On the other hand, he did invent ObamaCare."
The lovable cartoon character ultimately selects Romney, before getting sucked up by the voting machine. Simpson suffered a similar vortex-sucking fate at the ballot box in 2008. He attempted to cast a vote for then-Sen. Obama (D-Ill.), but instead the machine selected Sen. John McCainJohn McCainFrustrated Dems say Obama botched Russia response Coats: Trump seemed obsessed with Russia probe The Hill's Whip List: Senate ObamaCare repeal bill MORE (R-Ariz.).
"The Simpsons" premieres on Fox on Sept. 30.


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We've religiously reviewed every model of ToughBook from Panasonic over the last few years and we'll be looking forward to getting our hands on this one more than most...
The ToughBook 'CF-08' is the company's first dedicated tablet and to show it dumps Vista in favour of Windows CE 5.0: the low cost, low power draw, small footprint OS which operates under the shared source model.
On the hardware side of things the CF08 comes equipped with a 10.4in 1,024 x 768 touch screen display which Panasonic claims is capable of withstanding falls from up to 1.2m (that's metres, not miles), is powered by an Intel PXA270 312MHz CPU and has extensive connectivity with USB, wireless b/g, Bluetooth and an Ethernet port. Memory is limited to just 64MB RAM/ROM but it does come with an SD/SDHC compatible expansion slot to boost this further.
At just 267 x 208 x 36mm the CF-08 is small too and interested parties (read: businesses) will be able to snap it up from 15 May for an as yet undisclosed price.


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As the Chargers and running back LaDainian Tomlinson continue publicly to express hope that they'll work out a restructured contract that will pay L.T. something other than $6.725 million in 2009, his mother, Loreane, told XX 1090 in San Diego on Thursday that the situation "doesn't look promising."
"They almost like handed him crumbs," Loreane Tomlinson said as to the offer that the Chargers have made.
Of the uncertainty as to L.T.'s status, she said, "It's almost like a slap in the face. . . . Tell us something."
Though she explained that the situation is hard on the family, she said that her son is keeping a positive outlook. "I'll be playing somewhere," L.T. told his mother, according to his mother. "I don't know where, but wherever I go it'll be OK."
We'd love to know how it came to be that Mrs. Tomlinson ended up doing a radio spot. The hosts weren't sure how to pronounce her name, so it's not like she's a regular on the station.
Based on what she said, our guess is that someone in the L.T. camp realized that she would be the best person to get the message into circulation, without giving anyone in the media fodder for claiming that LaDainian is whining about his situation.
As the Chargers and running back LaDainian Tomlinson continue publicly to express hope that they'll work out a restructured contract that will pay L.T. something other than $6.725 million in 2009, his mother, Loreane, told XX 1090 in San Diego on Thursday that the situation "doesn't look promising."
The Dallas Cowboys finally have formalized the release of receiver Terrell Owens and safety Roy Williams.
"Terrell Owens was a very productive player who performed at a very high level for all three of his years here in Dallas," said owner Jerry Jones. "But we have made a decision to move forward without him.
"In the aftermath of the season, we talked about change. Some of what is changing involves the process and some of it involves people.
"This is a decision that was made based upon consideration for an entire team. We will move on now with a new team — a new attitude — and into a new stadium. The evaluation process and the prospect for change will continue at every level of the organization."
In those 105 words, Jones said plenty.
He essentially admitted that all of the stories about dissension in the locker room were true, even though he had said they're false.
He also has acknowledged that significant change is needed. So why hasn't he fired the head coach?
Jones' comments contradict the notion that he has been out of touch when it comes to the state of his team. The fact that he has not engaged in sweeping change, then, reinforces our suspicion that the combination of a sagging economy and the opening of a billion-dollar stadium might have prompted Jones to avoid the cost of buying out Wade Phillips (and the highly-compensated Jason Garrett) and then hiring their replacements.
The Philadelphia Inquirer reports, and we separately have confirmed, that the Eagles will not be making a play for free-agent receiver Terrell Owens.
Per the Inquirer, there is no interest.
Per our source, there is "no chance."
But if PFT Planet had gotten its way, the move would have been made. The Eagles have pulled their "Should we sign T.O.?" poll after a heavy influx of PFT readers had pushed the total tally to more than 75 percent.
Well done, my friends. Well done.
The Eagles made a move with a receiver on Thursday — but not the move that the PFT Planet-influenced poll hoped to see.
The Patriots have acquired receiver Greg Lewis in a trade with Philadelphia, along with an undisclosed pick in the 2010 draft.
In exchange, the Eagles picked up an undisclosed selection in the 2009 draft.
Lewis, who has 23 career starts and 90 total appearances, has a history with the Pats. In Super Bowl
XXIX XXXIX, Lewis caught a fourth-quarter touchdown pass, cutting the New England lead to 24-21. It was Lewis' first career touchdown.
When we posted at 3:10 p.m. EST our item about the Eagles poll regarding whether the team should sign T.O., 9,625 people had voted — and 62.9 percent of them had said "no."
In an update to the story, we suggested that we should all vote "yes," in the spirit of Mitch Berger being named the Super Bowl MVP.
As of 3:47 p.m., a total of 20,170 votes have been cast. And "yes" now has 64.3 percent of the vote.
Based on my once strong but now poor math skills, this means that 10,545 votes were cast in the intervening 37 minutes — and that 9,399 of them were "yes."
It's a rate of 89.1 percent "yes," and 10.9 percent "no."
Very impressive, PFT Planet. Please remember to buy a Sprint phone. And not to buy my book.
UPDATE: As of 3:57 p.m. EST, it's now 76.5 percent "yes," with more than 32,000 total votes. I hope they feed their hamsters well.
OK, we're kind of getting bored with this — sort of like the "hello" voice. But now that we've started it, we can't stop.
And, actually, this T.O.-related nugget might be the most significant one yet.
Dave Mason of KHTK in Sacramento tells us that he called Raiders exec John Herrera regarding the team's potential interest in Terrell Owens.
Said Herrera: "We're as happy as can be right now."
While it's not a "yes," it really isn't a "no," either.
And we wonder whether Herrera would still feel as happy as he can be if Tim Kawakami were to put his "f–king hand" on Herrera.
UPDATE: Dave has advised us that Herrera was referring to the Javon Walker restructuring, and not addressing Owens.
Though it's not an official statement from the team and it doesn't really cite any sources, we're willing to regard the proclamation from Kevin Acee of the San Diego Union-Tribune regarding the Chargers' lack of interest in receiver Terrell Owens as sufficiently informed to allow us to add the team to the Anti-T.O. list.
Writes Acee: "While rumors fly about where Terrell Owens will land next, rest assured he will play for the Eagles again before he plays in San Diego on a team put together by A.J. Smith."
Acee also writes that the Chargers won't target safety Roy Williams, who also reportedly (but not officially) has been cut.
In our most recent SportingNews.com article, which we forgot to mention once it went live on Wednesday, we take a look at whether the uncapped year will be all that it has been expected to be.
Based on the extent to which most teams are spending money in 2009, it's a safe bet that life without a cap will be largely irrelevant, since most teams aren't spending the cap space they currently enjoy.
Anway, the whole thing is right here. You should read it — it's a nice break from the T.O. coverage.
Well, the Philadelphia Eagles have come up with an interesting way to generate web traffic.
On their official Internet site, the Eagles have posted a poll asking the following question: "Do you want the Eagles to sign T.O.?"
Currently, the "no" vote is leading, 62.9 percent to 37.1 percent, based on 9,625 votes.
We think that the poll should have a third possible response — "Is the person who came up with the idea to put this issue to a fan poll high?"
UPDATE: You know, we should probably all vote "yes," just for gits and shiggles.
Remember those reports that the Raiders were poised to cut receiver Javon Walker?
As it turns out, they were wr-wr-wr-wr-premature.
According to David White of the San Francisco Chronicle, Walker has agreed to a major restructuring of his contract, giving up a $5 million roster bonus that was due this week and reducing his base salaries dramatically.
In return, his new base salaries for 2009 and 2010 are fully guaranteed.
The move creates nearly $8 million in cap space for the Raiders.
His 2009 base salary has been cut from $4 million to $2 million, and his base salary for 2010 has been reduced from $6 million to 2.6 million next season.
Walked also agreed to reduce his base salary in 2011 from $8 million to $3.2 million. His 2012 base drops from $10 million to $3.8 million. And his 2013 base falls from $10 million to $4.4 million.
That is a lot of sprayed champagne.
But while it's easy to focus on what Walker gave up, the reality is that, absent the restructuring, he would have gotten not another dime from the team. It's also a sign that Walker didn't feel all that strongly about a potential injury grievance aimed at collecting the $5 million injury-guaranteed roster bonus, to which he arguably would have been entitled since he finished the 2008 season on injured reserve.
Our guess is that Walker's agent gauged the market, and determined that the offer that the Raiders put on the table was better than anything Walker would get from another team.
So, in some cases, tampering actually strengthens the relationship between the player and his current team.
Last year, the New England Patriots lost a cornerback to Philadelphia, when Asante Samuel jumped to the Eagles on the first day of free agency.
This year, the Pats have managed a small measure of revenge, winning the two-team derby with the Eagles for the services of veteran corner Shawn Springs.
According to Shalise Manza Young of the Providence Journal, Springs is expected to sign with the Patriots.
Springs was released last Friday by the Redskins.
Attention, PFT Planet: You can quit sending links regarding the statements of 49ers G.M. Scot McCloughan that the team has not "closed the door" on acquiring free-agent receiver Terrell Owens.
We've re-confirmed the situation with our source, and we're confident that the Niners don't want Owens.
So why would the Niners leave the door open even though they'd slam it if he tries to walk through it? We'll allow PFT Planet to speculate as to the possible reasons in the comments.
By the way, it's probably not a good idea for any NFL team to be talking about Owens at all until he's officially released. An executive with one team opined to us that 'Skins executive V.P. of football operations Vinny Cerrato should not have said publicly that the Redskins aren't interested in Owens. We can only assume that the same exec would believe that McCloughan should not be suggesting possible interest in a guy who technically is still the property of another team.
Denver Broncos free agent cornerback Karl Paymah is visiting the Baltimore Ravens today, according to Alex Marvez of FOXSports.com.
A league source has confirmed to us that Paymah is currently meeting with team officials at the Ravens' training complex after arriving in Baltimore today.
Per the article, Payman is regarded as a reserve cornerback who excels on special teams.
He washed out as a starting cornerback in place of an injured Champ Bailey last season and was benched after two starts with the Broncos installing rookie Josh Bell in his place.
The 26-year-old former third-round draft pick from Washington State has started five games in four NFL seasons.
He recorded 39 tackles last season and one interception. For his career, Paymah has registered 101 tackles and three interceptions.
The Detroit Lions significantly bulked up their defensive line by adding beefy defensive tackle Grady Jackson with a three-year, $8 million contract on the same day the team finalized its two-year, $8.5 million contract with cornerback Phillip Buchanon, according to Nicholas J. Cotsonika of the Detroit Free Press.
A 36-year-old defensive lineman who started 14 games last season for the Atlanta Falcons, Jackson weighs well over 350 pounds.
The Lions definitely need to become stouter against the run, ranking last in the NFL at stopping the run a year ago while failing to win a single game.
Former Miami Dolphins defensive lineman Vonnie Holliday is scheduled to visit next week, per the article.
On the other side of the football, the Lions hosted free agent offensive lineman Daniel Loper. Loper wasn't immediately signed to a contract, though, and is likely to take more visits, according to his agent.
Arizona Cardinals free agent cornerback Eric Green is visiting the Tennessee Titans today, according to Jim Wyatt of the Tennessean.
Green's visit is one day after former New York Jets and Oakland Raiders cornerback Justin Miller, a former Clemson standout, visited the Titans' team headquarters in Nashville, Tenn.
Green is taking a look around the league as he searches for a new job, meeting with the Miami Dolphins on Wednesday. On Friday, he's scheduled to visit the San Francisco 49ers.
"He is just kind of making the rounds to see what's up," said Green's agent, Craig Domann. "I told Eric, 'This is a chance to see who you like and then we'll look at the money.'"
The Titans need to replenish their cornerback depth since Eric King has signed with the Detroit Lions. Plus, free agent cornerback/return specialist Chris Carr is visiting the New England Patriots today.


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WASHINGTON – The government said Thursday it will rethink the policy of curbing domestic rice production, with a view to abolishing the state-set numerical yield targets and revising the subsidy system that serves to encourage farmers to reduce paddies.
The rethink is aimed at making rice production more efficient and eventually strengthening Japanese agriculture, which is expected to face tough international competition after the conclusion of the ongoing Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade negotiations, government sources said.
The government plans to have an Industrial Competitiveness Council subcommittee start reviewing the subsidy system at a meeting to be held on Thursday afternoon.
The agriculture subcommittee is expected to examine the idea of cutting part of subsidies for growers of rice for consumption as a staple food in order to step up income assistance for producers of rice for processed food and animal feed.
The government is hoping to receive the panel's recommendations so it can draw up measures to reinforce agriculture by the end of November, the sources said, adding that related legislation may be introduced during the regular Diet session set to start in January.
But the policy review may not progress smoothly, as it would have a major impact on small farmers and is likely draw fire from agricultural groups, critics said.
Ox tongue tariffs out
The government is considering abolishing Japan's tariffs on imported ox tongue in the negotiations for the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade pact, sources said.
The government and the ruling Liberal Democratic Party believe ox tongue imports are unlikely to surge following the elimination of the tariffs as about 90 percent of the product consumed in Japan comes from overseas, the sources said Wednesday.
Because the TPP basically aims to do away with all tariffs, Japan is reviewing the possibility of eliminating levies it imposes on some of the 586 tariff lines on its five key farm products — rice, wheat, beef and pork, dairy products, and sugar.
Japan has a 12.8 percent duty on ox tongue imports to protect domestic farmers and related industries, but some LDP members question the need for such tariffs.
Meanwhile, the government and the LDP are planning to retain levies on beans, pineapples and plywood that are not among the five key products.
The 12 TPP member countries — Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, the United States and Vietnam — aim to conclude a deal by year's end.
Intellectual property talks
Member countries of the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade negotiations started a working group meeting on intellectual property Thursday in Tokyo, where Japan is hosting a TPP meeting for the first time.
The negotiations on intellectual property, including patent terms for new drugs, have been major sticking points for the 12 TPP countries, and tough negotiations are expected through the end of the meeting on Monday.
The negotiating nations aim to conclude an overall TPP deal by the end of this year.
Negotiations on intellectual property "have the largest number of technical and contentious issues," Japan's deputy chief negotiator, Hiroshi Oe, told reporters before the meeting. "We intend to deepen discussions, as we have to wrap up the talks soon."
Among issues in the area, the United States seeks extended patent terms for new drugs so drugmakers can recoup their huge development costs, while Malaysia opposes the idea, claiming it could prevent the diffusion of cheaper generic medicine.
Japan is calling for a stronger crackdown on piracy of such intellectual property as animation series and cartoon characters.
The TPP countries are Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, the United States and Vietnam.
Japan, U.S. clash
Japan and the United States discussed but failed to reach an agreement on automotive trade issues in the third round of three-day bilateral talks held here through Wednesday in relation to the multilateral Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade negotiations.
"The United States is highly concerned with auto issues and there were times when we clashed harshly," Takeo Mori, Japanese ambassador for economic issues, who headed his country's team in the so-called parallel negotiations, told reporters after the meeting.
Acting Deputy U.S. Trade Representative Wendy Cutler, who led the U.S. team, said, "This third round of our parallel negotiations with Japan yielded some progress, although important work remains — particularly in the area of motor vehicles."
While the United States requested reviews of Japan's safety standards as well as its tax and distribution systems for automobiles, Japan maintained a cautious stance toward deregulation, according to sources.
In the bilateral talks, the two countries also discussed nontariff measures in the fields of insurance, intellectual properties and investment.
"In a way, the talks on auto issues are in a special situation," Mori said, suggesting the negotiations are very difficult.
But he also showed readiness to speed up the bilateral talks, saying the two countries need to conclude the parallel negotiations before the targeted yearend finish of the TPP talks.
Japan and the United States plan to launch the fourth round of the parallel talks shortly.


text: Ok, so I've ignored Dr Who for most of my life. I tried to watch it on PBS in the 1970s when it was first being imported and it was simply too cheesy for my tastes. Now, 40 years later, it seems like it would be impossible to find a decent jumping on point. And yet.. at this years Hugos there were no less than THREE episodes nominated for a Hugo. Three. That's a very impressive statistic, and indicates that this is a much better show than the cardboard thing I saw way back when. And I love Steven Moffats writing on other things. So.... is there a jumping on point for someone who really didn't like the early stuff? Is there a legitimate way to watch these episodes from this jumping on point (Netflix, Hulu, whatever)? What can you tell a Dr Who novice?


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One quirk you'll find when making a typed DataSet with a column or table named "Region" is that the generated code produces a property called "_Region".
What's up with that? If you read Raymond Chen's blog, you already have a pretty good guess: Backward compatability.
In previous versions of Visual Studio, we did the same thing. Why did we do it back then? When we generated a typed DataSet, we ask the Code DOM provider (a generic way of producing semantically equivalent code in multiple languages) if a property name is a valid identifier. This is important so that when you have a column named "Class", we generate "_Class" and the DataSet still compiles. Before Visual Studio 2005, Code DOM provider told us that "Region" was not a valid identifier, so we helpfully fixed up the to be "_Region". The catch is, "Region" is a valid identifier in VB. In the latest version, the Code DOM was fixed to answer the question correctly.
All is good so far – a bug got fixed in the product, so everyone should be happier, right?. Until you migrate your VS 7.1 DataSet with a column called "Region" to VS 8.0 and regenerate the designer code. The result is that all of your code which referenced _Region is no longer valid. Life isn't so good now. In the end we decided that the best thing to do was special-case the name in the generator so that compatability would be maintained. Since there's no difference between "old" DataSets and "new" ones, people writing new code still get to see this (very minor and rare) oddity. Such is the price we pay for compatability
Bonus trivia: We detect this case for another name: "ExternalSource" also gets a free underscore in the DataSet generator.
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Privacy nightmare? Lots of personal info is deducible from 1 click, Wall Street Journal article On the Web's Cutting Edge, Anonymity in Name Only (a must read by Emily Steel & Julia Angwin) just reported -
"From a single click on a web site, [New York ad company] [x+1] correctly identified Carrie Isaac as a young Colorado Springs parent who lives on about $50,000 a year, shops at Wal-Mart and rents kids' videos… deduced that Paul Boulifard, a Nashville architect, is childless, likes to travel and buys used cars… determined that Thomas Burney, a Colorado building contractor, is a skier with a college degree and looks like he has good credit.
The company didn't get every detail correct. But its ability to make snap assessments of individuals is accurate enough that Capital One Financial Corp. uses [x+1]'s calculations to instantly decide which credit cards to show first-time visitors to its website…
…firms like [x+1] tap into vast databases of people's online behavior—mainly gathered surreptitiously by tracking technologies that have become ubiquitous on websites across the Internet. They don't have people's names, but cross-reference that data with records of home ownership, family income, marital status and favorite restaurants, among other things. Then, using statistical analysis, they start to make assumptions about the proclivities of individual Web surfers.
…A Wall Street Journal investigation into online privacy has found that the analytical skill of data handlers like [x+1] is transforming the Internet into a place where people are becoming anonymous in name only."
Kudos to the WSJ for their investigation. The article explained the technology further:
"A visitor lands on Capital One's credit-card page, and [x+1] instantly scans the information passed between the person's computer and the web page, which can be thousands of lines of code containing details on the user's computer. [x+1] also uses a new service from Digital Envoy Inc. that can determine the ZIP code where that computer is physically located. For some clients (but not Capital One), [x+1] also taps additional databases of web-browsing history.
Armed with its data, [x+1] taps consumer researcher Nielsen Co. to assign the visitor to one of 66 demographic groups.
In a fifth of a second, [x+1] says it can access and analyze thousands of pieces of information about a single user. It quickly scans for similar types of Capital One customers to make an educated guess about which credit cards to show the visitor."
See the WSJ's detailed predictions for different testers (including some of the code sent, what personal data [x+1] got right and what they guessed wrong), and also the WSJ's What They Know page generally.
I'd like to know though exactly what they meant by "containing details on the user's computer". It rather looks as if the code is generated through scanning the cookies (and Flash cookies etc etc?) saved by different advertisers on the user's computer from their prior visits to other websites.
The article also pointed out that the algorithms' evaluation of one tester came "extremely close" to identifying him personally. EFF staff scientist Peter Eckersley worked out that the tester's location (a small town) and his Nielsen demographic segment together gave 26.5 bits of info about him, meaning they'd know that he had to be one of only 64 possible people in the whole world. Add just one more bit of info, like his age, and they could probably totally de-anonymise him, i.e identify him precisely.
(I'll blog "bits of entropy" properly another time, see privacy researcher Arvind Narayan's short explanation on why he calls his blog, another must-read, "33 Bits of Entropy". And this blog. There are 6.6 billion people in the world and log2 6.6 billion is about 33, if you must know!)
I shall just leave you with the unforgettable image conjured up by this screenshot of the article, dear readers (increasing my collection of funny typos) -
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Ceiling Fan With Remote in Middle of Circuit
I'm new here and have been struggling with this problem at my new house. The living room ceiling fan/light with a remote has not worked since we moved in a couple months ago. The fan and receiver are good, because I switched it from my bedroom where it worked no problem. In the junction box in the ceiling, I have one hot(orange) wire and two white wires. If the white wires are disconnected, the tv and wall light loses power.
I have tried wiring both white wires to the input white wire on the fan's receiver, and connected the orange wire to the red wire on the receiver. This is good for getting power to the tv, but no power to the fan. Can anybody help?
Tom M
Chicago, IL
How many wires on the fan? Is it a fan/light combo? Is the ceiling fixture controlled by a switch?
There are no other wires in the box, just one orange and two whites?
This sounds unlikely. Other than bare ground wires, you should have another wire there.
The reason you lose power to other devices is because separating the whites breaks the circuit.
They are most likely neutral wires.
You need a tester to locate the 120 volts required to operate the fan and the receiver. If it worked before, you have it wired wrong now.
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Thanks for your replies.
I got the tester out, and as it's hooked up, The red/orange wire shows that it has power.
The fan is a light/fan combo. It has three wires, black, blue and white that correspond to the receiver's output wires. Inside the box, aside from the two whites and one orange, there are only a yellow and pink wire that are just passing through the box to the other side of the room. The fixture is controlled by a switch, I attached a picture of that junction box as well. It is a pretty full box.
Typically on a light/fan the black is the hot for the light, blue is hot for tje fan motor, and white is neutral.
So you would wire both black and blue to the switched hot, which seems to be orange.
The white would go with the other whites, and green to ground.
What is it thats not working?
Does anything on the fan work? Or is it the remote thats not working?
Are you in Chicago if so let me post the most common conductors colours which I know.
Grey-Dedicated neutral for GFCI
red-black -blue--Power
Brown--travelers for three way
purple--GFCI protected power
yellow-orange---switch legs
But if you have AFCI then there will be addtional colour it will be used or used from the listing
So try that from my listing I know the listing came from the Chicago resdent guy < The listing is from Oh'Mike so the credit is from him. Merci. >
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Running from debt collectors, screenwriter Joe Gillis stumbles upon the crumbling mansion of former silent-film star Norma Desmond. As he begins penning a comeback screenplay for her, their professional relationship evolves into something more.
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Just thought I'd drop in here to do my official intro. I posted most of my info in the Bersa Guns thread so if you hit the "New Posts" button like I do you'll most likely stumble over it.
What I didn't say there was that I'm buying my new prize (Bersa Thunder UC Pro .45 ACP) for self/home defense and as a nice Open Carry piece. I'm a regular on opencarry.org (Maine Expat) and a Life member at Oath Keepers (OkLifer) and as a 30 year Vet I just HATE what our America is turning into.
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A panel discussion bringing together the thoughts of leading interactive theatre makers, exploring what their work means for a new breed of interactive audience members/participants. This discussion will be presented alongside a reprisal of non zero one's interactive game Hold Hands/Lock Horns, one of the stand-out successes of Forest Fringe last year.
Keep Rising: Radicalism and Revolution in 2011 (Tania El Khoury)
20 August 3pm
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A day long programme of events thinking remembering, contemplating and celebrating the ongoing radical and revolutionary movements across the world and in the UK, and asking how we can all be more involved in these struggles.
Self Portraits (Gary McNair)
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Gary McNair wants you to draw his portrait. All of you. He will pay.
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A totally new participatory project exploring the present state of the country, based on the Japanese game Hyakumonogatari Kaidankai ('gathering of One Hundred Supernatural Tales').
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In all the blogs I've read I havent seen a lot address feminine needs when there is no more store to go to. Sure people can stock pile, but what happens when that stock pile runs out?
There are several products which can meet the needs for women monthly.
Menstruation cup: is a cup which inserts into a woman vagina which catches the flow for up to 2 hours. there are several brands on the market, such as the diva cup. There are usually 2 sizes and recommendations on which size to get.
The one advantage of the cup is its less mess overall, and does not require the use of extensive washing of reusable pads. Overall this is a good sanitary method if you don't want to deal with reusable materials you have to wash.
Reusable pads: these can be purchased (such as the luna pad, there are many brands out there to shop around for) or made by hand. The idea is you create a holder which snaps around your underwear and the pad inserts in the holder. Both the holder and the pad need to be replaced (about every 4- 6 hrs depending on flow).
For hygiene it is recommended to place the used pads in water with bleech to keep from staining (although many brands I saw were made of a black fabric). these then would be washed once enough were collected, at the frequency one felt comfortable with.
Sea sponge: was the tampon replacement. It is a natural sea sponge which once inserted absorbs the flow. Depending on flow it should be removed and cleaned every 4 hours or so. The catch to the sea sponge is it should be washed in bleach and dried before reinsertion (it is a sponge), so you will need a few on hand. They are reusable. Unlike menstrual pads which can be made from most absorbent materials, once the sea sponge is ruined it cannot be replaced, so order a few to ensure you have enough.


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ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- The No. 13-ranked (AP, No. 10 ESPN/USA Today) University of Michigan football team opened its 2002 season today (Saturday, Aug. 31) with a last-second 31-29 win over No. 11/9 Washington. Michigan placekicker Philip Brabbs (Midland, Mich./H.H. Dow HS) connected on Michigan's first successful field goal of the game, from 44 yards, after the Maize and Blue failed in three prior attempts.
A Washington touchdown and missed two-point conversion gave the Huskies a one-point lead, 29-28, with 1:24 remaining in the game. Michigan moved quickly into UW territory with steady gains and a 19-yard reception by Tyrece Butler (Indianapolis, Ind./Decatur Central HS). The Wolverines secured a 27-yard field goal attempt after failing on third-and-one, but senior/junior placekicker Troy Nienberg's (Glandorf, Ohio/Ottawa Glandorf HS) kick was wide right.
Michigan's defense clamped down on the Huskies, forcing UW back to its own 13-yard line with Dan Rumishek's (Addison, Ill./Addison Trail HS) sack. Michigan regained the ball with 57 seconds on the clock at its own 41 after a Washington punt. Navarre moved the ball through the air and a Braylon Edwards (Detroit, Mich./Bishop Gallagher HS) fumble with 27 seconds left was recovered by Butler, earning the Wolverines a first down. With six seconds on the clock, following two incomplete pass attempts, an illegal participation penalty on the Huskies moved Michigan into field goal range, where Brabbs made the Maize and Blue's first field goal in four tries to give U-M the win, 31-29.
Michigan struck quickly at the start of both the first and second quarters. It took the Wolverines just two plays on their first drive to reach the end zone, as Perry busted through the Washington line for a 57-yard touchdown run that put Michigan ahead by seven 1:48 into the game.
Following a successful third-down conversion to begin the second quarter, Navarre went deep, sending the ball 45 yards downfield into the hands of Edwards. The scoring play was Edwards' first touchdown of his career.
Midway through the second quarter, a pass-interference call on Marlin Jackson (Sharon, Pa./Sharon HS) swung the game's momentum in favor of Washington. The Huskies took advantage of the U-M lull, converting on fourth-and-one following a 20-yard completion to sophomore Reggie Williams. UW's quarterback, Cody Pickett, passed for a three-yard touchdown five plays later, but a missed point-after left the score 14-6.
Kai Ellis' recovery of a Perry fumble two plays into Michigan's following possession gave Washington the ball only 25 yards out of the end zone. Alexis finished off the short scoring drive with a run off the right tackle to bring the score to 14-13 at 6:42, barely one minute after the Huskies scored their first points.
Washington took to the air following a short Wolverine possession with three passes for over 13 yards each. Jackson's defense on a third-and-goal pass to Williams forced UW to kick a field goal. On the kick, Carl Diggs (Warren, Ohio/Harding HS) got his hand on the ball as Michigan's field goal block team broke through the line. Shantee Orr (Detroit, Mich./Denby HS) recovered the ball.
Michigan moved the ball quickly downfield to set up a 42-yard field goal opportunity with four seconds remaining in the half, but Brabbs' second field goal miss of the afternoon left Michigan empty-handed.
Washington took its first lead, 20-14, five minutes into the third quarter when sophomore receiver Charles Frederick caught the ball in double coverage and ran it across the goal line for a 51-yard scoring play.
Retaking the lead, Michigan's offense converted three third-down situations on a nine-play, 74-yard drive. Navarre passes to Butler (22 yards) and Askew (30 yards) on third down maintained Michigan's forward momentum. Perry's two-yard touchdown burst on third-and-inches allowed Michigan to jump ahead 21-20 at 5:30.
A 30-yard Washington field goal with 41 seconds in the third quarter was the fourth lead change of the afternoon.
With five first downs in eight plays, Michigan moved the ball quickly downfield and took a 28-23 lead. Perry's three-yard score, his third of the game, pushed the sophomore tailback over the 100-yard mark for only the second time in his career.
Washington responded as Alexis neatly tripled the Huskies' rushing output with a 59-yard break up the UW sideline. Alexis finished off the drive two plays later after running a toss from Pickett one yard into the end zone. Washington missed the two-point conversion and kept the slight one-point lead, 29-28, with 8:24 remaining before the Wolverines began their come-from-behind heroics.
The Wolverines take on Western Michigan next Saturday (Sept. 7) at Michigan Stadium. Kickoff is slated for 12:10 p.m. on ESPN Regional.
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Fall Arts Preview 2013
Part I of II
NOW PLAYING Miss Saigon—Here's a way to kick off a 24th-anniversary season: remount and re-imagine a full-blown production of "Miss Saigon," one of the most iconic big-theme, big-deal Broadway musicals of the "Les Miz," "Phantom of the Opera," "Cats" and "Evita" era.
That's what Signature Theater's not-shy-of-a-challenge artistic director Eric Schaeffer has done, staging the first production of the Viet War set, but "Madame Butterfly" echo musical in 15 years, running at the MAX Theatre through Sept. 22. Schaeffer, who directs the production, described as "environmental," says Signature is "pulling out all the stops in this production with a terrific cast, full-size orchestra and a set that engulfs the entire theatre.
It stars Diana Huey as the bar girl Kim, Jason Michael Evans as the American GI Chris and Thom Sesma in the bravura role of The Engineer.
The Beauty Queen of Leelane—Martin McDonagh is back and the Round House Theatre in Bethesda has him, with its production of "The Beauty Queen of Leelane" through Sept. 15, directed by Jerry Skidmore. Irish to the core and contemporary to the core, "Beauty Queen" is about a lonely spinster living with her bigger-than-life, manipulative mother. Featuring Kimberly Gilbert and Sarah Marshall—two of D.C. theater's finest actresses as daughter and mother.
A Few Good Men—Skidmore also directs the ongoing production of Playwright Aaron Sorkin's 1989 military courtroom drama "A Few Good Men," which became the basis for a hit movie, starring Tom Cruise and Jack Nicholson. It's now a Keegan Theatre production through Sept. 7.
Brokeology—Theater Alliance begins its 11th season with playwright Nathan Louis Jackson's "Brokeology," a powerful drama about a widower battling his own illness and trying to raise two sons. Now through Sept. 8 at the Anacostia Playhouse. Shakespeare Free For All—The Shakespeare Theatre Company has been doing Shakespeare Free For All's for 23 years and continues the tradition with a production of the Bard's fabulous and popular (the director of "The Avengers" recently filmed it in black and white) comedy "Much Ado About Nothing," after the original direction of Ethan McSweeny. Jenny Lord directs this comedy which stars Kathryn Meisle as Beatrice and Derek Smith as Benedick, one of the Bard's most attractive battling couples, right alongside Petruchio and Kate. Now through Sept. 1 at Sidney Harman Hall. Check the STC website for times and how to get free tickets.
SEPTEMBER BRINGS IN THE SHOWS Donna McKechnie at Olney—Probably not a coincidence, but Donna McKechnie, the sparkling Broadway star who was the original Cassie in "A Chorus Line" appears at the Historic Stage at the Olney Theatre Center in her cabaret show, "Same Place, Another Time," Sept. 1 at 7 p.m., even as "A Chorus Line" is being performed here.
Wagner and Tristan and Isolde usher in the new Washington Opera Season—Washington National Opera Artistic Director Francesca Zambello celebrates the new WNO season with big works by both Richard Wagner and Guiseppi Verdi, who are having their bicentenaries.
It's Wagner, with his epic "Tristan and Isolde," and we do mean epic that starts the season with music Zambello describes as "romantic and hypnotic." "I chose it," she said, "as the gateway for us to experience the breadth of Wagner's styles as we build towards our 'Ring' Cycle in the spring of the 2015-2016 season." (Verdi's "The Force of Destiny", with Zambello directing, will follow, beginning Oct. 12.)
The incomparable Deborah Voigt—who starred in "Salome" here returns in the role of Isolde, with Ian Storey as Tristan (Clifton Forbis will perform Tristan Sept. 27.) WNO Conductor Philippe Auguin conducts, Neil Armfield, directs, with sets by Opera Australia, costumes by Jennie Tate. (Sept. 15, 18, 21, 24, 27)
Page-to-Stage New Play Festival—A sure signal that a new performance arts and theatre season is upon us is the arrival of the 12th Annual Page-to-Stage New Play Festival, with more than 40 theaters from all over the D.C. area. Performances are in venues throughout the center, in a series of free readings and open rehearsals of plays and musicals developed by local, regional and national playwrights, librettists and composers. It's happening Aug. 31 through Sept. 2, and it's a good chance for theater buffs to check the pulse and look into the future of the area theater scene. And to repeat: it's free. Check the Kennedy Center website for details.
More Kennedy Center Shows The boys are back. Yes, it's Elvis, Jerry Lee, Carl and Johnny, Presley, Lewis, Perkins and Cash, aka the "Million Dollar Quartet," the hugely popular musical in which the four budding stars get together, bicker, play, sing and fight and play a whole lot of shaking rock and roll and country music at Sam Phillips Sun Records Studio in Memphis in 1956. The musical arrives at the Eisenhower Theater Sept. 24 through Oct. 6.
"Four Little Girls"—The Kennedy Center, Project Voice and Howard University, working with Duke Ellington School of the Arts and African Continuum Theater Company, present a free, staged reading of "Four Little Girls, Birmingham, 1963." Written by Christina Ham, and directed by Tony Award winning actress and television star of "The Cosby Show," Phylicia Rashad, takes place Sept. 15, 6 p.m., in the Family Theater in the Kennedy Center. The production commemorates the 50th anniversary of the bombing that took the lives of four young girls at the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Ala., only weeks after the 1963 March on Washington.
NSO With National Symphony Orchestra and Kennedy Center music director maestro Christoph Eschenbach conducting, the NSO begins its 83rd season with the annual Opening Ball Concert Sept. 29 at the Concert Hall. The evening will include legendary cellist Yo-Yo Ma performing Tchaikovsky's "Rococo Variations," and Carmen Carpenter, the dynamic young organist playing a finale of Saint-Saen's "Organ Symphony."
The NSO Pops Orchestra, directed by Steven Reineke, will kick off with "Cirque de la Symphonie", Sept. 19 to 22, and then feature superstars Wayne Shorter, Vince Mendoza and the remarkable Esperanza Spalding, Sept. 26 in the Concert Hall. The Kennedy Center's dance program will kick off with the highly original company KARAS, which, under founder and choreographer Sburo Teshigawara brings the North American Premiere of "Mirror and Music" Sept. 12 and 13 at the Eisenhower Theater.
FOUR RISING PLAYWRIGHTS At Arena Stage, Eric Coble's "The Velocity of Autumn" focuses on 79-year-old Alexandra living with memories and explosives in her Brooklyn townhouse, and getting a visit from a long-lost son. Oscar winner Estelle Parsons and Tony Award winner Stephen Spinella make their Arena debuts, Sept. 6 through Oct. 20, with Molly Smith directing.
At Woolly Mammoth Theater, Lisa D'Amour's Pulitzer Prize finalist "Detroit" about a collision between neighbors in Motor City gets going Sept. 9 and runs through Oct. 6, directed by John Vreeke for the city's most consistently cutting-edge theater company.
Critically acclaimed playwright Amy Herzog's play "After the Revolution," which focuses on one family's reaction to the blacklist starts at Theater J Sept. 7 and runs through Oct. 6, directed by Eleanor Holdsridge, and starring Nancy Robinette. "Agnes Under the Big Top" by Aditi Brennan Kapil, and directed by Michael Dove, starts the Forum Theater's season Sept.5 to 28, a play in which six lives intersect in what's described as a "comic adventure about immigrant life in America." At the Round House in Silver Spring.
The Laramie Project at Ford's Theatre Ford's Theatre kicks off its season with something of a departure, the emotionally powerful "The Laramie Project" by Moises Kaufman and members of the Tectonic Theater project. It's the play about the 1998 murder of Matthew Shepard, a young gay man and resident of Laramie, Wyo., and the reaction of the community to what was considered a hate crime. Fifteen years later, the murder and Shepard's story still echoes not only in Wyoming but across the country. The play is the third offering in the multi-year Lincoln Legacy Project, an effort to "generate dialogue around issues of tolerance, equality and acceptance." Directed by Matthew Gardiner, Sept. 27-Oct.27.
The Embassy Series at 20 It's hard to believe that the Embassy Series under founder Jerome Barry has been around for 20 years, building cultural bridges, exercising musical diplomacy and giving Washington audiences a chance to hear world class music from around the world in the city's embassies, ambassador residences and international cultural centers.
The 20th season kicks off at the residence of the Indian Ambassador, with a unique program from international musical star Rudresh Mahanthappa, a composer and alto saxophone player with a sound that hybridizes progressive jazz and South Indian classical music. Mahanthappa is a second generation Indian-American who leads a quartet named Gamak, which features guitarist David "Fuze" Fiuczynski. The concert is set for Sept. 9 at 6:30 p.m.
The In Series' "Taking Flight" Season Begins The In Series' "Taking Flight" begins with a series tradition, a pocket-opera program at the Source Theater, a new and "edgy" adaptation of Mozart's light and funny "Abduction from the Seraglio".
Wolf trap A Dreamgirl and a dream girl of pop, the always original Lyle, doe-a-deer-a-female-deer, and Hobbits and Elves are among the treats awaiting fans of and visitors to the Wolf Trap outdoor summer series as it winds down.
There's Jennifer Holliday in a four-night stint in "Dreamgirls" Aug. 22 to 25, the pop queen Carly Rae Jepsen with Hot Chelle Rae, Aug. 28, the like-no-other folk-country-beyond-category singer Lyle Lovett and his Large Band, Aug. 29, the Sing-A-Long Sound of Music Aug. 31, STS9 and Umphrey's McGee Sept. 1, and last, but not least a screening of "The Lord of the Rings" and "The Fellowship of the Ring" with the City Choir of Washington and the World Children's Choir.
Gala Hispanic "Cabaret Barroco: Interludes of Spain's Golden Age", kicks off the Gala Hispanic, Sept. 12 through Oct. 6, bringing to the stage an example of the interlude, a form and genre that combined cabaret, street performance and carnival during the golden age of Spanish theater. By Calderon de la Barca, Francisco de Quevedo and Bernardo de Quiros, directed by Jose Louis Areliano.
The Rat Pack at the Strathmore Music Center Strathmore starts off its season with an unusual offering. "Sandy Hackett's Rat Pack Show" recreates some of the golden, flashy moments from the original Rat Pack, Las Vegas-style, that includes Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis, Jr., Dean Martin and Joey Bishop. The pack also included at various times Peter Lawford and comedian Buddy Hackett, whose son Sandy has brought the pack back, Sept. 27.
Michael Kahn Directs Harvey Fierstein's 'Torch Song Trilogy' at Studio Theatre That headline almost sums it up—Kahn, the artistic director of the Shakespeare Theatre Company, lending his directing gifts to a play that has become iconic. Beginning first as a series of one-act plays at La MaMa Etc in New York, it became a full-fledged play, written by and starring Fierstein in 1981. Performances start Sept. 4.
Faction of Fools Faction of Fools, a newish theater company specializing in old styles, especially Commedia d' la arte, starts its new season with Moliere's "Don Juan," a play which should be right up the company's stylish alley beginning Sept. 12.
The Shakespeare Theatre Company Measures Up "Measure for Measure," a difficult Shakespeare play about love and power, vice and virtue opens the Shakespeare Theatre Company season under the direction of Jonathan Munby, who sets the play in a 1930s fascist state under the evocative hue of a cabaret culture, opens the season, Sept. 12 through Oct. 27. Miriam Silverman stars as Isabella, Scott Parkinson is Angelo and Kurt Rhoads is the powerful Duke.


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Swimming for Exercise
Water makes for effective workouts
Swimming is a great way to cool off in the summer months, whether it's in a lake, pool or pond. Yet it can also be a fun way to turn this limited-impact sport into a fat-burning, muscle-toning workout. Here are five exercise ideas (and five good reasons to put on your bathing suit this summer).
Focus on different strokes
This may seem like Swimming 101, but taking a casual, 20-minute swim while focusing on your form has enormous health benefits. Any stroke will help improve your cardiovascular activity and muscle tone, but you should alternate strokes for an overall workout. For example, focus on shoulder and upper body strength with freestyle one day. The next day, give your arms and legs a workout with the breast stroke or butterfly.
Splash around
Tap you inner child and get slap happy with friends and family. Stay in the shallow end so you can splash with your arms for sleeker shoulders, or engage your quadriceps and calves by using water resistance to "run" away from your swimming companions. For deeper water, hold onto another person's arms or tube to make waves with your feet or water flippers to burn even more calories.
Kickboard washboard abs
Hang onto a kickboard and use sheer leg muscle to propel yourself through the water — and get closer to six-pack abdominal muscles. You may even stand up and move the kickboard from side to side to work your oblique muscles.
Change your pace
Try different workouts every time you take a dip. According to military.com, you can get equally effective cardio workouts by swimming five, 50-meter sprint intervals one day and then a moderate pace another, possibly combined with some out-of-water pushups for the less faint of heart.
Play water volleyball
Coordinate a friendly hour of this fun-filled game, which the average 150-pound person can use to burn around 200 calories. Better yet, all that hitting will strengthen your upper body while the running, diving and spiking will expand your lung capacity (and earn you bragging rights for the rest of the day).
Unlike exercising out of water, swimming offers a great alternative to use muscles you may not normally engage. It also gives you a healthy alternative to stay fit when you are nursing an injury. Just don't let the zero-gravity resistance fool you and cause you to overdo it, because like all forms of exercise, you could subject yourself to muscle strain or injuries.


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Afghan politician killed in usually stable area, officials say
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PARWAN, Afghanistan (Reuters) - A leading politician from what is normally one of Afghanistan's most stable regions has been killed, officials said on Tuesday, another blow as NATO-led forces prepare to begin handing over security responsibility to Afghans next month.
The body of Jawad Zuhaak, the head of the provincial council in central Bamiyan province, was found in neighbouring Parwan province on Tuesday, a senior hospital official said.
Zuhaak and his bodyguard had been kidnapped in the Sia Gerd province of Parwan on Friday, police said.
Khwaja Mohammad, the head of the Parwan hospital, said Zuhaak had been shot in the face.
Bamiyan, which came under the world spotlight in 2001 when the Taliban destroyed two giant sandstone Buddhas, is one of seven areas where security responsibility will be transferred formally from foreign troops to Afghan control in the first phase of a gradual transition process due to begin next month.
The process will ultimately lead to the last foreign combat troops leaving Afghanistan by the end of 2014 under a plan agreed to between Afghan and NATO leaders at a summit in Lisbon last December.
Bamiyan and Panjshir, which have long been peaceful anti-Taliban strongholds, are the only provinces that will be handed over in their entirety in the first phase of transition. Both are already largely in Afghan hands.
Other areas include the cities of Herat in the west, Mazar-i-Sharif in the north and Lashkar Gah, the capital of Helmand in the south, long a Taliban stronghold and still one of the most violent provinces in Afghanistan. Continued...


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BERLIN – Veteran director Yoji Yamada told the Berlin film festival he made his new 1940s drama "The Little House" for a generation of compatriots who seem oblivious to the horrors of war.
Yamada, 82, said Friday the picture, his latest release in 60 years of filmmaking and based on a best-selling novel by Kyoko Nakajima, aimed to explain the devastating impact of World War II to younger audiences.
"People from that era are slowly but surely all dying — the last people who really know what it was like during wartime," he said through an interpreter. "The sense that the war was a catastrophe, that it was dreadful, that it was cruel, that it was a tragedy — the sense that you have to learn from that and never repeat that again."
The director said the themes were bitterly relevant at a time of heightened tensions between Japan and China, and after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's inflammatory visit to a contested Tokyo war shrine in December.
"The whole government, the prime minister and so on, they're all from the postwar era so there's a real generational divide from those who experienced the war," Yamada said. "I think we should be against this kind of official visit," he added, referring to Abe's stop at Yasukuni Shrine, which honors 2.5 million Japanese war dead, including Class-A war criminals.
The film tells the story of a university student in modern-day Japan whose childless great-aunt Taki has just died. Taki had been handwriting her memoirs in her twilight years, detailing her tumultuous time as a maid and nanny in her youth in the home of a toy company executive, his beautiful wife and their sickly son.
Yamada portrays the heady optimism of those years as the population was duped by state propaganda that said Japan would win the war, a phenomenon he said he vividly remembers from his childhood: "All the newspapers were saying 'Japan will be victorious, Japan will be victorious,' but of course that was not true."
He said he based one of the final scenes, when the home is hit during an air raid with incendiary bombs, on memories from the war.
"The Little House" is one of 20 films in competition for the Berlin festival's top prize, the Golden Bear, which was to be awarded Saturday evening.


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