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Franciscan friars have asked Mel Gibson to make his next film about their founder, St Francis of Assisi.
Impressed by Gibson's film on the last 12 hours of Jesus, The Passion of the Christ, the American friars and sisters have published an open letter and petition on their website.
Calling the controversial film "an extraordinary work of sacred art", they ask the actor/director to "produce a sequel which would show the world what happens when a person totally and unequivocally responds to the Passion of the Christ".
St Francis (1182-1226) is the patron saint of animals and the environment.
However, Gibson has suggested that his next project may be a Middle East version of the Western, a film about the rebellion of the Jewish Maccabees against their Greek overlord in 165BC.
He told a chat show in the United States that the Maccabees - celebrated in the Jewish festival of Hanukkah - "stood up and made war".
"They stuck by their guns and came out winning," Gibson said.
"It's like a Western."
Abraham Foxman, chairman of the Anti-Defamation League, a US Jewish lobby group, said: "The last thing we need is Jewish history turned into a Western. In his hands we would probably lose."
The Passion of the Christ, which has been strongly admired and attacked, has taken more than $US300 million ($A410 million) in the US.
One critic said Gibson had invented a new genre, the religious splatter movie, while last week Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat called the film "moving and historical".
The petition (at www.franciscanfriars.com/petitionform.cfm) has more than 10,000 signatures.
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Christina Dennis from The DIY Mommy and Golly Gee Baby is also the founder of WeeStock. WeeStock is an indie trade show in Alberta, Candada, featuring handmade and organic baby items; over the years Christina has learned a lot about how to sell successfully in craft fairs/markets/etc. Learn more about Christina in her intro, and be sure to check out The DIY Mommy, Golly Gee Baby and WeeStock. Have you had packaging and display successes? Please add your tips in the comments below. We'd especially love links to photo examples!
Selling your handmade products at craft shows is such a fun and effective way to market your business, see your customers face-to-face, and get valuable feedback on your creations. Besides having unique and high-quality items to sell, one of the next most important things to remember at a craft fair is to make sure your products are uniquely packaged and your overall display is appealing to potential customers. You can have the most adorable, hand-sewn little goodies to sell but if they're plopped on a bare table (with no price tags in sight!) people might not see their value.
Here are some easy and inexpensive ideas you can use to make your table at a craft fair stand out from the others and give your products a professional yet unique look that says "buy me!":
Establish a Brand for Your Business
It's important that you already have a consistent look for your handmade company established before you sell at a craft fair. A distinguishable logo, a colour scheme that you use, and a business card are at the very least the three things that are wise to start with. Bring your business cards and a large sign with your logo on it to the craft fair and put them in obvious places near your table so that people can see who you are. If they don't buy from you today, they'll most likely remember where they can buy from you later if you have a unique and creative logo (and especially if they've taken your business card).
Ensure Prices Are Visible
Nothing is more frustrating for a craft fair shopper than to fall in love with an item and then not be able to immediately find the price. It's wise to put a price tag on every single item (use a sticker or get creative with tags and string) or if the items are small you can get away with a large sign in an obvious location close to the items. If you're running a special sale for the craft fair (which is usually an effective way to make sales at a show), make sure your promotion is really visible too; at least three signs is always a good idea!
Protect Your Products
If you're laying your handcrafted works of art on a bare (and potentially dirty!) table, it can give off the impression that you don't care about your products. Packaging and protecting your products with extra care tells your potential customers that you've got something very valuable here, and it's worth the extra cost and time to protect it! It's up to you on how much money you want to spend on packaging and protecting your products, but at the very least a fun tablecloth (fabric is nice) that matches your branding with its colours and style is a simple and cost-effective way to keep your products clean. You may also choose to individually wrap your products in plastic or fabric pouches, but always keep in mind your end buyer: would they appreciate a more "green" approach to packaging? Try using recycled materials for wrapping and packaging when you can.
Use Different Levels for Interest
It's amazing how adding a few boxes, shelves or racks on top of, beside, or behind a craft fair table can add so much interest to a booth. Instead of laying all of your items on the table in boring little rows, try thinking about ways you can display your products at multiple levels to make your booth unique. Wire grid walls behind or beside a table are a bit of an investment, but they're easy to set up and take down (and also to embellish if you want). Think outside of the box too – use vintage crates, driftwood, antique furniture, old bookcases, rope tied between two hat stands, a drying rack, hanging cork boards or really anything that you can attach your product to that matches the look and feel of your little brand. Have some products in front of your table at a lower level, some at table level, some a little higher on boxes or shelves, and then some even higher on string or hanging from a background. Not only does this look impressive, you can display so many things this way!
The Most Important Part of Your Display? You!
Don't forget that behind all of the pretty packages, then unique display and the beautiful handmade items made with attention to detail and so much love is… You! The best way to market your creations at a craft fair is to show your visitors how much you care about your craft by engaging with them in conversation. Smile at everyone, dress in something that makes you feel beautiful, answer everyone's questions the best that you can and take any constructive criticism you may get with professionalism. If you're truly passionate about your products and share that with people, your passion will be inspiring and may possibly motivate that person to purchase one (or a whole bunch!) of your lovely things.
If you take the time to prepare your products for a craft fair by packaging them uniquely, display them with care and artistry at the show, and market yourself and your goodies with passion and a smile, you're bound to find so much success. Don't forget that every business card you hand out and every person you talk to, regardless of how much (or if) they purchase, could be a potential customer down the road (or they might have a friend that could be!). Craft fairs can be a lot of fun, and they're such a wonderful place to learn more about how you can make your items — and your next craft fair display — even better than before.
We're back tomorrow with another post in our craft fair series focused on interacting with your customers!…
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All i can say is Perfect, well written, great job!
Exciting ideas, thanks for sharing them in this article.
I am loving these posts, and the comments, such valuable information to know with my first craft show coming up soon!
Thanks to Sew Mama Sew! for allowing me to guest post this article! p.s.phyllis.sews I also have a display rack about the same size as yours at it is wonderful to transport and makes my display pop. Dana – totally! A little "hello" and a smile goes a long way
I agree with Dana. When I sell, I try to speak to everyone who walks by. At a minimum, if you are looking at my wares you will get a hello and a big smile. I care about every sale. One year my least expensive item was my best moneymaker. Those small sales add up and many of them are return buyers. I am there for the allotted time, so I want to make the most of it – and a smile is the cheapest thing you can give away but oh the difference it can make.
I have just finished my first full year of craft shows… When I started out with Infinity Scarves and not wanting them to be on the table I looked around my home to all of my collections… old suitcases… they are the best for my scarves. I stack an open one on top of a closed one and drape the scarves around the edges… I have used metal wine bottle holders… tiered shelves .. and counter top bath towel holders. A little spray paint goes a long way on items found at Goodwill. My "fun" products are seasonal felted pumpkins and Christmas items made out of wool sweaters… this is fun … I bring out the old apple crates, enamel bowls, some more metal and some old quilts… I even spray painted a candle holder that held 5 pillar candles in a row… perfect for displaying small pumpkins. TJ Maxx yielded two metal dress forms and an ornate mirror for the table … would love an old dressing screen; but, my husband says "enough with the props". I love when people want to buy my "props" as much as my craft items.
I meant to say "their" phone.
Great post. I have been both a buyer and a seller. One thing that will ALWAYS make me move on to the next table is if a seller doesn't even look up from there phone to see who is looking at their wares. I don't expect a whole forced conversation, but just a smile or a hello will ensure that I stop to look at their stuff. To me, that gives them impression that they don't care if they make a sale….so why should I?
The best thing I did this year was purchase 2 vertical metal racks that are 2 feet by 5 feet. I can hang every kind of bag I make on them and everything is selling! The racks paid for themselves in the first fair after I purchased them! A local store in Houston had everything I needed and I am really thinking about adding a third and using a smaller table! Each fair is exciting to see the response to the merchandise as it is now displayed!
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Video of a 14-foot freshwater stingray.
And a few more links:
1. Here's a large collection of artwork by Dave McKean, including lots of images I'd never seen. The images are wrapped around a long interview with him, but it's difficult to read due to the layout and I didn't spot anything of note.
2. Plush Hamburglar.
3. I like the final page in Ernie Gilbert's portfolio.
4. The next big contest at CG Society is the 80's Cartoons Tribute.
*Previously: Footage from the stage show of McKean's Mr. Punch.
*Buy Dave McKean collectibles at eBay.
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Video of a 14-foot freshwater stingray
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October 21, 2010/By The Center for Michigan
By Jo Mathis
As executive director of the Presidents Council State Universities of Michigan, Mike Boulus keeps waiting for Michigan's gubernatorial candidates to talk at length about their plans to fund higher education.
He thought it might happen in their recent debate.
It didn't.
Acknowledging that the task ahead is a huge one, Boulus hopes the next governor and legislators will recognize higher education as the backbone of economic development, and reverse what he calls a frightening trend.
"It's been a legacy of dismantling higher ed over the last decade," he said. "And that's after we spent 50 years building it up – to the envy of the country."
The candidates' emphasis on the state's dismal economy may have overshadowed an antidote to the problem — a better educated workforce.
With the collapse of the auto industry, it is clear once and for all that Michigan residents can no longer leave high school – with or without a diploma – and find a good-paying factory job.
In fact, by 2018, 62 percent of Michigan jobs will require post-secondary education, according to the Lumina Foundation for Education. Between now and 2018, Michigan will need to fill about 1.3 million vacancies resulting from job creation or retirements and other factors. Of those 1.3 million openings, 836,000 will require post-secondary credentials while only about 491,000 are expected to be filled by high school graduates or dropouts, the foundation says.
Just when Michigan needs more highly trained workers than ever, higher education has borne a disproportionate share of state budget cuts as it was slashed nearly 14 percent in the last 10 years.
Meanwhile, enrollment and graduation numbers have increased, universities are collaborating and cutting costs and programs, and families are forced to take on higher and higher tuition payments and – frequently – interest-bearing loans to pay for them.
"What does it say that we're one of only four states that spends more on corrections than on higher education?" Boulus asked. "It's simply not healthy."
Republican gubernatorial candidate Rick Snyder, who taught at the University of Michigan Business School for three years as an adjunct assistant professor of accounting starting at the age of 24, has said that as Michigan families have grown poorer, Lansing has failed to sustain funding for education.
"Much of the blame for this unfortunate trend falls at the feet of career politicians who could not make structural reforms and plan for the future," he writes on his web site. "Lip service has been paid to creating a knowledge-based economy, but that transition has been delayed by cuts in funding for higher education — arguably one of the few institutions that attract talent and investment to Michigan — and a poor business climate brought on by irrational tax and regulatory policies."
His campaign spokesman, Bill Nowling, said the current way of financing education is a "very ineffective way to budget, and almost guaranteed to get bad results in the end."
"In Rick's mind, everything is connected, from early childhood development through college and lifelong learning," Nowling said. "We have to come back to changing the debate and the discussion. The old Lansing way is to talk about, Well, are we going to cut or increase funding? The Rick way is to talk about what are we going to get? What are the outcomes we want to achieve in higher education?"
At the same time, Snyder believes universities must be more accountable to students and to taxpayers.
"The Number One priority for higher education is to educate Michigan's young students and to provide the education they need to become lifelong learners, and also productive members of society," said Nowling. "Rick thinks one way to do that is to create more transparency in how the taxpayer funding process works once the money goes to the universities. Right now, because the universities are autonomous to a certain degree, there's really no accountability once they get the money to see what that money gets spent on."
Snyder supports increased coordination between community colleges and universities to facilitate course credit transfers, opportunity learning, private sector collaboration, and early course offerings for high school students.
He believes that opportunities exist in emerging fields such as life-sciences research, biomedicine, information technology, and renewable energy, and that the state needs to create the business-friendly environment, offer the quality of life, and provide the talent pipeline to sustain and expand these industries.
Bernero's Approach
"Education is economic development," Democrat Virg Bernero often says.
On his web site, Bernero says that in this tough economy, the financial situation of families shouldn't dictate who does and who doesn't get ahead by getting a college education. He also promises to work with universities and community college to increase collaboration to prevent tuition increases.
"Governor Bernero's pledge to universities will be this: the Administration will work to provide a fair, stable, and predictable revenue stream, if universities can demonstrate they are aggressively pursuing operational efficiencies and freeze theirtuition rates. Increasing partnerships between universities and the state government can also be a boon to our economy. We must do more to assist and expedite the technology transfer between university research labs and the marketplace. We must help students and faculty identify business and commercialization opportunities in Michigan while the research is taking place so that we can keep the products of that innovation and ingenuity right here in Michigan."
In a recent Michigan Public Radio interview, Bernero said he would redirect dollars to restore the Michigan Promise scholarship, which had provided up to $4,000 to Michigan students before it was eliminated by lawmakers last year.
"I'm going to do an audit of every department," he said. "I'm going to find every dollar I can. I'm going to go to the federal government; I'm going to get help there."
Snyder has said he'd treat the scholarship as the promise it was, but would restore it on a needs basis, with the same standards applied to Michigan tuition grants at private colleges.
Bernero told MPR radio that the state could be taxing Internet sales for added revenue of around $300 million a year. And he said that if Michigan wants to stop its brain drain, it needs more economic opportunity for young people, and a better economic climate that benefits everyone.
Universities need to deliver a good product for the dollar, he said.
"I will be working with them and challenging them to show where they have done efficiencies and eliminated duplications," he said. "Every university does not need to be all things to all people."
Questions of State Support, Efficiency
Boulus said most people don't understand that higher education has just two primary funding sources for the general fund: state revenue and tuition. Fundraising is usually earmarked for projects, scholarships, endowments, etc.
Thirty years ago, the state paid 75 percent of a student's college education. Today, it pays just 30 percent, with the rest paid by tuition.
"We have a wonderful reputation in terms of the collective we have here in Michigan among all 15 of our universities," said Boulus, "but if we continue down this path of declining state support and higher tuition, I think it's unsustainable. It's an unsustainable formula to continue tuition increases at the pace we have and the cuts we've seen in state support."
Michigan Chamber of Commerce President Richard Studley said the business community is very supportive of higher education, but is also concerned about priorities, overlap, and duplication.
"Some college presidents get it and others don't," he said. "There's discussion in southeast Michigan about whether we should create a new state university in Macomb County. Is that really necessary? Do we still need three state universities in the sparsely populated Upper Peninsula?"
He said members also wonder why Michigan trains so many teachers who then must leave the state to find work. They also question the number of law schools and medical schools, and wonder why are there so many English and political science departments and not enough programs training engineers, nurses, physician's assistants, and pharmacists.
He said Michigan wastes millions of dollars every year at the community college and university level putting freshmen in remedial courses in math and English.
"On Nov. 2 Michigan voters will elect a new governor, a new lieutenant governor, a new House and a new Senate. At the Michigan Chamber, it's our hope and expectation that the new administration and new lawmakers will take a long hard look at the state budget and commit or recommit themselves to a bold, dramatic restructuring of of state and local government. That should include a careful examination of our entire educational system."
It also means acknowledging that a four-year degree is not the right path for everyone, he said. Many people working in skilled trades will retire in the coming 10 years or so, which means there is a need for workers with an associate's degree, license, certificate, or apprenticeship.
"If we're going to return to greatness – and I believe we will – Michigan has to be a state where we grow things and make things," he said. "And we have to have a balanced focus on this return on investment."
And what about the cost of higher education?
"Some of the universities get it – and work very hard to hold the line on tuition and to improve the return on investment," he said. "Other state universities seem to exhibit almost a sense of entitlement, and want to solve the problem with tax increases."
A strong, growing economy is the only way to guarantee there will be adequate revenue for higher education, he said.
"So now is not the time to impose a general tax increase on Michigan's working families or job providers," he said. "That is exactly the wrong medicine."
Investing in the Future
Michigan lawmakers recently approved a 2.8 percent cut to the state's 15 public universities and 28 community colleges. That cut was slightly less than had been expected for the fiscal year that began Oct. 1.
Governor Jennifer Granholm had hoped to cut the need-based tuition grants for private college students rather than to cut funding for public institutions. Instead, legislators shifted the money back into financial aid and scholarship programs.
States with the most college graduates are the most prosperous, studies show. Michigan residents with a bachelor's degree earn nearly twice as much on average as high school graduates, and have lower rates of unemployment; and volunteer and vote at much higher rates.
More than 35 percent of the state's 5.3 million working-age adults (25-64 years old) hold at least a two-year degree, according to 2008 census data. The national average is around 38 percent.
The Institute for Higher Education Policy in 2008 presented an independent study of specific concerns about postsecondary education in selected Michigan communities. It recommends that the state:
• Establish a state higher education agency or statewide board of regents with the authority to design policies and initiates to increase college enrollment and degree attainment rates across the state. Michigan lacks a board of regents or a higher education commission that can serve as a central hub for higher education data and that has authority over the state's higher education policies.
• Establish better working relationships among and new roles for the state's two- and four-year postsecondary institutions.
• Establish or expand health care and medical training programs to position Michigan as a leader in the health care industry by expanding investment in health care and medical training. This could include more funding for nursing programs at community colleges; using closed auto factories as facilities for vocational degree training in health care fields; and major medical school's establishment of a satellite campus in an under-served area of the state specializing in community medicine.
• Develop better public transportation systems in areas where residents must travel to reach a post-secondary institution.
• Support passage of proposed legislation to create "Promise Zones" in areas of the state with high youth poverty. In these zones, high school graduates would be guaranteed last-dollar scholarships to in-state institutions funded by a combination of public and private dollars.
• Help the major four-year institutions in the state, especially Michigan State University, develop more branch or satellite campuses.
• Work with the Michigan Department of Education to develop policies that support college access for high school students, including offering more opportunities for Advanced Placement, dual-enrollment, and middle college programs that allow students to experience college-level work while still in high school.
The authors concluded: "For serious changes to occur, however, considerable political and financial commitment must be made by the state and its communities. The road to increased higher education access and higher baccalaureate degree attainment rates will be a long one, but investments now will pay off in a more educated workforce and sustainable economic prosperity."
Boulus said legislators need to look at a total restructuring of taxes and find a revenue source for higher education that is sustainable, such as taxes from services, goods, and commodities that are growing.
Otherwise, he said, tuition will continue to climb, making higher education more of a private good than a public good.
"It's generally acknowledged that our universities are our most important economic development tool we have if we want to return to prosperity," said Boulus. "We need them to be our strongest institutions or we're going to doom ourselves to third world status."


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Black Corrugated Pipe -or- SCH 40 PVC for driveway trench drain
I am getting ready to pour a new slab for our detached garage and I am putting a 12 - 16ft long trench drain in the slab in front of garage. To get the water to the street (which would be my only option) I have to go about 100 feet with some twists and turns.
Would flexible Black Corrugated Pipe be ok for this or would schedule 40 pvc be recommended? There will be no vehicle traffic over ground where pipe is buried, I am mainly concerned about it clogging in the future from leaves and pine needles as there are alot of trees around me.
The corrugated pipe would be MUCH cheaper and easier to work with but I do not wish to re dig the pipe back up in a few years if it will clog easily. I can put a clean out mid point in the run if this pipe can be snaked?
Any thoughts?
I ran all my underground drainage in Schedule 40 PVC------
I am glad I did---many many years of trouble free use---I have four 3" drains running about 85 feet each.
If there is any chance you will have to snake it at some point you want at least Sch 40 and maybe Sch 80 since you don't have that much when you think about it. A snake will just rip corrugated to shreds in seconds. I'd think about some pvc grates with simple mesh filters too if you anticipate lots of problems with leaves.
Thanks for the advice, it looks like I'll go with sch 40. Anyone know how many GPM 4" sch 40 PVC can handle?
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Premium Standard Leather Quality for New Ford Focus Highlights Increasingly Luxurious Status of Ford Vehicles
- Customers who specify leather interior for their new Ford Focus will find it equipped with premium "Windsor" leather
- Passenger vehicles from the spacious Galaxy MPV to the compact Fiesta also benefit from high quality leather interior options
- Ford design specialists work with renowned material suppliers to produce a wide range of fashionable and atmospheric interior options for customers
All Ford Focus customers who choose leather interiors will now get premium Windsor full grain leather
COLOGNE, Germany, April 07, 2011 – Even in the modern era, leather remains the ultimate expression of vehicle interior quality – and the latest Focus range now features its highest quality standard leather interior to date.
Customers who specify a leather interior for their new Ford Focus will find it equipped with the premium "Windsor" leather previously used mainly for the exclusive Ford Individual range of optional extras.
Throughout the history of the motorcar leather has been used to maximise the comfort, durability and appeal of vehicle interiors and the natural product has been employed by Ford for a century to give its customers a truly high quality interior experience.
This trend shows no sign of abating as customers continue to request even greater levels of luxury and quality from their Ford vehicles. To meet this demand, Ford works hard to ensure that its leather interiors are not only of extremely high quality but are also available in as wide a range of styles and in as great a range of vehicles as possible.
Ford utilises leather's natural appeal
Nothing can match the immediacy of leather in making an impression. "When you open the door of a leather-trimmed car there's a real 'wow' sensation," says John McLeod, chief designer, Vehicle Personalisation. "The first impression the customer gets from that fragrance and then from the feel of the material is extremely important. Leather exudes a quality that makes the customer feel good about getting into the car every time, and that's exactly what we want to achieve with our cars."
As well as the extremely high standard of leather interior present in the new Ford Focus, the Galaxy, S-MAX, Kuga, Mondeo, C-MAX and Fiesta ranges all offer high quality leather interior options. Windsor leather is a "full grain" leather as opposed to the less luxurious "corrected" leathers that are normally seen in vehicles of this category. It is used on the entire seat, right down to the piping and back map pockets, whereas the norm is to use vinyl on the sides and back of the seats.
Speaking of the new interior for the Focus range, Ruth Pauli, chief designer, Colour and Material Design, says: "Some manufacturers probably feel that leather of the quality that can now be found in the Focus doesn't belong in a family vehicle, but we know that our customers appreciate high quality materials because of the demand we have seen for comprehensively equipped versions of our cars."
"Ford owners who demand material quality and cutting-edge design in their homes – from their clothes and accessories – will now find it in their cars, too."
Compared to 2008, and since the introduction of Windsor leather in Ford Mondeo and S-MAX, for instance, there has been a real shift in customer appreciation of full leather – orders increased from 5.6 percent to 11.7 percent in case of the Mondeo, and from 7.1 percent to 12.4 percent in case of the S-MAX.
Leather quality is present from the very beginning
In order to produce a leather interior of the quality demanded by Ford customers, it's essential to begin with the finest leather hides. Ford sources leather from some of the most illustrious names in the industry, including Boxmark, Bridge of Weir, Eagle Ottawa, Mario Levi and Pasubio.
"Ford's Windsor quality leather is a full grain leather produced from beautiful hides and it really adds to the feeling of quality, of sophistication and the ambience inside Ford models," says Pauli.
As with all materials sourced for Ford vehicles, measures are taken to ensure the leather that brings an additional level of luxury to Ford interiors is ethically sourced and produced with minimal impact on the environment. Ford Mondeo leather supplier Bridge of Weir also sets a shining example in this important area, boasting an £6 million sustainable leather facility that utilises waste from the production process to create power.
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Went to the park for lunch today and snapped a couple pics.
This is a discussion on Park Lunch Photos within the Member Show-Off & Photography forums, part of the Community - Meet other Enthusiasts category; Went to the park for lunch today and snapped a couple pics....
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Very nice indeed. The logo is looking good.
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Profile of Alex Dimitrov as Gay Pop Star Poet
The Homo Life makes a pedestal for Alex Dimitrov, recalling his "debut" in the New York Times Style Section, and casting the poet as "the first gay pop star." But it's Dimitrov's new book, Begging for It (Four Way Books, this month), that makes him thus:
Although Alex's imagery recalls Madonna's Michigan imagery in American Life, his subject matter is always gay—and this is a good thing. Early on, "The Crucifix" establishes Alex's complicated relationship with his hard working, absent father. The stanzas describe a crucifix dangling around an attractive man's chest—presumably a stranger's chest the young Alex viewed as a homoerotic object—and the last line proves the obvious prediction, while also surprising the reader:
And when he sat down on the couch
to rest his head back, Adam's apple
sharply gleaming, palms left open on his thighs—
I'd stare at that gold crucifix which sank so low,
our Jesus buried deep inside his chest hair,
closer to my father than I ever got.
Later poems depict men Alex sleeps with: a businessman, one-night stands he probably met on Grindr, and a skinny boy with glowing ribs. The experiences leave Alex unfulfilled—as many gays know, short-term fucks rarely evolve into long-term loves—but unlike Andrew Holleran or other gay writers, Alex admits the joy he finds in our self-destruction. He describes the Egyptian pyramids' magnitude and then imagines a future when the wonders of the world admire our glorious failures.
In "Uncomplicated Happiness," he writes, "Maybe I don't want uncomplicated happiness." And let's be real, we're not idiots; we know what we're getting ourselves into every time we go home with a married family man. If we didn't find pleasure in the influx of new lovers, we wouldn't log onto Grindr every night. But most gay lit refuses to admit this: most gay lit says we are sluts, and, therefore, must be punished. Gay pop stars like Adam Lambert don't even say we deserve punishment; those men refuse to even admit we like sleeping around. Alex acknowledges our complicated contradictions.
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Microsoft has been trailing Apple and Google in the mobile market since the launching of smartphones several years ago. They are mounting an offensive of sorts, however. Microsoft has a developed approach and strategy to asserting their place as viable competitors in the market. Achieving this will not come with significant challenge though. The current market share positions are quite telling: 50.1% of smartphones are powered by Google's Android platform, 30.2% are Apple iPhone's, and Microsoft powered phones holds only a 3.9% share, according to comScore. Microsoft's answer - the app market, for one. The Washington-based tech company has been a leading innovator over the decades and appears to be developing a multi-faceted approach to their mobile push, one centered on the development of compelling apps. Beyond the apps though, looking at their strategy in its totality, lessons can be drawn for other businesses, internet marketers, and SEO companies seeking to enter or gain market share in a specific industry where they currently lag behind.
Looking specifically at Microsoft's case, they realize that apps are a large draw and selling point for the smartphone, but also realize where they are in the app market. Google holds roughly 50%, Apple 30%, RIM 15%, and Microsoft 5%. If the disparity isn't clearly seen there, then it is with the total apps available on the platforms as Apple leads with over 585,000, Google with over 450,000, and both Blackberry and Microsoft with roughly 70,000+. As such, developers shy away from the smaller platforms working to get up and running on Android and Apple, and only then turning their attention to Microsoft. The company knows this but is making a concerted effort to woo developers to design apps for their platforms. It is industry practice for the operating system companies to offer programs and classes to developers to entice them to design apps for their platform, however, Microsoft is stepping this practice up. In 2011, they hosted over 850 sessions across the globe to educate and guide developers on making apps for the Windows Phone software; this is more than 3 times the number of sessions held the previous year. Also, they are also expanding ways developers can make money selling their apps.
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These are important aspects but arguably more important are two other elements: the highly developer support-centered approach the company takes in answering developer queries and the marketing of that approach, as well as the telling of the Windows Phone story. The company has made a concerted effort to make their app tools very user-friendly and they are reportedly much more attentive to the developer inquiries than their competitors. This gives them an advantage in establishing trust and better relationships with developers. Company decision-makers realize app development is essential to the growth of the Windows Phone and they have prioritized the relationships with the developers of them. SEO companies and businesses across industries can learn from this by putting their customers or business drivers first and improving those relationships.
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None of the dead victims of Sunday's Dana plane crash will be buried until another two weeks. The Lagos State Government said on Wednesday that it would need the period to validate the identity of the dead victims and conduct an autopsy.
Though 103 of the victims were said to have been burnt beyond recognition, 52 bodies had been identified as of Wednesday. But the relations who have expressed a desire for quick burials would have to wait for the state government to process the necessary paperwork in line with its coroner law.
The state Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Ade Ipaye, who said this at a briefing, said the two weeks would also enable the government to work out victims' compensation with the Dana Airline's insurer, Lloyds Underwriters of London, United Kingdom.
Lloyds meanwhile has announced that it would pay compensation of $30,000 to each of the victims within the next 30 days. The compensation totals N693m.
Ipaye led top state officials, Dana Airline personnel, representatives of the insurance companies and other stakeholders to the media briefing to give an update on developments after the crash. He said, "You must understand that the government is working to protect the interest of the victims and their relatives.
"We are discussing with Dana Airline and its insurer to make sure that the bodies are properly identified and matched with relatives that claim the bodies.
"But that is not enough; we must conduct autopsies for each one of the recovered bodies. Fifty-two identifiable bodies were recovered, 97 were charred remains (to be taken) for further scientific probe. The total number with us is 149.
"We concluded autopsy on 12 bodies yesterday (Tuesday). We have done 18 today (Wednesday). By tomorrow (today), we will finish autopsy on 52 identifiable bodies. By Friday, work will start on the 97 charred remains.
"We also have to keep a detailed file for future references. We must issue Death Certificates. It is expected that all these would have to be done in the next two weeks when the autopsy will end."
Ipaye said the state had liaised with embassies of the foreigners on the ill-fated flight for pre-mortem record to match its pathological investigation.
The Nigerian solicitor for Lloyds, the lead insurance company for the airline, Chief Yemi Oshikoya, said in line with the insurance policies that operate in Nigeria and globally, families of each victim were entitled to an initial compensation of $30,000 and a substantive payment of not more than $100,000.
He added that the insurance firm would comply with the initial payment within 30 days.
"The law says in a case of an accident which leads to death or injury, the claimant is entitled to an initial payment of $30,000 and substantive payment of $100,000.
"But all this compensation comes with litigation. We want to reassure the families that we won't go below the international standards."
Oshikoya explained that the company would also be compensating families of the victims who were not on board but lost their lives in the crash.
He added, "We have already asked our surveyor, who is also a Nigerian, to access the crash site and evaluate the value of the houses that were affected.
"It is the report that would determine the compensation. We will be discussing with every claimant. We do not want families to suffer additional hardship. It may be faster than we think but it has to do with litigation."
The Chief Medical Examiner of Lagos State, Prof.Oladapo Obafunwa, said that the forensic team would ensure that all bodies were identified and that the team would open an identification file for each of the 149 bodies for future reference.
Obafunwa noted that the two weeks wait was to ensure that thorough scientific examinations were carried out on both identifiable and unrecognisable bodies.
According to him, when a body comes into the mortuary for examination, some paper work on identification must be done after which the body is taken to the radiology unit for X-rays, then it is transferred to the autopsy team before it is handed over to the dental team for conclusive examination.
"All these are done to ensure that accurate results are obtained and labelled against specific corpses," he said
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Most of us start a table in Writer with either the Insert Table button
… or the Table menu, Insert choice.
Both work well but, for some people, if there's a way around the mouse they're going to use it every time.
With that in mind, I present to you – my happy keyboard enthusiasts – this information for starting a table in Writer.
All you need to know is the plus and minus of the thing and you're all set.
Plus and minus?
Yep, that's what I meant… literally.
To start a table without the toolbars or menus, simply use a plus sign (+) to mark column edges and minus signs (-) to set the column widths between the plus signs.
For example, this sequence of key strokes
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As you can see, 3 columns were created with the 3 different column widths shown by the minus signs.
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Getting your "upper" blood pressure number below 140 can boost your chances of staying healthy. Many older people don't know that a high "upper" number can put them at risk for heart disease, heart attack, or a stroke, with resulting disability. But, blood pressure above 140 mm Hg can be treated and lowered cheaply and effectively.
Blood pressure is typically recorded as two numbers – the systolic pressure over the diastolic pressure. A high top number and a normal bottom number of a blood pressure reading is called isolated systolic hypertension (ISH). Treatment and prevention of this condition are essential because left alone, high systolic pressure can lead to stroke, heart attack, heart failure, dementia, kidney damage, and blindness.
"The good news is that ISH can be controlled in older adults and perhaps even prevented by taking steps early to prevent the rise of blood pressure with age," says Dr. Andre J. Premen, director of Cardiovascular Aging at the National Institute on Aging (NIA). "By taking control, older people can add meaningful life to their years by remaining independent and staying out of hospitals and nursing homes."
Hypertension therapy may begin with lifestyle changes, and older people often respond to modest salt reduction and weight loss. If the target blood pressure is not achieved, then medicine is necessary. A low-cost and well-tolerated drug – a diuretic (water pill) – is effective. Based on clinical trial findings, this drug is recommended as the first line of treatment for high blood pressure in older adults.
The NIA, part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) leads the Federal effort supporting and conducting research on aging, age-related disease, and social and behavioral needs of older people. Part of NIA's research involves ways to prevent frailty and reduce disability with age. For more information about health and aging, visit the NIA website at http://www.nia.nih.gov. Information on controlling blood pressure and the DASH (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension) eating plan is available from the National High Blood Pressure Education Program, a program of NIH's National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. The website address is http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov.


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Intergeneric relationships in the Australian Vitaceae: new evidence from cpDNA analysis
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Taxa related to important agricultural species are likely to contain a considerable amount of potentially valuable genetic diversity. Nevertheless, before breeding programs or gene discovery projects can be initiated it is important to understand the phylogenetic relationships between the species involved. A component of a major gene discovery project in grapes at the Centre for Plant Conservation Genetics (Southern Cross University, Australia) is directed at the discovery of novel genes in native Vitaceae. As a result a study was conducted in order to assess the phylogenetic relationships between V. vinifera and the native members of the three major Australian genera: Cayratia, Cissus and Tetrastigma. CpDNA sequence analysis (from the trnL intron) adequately resolved intergeneric relationship between the majority of the species studied and provided some useful new information on the phylogenetic relationships within the Vitaceae. This preliminary project identified two species, C. hypoglauca and C. sterculiifolia, as being closely related to V. vinifera and worthy of further in-depth investigation.


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HELP! My small black and white cat recently came back from the garden with a bad limp.
We quickly inspected it and found an open wound half way up her leg, it is slightly swolen and red, but quite small.
She has been progressively using her leg more the last few days (we hoped she would recover over the weekend), however it is still sensitive to her and she is licking it a lot.
Could it have been caused by a bad jump/fall? We know she likes to climb. Or possibly the thuggish cat from the neighboors house got into a fight with her? we had been frequently hearing strange distressed meows at night.
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-Gender: Female
-Age: 4
-Neutered: Yes
*She has come back from the garden with scratches/marks on her face (presumably from a fight) about a week before this incident.
*She lives with her twin sister who fairly similar and they get on fine
*She is quite a small cat, fairly slender
should I be concerned?
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Did you clean out the wound? If it gets too badly infected she could lose her leg. If she is still limping by the time that you read this, please take her to a vet for care! ^_^
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Bundled in both live and programmed textures, Let the Blind Lead Those Who Can See But Cannot Feel is Deerhunter's Bradford Cox at his most accomplished, processing organ, guitar, and his own vocals for a dizzying 50 minutes. Cox's bedroom-recorded solo debut oozes warm (but in spots quite chilling) psychedelia, as no corner is left without Fender Rhodes electric piano muddied by outboard effects boxes. When sections of the sprawling, roomy pieces on Let the Blind Lead aren't merely draped in background nymph calls, Cox offers a heavily reverberating vocal—a repeated phrase or two per composition that laps against seldom obtrusive percussion. The mantras sometimes reek of weed-addled disaffection, such as those overtop of "Recent Bedroom"'s acid rock guitar licks: "I walked outside/I could not cry/I don't know/I don't know why…" but for the most part, his verses bear repeating in that they're an integral component of a still, haunting record.
Let the Blind Lead Those Who Can See But Cannot Feel launches with a recording of what's become an unmistakably cheap construct of American horror films: the "precious", probably dewy-eyed child recounting a ghost story. You know the scene: people stand around, jaws agape, while an unusually articulate toddler discusses a recent afternoon spent gardening with a corpse or some such thing in inexplicable detail, etc. "A Ghost Story" introduces Cox's record, and as it may connect aesthetically with the ornamental touches that follow (elongated passages of delayed verse-ends that swirl in and out of both channels, blurry organ melodies, loads of echo), Cox's soaring vocal pitch and the actual melodies are far more frightening than any kid prattling on about the afterlife.
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"Winter Vacation" proves displacing and eerie with resonating guitar tones that serve as mellotrons, hardly emanating the temperature to which the title refers. The simple mention of "I've seen rain…" seems to spread out for at least a minute during "Winter Vacation"'s dense walls of organ and knocking techno rhythm. Cox's call nears Lilys frontman Kurt Heasley's open-ended, unpredictable falsettos or, better yet, those exhibited by Pink Floyd's Rick Wright on A Saucerful of Secrets. The late '60s vibe ambles elsewhere; loose experiments on Let the Blind Lead find Cox pairing strummed acoustics with wobbly, tremolo-heavy organ on "Ready Set Glow", and "After Class" winds downward with just as much paisley playfulness, packing surging synth noises against a simple laptop beat.
As Atlas Sound, Bradford Cox allows for less straight rock tendencies to filter into the recordings than those that characterize the hyped full-band main project on his plate, Deerhunter. Cryptograms and Let the Blind Lead share more than a moment or two of ambient similarity. Closure for lingering mind-benders "Providence" or "White Ink" from Deerhunter's most recent outing falls rather rewardingly to the wayside, in the fashion that some of Cox's room-smothering efforts do on his solo debut. Let the Blind Lead's lovesickness and confessions, however, are as tenderly delivered as its hazy atmospherics are, and in their bare authenticity, are far more compelling in repeat indulgences than Deerhunter's explorations. "On Guard" rattles around wonderfully, with pings and clicks that offer more space than anything on Cryptograms, while Cox barrels toward personal disaster in "River Card", lamenting that he's in love with someone whose troublesome nature runs as deep as his sterling appeal. The idea of Atlas Sound suffers no such deceptive drawback.
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After a dismal start to the season on and off the pitch, things are looking up for Tottenham. One defeat in 11 represents an almighty improvement on their autumn form and Spurs have scaled new heights in the past week with victories - and clean sheets - at Portsmouth and Manchester City. Arsenal fans will be disappointed but their local rivals look like staving off a relegation dogfight after all.
The reason for Spurs' resurgence? Juande Ramos. The new boss has made his presence felt since arriving from Seville and, although Martin Jol was loved by the White Hart Lane faithful, you sense he will be just another footnote if Ramos finally brings silverware to Arsenal's success-starved neighbours.
We spoke to James Callow of the Tottenham Journal for a Spurs perspective ahead of Saturday's North London derby at Emirates Stadium. Read on for his views on Tottenham's revival, the impact of Ramos, activity in the imminent transfer window and the tactical switches which have held Spurs in good stead.
"Spurs have been very impressive for the last couple of weeks. The team came together quite well as soon as Ramos came in, although a couple of disappointing defeats showed that there was still work to be done. The defence was very poor but more recently some players who were looking poor have looked a lot better."
"Ramos has made a huge impact. A lot of people felt sorry for Martin Jol and that was right, it was tough on him. But Ramos is the new man and he has already shown what a good manager he is. He has been very proactive on the touchline, making very good substitutions. Barely a game goes by when one of the decisions he makes during the game doesn't make a positive difference. A couple of times Spurs have had disappointing results but that was not for the want of trying on Ramos' part."
"I think it's easier to say which positions they are looking to strengthen and it is pretty much all positions with the exception of the strikers. Although they could always surprise me by selling Defoe and bringing in someone else. I'm not sure they will spend as much as some people expect. There has been talk of £40 million but I really don't think that's the case, they don't really need that. But they will bear in mind that Gareth Bale is out for three months, maybe longer, so they lack quality on the left-hand side. There is always the possibility that Spurs will buy a right back with Pascal Chimbonda's future not that certain. Probably above all else they need a defensive midfielder - Spurs have been crying out for one for some time now but it hasn't really been addressed. I think that will be the key signing."
"On different levels through the squad there have been some pronounced changes. Aaron Lennon had been underachieving for the last year of Jol's reign and although he did some outstanding things he seemed to stall slightly. As soon as Ramos came in there was a huge improvement in Lennon's game. Didier Zokora is a strange one because he was brought in as a defensive midfielder a couple of seasons ago and hasn't really justified that tag. But recently he's been playing centre half and he's done brilliantly. He has made a real difference. I wouldn't say anyone has particularly fallen out of favour but there seems to be certain players like Jamie O'Hara who have come through, perhaps at the expense of players like Teemu Tainio and Tom Huddlestone, who haven't had the game time they might have liked."
"Ramos hasn't come up against Wenger in the Premier League but he has come up against him in the Champions League and he didn't come off too well, losing 3-0 with Sevilla. But if you compare Jol and Ramos, Jol had definite qualities and was an excellent manager for Tottenham but Ramos is more proactive and you know that if Arsenal take the lead Ramos isn't just going to stick with the same approach. He can switch things and ironically for a man who speaks little English he gets his message across very well."


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A recent meeting of Study Group 12 saw progress in the development of QoS-related standards for IP-based networks and services.
QoS is seen as a key area to address in IP-based networks, especially as more carriers announce plans to carry voice traffic using the protocol.
Progress was made on the revision of Recommendation G.1020 which gives performance parameter definitions for quality of speech and other voiceband applications utilising IP networks. The updates will specify voice quality measurements associated with the use of the VoIP management protocol, RTP Control Protocol Extended Reports (RTCP XR). RTCP XR defines a set of metrics that contain information for assessing VoIP call quality and diagnosing problems.
And Y.1541 which gives network performance objectives for IP-based services, is also actively under revision to include new QoS classes with more stringent packet loss performance, needed for example for commercial video applications and certain TCP formats.
Also during its meeting - the first of the new study period - SG12 consented a revision of Recommendation G.107 (the E-model, see previous e-Flash story, to include an improved treatment of bursty packet loss.
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My Mother just found this picture of me from when I was 8. It was 1983 and I was the epitome of 80's child. From the Little House on the Prairie dress to the van to the CB. I was constantly on that damn CB. Also I know for a fact I was listening to WIOT.


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"There ain't no market for a highclass line of music," Jassy said hopelessly.
There is an inn in Jassy—there in the corner, just the place for a shop!
They paraded in the main streets of Jassy daily between 11 and 12.
The army entered Jassy and, a little later, Bucharest before the Porte was able to make any resistance.
In 1868 he was stationed at Jassy, where he laboured until 1871, when he settled at Vienna as a professor of languages.
But I was always going to the station at Jassy to see if some English girl would be my sister.
My Talmudical supports had been broken by the instruction received at Jassy, and I fell altogether into unbelief.
Rushed more than $100,000 worth of medical supplies and foodstuffs into Roumania immediately after the retreat to Jassy.
Jassy itself stands pleasantly amid vineyards and gardens, partly on two hills, partly in the hollow between.


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Mosaic Yarn Shop in Blacksburg, VA is collecting 8 x 8 inch squares to assemble into blankets for the families of the fallen Hokies. The squares can be knitted or crocheted in maroon, burnt orange, white or black out of the nicest, softest yarn you can afford. For you advanced knitters out there, Talk is Sheep is putting together an intarsia Hokie pattern.
I am going to coordinate a shipment of squares at the end of May for anyone locally who wants to contribute. You can drop squares off to me at the following events:
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As the plan is to embedd python as scripting language into the honeypot, I ran a benchmark on a testsuite. The 'testsuite' is a c core which accepts connections, and allows python to deal with the input. The protocol used for benchmarking is http, the service serves a non static html page.
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Hello all,
As today is the official start of the Google Summer of Code, an introduction both to the project, and for myself seems to be in order. My name is Kevin Galloway, and I'm currently a graduate student, in Computer Science at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks. Most of my background is more on the security side of things, although, at the start, graphics were one of the main reasons I chose computer science. This project was a way to combine those two passions of mine. Read more »
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As defined in gsoc proposal the first step was prepare PicViz-Gui to allow change axes order, including add duplicated axes. Even before start the codification process this feature is done. I hope this is a little sinal of we'll have success in all tasks that were defined. See a shot:
axis0, As first and last.
Finally updated the roo-base rpm to point at http://yum.honeynet.org/roo/repo-1.4/ for the location of the yum repository. Once I have access to the server, someone with an old deployment of roo 1.4, will be able to upgrade their honeywall as follows:
This will update the honeywall with all updated system rpms effective 25 April 2009.
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Many people have asked us, how Conficker looks like. That's a tough question for something that's hidden and tries to be as stealthy as possible. The last time somebody asked me: "Can you show me Conficker?", I decided to visualize Conficker. Here is a little video that shows the evil core of Conficker.C.
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Earlier this week I had the good fortune to be in Boston for LEET09, a workshop on exploits, malware, and large-scale trends. I presented on PhoneyC, the Python honeyclient I've been working on. The paper describes the architecture and features of the tool and a real world evaluation and test. The talk was well received, and many thanks to the organizers of the conference and the PC for their helpful reviews.
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The results for Google Summer of Code 2009 are out and the Honeynet Project are very excited to have been allocated 9 official slots by Google. You can view the project selection here:
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Hollywood bestows trophies on movies and actors and the general public responds with a resounding "WTF!?"
Obviously, we do not have the right to copy books, movies and music and sell them.
movies and TV shows have regularly featured Grand Central scenes over the decades, from North by Northwest...
Kurosawa made two movies that showed you how to move—the excitement, joy, hydraulics, and all.
Look at traffic lights and door locks and all the security systems on television and in the movies.
Occasionally, I admit, he has to fight; but he need never move at the movies.
It will mean a lot to me to have a nice girl go with me to the movies, or anywhere else.
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Look, Bill, he's got 'igh boots on like they have in the movies!
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'New Information' In Villegas Hearing Causes Postponement
EL PASO, Texas - Attorneys are being tight-lipped about why Daniel Villegas' evidentiary hearing has been postponed until August 8th.
The convicted murderer maintains he is innocent and did not kill Armando Lazo and Robert England in Northeast El Paso 17 years ago.
Villegas was slated to testify on Friday during his evidentiary hearing. That's when prosecutors and attorneys review all the evidence again to make sure nothing was overlooked. Instead of hearing his testimony, specators found out the hearing was postponed until August 8th, due to new information that had surfaced.
Neither the prosecution or the defense have said what that new information is. It could be new evidence or a new witness.
Local businessman John Mimbela has campaigned and financed the process to get Villegas an evidentiary hearing. Villegas is a family friend of Mimbela.
On Friday, The Project Director of the Center on Wronfgul Convictions of Youth at Northwestern Law School said Villegas fits the case of a coerced confession by police.
"So when you corner a kid, you bring him into an interrogation setting, and he feels there's no way out unless he just adopts or says what he believes the police want him to say, it's like taking candy from a baby, it's easy to get him to say what they want him to say", said Joshua Tepfer, who has been in El Paso in support of Villegas.
Villegas claims he was not even at the scene of the crime. He admits he was a small time delinquent at the time, but did not even know the victims. He jokingly boasted to his cousin he had shot the two teens, a crime he said he read about in the newspaper.
"It was just a stupid joke, being juveniles and all, we didn't think nothing of it", Villegas said during an exclusive interview at a state prison in Abilene last fall.
Word of Daniel's boast reached police fast, and he said, the real nightmare began. He was arrested, and claims he was threatened and slapped by detectives.
"They were going to take me to the desert and beat me up, handcuff me to the car, then whip me again, then let me walk home, and then when I hit the highway, they were going to pick me up again, and they were going to whip me again, and they were telling me they were going to give me the electric chair, and i believed them, too", Villegas said.
According to Villegas, the interrogation took seven hours and left him desperate for a way out. "The big factor was fear. Fear and I was drained. I was drained emotionally and everythign else. I mean, these guys put me through hell. I would have done anything just to get away from them", Villegas said.
District Attorney Jaime Esparza prosecuted Villegas and said he would not have asked the jury to convict Villegas if he was not sure the evidence against Villegas was valid.
"The confession in this case, was a juvenile confession, which requires law enforcement to take extra steps to ensure that the confession is voluntary", said Esparza in an interview last fall.
Villegas supporters argue that the evidence that he is innocent is in his own confession.
"The key is being able to determine, through the objectively knowable facts - determine which are false and which are true, and when you take a close look at Daniel's confession and you take a close look at the corraberating evidence there are so many facts that stick out that prove that this is an untrue confession", said Tepfer.
The supposed driver and passenger in the car the night of the shooting, mentioned in the confession - were later confirmed to be in jail and at home. Also, in the confession, Daniel said he killed the two teens with a shotgun. The actual weapon used was a small caliber handgun.
Villegas had two trials. Jurors could not come to an agreement in the first one. "It was 11 to 1, so clearly 11 people were convinced beyond a reasonable doubt, it's not enough to get a conviction, but it's certainly an indicator", said Esparza of the first trial.
Villegas' family sold many of their posessions to hire an attorney for that trial. By the second trial, though, they were out of money and Villegas was represented by a court-appointed lawyer, who didn't present any of the 18 original defense witness who participated in the first trial.


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Arnold Schwarzenegger hit off his Twitter followers with the first behind-the-scenes still from his zombie flick Maggie, and we have it for you right here. In the photo with Arnie are director Henry Hobson and Abigail Breslin! Dig it!
The film is based on the Black List script by John Scott 3 and is set during a time when a "walking dead" virus has spread across the country. Schwarzenegger, who recently closed a deal to appear in the fifth Terminator, will portray the father on a journey to help his daughter come to terms with her infection as she slowly becomes a zombie. Amy Brassette, Aiden Flowers, and Rachel Whitman Groves also star.
The film will be directed by commercials director Henry Hobson with production set to commence in the fall. Schwarzenegger is producing alongside Pierre-Ange Le Pogam, Matt Baer, Trevor Kaufman, Colin Bates, and Joey Tufaro. The movie will be executive produced by Bill Johnson, Jim Seibel, Ara Keshishian, Hubert Gibbs, Claudia Bluemhuber, and Scott 3.
Really excited to start shooting Maggie today with our director @henryhobson and my fantastic co-star, @yoabbaabba. pic.twitter.com/QVItNfGxRf
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Greetings! I have need for a preamp tube tester and was wondering if anyone can recommend a good one to buy. I have heard the Maxipreamp testers are good - thoughts on this? Advice is desired. Thanks!
maxi pre tester is fine. on the used front a mercury 1000 is a good tester and easy to calibrte. its a deal becuase the guts are famous brand but it gets little attention in a mercury case. last made in mid 70's so it supports a verywide portfolio of tubes. tube data is up on the net.
Thank you, Speakerfritz. If anyone else has advice, particularly on the maxipreamp, I'd like to hear it.
if money is no problem go for an amplitex
if you want something oldskool :
Neuberger 370 375 Funke W20 avro Mk 1 through 4 CT160
Dont forget the metrix U61
If your the King of DIY build your own
Try to find Neuberger RPM370 RPM375 ... great testers and last for centuries ...
Yeah those are Beasts, but unfortunately out of many peoples price range.
Your are a user right . could you tell me if the tester requires you to adjust the plate voltage once a tube starts pulling more current ?
I'd like to know just out of curiosity.
The truth is, V4lve, I don't think so. I just need to test the tubes to see if they are good. I'm pretty new to working with tubes (very new!) but I just inherited a large number of old tubes and I think its wise to be able to test them.
An Eico 666 or 667 is a good medium of the road tube tester , i use one as back up to my hickok 539C .
i would opt for a I177 tvd7/u if your in the USA it tests quite alot of the old tubes. and is not nearly as junky as some of the other stuff. its also on the cheap end of the scale and gives pretty comparable measurements
Check your tube stash if their TV tubes dont bother you wont recoup your investment . except if some ultra rare sweep tubes ofc..
In this day, Id imagine that most of the tube testers in the US spend 99%+ of their time unused. I consider audio a hobby, and only a hobby. Should you just happen to be located anywhere near south central PA, you would be welcome to bring your tubes, and use my recently recalibrated TV-7 to checkout your stash. If its geographically impractical, perhaps, there are others that would extend the same offer.
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50 years ago this week, President John F. Kennedy came to the University of Maine to give what would be his last major foreign policy speech.
TV5 cameras were rolling in October of 1963 to capture what was one of the first big live events for this television station.
Two men who have known each other all their lives were among the 15,000 people in attendance. One a rookie Old Town Police Officer at the time, another a teenager still in high school.
Jon Small met up with them.
The stands were full at Alumni Field as the President came to the podium.
Alan Stormann, a long time UMaine employee, was a high school freshman in 1963.
"I was aware the President was coming and kind of undecided whether I was going to try to come down and see him. The day of the event, I was on my bicycle in Stillwater where I grew up. The helicopters were flying over me headed for the field and I decided then I'm going to come down," said Stormann.
Alan Reynolds was a rookie patrolman for Old Town. He was assigned to work the event.
"They had us around. I had a parking lot detail, but I was positioned so I could see the grandstand, so that made it kind of interesting. At least I could see and hear a little bit," said Reynolds.
But what Reynolds remembers the most is what happened the night before. A call to a location in Old Town. With the President arriving the next day, any type of threat was not taken lightly.
"By the time we got there, I think every cop in the are was there, Secret Service, I think FBI, of course Old Town, the chief was there. They'd had a party in this complex and they were starting to bring them out. They'd throw them on mattresses and bring them down the stairs."
Security was also tight at the field.
"I remember I got up by the grandstands there, the bleachers. There was a big opening towards the fence and I started down towards that opening and somebody stepped out and said you can't come in here."
As for the speech itself, it came about a year after the Cuban Missle Crisis.
"For a pause in the cold war is not a lasting peace and a détente does not equal disarmament. The U.S. must continue to seek a relaxation of tensions, but we have no cause to relax our vigilance," said President John F. Kennedy.
"And I was probably just starting to get to the point where I really tried paying a little attention to politics and I remember him talking about as I recall about how close the world's two super powers nearly came to a nuclear war a year or so before that," said Stormann.
"It was an impressive speech. I don't remember all the details of it, and what I could hear, because there were times I was helping people across the street and those types of things, so you really didn't hear what was being said. I'm glad I was there and witnessed it," said Reynolds
UMaine President Lloyd Elliot awarded a Doctor of Laws degree to President Kennedy. After a serious speech, the day ended on a lighthearted note.
"In accepting this honorary degree, we must caution you Mr. President that henceforth, wherever you travel around the world and whatever circles you may find yourself, in stately halls with titled diplomats or in the playroom with Caroline and John, it will be your solemn obligation to stand and sing whenever you hear the Maine Stein Song," said Elliot. (applause)
This would be the last foreign policy address JFK would give. He would be assassinated in Dallas just a month later.


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