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Rick Garnett
Paul J. Schierl/Fort Howard Corporation Professor of Law
Concurrent Professor of Political Science
Office: 3164 Eck Hall of Law
Phone: 574-631-6981
Email: email@example.com
Twitter: @RickGarnett
Areas of Expertise
Death penalty, free speech, school choice, Catholic social thought, church/state relations, religion in the public square, free exercise of religion, federalism and criminal law, Supreme Court, criminal defense, religious liberty, education reform
Garnett teaches and writes about the freedoms of speech, association and religion, and also about constitutional law more generally. He is a leading authority on questions and debates regarding the role of religious believers and beliefs in politics and society. Before joining the Notre Dame law faculty in 1999, Garnett had clerked for Supreme Court Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist and practiced law in criminal defense, religious liberty and education reform matters. A tireless constitutional scholar, articulate commentator and the prolific author of op-ed pieces, he holds strong, informed and articulate opinions on just about anything the Constitution is able to affect, from school choice, church-state relations and religion in the public square to free speech, free exercise of religion and the death penalty. He is the founding director of the Law School's new Program on Church, State and Society, an interdisciplinary project that focuses on the role of religious institutions, communities and authorities in the social order.
Garnett shares his expert opinion on the upcoming term for the U.S. Supreme Court.
The Meanings of Religious Freedom in America
The Supreme Court – Looking Forward
"The Supreme Court does not answer moral questions in the abstract. The Supreme Court answers legal questions that arise in the cases of real people."
Faculty experts comment on Pope's visit to the United States
The Supreme Court's 'black-letter-law freedom of speech day'
Supreme Court decision on prison beard ban 'clear, correct and welcome'
Courts should resist 'overcriminalization'
SCOTUS ruled correctly on legislative prayer
Abortion-related free speech case gives opportunity to 'correct earlier mistake'
SCOTUS DNA ruling 'goes to the heart of the Fourth Amendment'
SCOTUS upholds health care, ignores partisan intimidation
Religious liberty lawsuit to 'vindicate constitutional commitments'
Much at stake as Supreme Court considers 'Obamacare'
Supreme Court to hear "one of most important church-state cases in decades"
Retirement of Justice Stevens emphasizes importance of elections
Law professor Garnett says Supreme Court's religious display decision won't end the argument
Supreme Court opens new term
Garnett questions perception of Supreme Court's right turn
Law professor argues for ban on partial birth abortion
Garnett sees little new in Supreme Court ruling on commandments displays
Richard Garnett joins friend of the court brief in Supreme Court's Little Sisters of the Poor case
Notre Dame Law Review's annual symposium to examine 'Dignitatis Humanae'
Law professor named consultant to U.S. Bishops' Committee on Religious Liberty
ND Law School professor Garnett reacts to Supreme Court handgun, death penalty decisions
Garnett's dedication to Catholic school choice rooted in law, and life
Garnett addresses Senate hearing on religious expression
Garnett praises Supreme Court decision on tuition vouchers
Religion News Service — Is Trump's Supreme Court nominee an abortion foe's dream – or nightmare?
America — The fight for religious liberty is never going to end. We better get used to it.
America — Catholic bishops call on Trump to move on religious liberty concerns
On Point (audio) — President Trump's SCOTUS Pick
NPR (audio) — Sanctuary Churches Brace For Clash With Trump Administration":http://nd.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=46d441e0ea9fcf634f5c46895&id=16d8795690&e=97839320e9
Catholic News Service — Catholics wait: Where's the exec order on religious freedom?
PBS NewsHour — Republicans plan to bring back religious freedom bill
The Christian Science Monitor — Trump wants flag burners punished. Political correctness run amok?
Associated Press — Justice Thomas: Honor Scalia by reining in government
Associated Press — Justice Alito Rallies Conservatives in Tribute to Scalia
The Wall Street Journal — Donald Trump Expands 'Short List' of Potential Supreme Court Picks
America — Federal Civil Rights Report Dismisses Religious Liberty Claims
National Catholic Register — Are Religious-Freedom Advocates 'Christian Supremacists'?
Time — How Indiana's Religious Freedom Law Is Being Used to Defend Child Abuse and Other Crimes Indiana's Religious Freedom Law Is Being Used to Defend Child Abuse and Other Crimes
CNBC — What's Obama's Supreme Court strategy?
Religion News Service — Merrick Garland is Jewish. Does it matter?
The Christian Science Monitor — Contraception case: On divided court, spotlight shifts to female justices
The Washington Post — The Supreme Court could become mostly liberal Jews and conservative Catholics
TIME — Obama's Supreme Court Pick Would Be a High-water Mark for Jews on the Court
Buzzfeed — There Are People Who Know Ted Cruz And Like Him, Documents Show\
The New York Times — Student of Irish Language Brings to Life a Patriot of the Easter Rising
Deseret News — How Justice Scalia ruled on religious freedom — and why it matters
Catholic New Agency — For Antonin Scalia, faith and work did not conflict
Religion News Services — Does the Supreme Court need an evangelical justice?
Crux — Scalia was a champion of traditional Catholicism
National Catholic Register — Indiana Bill Seeks to Clarify Religious-Freedom Protection
Christian Science Monitor — Prayer at one Washington school: Religious freedom on the 50-yard line?
Fox News — The politicization of our Supreme Court
Chicago Sun Times — Vatican observers raise questions about Kentucky clerk's visit with pope
The New York Times — Pope Francis, the Kentucky Clerk and Culture Wars Revisited
Associated Press — Vatican observers raise questions about Kentucky clerk's visit with pope
The Washington Post — In Philadelphia, Pope Francis put himself into America's hot-button religious freedom debates
Associated Press — Pope Religious Liberty Talk Falls Short, Amid List of Issues
Fox News — Pope Francis delivers prophetic, pastoral message to Congress
PennLive.com — Pope Francis not likely to give Congress answers to thorny issues
Scientific American — Pope Francis Supports Pres. Obama's Message on Climate Change
The Washington Post — Tax exemptions protect religious freedom. We should keep them.
The Washington Post — Legally, 'God's authority' is a tough issue
America Magazine — When It Comes to Abolishing the Death Penalty, Who Should Decide?
The New York Times — Schools Fear Gay Marriage Ruling Could End Tax Exemptions
America Magazine — Two Overlooked Free Speech Rulings from SCOTUS
NPR — Justices Give Officials More Say On Cars' Plates, Less On Roadside Signs
The Washington Post — Supreme Court rules for Arizona church in sign ordinance case
The Los Angeles Times — Supreme Court sides with Muslim girl denied a job over head scarf
USA Today — Should Washington set out to change religious beliefs? Column
Bloomberg Law — Bloomberg Law – April 17, 2015
National Catholic Reporter — Bishops call for 'mutual respect' in 'necessary dialogue' on RFRA
USA Today — What the 'religious freedom' law really means for Indiana
CNN — Supreme Court takes on specialty license plates
The New York Times — Parents' Beliefs Should Be Honored, Within Reason
Religion News Service — Supreme Court wrestles with accommodating religious faith on the job
The Christian Science Monitor — Death penalty in 2014: why US has seen fewest executions in 20 years
National Catholic Reporter — While House redistricting may keep GOP in place, real battle is within the party
Associated Press — Justices' new term has expectations on gay unions
National Catholic Reporter — Garnett on 'Freedom of the Church'
The New York Times — Among Justices, Considering a Divide Not of Gender or Politics, but of Beliefs
NPR — High Court Allows Some Companies To Opt Out Of Contraceptives Mandate
The Wall Street Journal — Obama, Congress Likely Face Tough Decision on Contraceptive Coverage
The Hill — High court allows prayers at town meetings
ABC News Radio — Supreme Court Upholds Prayer at Town Meetings
The Washington Post — Following Supreme Court decision, Carroll commissioners allowed to pray — for now
Religion News Service — Does Hobby Lobby have religious rights? The Supreme Court will decide
ABC News — 3 Questions Facing the Supreme Court in Contraception Case
ABC World News — Prayer in America: Supreme Court's big ruling
National Catholic Reporter — Is 'Laissez-faire' a 'straw man'?
ABC News — Supreme Court Upholds Prayer at Town Meetings
NPR — Prayers Before Town Hall Meetings Are Constitutional, High Court Finds
The Washington Post — Experts say botched execution in Oklahoma is unlikely to bring big death-penalty changes
The Christian Science Monitor — Botched Oklahoma execution shakes even death penalty supporters
CNN — Oklahoma's botched lethal injection is a new front in battle over executions
The Wire — The Many Rights Groups with Something at Stake in the Hobby Lobby Case
The New York Times — Contraception Ruling Could Have Reach Far Beyond Women's Rights
The Christian Science Monitor — Was vetoed Arizona bill misrepresented? What constitutional scholars say.
Los Angeles Times — Single mothers-to-be and gays fight firings from Catholic school jobs
National Review — Solidarity, Not a Scolding
The Washington Post — Court to review religious law once hailed by Democrats but now used to battle Obamacare
Associated Press — Justices doubtful on Mass abortion buffer zone law
Associated Press — Protests at abortion clinics back at high court
The New York Times — Indiana Finds It's Not So Easy to Buck Gay Marriage Trend
Los Angeles Times — Supreme Court halts Utah gay marriages, signaling cautious approach
Los Angeles Times — The righteousness in Hobby Lobby's cause
NPR — ACLU Sues, Claiming Catholic Hospitals Put Women At Risk
Los Angeles Times — Supreme Court to hear cases on Obamacare and birth control
The New York Times — Court Confronts Religious Rights of Corporations
CNN — Top court not likely to block town prayers
ABC News — Board Meeting Prayer Bound for Supreme Court in Church-State Case
Associated Press — Legislative prayer gets Supreme Court review
The Washington Post — Supreme Court to hear new case on religion in public life
ABC News — Supreme Court Kicks Off New Term As Hot-Button Issues Await
National Catholic Reporter — Stop parsing the pope
The American Prospect — A New Plot to Change the Pledge
Today's Catholic News — 'Every person, because he or she is a person, has the right to religious liberty'
The Washington Post — A conservative Supreme Court swerves to avoid easy definition
CNN — Is Anthony Kennedy 'the first gay justice'?
NPR — Supreme Court Extends Gay-Marriage Rights With Two Rulings
National Catholic Register — Supreme Court Overturns Part of DOMA, Dismisses Proposition 8 Case
NPR — Who Gets Religious Exemptions And Why
Los Angeles Times — Judges split over birth control coverage and religious liberty
Reuters/NBC/Chicago Tribune, etc. — Will police dogs pass Supreme Court sniff test?
The Wall Street Journal — The Conscience of a Judicial Conservative
National Catholic Reporter — Camosy v. Garnett
The Christian Science Monitor — Obamacare: US judge lets Catholic-owned firm cut contraception from coverage
The Wall Street Journal — Judge Backs Catholic Owners of Firm on Health-Law Rule
NPR — Court Gives States Ammunition In Health Care Battle
National Catholic Register — Obamacare Ruling Allows Lawsuits to Continue
Chicago Tribune — Constitutional basics after the ruling
NPR — Roberts Delivers For President Who Had Opposed Him
The Washington Post — Affordable Care Act ruling promises religious fights for the forseeable future
MSNBC — Beyond the mandate: Court's ruling on another ACA provision could threaten Congress's spending power
NPR — Legal Scholars React: 'Many People Were Stunned'
"Catholic San Francisco — Heroes of religious liberty span centuries ":http://www.catholic-sf.org/ns.php?newsid=7&id=60038
Fox News (On the Record with Greta van Susteren) — Contraception Controversy
MSNBC TV — 43 Catholic institutions file suit against the Obama administration
The Wall Street Journal — Catholics Sue Over Health Mandate
The Wall Street Journal — Do Lawsuits over Contraception Requirement Have a Shot?
Chicago Tribune — Local Catholic groups join fight against Obama birth control mandate
Associated Press — Teacher says Catholic school fired her over IVF
Associated Press — Justices meet Friday to vote on health care case
Bloomberg Businessweek — Centerpiece at Risk as High Court Hears Core Argument
Reuters — Bishops, White House talks snarl on treatment of faith-based groups
USA Today — Column: HHS mandate still undermine religious freedom?
Time — To Sniff or Not to Sniff? Supreme Court to Decide if Drug Dog's Nose Went Too Far
Associated Press — High court keeps judges out of church job disputes
National Catholic Register — Unprecedented Legal Action Takes HHS Mandate Battle to the Courts
U.S. News & World Report — Supreme Court: Religious Workers Can't Sue for Job Discrimination
USA Today — Column: Hosanna-Tabor ruling a win for religious freedom
The New York Times — Religious Groups Greet Ruling With Satisfaction
Associated Press — Thomas, Kagan asked to sit out health care case
USA Today — Column: Why contraception mandate should be scrapped
Bloomberg — Obama's Health-Care Law Gets High Court Review
Los Angeles Times — A buoyed healthcare law reaches Supreme Court
Yahoo! News — Obama's lawyers bid to regulate religious hiring
Time — Alabama Town Gives Offenders a Choice: Jesus or Jail
The Washington Post — Supreme Court Justice Thomas tells Neb. law students the high court needs geographic diversity
Huffington Post — Thomas says high court needs geographic diversity
Forbes — Thomas says high court needs geographic diversity
South Bend Tribune — Response to lawsuit threat over Family Dollar deal expected Wednesday
New Hampshire Public Radio — High Court OKs Sales Of Violent Video Game To Kids
NPR — High Court OKs Sales Of Violent Video Games To Kids
The New York Sun — Religious New Yorkers at Risk of Government Action Under Same-Sex Marriage Law, Professors Warn
USA Today — Hosanna-Tabor case to test our church-state divide
National Public Radio — How Will Supreme Court Rule on Health Care Law?
The Wall Street Journal — Might the Next Stop for the Health Care Challenges Be the High Court?
The Washington Post — The House reads the Constitution for you
Boston Public Radio's 'On Point' — Elena Kagen's Confirmation Hearings
Los Angeles Times — Supreme Court Extends Rights of Gun Owners
The Christian Science Monitor — Supreme Court Arizona ruling could shape immigration reform
San Francisco Chronicle — States Must Honor Gun Rights U.S. High Court Says


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FORT HOOD — Post officials on Tuesday released the name of soldier who was found unresponsive Thursday at his residence in Killeen.
Staff Sgt. Queston Lynn Newell, 35, of Killeen, entered active-duty service in August 1996 as a mechanized infantryman and served more recently as an air and missile defense crew member. He was assigned to Delta Company, Warrior Transition Brigade, Fort Hood, since March 2011.
Newell deployed to Iraq from March 2004 to March 2005 and from March 2009 to February 2010.
His awards and decorations include three Army Commendation Medals, eight Army Achievement Medals, four Army Good Conduct Medals, National Defense Service Medal with bronze star, Iraqi Campaign Medal with campaign star, Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, Korean Defense Service Medal, Military Outstanding Volunteer Service Medal, Armed Forces Reserve Medal, Noncommissioned Officer Professional Development Ribbon with numeral three, Army Service Ribbon, four Overseas Service Ribbons, Army National Guard Recruiter Badge, Combat Action Badge, Driver and Mechanic Badge with Driver Wheeled and Driver Tracked Vehicles.
Circumstances surrounding his death are under investigation.
— M. Clare Haefner

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The "start-up" beginnings of the Institute was underway in rented rooms, when in 1982, a small group of participants, each in their own orbit around the question of meaning, managed to purchase a property scheduled for demolition on a less than savory corner of West Berkeley, CA. The property, under use as a sado-masochistic parlor, was a thorough-going renovation project involving a two story six unit apartment building and a detached cottage. Soon enough it began to serve our purposes: rooms for meeting, and concomitantly, a real life construction project which proceeded on Sundays as, felicitously, monthly dues managed to offset the price of construction materials. As amateurs we learned to learn from tools while simultaneously practicing an "attention exercise" aimed at developing a minded body as a means of living from conscience.
The sense of the imperative to coalesce coherent attention had acquired a physical arena for testing its practical application. We gathered in the Sunday dawn, set up the inner experiment of the day, and while working at an outer task, studied the elusive vagaries of attention. We exchanged impressions of our efforts after lunch and parlaying the results of the exchange, we tried again in the afternoon session---for ten years.
As the 1990's got underway the completely renovated property was rolled into the purchase of a much more challenging 6500 sq ft commercial structure in San francisco.
From a project to a facility, the premises now serves as the "garage" for the start-up Entropy/Consciousness Institute. Because of its interest in the history of the imperative of evolutionary processes, and the implications to its dynamics of Neg-entropy, Quantum Mechanics, Micro-biology, Macro-physics, Complexity Theory, Emergence, et al, 2008 saw the group take on the formal obligations of a research/teaching Institute.
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Nestyn, Tuesday pm. Still being heckled – shouts of "watch your bags", "taxi!", etc – in the High Street. Diane says it's my fault, for keeping on Britain's most useless election agent. She's right, for once, but I can't tell her Yvonne says she's still got the pictures from that party.
So I submit, good as gold, to the latest schedule, appearing at the Skateboards for All rally, the Nestyn Prison reading group (still very worked up about Saturday), and, Yvonne's favourite, a support network for disenfranchised peers. What with vehicle-sharing seminars at the car-boot sale and the "change we can see" exhibition at the crematorium, it's Sunday night before I ask Yvonne, ever so polite, if the campaign's not getting a bit ahead of itself.
I mean, if we're already wooing the natural childbirth lacrosse team with free digestives, what's left for the final, pre-election sprint? "I dunno Ron," she says. "Hobnobs?" Reminding myself she's indigenous Nestyn, can't help her place on the old bell curve, I keep it simple. We need support, I say. We need to out-smart that posh cow Pippa Rowe-Dent. True, I admit, Pippa has never been done for sexual harassment: it would appear, on the other hand, she wants to win my seat. Is she likely to require Yvonne as her election agent?
Bingo: Yvonne's back within 24 hours, screaming: "OMG you won't believe who I've got." How right she is. Friday, at 10am, Britain's most famous bulimic brings his mobile vomitorium to Nestyn marketplace, presumably in a quest to establish whose presence will be more damaging to my prospects: the Prescott Battlebus or the Blairs, who are expected – has anyone warned Lidl? – the next day.
What luck, I say to Yvonne, that 100 anti-war agitators are also due at the town hall. They can all have a nice cup of tea! Oh no, Yvonne says, I mustn't spoil her piece de resistance: Gordon Brown takes tea with two ancient Nestynians (groomed in advance to believe he is a harmless salesman from Dignitas). Ratshire TV will be in attendance. At this, can't help myself; I actually gag. "It's OK," Diane reassures me. "You don't have to worry. They say he's learned how to sip it and everything."


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Champaign County Sheriff's Office
Job Description
Job Title:
Reports To:
Captain-Support Services
FLSA Status:
Employment Status:
Bargaining Unit - AFSCME General Unit
Prepared Date:
April, 2004
Performs highly responsible and confidential, secretarial duties and administrative functions for the Investigations Division.
include the following. Other duties may be assigned.
Types, proofreads and distributes reports, correspondence, forms, etc. of a specialized and confidential nature; may take and transcribe dictation, operate a dictaphone or word processing equipment.
Answers the telephone, takes and relays messages; screens supervisor's calls; responds to telephone inquiries whenever possible, forwards calls to appropriate party.
Prepares daily appointment schedule for supervisor. Makes and confirms appointments as directed. Schedules meetings and takes minutes as required.
Organizes and maintains files of records and correspondence.
Monitors departmental materials and supplies, ordering as needed and verifying the accuracy of supplies received.
Maintains personnel and payroll records of a routine nature. May prepare employee work schedules.
May perform specialized duties such as organizing and maintaining files of traffic records; logs statistical information pertaining to traffic citations, warnings, Notices to Appear. May compile routine reports.
May process record checks as requested and provide copies of booking records, fingerprints, mug shots, etc.
May operate LEADS computer, entering, transmitting and cancelling information pertaining to warrants, domestic orders of protection, etc.
This job does not exercise suprvisory responsibilities; however it may assign, review and approve work of a small staff engaged in performing routine clerical tasks.
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.
EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE
High school diploma or general education degree (GED) with courses in typing, business machine operation and general office procedure, plus two years of responsible office experience; or an acceptable combination of education and experience. Good knowledge of arithmetic, spelling and the English language is required. Skill in operating a typewriter or word processor, plus good oral communications also required. Skill in shorthand also desirable.
Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos. Ability to write simple correspondence. Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers and other employees of the organization.
Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk; or hear. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision and depth perception.
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Usually, normal office working conditions. The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet.
Note: This document contains wording of a description of a general class of positions within the Champaign County salary administration program. The description contains examples of duties and responsibilities which may or may not be considered to be "essential functions" to a particular job or position with this job class. "Essential functions" are to be determined at the position or job level within each department.


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This is noise.Ā Lets talk about this in person because this navel gazing is a lot of effort over nothing unless theirs a real time dialogue.

On Sun, Jan 9, 2011 at 1:06 PM, Sean Cusack <email@example.com> wrote:

Techshop SF has 60W Helix lasers...probably nicer than what we'd be able to afford by scrobbling together cash - a similar item used on ebay goes for ~$16k: http://cgi.ebay.com/EPILOG-MINI-24-60WATT-LASER-ENGRAVER-2009-SAVE-BIG-/180607860003?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2a0d113d23
 These are some nice laz0rs too - they can actually cut things (though not metal). A couple examples: 3/8" thick wood, 1/4" acrylic, and a bunch of other stuff.

If you want to use Techshop lasers by yourself, and whenever you want, you have to take a class (~$35), and then you have to pay by the day you are in there ($50/day). You can probably use the laser for about 6 hours or so each day you pay for just in terms of scheduling.

There is a way to use Techshop much cheaper too - you can come in with one of us Noisebridgers that are TS members, and your daily rate drops in half ($25/day). Additionally, I'm qualified on the lasers, so I can get you moving without having to take the class.

So, just doing some quick math. If you can use lasers for 6 hours a day for $25, that means we could buy 600 days at techshop for $15k (the cost of buying our own laser), otherwise known as 3600 hours of laser cutting. Additionally, we wouldn't need to worry about maintenance or upkeep or damage on our own equipment. Do we really think we're going to use a laser this much to justify the cost?

Sean

On Sun, Jan 9, 2011 at 12:53 PM, miloh <firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote:

> As far as burning the place down, it is HIGHLY UNLIKELY.Ā These things are
 > as enclosed as a microwave.Ā They aren't as easy to use, and they are
 > compatible with a limited number of materials, but people would have to
 > REALLY FUCK UP to burn the place down with a laser engraver...like engraving
 > gasoline soaked balsa.

Thanks for using the term 'laser engraver'.

 Does Epilog even sell laser cutters, or just laser engravers? ĀPerhaps
 everyone donating towards a 'laser cutter' should know that Epilog
 doesn't have any products (that I found listed on its website) that it
 states can cut through metal. ĀDoes everyone who's donating know that
 this thing won't cut unicorn horns out of turds?

 But then, I know next to nothing about laser cutting and engraving
 products. ĀOrganizing numbers and costs are what I know about: if
 laser cutters are between 5x and 10x more expensive, and Epilog's
 'most affordable' laser engraver is 7.3k$, then there is a large
 initial funding gap to fill. ĀBut why not get something more
 affordable than an Epilog brand laser engraver?

 Jon Foote recommended a couple specific devices last year during
 another discussion about getting a laser engraver/cutter device at
 Noisebridge. ĀSome people have offered to contribute a monthly value
 towards a cutter which is more meaningful for a device that requires
 large sums of funding for regular and unscheduled (breakdown)
 maintenance (these things break because they are fancy and delicate,
 but not intrinsically because 'Noisebridge Can't have Nice Things*').

 What are the fee systems for cutting time and materials at Techshop
 (do different materials require different cleanup, and who is the
 maintenance technician?), will there be training and defined hours of
 operation? ĀI am down with that. ĀCover the Techshop solutions during
 the meetup (or preferably here with international attention and
 responses), and people will take it seriously.

 One last thing: ĀI think you should consider dubbing the DJ Booth a
 Noisebridge Autonomous Zone, since I hear grumblings from a friend of
 constipating the procurement of ZOMGLASERCUTTERS.

 *I hate that stupid quote, especially in this case, where most LIVING
 FOLK could CARE LESS about CUTTING THINGS WITH LASERS. ĀSeriously -1
 INT for anyone who blithely repeats that quote and doesn't know how to
 use a saw and a hammer, which are quite 'Nice Things'.

 Ā-rma

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Safety, restrictions, and precautions for spraying fungicides on corn
In the next month, there may be an unprecedented amount of fungicides being applied to field corn in Iowa. While herbicides and insecticides are commonly used by Iowa farmers, fungicides are not. Like herbicide and insecticide labels, reading through a fungicide label will give you most of the needed information concerning safety for both yourself and others while spraying field crops.
Personal protective equipment: With a few exceptions, fungicides labeled for use on field crops have minimal requirements for personal protective equipment, namely wearing the following:
Table 1. Required personal protective equipment, according to the label.
The Worker Protection Standard (WPS)
The WPS is a federal regulation designed to protect agricultural workers and handlers. If the pesticide that you are using has an "Agricultural Use Requirement" statement in the "Directions for Use" section of the label, you must comply with the WPS. The most recent information about the Standard may be obtained by checking the September 2005 updated WPS How to Comply manual. A helpful Web site that has information about the WPS is the Worker Protection Standard for Agricultural Pesticides.
The following Iowa State University Extension publications may be purchased or viewed by contacting Iowa State University Extension Distribution:
Restricted-Entry Interval (REI): All agricultural pesticides labeled after April 1994 are required to have an REI stated on the label. REIs for fungicides, like other pesticides, are established to reduce pesticide exposure and are based on the product toxicity. In general, workers may not enter a treated area during a Restricted-Entry Interval unless they are wearing all the personal protective equipment required on the product label. Early entry that will result in contact with surfaces treated with pesticides is permitted in only three work situations:
Preharvest Interval (PHI): These intervals state the minimum amount of time that must pass between the last pesticide application and the harvesting of the crop, or the grazing or cutting of the crop for livestock feed. Some fungicides have restrictions based on growth stages instead of a specific number of days--e.g., fungicides cannot be applied "after silking."
Table 2. Restrictions for fungicides labeled for corn.
aREI is 7 days for bare-hand detasseling activity.
Fungicide resistance: Indiscriminate use of fungicide this season may have consequences that are not immediately apparent. Fungicides like Headline® and Quadris® are strobilurin fungicides. The strobilurin fungicides have been characterized as being at "high risk" for fungicide resistance occurring; fungicide resistance has been documented in several fungal pathogens that cause diseases of different crops.
After 30 years of glyphosate use, the development of glyphosate-resistant weeds has been documented in the Midwest. Selecting for fungicide resistance in a fungal pathogen population is similar. If fungal pathogens are repeatedly exposed to fungicides, the chances of selecting for a "resistant" strain within a fungal population increases. Also, many fungal pathogens of corn produce very mobile spores that can travel relatively long distances, and the numbers of spores that can be produced by fungal pathogens under suitable conditions are far greater than the number of seeds produced by any weeds.
In the short term, "high risk" fungicides may result in yield increases, even at times in the supposed absence of any disease pressure. However, these fungicides used indiscriminately will only increase the selection pressure for selecting fungicide-resistant strains of fungal pathogens. Hypothetically, there could be a time when fungicides are NEEDED to manage a foliar disease on corn, only to find out that these fungicides will no longer be effective against these pathogens. To ensure "high risk" fungicides continue to be useful tools in the future, these fungicides should be used responsibly now--i.e., only for the management of fungal diseases causing economical losses.
To reduce the risk of fungicide resistance development, follow these practices:
1. Apply a fungicide only when it is warranted. Use IPM practices, and base fungicide applications on good scouting observations.
2. Observe recommended fungicide rates. Applying a fungicide at a sub-lethal rate can increase the risk of fungicide resistance development.
3. Mix or alternate fungicides with different modes of action.
4. Do not make back-to-back applications of fungicides with the same mode of action.
For more information about fungicide resistance, go to the Fungicide Resistance Action Committee (FRAC) Web site.
This article originally appeared on pages 204-205 of the IC-498(17) -- July 2, 2007 issue.
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This is a method to find the true course and distance between two points.
This is the true course, and that which I have urged him to enforce with all his credit.
No hope, no help, nothing for it but to set a true course and hang to it.
Remember, however, that this will be the true course to sail.
It is now an accepted fact, that a true course of mental culture is impossible without a true course of physical training.
In fact, I am persuaded that my true course is to be master of myself and of my time.
My true course from Babao is east 25 degrees north, distance one hundred and eighty-three miles.
Without chart or compass he could take no bearings, set no true course.
But, rightly judging that the set of the tide was a lair index to the true course, the captain stood on.
Come, father, you're drifting out of your true course—that's poetical!


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|Recreational, Wave
|Low Clew Grommet:
|Recommended Use:
|Flat Water, All Around, Freeride
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 I'm setting up a hardware hacking area at OSCON, which starts today, in San Jose. I'll be teaching people to solder and make cool things.

 Sorry about the short notice, but the O'Reilly folks asked me if I could bring along someone to help out, and I could really use the help of someone at the hardware hacking area. You don't need to have much experience -- all you need is experience soldering one project, enthusiasm, and the desire to help people to solder and make cool things.

 OSCON is about Open Source content. Together with MAKE Magazine, we're helping to include open source hardware.

 If you can help out Wednesday and Thursday for a few hours each day, you get free admission for the whole conference (starting today), and you can stay at the Hilton in San Jose on Wednesday night if you like. And if you can also help set up tomorrow, you can stay at the hotel Tuesday night as well.

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The main issue in this article is found in the title. Theorist bell hooks is trying to help readers understand the relationship between the cultural movement known as postmodernism and issues related to race in America, especially for Black Americans. Hooks mentions essentialism because that's one of the major areas postmodernism addresses, and one that may be useful for Black thinkers (and that they must address even if they disagree). Postmodernism rejects essentialism, seeing all claims to an essential identity as faulty. Instead, identity is constructed by culture. This includes the entire idea or category of race. Hooks sees postmodernism as a potential political tool.


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After long awaiting, finally the movie 1 By Two is all set to hit the theaters tomorrow. Starring Fahad Fazil in the lead, the movie is an investigating thriller. The main highlight of the film is that it will showcase Fahad as a police officer for the first time in his career.
Fahad Fazil plays Circle Inspector (CI), Yousuf Marakkar, a Bangalore cadre police officer, in this film. Abhinaya, who rose to fame with the movie Nadodigal, plays the role of Raziya, who is Yousuf's wife. Honey Rose is seen as Dr Prema. Murali Gopy plays Dr Hari in the film.
The film revolves around a major tragedy that has occurred in an hospital in Bangalore and CI Yousuf Marakkar is the investigating officer of the case. How Yousuf winds up the case forms the rest of the story. Azhakar Perumal, a prominent Tamil actor, is also seen in a pivotal role in the film.
Murali Gopy is rumoured to be seen playing a double role in the film. Also, the trailer of the movie, which was launched earlier had a lip-lock scene of Honey Rose and Murali Gopy, which has made the movie even more popular.
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I am 22, am generally happy, have a well-paid job and recently moved in with my boyfriend, who is 30. However, my relationship with my mother has been strained for a while now. She is a single parent and worked really hard to provide me and my younger brother and sister with a good life and decent opportunities after she separated from our father when I was 11. I feel that I was given a lot of family responsibility early on, partly because my siblings are a lot younger than me (they are 11 and 12 now), but also because my father was only sporadically present in my life.
As much as we argue, I am fiercely loyal to my mother, and I have felt quite bitter towards my father for not being the parent he should have been. Despite all this, my mother has pushed me away, to the extent that I don't feel welcome in the family home now. Most recently, we fell out about my living with my boyfriend. She thinks I'm weak and naive when it comes to men and suspects I go for older men because I'm looking for a father figure.
I moved straight to my own flat after university as she made me feel that she wanted me to leave the house. Even so, I visit regularly and help out with my siblings. My mother still sees me as a child although I'm successful and self-sufficient. She flies off the handle easily and does not speak to me for weeks. How can I improve our relationship?
Set out some rules
You need to be strict with your mother. She did what many divorced parents do, and handed you adult responsibilities when you were still a child. You were, in effect, the adult, and she the child, in this relationship. She is treating you like a child now as a reaction to what happened a long time ago.
Stop trying to see things from her point of view - you need to make some rules. Let her know that your relationship with your boyfriend is not up for debate; when she compares it to her relationship with your father, she is revealing that she still has a lot of unresolved anger that she needs to deal with. Many divorced parents choose to adopt the identity of the wronged party - for ever - but you shouldn't let your mother's bitterness poison your life as well as hers. Don't be the one to make peace when she has behaved badly.
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Have you thought about why your mother pushes you away and disapproves of your relationship with your boyfriend? You describe yourself as generally happy, you have a good job, live with a man you love and have made a success of your life. Your mother still has young children to look after and has no support from a partner. Perhaps she envies you - you are enjoying the freedom and lifestyle that she missed out on. Treating you as a child may be her way of trying to seize back some control over her own life - however unsuccessful a strategy that may be. She may be critical of your choice of boyfriend for reasons other than his age, but a 30-year-old man is hardly a father figure to someone who is 22 herself.
Try not to emphasise how well you are doing; although you are entitled to be proud of that, instead try to think of practical ways you can help your mother. Take your brother and sister out from time to time and give her a break. Encourage her to get a part-time job to give her self-esteem a boost.
MW, Norwich
Tell her to sort out her life
Your mother's behaviour towards you is appalling and she has been taking advantage of your good nature and help for years. Now that her youngest children are getting older, the best way to defuse any conflict between you is to encourage her to sort her own life out, so that she feels happy and fulfilled too and doesn't focus on your life so much.
Your relationship with her cannot improve as long as she is behaving like a teenager. Don't stop seeing your younger siblings as a result of the tense situation with your mother, though - make an effort to spend time with them on their own if necessary.
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I am the same age as you and and also live with my boyfriend - quite a long way away from my parents, though. Like you, I love my mother very much but find it difficult to spend more than a few days at a time at home. My parents are still together, but I am also the eldest child in my family and feel frustrated and resentful about the way I am expected to adopt the role of mediator at times.
Like you, I have built a successful and independent life and the distance from my childhood home allows me to be a bit more reflective about my parents' behaviour. I am sure the same is true for you. It is a natural part of growing up to recognise the human frailties and imperfections of our mothers and fathers; without belittling your difficulties with your mother, perhaps what you are going through is partly due to the two of you adjusting to your newly established indepoendence. A little distance from your mother may not be a bad thing in the short-term.
MJ, Bristol
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When a relationship goes wrong and you can't understand why, it can help to try to imagine the other person's point of view. Why does your mother criticise you harshly? Why does she push you away?
The most likely reason for her behaviour is that you remind her of herself, of an element of her life that she doesn't want to remember or that she feels she handled badly at the time. You say she thinks you're naive in your dealings with men, and that you choose father figures. Could that have been said of her as well? Is your father older than she is? That relationship didn't work out, so perhaps she fears that you will repeat her mistakes.
It sounds as if you were asked to take on a great deal of the family responsibilities when your parents separated. As a result, your mother may feel you missed out on a lot when you were young. Your maturity now, although appropriate for your years, may seem to her as if you are being too serious.
On the other hand, she could be jealous of your relationship with your siblings. Effectively, you had to mother them when she was at work, and she may fear that they prefer you to her. That could explain why she treats you as if you're not the independent adult you are - you may seem less of a rival for her affections if you're "just another child".
Another possibility is that you remind her of your father in some ways, and that this makes her feel angry all over again about what happened. She may not even be aware of this. It's not fair on you, but unfortunately this can happen.
Finally, is it possible that she thinks you are trying to push her away? She may perceive your attempts to show her how mature you are as a rejection of her as a mother - and remember, she will be very sensitive to rejection given what happened with her marriage to your father.
Hopefully, one of these explanations will feel like a "good fit", and you will now understand your mother better. I expect that deep down, she is grateful to you and very proud of you too, but that some of the other, less positive, feelings in your complex relationship are getting in the way of her expressing that.
I suggest that you write her a letter. Tell her how grateful you are for all she's done, and how much you love her. Tell her that because of her efforts, you have felt able to set out on an independent and happy life of your own, and to choose a partner who makes you happy.
Explain that his age may seem noteworthy to her, but that you feel no need to look for a replacement parent. Then suggest you meet up somewhere outside the home, so that she realises that seeing your siblings isn't the motivation behind your wanting to see her. You could start inviting her out for lunch regularly.
If she replies by challenging you, simply say the disagreements between you won't change your love for her, and that you would still like to spend time with her. Hopefully, she will eventually accept your warmth and maturity. Meanwhile, send her friendly cards and texts and wait patiently for things to improve.
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I am a 32-year-old man and feel very confused sexually and emotionally. I was well brought up in a loving family and I have a good number of female friends. Despite this, the only sex I have ever had, I have paid for. I first went to a prostitute when I was at university; looking back, I think I was looking for comfort during what was a very unhappy time for me. Since then, I have visited them regularly, sometimes up to three or four times per week, often after drinking.
I have been trying very hard to deal with my behaviour and this year I have dramatically cut back both the frequency of my visits to prostitutes and the amount I drink. However, viewing internet pornography and telephoning sex lines have replaced these two vices.
I am constantly battling to shut out sexual urges. This can be prompted by anything as seemingly innocuous as a bare female midriff. I also get homosexual urges that I have not had since I was at school. I am appalled by prostitution and pornography from a moral and philosophical viewpoint and deeply ashamed of my behaviour which has ruined every aspect of my life. I am lonely and depressed, racked by a lack of confidence and full of self-doubt.
I'm desperate for the companionship of a loving partner but cannot imagine anyone ever loving me. What can I do?
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ISRAELIS have been fixated this week on the jaw-dropping details of one of the dirtiest sagas in the country's military history.
The State Comptroller Joseph Shapira published the final report on the so-called Harpaz affair, the story of a non-existent scandal that was fabricated to stop the frontrunner for the position of IDF Chief of Staff from getting the job.
Current Chief of Staff Benny Gantz said that the release of the report marked a "sad day" for Israel and its military.
The saga isn't just one of Israel's dirtiest, but also one of its most complicated, with numerous twists and turns and a huge cast, so here is The AJN's eight-point guide to the Harpaz affair:
1. Two-and-a-half years ago, an Israeli news show reported on a document which seemed to point to a plan to influence who would become the Israel Defence Forces' next Chief of Staff. It outlined underhanded ways of boosting the standing of frontrunner Yoav Galant and making other possible choices seem less suitable.
2. At this time, there was a bitter rift between Defence Minister Ehud Barak and chief of staff Gabi Ashkenazi.
3. Barak wanted to name Galant as the next Chief of Staff and Ashkenazi disagreed. As such, it appeared that Barak had been playing dirty to get his way.
4. A police investigation found that somebody was actually trying to frame the Barak camp. Barak wasn't really using unethical means to promote Galant or hold back the other candidates. In reality, the document was counterfeited and made to look like it came from the Barak camp by a reservist and associate of Ashkenazi. His name is Boaz Harpaz – hence the name of the scandal, the Harpaz affair.
5. After the police investigation, Barak tried to move ahead with the appointment of Galant, but an unrelated scandal caused his nomination to be withdrawn at the last minute. The current Chief of Staff, Gantz, was appointed instead.
6. The State Comptroller's investigation, published this week, confirmed that Harpaz forged the document. Harpaz is under criminal investigation. The State Comptroller's investigation found that Ashkenazi wasn't behind the forgery and that he didn't try to use the document. However, Ashkenazi did agree to have information gathered on Barak, and he was criticised for this. Harpaz collected information with encouragement and practical support of Ashkenazi's aide Erez Viner, who is expected to be investigated by police. Ashkenazi was also criticised for not monitoring their activities closely enough to stop them, and for not acting as decisively as he could have when he became aware of the document's existence.
8. Barak, who recently announced his retirement from politics, didn't come out of the affair smelling of roses, despite having been cleared of accusations related to the document. It brought to light how the military establishment suffered, both administratively and operationally, due to the rivalry between him and Ashkenazi, and Barak was said to have misused his power to undermine Ashkenazi.
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"Yeah, one [romance] was with an entity that was actually a monster. And the other was with a holographic representation of the woman who designed the Enterprise engines. Neither of which I would necessarily call a healthy relationship. I just wish [the writers] had allowed that part of Geordi to evolve… Because there were a couple of one-line gags that were present in the character — the first one being, "The blind guy flies the ship." And we solved that by giving Geordi a specific area of expertise from which to contribute, when we moved him to engineering.
The other stereotype was that of the nerdy guy, the engineer who is inept around women. And we just never had the opportunity — we ran out of time, I guess — we never had the opportunity to evolve beyond that. And I believe with the core of my being that 'Star Trek' is better than that. 'Star Trek' is better than stereotypes."
– LeVar Burton talks about his character Geordi La Forge's lack of romantic interests on "Star Trek: The Next Generation," which is coming out on Blu-Ray on July 24th (yay!). Amelia and I have always wondered about Geordi's complete lack of game, especially because, in my view, Geordi was suuuuper hot. But what can I say? I'm a sucker for a guy in a Visual Instrument and Sensory Organ Replacement (VISOR). [io9]


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40 Years Ago: Stevie Wonder Releases 'Fulfillingness' First Finale'
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Stevie Wonder's 1973 'Innervisions' LP broke the Top Five on the Billboard charts and earned him his first Album of the Year Grammy, but it also arrived shortly before a car accident that left the singer in a four-day coma. The unfortunate event prompted questions of whether he could continue operating at the torrid creative pace that had helped make him a worldwide superstar. Those questions were answered on July 22, 1974, with his 17th studio album, 'Fulfillingness' First Finale.'
As with 'Innervisions' and 1972's 'Talking Book,' 'Finale' found Wonder co-producing alongside Malcolm Cecil and Robert Margouleff, the duo whose engineering and synthesizer programming expertise helped shape his layered, funk-fueled '70s sound. As before, the new songs employed a combination of electronic and live instrumentation, with the clavinet and Fender Rhodes sharing space with the Moog and T.O.N.T.O analog synths. This added a top layer of pop sweetness to songs with arrangements and lyrical content occasionally venturing into darker territory.
The commercial verdict was swift and overwhelming: 'Fulfillingness' First Finale' soared to the top of the charts, giving Wonder his first No. 1 record on Billboard's Top 200 Albums chart and setting up a pair of Top Five singles with 'You Haven't Done Nothin" and 'Boogie On Reggae Woman.' Sandwiched between Eric Clapton's '461 Ocean Boulevard' and Bad Company's self-titled debut, 'Finale,' helped disprove the long-held — and soon to be thoroughly, irrevocably discredited — notion that black music was too "urban" to draw pop crossover appeal.
Incredibly, even though he'd released at least one album of new material every year since 1966 — and he'd had to work his way back from a life-threatening injury in the months since 'Innervisions' came out — Wonder initially planned to turn 'Fulfillingness' First Finale' into a double LP; it was only his label's intransigence regarding a release date that forced him to trim the tracklisting down to a single disc. In fact, as late as the fall of 1974, he publicly toyed with the idea of putting the songs that didn't make it onto a companion volume.
"I wish you could hear the other part of the album. It's so much better," Wonder told Melody Maker in November of 1974, adding that he wanted to get the unreleased material out within six months. "Otherwise, it's gonna have to wait almost another year — and I'm gonna want to be doing some other stuff by then."
That plan ultimately never came to pass — he took a little over two years to put the finishing touches on his next collection, 1976's 'Songs in the Key of Life.' In the meantime, fans had a solid set of songs to tide them over — 10 tracks and 42 minutes of vintage Stevie Wonder that veered from beautiful balladry to socially conscious funk.
The latter sound was perhaps best exemplified with the No. 1 hit 'You Haven't Done Nothin',' which wedded an irresistible groove (and backing vocals from the Jackson 5) to a strident set of lyrics that lambasted impeached President Richard Nixon. Like the best message music, 'Haven't' shakes hips as easily as it provokes thought, and leaves plenty of room for interpretation. Lines like "You brought this upon yourself / The world is tired of pacifiers / We want the truth and nothing else" could be just as easily applied to any random ne'er-do-well.
As ever, Wonder had more than a few things on his mind: other songs on the album had a Latin influence (mid-tempo opening track 'Smile Please'), a reggae flavor (the No. 3 hit 'Boogie On Reggae Woman'), a gospel touch ('The Won't Go When I Go') and even a slight country feel ('Too Shy to Say'). Slower overall than 'Innervisions,' the album was also heavily preoccupied with male-female relationships; he reportedly referred to it as "the sex album," and while that doesn't really do 'Finale' justice, it's definitely reflective of songs like 'Boogie On' and 'Creepin',' which deal with lust and its complications.
As exciting as his music was during this period, some believe Wonder could have gone even further if he'd aligned himself with a more supportive label. "The thing about Stevie was, he wasn't an R&B guy," stressed guitarist Michael Sembello in Mark Ribowsky's biography, 'Signed Sealed and Delivered: The Soulful Journey of Stevie Wonder.' "He wasn't funk. He was about music. He wanted to do jazz … But here's what they did to him, all those Perrier-drinking motherf—ers who were controlling the guy's budget. They'd say, 'We need more songs like 'Superstition." He'd say 'F— that,' but you know, you can't fight the power of a song like that, so you keep trying to top it."
Label fights weren't the only ones brewing behind the scenes during the making of 'Fulfillingness' First Finale.' The album also marked Wonder's last outing with Margouleff and Cecil, who found themselves shouldered aside in his continuing ascent. Cecil described his last session with Wonder in Ribowsky's book, recalling how he called for quiet in a crowded control room and was admonished by Wonder, who shouted, "Don't talk to my friends like that!"
"Well, maybe your friends would like to do the overdub," Cecil remembers saying. "That was the last time I ever worked with Stevie. That was the breaking point, and it was a long time in coming."
Wonder seems to have known the album would serve as a closing chapter of sorts. "'Fulfillingness' was just me working the word: the idea of fulfilling and fulfilling is like a female," he explained years later. "The other part of that title, 'the first finale,' was sort of referencing an ending of the period after 'Music of My Mind' and these three albums."
In fact, after 'Fulfillingness' First Finale' ran its course, Wonder briefly threatened to retire, and his indecision — however brief — contributed to the two-year break between records that brought his iron grip on the charts to a temporary halt. (When picking up his Album of the Year Grammy for 1975's 'Still Crazy After All These Years,' Paul Simon thanked Wonder for taking a year off.)
He eventually changed his mind, of course, negotiating a hugely expensive new contract and wresting a greater degree of creative control for what would become the double album 'Songs in the Key of Life.' But while 'Songs' can be seen as a sort of culmination of everything Wonder attempted during the '70s, he was already getting restless, and seemed to feel he'd taken this particular sound as far as it could go. "This is the last of this kind of stuff I'll be doing," he hinted while working on 'Songs.' "I think my next thing might be a large orchestral thing. A long piece."
True to his word, Wonder would test experimental waters with 1979's New Age-tinged 'Journey Through 'The Secret Life of Plants" album, which kicked off a (still ongoing) phase in his career during which new recordings came more and more infrequently and his singles gradually fell out of favor at pop formats.
As of this writing, he hasn't released an album since 'A Time to Love' in 2005, nearly a decade ago. But as 'Fulfillingness' First Finale' and its surrounding works make clear, Stevie Wonder has more than earned the right to make whatever music he wants, whenever he feels like making it.


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Whether you live in a part of the world where the mercury is soaring, or where frigid temperatures are settling in for the next few months, there is one thing you can be certain of — you're going to have to pay more to keep your home comfortable.
Average electricity prices for households and companies soared 29% in Europe between 2005 and 2011. Over the same period electricity prices in the US rose 5% and inched up 1% in Japan.
But there are some things you can do to cut energy costs, however, that go beyond simple things like sealing cracks around windows. New equipment and gadgets are making energy savings easier. And old myths are being debunked. For example, did you know that it is actually more energy efficient to keep doors open between rooms? Click Play to learn more — in 90 seconds.


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Wreaths have been around a long time and were used in ancient Greece in harvest rituals. In ancient Rome the wreath was a sign of victory. They were also used by pre-Christian Germanic people who would gather wreaths of evergreen and light fires to remind them of the hope of the approaching light of spring.
By the 16th century, Christians were using the wreath to celebrate Advent and their hope in Christ, the everlasting light. The traditional Advent wreath has four candles nestled in a circle of evergreens with another candle in the middle. They are lit each week of December leading up to Christmas, lighting the inside candle on Christmas Eve.
But for the last century, "wreath" has come to mean a ring of evergreens with a big red ribbon hung on the front door at Christmastime. Swags of greenery are also traditional.
Although a lot of readymade wreaths are available for sale, it's easy and fun to create a unique one for your front door. Visit a hobby shop for inspiration and raw materials. You can buy a basic circle and decorate it with almost anything -- ribbons, tree ornaments, greenery from your own garden, cutout snowflakes, pinecones, corks or candy canes. The list is endless.
Artificial greenery gets more realistic looking each year as do pine sprays to provide the aroma. Don't forget to put a big bow on the wreath as the finishing touch. The color -- whether red, white or gold -- can pull it all together.
You can't go wrong with an old-fashioned evergreen wreath. The only problem is, they may not stay fresh throughout the entire season. Add a few pinecones and a big red bow and visitors will enter into the spirit of the season even as they approach your home.


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T-Mobile Minx Gets a Makeover [VIDEO]
Does the name Carly Foulkes ring a bell? Probably not. But her face might. Not ring a bell, literally…but I know you recognize her. She's been the face of T-Mobile since 2010. The girl in the pink dress. The feisty, hot minx in the pink dress. You do not fast forward through her commercials, trust me.
But, obviously the masterminds behind T-Mobile's advertising campaign think that 'nice girls finish last'. No, thank God, they haven't ditched Foulkes for a talking lizard or something. But, they have traded in the sweet brunette's pink frock for head-to-toe-leather, adding the tagline "No More Mr. Nice Girl."
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When seclusion is paramount, choose one of these new far-flung hideaways. • The most recent addition to Grace Leo-Andrieu's stylish oeuvre is L'Orangerie (St.-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, France; 800/223-6800 or 33-4/93-76-31-00; www.royal-riviera.com; suites from $270), a private enclave at the Royal Riviera hotel. • The Point, a 4,000-square-foot villa at Fiji's Vatulele Island Resort (Vatulele; 800/828-9146; www.vatulele.com; villa from $2,250, including all meals), has two pools you can call your own. • Little Dix Bay (Virgin Gorda, British Virgin Islands; 888/767-3966; www.littledixbay.com; two-bedroom villas from $1,700) has opened two villas on an isolated stretch of beach. Both have white-on-white interiors and outdoor dining pavilions. • The owners of Malabar House, a boutique hotel in Fort Cochin, India, have created Privacy at Sanctuary Bay (Kerala; 91-484/221-6666; www.malabarhouse.com; cottage $180), a two-bedroom bungalow hidden in Kerala's backwaters. Here you can do yoga and watch the houseboats slip by.
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Monterrey president Luis Miguel Salvador admitted that goalkeeper Jonathan Orozco has been told he's on the French team's radar; he would replace Memo Ochoa who is set to leave.
Monterrey president Luis Miguel Salvador admitted to ESPN Deportes that Jonathan Orozco, the team's current starter, has been contacted about the possibility of emigrating to Europe.
"I'm surprised by this. We've yet to have any formal contact with the club itself, but Jonathan has talked to us about it," Salvador told the website.
Meanwhile, Ajaccio president Alain Orsoni confirmed the interest, but only if Ochoa is transferred out of the team over the coming summer break.
"Yes, Jonathan Orozco is a goalkeeper that interests us," Orsoni told Raza Deportiva.
The Ajaccio president went on to mention that Ochoa's performance in the recently concluded season has titillated a few teams in the upper half of the Ligue 1 table, as well as La Liga suitors.
Orsoni went on to praise his goalkeeper, saying that Memo "is worth five or six million euros at this point." Ochoa joined Ajaccio last summer after a seven-year stint with Mexican giants CF America.


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Release Date: February 3, 2009
For immediate release
The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday announced the execution of a Written Agreement by and between First SCK Financial Corporation, Anthony, Kansas, a registered bank holding company, and the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City.
A copy of the Written Agreement is attached.
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Joseph M. Juran
A search for universal principles
"It is most important that top management be quality-minded. In the absence of sincere manifestation of interest at the top, little will happen below."
The only thing that distinguishes these comments from those heard commonly today is that they were written in 1945 by Joseph M. Juran, ASQ's eighth Honorary member.
By 1945, as local quality control societies were forming the regional organizations that would merge into a national quality group, Juran was about to embark on his second career, which would earn him more than 30 awards from organizations around the world, including ASQ's Edwards Medal and Brumbaugh and Grant Awards. Juran joined the Bell System as an engineer in 1924; two years later, he was one of three people assigned to a new department formed to carry out what is known today as statistical quality control. Juran prepared what may have been the first text on statistical quality control—and perhaps the ancestor of today's widely used Western Electric Statistical Quality Control Handbook.
That early interest in writing and teaching foreshadowed the course Juran's career would take; within a few years, he became involved in quality management and the subject to which he would devote his life: management. The stage was set and the government, as if on cue, called on Juran to serve as an administrator in the Lend-Lease Administration—an event that was a key step for Juran.
The son of an immigrant, Juran was seeking security when he went to work for the Bell System in the years following World War I. He lacked the clear sense of direction that marked his later life; by his own admission, he was "in the grip of forces more powerful than I was." He expected to spend his entire career at the Bell System, but after four years on a leave of absence for government service, Juran decided not to return to the company. He had begun career in research, lecturing, philosophizing, consulting, and writing on management.
Juran's second career began from a base at New York University, where he served for a time as head of the Department of Industrial Engineering. His arrangement with NYU allowed him to spend a good deal of time on matters not connected with teaching. One was the writing and editing of the Quality Control Handbook. First published in 1951, the Handbook has grown from 15 chapters to 52, paralleling and aiding the growth of the quality field.
During the late 1940s, Juran began to develop what may have been the most influential course on the subject of quality since the eight-day seminars conducted during World War II. Juran's "Managing for Quality" has been taught to more than 100,000 people in over 40 countries.
For almost 30 years, Juran offered the course through the American Management Association, the second institutional base of his second career. Given his longstanding interests, Juran's association with AMA was not surprising. His writings in Industrial Quality Control during the 1950s and 1960s also reflect his interest in management. As a contributing author and editor for 16 years of "Management's Corner," Juran frequently emphasized the role of management in quality. He saw early on the broadening role of quality and urged quality professionals to prepare for it.
Juran's reputation in quality management led the Union of Japanese Scientists and Engineers to invite him to Japan in 1954. In his book What Is Total Quality Control? The Japanese Way, Kaoru Ishikawa describes what happened:
[Juran] conducted seminars for top and middle-level managers, explaining to them the roles they had to play in promoting QC activities.
Japanese managers had shown little understanding or interest when those young quality control research group members explained QC to them, but Dr. Juran, with his worldwide reputation, was more persuasive.
Juran's visit marked a transition in Japan's quality control activities from dealing primarily with technology based in factories to an overall concern for the entire management. The Juran visit created an atmosphere in which QC was to be regarded as a tool of management, thus creating an opening for the establishment of total quality control as we know it today.
Juran gave more credit to the Japanese than to Americans for what transpired over the next 30 years. What would have happened if no American experts had lectured in Japan in the 1950s? About the same that did, Juran believes: "It might have taken them two or three years longer to arrive at the same place," he said. Indeed, by the 1960s, Juran began to report to Americans on the new ideas on quality coming out of Japan—ideas like quality circles.
Juran's teaching led to the publication of another major book in 1970. Quality Planning and Analysis, co-authored with Frank Gryna, was written to fill the need for a textbook on the subject of quality. Like the Handbook, it has been a bestseller since it first appeared.
For three decades, NYU and AMA gave Juran a great deal of flexibility; the idea of creating his own company was unsettling. "I was afraid of it for years," he said. Nevertheless, in retrospect, the Juran Institute seems a logical extension of his style of working. Juran's objective has always been to capture the universals that lay behind daily experiences. He has even analyzed the process by which he arrives at these general principles: experience, reflection on that experience with an eye to discovering broader truths, presentation of the ideas for comment and discussion, refinement, and finally publication in a paper or book.
The process of developing ideas had been a gradual one for Juran. Top management involvement, the Pareto principle, the need for widespread training in quality, the definition of quality as fitness for use, the project-by-project approach to quality improvement—these are the ideas for which Juran was best known, and all emerged gradually.
But at least once an important idea appeared in what Juran remembered as "one of those blinding flashes of illumination." The illumination came from the work of anthropologist Margaret Mead, who showed that cultural patterns were at the root of the resistance to change that doomed many of the efforts of technical experts sent overseas to modernize living conditions. Juran immediately applied this insight to the practical needs of managers. He developed his ideas in a series of papers—one of them a Brumbaugh Award winner—and in presentations to a wide range of audiences. He then set down the fruits of his intellectual labor in Managerial Breakthrough.
In Juran's philosophic approach there was an implicit recognition of the need to communicate. Not surprisingly, Juran's writing was as clear and elegant as his ideas. Moreover, Juran always had a lively interest in language, reflected in his discussions of proposals using words like "ophelimity" to take the place of the misunderstood word "quality." A sense of humor always enlivened his prose, as when he observed that one reason for buying the Quality Control Handbook was to impress visitors.
But impressing readers was not Juran's objective, nor was humor or smoothness of style his major accomplishments. In fact, describing Juran's career briefly is a daunting task. While introducing Juran at the Annual Quality Congress in 1986, then ASQ president Dana M. Cound recalled a similar dilemma facing a sports announcer who introduced a man who had played almost every position in baseball with grace and skill. Rather than trying to enumerate the player's accomplishments, his introduction was both direct and comprehensive: "I give you Jim Gilliam, baseball player." Cound followed that lead and summarized a distinguished career very simply saying, "I give you Dr. Joseph M. Juran, teacher."Learn more about Dr. Juran's life work at the Juran Institute.


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Possible bug in HamiltonianCycle
I have applied HamiltonianCycle to various graphs, but seem to have been
obtaining inconsistent results. Here is an example of what I mean:
In[1]:= Needs["Combinatorica`"]
Define a graph adjacency matrix.
Define the corresponding directed graph.
In[3]:= g=FromAdjacencyMatrix[adj,Type->Directed]
Out[3]= \[SkeletonIndicator]Graph:<36,12,Directed>\[SkeletonIndicator]
Verify that the original adjacency matrix can be recovered.
In[4]:= ToAdjacencyMatrix[g]==adj
Out[4]= True
Compute a Hamiltonian cycle in this graph.
In[5]:= h=HamiltonianCycle[g]
Out[5]= {1,7,2,3,9,12,4,11,10,6,5,8,1}
Break the cycle into its individual edges.
In[6]:= p=Partition[h,2,1]
Display the adjacency matrix entry corresponding to each of these edges.
In[7]:= Map[Part[adj,Apply[Sequence,#]]&,p]
Out[7]= {1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0}
This is where the problem lies, because all these matrix elements should be
1 in a Hamiltonian cycle.
Have I missed something obvious, or is this a bug?
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Parties put to the Christian test
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Would you like to know which parties support work for the dole, oppose euthanasia and support prayers to open Parliament?
Christian lobbyists have prepared a card comparing the parties on 26 moral issues.
Australia's moral direction is more important than its economic one, according to Peter Stokes, executive officer of Salt Shakers. "It's not good to go broke. But if the country breaks down morally the rest will follow, and we see that in society now," he said yesterday.
Mr Stokes said the guide was prepared mostly by Salt Shakers, Bill Muehlenberg of the Australian Federation for the Family, and former SAS chief Jim Wallace, who heads the Australian Christian Lobby. Fred Nile's Christian Democrats and Family First have a perfect score, while the Greens and Democrats score zero. The Liberals get 16, with one question mark (either no stated policy or a conscience vote); Labor scores nine with two question marks.
Issues include affirming marriage over de facto cohabitation, stopping Medicare funding of abortion, opposing heroin trials and overturning ratification of the International Criminal Court.
Social justice issues such as refugees are not canvassed. "We felt that if we put out what we think is a Christian perspective, we'd alienate half the Christian community," Mr Stokes said.


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(aka 'V for Vendetta: At the IMAX' or 'V wie Vendetta')
Directed by
James McTeigue
Any subtlety (and there wasn't much) expressed through British comic book artist Alan Moore's (who wanted nothing to do with this film) occasionally brilliant, 1981 graphic political foray exposing a potential hidden wave of totalitarian oppression, V for Vendetta, (incidentally it was really his response over the ascendance of Margaret Thatcher) is replaced with computer-enhanced stylisms in an obvious attempt at.... obviousness - and it succeeds in typical Hollywood fashion. V, an operetta phantom wannabe, is a unique breed of cultured terrorist. The short story is he kills people and blows things up - all that is missing is the flashing 'APPLAUSE' sign. We are meant to accept this form of politically-correct savagery - hey man, the greater good - but it is spelled out in such an utterly egregious fashion that this part of the narrative just plain sucks. V's protégé, a young woman named Evey (Natalie Portman) is a solid benefit to the film, but, old jaded me, didn't see too much to be wow'ed with. It is not as poorly constructed picture as I am painting and anyone who hasn't had there weekly feed of MTV might find the gratuitous fast cuts and images more appealing than I. Production and pseudo-creativity were put at too high an end again (why? - cause it sells!) and the film's guts are left to feed on themselves. Action, thriller, sci-fi, political fist-shaking - sure - it fills all categories... except depth. Okay, okay, it's not so bad - there are certainly worse ways to spend 2 hours - just prepare yourself for a dynamic light show where the nuances are not as nuanced as they could be. Many will enjoy the heck out of this film - it was made for today's hyper-paced-desirous audiences.
Theatrical Release: December 11th, 2005
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Frankly, this a very impressive image. I may have been blasé on the film but the Warner DVD offers a wonderful tight, anamorphic, progressive transfer in the 2.35 ratio. It has moments where V For Vendetta's color and crispness are reference quality. The film appears to have spared no expense in certain production areas and the Special Edition DVD has captured them with expert proficiency. There doesn't seem to be an over-abundance of art-fixation tinting but what has been put to celluloid comes across with subtle intent. Contrast is intense and if I have a complaint it may be that blacks have been slightly boosted - but again this may be a purposeful effect also shown theatrically (I am not sure). Likewise audio is darn good - it is tested by the soundtrack and came through with flying colors - at least on my system. There are optional English, Spanish and French subtitles - also expertly rendered.
Extras - There is a large focus on the production details of the film, which I didn't find so interesting. The Guy Fawkes stuff was quite historically detailed and although I enjoyed it - I doubt many others will. I also enjoyed the New Wave Comic Book stuff - a nice generalized focus on this huge cult phenomenon. Overall, the supplements are very adept and depending on your appeal of the film will certainly offer a similar interest level.
Bottom line: I can't see Warner doing any more for the film on DVD excepting a commentary - which isn't really warranted. 'V For Vendetta' has some strong Orwellian overtones and if this appeals to you then the DVD presentation may very well blow your socks off.
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Adele Stevens (born July 29, 1969, in Wakefield, Yorkshire, England) is a British nude model and softcore adult actress. She is sometimes credited as Adelle Stephens, Adele Stephens, or simply as Adel.
She began her career as a Page 3 girl, then as a Ralph Lauren model. From there, Adele progressed to nude modeling, and then a number of boy/girl shoots which for the most part stop (just) short of showing penetration - although in some instances blowjob shots do seem to have crept in. Adele appeared in one true hardcore shoot, for Penthouse, but to the chagrin of her many fans no sex video of hers has appeared, nor any "cumshot" pictures.
The shortage of true hardcore involving Adele has led to some ingenious fakes appearing on the internet. These include an rumor that she has appeared in a hardcore interracial movie called "Black Widow". A fake video clip apparently showing her being fisted anally has also done the rounds.


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