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Massachusetts' Supreme Judicial Court has agreed to hear the appeal of a non-religious family that's challenging the mandatory daily recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance in their children's classrooms.
The family, who are secular humanists, say the phrase "under God" in the pledge is a violation of the state's constitutional ban on religious discrimination.
In June, a lower court ruled against the family, saying the required recitation of the pledge was not discriminatory because it did not uphold one religion over another. The family appealed, and will now gain a hearing from the state's highest court.
The battle to remove "under God" from the pledge has been a long and, so far, unsuccessful one within atheist circles. California atheist Michael Newdow unsuccessfully argued for its removal before the U.S. Supreme Court in 2004.
This time, the suit seeks protection under a state constitution's equal protection measure, not under the U.S. Constitution's guarantee of the separation of church and state.
We say: Charlottesville reveals the weeping wound of racism. What do we, the American Catholic faith community, do next? Read the editorial.
"There is very little case law that precedes this," said Bill Burgess, director of the American Humanist Association's Appignani Humanist Legal Center, which is representing the plaintiffs. "The court will be making new law when it issues its decision."
Massachusetts has a history of leading the vanguard in discrimination cases. In 2003, the same court ruled that it was discriminatory, and therefore unconstitutional, to prohibit gay marriage, becoming the first state to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples.
"The gay marriage decision is a signpost for what the court might do here," Burgess said. "It is a similar principle and the court has shown the courage in the past to do something ahead of its field and we are hoping for a similar result here."
Supporting the recitation of the pledge is The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, which is representing the Knights of Columbus and another family that wants to uphold the recitation of the pledge.
"We are confident that the Supreme Judicial Court will uphold the pledge just like every other court that has decided this question," said Diana Verm, an attorney for the Becket Fund .
The appeal in the case, Doe v. Acton-Boxborough Regional School District, has not yet been scheduled.
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New Delhi: Korean handset-maker Samsung on Wednesday said it is eyeing a 20% share of the growing smartphone market as it expands its product portfolio in the country.
The company, which currently has four models in the category, plans to launch 7-8 new smartphones this year to compete with the likes of Nokia, RIM and Apple.
"We now have four smartphones in our portfolio and this year, we plan to have 7-8 new models on both Android and BADA platform... Going ahead, by the year-end, we are aiming at a market share of 20 per cent," Samsung Electronics director (Mobile and IT) Ranjit Yadav told reporters.
Though he declined to comment on the current share of Samsung in the smartphone category, he said the market is expected to see shipments of 2.5 million such handsets this year.
The company has launched two new handsets, 'Wave' and 'Galaxy S', priced at Rs19,100 and Rs31,500 respectively.
While Galaxy S is based on Google's mobile operating system (OS) 'Android', Wave marks the launch of Samsung's operating system BADA.
"We would bring out about 2-3 handsets with the BADA OS and would also look at making that available at sub-Rs10,000 levels," he said.
A huge number of smartphones from multinational companies like Nokia, Apple, Research-In-Motion (RIM), LG and Sony Ericsson are flooding the Indian market.
With local firms like Micromax, Fly and Zen entering this segment, it has resulted in stiff competition, which is expected to bring down prices further. Nokia, for example, has launched smartphones below Rs 10,000.
According to research firm Canalys, smartphone sales in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region are expected to surpass the 100 million units mark by 2011.
While in 2009, smart phones accounted for 11% of mobile phone shipments in APAC, this percentage is expected to grow steadily and, in 2012, 20% of mobile phone shipments in the region are expected to be smart phones.
Talking about the features of Samsung's new phones, Yadav said, "Samsung Wave is equipped with super AMOLED display (for HD quality viewing), 2 GB internal memory, which is expandable up to 32 GB, and a 5-megapixel camera."
The Android-powered Galaxy S has 16 GB internal memory, expandable up to 32 GB, and a 5-MP camera, he added.


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HANNAH Mills and Saskia Clark made history by becoming the first British sailors to win the women's 470 world championships in Barcelona.
The Weymouth-based duo claimed silver at the 2011 World Championships but went one better as Skandia Team GBR's sailors made it two world championships in as many days.
Ben Ainslie won the Finn Gold Cup in Cornwall on Friday, while Mills and Clark fought back from a difficult start to the week to secure victory.
The pair were disqualified in the first race but fought their way to the top of the leaderboard heading into the medal race, where they stayed with a third-place finish.
"Thank God!" said Mills after the final race. "It's been a long week – a day longer than our events usually are, and made to feel even longer when we got our black flag right at the start, so there was no real room for error after that.
"It was really cool to cross the finish line and know we had done enough. I don't think it has really sunk in yet for me but Sas is super happy, she's so excited."


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Janeane Garofalo Was Married For 20 Years And Didn't Know It!
"Rob [Cohen] and I got married, for real, which we had to have a notary dissolve not 30 minutes before we got here tonight. We were married for 20 years until this evening. We got married drunk in Vegas … We dated for a year, and we got married at a drive-through chapel in a cab. [We thought] you have to go down to the courthouse and sign papers and stuff, so who knew? We were married, and apparently now that [Rob] is getting married for real, his lawyer dug up something."
– Janeane Garofalo tells the crowd at a New York Comedy Festival reunion for "The Ben Stiller Show" about how she's a newly divorced woman, after discovering that her joke marriage to a writer on the show (Cohen) in Las Vegas 20 years ago turned out to be legit. Apparently, the key to making your marriage last two decades in Hollywood is just not knowing about it. Amazing. [Newser]


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Gremlins , Goblins and Ghosts, grab your trick or treat bags and head over to Historic Downtown Shirley for the Annual Boo Bash in Historic Downtown Shirley on Halloween night. The City of Shirley and your area merchants invite you to a safe and fun way to trick or treat with the whole family between 6 p.m. – 9 p. m. Lot's of candy, hot dogs, drinks and fellowship for the entire family. Everyone is invited. Check out this publication or your local merchants during the next week for more information or call Lisa Hackett 723-4848, or city hall Missy Worthing 723-8290
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Hii Amu and other Anwesha fans ....
I just loveee this girl's amazing singing !!!!!....I think she is the best find in all reality musical shows combined till date( in recent times) ..my all time fav is still shreya )!!!!!!....
A true child prodigy ...but her voice also gives away that she does a lot of Riyaaz...
Amu , the siggy is awesome ..I'll use it soon..Thanks to Minali ...
Last but not the least ...count me in...lol..
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wow maya tera aur mera choice humesha same hota hai
haan jee ajeeb ittifaq hai
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and her innocence is seen thru her direct from heart smile! smile to win million hearts! god bless this kid . she if remains focussed in music in coming yrs , she wil b top singer
Amu darling apko tu best Debater ka award milna chahiyay
btw very well said...she is an amazing singer
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Amu , did u read Jaya's experience of the show where chhote ustads performed in Kolkata ????
Anwesha reveived standing ovation after she sung 'Mere Dholna'
and when audience asked who will be the winner ..there was tie between Aishwarya and Anwesha ...means Kolkata has lot of Aishwarya supporters too...
By the way ....tu kyun nahi gayee Swabhumi mein yeh show dekhne ke liye ????????????
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now abt anwesha and ash being joint firsts matter is simple it is just a mental block. i mean the judges hav hyped ash just the way as that of anwesha i wud say more than her.. soo that thing has grown within us that ash is as gud as anwesha. sach kahoon toh i prefer soniya much more than ash. sweet voice cant b the criteria for a gr8 singer.. anwesha i am fan of her becoz she is thorough in classical
and this is the reason subconcious mind we all knw anwesha is better than any1 out there bt still ek ajeeb sa situation ho gaya that we say ash is as good as anwesha
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Campaigners will stage a protest before a council meeting tonight to put pressure on Barnet Mayor Hugh Rayner to step down.
Barnet Alliance for Public Services will head to Hendon Town Hall, in The Burroughs, to urge the Barnet Borough Council mayor to resign.
Councillor Rayner is currently under investigation by Barnet's monitoring officer for a range of complaints relating to housing issues.
He has been accused of overcharging his tenants on housing benefit rents almost 55 per cent above market rate, and intimidating tenants by arriving late at night for contracts to be signed.
In a statement, BAPS said: "Whatever the legal outcome of the investigation, Cllr Rayner's actions are clearly unethical.
"Given that many of these allegations have not been disputed, it is a scandal and an insult to the residents of Barnet that the council has not removed him as mayor – supposedly a position of honour – and suspended him."
A Times Series investigation also revealed he failed to declare interests when voting on controversial housing policies in the council. In a recent poll, 86 per cent of Times Series readers also said Cllr Rayner should step down from his post.
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Now, we will acknowledge that there is an entertainment factor to these videos, as the production is clearly separate pieces put together to make a final product. For example, the customer and rep are obviously not in the same shots together, the customer's bobbing head, and the rep is not looking at the customer (because he is not there when she is making her pitch). Certainly, T-Mobile was not seeking any Academy Awards, though we feel the customer would have been a contender.
Kidding aside, the videos make their point and the most comprehensive is the video covering how to overcome objections, hesitation, coverage concerns, and "No iPhone." T-Mobile USA has been very aggressive in enabling Wi-Fi calling on many of its handsets as an offset to address coverage concerns. They are also clearly pushing Android as the viable competitor to iOS, which is something we have known about.
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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia dealt a serious blow to the FCC's effort to impose network neutrality regulations. In a ruling on April 6, Judge David Tatel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit wrote that the FCC failed to show it had the required authority to regulate how Internet service providers manage network traffic.
The ruling is a victory for Comcast Corp., the nation's largest cable ISP. In 2008, Comcast had been throttling the broadband speeds of customers who were using BitTorrent file sharing to download large volumes of data. The FCC ordered Comcast to end the practice, which the company did voluntarily. However, Comcast challenged the FCC's authority to require ISPs to give equal treatment to all data transfers. The challenge brought increased attention to the network neutrality debate.
In today's unanimous decision, the court determined no congressional approval existed that granted the FCC the power to enforce network neutrality.
"Because the commission has failed to tie its assertion of ancillary authority over Comcast's Internet service to any 'statutorily mandated responsibility,' we grant the petition for review and vacate the order," the court wrote.
The ruling could also have implications for the FCC's recently announced National Broadband Plan, the implementation of which depended somewhat on the FCC's ability to impose network neutrality regulations on ISPs.
The court's 36-page ruling can be found here.


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Helping a child cope with the loss of a loved one
I am privileged to have two very important roles in my life. First, I am a mom. Second, I serve as the bereavement coordinator at Children's Hospital of Wisconsin.
A few years ago, my family was faced with the decision to put our beloved cat, Zekky, to sleep. Here are some tips you can use to help your kids deal with the loss of a loved one.
Provide options.
As the "grief person" in our family, I knew to involve my kids in the process of putting Zekky to sleep. I explained to my children what would happen at the vet's office. My 6-year-old son decided not to go. My 4-year-old daughter was able to hold Zekky as she was gently put to sleep. Even though I received criticism from some of my friends and family, I know that both decisions were right for my children.
Create rituals.
Having a burial ceremony for Zekky in our backyard helped my children grieve. The most important thing we did was talk about Zekky. We talked about our memories, how much we loved her and how sad we were that she died.
Tell the truth.
Unfortunately, death and dying is something that all of us experience. We are not protecting our children when we hide the truth from them. Through honest discussions about death and dying, we can take away some of the scariness. Why? Because the unknown is so much scarier than the known. Using the death of a pet to teach children how to cope with their grief can be a good experience, giving them skills to use throughout their entire lives.
Learn more about helping a child cope with the loss of a loved one here.
– Nichole Schwerman, MA, CT, bereavement coordinator, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin
Children's Hospital of Wisconsin is committed to helping families who are on this painful journey by offering support, resources and hope. For more information about our Bereavement Program, call (414) 266-2995.


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The new Super Rugby maul interpretations won't deter the ACT Brumbies from turning to their go-to attacking weapon when the season begins, according to hooker Robbie Abel.
Referees are set to crack down on the intricacies of the rolling maul this year in a bid to stop teams illegally transferring the ball backwards.
The move became almost unstoppable close to the line, with the Brumbies one of the most successful at turning the set-piece into tries.
They scored 10 tries directly from mauls last season but were told in January by SANZAAR, Super Rugby's governing body, that their attacking weapon was now illegal.
The Brumbies experimented with different styles with varying results in their two pre-season trials.
"I don't think we'll change the Brumbies style of rugby or the focus on getting tries from our maul," Abel said.
"Honestly I think the referees will have a harder time adjusting to the rules than we will. There are a few rules there that we can maybe be unsure of times so I'm sure they are as well.
"We'll just have to adapt as we go and see how things go. I'm happy about the change, I might score a few more tries. We're pretty positive about any rule changes, we'll take it as it comes and still look to dominate."
The Brumbies will begin their season against the Wellington Hurricanes at Canberra Stadium on Friday night.
Abel is battling with Josh Mann-Rea for a spot on the bench behind Wallabies hooker and captain Stephen Moore.
But the 26-year-old has his sights set on a long-term prize in Canberra after moving back to the capital following a stint with the Western Force.
Abel says he lost the love of rugby when he was in Perth, but has rediscovered his passion after reuniting with family and friends in Canberra.
"Moorey is our captain and the Wallabies captain, so he's got every bit of experience you need to be successful in a competition like this," Abel said.
"It doesn't mean Josh and I aren't trying to put as much pressure on him as we can. Hopefully that drives the best out of him and us. I think that's the best for the team - our focus is on team success, not just counting caps."


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My time at the Washington Post is now up, and I wanted to post some photos and share some memories about this summer. The Washington Post is a cut above anywhere else I've worked. I now come out of this summer an infinitely better reporter and writer. I generally covered crime, but also reported on a bunch of other stuff, like the U.S. basketball team, girl scouts, a prison, the Washington Redskins, and the weather.
This Google search will give you a good idea of some of the work I did there, some articles are also posted on this site.
Through my job, I could to check out all corners of the city. Rich, poor, and in between. But the summer was more than just reporting. Part of being a good journalist is really investing in an area, being curious about anything and everything around you, following your interests and passions, whatever is real to you.
To that end, one Monday (which I had off, my work schedule was generally Tuesday-Saturday) I drove to Shenandoah National Park and climbed Old Rag Mountain in near solitude. I encountered less than five people on the nine mile hike. The next picture gives a broad view of the trail, which was for the last mile of the ascent basically climbing over large boulders.
My parents came to visit at the end of July, and we drove down to the Outer Banks in North Carolina. My impression was that the coastline didn't compare to the majestic beauty of the California coastline. But seeing Kitty Hawk, where the Wright brothers flew for the first time, was amazing. This was one of the places in the world where man achieved true greatness. The photo below shows the marker for the launch and the distance markers for the initial flights.
Here's a shot of the Herbert C. Bonner Bridge over the Chesapeake Bay, part of the drive back from the Outer Banks which also included the 20-mile-long Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel.
On another occasion, I drove out to Great Falls National Park, and hiked the Billy Goat trail (another boulder-studded endeavor). Great views of the upper Potomac this time, and again solitude as it was Monday.
On a recent weekend, some friends and I checked out Baltimore, another awesome experience.
For some more photos, check out my Flickr page.
To sum up: I met great people, had great experiences, and developed as an individual and journalist. Cheers, D.C.


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Ordinary Irish Life
Edited by: Méabh Ní Fhuartháin, David M Doyle
Drawing together the strands of music, sport, and popular culture under the umbrella of 'Ordinary Life,' this engaging new book takes the reader on an entertaining journey through modern Ireland, celebrating the many unique expressions of 'Irishness.' From the folk roots of popular culture in the song The Night Larry Was Stretched, to the showbands and community building among U2 fans; from the Riddle of Ravenhill and the 1954 Irish Rugby International, to The Lion of Lahinch - an IRA man's appearance at the Walker Cup. Everyday life is explored in Corner Boys in Small Town Ireland, while a historical dimension follows the Irish railroad workers to Cuba in 1835. Bringing it back to the present is a chapter on the fascination with talk radio and its development in Ireland, and the general recycling of Irish popular culture. This lively collection contributes to the study of Irish Cultural Studies, and meets the growing interest in Irish music and sports studies in an entertaining and cutting-edge fashion. Accessible for a wide audience, the book captures the spirit of Irish life with examples of events and emotions shared by everyone.
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The lives of mothers and babies are being put at risk as births in locations ranging from lifts to toilets - even a caravan - went up 15 per cent last year to almost 4,000. Health chiefs admit a lack of maternity beds is partly to blame for the crisis, with hundreds of women in labour being turned away from hospitals because they are full.
Tory health spokesman Andrew Lansley, who obtained the figures, said Labour had cut maternity beds by 2,340, or 22 per cent, since 1997. At the same time birth rates have been rising sharply - up 20 per cent in some areas.
Well, maybe they just needed spend more money, right? Mr. Lansley states:
While some will be unavoidable emergencies, it is extremely distressing for them and their families to be denied a labour bed because their maternity unit is full. It shows the incredible waste that has taken place that mothers are getting this sort of sub-standard treatment despite Gordon Brown's tripling of spending on the NHS.
Or not.
Hmph. I just don't understand... how could this be? Single payer health care - government run options - are so much more efficient, compassionate, effective, and just than private health care systems, right? They increase competition and lower costs, right? Someone quick, get me an Organizing for America flyer so I can keep believing that!
Be sure to read the whole article. It would be hilarious if it wasn't so scary.
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The November Scorecard
During the month of November, I received 107 query letters and declined fifty-nine. I received twenty-five requested sample chapters and declined twenty-six. I requested six more. I also received one requested proposal and asked to see three more. I received one manuscript that I'd requested.
During the month of November, I offered representation to one author.
Currently, I have fourteen outstanding requests for sample chapters, proposals, or full manuscripts. Please note that if I don't hear from you within ninety days of requesting more material, I discard your original query. Since I respond to everything, one way or another, provided an SASE was included, if you are sure you included an SASE and have not heard from me, and you queried me prior to November 15th, you should probably query me again in February 2006 (no new queries in December, please). Either your query or my response was probably lost in the mail.
I currently have approximately 121 sample chapters, proposals, and full manuscripts to review. Of that 121, about a dozen or so are full manuscripts that I've requested or are by current clients. Additionally, I have no less than five projects by current clients pending final review prior to being submitted. Needless to say, my plate is quite full, and hence the reason I've closed for new queries during the month of December. Looking at this, I realize that I may have to extend that closing to January, so please do check back here for more information prior to querying me.
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STEVE BRUCE hailed the spirit of York City in the wake of Wednesday's friendly defeat against his Hull City side, writes Matthew Graves.
The Hull City boss said the Minstermen was "fiercely competitive and put up a tough fight" after his team's 2-0 victory over the Sky Bet League Two side.
Bruce said: "Nigel Worthington has done a great job here. It would be difficult to come here and play in this lovely city, with a wonderful history.
"It was useful for the European matches next week, but as many people know, I've never been a lover of pre-season friendlies."
Bruce used 20 players on Wednesday and second half goals from Sone Aluko and Yannick Sagbo gave Hull victory, in front of a crowd of
2,031 which included 696 travelling fans.
The FA Cup runners-up have played two friendlies already this summer, against non-League opposition.
The Tigers sent sides to North Ferriby and Harrogate Town on Monday resulting in a 1-1 draw and a 5-0 win respectively.
Hull have one more friendly on Saturday, at Barnsley, before their Europa League campaign begins with a first leg tie at FK AS Tren?ín on Thursday.
Having oozed class on the Bootham Crescent pitch, England hopeful Tom Huddlestone said: "It was a good workout because we all got 45 minutes.
"It's tough because the lads that came on at half-time didn't get a proper warm up and most of us played on Monday night as well."
The 27-year-old also credited the Minstermen's work ethic as he said: "They were very up for it, and in our faces from start to finish."


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The lawyers are circling corporate Australia and boards are not happy.
Resources contractor
Hard times, particularly in sectors like mining services, have prompted a string of earnings downgrades and heavy write-downs. While the shareholders are the ultimate losers, the lawyers can smell a profit.
Litigation funders are driving the surge in class actions, creating a huge challenge for boards trying to navigate Australia's notoriously tough continuous disclosure laws. Company directors are worried about the lack of regulation in the industry.
The problem is that an outcome that compensates shareholders from any monumental stuff-ups or improper behaviour needs to be balanced against the need for management to be able to run a company properly instead of becoming so risk-adverse that nothing actually gets achieved.
The reputation damage from a class action is often far more damaging than the outcome itself. This includes falling share prices, brand damage and the personal cost to senior executives and directors from a claim.
Boards are incredibly jumpy around disclosure since the rules were tightened last year and lawyers are advising management to err on the side of caution.
This results in situations like AWE's premature disclosure of a $1.5 billion merger approach from Senex Energy last week. Senex said AWE's decision to go public was premature and hurt the prospects for a friendly deal, a claim dismissed by AWE which said it made the decision following heavy trading in its stock.
Meanwhile, the US subsidiary of Australian litigation funder IMF had a big victory in the US overnight when an Indiana roofing contractor won one of the biggest defamation awards in US history.
Bentham IMF picked up US$5.1 million ($5.8 million) of a US$17 million award, according to Reuters, in a case relating to a contractor who said US firm State Farm had wrongly accused him of insurance fraud.
Bentham's arm in the US does not run class actions, but funds individual plaintiffs or companies. The case was a big deal as litigation funding is a relatively new phenomena in the United States and is more common in Australia.
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Melbourne co-captain Jack Grimes says coach Mark Neeld is justified in wanting to know the source of allegations about his treatment of the club's indigenous players.
Grimes said Neeld told the players on Monday of a rumour that has been circulating about him and they were so stunned that they initially thought it might be a joke.
Melbourne are furious at the allegation that Neeld spoke with non-indigenous players individually over the pre-season, but only addressed indigenous players as a group.
The Demons have asked the AFL to investigate.
"He was pretty hurt by it and pretty taken aback," Grimes said of Neeld.
"It was almost like blokes thought it was a joke, because it couldn't be further from the truth.
"We didn't know where it came from, we didn't know why the comments were made.
"But we could tell it had affected him a fair bit, because it's s fair sledge to have at someone, to say a comment like that.
"It definitely affected him and his family and he probably has the right to look into it a bit more."
Former St Kilda coach Grant Thomas made the rumour public in a blog posted on Monday, but took down the comment after Neeld rang him to protest.
The Demons are under fire after opening the season with a bad loss to Brisbane on Saturday at the MCG. They now go to Perth to face in-form West Coast.
"From the outside, apparently, the world has turned upside down after the weekend," Grimes said.
"But the sun came up on Sunday.
"We're not going to shy away from the fact that it was a very disappointing day.
"But we have a massive challenge this week that we're looking forward to."
Grimes also strongly denied a suggestion that Neeld's tough attitude had alienated the players.
"I did hear that and I just thought it was a ridiculous thing to say after one game," he said.
"It couldn't be further from the truth ... we're right behind him."


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WASHINGTON — U.S. President Barack Obama made an impassioned pitch to Americans on Tuesday night to support his push to punish Syria for purportedly gassing its own citizens, assuring a war-weary nation a military strike is necessary because "this is not a world we should accept."
"When dictators commit atrocities, they depend upon the world to look the other way until those horrifying pictures fade from memory," Obama said in a televised address from the White House at the end of a day of breakneck developments on the Syrian crisis.
"But these things happened. The facts cannot be denied. The question now is what the United States of America and the international community is prepared to do about it, because what happened to those people — to those children — is not only a violation of international law, it's also a danger to our security."
Obama took to the airwaves amid hopes a diplomatic solution is at hand, one engineered by Russia, a frequent U.S. antagonist and Syrian ally. Bashar Assad's regime said it's accepted Russia's proposal to place its chemical weapons under international control for subsequent dismantling.
Such a move, if sincerely implemented, could avert the need for American military intervention in the war-torn Middle Eastern country. The Russian proposal hit a snag later Tuesday, however, when Russian President Vladimir Putin objected to a French proposal involving the United Nations Security Council.
Nonetheless, Obama said he'd asked Congress to postpone a vote on authorizing a military strike in Syria as Secretary of State John Kerry heads to Geneva on Thursday to meet with his Russian counterpart to discuss a possible resolution.
But the U.S. is still insisting it might act if Syria drags its feet on handing over its chemical weapons — and Obama's White House address was meant to explain his reasoning to a deeply skeptical public. A flurry of polls in recent days suggests few Americans have any appetite for warfare in the dismal aftermath of Iraq and Afghanistan.
Obama said he didn't blame them.
"I have resisted calls for military action because we cannot resolve someone else's civil war through force," he said. "After all, I've spent four-and-a-half years working to end wars, not to start them."
But if the U.S. doesn't act, Obama said, it will embolden regimes around the world to use chemical weapons on their citizens, and such weapons could easily end up in the hands of terrorists hostile to the United States.
Any Syrian strike, he added, would be far different than Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya and Kosovo.
"I will not put American boots on the ground in Syria," he said.
"I will not pursue an open-ended action like Iraq or Afghanistan. I will not pursue a prolonged air campaign like Libya or Kosovo. This would be a targeted strike to achieve a clear objective, deterring the use of chemical weapons and degrading Assad's capabilities."
Obama has agreed to discuss Russia's proposal with the United Nations, the White House said Tuesday, even though he still intends to cajole a wary Congress to ultimately authorize U.S. military strikes against Assad's regime in the event diplomatic efforts fail.
France's foreign minister, Laurent Fabius, said his country is initiating a Security Council resolution at the UN. At a Tuesday news conference in Paris, Fabius said the resolution would include a condemnation of Syria's use of chemical weapons and would vow "very serious consequences" if Assad's regime blocked efforts to set up UN weapons inspections and control the destruction of chemical weapons.
Russia, however, has rebuffed the French strategy, calling "unacceptable" a binding Security Council resolution that threatens force against Syria if it fails to comply. Putin said the plan can only work if "the American side and those who support the U.S.A., in this sense, reject the use of force."
Kerry backed France in a Google Plus chat on Tuesday afternoon.
"We need a full resolution from the Security Council in order to have the confidence that this has the force that it ought to have," said Kerry. "That's our belief and obviously, right now, the Russians are in a slightly different place on that. We'll have to see where we get to."
Both Kerry and Obama have said they discussed the idea last week with the Russians at the G20 summit in St. Petersburg.
Jay Carney, the White House press secretary, was quick to frame the fluid developments as a looming victory for the Obama administration, under serious fire for days for its seemingly erratic response to last month's chemical attack in a suburb of Damascus that left hundreds dead. Assad has denied Western allegations he carried out the attacks.
"Let's be clear, what we're seeing with the Russian proposal and Syrian reaction has only come about because of the threat, the credible threat of U.S. military action," Carney said on MSNBC.
"Before this morning, the Syrian government had never even acknowledged they possessed chemical weapons. Now they have."
Obama spoke earlier Tuesday with French President Francois Hollande and British Prime Minister David Cameron about Syria. On Monday night, Obama and Prime Minister Stephen Harper spoke, agreeing that there must be a strong international response to the use of chemical weapons to deter similar atrocities from being unleashed upon innocent civilians in the future.
Obama also met Tuesday with senators who are wary of U.S. military intervention in Syria. A bipartisan group of senators started preparing a resolution calling for a UN team to remove Syria's chemical weapons by a set deadline and green-lighting U.S. military action if the Syrians fail to live up to their end of the bargain.
In Kerry's testimony to the House armed services committee, he agreed that the Syrians must not be allowed to drag their feet.
"This cannot be a process of delay," he said. "This cannot be a process of avoidance."
John Boehner, speaker of the House of Representatives, said Tuesday he was wary that Russia would truly be able to persuade Assad to give up his chemical weapons.
"I'm skeptical of it because of the actors that are involved. It's as simple as that," Boehner told a Capitol Hill news conference. "Clearly, diplomacy is always a better outcome than military action. But I will say I'm somewhat skeptical of those that are involved in the diplomatic discussion today."
Canada's foreign affairs minister sounded a similar tone.
"Actions will speak louder than words. Canada will wait to see what the particulars are for securing and destroying the entirety of the Assad regime's stockpiles of chemical weapons immediately," John Baird said in a statement.
"Trusting the regime to comply with any commitment after years of deceit would be a challenge. We want to ensure this proposal is not merely a delay tactic."
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Montreal, Que., (Oct. 15)
The local Jewish community today awaited eagerly the decision of Superior Court Justice Charles A. Wilson on a petition for an interlocutory injunction against a "shochet" (slaughterer) asserted to lack "the necessary qualifications."
The Community Council seeks to restrain Isomor Brenner from acting as a ritual slaughterer. Justice Wilson has taken the case under advisement after describing it as "one of the most interesting" he has ever heard.
The court has to decide whether the charter of the Council and the laws of Quebec allow judicial restraint to be exercised in a case of this kind and whether Brenner, ### conformity with the tenets of the Mosaic law, may act as a ritual slaughterer.


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Volume of Brillouin zone show that the volume of the first Brillouin zone is (2π)3/Vc, where Vc is the volume of a crystal primitive cell. Recall the vector identity (e x a) x (a x b) = (e ∙ a x b)a.
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Renovated Hotel Overlooking Seattle Skyline
Like the Eiffel Tower in Paris, Seattle's Space Needle was originally built for a World's Fair in an effort to show off the city's architectural and engineering prowess. Today, Seattle's 520-foot spire has become an emblem of the skyline. It's crowned by a rotating restaurant and an observation deck, which overlooks Puget Sound and Mount Rainier. Five blocks to the southeast, Hotel Five Seattle lies within easy walking distance of the Needle and other downtown landmarks.
The recently renovated hotel has funky, modern décor that fits in nicely amid its ultra-urban location. The deluxe queen rooms have artsy touches such as red accent walls, rainbow-hued canvases, and a window shade printed with creative typography. However, the focal point in many of the rooms is the view: most Fifth Avenue rooms overlook the Seattle Monorail as it zips back and forth, and in most city-view rooms, you can peer out toward skyscrapers to watch young King Kongs intern at the city's supervillain bureau. Bathrooms also lend to the posh feel of the place, as they're lined with Italian tile, an all-glass pedestal sink, and a rain-style showerhead.
In the morning, Max's Cafe (open 7 a.m.–1:30 p.m.) brews blends of Starbucks-brand coffee; the omnipresent coffee company began as a tiny joint just steps away in the Pike Place Market. Breakfasts include a signature five-cheese omelet ($9), and lunches feature plates such as smoked-salmon chowder ($5) and halibut beer-battered in a regional Red Hook brew ($16).
Belltown, Seattle: Trendy Galleries Near Downtown Waterfront
Sandwiched between the downtown business district and the waterfront of Elliot Bay, Belltown has enjoyed a renaissance in recent years; Money called it "a walkable neighborhood with everything you need." Aside from restaurants and boutiques, there are many art galleries here, and they showcase contemporary paintings, bronze sculptures, and fire drills led by ballet dancers. There's also the Olympic Sculpture Garden and the Seattle Art Museum, which has an extensive collection of carvings from aboriginal Australia.
Meanwhile, there's prime people-watching at the Pike Place Market as around 10 million visitors file through it yearly. The market was founded in 1907 in the wake of a growing outrage at the skyrocketing price of onions, and there's still a wealth of affordable fruits and veggies for sale today. For many, though, the bazaar's main attraction lies in its fish mongers, who chant orders to one another and fling salmon across the stalls.
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Law School Pre-Reunion Alumni Wine Mess in New York City
Date:Wednesday, October 26, 2011 - 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Please join Dean Michael Schill and your fellow Reunion-year alumni in New York for a special Wine Mess in celebration of your upcoming Reunion.
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
6:00 – 8:00 p.m.
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New York, New York
Reconnect with former classmates living in New York and learn more about this year's Reunion Weekend, May 4-6, 2012!
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Fluoridation in Water. Do you have it in the water supply in ur city/town/State?
That is a link from a link I found in the State I live in. Thoughts on this and facts please. Let start thinking, and not attacking out loud.
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I still put my NY Tap water through a filter (no matter how clean or safe it is). But you know what, it's a little scary, and at the same time heartening to know that the state is looking out for decaying teeth... It's scary because it confirms the thought that the government is putting things that the average american is not aware of... Makes you think what else is in the water, other than the 'safe' additions.2013 Dodge Challenger R/T: T/A Hood, CAI, Catch Can, Shorty Headers, Custom Exhuast, M.M. 87mm Throttle Body, DiabloToona Custom 93 Oct Tune, 190* Thermostat, Seibon CF Grille, 6.4 CAM, Inertia M.S Ported Cylinder Heads
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08-18-2011, 07:27 PM #8Some people live long, meaningful lives.
Other people eat shit and die.
I'm not racist, I hate everybody equally; especially fat people.
All my water runs through a salt-purifier, then through a filter for the tap.
Meh, I'll see if I start to grow any limbs in the near future.
I have a well, and the water is pretty dang tasty but what exactly am I missing? Our toothpaste has fluoride, isn't that enough? Has flouride been proven to do anything bad?
Alright so check this out.
Not every single chemical that goes into your body 'causes cancer'.
Sure you can hire some chemist or scientist to prove it. I can hire a chemist to prove eating tuna causes brain decay.
You basically can prove anything with a twisted experiment. For instance, we all know the well known ingredient in diet colas Aspartame is thought of being a poison because it killed rats in lab experiments and caused tumors and cancer.
Thats right! It caused cancer and eventually death in rats when they were administered 10,000 times the LD50 dose of aspartame. But the anti-aspartame groups wont tell you the method of experimentation. If you take 10,000 times the median lethal dose of any drug chances are youll die or get cancer.
Fluorine in ionic form is about as harmless as table salt. Table salt is sodium chloride in ionic form. Fluoride is Fluorine in ionic form, it is more stable in ionic form than chlorine because it is more electronegative than chlorine. So in fact, it's even safer than table salt.
Yes it's going into your water, but not it wont cause you to become a brainwashed robot of society under government influence as some wish to be the case.
Like I said before, there are conspiracies and then there's bull$#@!. This is bull$#@! IMO.Some people live long, meaningful lives.
Other people eat shit and die.
I'm not racist, I hate everybody equally; especially fat people.
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Fluoride is harmful for body, and causes different diseases but you can't find a person with Fluoride in his body.
Why? because it's so active. it makes inorganic compounds with alkaline metals and earth alkaline metals ( Calcium, Sodium, Magnesium.. ) and our body is full of these metals. because the amount of Calcium in our body is more than other metals, in most cases the inorganic compounds is Calcium fluoride which is really harmless for health.
The Invisible IQ Lowering Drug Most Americans Consume Daily
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Did you know there's an "invisible" drug that a majority of Americans consume on a daily basis—a drug so harmful it's been proven to cause serious health issues, including damage to your bones and teeth, as well as your kidneys, thyroid, pineal gland, and even your brain. This drug is so pervasive that over 40 percent of all American teens between the ages of 12 and 15 show visible signs of having been overexposed to it, and, shockingly, recent international studies indicate that even small doses of this drug can lower the IQ in children.You are Being Drugged Without Your Consent…
What is this drug?
Many do not realize that fluoride is indeed a drug. In fact, if you decided you wanted to take it, you'd have to get a prescription for it. Yet it's added to municipal water supplies reaching more than 180 million Americans, including infants and the elderly. This is a significant problem, because once you add it to the water supply, you have no way of gauging how much of the drug any particular person will consume on any given day.The Science Incontrovertibly Opposes Water Fluoridation
Consider this: It is illegal and unethical for a medical doctor to give you a drug without specifying dosage, and to fail to monitor your health for side effects from the drug. Yet, your water authority is not only allowed, but encouraged to add a toxic drug—fluoride—to your drinking water without your consent and without any way of knowing who in your household is drinking it, how much, and the effect it is having.
Water fluoridation began in the mid 1940's as a solution to fluoride pollution generated by the Atomic Bomb Program and the aluminum industry, but it was cleverly "sold" to dentists and the general masses as a preventive strategy for reducing tooth decay... It has been heralded as one of the top 10 greatest public health achievements of the 20th century.Would You Drink Shampoo to Clean Your Hair?
Alas, it may actually be more accurate to describe it as one of the greatest mass poisonings in our history. Sodium fluoride, which is a far simpler toxin than the fluoride compounds used for most water fluoridation, has been used for rat and cockroach poisons, so there is no question that fluoride is highly toxic.
In a sane world, public health policy would be based on sound and conclusive science. Unfortunately, that is not the case when it comes to water fluoridation. In fact, despite overwhelming evidence demonstrating that fluoride is not an effective preventive strategy against tooth decay and may be causing significant health problems in many individuals, the practice of adding fluoride to municipal water supplies continues unabated. A majority, 64 percent, of all drinking water in the United States still receives this ill-advised treatment.
Why does this practice continue when it flies in the face of all the current research?
The answer to this question is just one of the countless shocking revelations featured in Professional Perspectives on Water Fluoridation. The film, which features a Nobel Laureate in Medicine, scientists, dentists, medical doctors, and leading researchers in the field, reveals the science behind fluoridation, the effects it has on your health, and why there is no logical or rational reason to continue fluoridating ANY water supply.
The only science that mildly supports the use of pharmaceutical-grade fluoride as a preventive against dental caries is topical use of fluoride (although even that is debatable, based on more recent findings). There is really no scientific basis at all for ingesting fluoride to protect your teeth! In fact, when fluoride is taken internally, it actually damages your teeth, causing a condition known as dental fluorosis; the pitting and discoloration of teeth. Today, 41 percent of American children between the ages of 12 and 14 have dental fluorosis. But that's not all. When you swallow, fluoride it can also cause:
Weakened bones, and fatal bone cancer (osteosarcoma) Impaired mental development, lowered IQ, and dementia Gastrointestinal problems Hyperactivity and/or lethargy Arthritic symptoms Kidney issues Lowered thyroid function Chronic fatigue Disrupted immune systemThis is what the science is telling us about the ramifications of fluoride ingestion. And, yet, rather than taking the precautionary approach and stopping fluoridation until we know more, our policymakers continue to blindly forge ahead; refusing to give the scientific evidence the attention it deserves.The CDC and ADA Advise Against Fluoridated Water for Infants
In November of 2006, the American Dental Association (ADA) sent out an email to alert its members of their recommendation to parents to not use fluoridated tap water to make infant formula.Get Informed; Get the Facts…
Because an average glass of treated water contains 250 times more fluoride than breast milk. A few days later, the CDC followed suit. But neither of them openly informed the public!
As a result, millions of parents are still using tap water to make up formula, completely oblivious of the fact that the agencies that promote fluoridation in this country have also issued a specific warning against using fluoridated water for this purpose. Not only that, but by fluoridating the municipal water supply, you doom many low income families to fail to protect their young children from this dangerous drug, even if they have this information.
The evidence suggests that minorities and low-income families are being disproportionately harmed by water fluoridation, and two Atlanta Civil Rights leaders, Andrew Young and Reverend Dr. Gerald Durley, recently requested that Georgia legislators repeal the state's mandatory water fluoridation law based on this fact.
African American children have been found to consume significantly more total fluids and plain water, and thus receive more fluoride than white children. African American mothers are also less likely to breastfeed than most other racial groups, and since breast milk contains very low levels of fluoride, babies fed formula made with fluoridated water could receive up to 200 times more fluoride than a breast-fed baby. Thus African American children have a higher risk of being overexposed to fluoride from infancy on.
Knowledge is power, and you have the power to not only protect yourself, but also to help protect others once you know the truth. The United States is one of the few remaining developed countries in the world that still fluoridates a majority of its water supply.How You Can Help END Water Fluoridation
Don't you agree that it's time for our policymakers to stop putting your and your family's health at risk? I strongly recommend viewing Professional Perspectives on Water Fluoridation. We can eliminate this harmful practice, but it's going to take people like you to make it happen—so please watch the film to get the cold hard facts, and share it with everyone you know.
The Fluoride Action Network has a game plan to end water fluoridation in both Canada and the United States, and this Fluoride Awareness Week will hopefully bring us a lot closer to that goal by spreading mass awareness. Our fluoride initiative will primarily focus on Canada since 60 percent of Canada is already non-fluoridated. A few weeks ago the city of Calgary stopped fluoridating over a million people and last October the citizens of Waterloo, Ontario voted it out in a referendum. If we can get the rest of Canada to stop fluoridating their water, we believe the U.S. will be forced to follow. Please, join the anti-fluoride movement in Canada and United States by contacting the representative for your area below.
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While many plants, herbs and botanicals can be valuable tools in a holistic approach to managing health, others are terribly toxic to our animal companions.
Here are just a few of the many plants that are poisonous to cats and dogs. This list is adapted from the ASPCA's Animal Poison Control Center materials. For a more extensive list, click here.
Lilies: These popular flowers are considered to be highly toxic to cats. While the poisonous component has not yet been identified, it is clear that even ingesting a very small amount of the plant, can cause severe kidney damage.
Tulip / Narcissus bulbs: These bulbs contain toxins that can cause intense gastrointestinal irritation, drooling, loss of appetite, depression of the central nervous system, convulsions and cardiac abnormalities.
Azalea / Rhododendron: Members of this plant family contain substances known as grayantoxins, which can produce vomiting, drooling, diarrhea, weakness and depression of the central nervous system in animals. Severe azalea poisoning could ultimately lead to coma and death from cardiovascular collapse.
Oleander: All parts of this attractive shrub are considered to be toxic, as they contain cardiac glycosides that have the potential to cause serious effects, including gastrointestinal irritation, abnormal heart function, hypothermia and even death.
Cyclamen: Cyclamen species contain cyclamine, but the highest concentration of this toxic component is typically located in the root portion of the plant. If consumed, cyclamen can produce significant gastrointestinal irritation, including intense vomiting. Fatalities have also been reported in some cases.
Sago Palm: All parts are poisonous, but the seeds or "nuts" contain the largest amount of toxin. The ingestion of just one or two seeds can result in very serious effects, which include vomiting, diarrhea, depression, seizures and liver failure.
Kalanchoe: This plant contains components that can produce gastrointestinal irritation, as well as those that are toxic to the heart, and can seriously affect cardiac rhythm and rate.
Yew: This tree contains a toxic component known as taxine, which causes central nervous system effects such as trembling, in-coordination, and difficulty breathing. It can also cause significant gastrointestinal irritation and cardiac failure, which can result in death.
What To Do If Your Pet Is Poisoned
- Don't panic but try to think clearly and work quickly.
- If you know what has poisoned your pet, take a moment to gather a sample along with any package labeling. Be sure to take the product container with you to your vet. Also, collect in any chewed or vomited material in a zip-lock bag.
- If you witness your pet consuming material that you suspect might be toxic, do not hesitate to seek emergency assistance, even if you do not notice any adverse effects. Sometimes, even if poisoned, an animal may appear normal for several hours or for days after the incident.
- Call the ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center (888) 426-4435. There is a $55 consultation fee for this service.
The following information will be required when you call:
- the species, breed, age, sex, weight and number of animals involved
- the animal's symptoms
- information regarding the exposure, including the agent (if known), the amount of the agent involved and the time elapsed since the time of exposure.
If your animal is having seizures, losing consciousness, is unconscious or is having difficulty breathing, telephone ahead and bring your pet immediately to your local veterinarian or emergency veterinary clinic. If necessary, he or she may call the APCC.
Always consult a veterinarian or the APCC for directions on how and when to use any emergency first-aid item.


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| Chelsea Plumley, Valerie Bader, Anne Looby and Gretel Scarlett. Photos - James Morgan
Let's not talk about vaginas. Let's talk about tits. No, I'm not being chauvanistic or, worse still, misogynistic, or even supercallafragilistic. I merely quote the all-but-opening lines of this Wendy Harmer-plus-penned ninety-minute musical. Having promised not to offend, it lobs into a strident, Pythonesque call, along those lines.
When I say Harmer, plus, I really do mean plus. Creatively, this production boasts an almost impossible, & impossibly long, list of literati; among the wittiest and wisest we have to offer, including the fiendishly clever likes of Richard Glover; myriad talents of actress, author and, above all, former Play School presenter, Merridy Eastman; equally high-achieving actor and playwright, Jonathan Gavin; journo, screenwriter and televisage, Sheridan Jobbins; actor, singer & writer, James Millar & 'multimedia; writer, Debra Oswald.
(I loathe them all for their surfeit of unabashed, unbridled talent.)
But, in the end, just quietly, it's not so very much the book, but music and lyrics, by Bruce Brown, that take the cake, steal the show and, if not the soul, are at the very heart of the action and narrative arc. BB has been described as 'a true, unsung hero of songwriting'. Someone has also said 'his songs are like potato chips: once you hear one, you'll wanna hear 'em all'. Born-and bred in LA-LA-land (where he's worked all the major clubs), he now teaches jazz in Wellington, just across the ditch, works regularly in Sydney and enjoys a very considerable career, as pianist, singer and writer.
The other genius is Anne Looby who, apart from starring, came up with the idea, in the first place.
Obviously, there's something in it for practically everyone; male, female, or she-male. After all, one way or another, at any given age, we all have a vested, or unvested, interest in breasts.
But far from being a vehicle for puns, cheap jokes, jibes, taunts, or wink-wink, nudge-nudge, loo-door inscriptions, Harmer & co have taken on-board the full scope of the subject, in dealing with the ages and anxieties of women, the men in their lives and, most ambitiously of all, cancer!
Cancer isn't, traditionally, the stuff of musical theatre. You won't find it in G & S or Sondheim, to the best of my recollection & knowledge; even if you might find something equally dire and devastating in Schwartz.
Here we find intelligence, insight, sensitivity, empathy and authenticity; backed, by the look of it, by a good deal of research, both medical and anecdotal. It's a great achievement, among many here.
Another is the set, which almost covertly emulates the form of boobs.
Yet another is, again, the score, which exploits all the best motifs of the form, with expertise.
Another is the 3-piece orchestra, under the extraordinary musical directorship of Michael Tyack, which couldn't have been bettered in multiplying it by ten. Piano, bass and drums are more than up to the task.
The final feather in the cap (taking other technical aspects like lighting as read) is the cast, which boasts numerous among Australia's premiere performers, including Valerie Bader (a stalwart of The Wharf Revue, to name but one of her claims to fame); David Harris (Miss Saigon, for one); A Country Practitioner, Anne Looby; the exceptionally well-endowed Sunset Boulevardier, Chelsea Plumley &, making her professional debut, 2008 WAAPA grad, Gretel Scarlett who, just between you and I, arguably outshone the lot of 'em (testimony, I hasten to add, to her charismatic, shimmering brilliance, as actor, singer and dancer, as opposed to any slur, whatsoever, on the shining performances of her peers, onstage).
In fact, BW is about much more than mere chesticles. It's about the totality of life, love & loss. Lock, stock & barrel. It's just that it uses the undiminished glamour and excitement of chest-fruits (like Seinfeld, no matter how many I see, I never tire of them) as the prism through which to view ourselves. It turns out they're more translucent than they appear.
The inevitable publicity blurb cites it as 'a witty and heartwarming journey of courage and determination'. It bloody well is, too.
In the final analysis, it's not My Fair Lady, The Sound of Music, Oklahoma, Cabaret, West Side Story or Rent. It doesn't need to be. It stands, proudly, squarely, justifiably, and admirably, on its own two feet and extends the genre into ground I don't think it's occupied before. And that's really something.
Jason Langley has done a magnificent job, as director; everything, tight as a drum! Simone Parrott, Neil Gooding and, again, the looming Looby, have ensured all has gone according to plan, or better, as producers. Nathan M Wright has effected some impressive choreography indeed. Trudy Dalgleish's lighting design is superb. James Millar has doubled, very capably, as dramaturge, and we've Imogen Ross to thank for that set (another highlight of the production design was in the homage to the French inventor of the bra, which utilised a flag, woven from same, in their dozens) and costumes.
Mammaries are made of this. (C'mon! Someone had to say it.) And I think it's going to inspire some comparable, homegrown ventures. Of course, whether they manage to be comparably good remains to be seen.
Better yet, this uplifting musical (with a fascinating backstory and evolution) strongly supports the National Breast Cancer Foundation. It promises to do more for grassroots education, in that respect, than practically any initiative to date, so, aside from its very considerable entertainment value, it's worth the price of admission, and then some, purely on that basis.
Breast Wishes
An Uplifting Musical
Music and Lyrics Bruce Brown
Written by Merridy Eastman, Jonathan Gavin, Richard Glover, Wendy Harmer, Sheridan Jobbins, James Millar and Debra Oswald
Director Jason Langley
Venue: The Everest Theatre, The Seymour Centre | Cnr Cleveland Street and City Road, Chippendale
Season: 16 April – 3 May 2009
Times: Tuesday – Saturday 8pm
Matinees: Wednesday 1pm; Saturday 2pm;
Sundays (19 April 3pm); (26 April 1pm & 5pm); (3 May 1pm)
Prices: Saturday Evening Premium $75; Adult A Reserve $60
All other shows: Adult $55; Concession $38 (excl. Fri/Sat/Sun)
Bookings: www.seymourcentre.com.au or 02 9351 7940
Info: www.breastwishes.com.au
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A wonderful mixture fun, pathos,singing and dancing.
In all agreat show.
April 17, 2009,
I agree - was at the opening last night and absolutely loved it. I hope it goes all over the world - fantastic
April 17, 2009,
In total agreement. I saw it last night with a group of friends. We loved it. It was a stunning piece of theatre. What makes it even better is that it is a new and fresh and original. Emotionally moving and yet hillarious in just the right places and oh, what a stellar cast. Each one of them were just wonderful. Don't miss it- its brilliant!!
April 17, 2009,
I thought it was the other show about boobs and felt ripped off!I didn't laugh once. hated it.
April 18, 2009,
I have never laughed and cried so much at the same time in the theatre...such a great blend of humour and important messages...I'm booking again and taking a group of friends!
April 19, 2009,
I definitly agree, it is a must see! the cast was amazing and i cant believe that was Gretel Scarletts first show she was flawless
April 20, 2009,
Sounds like they saw Busting Out! and thought we'll add some serious bits and no one will notice.
April 21, 2009,
I thought Breast Wishes was a bit boring and not really that funny. Its a nice idea to do a show about breast cancer and issues but I am not sure it was that succesful. The voices were good but that is not enough to make a show.
April 21, 2009,
As far as the cast goes It's a fabulous line up. But really......I'm confused. Is it a show about Cancer?
April 21, 2009,
Theatre lover - have you seen the show? If you had, you could not be confused.
It is not about cancer - it is about breasts. It does have a section that deals with breast cancer though.
April 22, 2009,
No I haven't seen the show......yet. I was confused because of the association with the Breast Cancer Foundation.
All the very best to you.
April 23, 2009,
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Jamestown stays alive, to play in qualifier
Matt Stockert saw his Jamestown boys hockey team lag in the first period on Friday.
Stockert made sure the Blue Jays understood what was on the line at the first intermission, and they responded with a 5-1 victory over Hazen-Beulah at All Seasons Arena in Minot. Jamestown plays Century at around 1:30 p.m., today in a state-qualifier.
"It was pretty obvious that we were scared," Stockert said. "We didn't want to lose, but it was almost like we were playing not to lose.
"We just needed to bear down and get it done. The kids certainly did that."
The first period wasn't without its bright spots, though, as Jamestown goalie Brian Wenzel kept Hazen-Beulah off the board, and Brandon Stahlhut put the Blue Jays on it with an unassisted goal at the 9:22 mark.
However, the North Stars came back with a Jordan Johnson goal early in the second to tie the game. Fortunately, Nick Stockert converted a power-play opportunity with an assist from Jakobi Lux with 1:35 remaining until the second break.
Despite a 2-1 lead, the Blue Jays suffered a serious loss, as sophomore forward Austin Rene left the game with an injury. Rene is done for the season.
Senior Tommy Bruns scored for the second line, when he converted early in the third, giving the Blue Jays an insurance goal. Jamestown rounded out the final score on two empty-netters from Lux in the final 3 minutes of play.
Hazen-Beulah finished with two major penalties and seven overall. Stockert said his team needed to focus and avoid penalties. The Jays did have five minors.
"We did a good job of keeping focused, I thought," Stockert said. "We stayed fairly disciplined for the most part. I really think, in the end, that's why we won the hockey game. We did the little things better than they did."
Wenzel finished with 25 saves.
Jamestown 5, Hazen-Beulah 1
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Jamestown 1 1 3 — 5
First period: 1, J, Brandon Stahlhut (unassisted), 7:38.
Second period: 2, HB, Jordan Johnson (Mikey Morri, Nate Leintz), 13:24. 3, J, Nick Stockert (Jakobi Lux), 15:25, power play.
Third period: 4, J, Tommy Bruns (Brady Hoggarth), 1:35. 5, J, Lux (Stockert, Stahlhut), 14:13, empty-net. 6, J, Lux (Stockert), 16:56, empty-net.
Goalie saves: HB, Tyler Murschel 5-12-11—27. J, Brian Wenzel 9-7-9—25.
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SAN ANTONIO — One of three men charged with stomping a man to death outside a convenience store was sentenced Friday to 45 years in prison.
Jose "JJ" Velez, 31, took the stand Thursday during the punishment phase of his trial and told jurors he had been set up by friend and co-defendant Larry Castro. Velez said he wasn't responsible for the death of Juan Romero, who died after one of his broken ribs pierced his heart.
"The way I was doing it, I wasn't hurting him," Velez said of his kicks to Romero.
Castro, labeled as the instigator by police, was sentenced to 22 years in prison during a separate murder trial last year. Fellow co-defendant Bernardo "Tiny" Crisanto accepted a plea deal that, in exchange for his testimony against Castro and Velez, capped his maximum sentence at 20 years in prison.
A member of Romero's family clapped loudly as the 45-year sentence was announced, prompting a confrontation that ended with the defendant's mother yelling, "At least my son is still alive."
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The tremors, extreme weakness and fatigue, shortness of breath, insomnia, and loss of apetite are some of the expected side effects. What worries me is the fact that I keep forgetting things, as if they were completely erased from my memory! And then there are times when I feel that I'm just going to collapse and pass out..but I hear that's normal too.
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Draft pedigree aside, Taylor Hall and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins are as different as can be on and off the ice. They are a hockey version of the Odd Couple, a tandem at the core of the rebuild being undertaken by the Edmonton Oilers.
Hall, a two-time Memorial Cup champion and MVP with the Windsor Spitfires selected first overall by Edmonton in 2010, is a dynamic winger with a nose for the net. The 19-year-old scored 22 goals as an NHL rookie and brought fans at Rexall Place to their feet more often than that.
Hall is confident, outgoing and comfortable in the spotlight.
Nugent-Hopkins, 18, taken first overall last June after a 106-point season with the Red Deer Rebels, is a silky smooth centre who draws accolades for his on-ice vision and deft passing skills. He beats opponents with brains, not brawn.
Nugent-Hopkins is also soft-spoken and reserved. One game into his NHL career, he's clearly more at ease doing what he does rather than talking about it.
So far, it looks like a match.
"It's safe to say I might be a little bit more outgoing," Hall said. "You've got to understand, though, I came here after playing three years of junior. When you move away from home, you grow up a lot faster.
"He only played two. He's a young 18-year-old. I was turning 19 my first month of pro."
After showing chemistry together during pre-season, coach Tom Renney played Hall with Nugent-Hopkins on a line with Ales Hemsky in Edmonton's season-opener against Pittsburgh on Sunday.
Nugent-Hopkins responded with his first NHL goal in his debut on a set-up by Hall on the way to a 2-1 shootout win over the Penguins.
"For the most part, we're definitely different players," said Nugent-Hopkins, who led the Oilers in pre-season scoring with six points. "He's such a great guy to play with. He always gets open.
"He has so much speed. You give him the puck in stride and he's gone. It's awesome playing with a guy like that."
Hall, who didn't score his first goal until his eighth game last season, came away from Sunday's win just as impressed with Nugent-Hopkins as a sell-out crowd did.
"He's always got his head up when he's got the puck and he's surveying his options," Hall said. "You can see him thinking what the best option might be.
"For a winger like me, if I can get enough speed going down that wall, I know that the puck is going to come to me in a really good spot. You see the drop passes, the no-looks. I think we can expect a lot of him."
While Nugent-Hopkins admitted to being nervous before the game, it didn't show once the puck dropped.
"I'm naturally a little more laid-back," Nugent-Hopkins said. "I kind of take things in stride and try to have fun. I'm quiet at first.
"Once I get to know the guys a little bit more, I'll become more talkative or whatever, but, for the most part, I'm pretty laid-back."
A year ago, Hall had fellow rookies Jordan Eberle and Magnus Paajarvi to share the spotlight. Nugent-Hopkins is on his own. He was the only rookie in the lineup Sunday.
"Hallsy is more speed and grit, more of a bull-type player," captain Shawn Horcoff said. "He gets wide and you know he's going to the net with it hard and try to make something happen.
"Nuge wants to get the puck and he wants to bring guys to him. He's got that deft, little touch. He can find guys open. He's a great play-maker and a thinker of the game. The puck follows him."
As for the difference in personalities, Horcoff waited to make sure Hall was within earshot to offer his take.
"We'll have to see," Horcoff dead panned. "Hallsy was quiet for a couple of days, then we couldn't shut him up last year.
"When you first come in, it's a little bit overwhelming. You're trying to find your place, trying to find some confidence. You're excited. Hallsy has taken a big step forward. He's talking a lot more, and that's what we want. We want our young guys to have a voice in here."
Off the ice as on it, Hall and Nugent-Hopkins are a going concern. When the Oilers finished skating Tuesday, they were taken to a photo-shoot as part of a promotion for a car company.
"As far as personalities, he's opened up a lot more in the last week, even after the last game," Hall said. "That first game is over and he's kind of breathed a sigh of relief.
"He's a nice kid. He's not going to say anything to the media that's controversial or anything like that. I can tell he's matured some just since I met him the first time at the draft."
The Oilers have eight more games before they have to make a decision on Nugent-Hopkins. If they keep him beyond nine games, they use one year of his entry level contract.
For now, Nugent-Hopkins will line up between Hall at Hemsky, which is as favourable a chance to impress as a rookie could hope for.
"I'm a passer and both those guys have a ton of skill and like to shoot the puck," Nugent-Hopkins said. "They can both find the spots and get open. Our games kind of complement each other."Report Typo/Error
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New Zealand Police has begun an extended six-month trial of a gel-based version of a more concentrated form OC (Oleoresin Capsicum) "pepper" spray, aimed at improving staff and public safety.
The trial of the stronger spray was first announced in the Bay of Plenty last year.
The new spray contains approximately six times more capsicum than the current spray, meaning that it has a more effective immediate impact, and takes slightly longer to wear off. It also contains a non-permanent natural red pigment, which aids aiming and placement of the spray.
National Manager Operational Services, Inspector Jason Ross, said the extended trial, to be held in the Eastern Police District, followed the evaluation of two forms of the spray in the Bay of Plenty in November last year – a traditional liquid 'stream' based spray – and the slightly thicker gel-based version.
"Following the Bay of Plenty trial held last year, Police is keen to further explore the potential advantages of the gel-based spray, which we believe may have some additional benefits over the more traditional stream-based liquid spray that we have been using since 2007.
"Based on evaluation of staff feedback from the Bay of Plenty trial, among potential benefits of the gel spray is that it is less affected by wind and other environmental conditions, meaning less risk of cross-contamination for our staff or members of the public. Also, due to its slightly thicker consistency, it has greater range – but does require a greater degree of accuracy to use effectively," Mr Ross says.
In the meantime, the stream-based version of the spray will continue to be trialled in the Bay of Plenty alongside the Eastern District gel spray trial.
"However, before making any further decisions, we need to be confident that the gel spray will provide the necessary benefits to ensure the safety of our staff and the public. The extended trial in the Eastern district will allow us to test the spray more fully in range of situations and conditions so we can be assured of its effectiveness."
Once an evaluation of the trial has been completed, a recommendation will be made to the Police executive for consideration. However, Mr Ross said no decisions or recommendations would be made until the proper analysis had been carried out.
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A proposed development of 125 homes, including blocks of flats up to six storeys high, was approved despite strong opposition.
Neighbours fear the scheme, which developer Sanctuary Affordable Housing are set to build on the Goss site in Walthamstow, will put a further strain on already-stretched nurseries and doctors' surgeries in the area.
But Waltham Forest Council's planning committee passed the plans by four votes to three at the town hall on Wednesday, controversially discussing the proposal earlier than planned, despite residents who wished to speak against the plans not having arrived.
Speaking against the application, Chapel End ward councillor Kieran Falconer said: "The proposed development is monstrously large. If you estimated two people per bedroom – not a definition of overcrowding - you are looking at nearly 550 people.
"This is far too great an amount of people for the area to sustain. [This application] will tear the heart out of this community."
Neighbours living in Fulbourne Road and Clifford Road have complained of privacy issues and loss of light, while in Victoria Road two and three-storey homes will back onto people's gardens.
Carol Minto, of Victoria Road, said there is a sense of disbelief at the development being approved.
The 39-year-old said: "As a community we're blown away. We're absolutely stunned, the council has sold us short.
"We're in dire need of good nurseries and doctors' surgeries, we're bursting at the seams, but this will make it even harder to support the number of people."
Sanctuary hopes the flats will address the shortage of housing issue in the borough, with 24,000 people on the housing waiting list.
Half the planned homes are desribed as 'affordable' and the developer has pledged to provide £500,000 for local infrastructure.
A total of £175,000 will go on healthcare and £429,395 on education improvements.
The planning committee agreed with council officers that the money should address infrastructure issues, and said the development will bring much-needed regeneration to the area.


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Amber was the FreshStitches Mystery CAL for June 2013
It's a Kangaroo! Isn't she lovely? And she even sports an adorable little joey in her pouch!
Amber measures 14" tall when completed with a worsted weight yarn. You can make her bigger or smaller by using thicker or thinner yarn.
To complete this pattern, you will need:
- Size H (5.0mm) hook, or size to get a nice-looking fabric
- 350 yards of worsted weight yarn
- A pair of 12mm plastic craft eyes
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- single crochet
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