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The Faintest Heartbeat
He's back in the mansion. Not sure why, really, but for some reason he's lingering here in Sunnydale, staying on the outside looking in, not going back to Los Angeles…he stops the thought and corrects himself - not going home.
Does he have a home? And whether he does or he doesn't, why does he want one? It's ridiculous, the idea of a sentimental vampire. This isn't the first time he's regretted having a soul, won't be the last time either, because thanks to that soul, he will always be on the outside looking in. Not a demon, not a man…what the hell is he?
He broods too much. He looks around for a distraction and finds it as he absently flips the light switch and is stunned to find that it works. Just how long can you go without paying a power bill in Sunnydale anyway? Several months, at least, it seems, because Angel hasn't bothered with such things since moving away. Not like he's worried about his credit rating. When you always pay in full, and in cash, no one ever bothers about checking your finances - very handy when you were born before the words social, security, and number had ever been strung together.
Of course, the way the world is changing, he'll more than likely have to figure out some new way of doing things. In the next half century or so, cash might well become obsolete. But it's not something he has to deal with today, and he's grateful. He wishes he didn't have to deal with it ever. For all that he's lived for two centuries and more, he is not very fond of change, though he's learned to cope with it. Computers are pretty nice, or at least quite handy.
Why on Earth did he suddenly latch onto that particular example? The answer comes to him as he reaches out consciously with his senses. He's not alone anymore.
"Is anybody here?" a small, quavering voice asks. It's a voice he knows well.
"Hey, Willow," he answers, trying to keep the irritation he feels out of his voice. Shouldn't she be with Oz tonight? Come to think of it, where is Oz? He hasn't seen the wolf since he's been back. Is he playing a gig with that band of his or something?
"Hey," she says. "Boy am I glad it's you. I was kind of worried that someone else had moved in or something and I was trespassing and all. I'd really hate to get arrested on Thanksgiving…or any day for that matter." She is fidgeting nervously, shifting her weight from one foot to the other, and biting her lip. Combined with that ridiculous orange and pink sweater she's wearing, her manner makes her seem like an innocent child rather than a young woman who's seen enough evil to jade the hardiest soul.
"Is there a reason you're here?" Angel knows he sounds rude, but frankly, Willow isn't welcome and he'd like to know why she has come. It might make it easier to get her to go.
"I…um…I just was needing a place to think. I come here sometimes, 'cause it's quiet and all and… Buffy and Xander are kind of sick of me crying and stuff. So I come here. Of course, I won't cry here now, because, hey, you're here and you don't care about my personal life and all." She's looking at him as if he is the one who has invaded her privacy and it's disconcerting. Or maybe it's that god-awful sweater. Either way, she is making him uncomfortable.
Unfortunately, she is also making him curious. What did she mean about her friends being sick of her crying? Despite the fact that there is no way it will not prolong her presence here, he has to ask. "What are you upset about?"
"Oz," she answers, staring at him as though he's the village idiot. First she made him feel unwelcome and now she is making him feel stupid; even though she's the girl who gave him back his soul, Willow certainly isn't inclined to friendliness towards him. Of course, he can't come up with even one memory of a time when he's been friendly to her, at least not one that doesn't involve him only being nice because he needed her to do some favour or other for him.
"Oz?" he asks, nearly wincing as he does. There's good reason for that as she's now fixing him with a wide-eyed stare that nearly has him fidgeting like a schoolboy.
Fortunately, or maybe not, she figures things out. "Oh yeah. I kind of forgot you didn't know. I was going to tell you, but you made it pretty clear before that you didn't want to hear about my personal life, so…" As much as her words should be a rebuke, they aren't. She seems completely comfortable with his disinterest in being more than barely courteous to her.
Great. Now he feels guilty on top of everything else. The worst part of it is that, frankly, he should. This is the girl who risked her life to restore his soul, who has helped him every single time he's asked her, and he has never bothered to even thank her, let alone treat her in a way her conduct towards him merits. No wonder she's being less warm towards him than he recalls from the past. Why should she be kind or considerate to someone who treats her like a useful nuisance at best and just an ordinary nuisance at worst?
"You know, I'm angry at you," she says suddenly and as if it just occurred to her. He's sure she has a reason – he can think of any number of good ones right now – but he wonders what it is. Oddly, it's not any of the reasons which have sprung so readily to Angel's mind. "I can't believe you made me lie to Buffy. And it was all so stupid. I mean, no offense, but you could have done a lot more if Buffy had known you were here. It's not like you were really any help, what with the lurking and the hiding. And hey…newsflash…she knows you were here anyway because Xander opened his big mouth. I guess syphilis kind of impacts the thinking and all, though I don't think Xander's case was advanced enough to be tertiary. Still, it was mystical, so who knows." He's staring at her now, his eyes wider than hers have ever been, and she seems to realize she has him hopelessly confused. "Sorry. I kind of went off on a tangent there. The point is that you should have just told Buffy you were here."
What is there to say to that, to any of it? Because really, she's right. He was a bystander at best. Why did Doyle's vision send him here at all?
"Are you okay?" Willow asks. She's conciliatory now and it seems ludicrous to Angel. He was downright rude to her earlier. Funny, though, he suddenly realizes that he still doesn't know exactly what happened with Oz.
"I'm fine. But what about you?" How odd is it that this may be the very first time he's ever asked her how she is?
"Umm…okay." She's guarded now, assuming – with cause – that he's not really interested in hearing the answer, that he's just making small talk.
"Willow, it's alright. You can tell me the truth. You said something about Oz…"
Her eyes are suddenly shinier than normal and he realizes it's because there are tears in them. She swipes at her eyes with the sleeve of that hideous sweater and answers with unexpected succinctness, "He's gone." Gone? Did something happen? Is he dead? Angel must actually look worried because Willow answers without him even asking a question. "He left. He cheated on me, tried to kill me, and left me. That's it in a nutshell, I guess."
If Angel has ever been more surprised by anything in all his life and unlife, he can't think of it. Willow and Oz had always seemed to be the perfect couple. How could this have happened? And why is he feeling strangely satisfied?
That last question need never have been asked because the truth is, he knows why. It's because there's no more reason to be jealous of Oz, because he no longer has what Angel never will – a happy life with the woman he loves.
"I'm sorry," he says, which is a flat-out lie. Still, what else can he say? 'I'm glad he left because now I'm not the only demon who couldn't make things work with a human' would be cruel and insensitive.
"Yeah." She doesn't believe him and it's a slap in the face. "No offense, Angel, but if Buffy doesn't care and Xander doesn't care and Giles doesn't care, it's kind of hard to believe that you do."
"You're right," he says, and she deflates slightly. He isn't surprised at that. "It is hard to believe that I care. I do, though."
"You don't have to do this. I can just leave now and we can forget I was ever here, okay?" She suddenly seems very eager to go; the tears which are threatening to fall seem to be her reason. He's cruel, however, and he's not going to let her.
It's the strangest thing; in all the years he's known her, he's never wanted to spend much time with her. That perpetual cheer and boundless optimism were almost oppressive. But now…now that he can see the cracks along the jagged edges of her spirit, now that the smile is as false as a promise of mercy from Angelus? Now he finds her fascinating. He's going to keep her here, explore this new and dark terrain. There has to be some sort of recompense for a night of futility.
"Sit down," he says. It's an order and he doesn't try to disguise that fact. She's confused, but she obeys. "What happened?" He's actually interested in the details, though not because he cares about the breakup as such. He wants to watch Willow's eyes as she speaks, wants to smell and taste the heartbreak. He's not feeling very human after being jerked around by the Powers That Be and it is better if he doesn't think about how much his demon is wound through the threads of his being tonight. Perhaps he should just have left town when the Chumash were defeated, but it's too late now.
"He…you don't want to hear about this." She's a strange creature, at once obedient and willful. It's an intriguing combination.
"Yes, I do." His tone is as definite as can be, though there's no compassion in it. It's another order and she knows it.
"There's really not much to tell." She's still hedging and he sits on the couch beside her. It's not to be companionable, though. He's hemming her in, forcing her into a physical intimacy just uncomfortable enough to make her do as she's told.
For a moment he wonders why he's doing this, why he's so willing to put her through anguish for his own…amusement? But his mind drifts back to that rant of hers and the way she'd said he was no help at all and he realizes that he knows exactly what he's doing and why.
"You can talk to me." He's all softness and understanding and pain-filled brown eyes. The chuckle of his demon rebounds through his head as he slips on that coat of soulful compassion. Has it ever been more than a costume? Does Angel truly care about anyone?
"You don't care." She says, fixing him with a glare so piercing that it surprises him. Lying isn't going to satisfy the hunger building inside. He decides to try the truth.
"Maybe I don't, but I'm willing to listen, so why don't you just tell me?"
She's at least as surprised as he is and he can tell that he's won. Knowledge creeps into him – maybe this is why he's here.
"He cheated on me. What else is there to tell?" He overestimated himself. She's still recalcitrant.
"With who?"
"Does it matter?"
His demon is roaring in both anger at the challenge and not a little pride. He'd spotted her, after all, seen potential in her that Angel never saw with his soul, and Angel has to admit now that the girl would make one hell of a pet. Breaking her would be delicious and he could only imagine the masterpiece of servile pleasure that would be the end result of proper training. Just remember not to turn her, he reminds himself, though why he does so is something he does not want to think about.
Silence – he decides to see if that will pry a detail or two from those obstinate lips.
He's finally found a trick that works, because it does. "Veruca," she says softly. "Her name was Veruca. She was a werewolf, like Oz."
Funny how that's nowhere near as satisfying as he thought it would be. Suddenly, he feels for her. So does his demon, and neither of them are pleased by that. It leads Angel to react…badly. "Maybe he needed something more, you know?"
It's cruel and it hits her full force. She leaps off the couch. For a moment, he's terrified she'll leave. She doesn't. "I would have done…stuff, you know! All he had to do was ask. Because hey – I even offered to do…things…with him and he always said no. And instead, he goes and screws some skanky bitch who wasn't even that great a singer!"
The cute, shy way she talks about sex suddenly has him aroused. Because he's pretty sure he knows what she means by 'stuff' and he's absolutely certain she'd have done all that she offered Oz and so much more. There's a sudden vision of her - pants and underwear off, still wearing that sweater –on all fours in front of the fireplace, Angel pounding into her ass. She'd love it because he did; she's that kind of girl - the kind of girl who loves girlish sweaters because they are what her mother bought for her and it would never occur to her to dislike what her mother thought suited her, the kind of girl who'd enjoy anything he wanted her to enjoy.
Angel smiles darkly at the vision, the grin creeping up one side of his face.
Her voice breaks through. "Great. Glad my pain amused you so much." She doesn't understand at all and he jumps up and grabs her arm.
"I wasn't laughing at you."
"Oh really? What were you laughing at? Elves?"
That stops her cold. "Why?" He leads her back to the couch and she sits…so obedient.
"Because he's an idiot."
She obviously wants to know more, but that's tough, because that's all she's getting. There's silence again and it's all he can do not to harden as she doesn't ask the questions he's been expecting.
That doesn't mean, however, that she doesn't ask any questions. "Why did you stay? I mean, you haven't gone to see Buffy, so she can't be the reason you're staying…unless you were planning to and I'm holding you up. Am I?" She looks almost panicked at the thought that she's keeping him from a rendezvous with his one true love.
"No," he says, "I wasn't planning to see Buffy." What he doesn't say, because he doesn't want to admit it to himself, is that he doesn't want to see her. She'd looked so arch, talking to that man at the coffee shop. She'd been common and human in a way that wasn't the Buffy he remembers. It bothers him.
But what bothers Angel more is how human he realizes he isn't. He wonders if even a heartbeat and limited lifespan could make him one of them now.
He was right; he knows it now. This meeting with Willow is why he's here at all, though he doesn't know what it means and he's still ready to curse the PTB for the whole damn, frustrating mess. There's still time, he thinks, to make it back to L.A. before sunrise. Or he could stop at a motel along the way and wait out the daylight. Anywhere would be better than here.
He stays where he is – on the couch next to Willow. He tells himself it's because leaving now would hurt her, but since he's never cared about that in the past, it's a thin alibi.
She's looking at him expectantly, eyes unblinking. She unnerves him, and not just for this reason, though it's enough. The tables have turned and he's the one who's cornered. He's reminded of the rats on which he used to feed. Are his eyes small and sharp and beady-red, shrinking against the onslaught of her own, large and green?
"I don't know why I stayed," he says at last. She blinks and he almost sighs with relief.
"Oh," she says, not seeming at all dangerous anymore, though he knows that's not the case. "Do you want me to leave?"
The word 'yes' is right there at the tip of his tongue and what emerges instead is, "No, I could use the company, actually. Besides, you never finished telling me what happened with Oz."
"Yes, I did," she says, and Angel is almost gleeful that she's vulnerable again, it's where she belongs.
"Not really. You said he cheated. You never told me why he left." It occurs to him as he speaks that he never realized just how well he knew her before. But he knows that there's no chance in a thousand hells that she would throw Oz over for an indiscretion. She doesn't have nearly enough pride. Or maybe she just loves not wisely, but too well. Either way, if it were up to her, Oz would still be here.
"He said he needs to learn to control the wolf." She says it as if the words are sounds and he knows she doesn't believe it for a minute. In her mind, Oz left to look for greener pastures, simple as that. Before tonight, Angel might have thought that, too, but not now. Now, oddly, he looks at Willow and he thinks she could easily unsettle a demon…and enthrall one as well.
After all, Angel is still here.
"He's probably right." The tone is noncommittal and the words far less definite than what he feels. But the point is not to offer her anything and he succeeds to a marvel – she thinks he's every bit as patronizing as he's sure her friends have been. He is, but for vastly different reasons.
"I know what you're thinking." She's mercurial to a degree that surprises him and now she's back on her feet. "You think stupid, geeky Willow should just suck it up and accept that she just wasn't good enough. Be realistic, set her sights lower."
He's too unsettled for guile and he blurts out "I don't think that at all" with as much sincerity as he's ever felt. And now he's stuck. Damn her for the mongoose she is.
"Yeah, sure thing, Angel. Because you're such a good friend. Do you know this is the longest conversation we've ever had? We've never even been in the same room together for this long."
She's right of course, though not of his demon's volition. He wonders if she realizes what those fish meant…or that it wasn't a stake in Angelus's pocket that night at the school. No, he's pretty sure she thinks it was all about Buffy. Angel had sloughed the truth off and told himself it was as well.
It occurs to him out of the blue that he's utterly absurd and illogical. He sees his demon as a separate entity whenever it suits him, but he also prefers to credit that demon with having the exact tastes and proclivities he is comfortable with. Unfortunately, the truth is something darker and more difficult – while there are things he'd never do now that he has the soul, the demon is him and its tastes and feelings and needs are his as well. He's not just the man with a taste for independent, forthright, sexual blondes who display a generous amount of tit. He's the man who craves obsession, desire, and utter devotion. He can't just claim Darla and Buffy…Drusilla and William are his as well…and so is Willow.
She might not be his obsession the way Dru and Spike once were, but that's only because Angelus was distracted by Acathla. Had things been different…
"You're right," he says, though he's been silent for so long that it takes her a beat or two to connect his words to her own. "But…"
"But that doesn't mean you don't care?" She's snide, and not without justification.
He shrugs. It's not as if there's a right thing to say. She may have once been gullible, but heartbreak has sharpened her into a cynic. "It doesn't really mean anything, I guess."
She's nonplussed now, unsettled again. Anxiety and uncertainty suit her; he likes what they do to her face and her scent. He gets a flash of memory. Her fear smelled even better.
"I'm gonna go," she says, and she means it. It's ironic that now that she's standing up, wearing something close to that expression he remembers as being called her 'Resolve Face', ready as anything to leave him be, that's the last thing he wants her to do.
"It's not your fault," he says out of nowhere. "I just don't know how to talk to you. And I'm sorry."
He doesn't know which of those words is responsible, or if it's all of them together, but she's in his arms now, sobbing. The feel of that sweater under his fingers is far more inviting than its gaudy colours and he can smell loneliness and hopelessness in each of her tears. She's beautiful to him in a way that no one ever has been before. He may not want her to leave, but she needs to…and so does he.
"Let me drive you home," he says when her tears have slowed somewhat.
She nods as she wipes her nose with the sleeve of her sweater, looking embarrassed afterwards. Somehow it doesn't seem gauche or crude, just childlike, and that's something about her that Angel sees differently than he did before…or is it merely differently than he wanted to see her?
There's silence as he drives her back to the dorms, but for the directions she gives as they go, and he barely looks at the road. He's too busy committing her tear-stained face to memory. Later, he'll sketch her several times and tear each version to shreds, hating himself both for creating and destroying.
Tonight, though, as he heads back to Los Angeles just in time to outrun daylight and depravity, his nostrils still keenly attuned to the traces of Willow's scent left in his car, he thinks to himself that – more than anything – he wants to be Liam again; to be a simple man with simple needs and simple, uncomplicated desires; to be someone for whom the night's revelations were only a fever dream. It would be something, at least…something…
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The longest-ever recession to afflict the eurozone comes to an end in the second quarter of the year, official figures confirm.
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Like at least 60,000 others in the UK, I suffer from cluster headaches, which leave those they afflict in temporary agony, writes JIM SOAR.
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My motto is: Comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.
Comfort the afflicted, and afflict the comfortable.
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Little things console us because little things afflict us.
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War is one of the scourges with which it has pleased God to afflict men.
A crackdown in 1961 resonates as troubled times afflict Paris once again.
(Yasmine Ryan in The Independent - World News, )
Natural plant toxins found to kill intestinal parasites that afflict bees, researchers find.
(Tech Times - Science, )
Many deadly diseases that afflict humans were originally acquired through contact with animals.
(Science Daily - News, )
Eating disorders are severe illnesses that can afflict anyone no matter what age, gender, or race.
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Melanoma is most common in light-skinned people, but it can also afflict those with darker pigment.
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Slavery in the United States was once a roaring success whose wounds still afflict the country today.
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A type of liver disease once thought to afflict primarily adult alcoholics appears to be rampant in children.
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A range of extreme weather conditions from drought to torrential rains could afflict countries surrounding the Pacific.
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The World Health Organisation says the Ebola virus epidemic is still accelerating and could afflict more than 20,000 people.
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The brain's prefrontal cortex may play a role in walking difficulties that afflict Parkinson's disease patients, new research suggests.
(UPI - Health News, )
Gout, an ailment typically associated with elderly, red-faced men gorging on rich food and alcohol, was said to afflict King Henry VIII.
(Daily Mail - Health, )
Cancer drugs work because they're toxic, but that's also why they afflict healthy cells, producing side effects that can compromise their efficacy.
(Science Daily - News, )
Businesses allow parents to leverage their wealth, contacts and the hope of investors to jump-start research into the diseases that afflict their children.
(The New York Times - Business, )
A Google-backed biotech company plans to build a new Bay Area-based facility to research diseases that afflict the elderly, such as neurodegeneration and cancer.
(The New York Times - Technology, )
A new NASA study says the driest and longest droughts in more than 1,000 years could afflict much of the U.S. Southwest and Central Plains in just a few decades.
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Most neurodegenerative diseases that afflict humans are associated with the intracytoplasmic deposition of aggregate-prone proteins in neurons and with mitochondrial dysfunction.
(Nature Reviews Neuroscience, )
Pulmonary hypertension and congestive right heart failure afflict some cattle living at high altitude in an autosomal dominant pattern, yet no responsible genes have been identified.
(Nature Communications, )
This month marks 35 years since the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention first reported cases of a puzzling illness that was initially thought to primarily afflict gay men.
(Los Angeles Times - World News, )
Varicose veins afflict one in three women in Britain, and from the knobbly blue worms and red spider's legs that go on show here every summer, it's clear French women know something we don't.
(Daily Mail - Health, )
One of the world's most prolific bacteria, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, manages to afflict humans, animals and even plants by way of a mechanism not before seen in any infectious microorganism -- a sense of touch.
(Science Daily - News, )
The World Health Organization's (WHO) recent prediction that the Ebola epidemic in West Africa could afflict more than 20,000 people before it's brought under control is sparking fear among some about what may happen if the virus goes airborne.
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Just a suggestion: if it doesn't cause too much bloat, maybe add the option for background gradients? Or at least maybe an option for transparency so we can add our own gradients/images.
Awesome library btw, very slick piece of code.
Thank you… :)
You can set transparent color as explained here. Gradients are not possible as of now. But I'll consider it for future versions.
Sunil Urs
Hi Sunil,
We are going to start a new project for a large company that will be heavily using charts. Now it is a research phase where we are looking into different charting solutions. I guess CanvasJS should satisfy most of the requirements. But there is a high probability that gradients will be required for the project. Are there any plans for adding gradients support in the near future?
Teimur Sadykhau
Sorry, gradients are not in the roadmap as of now.
When do you think you'll have gradients on the map? We're looking for a product to use as we port our Flash application to HTML5. We have our fills that I've completely ported to the CSS3 spec in which some are bitmap fills and some are gradient fills. For a charting product we need to at the least support Gradients.
It would be great if we could have a callback that will provide a canvas, data item, series, and etc… so that we could draw our own bars on the canvas.
As of now we have decided to go with Flat Colors only and hence Gradients won't be supported in near future.
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Living a healthy life isn't only about a having a strong body. It's also about emotional intelligence, spiritual connection, and awareness. It's about your ability to heal even when hurt. To find peace in the middle of craziness and goodness in the midst of despair. It's about finding your passion, living your purpose, and making a positive difference in the lives of others.
To feel healthy and live well no matter what's going on around you, you need strengthen your physical body, as well as your spiritual connection and emotional resilience.
These days, I'm practicing ways to bring the three into alignment, to strengthen my body by bringing more activity into my day and to boost my mind and spirit by living consciously with awareness. Nothing is separate and when you cultivate the three together you step into your best and strongest self.
Here are some ways to do it.
1. 100 steps of gratitude. I am a writer with arthritis which means I sit. A lot. It's easy to limit my activity on the days when I'm sore or stiff, but I never miss my gratitude practice. So, I've combined the two to get me physically and spiritually moving. In my home I have a 100-step route, through the kitchen, around the living room, down the hall. On warm days I also hit the deck. With each of the 100 steps I take, I give thanks for something. I do it aloud. The practice keeps my joints moving and appreciation flowing.
2. Mindful eating. This is a toughie for me, because I'm impatient. I eat fast. But, it's so important. Not only will present-moment focus on the meal slow you down which is better for your digestion (you'll also end up eating less) it also makes the food taste better and the meal more enjoyable. Before eating your next meal, slow down to give attention to what is on the plate. Then, take one bite. Put your fork back on your plate and just savor the flavor and the chew. Take it all in. When you eat mindfully, you make meals a time for physical and spiritual nourishment.
3. Have fun and get moving. Play is essential to our emotional and physical health and, well, so is exercise. So, what if you framed exercise as fun? In yet another study that demonstrates the power of how we talk to ourselves, researchers led by Carolina Werle discovered that people who do physical activity that they call or think of as fun, tend to eat less, feel less fatigued and report greater happiness after the activity than those who view the movement as exercise. If you view the activity as a "scenic walk" you're bound to make healthier choices than those who describe the walk as "exercise." Lesson here? Find a physical activity that you like, one that really is fun, and talk about it as a recreational event rather than a required activity and you'll reap greater reward.
4. Do something. It's easy to excuse your way out of exercise, but there are plenty of things that do have to get done and you can use them to build activity into your day. Wash dishes, pull the weeds, make the beds, vacuum. When you pull the milk jug out of the fridge for the morning breakfast, do a bunch of bicep curls. My physical therapist suggests to get up and do jumping jacks or some other activity during television commercials. I do my stretches during the breaks. Do something to interrupt the amount of time you sit still, and when you do move act deliberately. If you give mindful attention to the chores, or the commercial-time activity, if you really become present to your actions in the moment, your powers of awareness and concentration grow right along with your muscles.
5. Practice self-acceptance. Finally, be accepting what is. Don't judge your body for its shape or size or how well it moves or doesn't move. Don't harsh on yourself for sometimes having a bad attitude or not being mindful at times. Just notice how you are responding, physically and emotionally. Just pay attention. Acknowledge where you are in this moment without judgment and that shift will help you do better.
When we judge ourselves, we shut down any growth. Think about it – if somebody is constantly criticizing, telling you how rotten you are, or how you will never succeed, that feels downright defeating and we are more likely to quit.
You wouldn't talk that way to your kid or friend (I hope) so don't do this to yourself. Instead, offer yourself encouragement. Acknowledge this moment without judgment, knowing too that the next moment will be different. Accept who you are and be compassionate.
I did a wall sit a few weeks ago (I do this while brushing my teeth – just a little way to add in activity) and I barely made it 20 seconds. I didn't judge or condemn myself for my weakness. I just made a mental note: "I did a 20-second wall sit." Then, I continued on. I did a wall sit every night after for a couple of weeks. Last night, I did a 2-minute wall sit without breaking a sweat. We are more likely to continue on and make healthy progress when we feel safe and supported. Give that to yourself with acceptance.
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Where to find relics from the Passion of Christ in Rome
With so much rich history in Rome, it's nearly impossible to see everything. However, if one wanders between some of the better known landmarks, it's possible to find some truly amazing spots. The Basilica of the Holy Cross in Jerusalem is one of those spots. (And despite its misleading name, the Basilica is actually located in Rome.)
The relics kept in the Basilica include: two thorns from the crown that Christ wore during the Passion, one of the nails, part of the Cross, and the 'INRI' sign.
"The nail is so large. Really, it's quite moving.â?
"I'm impressed. I find it amazing that I can see something that goes back 2000 years.â?
"Seeing this makes you reflect and strengthen your faith. It makes everything so real.â?
According to tradition, both relics, and the land the basilica was built on, were brought from the Holy Land by St. Helena. She was the mother of Constantine, the emperor who ended the persecution of Christians in Rome.
"Some things cannot be explained with words, and when you come to a place like this, where you really see things that are part of your faith, and are part of your life, it helps you a lot and it moves you.â?
A reproduction of the Shroud of Turin is also preserved in the basilica. The actual Shroud will be shown later this year in Turin.
"Above all, the face is the most impressive. I look straight into the face of Jesus. It makes a strong impression.â?
"It helps you understand how much the Lord suffered at the end of His Passion.â?
There are even more relics inside the basilica. One can also see part of the Cross that tradition says the Good Thief was crucified on alongside Jesus. The finger that St. Thomas put into Christ's wounds as he doubted His Resurrection is also believed to be there.
Although these relics are ancient, the Church does not require belief in them. They are memorabilia that may not necessarily be authentic, but instead help represent the core of the Christian faith.


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Los Angeles, June 4 (AP): Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton. Nicole Kidman and Tom Cruise. Melanie Griffith and Antonio Banderas. Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger. Penelope Cruz and Matthew McConaughey. Jen and Ben. Angelina and Brad.
High-profile pairings all. And all share another thing: love bloomed on the set.
The latest addition to the list, Jennifer Aniston and Vince Vaughn ' whose coupledom has been reported widely, though they refuse to officially confirm it ' met while making The Break-Up.
Cynics might say these set-sparked couplings are nothing more than publicity stunts. Experts, though, insist workplace romances are common and make perfect sense.
Celeb partnering is an almost surreal example of what happens in real life, said Kristin Kelly, spokeswoman for the dating website Match.com. Its natural for people who are in the same profession who spend so much time together to forge a relationship.
Theres more to it than that, said Helen Fisher, a biological anthropologist and author of Why We Love. Like attracts like, in terms of looks and lifestyle, and a movie star rarely runs into somebody as good looking as they are, Fisher said. Except maybe on the set.
Actors might also be more vulnerable to falling in love. Those who seek performance as a profession tend to be risk-takers, she said. Plus, she said, the on-set environment can induce an intoxicating physical reaction. Any kind of novelty or excitement drives up dopamine in the brain, and dopamine is associated with romantic love.... I wouldnt be surprised if movie sets literally set the stage for romantic love.
Its easy to believe, considering some stars fall for their leading ladies or men again and again. Cruz dated Cruise (Vanilla Sky) and Matt Damon (All the Pretty Horses) before hooking up with McConaughey, her Sahara co-star.
McConaughey was previously linked with two of his A Time to Kill co-stars, Ashley Judd and Sandra Bullock. Cruise connected with Kidman, his wife of 10 years, on Days of Thunder.
Ben Affleck met Jennifer Lopez on the Gigli set and they got engaged. Then he met Jennifer Garner on Daredevil and they got engaged. He and Garner are now married.
Pitt hooked up with his former longtime love, Gwyneth Paltrow, while filming Seven. He previously dated Juliette Lewis, his co-star on the TV movie Too Young to Die, and Jill Schoelen, with whom he starred in 1989s Cutting Class.
Actors keep a round-the-clock schedule during filming, working long hours away from home for weeks. An exotic locale only adds to a feeling of unreality, said Jeremy Ritzlin, a West Hollywood psychologist. Its like a summer-camp romance.


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Blockchain technology has the ability to not only increase secure data exchange for governmental bodies, various industries and the private sector – it also makes that data transfer simpler, more transparent and easier between entities. But Blockchain is more than that – it has the potential to reorganise society as a whole – from voting to governance, supply chain to finance, insurance to health, music and video distribution to identity and more.
'Oh my god, this is it. This is the big breakthrough,'" said Marc Andreessen, the co-creator of the first commercial Web browser, Netscape, and a big investor in technology ventures as founder of Andreessen Horowitz in Silicon Valley. "This is the distributed trust network that the Internet always needed and never had."
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Globally Engaged in Outreach (GEO) missionaries A.J. Davis and Ryan Volkman serve the Lord through The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod (LCMS) as English-as-a-Foreign-Language teachers. A.J. serves in Slovakia, while Ryan serves in the Czech Republic. Ryan and A.J. recently attended a weekend retreat for men in the Czech Republic.
On the weekend of February 1 and 2, 2014, GEO missionaries Ryan Volkman and A.J. Davis attended a conference for Christian men which was hosted by the Silesian Church of the Augsburg Confession (SCEAV), a Lutheran church body with which the LCMS works by sending personnel and other resources. The conference took place in Trinec, Czech Republic. The conference is an annual event which allows men to have time together to discuss topics important to them through a Biblical lens. It also allows for a time of strengthening relationships between fellow believers. A.J. shares, "There were about 300 men in attendance and one woman (she was the singer). The speakers were Czech, Polish, and Slovak. The topic was called "Tvari v Tvar, dej tomu hloubko," which means, "face to face – to go deeper" It was a series of lectures about how to develop relationships with God, women, the church, and the community. It talked about different relationships in the Bible, and distractions men face in today's world." The event was open to Christian men from several different countries. For instance, A.J. traveled with six Slovak men to the conference in the Czech Republic.
As noted in January's Missionary Profile, over 80% of the citizens of the Czech Republic marked "other, unspecified" or "none" on the religion section of the most recent census. For this reason, a conference like this serves not only as much-needed encouragement for these men, who likely often feel somewhat isolated in their beliefs, but also as a wonderful witness to the rest of the culture. Ryan touched on this reality when reflecting on the conference. He says "this is quite a special event because it is not often you have such a big gathering of men who believe in God in the Czech Republic. It was encouraging for those that attended."
A.J. adds: "It was was great seeing the many people from the different countries coming together to be able to worship God. I traveled with six Slovak men for five hours in one car to the conference, and it was a time of fellowship and being included in such an international event."
The conference has been held annually since at least 2006. Last year's theme was "Trapped" and dealt with issues of pornography. The SCEAV has posted resources from past conferences, including videos of the speakers or MP3 recordings of lectures, on the conference website.
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Well, it wouldn't be a day ending in "y" if the Tangerine Tyrant wasn't tweeting something deserving of a thorough mocking. Today, however, is a very special day because what follows this completely asinine tweet is a vortex of assholery when Pharma Bro, Martin Shkreli, started commenting.
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My Administration will follow two simple rules: https://t.co/ZWk0j4H8Qy
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 29, 2016
The link shared was to Lord Cheeto's Instagram account. Clearly, he is looking to grow his followers, (presidential PR plans don't create themselves, folks), so he's cross posting his shitty memes from one social media platform to the other.
Of course, the saddest joke here the whole idea that all of a sudden manufacturing jobs are going to miraculously return to the United States because a man who manufactures his products overseas and hires "foreign guest workers" has now been elected. That TOTALLY makes sense. Well, the Giant Orange Traffic Cone's supporters sure seem to think it does, anyway.
Oh, and never mind the jobs that have been replaced with automated systems, another very real threat to American jobs, and now seemingly an even bigger one with Trump's pick for labor secretary. But, I digress.
In a reply that called out the hypocrisy in Chief Cheeto Little Fingers' tweet, the man-boy every red-blooded American with at least a few brain cells loves to hate, Martin Shkreli, commented on the tweet. The replies directed to Shkreli are basically what we all want to say to the greedy little twit.
RELATED: Charlie Sheen's Totally Classless Tweet About 2016, Death And Trump Is What We've All Wanted To Say
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Just like nature itself, the field of population biology in plant pathogens is constantly evolving, yet it has been more than 25 years since a comprehensive book on this important topic has been produced. Population Biology of Plant Pathogens fills this information gap by explaining how population genetics are applied in plant pathology today.
This interpretive guide is ideal for teachers and students of graduate-level plant pathology courses, as it provides a conceptual foundation of the genetics, ecology and evolution of plant pathogen populations while also introducing a wide array of examples that include plant pathogens of all major types: fungi, oomycetes, bacteria, viruses, and nematodes. Researchers and population biologists who wish to specifically study population biology in plant pathogens will also find this book an important tool, as it explains the basic tenets of population biology, population genetics, and the evolution of plant pathogens, and illustrates their applications in epidemiology and applied agriculture.
Population Biology of Plant Pathogens is structured to explain the wonders of evolutionary phenomena in plant pathogens in a logical and orderly fashion
- Chapters one through six address foundational concepts in population genetics, such as genetic markers, genetic diversity, mutation and random genetic drift, natural selection, and migration and population structure.
- Chapters seven and eight cover recombination and clonality
- Chapters nine and ten address gene-for-gene systems and disease resistance
- Chapter 11 focuses on emerging plant diseases
- Chapter 12 illustrates applications of population biology in epidemiology and applied agriculture
Population Biology of Plant Pathogens also contains other important features that further support learning. These include helpful sidebars that highlight topics to initiate discussion; concept summaries at the end of each chapter; a glossary of key terms, a list of commonly used abbreviations; recommended readings; and a comprehensive index.
1 Introduction to Population Biology and Evolution
Population Genetics
Introduction to Evolutionary Processes
Natural Selection
Random Genetic Drift
Interactions among Evolutionary Processes
Challenges in Studying the Population Biology of Plant Pathogens
Hypothesis Testing and Interpretations of Data in Population Biology
The Relevance of Population Biology in Plant Pathology
Summary of Key Concepts
Recommended Reading
2 Genetic Markers for Population Genetics
Characteristics of Ideal Genetic Markers
Selective Neutrality
Locus Specificity
Minimal Homoplasy
Independent, Unlinked Loci
Repeatable, Unambiguous Scoring
Historical Perspectives on Genetic Markers in Plant Pathogens
Phenotypic Markers in Plant Pathogens
Molecular Markers Before the Advent of PCR
Advances in Genetic Markers Because of the Invention of PCR
PCR-Based Markers That Are Not Locus-Specific
Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphisms
Discovery of Microsatellite Loci
Development and Scoring of Microsatellite Markers
Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms
Multilocus Sequencing and Small-Scale SNP Genotyping
High-Throughput SNP Genotyping with Hybridization Arrays
SNP Discovery and Genotyping Using Next-Generation Sequencing
Ascertainment Bias
Quantitative-Trait Loci and Genome-Wide Association Studies
A Simple Guide for Choosing Genetic Markers
Summary of Key Concepts
Recommended Reading
3 Sampling and the Estimation of Genetic Diversity
Defining Populations and Individuals
Random Sampling under Ideal Conditions
Defining a Target Population
Random Sampling from Populations of Plant Pathogens
Spatial Scale of Sampling
Temporal Considerations in Sampling
Sample Sizes and Replication
Sampling Plant Pathogen Populations in Practice
Sporadic Occurrence of Some Organisms
Independence of Sampling Units
Accounting for Underlying Genetic Structure
Allele Frequencies and Diversity at Single Loci
Allele Frequencies
Gene Diversity
Genotypic Diversity
Genotypic Richness
Commonly Used Diversity Indices
Genotypic Evenness
Comparing Genotypic Diversity Between Populations
Diversity Estimated from Relatedness of Multilocus Genotypes
Nucleotide Sequence Diversity
Evolutionary Processes That Increase or Decrease Genetic Diversity
Diversity in Populations of the Late Blight Pathogen, Phytophthora infestans
Summary of Key Concepts
Recommended Reading
4 Mutation and Random Genetic Drift
Types of Mutation
Estimating Mutation Rates in Bacteria
Estimating Mutation Rates in Eukaryotes
Mutation Rates in RNA Viruses
Random Genetic Drift
Bottlenecks in Plant Virus Populations
Effective Population Size
Mutation and Drift: Muller's Ratchet and Mutational Meltdown
Mutation and Drift: The Neutral Theory of Evolution
The Infinite-Alleles Model
The Infinite-Sites Model
Gene Genealogies and the Coalescent
Applications of the Coalescent Model
Summary of Key Concepts
Recommended Reading
5 Natural Selection
Predicted Fitness: Single-Generation Components of Fitness
Realized Fitness: Population Growth Rates
Realized Fitness: Estimation of Relative Fitness in Serial-Passage Competition Experiments
Realized Fitness: Continuous Population Growth Models
Practical Considerations for Conducting Selection Experiments
Selection Acting on Single Genes: Experimental Approaches
Comparison of Isogenic Isolates
Randomizing Alleles to Genetic Backgrounds
Types of Selection
Selection Acting on Quantitative Phenotypes
Selection Acting on Single Genes: Negative, Positive, and Balancing Selection
Density-Dependent Selection
Hitchhiking Selection
Epistatic Selection
Detecting Selection Using Molecular Genetic Markers
Detecting Selection from Within-Population Polymorphisms: Tajima's D Revisited
Detecting Selection from Divergence among Species: dN/dS Ratios
Trans-Species Polymorphisms and Balancing Selection
Selection for Fungicide Resistance
Genetics of Fungicide Resistance and the Strength of Selection
Estimating Baseline Frequencies of Resistance
Fitness Costs Associated with Fungicide Resistance
Epidemiology and Management of Fungicide Resistance
Summary of Key Concepts
Recommended Reading
6 Migration and Population Structure
Direct Estimates of Migration on an Ecological Timescale: Tracking Genotypes
Indirect Estimates of Migration on an Evolutionary Timescale: Population Structure
Fixation Index and Gene Diversity Analysis
Additional Methods for Estimating FST
Estimating the Number of Migrants from FST
Private Alleles and Nearest-Neighbor Methods
Caveats for Interpreting FST and Estimates of Migration Rates
Historical Versus Current Migration and Nonequilibrium Populations
Isolation by Distance
Clustering Methods to Assess Population Structure
Distance-Based Trees
Model-Based Bayesian Clustering Methods
Principal Components Analysis
Estimating Migration Using Coalescent Models
Populations Structured by Selection: Adaptation to Local Environments
Differentiation in Neutral Markers and Phenotypes under Selection
Differentiation of Pathogen Populations on Host Species: Evidence of Host Specialization
Metapopulation Structure
Summary of Key Concepts
Recommended Reading
7 Recombination and Randomly Mating Populations
Evolutionary and Ecological Significance of Sex and Recombination
Ecological Implications of Sexual Reproduction in Eukaryotic Plant Pathogens
Sexual Reproduction and Mating Systems in Eukaryotic Plant Pathogens
Mating Systems in Fungi and Oomycetes
Nematode Mating Systems
Mixed Modes of Reproduction
Nonmeiotic Mechanisms of Recombination in Eukaryotes
Gene Conversion
Mitotic Crossing Over
Recombination in Bacteria
Mechanisms of Bacterial Recombination
Recombination and Reassortment in Plant Viruses
Viral Recombination
Reassortment of Segmented Viral Genomes
Effects of Sex and Recombination on Genotypic Diversity
Random Mating in Diploid Populations
What Is Random Mating?
Hardy–Weinberg Equilibrium
Linkage Disequilibrium and Tests for Random Mating in Haploid Populations
Causes of Linkage Disequilibrium
Migration and Population Admixture
Random Genetic Drift
Statistical Analysis of Linkage Disequilibrium
Multilocus Estimation of Linkage Disequilibrium: The Index of Association
Clone Corrections for Estimating Linkage Disequilibrium
Additional Tests of Random Mating
Parsimony Tree-Length Permutation Test
Mating-Type Ratios
Genotypic Diversity
Frequency of Sex When Populations Appear to Be Randomly Mating
Estimating the Frequency of Sex Experimentally
Changes in Linkage Disequilibrium to Estimate the Contribution of Sexual Inoculum
Mark-Release-Recapture Experiments to Estimate Recombination
The Biological Significance of Recombination in Plant Pathogen Populations
Summary of Key Concepts
Recommended Reading
8 Clonal Populations
Evolutionary Significance of Asexual Reproduction
Muller's Ratchet Revisited
Evolutionary Advantages of Asexual Reproduction: The Disadvantages of Sex
Definitions of Clones and Clonal Lineages
Operational Definition of Clonal Lineages
Deviations from Random Mating Revisited
Overrepresentation of Multilocus Genotypes
Linkage Disequilibrium and Correlation among Different Sets of Markers
Excess Heterozygosity in Clonal Diploid Populations
Detecting Recombination
Phylogenetic Incompatibility Between Loci: The Four-Gamete Test
Phylogenetic Incompatibility Between Loci: Incongruence of Gene Trees
Network Analyses to Detect Recombination
Coalescent Methods to Estimate Recombination Rates
Detecting Signs of Sex
Organismal Signs of Sex
Molecular Signs of Sex
Examples of Clonal Plant Pathogens
A Clonal Rust Fungus: Puccinia triticina
A Mitosporic Fungus: Verticillium dahlia
A Mitosporic Fungus with Evidence of Sex and Recombination: Alternaria brassicicola
The Challenges of Inferring Clonality and Recombination
Summary of Key Concepts
Recommended Reading
9 Evolution in Gene-for-Gene Systems
Host Plant Immunity and Defenses
The Classic Gene-for-Gene Model
Races in Gene-for-Gene Systems
Selection for Virulent Races: The Breakdown of Resistance
Evolution of New Races
Coevolution in Gene-for-Gene Systems
The Arms Race and Trench Warfare Models of Coevolution
Fitness Costs in Gene-for-Gene Systems
Fitness Costs of Unnecessary High Virulence
Bacterial Blight of Rice
Bacterial Spot in Peppers
Fitness Costs of Disease Resistance
Metapopulation Dynamics in Gene-for-Gene Systems
Metapopulation Models of Gene-for-Gene Systems
Empirical Evidence for Metapopulation Structure in Gene-for-Gene Systems
Evolution of Gene-for-Gene Systems in Agriculture
Summary of Key Concepts
Recommended Reading
10 Durability and the Deployment of Disease Resistance
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Selection Experiments to Detect Pathogen Specificity to Quantitative Resistance
The Lack of Erosion of Quantitative Resistance
Factors Affecting Durability of Qualitative Resistance in Gene-for-Gene Systems
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Race Surveys
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Differential Cultivars for Determining Races
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Horizontal Gene Transfer in Bacteria
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A Critical Assessment of the Relevance of Pathogen Genetic Variation to Plant Disease Management
Future Directions for Population Biology in Plant Pathology
Metagenomics and Plant Microbiomes
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Population Genomics and Association Mapping
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MacroSystem Releases New Video Paint Software - CBPaintNew business alliance with TVPaint formed (September 09, 2004)
MacroSystem Digital Video AG, the worldwide leading company of standalone video editing systems, expands its award-winning Casablanca product range with the creative tool CBPaint.
Created by the renowned french programming team TVPaint, in cooperation with MacroSystem, the CBPaint software offers a wealth of functionality for graphics, video effects and design. It interfaces directly with the standard Casablanca SMART EDIT editing software, making for an import and export facility for pictures and video sequences. CBPaint is designed for video professionals who want to experience a whole new world of animations and visual effects.
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In a way, the layers are much like independent layers of glass. The CBPaint user can paint on top or behind a layer. A layer is capable of ?influencing" another layer by using powerful keying effects or tools like four-point pixel tracking or two-point image stabilization. Moreover, the layer structure can be modified.
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League leaders FC Basel came back from behind to beat mid-table FC Thun 4-1 as Salah came off the bench to set up the fourth goal in a game where El-Nenny impressed.
Mohamed El-Nenny started in midfield and played the whole game whilst fellow Egyptian Mohamed Salah started on the bench. FC Thun began the game off well and after 13 minutes took the lead. A powerful Nelson Ferreira shot forced a fine save from Basel keeper Germano Vailati leading to a corner. From that corner Thun's centre-back Fulvio Sulmoni jumped up high and headed in.
The league leaders responded well and in the 21st minute Valentin Stocker equalised after a nice bit of build up play from El-Nenny and Streller. In the second half Kay Voser gave FC Basel the lead with his first league goal since 2007.
Mohamed Salah came on in the 68th minute for Giovanni Sio in Basel's attempts to kill off the game. The third goal came in the 75th minute when Voser produced an inch-perfect cross into Marco Streller who rose tall and headed over the keeper. Salah had a good impact on the game and he had a wonderful chance to score a goal of his own as he outpaced and fought off the Thun centre back but his shot hit the post. Salah then went on to set up Basel's fourth goal of the game which came in the 93rd minute as his low cross found Stephan Andrist.
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FARGO -- Rep. Kevin Cramer, R-N.D., expressed frustration over extremists in both parties who rejected the farm bill because it wasn't perfect in their view.
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Cramer put the blame for the farm bill's defeat on about 50 Republicans and about 150 Democrats whom he said rejected a good bill full of compromises because it wasn't perfect.
Meanwhile, during a meeting in Bismarck with a senior U.S. Department of Agriculture official and North Dakota farm leaders, Sen. Heidi Heitkamp, D-N.D., urged the House not to give up on a farm bill.
"Instead of coming together to agree on a bipartisan piece of legislation that gets rid of unnecessary programs, saves billions of dollars for the American taxpayer and preserves a farm safety net, the House failed rural America," she said in a statement.
If the House can't pass its own bill, she added, it should embrace the Senate version.
The bill failed 234-195 in the House, with 172 Democrats joining 62 Republicans in voting against a new five-year farm bill. The current farm bill was extended to run through the end of the year.
The bill came out of the House Agriculture Committee with a vote of 26-13, then was heavily amended on the floor, Cramer said.
"It was not going to be a layup, but it looked like it was going to be a good process," Cramer said, adding that he voted for the bill in spite of certain flaws because it was overall good legislation.
Cramer said farm bill opposition from Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., a budget hawk, was especially disappointing because the bill would have met Ryan's 10-year budgetary goals, which Cramer said "pretended that Obama didn't win the election."
"Paul has a greater responsibility," Cramer said, explaining his disappointment. "He's the chair of the Budget Committee."
Cramer said he remains optimistic that a deal still can be struck. Any bill will require a conference committee to resolve differences between the House and Senate.
The best vehicle, in Cramer's view, would be to go back to the bill that came out of the House Agriculture Committee with strong bipartisan support.


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Greetings!Name's Xpovos, but I go by "X" or "Xpo" (pronounced like "Crow") just as easily. I'm a long-time gamer, a growing achieve-aholic, father of three lovely girls and husband to a patient non-gaming wife. I've got the standard 40-hour a week job, which frequently goes long chewing up nights and weekends, but I get some flex time to compensate, which is great for a young family; or for playing games at 10 AM on a Tuesday.I'm a card and board game fan, and avoid shooters. I also have a fondness for Strategy and Puzzle games, and I love a good RPG. I try to have high standards in the games I play, but we all get clunkers eventually, and I'm just as committed, perhaps moreso, to finishing the clunkers as I am the gems. I'd be a completionist, except I have this terrible habit of buying interesting looking games when they go on sale, and there's just not enough hours.I'm a frequent blogger, and probably best known for my series of weekly recaps on the 2015 GTASC. You can see all of those blogs in an easy to read format here: Xpovos' blog post - GTASC 2015 - Full Year RecapIf you want to know more I was interviewed for a Site Community Interview: TA Community Interview - XpovosI'm involved in the trading opportunities here at TA. If you see a game in Xpovos' Game Collection that you're interested in that's marked as "For Sale/Trade" let me know and we'll work something out.Successful deals:V1p3rs bitevisheyryCurrent (?!) Boost listXpovos' blog post - Online Multi-playerBonus To-Do List, an achievement-hound idea.Xpovos' blog post - On to the next crazy idea...Xpovos' blog post - Great Random To-Do List 2015My Ratings Scale.Xpovos' blog post - RatingsGTASC Teams:2014 Our Children Are Our Gamerscore (75th place)2015 Our Children Are Our True Achievement (45th place)GTASC Solo:2015 Xpovos (110th place)2015 Leap Frog:Xpovos (817th place, eliminated on Day 9)2016 Leap Frog:Xpovos (695th place, eliminated on Day 17)2016 UHH:Period 1: UHH 1 match up: Panthera onca vs Xpovos (8-6)Period 2: UHH 1 match up: DahjiGriever vs Xpovos (16-11)Period 3: UHH 1 match up: Profilia vs Xpovos (11-12)Congratulations to Profilia for the last-hour heroics.The remainder of this is stuff for my stat head. You can ignore it.Games with UrgencyXbox FitnessAssassin's Creed IV: Black FlagMadden NFL 13Magic DuelsFrozen Free Fall: Snowball FightGems of WarF1 2013Rayman LegendsLies of AstarothProminence PokerAirMech ArenaWorld of Tanks: Xbox 360 EditionHappy Wars (Xbox 360)Further OOPEnslaved: Odyssey to the WestHitman: AbsolutionFable AnniversaryCrimson AllianceMagic 2015 - Duels of the PlaneswalkersMars: War LogsDisney InfinityHalo WarsChaotic: Shadow WarriorsPortal: Still AliveTales of VesperiaSoulCalibur II HD OnlineNIERBatman: Arkham Asylum (Xbox 360)DJ HeroThe Simpsons ArcadeCastlevania: Lords of ShadowToy Soldiers: Cold WarBlue DragonAlien Hominid HDAegis WingAqua: Naval WarfareBattleBlock TheaterBeautiful KatamariThe Simpsons GameFallout 3Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey MouseDoodle Jump for KinectDuckTales Remastered (Arcade)DuckTales RemasteredFrom DustFruit Ninja KinectForza Motorsport 2History Legends of War: PattonCharlie MurderLIMBOKinectimalsKinect AdventuresOverlordOverlord IISonic The Hedgehog (Arcade)Sonic The Hedgehog 2Dungeons & Dragons: Chronicles of MystaraIron BrigadeBlood BowlShoot Many RobotsResonance of FateRise of the ArgonautsConanPuzzle Quest 2Sacred CitadelShadow ComplexLumines Live!Saints Row 2Saints Row: The ThirdSkulls of the ShogunDungeon Siege IIIBrutal LegendOutlandOrcs Must Die!Ms. Splosion ManDark SoulsCuldcept SAGADead Island Definitive EditionWorms 2: ArmageddonViva PiñataCrackdownSleeping DogsStar Ocean: The Last HopeFinal Fantasy XIIIFinal Fantasy XIII-2Just Dance: Disney PartySpelunkyKinect SportsQuarrelPeggleSesame Street: Once Upon a MonsterKinect: Disneyland AdventuresZuma's Revenge!Tetris EvolutionCastleStormMarvel: Ultimate Alliance (Xbox 360)Defense Grid: The AwakeningLara Croft and the Guardian of LightBraidTicket to RideWorld Series of Poker: Tournament of ChampionsTexas Hold'emTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the ShadowsMight and Magic: Clash of HeroesBoogie BunniesHexic HDNFL Head Coach 09ZumaRock of AgesGreed CorpThe Misadventures of P.B. WinterbottomDragon Age: OriginsGuitar Hero: World TourN+Wik: Fable of SoulsOutpost Kaloki XUndertowMadden NFL 15 (Xbox 360)Viva Piñata: Trouble In ParadiseRockstar Table TennisBorderlands 2 (Xbox 360)Kinect Sports RivalsBean Dive 2014:Xpovos' Bean DiveBean Dive 2015:Xpovos' Bean DiveBean Dive 2016:Xpovos' Bean DiveBonus DivesMicrosoft Solitaire Collection (UWP)Borderlands 2Castle Crashers RemasteredMidway Arcade OriginsAssassin's Creed Pirates (Win 8)Mortal Kombat X (?! DES!)
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