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What is tariff classification?
All goods that enter the United States must be categorized according to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS). The act of placing goods into the correct category is called classification. Classification determines how much duty will be collected. While it sounds simple, it involves more than looking up an item in an index. Accurate classification involves a complicated process of applying the HTS General Rules of Interpretation and the HTS section, chapter, and subheading notes as well as additional explanatory notes.
How important is accurate HS classification?
Customs & Border Protection (CBP) holds Importers of Record responsible for classifying imported merchandise properly under the Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) of classification. This means that importers must assign the correct HTS number and tariff description to every product imported. Further, the CBP requires importers to demonstrate "reasonable care" in doing so.
The Canadian Customs Service requires importers to show the full 10-digit tariff number on every invoice at the time of release.
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Further, U.S. HTS numbers dictate the Rule of Origin for NAFTA eligibility and other duty preference programs, such as the General System of Preferences (GSP) and the Andean Trade Preference Act (ATPA).
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NAFTA is the North American Free Trade Agreement between the U .S., Canada and Mexico. It became effective on Jan. 1, 1994. The purpose of NAFTA was to encourage trade by eliminating tariffs on most goods originating in and traded between these countries over a 15-year period.
What does NAFTA do?
NAFTA provides preferential tariff treatment for certain products traded between these countries when strict documentation and certification procedures are met. Currently, preferential treatment means either reduced or eliminated tariff rates, depending on the product.
Why do Customs & Border Protection (CBP) and the Canada Customs and Revenue Agency (CCRA) perform audits?
The United States Customs Modernization Act (Mod Act) and the Canadian Customs Act shifted the legal responsibility for Customs compliance activities to importers. It is the responsibility of importers to declare value, classification, duty rate and other information for every item imported into the U.S. or Canada.
The CBP and the Canadian Customs Service use audits to test an importer's ability to fulfill these responsibilities.
What are the consequences of an audit?
If Customs determines that an importer is fulfilling its legal responsibilities and that it has adequate systems to ensure future compliance:
- The audit process ends efficiently and positively.
- The company will likely receive minimal inspections in the future.
If Customs determines that a company is not in compliance or that it does not have adequate systems to ensure future compliance:
- The importer will be required to develop a Compliance Improvement Plan.
- The importer will receive followup audits to re-measure compliance and re-evaluate systems and processes.
- Future inspections will occur at a higher than average rate.
- Penalties may be issued.
What is Administrative Monetary Penalty System (AMPS)?
AMPS targets non-compliance with Canada's Customs Act, the Customs Tariff and the Special Import Measures Act and their regulations.
What is a Foreign Trade Zone (FTZ)?
Foreign Trade Zones are federally designated areas physically located within the U.S. in which qualified goods may be stored or handled - and be considered to be outside the authority of Customs & Border Protection (CBP).
Companies can save time and money by using an FTZ to streamline their import/export process, because goods and component parts are exempt from customs clearance and duties until they leave the FTZ.
Importers and exporters can perform a wide range of commercial activities on goods in an FTZ, including storing, distributing, assembling, processing, manufacturing, testing, repackaging, repairing, displaying, destroying, inspecting, and labeling.
What is the Importer Self-Assessment Program (ISA)?
The ISA is a new program of Customs & Border Protection (CBP) that goes hand in hand with the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT).
ISA is a voluntary program providing support and recognition for resident importers that work with the CBP to improve trade compliance. ISA participants assume responsibility for self-assessment. They must control their environment and activities, assess areas of risk, and communicate and monitor their customs operations.
What are the program requirements?
To become ISA-certified, a company must:
- Be a member of C-TPAT with full benefits.
- Be a resident importer with two years of importing experience.
- Agree to comply with all applicable customs laws and regulations.
- Have and maintain business records related to customs business.
How can FedEx Trade Networks help me with customs valuation?
We evaluate our client's cost structure and declared customs value so that the importer adopts and declares the correct, most optimal tax valuation method.
What are Preference Programs?
Certain foreign manufactured products qualify for full or partial duty exemptions upon import into the United States, through various tariff preference programs offered by the United States. The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is one example of a tariff preference program extended to goods imported into the U.S. from an eligible foreign country. Other U.S. preference programs include Generalized System of Preferences (GSP), the United States-Israel Free Trade Agreement, and the Caribbean Basin Initiative (CBI).
What kinds of export regulations are there?
Exports from the U.S. are controlled by Export Administration Regulations (EAR), International Trafficking in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and regulations from other government agencies (OGA), such as the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Department of Commerce.
Additionally, every other country has its own set of rules and regulations for importing that must be considered.


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Fully recovered from his "roller coaster" election campaign, Mitt Romney has emerged from hiding to criticize President Obama's handling of the sequester. In his first public comments since Election Day, Romney slammed Obama for "berating Republicans" instead of leading the country, adding that the president's habit of "blaming and pointing" has contributed to Congress's inability to reach a deal. "That causes the Republicans to retrench and to put up a wall and to fight back," he told Fox News's Chris Wallace. Meanwhile, Ann Romney reflected on being a "nobody" in her post-election life. The full interview airs on Fox News Sunday this weekend.


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Provera, Clomid Metformin TTC9months (join this forum ladys) - Page 3
Reply by KATTACK » May. 23, 2012 11:16pm
Well girls im out this month, went for a blood test and it was negative, they gave me the results in 15 minutes which was weirdbut whatevers. So now im here wondering what to do, take provera or wait for af to come on its own. I was really hoping clomid would work for me, its just my first round but I was hopeful. Soo bummed out right now :/
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Reply by mrsswift2010 » May. 24, 2012 7:20am
@Kat Im sorry your out this month! It was the smallest dose of colmid so maybe your dose just needs to be upped a bit. I know the waiting sucks!
@ Cass I am praying that it was IB for you! And jeez that surly sucks about your hospital! I hope you find a new Dr ASAP and you can make an appt. to get blood word done
AFM- Im 2 days past ovulation and tomorrow I will find out If i for sure O'd and how big follicles are !
April 24= Provera 10 days
1st round Clomid 50 mg Cd 5-9
June 6 CD 1
2 nd round Clomid 100 mg CD 5-9
Reply by cass23 » May. 24, 2012 11:34am
The point is to get you to ovulate on it with the right dose, So if you ovulated on the mg your on then take the same mg again when the time is right, im like you wondering will i have to take provera again, and then clomid, can i just take the clomid lol. And Did i even truely ovulate was there a egg released or not?? I hate not knowing these things, It sucks. I feel like my doc doesnt realy care. I think im going to call the doc office. But i feel like i shouldnt have to they said they would call and give me directions to my next steps every month and there not following threw :( And there so close i realy dont want to have to go a hour out of my way. Just so so so very light pink dime size spotting still HMMM what is this, IB or Withdraw bleeding or something i hate my body right now i feel like its against me !
PRAYING4aneeding some
Reply by cass23 » May. 24, 2012 1:27pm
omg you guys im dying to start testing :) Feeling good about this for somereason, ether way im ok with it, you get used to disapointment after 12 months! Hopeing for the best.
PRAYING4aneeding some
Reply by cass23 » May. 24, 2012 4:53pm
I had another NEgative OPK, and as far as i know if pregnant it will read positive. So im not feeling to good right now about takeing a test in the morning! Whats your take on it?
PRAYING4aneeding some
Reply by cass23 » May. 25, 2012 7:48am
Im not happy!!
Why ME?
All iv done is barely spot like hardly nothing there the last 4 days. I feel so alone in this because my doc just gave up on me that makes me so angry and sad. I have Provera and clomid in my cabnit but i dont no what to do with it since doctor hasnt called, My last appointment was on the 15th its the 25 wth!! Im sorry this is just so overwhelming for me, I feel like crawling in a hole and just crying till i cant know more!
i cant take this maybe i should just come to the conclusion that i cant have kids!
Dont you guys get tired of feeling pregnant and then Geting no results its driveing me crazy.
And i cant help but stop and think of all my friends and family who are fixing to start there own familys its depressing. My husband just tells me it takes time, Itll happen when its made to happen, ??? What does that mean?. Im not ready or something i understand hes just trying to help but maybe all i need right now is some understanding," As in i feel your pain your sadness and we can do this cheer up". Its sad that i can come up with that but cant take my own advice instead i want to here someone else say it. Well guess im back on track with you guys only, I dont have periods i dont ovulate? Why should i even try?
Reply by ttc4baby2 » May. 25, 2012 8:31am
Hi Cass, I so understand how you feel. Its very hard to want to keep doing this when you feel like all you are doing is banging you head against the wall. It took me over 3 years to conceive my first (and only) Baby. It was so frustrating! And men just do not understand what it is to want a child the way a women does. But that is why God made us the child bearers! Men coould never do it. You can do this!!! Trust me. One step at a time. Dont let it get to big. Because thats when it looks hopeless. I know it is scary to find a new doc. but if they are not doing what you need them to do then you should. It will make a huge differance. I read post like yours and I just remeber that hopless feeling. The best thing I can say is this, and I hope it doesnt offend you. Do the work as far as the drugs and going to the Doc. But put the rest in Gods hands. Find strenght in knowing he has a plan. I hope that helps. I just stumbled on your post and I just really wanted to encourage you. Good luck I hope you get your Very soon
Afm- I am on cycle day 13 and waiting to O. I will go for my IUI then and begin the CRAZY tww! Good Luck to all!!
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Reply by cass23 » May. 25, 2012 10:47am
TY so much, Yeah i was haveing a bad morning, but after siting down and praying about it i decided to give it over to god once again for the hundreth thousand time lol he must realy love me to listen to me everytime im down, because after words i feel so so much better.
Ok copyed and past this other half from other topic :)
, Im feeling alot better, husbands home, prayed about it and feeling good, UPDATE: Doc said i did not ovualte and that Light bleeding was due to something else, I start Provera today and then wait for my period :) So that i can go another round of clomid. This will be my 2nd round! If anyone whats to look me up on facebook have at it.
Cassandra Hall TN
I have a butterfly timeline cover
Love you guys, im glad your around to talk to about this stuff. Its just With this and other things going on in my life some times it gets to be to much to carry. Thats why i need to ask god to carry it for me.
Well heres to another month together ladys
Oh and you are welcome to join my other forum, On here its http://www.countdowntopregnancy.com/forum/post.php?postid=9678&p=5#reply_59380
hope to see you there
PRAYING4aneeding some
Reply by mrsswift2010 » May. 25, 2012 11:31am
Cass I am so sorry you feel the way you do! It will happen! I believe Things happen for a reason and your reason is coming up! I would assume that this is your PD and not start the provera but start your clomid on your reg. days (assuming that is CD 5-9) and in the mean time try and find a new Dr in your area! I wish you the best!
AFM- I went to the Dr today and she said I for sure O'd and that my endometrium looks great. I guess I will start testing in 5 days or so! If no + test by CD34 then we start all over again!
April 24= Provera 10 days
1st round Clomid 50 mg Cd 5-9
June 6 CD 1
2 nd round Clomid 100 mg CD 5-9
Reply by Skyblueboston » May. 25, 2012 2:08pm
Hi ladies I have pcos and have been pregnant on clomid 100mg this was my second round unfortunately I misscarried at 8 weeks. I'm now on my second to last day of 100mg of clomid I will be ov testing from day eight till I get a positive.
Also keep up with the metformin I stopped this on the advice of the doc when I was pregnant BUT it has been proven that it is better to continue with metformin throught pregnancy. Also I will continue with baby asprin until I'm 36 weeks pregnant if it happens for me.
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Reply by Skyblueboston » May. 25, 2012 2:15pm
Clomid can be taken even if you haven't had a period but it's best when the old lining has been shed and a nice new one is ready and waiting for when you ovulate.
Hope this helps
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Reply by cass23 » May. 25, 2012 2:39pm
Ty swift, I think im starting my period YAY!! lol all the early spotting i guess could have been just a build up for the big day lol. Anyways i hope so because i realy dont want to take another round of provera, im ready to get af done and over with so i can take my clomid. :) wait lol if its real period do i need to take the clomid? Or do you think ill ovulate on my own if i do have AF with out useing the provera? Anyone know
PRAYING4aneeding some
Reply by cass23 » May. 27, 2012 8:00pm
Ok ladys well af didnt show, Doctor said i didnt ovulate but i think he tested to early, he started me on my provera for 5 days, and then back to another round of CLOMID :)!!
Im glad i heard back from them.
UPDATE: I know your not suppost to do opks in the morning but since the 25 iv been taking them at 6am and they keep getting darker and darker ??
No positive yet, so today i test twice once morning and then again this afternoon and guess what it looked just like this mornings, what is going on, i wonder if my medroxyprogesterone(provera) has something to do with it. I cant find anything online, Oh and quick qusetion ok will i have to lol. maybe one of you ladys can help me out.
#1- If i get a positive opk i read online that when you get a positive opk you should have sex the next 3 consecutive days and skip the fourth day and you can continue to bd just for fun. How does this OPK thing work?
#2 when should i test just give me a time lol ?
#3 ok so i thought of another one, The temp charting i have no idea how to do it, and one of you ladys said i can keep track on this site i found it but havent checked it out yet, How do i temp and does it matter if im off a hour in the morning or can i just take it befor i get out of bed in the morning no matter what time i wake? What does it mean when its low high consecutive?? TY
I just noticed that the chart is only 28days, i dont have a 28day cycle.
PRAYING4aneeding some
Reply by mrsswift2010 » May. 27, 2012 8:46pm
Wow Cass that is alot!! lol Here we go
#1-My Dr told me the same! Have sex the day of and 2 days fallowing a + opk!
#2- I test 2 times a day! Once at 11am and once at 6 pm as I was told these are the best times bc you may not get a + in the am but may get one in the Pm and vise versa!
#3-From what my Dr told me (and I trust her with the life of my next child!) that Provera will have nothing to do with the outcome of my OPKs! Ant I chart my BBT on Fertilityfriend.com Its a very easy website to use and gives you directions on how to use it! Also you have to have a BBT Therometer I bought mine from my local drug store! You should take yout temp every morning at the same time before you talk or sit up and anything else you may do! and I have my alarm on my phone set on my bed side table and take my temp then put the info in my phone on my fertility friend app! Its very easy one you get the hang of it! As soon as my temp went up .5 degrees or more than mu usual temp i know I have O'd and it should stay up for 13 days or more If your Preggo!
I hope all this info helped!
April 24= Provera 10 days
1st round Clomid 50 mg Cd 5-9
June 6 CD 1
2 nd round Clomid 100 mg CD 5-9
Reply by KATTACK » May. 28, 2012 1:56am
Hey gurls hope you had a great weekend!
sooo AF hasnt showed yet, i guess 100mg of clomid didnt work but this was my very first time on clomid so im not giving up hope. Im also switching doctors because my last one didnt want to monitor me so i really dont know whats going on with me right now. I just need my doctor to tell me if i should take provera again or just wait. but also ive been thinking about taking a break for a while and get healthier so maybe thats what im going to do i just dont think i can take getting bfns anymore :(
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Reply by cass23 » May. 28, 2012 5:20pm
Swift ty so much that helped out alot :)
I have a bbt thermonator cant spell lol
And i think ill check fertilty friend out ive been to that site befor.
ty :) CM wet last two days?? by body is so mest up, i realy hope i ovulate this month, at this time in my life thats all i want lol just ovualtion and af on my own with out the meds that would make my yr lol. That and a BFP lol, ok so were trying this BD thing every other day :) and we are going to continue this until my period. So this way i dont have to worry about all this other crap because it just stresses me out so this is what im doing dif this month and hopefully hubby will be healthy because last month he was sick :(
-BD every other day until AF
-Take my primrose oil (to help CM) from CD1- ovulation
-Do a ovulation test at 10am and 6pm every day from CD10- on.....
-And track my cm on my calendar witch i have gotn good at lol
-And try to take bbt every morning around 8:00 AND 8:30
Good luck everyone.
PRAYING4aneeding some
Reply by cass23 » May. 28, 2012 5:22pm
kat... I understand hun im tired of getn bfns to! Im stressed about all of it.
PRAYING4aneeding some
Reply by cass23 » May. 28, 2012 7:15pm
Wow i love fertiltiyfriend.com this chart is so easy to use :)
PRAYING4aneeding some
Reply by cass23 » May. 28, 2012 7:26pm
Wow you guys, my chart says i shouldnt have a period till the 31st huh lol they did by my other cycles, hmmmmm
Well will see what happens
Reply by mrsswift2010 » May. 28, 2012 8:55pm
Hope it goes well cass and im glad you like FF
April 24= Provera 10 days
1st round Clomid 50 mg Cd 5-9
June 6 CD 1
2 nd round Clomid 100 mg CD 5-9


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MONSTER FEST is a big screen celebration of the beautiful, brutal and bizarre – a genre film love-in for cinema fans with a penchant for the fantastic.
Following the success of last year's Fantastic Asia Film Festival (FAFF), Cinema Nova and Monster Pictures join forces once again and take what has proven to be a winning formula and transform it into this larger, more imposing, more aggressive cinematic celebration called MONSTER FEST.
Horror, fantasy, science-fiction, action and erotica from every corner of the globe – premiere screenings, international guests, master-classes, parties, events, short filmmaking competitions and much more – will make up the program of MONSTER FEST. Some of the world's most astonishing and exciting new titles will be presented alongside retrospectives and cult classics in a festival that emphasises cinema as a participatory artform. MONSTER FEST'S message is a simple one – 'Get out, get into a cinema and LIVE IT LARGE!'
MONSTER FEST also incorporates the MONSTER FEST 'BEST OF FEST' Australian tour, which presents the very finest genre-cuts from the Festival and travels them the length and breadth of the country.
Commencing in Melbourne on Halloween night 2012, MONSTER FEST will light up the country with thrills, spills and chills the likes of which have rarely been seen before.
MONSTER FEST is not merely a festival for film lovers. It's an event for anybody who is into cool, unique and influential pop culture.
In partnership with Melbourne's most iconic arts cinema, Cinema Nova, and with a media and PR schedule aimed squarely at the influential edge of culture, MONSTER FEST appeals to a young, smart, media-savvy audience with a passion for artistic expression that ranges from fashion to social networking to cinema.
The Festival's audience consists of those who express a desire to converse on the vibrant and eclectic fringe of mainstream culture.
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Not only will your brand be reinforced in the Melbourne market, but immediately following the conclusion of MONSTER FEST in Melbourne, the Festival will travel across the country in the form of a MONSTER FEST 'BEST OF FEST' Australian tour, which will include a number of regional and capital city stops.
Branding is enjoyed across the various channels of the Festival's media partnerships. Sponsors have the opportunity to enjoy brand placement across the Festival's robust media schedule; logo placement on cinema screens prior to placement; database collection; access to patrons and guests pre and post-screening; the chance to get product into patrons' hands; Festival tickets and passes to use as giveaways; and even full and complete Festival naming rights.
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Sponsorship allows brands to enjoy association with a fresh and vibrant event, place product into the hands of the audience where feasible, and enjoy media exposure prior and during the screenings. Sponsorship packages are as follows:
Media value in Melbourne market place value around $30k
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Entries will be sought from creative souls across Australia to produce a five-minute film around the central premise of 'Five Minutes to Die'. In order to promote a level playing field within a limited budget aesthetic, all entries for the comp must be shot on either an iPhone or Android device, although they may be edited on a computer and supplied as a digital file or DVD output.
The Big Winners prize sponsor will be capable of supplying a major prize booty that is either attractive to filmmakers (i.e. camera equipment, computer or similar) or a generally desirable prize such as air tickets, holiday package, motor vehicle or the like. Short filmmaking in this country has become something akin to a national obsession, so this is a great opportunity to align your brand with an exciting and new wave of creativity among younger consumers.
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Recently Dr Laura Schlessinger became the latest white public figure to come under fire for dropping the "N" bomb.
When asked on her radio show how a Black woman in an interracial marriage would handle racial comments, Dr Laura said, " I guess you don't watch HBO or listen to any black comics. They say nigger all the time……nigger nigger nigger…"
Needless to say, Dr Laura soon found herself in a firestorm from all sides. Pundits from all across America weighed in condemning her. Some even said it was no big deal. Dr Laura issued an apology the next day and can still be found on the air.
So what's the big deal?
Having listened to the interview, I'd have to say that Dr Laura was trying to garner points. That is to say, she needlessly reiterated the "N-word" in its entirety over and over. So much so that her original point was lost.
What Schlessinger was trying to say was that if Black people can use it, then why can't everyone else? To this, I'd have to agree with Tim Wise author of Colorblind, "I can talk about my momma, but you bet not." Wise, who is white, was a commentator on a recent panel on CNN to discuss the ramifications and implications of Dr Laura's comments.
I am fed up with all the hoopla given to N-Word rather than the mind set that spawned it. We need to stop cutting the branches and dig up the root of the issue. Racism is alive and well in America. Sure we can all use the same bathrooms, restaurants and ride the same buses, but until we can find a way for all 6 billion of us to look alike, racism will always exist.
We are all different and as long as we can see that difference then the opportunity for exploitation and degradation will remain. You can use legislation to push racism away.
One thing t the movie Avatar taught me was, until we begin to really see each other as citizens of Earth and not allow nationality, race sex, religion, etc cloud our views, we will never live in perfect harmony.
Words have changed meanings before and maybe one day the N-word would be like the word "Yankee," which was the absolute worst thing you could've called someone from the North a hundred years ago. Maybe, just maybe, our grandchildren can look back and say, "What was the big deal?"


text: Audiobiography: Monica Dockery (abridged - see description) by monicadockery published on 2013-02-08T10:19:26Z SoundCloud Heroes are kicking off the year with a large-scale community organized project: Audiobiography. Audiobiography is an opportunity to introduce your profile and sounds. The community is the backbone of SoundCloud. Whether you're a listener or an avid musician, introduce yourself by participating in this collective project: Who are you and what's important to you? Whats important to me?... justice, peace, love, soul. This is an abridged version I made to meet the 90 sec. req. The full song is in my tracks under the title "Bullet". The audio samples are from Dr. Martin Luther King and Maya Angelou, two of MY heroes. It's easy to participate. Record or creatively share a sound that describes and answers the question: who are you and what's important to you? Perhaps it's a freestyle rap, or a recording that features your latest piano composition as background music. Keep track to ~90 seconds. Name the track Audiobiography with your name, as such "Audiobiography: Monica Dockery." Add a description. Tag the track "audiobio" and upload. If you have the Spotlight feature, pin the sound to the top of your profile. You can also add the sound to your profile's description under soundcloud.com/settings/advanced. Audiobiography is going to be massive, and we want everyone to be part of it. In the coming months, your audiobiography will be shared on SoundCloud and on our official blog. Connect with people around the world and hear the people behind the sounds. Here's a link to the soundcloud blog post with more on this: http://blog.soundcloud.com/2013/02/06/audiobiography/ Genre Audiobio Comment by Bobby Utopia 1 LOVE YOUR VOICE AND YOUR FEELING I FEEL YOU AND ITS HURTS BUT WE SHOULD NEVER GIVE UP AND GO ON NO MATTER WHAT 2013/07/26 10:00:53 +0000 Comment by Clément Bindzi Your voice is so beautiful !! 2013/07/21 14:19:25 +0000 Comment by Hek-Tk Awesome!!! 2013/05/31 17:24:09 +0000 Comment by Rinyville I'd love to do it, but I think all of my songs are part of my diary.....so which one to choose? Love it though! 2013/05/17 22:43:02 +0000 Comment by monicadockery @feroznordeste: Thank you! 2013/04/07 21:45:40 +0000 Comment by Feroz Produções Nice! 2013/04/07 01:51:19 +0000 Comment by Raendy LeBeau nice !! very nice live' picture Lady Monica :)) - btw. great song 2013/03/21 18:15:37 +0000 Comment by monicadockery @r34ktor: Thank you! 2013/03/21 04:48:24 +0000 Comment by monicadockery @boobiegotbeatz-2: Hi! Thanks for listening! 2013/03/21 04:48:13 +0000 Comment by monicadockery @threshold-collaborative: Thank you! 2013/03/21 04:44:55 +0000 Comment by monicadockery @gettingbetteracquainted: Thank you. I appreciate you listening:) 2013/03/21 04:44:47 +0000 Comment by monicadockery @wearecords: Thanks again, I appreciate the time you took to listen. I hope to spend some time listening more to your sounds. Usually on the weekend is when I get a chance. 2013/03/21 04:42:08 +0000 Comment by WEΛRE this is amazing, very calming and you have a very nice voice! 2013/03/20 20:03:40 +0000 Comment by Getting Better Acquainted Really love your voice and the way this is put together. Thanks for sharing :-) 2013/03/19 18:06:14 +0000 Comment by Threshold Collaborative beautiful! 2013/03/19 18:00:47 +0000 Comment by BoobieGotBeatz-2 wow 2013/03/18 17:16:23 +0000 Comment by monicadockery @mellachai: thank you! 2013/03/14 07:00:52 +0000 Comment by mellachai i love your voice! 2013/03/12 06:19:52 +0000 Comment by monicadockery @sector9000: Thank you! 2013/03/08 06:22:51 +0000 Comment by sector9000 very good!!! Monica 2013/03/08 06:14:02 +0000 Comment by T N I Gorgeous voice, great audiobio 2013/03/06 00:49:40 +0000 Comment by MLucas like your message, like how you bring it too. 2013/02/24 11:53:46 +0000 Comment by Optimum Vulnerability Did you receive a message or phone call here?? :))) 2013/02/21 06:43:51 +0000 Comment by LibraryAdjacent just beautiful... 2013/02/20 02:25:50 +0000 Comment by Angkris Love your voice! 2013/02/19 11:18:16 +0000 Comment by TheNamesMillen Wonderful 2013/02/19 05:31:51 +0000 Comment by monicadockery @hebikjoudaar: Thank you for listening 2013/02/18 20:36:14 +0000 Comment by Bas Kooman Great voice and message! 2013/02/18 20:32:58 +0000 Comment by Derek Cornett Wonderful intro Monica! So nice to meet you here! 2013/02/18 18:13:11 +0000 Comment by Derek Cornett Oh Yes!!! MLK... 2013/02/18 18:12:54 +0000


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Bianca Phillips
May 31, 2012 at 11:43AM
A team of local cyclists set out in mid-March to map a bicycle-friendly trail from the Kentucky-Tennessee border to Memphis as part of the Mississippi River Corridor. Their route — known as K2M for Kentucky to Memphis — was unveiled this morning at the Tipton County Museum & Nature Center in Covington.
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May 29, 2012 at 11:59AM
The stretch of Madison Avenue closed off last March after the partial collapse of a historic building at 118 Madison is set to re-open to two-way traffic by early fall, Mayor A C Wharton announced today. A city contractor was issued a notice to proceed today to stabilize the shared wall between 118 Madison and 119 S. Court.
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May 24, 2012 at 11:34AM
BET Network is stopping in Memphis on Sunday, May 27th on their five-city BET Awards Next Big Music Star Mobile Tour, in which they're searching for homegrown talent to feature on the BET Awards show and the 106 & Park pre-awards show on July 1st. The fully equipped mobile music studio will be parked at Mud Island River Park from 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
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May 22, 2012 at 12:46PM
One hundred percent of the first high school graduating class of Soulsville Charter School have been accepted to college, and more than $3.2 million in scholarship funds have been donated to help them pay for higher education. Those students are graduating on Thursday, May 24th.
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May 18, 2012 at 1:51PM
Five Memphis Flyer employees took to the streets (and bike lanes) Friday morning for the annual Bike-to-Work Day sponsored by the Downtown Memphis Commission. Here we are!
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May 17, 2012 at 2:41PM
The annual Bike-to-Work Day, sponsored by the Downtown Memphis Commission, is Friday. Register to ride here so as not to miss out on your free bike messenger bag filled schwag.
Bianca Phillips
May 15, 2012 at 3:35PM
The Overton Park Conservancy was awarded a $500,000 grant from the Assisi Foundation. The money will be used to fund cultural and educational programs, family-friendly activities, and for support of Overton Park's operations and capital improvements.
Louis Goggans
May 14, 2012 at 1:27PM
This summer, some of the city's sixth, seventh and eighth graders will have a chance to share their views on Memphis history, culture, and local issues through photography, thanks to the Memphis Tourism Foundation's "Memphis: Through the Lens of a New Generation Photo Competition."
Each participant will receive a disposable camera with 27 color shots. "Although students are young and may not have any significant experience in taking photos, they still will have the chance to display what's important to them," said Erica Horton of the Memphis Tourism Foundation.
Louis Goggans
May 9, 2012 at 3:26PM
More than $3,000 is being donated Thursday toward developing an urban garden this fall in one of the city's food-insecure communities. The money will be donated at a ceremony hosted by Brister Street Productions, a concert booking and video production company, on May 10th at 2 p.m. at the Levitt Shell in Overton Park.
Bianca Phillips
May 9, 2012 at 2:22PM
At 2 p.m. today, the Federal Bureau of Investigation is expected to announce that 35-year-old Adam Mayes, wanted on first-degree murder charges in the deaths of Hardeman County woman Jo Ann Bain and her 14-year-old daughter Adrian, has been added to their list of top ten "most wanted" fugitives. The bodies of the two women were discovered last week buried in Mayes' mother's backyard in Guntown, Mississippi.
Bianca Phillips
May 3, 2012 at 12:58PM
Cyclists can now plan their routes online through a a new website that includes maps of all the city's bike lanes and paths. The site — bikepedmemphis.wordpress.com — shows maps of current and future bike facilities, including lanes, shared sign roadways, shared use paths (such as the Shelby Farms Greenline), and even dirt trails and walking paths.
Louis Goggans
May 1, 2012 at 5:07PM
More than 30 homeless and formerly homeless people held a press conference at the corner of Washington and Third downtown this afternoon to voice opposition to a new law that makes it a crime to sleep on state property. The law, which passed earlier this year, makes it a Class A misdemeanor to use tents, tarps, and other temporary shelters for sleeping, making fires, or using portable cooking equipment on Tennessee-owned property.
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It won't. You should avoid C++ when possible. Learning to write GOOD code, learning proper coding style and knowing what tools are available to you in a language, being able to look for resources to help you, and understanding how the language really works, these are things that will make you a better programmer. Forcing yourself to use a terrible language will just make you better at that terrible language.
Why do you have to use C++? C++ is a superset of C anyway, you could just write straight C while only using the few useful parts of C++, like C++ strings (not the printing/scanning functions though; printf and friends are much more sane), generics/templates, and whatever else you find actually useful (without going overboard, of course). Writing mostly standard C while using a few C++ improvements makes your code much more readable, though the "C++ community" will tell you otherwise (protip: if the "C++ community" tells you that your code is "bad C++," you're doing something right). Plus, you learn to program in C at the same time, which could be very useful further down the line if you ever need to program in that. And if you avoid classes, you learn how to work without OO, which a lot of languages don't even have (OO itself is useful, but knowing how to work with it and without it and knowing when to use or not use classes is something every programmer should know).
I'll just make it blunt - I have to write C++ because I'm on a university course that involves that
right now
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That said, why do you think poorly of C++ in the first place? For all the bad things about C++... heck, bad or not, I just find it to be barely adequate, but not exactly despicable. I can live with it, but if I could, I'd move on to something else. Visual Basic, C#, Python, whatever's next, I don't care. Just it better not be C++ again.
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Hi everybody, I hope anyone could help
1. The problem statement, all variables and given/known data
Find the first three terms of the Taylor series for f(x) at c.
2. Relevant equations
f(x)= f(c) + f'(c).(x-c)/1! + f"(c).(x-c)^2/2! + f'''(c).(x-c)^3/3! + ... + fn(c).(x-c)^n/n! + ...
3. The attempt at a solution
what I understand is that I have to find the followings:
f'(x), f''(x), f'''(c)
f'(c), f''(c), f'''(c)
is that right?
well, to find f'(x) I used the product rule
d/dx (uv) = u'v + uv'
u = x
u' = 1
v = e^x
v' = e^x
d/dx (xe^x) = e^x + xe^x
= e^x(1+x)
but unfortunately i couldn't go forward!!
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No Child Left Behind: Tim Peare unveils a banger reel of shots from 2013
Words & photos by Tim Peare
Since the area I live in has angered the snow gods in such a way as to not snow for over a month, I've decided to go through and post some of my unpublished shots from the 2013 winter season. The awesome thing about photos is that they take you back. For me, I've been sitting here, reminiscing about the good times had, rad times witnessed; the temperature, the smell, well the everything. Photos have that power. Looking through this gallery, I hope that you get a sense of what the 2013 winter was like for me. It was a good one!


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My Beautiful Laundrette
MGM Video,
Rated R, 98 minutes
Prick Up Your Ears
MGM Video,
Rated R, 110 minutes
Picture Double Feature
Before achieving international success with Dangerous Liasions and The Grifters, Stephen Frears directed two independent films that featured a gay couple at the center of the action. The first, a work of fiction, presented a very positive portrayal of two men in love. The second, a biography on the life of British playwright Joe Orton, was a study in dysfunction to the ninth degree.
My Beautiful Laundrette (1985) is a tale of "forbidden love" that features Gordon Warneck and a young Daniel Day Lewis as lovers set against a backdrop of the problems faced by Pakastanis living in South London. Warnecke plays Omar, a handsome Pakastani youth who cares for his sick father (Roshan Seth). When Omar goes to work for his seedy and wealthy Uncle Nasser, he is quickly seduced by the London underworld and the lure of fast money. Nasser is played by Saeed Jaffrey (He played sidekick to Sean Connery and Michael Caine in John Huston's film of Rudyard Kipling's The Man Who Would Be King). He hands over the management of a run-down laundrette to Omar, while meanwhile hoping to groom him for a position of power - and marry off his difficult daughter Tanya.
Omar has other plans however. After meeting his boyhood chum Johnny, (a young and hot blonde Daniel Day Lewis), the film veers off into uncharted territories when the two men share a sudden and affectionate kiss. It is a credit to both director Frears and screenwriter Hanif Kureishi (The Buddha of Suburbia) that this moment happens without apology or explanation. Their simple love affair is, in fact, a breath of fresh air amidst the strife-ridden plot.
Their's is not the only example of "forbidden love" depicted. Uncle Nassar is having an affair with a white upper class English woman, much to the disgust of his family. Her gaudy white fur coats stand in direct contrast to the more traditionally dressed Indian women back at the Patriarch's home. My Beautiful Laundrette's themes of illicit love and class boundaries are summed up brilliantly in one striking camera shot where the two are seen dancing through the one-way glass of the Laundrette's office while Johnny and Omar passionately make love in the foreground.
My Beautiful Laundrette is a rich and complex film that examines Pakastani life in London, complete with issues of prejudice, assimilation, and class struggles. Omar's father, once a brilliant journalist in his native land, represents tradition and the old regime, while Nassar believes in England and boasts that one has to know how to "squeeze the tits of the system." Omar is torn between returning to college and making a fast buck. Johnny, on the other hand, is a working class punk who just wants to leave his past behind. His prior affiliation with the National Front eventually causes friction between the two. His affection, however, for Omar is genuine, and he is genuinely hurt when Omar succumbs to the good life and comtemplates marriage with Tanya as a stepping stone to better societal status. "I'm not going to be beaten down by this country," Omar tells Johnny in a fit of confused anger. "When we were in school, you and your friends were kicking me around the place. And what are you doing now? Washing my floor and that's how I like it."
Despite its serious intent and complicated plot, My Beautiful Laundrette is for the most part comic. It was also the subject of much controversy amongst London's Pakastani community when it was first aired. That this was filmed for Britain's Channel 4 is certainly a comment on the sad state of American television. My Beautiful Laundrette contains some of the most tender love scenes between men ever filmed. And it certainly didn't hurt the up-and-coming career of Daniel Day Lewis. (Are you listening Hollywood?)
Prick Up Your Ears (1987) boasts bravura performances by Gary Oldman and Alfred Molina as playwright Joe Orton and his unbalanced lover, Kenneth Halliwell. Orton was the toast of the London stage in the mid 1960s, delighting and shocking audiences with such black comedies as Loot, What The Butler Saw and Entertaining Mr. Sloan. Like Oscar Wilde before him, Orton was gay and his biting satires attacked upper class manners. Both artists were silenced at the height of their craft. In Orton's case, his fall came as the result of a jealous and ignored partner - who brutally murdered him with a hammer.
As the film opens, the police find the bodies of both Orton and Halliwell along with a suicide note that states: "If you read his diaries, all will be explained." Vanessa Redgrave is featured as Orton's manager in a framing story with Wallace Shawn, as biographer John Lahr. He is seeking Orton's diaries to research his book on the playwright. Interspersed throughout are the major events from Orton's life: his introduction to Halliwell at college, their joint arrest for defacing library books, success on the London stage, a screenplay for the second Beatles movie that was rejected by Brian Epstien, anonymous sex in public washrooms and, finally, his murder.
One of the film's many highlights is Oldman's performance as Orton. Gary Oldman is gifted with an uncanny knack for becoming the characters that he portrays. (For more proof of that statement, see his electric performance as Sid Vicious in Sid and Nancy.) He even looks like Orton in Prick Up Your Ears, where he is charming one moment, and unfeeling in the next. Alfred Molina is also a revelation as Halliwell, the homely and unglued lover who resents his reduced role in the shadows to his famous partner.
Halliwell, an artist in his own right, collaborated with Orton on many of his works, and was resentful of the lack of attention paid to him. Though he is like every ignored wife that ever graced the screen, the conflicts raised are presented in many shades of gray. Orton is blatantly unfaithful to Halliwell, even resorting to cruising subways and public lavatories. During one of the films's more disturbing scenes, Orton tosses Halliwell's pills at him while yelling "fetch! fetch!" In Orton's defense, Halliwell's whining and mood swings would annoy Mother Theresa. Nevertheless, Molina's portrayal of Halliwell often evokes pity. The saddest moment of the film occurs when he watches, dejected, in the rain as Orton drives off in Paul McCartney's limousine.
|Orton was a true iconoclast who lived by his own rules without guilt. He would go to great lengths to shock people, even using his own mother's false teeth as a prop in one of his plays. The extent of his promiscuity is nowhere more apparent than when he picks up a working class stiff in an abandoned warehouse on the day of his mother's funeral. While perhaps lacking as a definitive film biography, Prick Up Your Ears is strongest when depicting Orton and Halliwell's "marriage from hell."
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the politically correct 90s, when most gay groups are clamoring for positive
portrayals of gays on the silver screen, this might seemlike a step backwards.
To present Orton in any other manner, however, would be dishonest. At the
time of its original release, the film was quite daring. Frears' directing,
combined with top-notch acting, a terrific script by playwright Alan Bennett,
and a fine attention to period details make Prick Up Your Ears a
film well worth renting.
[Reviewer's note, 2008: I just watched Prick Up Your Ears again and it is still a great film. In retrospect, Halliwell's portrayal may have been exaggerated (reports say that we wasn't that grotesque) yet Alfred Molina is so good that Halliwell doesn't come across as a cartoon. You'd want to kill him if he lived with you but he still inspires pity. Gary Oldman is nothing short of brilliant as Orton and their scenes together are screen magic. I'd forgotten how funny it sometimes is in a black comedy sort of way. In fact, their life together is depicted as if it was an Orton play. Consider the scene where Orton tells Halliwell to "go have a wank" and Halliwell shrieks "Have a wank? Did you say have a WANK??? Do you know how long it takes me to get ready to have a wank?"
it was, too, for its time in its depiction of sexuality. Orton's cruising
is arousing and disturbing at the same time; a scene in a public lavatory
looks like Night
of the Living Dead after Orton turns out the light. Another scene where
Orton coaxes Halliwell into a threeway with a pickup is masterfully filmed
and acted - Halliwell is first timid, and then gives in, while Orton
leans against a wall and grins. The period detail is excellent and I especially
loved the recreation of the famous collage that covered the walls of their
flat. Stephen Frears did a good job on this film, and Alan Bennett's script
is terrific. Bennett also wrote The Madness of King George and
The History Boys. The framing story in which Wallace Shaun researches
the book, while his unsung wife transcribes Orton's diaries for him, beautifully doubles
the Orton and Halliwell dynamic (The wife
gets annoyed when she is ignored by Vanessa Redgrave). Good use of music in the film too, especially The Beatles' "A Day in the Life" at the end. Oh, and the scene
where Beatles manager Brian Epstien (sitting in front of a wall-sized
picture of The Beatles) rejects Orton's script is a classic. There could
have been a bit more about Orton's plays but, aside from that, this film
is one of the greats.
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Lilly announced results of a phase-3 trial of Axiron (testosterone) topical solution, a treatment for the condition, also known as hypogonadism. Study results also showed that the drug improved symptoms associated with it.
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KUALA LUMPUR: Share prices on Bursa Malaysia closed higher as the market moved into positive territory in the late afternoon session in tandem with advances in regional markets, dealers said.
The benchmark FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) advanced 6.58 points to a new-all-time-high of 1,652.90.
Dealers said market sentiment was boosted by expectations of stimulus measures by central banks globally to boost economic growth.
The Finance Index surged 27.67 points to 14,816.79, the Industrial Index surged 28.34 points to 2,917.96 and the Plantation Index rose 2.29 points to 8,731.01.
The FBM Emas Index surged 39.26 points to 11,300.43 and the FBMT100 Index advanced 40.82 points to 11,124.41.
The FBM70 Index rose 29.72 points to 12,440.10 and the FBM Ace Index increased 17.83 points to 4,460.01.
Advancers outnumbered decliners 362 to 349 while 325 counters were unchanged, 594 others untraded and 24 suspended.
Turnvover increased to 1.015 billion shares worth RM1.255 billion from 982.567 million shares worth RM1.226 billion yesterday.
As for actives, Permaju Industries rose four sen to 58 sen, Ingenuity Solutions warrants gained half a sen to 10 sen, Naim Indah however, slipped one sen to 32 sen and Ingenuity Solutions increased 1.5 sen to 19 sen.
Among heavyweights, Maybank rose two sen to RM8.95, CIMB rose two sen to RM7.95 while Sime Darby was unchanged at RM9.80 and Petronas Chemicals increased one sen to RM6.62.
Meanwhile, the Main Market volume increased to 699.951 million shares worth RM1.213 billion from 593.237 million shares worth RM1.179 billion yesterday.
Turnover on the ACE Market declined to 195.078 million shares worth RM30.656 million from 266.266 million shares worth RM38.533 million yesterday.
Warrants decreased to 113.320 million units worth RM10.186 million from 118.089 million units worth RM8.211 million yesterday.
Consumer products accounted for 81.5 million shares traded on the Main Market, industrial products 165.7 million, construction 22.9 million, trade and services 259.2 million, technology 33.5 million, infrastructure 13.9 million, finance 38.5 million, hotels 975,600, properties 50.3 million, plantations 26.7 million, mining 0, REITs 6.5 million and closed/fund 53,000.


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Delicious Ambiguity
One of the "exciting" parts of my job is building surveys. I've worked with many of you over the past two years to construct new surveys to answer all sorts of questions. On the one hand, it's a pretty interesting challenge to navigate all of the issues inherent in designing what amounts to a real life "research study." At the same time, it can be an exhausting project because there are so many things you just can't be sure of until you field test the survey a few times and find all of the unanticipated flaws. But in the end, if we get good data from the new survey and learn things we didn't know before that help us do what we do just a little bit better, it's a pretty satisfying feeling.
As many of you already know, Augustana College has been engaged in a major change over the last several years in terms of how we assess ourselves. Instead of determining our quality as an institution based on what we have (incoming student profile, endowment amount, etc.), we are trying to shift to determine if our quality is based on what we do with what we have. Amazingly, this places us in a very different place than many higher education institutions. Unfortunately, it also means that there aren't many examples on which we might model our efforts.
One of the implications of this shift involves the nature of the set of institutional data points that we collect. Although many of the numbers we have traditionally gathered continue to be important, the measure of ourselves that we are hoping to capture is what we do with those traditional numbers. And while we have long maintained pretty robust ways of obtaining the numbers you would see in our traditional dashboard, our mechanisms for gathering data that would help us assess what we do with what we have are not yet robust enough.
So over the last few months, I have been working with the Assessment for Improvement Committee and my student assistants to build a new senior survey. While the older version had served its purpose well over more than a decade, it was ready for an update, if not an overhaul.
The first thing we've done is move from a survey of satisfaction to a survey of experiences. Satisfaction can sometimes give you a vague sense of customer happiness, but it often falls flat in trying to figure out how to make a change - not to mention the fact that good educating can produce customer dissatisfaction if that customer had unrealistic expectations or didn't participate in their half of the educational relationship.
The second thing we've done is build the senior survey around the educational and developmental outcomes of the entire college. If our goal is to develop students holistically, then our inquiry needs to be comprehensive.
Finally, the third thing we've done is "walk back" our thinking from the outcomes of various aspects of the college to the way that students would experience our efforts to produce those outcomes. So, for example, if the outcome is intercultural competence, then the question we ask is how often students had serious conversations with people who differed by race/ethnicity, culturally, social values, or political beliefs. We know this is a good question to ask because we know from a host of previous research that the degree to which students engage in these experiences predicts their growth on intercultural competence.
If you want to see the new senior survey, please don't hesitate to ask. I am always interested in your feedback. In the mean time . . .
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About the Book
In January 2010 I joined a photography workshop with Guy Edwardes. Five days in cold Slovenia, discovering the north west region close to the Julian alps, in the heart of the Triglav National Park. As I arrived one day earlier I had the opportunity to stroll around in grey - and at the same time colourful - Ljubljana as well. Enjoy.
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Friday, Nov. 16, 2012 | 9:48 a.m.
Sun's NFL betting game of Week 11
- Which side would you take in this week's Sunday Night Football game?
- Baltimore -3.5 — 78.1%
- Pittsburgh +3.5 — 21.9%
This poll is closed, see Full Results »
Note: This is not a scientific poll. The results reflect only the opinions of those who chose to participate.
Sports books caused more forced retirements than a bankrupt mega-corporation last weekend.
A large group of disgruntled gamblers no doubt stomped out of a casino and onto Las Vegas Boulevard swearing they would never bet on sports again after the events of last Saturday's college football slate. Bad beats struck quick and frequently, turning what looked like the surest tickets into nothing more than recyclable material.
Heck, the Magnolia State alone threw a lethal one-two punch in a matter of minutes Saturday evening. Mississippi State stayed within the 15-point spread at LSU for the entire game before throwing an interception that was returned 100 yards to lose 37-17 in the final minute.
That came right before MSU rival Ole Miss put the finishing touches on blowing a 17-point lead and allowing Vanderbilt to score a game-winning touchdown with less than a minute to go. Ole Miss lost 27-26 as a 3-point favorite.
That one hurt Talking Points' six pack of picks, available at the bottom of the page. But in fairness, a victory was notched earlier in the day by an even more memorable collapse.
Rutgers, -17, and Army were tied at a touchdown apiece with nine minutes to go before the Scarlet Knights scored twice in three minutes to go up 21-7. Army then fumbled with 40 seconds remaining, and Rutgers returned the turnover 73 yards for a touchdown.
This is just a trio of horror stories that came out of Saturday. Plenty of other examples, UCLA's 44-36 win as 16-point favorites and BYU's 52-13 victory at -40, could work interchangeably.
Expecting to juke away from such situations is unrealistic. It's part of betting football, just the part everyone's hoping to avoid next weekend.
Look below for a betting breakdown of the week's two major games as well as quick slants on other matchups on the card and picks to top it all off.
No. 18 USC -3.5 at No. 17 UCLA; over/under: 66
When the inevitable swarm of Angelenos descends upon Las Vegas Friday night, the cheapest entertainment will be available at the seats in the front of the sports books.
Watching the range of emotions when USC and UCLA fans drop in to peer at the betting board should make for an entertaining show.
Those dressed in blue and gold will likely smile and feel exhilarated. Their cardinal and gold adversaries may shake their heads and wonder how they got to this point.
The Bruins are less than a 6-point underdog in the Battle for Los Angeles for the first time in a decade — in coach Jim Mora, Jr.'s first year, nonetheless. And in a year where Lane Kiffin's Trojans started their campaign ranked No. 1 in the nation.
UCLA, truth be told, was a slightly bigger underdog a couple of days ago. Oddsmakers pegged UCLA at +4, but sharp money drove the price down.
The Bruins have certainly taken better care of gamblers' money this year. They are 6-4 against the spread as opposed to the Trojans 3-7 mark.
UCLA quarterback Brett Hundley and running back Jonathan Franklin have actually proven more productive than USC signal caller Matt Barkley and leading rusher Silas Redd.
One can only imagine what sports book directors would have posted as the odds on that at the beginning of the year.
Defense, aside from allowing a combined 101 points in losses to Oregon and Arizona, is where USC clearly edges UCLA this season. Morgan Breslin and Leonard Williams are two of the best pass-rushers on the west coast.
USC has yet to cover on the road this season, though it's debatable whether the Rose Bowl counts as an away game. UCLA has cashed in every game where oddsmakers installed it as an underdog this season.
No. 13 Stanford +20.5 at No. 2 Oregon; over/under: 65
In the current golden age of Stanford football, which began four seasons ago with Andrew Luck's freshman campaign, the Cardinal has only lost by more than 20 points twice.
Oregon was behind both beatings, routing Stanford 53-30 as 2.5-point underdogs last season after covering -6.5 with a 52-31 win in 2010.
So analysts and those unqualified to comment on sports betting can go ahead and choke back the fake outrage voiced about three touchdowns being too much to give up to a strong Cardinal team.
If anything, the lines in this series the past couple years were the incorrect ones. Bettors who have gone against Oregon in recent weeks must feel like small pieces of bread left near a duck pond.
Oregon has covered the spread in five straight games with historic efficiency on offense. Kenjon Barner, Byron Marshall, De'Anthony Thomas and Marcus Mariota all average more than 50 rushing yards per game.
Mariota, freshman quarterback, tosses in his No. 1 ranking nationally in passing efficiency for good measure. The Ducks have sent six of nine lined games over the total.
Seven of 10 totals have gone under for the Cardinal. Their defense is among the most underrated in the nation.
Stanford allows a national-best two yards per carry. Junior linebacker Trent Murphy leads the unit with regular highlight plays and an NFL future ahead.
The Cardinal has drawn more money so far as the line is down from an opener as high as Oregon -23. Look for a lopsided amount of bets to start coming on the Ducks as the public gets more involved before kickoff.
Stanford contains the tools to slow Oregon for a while, but no team in the country is capable of shutting this machine down for an entire game.
Quick slants
• Can you name a team that's one close loss, in which they covered, away from being right in the middle of the national championship race? Doubtful, because it's a team that seems largely forgotten. It's Clemson, which has treated bettors as well as a five-star resort treats its red-carpet vacationers. The Tigers are 8-1 against the spread with the lone loss coming when they beat Ball State by 25 as 27-point favorites. Clemson lays 17 at home against North Carolina State Saturday.
• Early money indicates the number of undefeated teams will fall from four to three this weekend. Bettors like Wisconsin to act as unfriendly hosts to Big Ten Leaders Division rivals Ohio State at Camp Randall. The Badgers are up to 3-point favorites, two points higher than they opened.
• No. 3 Notre Dame failed to cover in four of its last five games, making its against the spread record 5-5 on the season. Only one team in the last 15 years has won the national championship with a losing mark against the spread. Notre Dame gives Wake Forest 24 points Saturday at home, where the Irish have won by more than a touchdown just once all year.
• Sports books mind neither the new No. 1 ranking next to Kansas State's name nor the way the Wildcats have covered in every game except one this season. Despite their continued success, the Wildcats aren't a team the public loves enough to give the books exposure on the other side every week. Kansas State is a popular pick this week, however, as its line at Baylor is -13 after opening as low as -11.
• Sure seems like Indiana is the rare team that can lay claim to going from overvalued to undervalued in one week. Indiana was a seven-point underdog against Wisconsin last week, a number that proved fraudulent when the Badgers gorged 62-14. Indiana gets 11 more points this week at Penn State. The 18-point spread is larger than each of the past two years in the series when the Hoosiers were noticeably worse.
• The quarterback carousel at Oklahoma State has now gone over 2.5 players. Injuries to Wes Lunt and J.W. Walsh pressed Clint Chelf into action last week in a 55-34 win over West Virginia. Chelf is the toast of Stillwater, Okla., after throwing for 292 yards and five touchdowns. He's expected to start against visiting 10-point underdogs Texas Tech Saturday. Let's not forget Texas Tech's defense is a significant step-up from West Virginia, which ranks dead last in the nation against the pass.
• Speaking of the Mountaineers, has anyone seen them recently? They seem to have fallen off the cliff of national consciousness by losing and failing to cover in four straight games. A month after being in discussions as a national championship contender, West Virginia gets 11 points at home when it welcomes Oklahoma. The Sooners are lacking in motivation after falling out of the title race themselves as evidenced by last week's lackadaisical eight-point win at Baylor.
• Missouri and Syracuse are in eerily similar situations heading into Saturday's game against each other: Both teams are coming off of major wins and need one more victory to become bowl eligible. The difference is, Missouri travels to Texas A&M next week while Syracuse feasts on Temple. Considering the scheduling and the way James Franklin has reinvigorated offense, giving 4.5 points with the Tigers sounds equitable.
• UL-Lafayette nearly joined the ranks of UL-Monroe and Texas State as teams to pull off upsets as underdogs of at least four touchdowns this season. The Rajun' Cajuns were tied with Florida in the Swamp last Saturday, but gave up a touchdown on a blocked punt with two seconds remaining to lose 27-20. It's hard to bounce back from that devastation, especially as a 4-point favorite against a Western Kentucky team that had covered 15 straight dating back to 2011 earlier this season.
• San Jose State is one of the best teams against the spread this season with an 8-2 record, but the Trojans haven't played anyone as good as BYU since week 1. BYU, three-point favorites at San Jose State, boasts the No. 4 ranked defense in the nation. The Cougars are better than their 6-4 record, as three losses have come by a combined seven points.
Six pack of picks: West Virginia +11, Indiana +18, Missouri -4.5, Western Kentucky +4, Texas Tech +10, BYU -3
Year to date record: 37-34Case Keefer can be reached at 948-2790 or [email protected]. Follow Case on Twitter at twitter.com/casekeefer.


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CTN Animation Road Trip
The Creative Talent Network
Saturday, April 13, 2013 at 10:00 AM - Sunday, April 14, 2013 at 5:00 PM (PDT)
Who's Going
San Francisco, California
London, United Kingdom
Florence, Italy
Event Details
The Creative Talent Network in association with the Burbank Fine Arts Festival is hosting this FREE outdoor weekend event featuring artists in the community. Held each year in Downtown Burbank this is a casual event to meet the artists, buy books and artwork and have fun!! Open to all ages.
You are automatically entered into the ROAD TRIP RAFFLE but to be eligible to win you must stop by the Creative Talent Network booth and fill out a ROAD TRIP RAFFLE card so we know you came to the event!
Exhibitors include:
Alina Chau Animator, Author Illustrator
Animator Made
Brett Bean Character Designer
Mitchell Bernal Creator of Skelanimals
Sue Blanchard Illustrator
Blue Canvas Artist Networking Community
Mike Cedeno Painter
Center Stage Gallery
CGMA Online Education
David Colman Character Designer
Creative Talent Network
Craig Elliott Concept Designer
Stephan Franck Director, Storyboard Artist
Dominick Domingo Development Artist, Instructor
Arthur Fong Visual Development Artist
Walter Gatus Character Designer
Ed Ghertner Production and Background Design
Francis Glebas Director, Storyboard and Visual Development
Steven E. Gordon Director, Storyboard and Designer
Michael Humphries Art Director and Fine Art Painter
Gary Montalbano Conceptual Designer, Illustrator, Publisher
Christophe Lautrette Production Designer
LA Film School
Mike Kunkel Cartoonist at the Astonish Factory
Jose Lopez Character Designer
Sue Mantle DiCicco Childrens Book Illustrator Writer
Chris Oatley Visual Development Artist
Ruel Pascal Painter
Bill Perkins Art Director / Painter
Jeff Ranjo Storyboard Artist
Tom Sito Writer
Stuart Ng Books
Guy Vasilovich Director and Producer
Valerio Ventura Art Director, Director
Glen Vilppu Master Draftsman and Instructor
Virtual Animators
Ed Wexler Art Director
Woodbury University
Michael Yamada and Victoria Ying Designers
Dean Yeagle Cartoonist
More coming soon....
When & Where
Downtown Burbank
South San Fernando Boulevard
Address Line 2
Saturday, April 13, 2013 at 10:00 AM - Sunday, April 14, 2013 at 5:00 PM (PDT)
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