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¨Serbia deserves EU membership¨: Country wants to join despite recent rejection, says Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic
Vuk Jeremic is an energetic 36-year-old Serbian tennis fan. He speaks English with an American accent, favors elegant suits and has a warm handshake. An unlikely foreign minister? Perhaps. But Jeremic is one of Europe's longest-serving foreign ministers; he was appointed Foreign Minister of Serbia almost five years ago.
Now Jeremic faces the tricky task of convincing the EU that it should invite Serbia to become a member. Earlier this year Serbia captured Bosnian war criminal Radko Mladic, a step seen as an attempt to please the EU. But at the EU's next summit, on December 9, Serbia faces rejection. Jeremic met Metro for an exclusive interview.
At the EU summit on December 9, Croatia will be invited to join the union, but Serbia won't even be invited to continue accession talks. Are you disappointed?
Croatia started accession talks much earlier than Serbia. The question is, will there be continuity in the EU enlargement? A nice way of assuring continuity would be to have the end of Croatia's accession talks coincide with the beginning of Serbia's. From the perspective of the western Balkans, this would be a very useful signal, especially because we've satisfied all the criteria for joining the EU.
Does the EU's anticipated reaction of Serbia come as a surprise to you?
Not really. There's a conservative attitude growing in corners of the EU when it comes to enlargement. In my opinion, it's a consequence of the current crisis in the EU. It's an economic crisis that obviously has political repercussions. EU member states want to put their own house in order before deciding to invite more members. So, it doesn't come as a surprise. What's important to understand is that Serbia is many years away from being able to acquire EU membership. The next step isn't membership, but the process itself is very significant. During this process we can carry out reform to make sure we're conforming to EU standards. It's in Serbia's interest, but also in everybody's interest, that the western Balkans is fully harmonized with the EU. We'll keep working towards that goal. Then it will be less of a drama when a certain country becomes a member because it will be fully Europeanized, just like Switzerland or Norway. There's no drama as to whether these two countries will join the EU or not, because they're part of the common space anyway. We need to work hard to get there, and ongoing support for our efforts is in everybody's interest.
Did Serbia arrest Radko Mladic in vain?
No. It wasn't as we thought that bringing someone to The Hague would help us with the EU. His arrest had nothing to do with the EU. We did it because it was the right thing to do. It's like Kosovo: a lot of people are saying, "If you solve the Kosovo issue, it will push you into a higher gear in the EU accession process." But that's not going to happen. Joining the EU is about fulfilling standards, not political issues like Kosovo or war criminals.
Other former Warsaw Pact countries, like Slovakia, are now EU members and are having to assist wealthier Western European countries like Portugal. Is joining the EU even an attractive option anymore?
The best thing about the EU is that it's the most successful peace project in history. You can't imagine wars between EU states, and that environment should be extended to our part of Europe. In the past, there was also a very strong economic component. Hopefully, a country does better economically by joining the EU. Obviously that's not the situation right now, though I think the EU economy will improve in the future. But economics is not our main motivation for wanting to join the EU.
So will you be able to go to your voters and say, "We should join the EU, but you might have to help Greeks and Spaniards"?
That question is many years away for Serbia. Maybe the circumstances will be better when it's time for us to join; maybe they'll be worse.
Kosovo is a stumbling block in Serbia's relations with Europe. Would you consider giving up Serbia's claims on Kosovo?
Why should the EU invite Serbia to become a member?
Every country in Europe is eligible to become a part of united Europe. There's no reason to draw the boundaries of the EU in a way that doesn't coincide with the geographic, cultural and historic boundaries of Europe. Why should everybody else get to join the EU, and not Serbia?
You're one of Europe's youngest foreign ministers in modern times. Did you have the necessary experience when you were appointed?
You learn every day in a job like this. It has given me an excellent opportunity to talk to decision-makers around the world and acquire experience that you can't easily acquire in any other job. But I had been an adviser to the President before, so I wasn't just parachuting in. Five years is a long time, and I feel better equipped now.
Did it happen early on that you had meetings with older Foreign Ministers and they didn't take you seriously?
There was always an element of surprise and it was often awkward. Because they were surprised, I felt they tended to listen more, and perhaps have a more open mind about what I had to say. But by now, most of my colleagues know me and it's no longer awkward.
Many Serbs fled during the Balkan Wars. Do you want them to return?
It's an individual decision. I left the country myself for 12 years before returning. Of course I wish that as many people as possible come back to Serbia, and I'm trying to serve as an example to as many people as possible, especially young people.
You've been elected President of the new Association of Tennis Professionals of Serbia. What are you going to do in this capacity?
Tennis has become one of the most powerful tools of public diplomacy for our country. Serbia has become well-known for tennis. Novak Djokovic is ranked the world's top player, and we have an excellent national team that is the defending world champion. In ladies' tennis we have a number of strong players as well. Because tennis has become such a powerful tool of soft power, it has to be supported at the state level. Foreign affairs are about representing your country abroad, and for us one of the best ways of doing it is through tennis.
How are you going to foster a new generation of elite players?
Djokovic has been a role model. With our new tennis federation we'd like to further that enthusiasm for tennis in order to make a system that will produce a new generation of players. Producing a champion is part luck, but it's much easier if there's a strong system like there is in other countries.
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Starting with this year's sophomores, Washington will be the only state to require passage of five different graduation tests. Nine states have four graduation exams, four states have three. Ten states have one or two.
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Quintana was tossed by plate umpire Mark Wegner with two outs in the fourth of Wednesday's game against Tampa Bay when his first pitch went behind Ben Zobrist at knee level.
Rays starter Alex Cobb hit two White Sox batters — Gordon Beckham during the first and A.J. Pierzynski in the third — during the game. Pierzynski was hit with a runner on second and one out.
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While Thomas Newcomen, inventor of the first successful steam engine, is now a household name in Dartmouth, there is another engineer who is much less well known: Harry Inder, who designed and built the first motor cars in Dartmouth.
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WW1 Exhibition - Names on War Memorial
The Dartmouth History Research Group have been researching the details of all the men named on the Dartmouth War Memorial who died in WW1, as well as those buried at St.Clement's and at Long Cross Cemetery and others mentioned in obituaries in the Chronicles between 1914 and 1917. Please tell us if you have any more information.
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Can We Do This For Now On
I like this free thread:https://www.rcgroups.com/forums/show...1784229&page=2
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Your Heart Is In the right Place. I really Think That All of these RC sites and the AMA should do like the Outdoor Channels. The Should Be A Contributing Factor and Back Up The Chatter and Promote The RC Hobby just Like The Deer Hunting, Fishing and even The NFL With Play 60. I have been an RCG'er For going on 3 years and I am a newbie compared to alot of these older RC Hobbyist. Yet I have never seen one RC site or Distributor Promote or Try to pass the hobby down to our YOUTH. WHY IS THAT ? ? ? ? ? ?
My Reply To:Far4nugn
I wish more people that has connections in the hobby world like people / pilots who get promotional planes, lets just say free planes to test. By sellers such as EFlite, NitroPlanes, Hangar9,GWS. These guys give planes to test fly. Yet the old planes that they rarely sell or out of production and sitting on the shelves. I would think that someone would draft our Y.O.U.T.H. on these particular planes. We know most of them are trainer related. So can someone spread the word to get our Y.O.U.T.H Involved.
Thanks For The Piggyback @ Far4nugn
As you say, his heart is in the right place, but I really do not like the way he is going about it and find it awfully distasteful. The reason I say this is that I feel no matter how hard your times might be, no one should ever have to post a tough and very personal story online. It is all about PRIDE- Everyone has a certain level of pride, and to have to post your story for everyone to see can feel like a shot to the gut for the person trying to get the item. Not a very kind way to give an item away if the person has to swallow their pride.
We have had free threads in the Atl Area before, they can be abused....
In regards to passing the hobby on, we had a new father and son at the field today. They set up over 100 yards away and did apparently were not comfortable approaching us, so blively, electrich, gymnast and I went to go help after watching several fails of hand launches. We retrimmed their mini-Cub (it had about 20* of up elevator) and were talking the dad through circuits within 20 minutes. Unfortunately, the son did not get a turn before dad trashed it; but we all fixed it and I promised the son I would help him on the sticks next time, as the sun was going down and we needed to let the adhesive cure from the previous crashes.
There is really few things more enjoyable to me than getting someone hooked into the hobby; excitement is contagious and I am confident they will be back there as much as time permits.
LOL, we were at the old DFC in the neighborhood. It is turning into a full construction site, but doubtful their progress will impede on our airspace for another 8-12 months (hopefully).
Keep up with the Pecan thread, Marko is talking about a New Years day fun fly and it will be a blast.
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First of all Hi to all, having just upgraded to Win 7 Ive found some of my old programs wont work load| first one is MS2000 and the second one is Mavis beacon teaches typing! great to teach the kids!
Now the problem Im going to have is when using two different computers for the same project, I keep getting offered to try MS2007 free for 60 days but dont really want to fork out for it having already purchasing "2000" years ago not tight just dont need it is there anything I can do?
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Have you tried compatibility mode
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The last OS office 2000 is compatible with is winXP, try it in that compatibility mode.
If it works let me know.
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Were you able to install the programs? If so, did you try to run them in compatibility mode (see pic).
Also what error message are you receiving? this can help pinpoint the exact problem.
You could also search for 'free typing tutor' software for the kids as a replacement option. "free typing tutor" for kids - Google Search
EDIT: ha..... compatibility mode.... you all beat me to it
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House prices still too high, say economists, despite forecast they won't return to 2007 peak for SIX years
House prices in Britain are still artificially high according to economists, despite a report revealing that the property market is set for the longest slump since records began.
The 'topsy-turvy' nature of the housing market was in evidence further today with official figures from the Land Registry showed that prices edged up 0.9 per annually but sales slowed.
According to a host of experts polled by the Financial Times, 44 said houses were overvalued compared to 26 who said they are not – yet despite this few of them expect any sharp falls this year.
North south divide: The figures highlight the gulf between the cost of buying in London and property values in the rest of the country
At the same time, a report by estate agent Knight Frank said the price of the average home peaked at £183,959 in 2007 but has fallen so dramatically it will not return to this level until 2019.
House prices fell by around 15 per cent as the financial crisis struck in 2008 and have barely recovered since then. It said prices fell two per cent last year and predicted another two per cent fall this year before a meagre one per cent rise in 2014.
The 12-year recovery period would be the longest since records began in the 1950s.
The report said that once the impact of inflation is stripped out, the slump would be even longer and average prices will not return to 2007 levels until 2031 – an incredible 24 years after they peaked.
In the previous market crash, prices peaked at £62,782 in 1989 and did not reach that level again until 1998 – a nine year slump.
Grainne Gilmore, head of UK residential research at Knight Frank, which produced the report, said: 'Some five years after the start of the financial crisis, the housing sector in the UK still does not bear the hallmarks of a fully functioning market.'
A clutch of experts believe that housing is overvalued – but the situation is unlikely to change in the coming years.
Speaking to the FT, George Buckley at Deutsche Bank, said: 'Possibly the most worrisome statistic on the housing market is that affordability is still worse than average despite interest rates being at their lowest for more than 300 years.
'If interest rates were ever to return to "normal", we would soon realise how overvalued the housing market actually is. That does appear to be some time off, however.'
David Blanchflower, a former member of the Bank of England's monetary policy committee, noted average prices were still about 4.5 times average earnings compared with a long-term average of about 3.5 times.
He told the FT: 'My guess would be that nominal house prices will have to fall by a further 15 per cent or so.'
But a lack of housing supply means 'overvalued housing' will prevail for some time, according to the experts.
Drifting down: A stagnant property market has seen house prices gently slide lower after the brief recovery in late 2009 and early 2010, Halifax figures show
London property is a safe haven to store wealth
Keith Wade at Schroders, said: 'The shortage in housing supply over the past decade has meant that prices are unlikely to return to levels where the medium-paid working family can afford one.
'This trend has been exacerbated by the influx of foreign money that is using UK property, particularly in London, as safe havens to store their wealth.'
House prices in the most expensive areas of central London have already clawed back all their losses and are now at record highs as rich Brits and foreigners plough money into the capital, according to the Knight Frank report.
'Prime' house prices –those worth around £2million or more – rose eight per cent last year following a 12.1 per cent jump in 2010.
Prices in upmarket areas such as Mayfair and Kensington are expected to be flat this year before rising by another 4 per cent in 2014, according to Knight Frank.
A report last week named Egerton Crescent in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea the most expensive street in Britain – with the average house price topping £8million.
House prices will remain static in cash terms
Professor John Muellbauer of the University of Oxford, told the FT that he believes house prices would remain fairly static in cash terms, as they have for several years, but would continue to fall gently in 'real terms' after inflation was stripped out.
Kate Barker, another former MPC member and author of the 2004 Barker review on housing for the government, is one of the economists who believes property isn't overvalued.
She told the FT that prices were 30 per cent lower in real terms from their peak and 25 per cent lower compared with average earnings.
She said: 'Housing is difficult to access for first-time buyers due to the reduced supply of mortgages at higher loan-to-value ratios, but this does not necessarily imply prices are "too high"'.
Malcolm Barr at JPMorgan, said: 'The circumstances of recent years were uniquely favourable to deflating a bubble if it were in place, but the price correction has been relatively mild.
'We are learning that the scarcity of land value had a lot to do with the move up in home prices, and are not expecting the land supply situation to change very much.'
Ian Plenderleith, another former MPC member, said: 'I always think this is a pretty meaningless concept, in economic terms
'House prices are what they are and who is to say they should be otherwise and on what grounds?'
Shortage of mortgage lending is to blame
Miss Gilmore said the current downturn was even worse in part due to the sharp fall in transactions triggered by a shortage of mortgage lending.
She said: 'Transaction levels have roughly halved since the last market peak in 2007, and are 35 per cent below the 20-year average, as first-time buyers and those further up the housing ladder struggle with tighter mortgage lending rules.'
According to a study by Halifax, public opinion on house values remains positive.
Nearly four in 10 (38 per cent) of the 1,900 people quizzed predicted that house prices will rise in 2013, while less than a fifth (18 per cent) believe prices will decline.
The overall price outlook balance - which is worked out by subtracting the share of people who expect price falls from those who predict rises - stands at 20. This is the highest reading since the survey began in April 2011.
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Harold Scott, a veteran Arizona tax official, joined San Diego County last week to help oversee the county's assessor/recorder/clerk's office.
Scott, 61, was appointed the office's second-in-command by Assessor Ernest Dronenburg. That position had been vacant since Dronenburg was elected last fall.
In a phone interview on Tuesday, Scott said his goal is to provide "the best customer service we can" with the resources available. He noted that budget cuts have sliced 65 positions from the three-part office over the past two years.
The office is responsible for numerous functions, from deciding the value of all properties in the county (assessor); issuing marriage, birth and death certificates (clerk); and recording real estate documents (recorder), among other functions.
Scott, who will be paid a salary of $138,000, brings more than 20 years of experience in top-level government positions, Dronenburg, a Fallbrook resident, said in a news release last week. Those posts included director of the Arizona Department of Revenue and prior to that assistant director in charge of property and special taxes for the state agency.
Scott said he has known Dronenburg since 1979, through professional associations.
"I have great respect for Mr. Dronenburg," Scott said. "I've known him for a long, long time. He basically recruited me. I would not do this job for anybody else."
Scott served from 2004 to 2009 as chairman of the Arizona State Board of Equalization, an appointed position which administers state taxes.
Dronenburg was elected five times to the California Board of Equalization.
At his new job in San Diego County, Scott said he will help the office continue to find creative ways to boost customer service. It shuffled staffing schedules early this year (but did not add any new positions) to reopen branch offices in Chula Vista and Kearny Mesa.
He said it will shuffle schedules again this month to keep all its branch and main offices open an extra hour for the public. Starting July 18, hours will be 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Scott said. Nearly all of the assessor/recorder/clerk offices now close to the public at 4 p.m., he said.
After a brief retirement in 2009, Scott said he traveled toKosovo to help the European Union's capital budgeting project: Aneffort to rebuild the roads and schools of the war-torn area thatwas once part of Yugoslavia.
Scott said he played "a small part" in the effort.
The Arizona native said he now lives in Coronado and takes the ferry to work at the county's downtown San Diego headquarters.
He said his hobbies include traveling and "spoiling my two grandkids."


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The Onion is a parody web site — one that regularly attracts attention for its over-the-top and fictitious headlines and faux news stories. While the outlet will occasionally offend, it's not everyday that it steps so far over the line that a public apology is warranted. However, a message that was circulated on The Onion's official Twitter feed on Sunday has the company's CEO, Steve Hannah, issuing an official redress.
During the Academy Awards, the satirical web site sent a message that quickly raised eyebrows — and outrage. Commenting about Quvenzhané Wallis, the 9-year-old star of "Beasts of the Southern Wild," the tweet read, "Everyone else seems afraid to say it, but that Quvenzhané Wallis is kind of a c**t, right? #Oscars2013."
The use of the c-word to describe a child was quickly derided in media and across social media. On Monday morning, Hannah took to The Onion's official Facebook page to issue a public apology for the tweet.
"On behalf of The Onion, I offer my personal apology to Quvenzhané Wallis and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for the tweet that was circulated last night during the Oscars," he wrote. "It was crude and offensive — not to mention inconsistent with The Onion's commitment to parody and satire, however biting."
The CEO went on to say that no one should be forced to be labeled with such a "senseless, humorless" title. Hannah said that the message was removed within an hour of its publication and that new Twitter policies will be implemented to ensure that an incident like this doesn't happen again. The Onion is also planning to discipline those individuals involved.
"Miss Wallis, you are young and talented and deserve better. All of us at The Onion are deeply sorry," he continued.
Wallis was the youngest woman ever to be nominated for the Best Actress category.


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Channing Tatum…People's Sexiest Man?
If you haven't had the chance yet to watch Magic Mike, do it now! I finally was able to watch it this weekend and it was definitely entertaining to say the least.
I liked Matthew McConaughey as the strip club owner, but he was a little rough around the edges for me. Channing seemed to have all the moves and great lines as well. I totally understand, more than ever now, why they made Channing Tatum People's Sexiest Man Alive.
I've only seen one other movie(21 Jump Street) with him in it, and loved him in that one as well. The rest of the cast of Magic Mike was pretty good too. It's not a movie I would want to watch with either my mother or my daughter, but a great flick to watch with the girlfriends!
Which one of the two movies was your favorite? Do you agree with People in making him Sexiest Man Alive? Who would you have picked instead? Let me know!


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First, there were rumors that [lastfm]Van Halen,[/lastfm] with [lastfm]David Lee Roth[/lastfm] (pictured above) back as singer, had completed a new album over the long July 4th weekend. Then the band's manager/[lastfm]Eddie Van Halen[/lastfm]'s wife, Janie, released a statement saying those rumors were false.
Now, the band's publisher, Warner/Chappell, is confirming that Roth and [lastfm]Van Halen[/lastfm] are in the studio, recording an album that is slated for release in 2011.
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Also, an executive from Live Nation is already talking about the band touring behind the record in 2011.
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Spending the fall semester in Washington, D.C. as a congressional intern certainly made an impression on Cal State Long Beach student Ryan Sweeney. So much so that it may have altered the course of his future professional life.
Sweeney was one of 26 California students (one each from the 23 CSU campuses and three others from Dominican University, Saint Mary's College and Santa Clara University) participating in the 17th annual Congressional Internship Program.
Sponsored by the Panetta Institute for Public Policy, the internship program is recognized as one of the best in the country because of the training opportunities provided to participants as well as the full scholarship covering all program costs. Participants are nominated by their respective campus presidents and are selected based on their scholastic achievements and their interest in politics.
Sweeney, a junior political science and economics major (with a legal studies minor), was CSULB's 2015 representative in the Congressional Internship Program, and there is no question that Sweeney agrees with the program's well-earned reputation.
"I can tell you that after my time on the Hill, I would have no problem teaching a course on Congress at any academic level. There truly is no substitute for hands-on experience," the 21-year-old student said. "From the guest speakers brought in by the Institute, to the veterans in my office, to the many briefings and hearings I attended, the depth of my knowledge about domestic and foreign policy issues has never increased so dramatically in such a short period of time."
Sweeney spent his internship working in the office of Congressman Jerry McNerney, a Democrat representing California's 9th Congressional District, which encompasses Stockton, Antioch, Lodi and surrounding areas. Rep. McNerney is described as a moderate Democrat whose primary policy areas are energy, commerce and veteran's affairs.
"I believe I was matched with him on the basis of overall ideology," Sweeney explained, "but I found his issue areas fascinating and got to learn a lot about some issues I had never studied in depth before."
During his first few weeks, Sweeney was the only intern in the office, which meant he was the primary receptionist and ran the front lobby. His duties included answering both internal and external phone calls, receiving mail, welcoming guests and constituents, and other administrative tasks as assigned.
When another intern was brought on to run the front office, Sweeney worked primarily with the legislative staff, conducting research and drafting policy proposals for the Congressman to review. He also attended many briefings on a wide variety of issues to report findings back to the staff.
"During my final few weeks, I worked closely with one of the legislative assistants to research and draft a bill that went on to be introduced in the House," Sweeney pointed out. "It meant a lot to me that (the legislative assistant) trusted me to not only conduct most of the research for the bill, but also to have a say in the final provisions and see it through to introduction. Not many interns get the chance to actually work on legislation in such a direct way. So, this experience really set my time there apart from most of my peers."
While in Washington, Sweeney also attended regular weekly seminars with key administration personnel on different aspects of government policy, ranging from economics to the environment and foreign affairs to defense resources. Speakers participating in these seminars included former and current cabinet secretaries, ambassadors, U.S. senators and U.S. representatives."As a political science and economics double major and legal studies minor, of course it had crossed my mind to one day work in the nation's capital. However, I can now say with certainty that I am in love with the city of Washington D.C. and that I hope to move back shortly after graduation to pursue a career in politics," Sweeney. After meeting the people who make that city function behind the scenes and being involved in the process firsthand, doors have opened in my career path that I would have never thought possible."
In 2007, Lester Murillos mother was diagnosed with schizophrenia, and he witnessed his once adventurous and loving mom turn into a mentally unstable recluse who believed her family was out to kill her.
While helping his mother get treatment, he became frustrated with some of the inefficient public policies regarding mental health. He saw how many of the rules and regulations to qualify for government assistance made accessing any form of aid difficult. In fact, it took seven years for him and his family to navigate the barriers blocking government assistance for his mothers mental healthcare.
The experience is the impetus behind Murillos desire to become a lawyer who will advocate for the rights of the mentally ill. It was also the reason for his applying for a spot in the 16th annual Congressional Internship Program sponsored by the Panetta Institute for Public Policy.
Murillo, a senior criminal justice major at California State University, Long Beach (CSULB), will spend this fall semester in Washington, D.C. as the campus 2014 representative in the institutes Congressional Internship Program.
I wanted to apply for the internship because the efforts of the Panetta Institute to educate students on public policy, government infrastructure and leadership align with my future goals. From the experience I hope to learn more about the rationale and process of policy making by the government. I also hope to grow both as an individual and as a leader.
A Long Beach resident and 2010 graduate of Long Beach Poly High School, Murillo will be one of 26 California students (one each from the 23 CSU campuses and three others from Dominican University, Saint Marys College and Santa Clara University) participating in the program.
The interns experience begins Aug. 10 with an intense two weeks of preparation at the Panetta Institute, located on the CSU Monterey Bay campus. Following the two-week training session, interns fly out immediately to Washington, where they are assigned to and work full-time for 11 weeks in the office of a California member of the U.S. House of Representatives.
There is no one particular assignment that I hope for while interning in Washington, said Murillo, who pointed out that this would be his first-ever trip to Washington, D.C. and to the east coast. I feel like anything that I am assigned to during the internship will have some significance. (Then), I hope to use whatever I take from the experience and apply it to my future endeavors.


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Sharon Needles wears her RuPaul's Drag Race crown with pride, and admits her "life has become ridiculous since the crowning. I'm zipping to every city in America and fitting in photo ops and interviews. I'm trying to meet every fan I can. It's definitely a nightmare come true!"
Interviewed from her Pittsburgh, Penn., home, where she is "loving being back with my drag family, Haus of Haunt," Needles is also eager to resume touring, particularly for her upcoming visit to the Pacific Northwest.
"I've never been, and I've always been interested in Portland," she says. "It's like a sister city to Pittsburg."
The reigning Queen of Queens dubs Portland "a mecca for artists, writers, and freaks in general. We lose a lot of kids to Portland."
"[I'm] looking forward to meeting the artistic individuals of Portland, and sampling the granola [and] the marijuana. And I'm so glad everyone can attend," she needles, "because no one there has jobs!"
What should fans and the curious expect from her Portland performance? "My show embodies my tag lines: beautiful, spooky and stupid!" she says. "I want to bring the punk rock back to drag. Hopefully, my crowning can help that. The world needs it; these underground punk messy queens are in every city."
Referring to Portland's own Burlesquire and one of its principal dancers, Isaiah Tillman, Needles says, "I'm excited to work with artists like male burlesque dancers who are pushing the boundaries. You don't see a lot of big African Americans in burlesque. It's exciting."
Asked about accusations of racism and the controversy surrounding her impersonation of RuPaul at a club in Oklahoma City in April, she remains defiant. "Sharon Needles has always been a controversial character designed to create controversy," she says. "… We're clowns of controversy!"
Needles considers the backlash to be undeserved hater hype. "There's a huge difference between impersonating a black person and wearing blackface," she says. "No one seems upset that RuPaul impersonates a blond, rich, white lady."
Now that Needles is herself a "blond, rich, white lady," she is preparing to meet an adoring public during her upcoming tour. "I throw a wig in a bag, hop on my broom, and wait for my manager to whisk me away!"
Sharon Needles performs at Red Cap Garage's annual Block Party on June 17, also featuring Frenchie Davis, Burlesquire, Peep Show, and a pride of local talent. Visit redcapgarage.com for more information.


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Schedule: Wednesday Nov 23, 01:00 - 04:00pm. Room: Cournot Session Chair: Cedric Thomas, OW2Description: SQuAT is OW2 quality program, an initiative launched in 2011 with the aim to improve code quality by enforcing tests on OW2 mature projects. The session will cover the SQuAT methodologies and tools through the experience of OW2 projects. The session will discuss the status and outlook of the SQuAT program.
Schedule: 01:00 - 01:30 Speaker: Freddy Munoz, AntelinkAbstract: Today, most software development teams use free and open source software (FOSS) components, because it increases the speed and the quality of the development. Many open source components are the de facto standard of their category. However, FOSS has licensing restrictions, and corporate organizations usually maintain a list of allowed and forbidden licenses. But how do you enforce this policy? How can you make sure that ALL files in your source repository, either belong to you, or fit your licensing policy?A first, preventive approach is to train and increase the awareness of the development team to these licensing issues. Depending on the size of the team, it may be costly but necessary.However, this does not ensure that a single individual will not add a forbidden icon or library, and jeopardize the legal status of the whole release — or the company, since software is becoming more and more a critical asset. Another approach is to verify what is included in the source repository, and check whether it belongs to the open-source world. This can be done on-the-fly, whenever a new file is added into the source repository. It can also be part of the release process, as a verification step before publishing the release. In both cases, there are some tools to automate the detection process.This talk explores the various options regarding FOSS detection, how this process can be integrated in the "software factory", and how the results can be displayed in a usable and efficient way.
Schedule: 01:30 - 02:00 Speaker: Junfeng ZHAO, Pekin UniversityAbstract: To manage trustworthiness software resource is important for trust software development. We will introduce a method to evaluate the trustworthiness of software resource, such as Java API and Web service. Then, we will give an instance that has been realized in the software resource library, named as TSR (Trustie Software Resource Repository). TSR can be used as a component managing tool which provides mechanism to describe, collect, evaluate, classify and manage software resources' trustworthiness, to support trust software development. The TSR has been published on OW2 on July, 2010.
Schedule: 02:00 - 02:30 Speaker: Bruno Cornec, HP and Alexandre Lefebvre, OW2Abstract: FOSSology (http://fossology.org ) is an open source compliance toolset that provides software license and copyright discovery. Every file submitted to the FOSSology system is saved in a file repository, scanned, and results are stored in a database. A web user interface displays results while the database and file repository remain for future scans and data mining.The presentation will cover the major features of the tool, the latest news of the 1.4.1 version, feedback from OW2 FOSSology usage, as well as the roadmap for the coming 2.0 version.
Schedule: 02:30 - 03:00Speaker: Alexandre LefebvreAbstract: As part of the OW2 SQuAT programme, all OW2 Mature projects will have to publish a SONAR analysis report of their source code, and to perform a quality assessment using Qualipso OMM (OpenSource Maturity Model). For this, we have developed an OW2 SONAR profile. We will discuss the OW2 SONAR profile, and the first results of applying this OW2 SONAR profile on pilot OW2 projects. We will also review the EasyBeans pilot for Qualipso OMM, review the methodology for performing Qualipso OMM evaluations, and discuss the associated scoring.
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Peace or Real Estate
For the first time in its history, Israel must face the fateful, clear and unambiguous choice - peace or real estate.
Israel should be grateful to Syrian President Bashar Assad. It is he who heads a most troublesome regime, who has instigated discord in Lebanon, who has ties with Iran, who supports Hezbollah, who hosts Hamas and who is trying to develop nuclear weapons. It is he, of all statesmen, who is bringing Israel close to its moment of truth. For the first time in its history, Israel must face the fateful, clear and unambiguous choice - peace or real estate.
Anwar Sadat also placed this choice before us, but at that time real security considerations were still involved. In this new technological age, when the danger of missiles from Tehran and Damascus lurks for Israel, it is no longer possible to disguise real-estate considerations with security arguments - especially as peace with Egypt has proven that the best guarantee of Israel's security is peace with its neighbors.
For that reason, we must be grateful to Assad. Because from now on we will no longer be able to make do with hollow talk about how "we are looking forward to peace" and how we are ready to hold negotiations with any Arab leader. Yesterday's slogans about the Golan such as "the country's eyes" and "strategic depth" are also no longer relevant. If Syria wants to attack Israel, it can do so with or without the Golan Heights. The issue of sovereignty is also not a matter of discussion - the entire world has passed judgment: The Golan belongs to Syria.
Thank God it is also not possible to talk about "the rights of our forefathers" when it comes to the Golan Heights. If the Golan belongs to us, well then so does the Gilead and all of Jordan - everybody considers these claims hallucinatory. The choice facing us right now, therefore, is between open spaces for hiking, wineries, bed-and-breakfasts and magnificent grazing pastures on the one hand, and the chance for a strategic peace with our most dangerous neighbor on the other.
If Israel rejects the opportunity it might get now, if the government misses this chance as well - if indeed it is a chance - then we all, both Israel and the rest of the world, will know that this is not a peace-seeking country but a real-estate-seeking country, not to mention a country that provoked war. If a handful of right-wing extremists succeed in inducing fear in the majority government, if the majority government is not successful in passing a decision favoring peace at the expense of real estate, if the Israeli mainstream does not wake up from its deep slumber and immediately begin acting with energy and determination to get the government to withdraw from the Golan in return for peace, then we will know that the extreme right rules this land.
No referendum is necessary. Just as in Israel no referendum is held on other fateful issues, from the health basket to the minimum wage, from the separation of state and religion to the make-up of the country's legal system, there is no place for a referendum on the Golan Heights, just as there was no reason to hold one on the future of Sinai or the Gaza Strip. Those who favor a referendum have only one aim in mind: to gain time, to miss the opportunity and to spread fear about the dangers peace poses. The Israeli government enjoys a firm majority - now it must do its duty and try to bring about peace.
This is particularly true regarding the prime minister. Guilty of one pointless war, treading water in fruitless and pointless negotiations over a "shelf agreement" with half the Palestinian people, Ehud Olmert is obliged to ask himself what he wants to leave behind after his term in office. Only that war? A "shelf agreement" not worth the paper it is written on? Is that what he wants as his legacy? Is that what he will take with him to the elections?
One of his most senior colleagues recently said that an agreement with Syria would be a "boutique agreement," meaning everything would be clear from the start, fixed-price. Only a decision has to be taken. Between a "boutique agreement" and a "shelf agreement", the former is preferable. An agreement with Syria will push forward an agreement with the Palestinians. They, too, will not wish to miss the peace train. The negotiations would be concluded in a short time if the sides are indeed interested in peace. Let us then finish with the emissaries and the errands; everything is clear in advance.
And perhaps, heaven forbid, it turns out that Assad is merely fooling with us. Let us then give him a challenge - us to him - instead of him challenging us. We have nothing to lose. We have had enough of pulling faces every time there is an opportunity. Think about a border where there is peace with Syria, imagine dinner in Damascus. Conjure up in your mind a trip to Europe by car via Syria and Turkey, and allow yourself to forget the right wing's intimidations.
It is possible that even after peace is established, a "travel advisory" will be issued by the National Security Council's anti-terrorism bureau, warning against traveling there, as is the custom before every holiday. So what? At least we will know we have the option of the world's best humus in the Damascus casbah. Is that not better than the option of wine from the occupied and looted Golan Heights? Does that sound hallucinatory? No more than the intimidations by the right.
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The Nobel Peace laureate, who spent nearly three decades as a political prisoner before going on to lead his country, passed away at his Johannesburg home surrounded by his family.
South African President Jacob Zuma said "the nation has lost its greatest son", adding: "He is now resting. He is now at peace."
Mr Mandela, who was 95, will get a state funeral and national flags will be lowered to half-mast.
He had been receiving medical treatment for the last three years for a prolonged lung infection and for the last six months had been critically ill.
"Our people have lost a father," said Mr Zuma.
"Although we knew this day was going to come, nothing can diminish our sense of a profound and enduring loss.
"His tireless struggle for freedom earned him the respect of the world. His humility, passion and humanity, earned him their love."
The anti-apartheid icon served as South Africa's first black president from 1994 to 1999 after spending 27 years in jail, including the notorious Robben Island prison.
Madiba - as he was affectionately known by many South Africans - was released in 1990 and went on to guide his country to democracy, bringing an end to white minority rule and securing black people the right to vote.
UK Prime Minister David Cameron, speaking outside Downing Street, said: "Tonight one of the brightest lights of our world has gone out.
"Nelson Mandela was not just a hero of our time, but a hero of all time.
"Through his dignity, through his triumph, (he) inspired millions."
US President Barack Obama called Mr Mandela an "extraordinary man" whose journey from prisoner to president had inspired the world, as well as him personally.
"He achieved more than can be expected of any man - and today he's gone home," said President Obama.
"We've lost one of the most influential, courageous and profoundly good human beings that any of us will share time with on this earth."
"He no longer belongs to us - he belongs to the ages."
The Queen said she was "deeply saddened" by Nelson Mandela's death, saying he "worked tirelessly for the good of his country, and his legacy is the peaceful South Africa we see today".
Zindzi and Zenani Mandela, Mr Mandela's daughters, were informed of his death as the premiere of a film about their father's life got under way in London.
They are understood to have been told just as the film started - but insisted that the screening continue.
Speaking on the red carpet, Zindzi Mandela had earlier told reporters her father was "fine" and that "we are hoping to see more of him".
Others inside the Leicester Square premiere were left stunned as the film's producer announced Mr Mandela's death as the closing credits rolled. A moment of silence was held.
Prince William, who was also at the premiere of Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom, paid tribute from the lobby of the cinema.
"It was extremely sad and tragic news," he said.
"We were just reminded of what an extraordinary and inspiring man Nelson Mandela was and my thoughts and prayers are with him and his family right now."
Crowds gathered outside Mr Mandela's Johannesburg home after his death, singing songs in celebration of his achievements.
Sky News' Alex Crawford, who is at the scene, said people were dancing and clapping.
"People are upset," she said. "They've come with flowers, people are obviously very emotional about it, but they are also in a very celebratory mood as well.
"It was very sombre when we arrived, (but) more and more people have gathered here and the mood is entirely different.
"It has changed to singing tribute songs, they've sung the national anthem, they're singing a lot of songs from way back when they were pushing for democratic rights."
One woman among the crowds told Sky News: "We're really really sad but we show this by singing ... the struggle songs all in his memory. He left a huge legacy, everybody still looks up to him all over the world."
"I hope the whole world is behind us - even after his passing."
Another mourner outside his house said she was 12 years old when Mr Mandela was released.
"For me, he represented hope, he represented freedom." she said.
"So today I'm here to show I'm thankful for him. I grew up in a rural area, so it was just blacks. All I knew of white people was going to town. There were places where you could go and couldn't go. I remember from my childhood not being able to go where I wanted to go.
"As he said, the walk is far from being over, but it's a far cry from what it used to be before, so for that I'm thankful. My kids don't know what we knew, but then that's because of him."
Mr Mandela is survived by his third wife, Graca Machel, and daughters Makaziwe, Zindzi and Zenani.
The former president's body has been taken to a military hospital in Pretoria. It is thought his body will lie in state for three days before a funeral is held on Saturday in Qunu, the village in Eastern Cape where he was born.
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Presenting an all new home that conveys a sophisticated edge yet still manages to have captured the whole family friendly principle in the design. It is a home for adults wanting to live in style and kids wanting the space inside and the freedom to venture outdoors.
While most of the 541sqm corner block is taken up by the home and the backyard is compact, it really does not matter with a fantastic parkland lake and walkways straight across the road, plenty of quiet streets for the kids to explore on their bikes and Oyster Harbour just minutes away.
Currently a Country Builder's display home, the 3x2 residence is fully kitted out for the purpose at present, which makes it really easy to imagine what living in this premier home would be like.
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The adjoining living and dining areas are elegant yet homely. A passage off the living space leads to a second spacious open family/media room, two lots of built-in linen storage and two bedrooms with BIRs. This corner of the home also contains a central office/activity area and main stylish bathroom with wide vanity, shower and bath, and laundry with toilet and backyard access. High fencing ensures total privacy in the yard.
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Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim says the silence of the duo on the allegations of wrongdoing by Attorney-General Abdul Gani Patail only proves the lack of transparency.
PETALING JAYA: Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim questioned the silence of Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak and Home Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi's following claims by former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad that the Attorney-General's Chambers hired two CIA agents.
"This wall of silence that has been surrounding the PM and his Home Minister is symptomatic of a larger problem that is afflicting the government of Najib Razak where demands for transparency and accountability continue to fall on deaf ears." Anwar said in a statement.
Three days ago, a news portal reported former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad pressuring Attorney-General Abdul Gani Patail by calling for a meeting with Home Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi.
During the meeting, Mahathir claimed that the Attorney-General's Chambers hired two CIA agents and Ahmad Zahid had agreed to launch an investigation into the matter.
Prior to that, Dr Mahathir met ex-Kuala Lumpur Criminal Investigations Department director Datuk Mat Zain Ibrahim, and prominent lawyer Muhammad Shafee Abdullah.
Also present in the meeting were Dr Mahathir's former political secretary Matthias Chang and former Commercial Crimes Investigation Department director Datuk Ramli Yusoff.
The five met up to discuss on Abdul Gani's supposed involvement in the alleged fabrication of evidence in Anwar Ibrahim's "black eye" case in 1998.
Gani has also been receiving heavy criticism for his manner in handling the Altantuya Shaariibbuu murder case, and PKFZ fiasco involving former transport minister Ling Liong Sik.
Anwar, who is also PKR de facto leader, said Najib cannot ignore public demands for the truth to be revealed. He also said Gani's tenure as the AG must be stopped due to the serious allegations.
He also called upon Gani to explain to the public on the allegation against him by Mat Zain.
"Numerous police reports have already been filed by Mat Zain containing damning allegations against the AG.
"His failure to deny them would at the very least warrant an immediate suspension of duties," said Anwar.


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This is a great summer time recipe that's light, healthy, and delicious!
4 skin on chicken supremes
½ teaspoon cinnamon
½ teaspoon nutmeg
¼ teaspoon clove
2 cloves of garlic minced
1 tablespoon honey
2 sprigs of thyme Chopped
Marinate Chicken in above ingredients for 4 hours. Take 2 peaches, cut in half and remove pits, marinate in 3 oz. of Birch Syrup or Maple Syrup. Remove Chicken and drizzle with Olive Oil. Grill Chicken on a Medium heat grill until160 degrees in the center of the chicken. Grill peaches till soft Serve Chicken with peaches on top and your favorite salad.


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- From: Jeremy Porter (jerry at fc.net)
- Date: Tue Jul 1 23:59:32 EDT 1997
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In message <220.127.116.11.19970701214734.00714c18 at pop.srv.paranet.com>, Stephen Spru nk writes: >At 17:38 01-07-97 -0500, you wrote: >>>I personally would like to see some PI space opened up with longer prefixes >>>than /19. This could be a new /8 like 210/8 that we all agree to allocate >>>in /20 blocks. Or we could use reclaimed space from the swamp and allocate >>>it in /20 and/or /21 sizes. In the case of 210/8 we need providers to agree >>>to adjust their filters. But before we can decide just how this should be >>>done we need some hard numbers, especially on how many additional routes >>>the new PI space would add. And we also need some more thorough analysis of >>>the prefixes that appear to be eligible for aggregation in the weekly CIDR >>>reports. >> >>The only problem is that going from /19 to /20 doubles the total >>table size, assuming lack of greater aggregation, worst case. > >The proposal was to allocate a fixed number of PI /20 blocks which would be >specifically for use by multihomed providers that didn't qualify for a /19 >(or shorter) under RFC 2050. This will not double the total table size, >only increase it by 4k routes in the short term; hopefully, in the long >term it would reduce the number of more-specifics advertised out of the >large ISPs' PA blocks, having a net REDUCTION in the routing table size. This seems fairly problematic to me. Based on previous rushes on the registries (Can you said Internic, before Sean's /19 filter?), I would expect to see this resource consumed very fast, without substanitally impacting the base perceived need. We would defenitely require some type of assurance of a net reduction in table size, but this assumes that these small customers would be allowed to de-aggregated from their PA space, which in a large number of cases is contractlly disallowed currently. So I still don't see a net reduction. I'd like to seem some real world numbers based on multihomed ASs announcing /20s or smaller that aren't aggregated currently. >>There are issues with flap, and dampening helps but does not solve >>the problem. The problem seens to growth with order N^M, >>where N is the number of prefixes and M is the number of peering sessions >>or views. > >N will remain roughly constant, since we are merely switching PA route(s) >for an equal or slightly shorter PI route. M will remain constant, since >the AS's in question are already advertising routes on the net. M increase with the number of multihomed customers also, since each route appears in two or more views. Essentlially now a /19 is required to multihome via BGP and have global reachablity. This reduces the number of possible multihome sites. >> Also for fun the cost of upgrading networks grows at N^R, in this >>case R is the number of routers. We have some data to suggest >>that todays hardware could handle the load generated by /19 aggregation, >>but also seems to indicate that we cannot as a general rule freely >>allocate /20s, without severly imparing network perfomance in the near >>term. > >Again, N is not intended to grow significantly (and may in fact shrink). Again, I disagree. There seems to be little evidence to suggest that de-aggregated /20s are being announced by single homed/dual home systems. >>Having renumbered several /20s and a /19, I don't see they need to >>create PI /20 space. There is this ideal out there that the playing >>field should be completely flat, however, in the real world, this >>isn't the case. > >I'm not after a separate-but-equal net; there are technical problems that >creating said PI space would solve. If done correctly, it would: > >. Reduce routing table entries >. Reduce the effects of flap >. Reduce the "holes" in the large ISPs' PA blocks >. Reduce the number of unqualified AS's requesting RFC 2050 /19 blocks >. Make it easier for small ISPs to grow, fostering competition > >>All modern hardware >>and software can support dynamic assignment for networks. With a small >>bit of planning and intergration, one change can renumber DNS A and PTR >>records, and change the assigneds when the DHCP leases expire. > >You're ignoring the important minority here: servers. I don't seem renumbering serves as a very difficult challenge. I've renumber servers on 3 networks, two of them being regional ISPs, and it just isn't that hard. (Hint IP aliasing makes it much less painful). >>If there is enough intereste I will work up this proposal to put >>before the ARIN membership at the first suitable time. > >As I'm sure hundreds of others will as well. > > >Stephen > --- Jeremy Porter, Freeside Communications, Inc. jerry at fc.net PO BOX 80315 Austin, Tx 78708 | 1-800-968-8750 | 512-458-9810 http://www.fc.net


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Canon has announced a new range of 1.33 Megapixel camcorders – the MVX250i, MVX200i and MVX200 - with enhanced features for digital still capture and sharing footage over the Internet. Canon claims that the new camcorders, available from the end of April, are 40 per cent smaller than the MVX100 series models they replace. Pricing has yet to be announced.
The MVX250i features an 18x optical zoom while the MVX200i and MVX200 feature a 14x zoom. The 1.33 Mp 1/4.5 inch CCD (1.23 effective Mp for recording to memory card, 0.86 effective Mp to miniDV) offers normal and high-resolution 16:9 modes with image stabilisation. The DIGIC DV processor has discrete stills and video paths to allow separate optimisation algorithms and processing of stills and video.
These camcorders are the first from Canon to feature a Print/Share button for direct printing of digital stills to PictBridge compatible printers and the transfer of files to PCs. For further digital still support Canon has also included a mechanical shutter which the company claims eliminates the blur often associated with camcorder stills. Continuous still images can be recorded in SXGA resolution at up to five fps, and still images can be recorded to memory card while simultaneously recording video to tape. The cameras include auto-exposure bracketing and a three area auto-focus system.
Canon have included a number of features to facilitate sharing of footage over the Internet. Motion-JPEG files can be saved direct to MMC or SD memory cards and footage stored on tape can be converted into Motion-JPEG. The camcorders also come with DV Messenger 2.0 for exchanging live or recorded audio and video data over the Internet. Remote photo and video recording as well as video chat and Internet streaming are also possible.
The MVX250i features Super Night mode, with an LED for shooting in zero-light conditions, plus a Night+ mode for switching on and off the LED whilst shooting. All camcorders in the range feature another eight modes: full auto, auto, sports, portrait, spotlight, sand-&-snow, low light and night modes. Creative digital effects include art, sepia, monochrome, mosaic, mirror, cube and wave, with nine fade modes to choose from. A skin detail mode softens skin tones, claims Canon, giving warmer results.
The camcorders come with DV and USB terminals. The MVX200i and MVX250i feature an analogue to digital converter so analogue devices can be plugged in to have their analogue signals converted into digital, to be stored on the camcorder or output to a digital storage device.


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This took FoReVeR! about a week, but I was adamant about making an oil painted style portrait. What I wouldn't give for a time machine and ten minutes of this man's time. I'd likely wind up in jail >.< Ref: Screenshot from "The Song Remains the Same
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Wow..Amzing Robert Plant drawing.I love Led Zeppelin! 3 I think you achieved your goal :] 5hrtz
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so amazing! stunning work and i love how u chose to make it look like oil paints! Great draw! 5/5 :)
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- donna wilson denYou probably have memories of building forts from pillows, blankets, couch cushions and whatever you could get your hands on without Mom or Dad getting angry. Now Donna Wilson has dreamed up an easy DIY play house solution with the House Throw Play Den Set. You'll get a super-soft lambswool blanket, cleverly woven to depict a door and windows of the house, along with a simple wooden frame of dowels to drape it over.1
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