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A new Zogby poll claims that the presidential race between Republican Sen. John McCain and Democrat Sen. Barack Obama is again narrowing, with Monday results showing Obama leading McCain 47.9 percent to 43.6 percent. Obama enjoys a slightly greater lead among Catholics.
Among self-described Catholics, Obama leads by 49.5 percent to 44.3 percent, Stephanie DeVries, Zogby assistant director of communications, told CNA in a Monday e-mail.
According to Zogby, McCain gained eight-tenths of a point among all likely voters, while Obama lost one full point.
The Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby three-day tracking poll of 1,206 likely voters was conducted over a three-day period, with about 400 respondents interviewed each day. It claims a margin of error of plus or minus 2.6 percent.


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Will be in Long island this weekend... Saturday - Tuesday. Looks like theres some funky windswell on the way Sunday with some offshore wind... possibly good conditions or not...? Anyhow last time I was out there I couldnt really find a good place to rent a decent board - was going to bring a board out this time but AA is 200 to bring a board!!! forget that. Anyway if anyone is willing to share a board - and surf long beach or wherever with me on Sunday late morning (have to get a rental car) that would be awesome!!! If not going to check it out and if worth it try to rent a crappy board in long beach. Let me know!
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WASHINGTON— The United States said Wednesday it will hold rare direct talks with North Korea next week on ending the authoritarian state's nuclear program and announced it was replacing its chief envoy.
The State Department said that U.S. and North Korean officials will meet Monday and Tuesday in Geneva, following up on talks in July in New York, but that it was premature to consider a resumption of full-fledged negotiations.
"What we want to see is a seriousness of purpose," State Department spokesman Mark Toner said, calling for "firm signs" from North Korea that it will adhere to a 2005 six-nation agreement on denuclearization.
"We're not going, as we have said many times, to reward North Korea just for returning to the table or give them anything new for actions they've agreed to take," Toner told reporters.
Another U.S. official said that the United States decided to hold talks not because of any new signals from North Korea but out of concern that the absence of dialogue could lead the Pyongyang regime to make "miscalculations."
"As we have seen in the past, sometimes when engagement is broken off, it causes them to lash out in dangerous and unsettling ways," the senior official said on condition of anonymity.
North Korea last year shelled a border island, killing four, and was accused of sinking a warship, killing 46 sailors. Ailing leader Kim Jong-Il is expected to hand power next year to his little-known youngest son, Kim Jong-Un.
The State Department said Stephen Bosworth was stepping down as the U.S. co-ordinator on North Korea policy and would be replaced by career diplomat Glyn Davies. The two men will head together to Geneva.
Bosworth, 71, has served as ambassador to three countries including South Korea during a career spanning five decades but considered his latest job part-time. He spends much of his time in the Boston area or overseas as dean of the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University.
Toner described Bosworth's resignation as a personal decision and said it did not indicate any shift on North Korea, which along with its main ally China has pushed for the resumption of six-nation talks which also involve South Korea, Russia and Japan.
"This is a change in personnel, not a change in policy," Toner said.
"He has been in this job for nearly three years and he does have significant responsibilities in his job at the Fletcher School at Tufts University, so I think he wanted to focus on that," Toner said.
Davies now serves as the US representative to the International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna and has previously held senior State Department positions including deputy spokesman.
Analyst L. Gordon Flake said that the appointment of Davies — a non-proliferation expert who unlike Bosworth does not have direct experience on North Korea — showed the administration's focus on the nuclear issue.
"Putting non-political professionals in these positions doesn't bespeak of grandiose, Hail Mary plans on North Korea. This is a careful, co-ordinated and measured approach done in consultation with our allies South Korea and Japan," said Flake, executive director of the Mansfield Foundation.
President Barack Obama has made dialogue a priority in his foreign policy but North Korea until recently was a notable exception, with his administration furious over provocations.
Senator Jon Kyl, a senior member of the rival Republican Party, pledged to watch closely to make sure that the Obama administration offers "no incentives" to North Korea.
The United States is also holding talks this week with North Korea in Bangkok on resuming searches for the remains of thousands of Americans missing from the 1950-53 Korean War.
Victor Cha, a senior adviser on North Korea to former president George W. Bush, said that dialogue can help ease tensions, even if a breakthrough is unlikely.
"North Korea leaves you only with bad and worse options. Avoiding dialogue only promises a runaway nuclear program and more provocations," sad Cha, now a scholar at the Center for Strategic and International Studies and Georgetown University.
"Dialogue may not get denuclearization, but it does help to manage the situation, avert a crisis… and possibly offer small victories in freezing elements of the program," he said.
"It's not great, but it may be all we can hope for," he said.


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By Brian Tankersley - I got an e-mail this morning that one of my favorite Microsofties, John Thuneby, has started a MSDN Blog related to Office Accounting. The blog is at http://blogs.msdn.com/thuneby/default.aspx. John has a brilliant mind, and has been an integral part of the Office Accounting team from the beginning.
One of the things which has always excited me about OA is the ability to natively create links to and from Microsoft SQL Server directly from Excel or Access without having to have a third party ODBC driver. John's post from yesterday (at http://blogs.msdn.com/thuneby/archive/2008/06/12/creating-a-custom-list-in-excel.aspx) describes how to create a query straight off of MS SQL and put the data into Excel. Very interesting stuff....
I hope you will join me in following John's blog, and I know he will have many good tips in the coming weeks.
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Legal Question in Wills and Trusts in Missouri
is a will written by a lawyer when subject is an AR resident valid if subject becomes a MO resident
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The general rule is that if a will is valid where executed, when executed, it is valid anywhere. That being said it is always a good idea to talk to an experienced lawyer anytime you move to a different state.
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If the testator, owns property in Missouri, that they didn't when they executed their will, they need to have a Missouri privateer attorney evaluate their estate plan for efficacy.
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OAKLAND – FROM A TINY second-floor office in Alameda County Superior Court, Deputy District Attorney Sharmin Eshraghi Bock is leading a state-wide charge to spare teenage prostitutes and jail their pimps.
"We treat the girls as victims and deliver specialized services to them, and we prosecute the pimps to the maximum sentences possible," Bock said in an interview one day last week as she rushed to a court hearing carrying the trademark tools of her trade: a thick court filein one hand and a Blackberry cell phone in the other.
Her mission may sound obvious, but it represents a sea change in the way the criminal justice system has historically treated minors ensnared in the sex trade. Until about two years ago, the girls — some as young as 11 or 12 — have been prosecuted and jailed.
Now, Bock, deputy district attorney in charge of Alameda County's human exploitation and trafficking unit, has been throwing the book at the men who victimize the youngsters and has been making sure the girls receive the care and services they need.
"For me, it's about giving back to them what has been taken from them," Bock said. "Maybe I can be a glimmer for them of what love looks like."
The Alameda County District Attorney's Office has filed felony trafficking charges against 84 pimps in the last two years, since California enacted a new law making it easier to charge people with human trafficking for sex.
Bock, 45, was the first attorney in California to charge a case under the law, which took effect in January 2006.
Whenever possible, Bock also tries to maximize sentences for accused pimps by filing additional charges, including sexual assault, burglary and, sometimes, kidnapping. Kidnapping a minor could lead to a life sentence for a pimp.
Of the 84 pimps charged, 49 have been convicted and most are serving time in prison or county jail, Bock said. Another 28 cases are pending or awaiting trial.
Only seven cases have been dismissed.
Spreading the word
More importantly, as Bock sees it, she has trained officers at the Oakland and BART police departments and with the Alameda County Sheriff's and probation departments, which oversees juvenile hall, and other county and state agencies on how to pursue trafficking cases to get pimps behind bars and rescue the girls.
She also has trained state parole officers and members of the state attorney general's staff, as well as police officers from 11 other jurisdictions and even FBI and federal immigration officials, on what is regarded as a new, more just approach to tackling sexual exploitation of minors.
"It's innovative," said her boss, Chief Assistant District Attorney Nancy O'Malley.
O'Malley said Bock's efforts to get young prostitutes into counseling instead of juvenile hall "owes a lot to Sharmin's ability to reach out to the professionals who intersect with these kids."
Bock worked with social service agencies to form a Sexually Exploited Minors Network in 2003. The network now includes a dozen law enforcement, counseling and assistance programs as well as the Alameda County juvenile justice system.
Bock said inter-agency cooperation is essential to help the girls and prosecute the pimps.
Today, when Oakland police arrest a pimp or a minor involved in prostitution, a social worker advocate is on the scene to deliver counseling to the youngster, while the police consult with Bock — on the scene and throughout the investigation — on what charges to bring against the apprehended pimps, she said.
Officers try to avoid arresting girls, but may do so to help target the pimp, or because the girls will be safer in juvenile hall than under the coercive tutelage of a pimp.
BART police Detective Ed Alvarez said the collaborative work has helped his agency and Oakland police nab some of the many pimps who use BART stations as recruiting grounds.
"After training at the DA's office, officers know if they see an older man talking to group of girls, the guy is probably recruiting girls," said Alvarez, who was a lead investigator on a case brought to court last week in which a 32-year old pimp was prosecuted for recruiting a 13-year-old girl at a BART station and trafficking her for sex.
Alvarez said BART officials also learned to pay attention to arguments.
"It may not be just a male and female arguing," he said. "It might be a pimp trying to recruit a young girl against her will."
Protection and prosecution
Still, prosecuting pimps is sensitive, hard work, made all the harder because Bock and police departments try to protect the girls and, if possible, spare them from arrest.
But because she works within a system of laws and court hearings, Bock often needs the victim's cooperation to file charges against the pimp.
"That's one of the greatest challenges," Bock said. "Without the victim's participation in the prosecution, we don't have a case."
Regardless, she said, a victim should always be free to decide if she wishes to testify. "Otherwise," Bock said, "the system will just be re-victimizing them."
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|Jun 26, 2006
|Priority date
|Dec 3, 1996
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|Troy A. Manning
|Original Assignee
|Micron Technology, Inc.
|Export Citation
|BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan
|Patent Citations (32), Classifications (13), Legal Events (3)
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet
This application is a divisional of application Ser. No. 10/869,976, filed Jun. 16, 2004 now U.S. Pat. No. 7,161,372, issued Jan. 9, 2006, which is a continuation of application Ser. No. 10/437,354, filed May 12, 2003, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,781,397, issued Aug. 24, 2004, which is a divisional of application Ser. No. 09/433,513, filed Nov. 3, 1999, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,600,359, issued Jul. 29, 2003; which is a continuation of application Ser. No. 09/164,195, filed on Sep. 30, 1998 now U.S. Pat. No. 6,107,111, issued Aug. 22, 2000; which is a divisional of application Ser. No. 08/760,153, filed Dec. 3, 1996, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,859,442, issued Jan. 12, 1999.
Technical Field: The present invention relates generally to electronic devices and, more specifically, to a circuit for providing a redundant bond pad for probing semiconductor devices.
As seen in
Requiring bond pads to be located only in the areas accessible during testing may lead to inefficient and complex circuit layouts. One known solution, as shown in
A second known solution is to multiplex (mux) two input buffers together, as illustrated in
The present invention provides a circuit allowing an alternate access point to be used in testing the integrated circuitry, wherein the circuitry is usually accessed at another point that is difficult to reach with testing equipment. The resulting advantage of this implementation is that the circuit may be easily tested. As another advantage, the circuit may operate during testing at the same polarity input as used in normal operations of the die without an increase in capacitance. Moreover, the preferred embodiments of this invention may be used to test the circuit without appreciably slowing down the time to input signals. Further, the invention will not require the duplication of circuitry related to the input of data. For purposes of testing in one preferred implementation, the circuit also prevents the use of an input pad employed during normal operation.
Occasionally, a particular die 12 is configured so that, during a normal operations mode, an operations circuit 14 is connected to an input bond pad 20 that is in an inaccessible area 18 concerning testing devices. Given such inaccessibility, it can be difficult to apply signals to the operations circuit 14 during a test mode. This is particularly true during the probe of dies that are still part of a wafer. Through the current invention, however, a probe bond pad 22 in an accessible area 16 can be connected to the operations circuit 14 during the test mode, thereby allowing for easy testing.
An exemplary testing circuit 24, described below in detail and illustrated in
Returning to
During normal use of the operations circuit 14, the Test Mode Enable bond pad 26 is not receiving an enabling signal from any testing device. Therefore, the long L device 42 serves to bleed to Vss ground any remaining low current within the third conducting path 38. The lack of current in the third conducting path 38 turns off the first n-channel transistor Q2. With the first n-channel transistor Q2 off, the first conducting path 28 may freely transmit signals from the input bond pad 20 to the operations circuit 14. In the schematic illustrated in
Returning to the third conducting path 38, the lack of current in the path results in a logic 0 value transmitted to the first inverter 40. It follows that the output of the first inverter 40 is at logic 1, which turns on the second n-channel transistor Q4. Once activated, the second n-channel transistor Q4 bleeds current from the second conducting path 32, thereby grounding any signals from probe bond pad 22.
Because the second conducting path 32 is logic 0 during normal operations mode, the signal reaching the operation circuit 14 from the second inverter 46 will match the control logic signals received by the first input 44 of the NOR gate 34. For example, given a logic 1 value received by the first input 44 and the logic 0 of the second output, the output of the NOR gate 34 will be a logic 0, which will be inverted by the second inverter 46 to logic 1. This logic 1 will serve as an input for the operation circuit 14. If, on the other hand, the first input 44 receives a logic 0, the two logic 0 input for the NOR gate 34 result in a logic 1 input the which is inverted by the second inverter 46 to result in a logic 0 being input into the operations circuit 14.
During a test mode of the operations circuit 14, the Test Mode Enable bond pad 26 is driven with a sufficient voltage to overcome the bleeding effects of the long L device 42 and send a signal of logic 1 to the third conducting path 38. This signal turns on the first n-channel transistor Q2, thereby grounding any input signal that would come from the input bond pad 20. The logic 1 signal of the third conducting path 38 also goes through the first inverter 40. The resulting logic 0 value turns off the second n-channel transistor Q4 that had been grounding signals from the probe bond pad 22. As a result, signals such as XRAS* that once issued from the input bond pad 20 may now be input using the more accessible probe bond pad 22. The NOR gate 34 receives both a signal enabling the operations circuit 14 as well as transmissions from the probe bond pad 22. The NOR gate 34 output is inverted by the second inverter 46, and the result is entered into the operations circuit 14.
In another embodiment illustrated in
In a third embodiment, shown in
One of ordinary skill in the art can appreciate that, although specific embodiments of this invention have been described above for purposes of illustration, various modifications may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. For example, the testing circuit could be modified so that a single Test Mode Enable pad could enable a plurality of probe bond pads, while simultaneously grounding the corresponding input bond pads. It is also possible to configure the testing circuit to provide for probe bond pads for measuring the output of an operations circuit in the event the output bond pad is inaccessible. In addition, exemplary embodiments within the scope of the current invention are not limited to those involved with inaccessible or redundant bond pads. Rather, the current invention includes within its scope embodiments addressing components including, but not limited to, an access point; an input; a terminal; a pad in general, including one not limited to bonding; and a contact pad. Further, exemplary embodiments within the scope of the current invention are not limited to those involved with a long L device. Rather, the current invention includes within its scope embodiments addressing components and acts for electrically grounding, as well as others. Accordingly, the invention is not limited except as stated in the claims.
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From the renowned creator of Tarzan and John Carter of Mars comes a tale of adventure among the shattered ruins of European civilization!
In A.D. 2137, Jefferson Turck, commander of the aero-submarine Coldwater, accidentally crosses the forbidden 30th meridian - becoming the first American in over 200 years to set foot on European soil - where he is plunged into a wild adventure among the ruins of once-great cities and their now-savage inhabitants.
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Camp Lo - Luchini (AKA This Is It)
To date, most of our Throwback Thursday selections have been commercial hits that played an integral role in catapulting their artists to the upper echelons of mainstream success. This week, we shine the spotlight on a group that never attained the clout of a Fresh Prince or 50 Cent, but whose name continues to be uttered with reference in rap-nerd households everywhere. Luchini AKA This Is It, the 1997 lead single off Camp Lo's seminal Uptown Saturday Night LP, offered the listening public their first taste of the Bronx duo's eccentrically funky, 70s-informed style. Featuring partners-in-rhyme Sonny Cheeba and Geechi Suede unleashing torrents of slick, often impenetrable (in a pre-RapGenius world) slang over Ski's infectious flip of Dynasty's Adventures in the Land of Music, the cut became a left-field hit, ascending to #5 on Billboard's Rap Singles chart and hitting 50 on the Hot 100. Eric Heights directs the joint's stylishly retro visual accompaniment. If this blast from the past has left you craving more from Camp Lo, you're in luck; on Tuesday, the twosome unleashed 80 Blocks From Tiffany's Pt. II, a free mixtape created in collaboration with hip-hop legend Pete Rock.


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and Onorato/Guillod Management. While at Handprint, the firm's clients included Jennifer Lopez, Nicole Kidman, Kyra Sedgwick, Tyra Banks, and Mariah Carey. Unified Management clients have included Oscar nominee and Emmy winner Eileen Brennan (Private Benjamin, Will and Grace), Oscar winner Bobby Moresco (Crash, Million Dollar Baby), Sean Murray (Series Regular "McGee" on N.C.I.S.), Sonny Marinelli (Recurring on Vegas), Glenn Taranto (Series Regular "Gomez" on The New Addams Family), and Jake Austin (Series Regular "Max" on Wizards of Waverly Place), as well as high-profile theatre actors including Joe Barbara (Broadway: Grease; Las Vegas: Jersey Boys).
Prior to this, Al was Vice President in charge of Talent and Casting at Columbia Pictures Television. He has worked on staff at Universal, CBS, and MGM. Before becoming an independent casting director,
some of the many projects he worked on included Bewitched, Hawaii Five-O, Wild Wild West, The Courtship of Eddie's Father, Then Came Bronson, The Partridge Family, Police Story, From Here to Eternity, Days of Our Lives, and The Young and the Restless.
As an independent casting director, some his projects included Fame, CHIPs, The Other Victim, Mafia
Princess, Superior Court, Family Medical Center, Capitol, and General Hospital.
His work has been recognized with several nominations and awards. These distinguished projects include The Mary Thomas Show, Kids Like These, Vietnam: War Story, and the films The Quarrel and Hunters Blood. He received the prestigious Artios Award for Excellence in the casting of the film Bagdad Café.
Holmes, Steven Bauer, Cheryl Ladd, Michael Biehn, Gregory Harrison, Dalton James, Lisa Hartman, and
Oscar and Tony Award winner Kevin Spacey.
Al is also a founding member of the Casting Society of America, where he served as Treasurer and as a member of the Board of Directors. He received the Casting Award of Merit from Nosotros, and was nominated twice as an outstanding individual by the Media Access Office for the Disabled, as well as having served on their Board of Directors for two years. He also serves as a member of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences in selecting Prime Time and Daytime Emmy Award winners.
Al lectures across the country and at the university level at the University of Southern California, UCLA, Cal State Los Angeles, Iowa State University. For many years he has served as judge and coach for International Model and Talent Association conventions. He also utilizes his directorial skills as a member of The Actor's Gym in Los Angeles.
As you can see, we are all so lucky to have Al on board! Good luck to all of those who will be auditioning. If you haven't reserved your audition time yet, don't forget to pick up that phone and give us a call: 330.867.4125! This is one opportunity that you don't want to slip by.


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Sup guys, just wanted to pop in and say a few words. So basically, I made a new cartoon! Its called Jeckster, which you can find here on Newgrounds of course, and on YouTube! Give it a watch and a like to support if you enjoyed it!
Now, my boy Jecks got some mixed reactions in general. Which might be because of its extremely fast paced pacing, the childish dumb humor, or the fact that its simply original..My first original actually. I for one see the flaws in the whole animation. But that wont stop me from making more of this even if people dont like it haha.
I have alot of plans and ideas for this "series" which will explain everything that happened in the first video. Every action that may seem random in the video actually has a reason behind it. Exactly what are those reasons? Heh well you're gonna have to wait and find out.
But I wont be touching Jeckster for awhile cause I have a couple ideas for other videos I want to make first. One of which was hinted at in Jeckster..hehe can you spot it nerds?!
Also this adorable picture of Jeckster my good pal TwistedGrim made! Ok have a good one guys.
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2013-11-11 13:39:32
2013-11-11 13:43:25
the picture is the cutest.
2013-11-11 13:46:05
pssshhh, sure maybe , whatever, I guess.
Apathatic indecisiveness!??
2013-11-11 14:17:20
My only problem with Jeckster was the audio at tines. I loved it overall! I'm always really supportive of original cartoons since I believe more creativity goes into it than making a parody.
2013-11-11 18:46:25
I hope someone draws porn of him. lol
2013-11-12 02:11:47
First a compliment: I loved the video, it was hilarious.
Now a threat: I want to see the bottom part of your preloader image/YT thumbnail or I'm going to punch people. Probably you.
2013-11-12 03:18:55
Gelatin Cro Bat.
2013-11-16 14:27:23
Good luck with the series! Actually, could Jeckster's cards give paper cuts as an attack?
2016-01-19 02:56:00
Been binging your cartoons recently, I absolutely love your cartoons and style, specifically the way you cut and the way you draw hair haha
thank you! maybe i should drop this whole cartoon situation and become a hair stylist. sounds like im cut out for that heh


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As a lot of parents know, one of the most difficult tasks is trying to find activities that will suit kids of all ages. For most families, the answer is Modhesh World which offers attractions of all shapes and sizes and is conveniently located in one central area.
Held in the Dubai World Trade Centre, Modhesh World is made up of eight different halls. Each has exciting activities for kids to take part in. Enjoy some of the top attractions including a Mirror Maze, The Slide, Fly Jump, Valkyrie and X-Rider. If you are interested in a little bit of a break, locate one of the closest parent lounges. This way, your kids can play while you can sit back and relax.
This year, Modhesh World will play host to many exciting guests, including a visit from Hala Turk, participant from Arabs Got Talent show from 2011. On August 16, this thirteen year old will be performing for the crowd with her hit single "Live in the Moment" sure to be included on the playlist.
More music will be presented by one of the Middle East's most recognized singing sensations, Nancy Arjam. You can catch this concert, held at Modhesh World on August 24.
Dubai Summer Surprises offers something for people of all ages, including events such as the Circus Fiesta. Performing from July 18 to August 29, this event will completely change your preconceived notions about the circus. In addition to the show, there are kids circus workshops available, giving audience members an opportunity to get more information about the life of the circus and its performers. There is no admission charge for the circus so make sure you visit the Mercato Shopping Mall for the full show.
The older kids and parents will really enjoy Blaze The Show. Here some of the best dancers in the world are brought together for a performance you won't forget. With an interesting mix of styles, including breakdancing, you won't want to miss the show, held at the DUCTAC, Mall of the Emirates from August 20 to August 22.
A little later in the month, look for Zendaya also at the Mall of the Emirates. On the August 30 and 31, she will be available to interact with some of her biggest (and smallest) fans. This multitalented young woman does it all! Aside from being the star of Disney's most popular sitcom, K.C. Undercover, she was also featured in the finals of Dancing With the Stars! Don't miss out on the opportunity to get her autograph!
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Review for Lazarus Ministries at Grand Avenue Temple, Kansas City, MO, USA
Lazarus Ministries has been an important part of the downtown Kansas City, MO support network for men and women in need of assistance for many years. It has meant shelter, food, clothing, spiritual support, acceptance, help navigating the red-tape of assistance, employment, counseling, and most of all a place where people can feel they belong. They provide health care exams and services not otherwise availaibe to this segment of the population. The staff is compassionate, understanding, and truly cares about the sojourners who enter their doors.
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Seeing the changes in lives of those who have been served. I have walked the streets downtown with the minister in charge of Lazarus Ministries and seen his interaction with sojourners who stop to talk with him about successes and challenges in their lives. The sojournors realize the sincerity of the staff and the respect the staff shows for them.
If I had to make changes to this organization, I would...
One of the major challenges of Lazarus Ministries is space to provide their services. They provide resources not available anywhere else downtown, but need additional space to deliver current and future service needs. Lazarus Ministries is housed in a historic United Methodist Church, which needs a great deal of structural repair.
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Space to deliver the services and funding.
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As I work the land conducting wildlife surveys, I always carry a camera. When I come across an interesting wildflower - I snap a photo. Lizards and other critters are also fair game. I enjoy walks within wild landscapes, and this book provides a glimpse into my world with wildlife.
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Small Square, 7×7 in, 18×18 cm
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- Publish Date Jun 28, 2008
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I am a Certified Wildlife Biologist with nearly 20 years of professional wildlife and research experience. My work as a researcher has focused on the fauna and ecosystems of Northern, Central, and Southern California, and the Mojave Desert provinces and includes extensive baseline mammalian inventories, conduct surveys focused on rare animals, habitat assessment, land retirement and restoration, radio telemetry, and long-term ecological studies on several endangered species. I have conducted studies for a variety of private and public agency projects, including surveys for endangered species along canals, range-wide presence/absence surveys, and scent dog detection work for endangered foxes.
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The Volusia Sandhill Ecosystem restoration provides a range of opportunities for faculty and undergraduate research.
Class Projects
As a teaching landscape, the sandhill serves as a laboratory for courses in biology, environmental studies, geography and honors.
Baseline Data for the Restoration
As an ongoing restoration and museum without walls, the landscape provides an opportunity for monitoring progress in the growth of individual plant species as well as changes in this small ecosystem.
Faculty and Undergraduate Research
The emerging sandhill ecosystem and its native plant screenhouse provide an on-campus laboratory for faculty research in a range of disciplines, from plant ecology to sustainability. Faculty work with undergraduates to develop projects for senior research, internships and independent study.


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CHICAGO, Sept. 23 (UPI) -- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed a lawsuit against U-Haul International accusing an Illinois facility of racial discrimination.
The lawsuit, filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Chicago, charged U-Haul retaliated against a veteran African-American employee after he complained of discrimination when he was denied a promotion.
Gary Townes had worked at U-Haul facilities in Forest Park and Crystal Lake, Ill., for 11 years.
He was demoted when he complained about a white employee being named shop foreman when he had been promised the job. He was fired a week after he complained a second time alleging racial discrimination, the suit said.
"It appears that in this case U-Haul made the mistake of dealing with a complaint of discrimination by putting the complaining employee on the street," said John Hendrickson, regional attorney for EEOC in Chicago.


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*My, how the tables have turned.
Brian Banks, 27, was once a promising young high school football prospect.
His realization of playing at the collegiate level was just beyond reach. Then suddenly, the brakes we're slammed on his future. Banks' life as he knew it was brought to ruin by a young female student who accused him of rape during his senior year at Long Beach Poly High School.
Wanetta Gibson claimed that she was ravished on campus by the football star. The alleged incident sparked a schoolwide controversy, and even prompted media attention. Despite his pleas of innocence, Banks was found guilty, and sentenced to prison.
However, it was later discovered that Gibson had grossly embellished her story to the judge. In other words, she knowingly fibbed in a court of law. Banks was subsequently released from prison in May 2012.
Gibson's infraction will cost her–big time.
In response to her dishonesty, the Long Beach Unified School District (LBUSD) has ordered Gibson to return $2.6 million, which includes the $750,000 settlement she received from the district as well as interest, legal fees and $1 million in punitive damages, reports show.
"The court recognizes that our school district was a victim in this case," school Superintendent Christopher J. Steinhauser told the Long Beach Press-Telegram. "This judgment demonstrates that when people attempt to defraud our school system, they will feel the full force of the law."
The judgment may turn out to be largely symbolic: Gibson didn't show up in court and apparently has long since blown through the $750,000.
Court records in other cases Gibson has been involved in indicate that she and her children have received public assistance.
After Banks was released from prison, Gibson contacted him, and he secretly recorded a conversation in which she acknowledged that her rape claim was false. Among the statements Gibson made on tape were, "I will go through with helping you, but all that money they gave us, I mean, gave me, I don't want to have to pay it back."
Banks is now hoping to jump-start his football career as a 27-year-old rookie for the Falcons.


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Glen Legere kicks himself for ignoring the cheap airfare he saw last month. Now, the price for the Mexico flight he is after shoots up each time he checks Air Canada's website.
In May, the Montreal man used Aeroplan points to book reward seats for his wife and two small children on a flight to Cancun for March Break, 2010. He plans to pay cash for his own seat, and wants to be on the same plane as his family.
On May 22, when the fare was $697, he opted to wait, hoping that it would go down. By May 27, it had risen to $899. Still, he waited. On June 12, it was $1,119.
"My gut feeling is it will come down," he says. But if that doesn't happen by September, he will give in and book, no matter what it costs him.
Legere's "gut feeling" that prices will drop is not shared by many fare experts. Travellers have been spoiled in recent months with mind-boggling bargains as cash-strapped carriers struggled in a faltering economy. Now, those deals could quickly disappear, says Brian Simpson, general manager of online travel agency Travelocity.ca.
"The deals are still out there," he says. "If you find them, lock them in." Recently, he took his own advice, snagging "a fantastic airfare to Ireland" for a personal trip in late August.
Simpson points to a number of trends to back up his case that fares will soon soar. Fuel prices are on the rise again, he says. The supply of seats will drop as airlines park even more planes in the desert. And as consumer confidence rises, there will be more demand for fewer places.
Airfares for flights within Canada are already on the rise, says Joel Grus, a fare analyst with Bing, a new Microsoft search engine. The Bing system analyzes airfares on a daily basis in order to monitor trends and make predictions.
"For trips within Canada, it seems like the days of cheap airfares ended a little while ago," Grus says. He points to average fares of $351 in April, which rose to $482 by June.
From Canada to the U.S., fares are still very low, but they aren't likely to go much lower, he says. "If you really want to go on a trip, the odds are that it will get more expensive rather than cheaper."
As for package tours to sun destinations, the best bargains will go to those who book early, says Lawrence Elliott, vice-president of Sunwing Vacations. Last year's bonanza of low prices will continue this winter because resort destinations have an oversupply of new hotels combined with reduced international demand, he says. But Canadian operators learned this past winter that filling seats with last-minute selloffs is a risky business, he says.
As a result, most operators are emphasizing early-booking bargains and bonuses to quickly sell a designated part of their inventory. "Once we reach that level, we can't continue to sell at net cost or under cost price," he says. Bargain dates will vary with operator and destination, but as a rule of thumb, expect the best prices for bookings before Aug. 31. Prices could rise again at the end of October and the end of November, he says.
Brian Simpson's prediction that fuel prices will go up should come as no surprise to anyone who has visited a gas pump recently. While the cost of crude oil dipped slightly in mid-June, it had risen by more than 100 per cent in the previous three months.
Simpson's view that airlines will continue to make fewer seats available is also reflected in daily news reports. Air Canada recently said it will shrink capacity by 4 to 5 per cent this year, up from an earlier estimate of 2.5 to 3.5 per cent. Meanwhile cuts of 10 and 7.5 per cent were announced by Delta Air Lines and American Airlines respectively, while Irish carrier Aer Lingus will cut its long-haul seat offerings by a quarter for the winter.
The planned cuts come as the International Air Transport Association predicts that the world's airlines will lose $10.2-billion this year. All carriers must take steps to "better match capacity to falling demand," IATA chief executive officer Giovanni Bisignani told airline presidents at the association's annual general meeting this month in Kuala Lumpur.
"Cuts in capacity mean airlines have fewer seats to unload at low rates," Simpson says.
As for increased demand - which could also force up prices - he points to internal research by Travelocity.ca. A recent online poll indicated that 21 per cent of nearly 1,000 Canadians surveyed planned to travel more this year than last year. Only 10 per cent gave that answer the year before.
As always, of course, there are dissenting voices. Sean Shannon, managing director of online agency Expedia Canada, says he expects most airfares to drop as travel dates get closer. "The one thing that fluctuates is the demand side," he says. "If the [economic]news continues to be more bad stories, that will drive the demand side down, which drives down prices."
Expedia Canada's internal data, however, show that fares have been rising. The average airfare already sold for flights starting in Canada for the upcoming October-to-March period is $11 higher than for the same period one year ago, he says.
Rick Seaney, CEO of FareCompare.com, says fares will rise once airlines start cutting capacity. Still, the deals to international destinations could continue through the fall and winter as airlines compensate for a drop in business traffic, he says. "But if oil goes from $70 to $90 a barrel, all bets are off."
For flights within North America, sale prices have been drying up since the end of May, Seaney says. "Over all," he says, "I believe it's a good time to lock in to airfares."
Decisions, decisions
Unsure whether to book now or wait? These websites may help you decide:
Bing Travel This is part of Microsoft's decision engine launched this month. Enter a North American route and the date you want to travel and the site will give a "buy now" or "wait" recommendation. It will also give the amount the fare is expected to increase or decrease over the next seven days. (bing.com/travel)
Airfarewatchdog.com By signing up on the site, it is possible to receive e-mail alerts (as frequently as once a day if you want) giving the latest airfare deals on a route or routes of your choosing. (airfarewatchdog.com)
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This letter provides information about parental instruction or "home schooling" in lieu of public school attendance. It is available to you as a courtesy. The Texas Education Agency (TEA) does not regulate, index, monitor, approve, register, or accredit the programs available to parents who choose to home school.
For most of this century, Texas has exempted children enrolled in a private or parochial school from compulsory school attendance. In the case of Leeper et al. v. Arlington ISD et al., the Supreme Court of Texas affirmed a decision by District Judge Charles J. Murray holding that a school age child residing in Texas who is pursuing, under direct supervision of his/her parents, a curriculum designed to meet basic education goals is attending a private school within the meaning of Section 25.086(a)(1) of the Texas Education Code and is therefore exempt from compulsory school attendance. This case has a statewide application because school districts in the state and certain state officials were parties to the suit.
The State of Texas does not award a diploma to students that are home schooled. In the event a home-schooled student wishes to enter a public school, most districts have policies and procedures in place to assess the mastery level of courses that students in home schools have taken. The results of the assessment may be used for grade placement and/or award of credit.
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The late, great curator Walter Hopps on his Ferus Gallery in Los Angeles:
Anyway, one of the painters I loved--and I realized that a number of the artists, including [Robert] Irwin, also really loved him--was Giorgio Morandi. No one was showing Morandi in the Westeren United States. I had been traveling, and I came back and discovered that [Irving] Blum had not put an image of Morandi on the invitation. I was really furious. I said, "One in a thousand people who get our invitation will even know who Giorgio Morandi is. We've got to have one of his drawings on this invitation."The interview was originally published in Artforum in 1996, and is included in HUO's interview anthology, A Brief History of Curating.
Well, he hadn't had a photographer come in to take a picture. I said: "Clear this desk off. I'm going in the back and choosing a drawing." I picked out a Morandi drawing that was strong enough--it had glass over it--and I laid it down on the table. I took a piece of paper and laid it over the glass, took a soft pencil--and I'm not an artist; Blum would have been better because he can draw--and I traced out that Morandi drawing, to life size, in my own crude version. Traced that son of a bitch out on a blank piece of paper, and I said, "There's the artwork."
Blum said: "You can't do that. You've just made a fake Morandi."
I said: "You watch me do it. You just watch me do it." And that went to the printer, so it's printed in red with its line cut very elegantly on a paper. e waited to see who would identify it as a fake. Never--no one, no one. [Harald] Szeeman is right--there's no telling what you'll have to do.


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SUNDAY, May 18 (HealthDay News) — Flying on commercial flights may put people who suffer from obstructive sleep apnea at greater risk of cardiac stress, Australian researchers report.
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Sleep apnea is a common condition in which breathing stops or becomes very shallow. Obstructive sleep apnea is the most common form of the condition. When it occurs, people can't get enough air through their mouth or nose, and the levels of oxygen in the blood may drop.
"Falls in oxygen in flight are important but may not be the only important change that occurs," said lead researcher Leigh Seccombe, a senior scientist in the Department of Thoracic Medicine at Concord Repatriation General Hospital in Sydney. "They may not be the only factor separating normal subjects from those with obstructive sleep apnea."
People with obstructive sleep apnea clearly have increased metabolic demands during air travel, Seccombe said. "For many who have heart or other vascular disease, this may place them at increased risk of cardiac events such as heart attack or arrhythmia, but the extent of that risk is uncertain," she said.
Seccombe said the researchers performed the study, because obstructive sleep apnea is becoming much more common as obesity increases. The findings were expected to be presented Sunday at the American Thoracic Society's 2008 International Conference, in Toronto.
For the study, Seccombe's team compared oxygen levels and breathing patterns in healthy people and 22 people with severe obstructive sleep apnea during a simulated flight. The simulator replicated the oxygen and pressure levels found in the passenger cabin during commercial airline flights.
The researchers found that people with obstructive sleep apnea had lower levels of oxygen in their blood before and during the simulated flight. They also found that those with obstructive sleep apnea increased their breathing intensity at about the same rate as healthy people during the simulation.
However, while it's normal for the rate of breathing to increase as air pressure falls, people with obstructive sleep apnea experienced higher heart rates and more demand for oxygen, compared with healthy people, the researchers found.
"Half of the patients with obstructive sleep apnea would require supplemental oxygen in-flight if current guidelines for those with lung disease were strictly followed if these results are typical," Seccombe said. "In patients with obstructive sleep apnea or other cardiac or vascular disease, it might be wise to have a lower threshold for giving supplemental oxygen until more results are available."
Dr. Ronald D. Chervin, who's with the Michael S. Aldrich Sleep Disorders Laboratory at the University of Michigan, said he agreed that people with obstructive sleep apnea have a greater risk for heart problems during long airline flights, though there has been little research on the topic.
"I suspect that part of the problem may arise from co-morbid conditions, and especially obesity, which can compromise ventilation and perhaps account for some of the investigators' findings of differences between groups," Chervin said.
SOURCES: Leigh Seccombe, M.Sc., senior scientist, Department of Thoracic Medicine, Concord Repatriation General Hospital, Sydney, Australia; Ronald D. Chervin, M.D., Michael S. Aldrich Sleep Disorders Laboratory, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; May 18, 2008, presentation, American Thoracic Society 2008 International Conference, Toronto
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Let's begin with the wool part and then we'll move along to the crepe part. Wool is technically the hair of any animal that has been spun into a fiber/yarn and then woven (or knitted!) into a cloth. Wool is usually, incredibly versatile and very easy to sew with and press. Getting along with wool is not hard, which is why to me its kind of like the cold weather version of cotton. Cottons are usually pretty easy to sew with and so are wools. Definitely not a stretch to add wools into your sewing arsenal. I'd say that the only thing with wool is that it usually needs to be lined, but don't be afraid to leave something unlined and just wear it with a slip too. Additionally, since wools are a protein fiber, they are prone to moths. While there is quite a bit of debate on how to keep your wool, I'll say that I keep mine in plastic tubs with cedar balls. The washing of wools is usually not recommended (though I'll admit, that doesn't stop me!) because they can shrink or felt if agitated in hot water. I usually pre-wash a wool in cold water, on a gentle cycle and then hang to dry. It's rare that I wash a finished garment out of wool - and that includes dry cleaning - but if I need to, I'll usually wash on gentle, in cold and hang to dry or hand wash and hang to dry. If the garment has a lot of internal structure as in the case of a coat or jacket, I dry clean and only if it needs it. Before any debate begins, I'll also say that if you're not into washing wools, that is of course fine too! Whatever blows your hair back!
Crepe is a not specific to wool. You can have silk crepe (crepe de chine & 4 ply silk are both crepes) or polyester crepe. I've even seen crepe like knits too. Crepes happen when the fiber/yarn is twisted before its woven or knitted into cloth. It creates this bumpy like texture and is a little spongey. Wool crepe in particular has fantastic drape, but it's also structured enough to create a fabulous jacket that would last a long time.


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Korn go back to Bakersfield on their mindblowing new album, Korn III — Remember Who You Are [Roadrunner]. However, they leave their mark on their hometown like never before on their latest music video.
Korn rip through the very earth itself with "Let the Guilt Go", the second single from the album. ARTISTdirect.com is proud to premiere the music video for this new classic featuring the band tearing it up in their very own Korn crop circle outside of Bakersfield. The video gets very spacey and a little scary, but it also tells a parallel twisted narrative of growing up—figuratively and literally.
Korn has a legacy of unforgettable video—"Oildale (Leave Me Alone)" and "Freak On A Leash" instantly come to mind—but "Let the Guilt Go" is unlike anything they've ever done, and it's among their best music videos ever. To go along with this premiere, we're giving away a free signature seven-string Ibanez signed by the band here!
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BOSTON - Adam Jones' right wrist isn't bothering him enough to keep him out of tonight's lineup. He's batting third instead of cleanup for the Orioles.
For the Orioles:
Robert Andino 2B
J.J. Hardy SS
Adam Jones CF
Matt Wieters C
Mark Reynolds 1B
Steve Pearce LF
Ronny Paulino DH
Steve Tolleson 3B
Endy Chavez RF
Jason Hammel RHP
Down on the farm, catcher Brian Ward has reported to Double-A Bowie after serving his 50-game suspension. First baseman Rhyne Hughes also reported to the Baysox from extended spring training.
Infielder Brandon Waring has moved down from Triple-A Norfolk to Bowie. Left-hander Cole McCurry moves up to Norfolk.
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Wrathful Buddha in Designer Knit Shirt and Short Shorts Walking, Hunting Tara
Wrathful Buddha in designer shirt and orange short shorts, walks among antelope, birds and pink lotus in search of Tara's Cave. Honorable Mention, JaxNart.
Buddha in Michael Jackson-like Crotch Grab Pose Illuminating and Dancing Over LA. digital painting by Troy Eittreim
This is a fine art digital painting. Created by pushing pixels in Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator. Its a surreal scene showcasing a humorous figure in cloud scape. Dapper (in Cool, Summer Whites) medal decorated Buddha moonwalks the heavens. With light touch down on world famous Venice Beach, Buddha strikes the pose. Crotch snugged. Toe extended. Holding broad flamed torch my man illuminates the convergence of ancient and modern. Excellent for modern art enthusiasts and exotic interiors. Butch up that bashful blush! sea foam green, aqua, lavender, burnt orange, orange blossom, tangerine, peach color palettes.
Modern Man Mowing w Remote Control, digital painting by Troy Eittreim
Hungry Ghost in Scarlet Fez and Knickers w Mower and Magic, digital Painting by Troy Eittreim
Has your mow-bot gone bezerk? Trimmed your bush bare? Wanna put a little magic back into your secret garden? If so, this desert oasis ought to spark it right up!
Forty blistering miles out, in the hide-roasting hardscrabble Mojave, under by blazing red-hot sun, Hungry Ghost, in scarlet fez, jacket, matching polka-dot knickers and blue bow tie, uses mudras (mystical hand gestures) and magic to remote mow his shimmering desert oasis.
I was there. I saw him. I saw this surreal vision. And it was bizarre! Now, you can go out there if you want. If you can stand the heat! Or, you can save yourself the trouble. Purchase my giclee print! Hang it on the wall!
This phenomenal desert oasis image would look fantastic with vivid cadet blue, ecru, cool teal and ash gray!
Are you a believer in Feng Shui? Cool blue waters enhance tree energy of the East, while fiery scarlet red burns it down. Use this desert oasis to maintain tree energy in the East!
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Horse In (Cold) Shower w Duck and Soap, digital painting by Troy Eittreim
Do you like to shower with friends? Did anyone drop the soap? Did it send you over the moon? Then you will identify completely with this surreal digital painting of Horse slipping and sliding in the shower!
Slip sliding away in frozen shower Horse tries to wash Duck with tangerine orange soap.
I was in that shower! Part of that wild scene! Help me relive my memory! Feel cool and squeaky clean. Buy my giclee print. Hang it on the wall, make sure it's the first thing you see when you get outta that steamy shower! Then call me!
Teal, Cobalt Blue, Chocolate Brown and Tangerine Orange
Are you a believer in Feng Shui? Strong metal with water element makes this prefect for your bath!
Surreal digital painting created on the computer using photo-compositing, photo-manipulation, photo-montage and vector drawing. This is Wacky, Kookie surreal digital art. A cartoonish illustration. Fantasy Art. By self taught digital and computer artist. This is a complex and densely textured computer-generated image of Horse slipping and soaping Duck in Shower!
Horse Wrestling Demon, digital painting by Troy Eittreim
Blue Demon (immense as the sky) sits atop downed Horse, twisting his leg
In his kookie surreal dream, Horse wrestles Demon.
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Citrus green, teal sky blue, creamy butter yellow with touches of tangerine, burnt orange and cinnamon.
Are you a believer in Feng Shui? Got too much Tree energy? Calm it with a bit of thunder and fire! Or activate area were energy is too sedate!
Surreal digital painting created on the computer using photo-compositing, photo-manipulation, photo-montage and vector drawing. This is Wacky, Kookie surreal digital art. A cartoonish illustration. Fantasy Art. By self taught digital and computer artist. This is a complex and densely textured computer-generated image of Horse Locked In Eternal Struggle with Demon.


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Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, and The Fellowship of the Ring, both based on children's books which made the lucrative crossover into the adult market, are the most hyped films of the past 12 months.
Both have giants, castles, trolls, thunderbolts and wizards, vast budgets and casts, and stupendous merchandising. Both are still packing cinemas. However, in the Bafta awards nominations announced yesterday, honours were heaped on Lord of the Rings, leaving Harry Potter struggling to keep up, a more cruel fate than any devised for the boy wizard by his arch enemy Voldemort.
The Bafta list is regarded as a pointer to the Oscar nominations, which will be announced next month.
The Fellowship, the first part of the Lord of the Rings trilogy, was nominated for best film, while Harry Potter has to be content with best British film - with the jury feeling obliged to explain why it considered the British cast but US financed film eligible.
Fantasy dominates the top nominations.
The furry-footed hobbits will be slugging it out with the can-can dancers of Moulin Rouge, the computer generated monsters of Shrek, and the remorselessly charming Amelie de Montmartre, all nominated for the best film title, with only A Beautiful Mind, a biopic about the mathematician John Nash, breaking the pattern. The Fellowship and Moulin Rouge tied on 13 Bafta nominations each.
The strong cast of a more subdued film, Iris, the story of the novelist Iris Murdoch's life, marriage and decline into Alzheimer's, made on a comparatively minute budget, has been nominated for all the top acting awards.
Kate Winslet and Hugh Bonneville, as the young Iris and John Bayley - on whose books the screenplay was based - are nominated as best supporting actor and actress. Judi Dench and Jim Broadbent have been nominated for best actor and actress as the older characters. Broadbent has also been nominated for best supporting actor for Moulin Rouge, and Dame Judi for The Shipping News.
Harry Potter was nominated for a clutch of lesser technical awards, but also as best British film. This was, Stephen Woolley of the Bafta committee explained, because films eligible for UK tax breaks are regarded as British.
"Harry Potter has wonderful British acting and fantastic British technical achievements - it just happens to be made with American funding. But you'd be hard pushed to find anything over a budget of one or two million dollars without American funding."
The Fellowship and Harry Potter, both with stunning special effects and featuring long-suffering actors taking the equivalent of a working day to get into make-up and costumes, come head-to-head over the awards for best production, costume, special effects and make-up and hair design.
One award should tell which has won the hearts of audiences: both are nominated for the Orange Award, on which cinemagoers are invited to vote.
Whichever film triumphs when the awards are announced on February 24 the whole contest will inevitably be fought out again next year, when the second instalment of both sagas will be on the screens.


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Help us choose the top stories of 2011
It's a little hard to believe that 2011 is nearly over. In just over a week we'll ring in the new year and that means it's time for The Explorer's tradition of selecting the top stories of the year.
Each year we revisit the top five stories but before we make the selection we'd like to hear from you, the community. Which stories mattered most to you? How will you remember 2011 in De Soto?
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- De Soto High School adds bowling to the high school sports lineup
- Dollar General breaks ground on a new location
- City lifts the bicycle ban from 83rd Street
- Starside Elementary pilots summer food program for the De Soto school district
- The Barn at Kill Creek Farm Association builds a new barn frame
- Three new representatives elected to the De Soto City Council
- USD 232 moves forward with Phase II of DHS construction
- Rachel Perez is sentenced to eight years for locking her son in her attic
- 2010 census indicates De Soto has grown 20 percent
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SDCC 2013: Kids Manga Fave Doraemon to Be Published in English
On Friday night at San Diego Comic-Con 2013, at the "Beyond the Valley of Tezuka: Manga Legends You Don't Know (But Should Know)" panel, it was announced that Doraemon, the longtime Japanese kids manga/anime favorite by Fujio Fujiko would be soon available in English in Fall 2013 in digital format.
Fujiko F. Fujio Productions, working in conjunction with Japanese multi-media producer Voyager Japan and translation company AltJapan, will be releasing Doraemon with all-new English translation/localization and in full-color for Amazon Kindle, and possibly eventually via other ePUB outlets, which may include Apple iBookstore, Google Play, and Nook as the releases roll out. The first releases will be in English, with other versions in other languages, such as Spanish, to follow in the coming year.
While the Fall 2013 release date is confirmed, a few other details are as yet to be finalized, including a month/day for the first release, the price, the rough page-count per unit that will be sold by (e.g. by chapter or by volume, and the rough page count per volume), and the publishing frequency. Also, this is a digital-only release, with no plans to publish this title in print at this time.
News of this new English publication of Doraemon came about at the 2013 International eBook Expo in Tokyo, at a presentation hosted by Voyager Japan in early July. AltJapan translators Matt Alt and Hiroko Yoda (who have also translated sci-fi manga Dorohedoro by Q Hayashida for VIZ Media and are authors of books on Japanese culture, including Yokai Attack! and Ninja Attack! from Tuttle Publishing) spoke about the challenges of adapting one of Japan's most beloved children's comics characters for English readers, many that will be introduced to this robot cat from the future for the first time. You can view this presentation on YouTube, although it is all in Japanese.
For fans of Japanese anime and manga, Doraemon needs no introduction. But given that until now, Doraemon manga was only officially available in English via a few volumes of bilingual English/Japanese manga published by Shogakukan (largely as language learning teaching aids), very few readers in the English-speaking world have actually read much of it.
Doraemon is basically the story of a robot cat from the 22nd Century named Doraemon who is sent from the future to help hapless, extremely ordinary boy Nobita Nobi. Nobita is a bespectacled boy who is doesn't get good grades, is not very athletic, and is often bullied by his classmates. Nobita is generally a good-hearted kid, but he's a bit lazy, and pretty unlucky to boot.
Then one day, Doraemon pops up out of Nobita's desk drawer, and tells him that he's here to save him from a terrible fate. As a robot cat who comes from the future where almost anything seems possible, Doraemon has time-traveled via the fourth dimension to Nobita's house. He's there by request of Nobita's great-grandson, Sewashi, who also visits Nobita on that fateful day.
Doraemon and Sewashi give Nobita a glimpse into his future — that he'll grow up to be an even bigger loser than he is today, and will saddle his future generations with immense debt and misery. To avoid this misfortune, Sewashi has charged Doraemon with helping Nobita to be a better person, largely with the help of numerous gadgets that Doraemon plucks from the future via the fourth dimensional pocket on his belly.
Over the course of this long-running series, Doraemon and Nobita get into a vast array of fantastic adventures and get into a lot of trouble too along the way. It's a fun, light-hearted series full of imagination and action. It's kind of like a cross between Peanuts and Calvin and Hobbes — and is just as popular and iconic to Japanese kids as Peanuts and Calvin and Hobbes are to American comics fans.
Doraemon is the creation of Fujio Fujiko, the pen name of Hiroshi Fujimoto, a.k.a. Fujio F. Fujiko. As a contemporary of other manga legends such as Osamu Tezuka and Shotaro Ishinomori, Fujiko Fujio is also regarded as one of the creators who helped shape what manga is today.
Since being introduced to Japanese readers in 1969, Doraemon has become an indelible part of the Japanese pop culture landscape. Doraemon has been featured continuously in kids' manga magazines like CoroCoro. The manga alone includes 1,344 stories and 13,000 pages in 45 volumes!
There have also been several versions of the Doraemon anime, shown on Japanese TV from 1973 – 2005, with a current season now showing on Japanese TV. Since 1980, Toho Studios has been releasing a new Doraemon feature-length movie almost every year (34 Doraemon movies have released to date).
And every year, it is a consistent winner at the box office. In March 2013, ticket sales for Doraemon movies exceeded Godzilla movies lifetime ticket sales: 100 million tickets vs. Godzilla's 99 million.
Of course, there are loads of Doraemon toys, video games, candies, and even a museum in Kawasaki, Japan devoted to the work of Fujio F. Fujiko featuring Doraemon prominently.
Doraemon's status as one of Japan's most beloved anime characters has earned him the honor of being recognized by the Japanese government as an official ambassador to the world. In 2008, Japanese Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura bestowed the title of "Anime Ambassador." Doraemon was also recently appointed as "special ambassador" for Tokyo's bid to host the 2020 Olympics.
For a character that is so popular throughout Asia, it's a little perplexing that it has taken so long for the Doraemon manga to be published in English. It's had to pin-point the exact reason for this years-long delay, and honestly, no one will speculate why on the record.
I can only guess that it was due to a combination of factors that have hampered the publication of other classic manga titles in North America, such as the series is too old, too long, and "too Japanese."
However, digital publishing overcomes some of the roadblocks that get in the way of making more manga available to English readers. Publishing graphic novels digitally means that publishers don't need to fret about the cost of printing and distributing books on paper to bookstores and comic shops. Color printing is also a pricey proposition in print, but not as much of an issue in digital publishing.
With over 45 volumes of comics content in the series, Doraemon is a series that presented a considerable risk to publish in print in English, despite its huge popularity in Asia. If the digital edition proves to be popular, who knows? Maybe there will be enough demand to warrant a print edition, but in all likelihood, it would take a very healthy amount of digital purchases to make this a serious consideration. In the meantime, keep an eye out for more details about this much-anticipated digital manga release, coming your way in Fall 2013.
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I'm SO excited for this! As the mom of a little boy, I'm looking forward to introducing him to comics and Doraemon is such a classic.
Oh dear, I think I'll keep ploughing through the katakana-only print versions then. Why must Japanese have so many homophones? Kana-only is supposed to be "easy", but with no spaces it's 10 times harder XD
That's so cool!! I'm looking forward to buying all the volumes! I hope they release more classic manga on the kindle such as, Kochikame, or Chibi Maruko
really excited about Doraemon comics, my daughter is a fan of Doraemon.
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1) 5a, 10m. Head up the groove to steep rock then pad left at the limit of HVS friction and move left to a stance in the corner. <br/>2) 4b, 8m. Finish up the main groove or the flake to its left.
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This one got the better of me first time round and I wanged off on the move out of the bottom groove. Nice fall to the ground, only cut short by my trusty and well placed 7 nut high up in the groove. Good job my second was awake or else it was curtains. Still got the scars of the rope as it cut through the back of my hand. 2nd time up, was a bit more careful. Nice route, but not for the lighthearted (and I measure my words).
A game of two halfs as they say, initial crack is well protected, it does get stiffer the higher up you go. Then comes the sting,letting go of the jug to pad out onto the hold less smeary slab ....focus's the mind well
I really, really enjoyed this climb. It has something for everyone - jams, smears, bridges...
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Great route! relatively easy up the initial crack getting harder at the top, then all to soon it runs out and you realise you've got to smear out into thin air!!! Stuff as many nuts in for safety of mind and have faith.
Nice route, has a bit of everything, low in the grade though. Much easier than some of the upper tier HVS's. It's much better than it looks.
It's a nice route but low in the grade. the friction traverse has some lovely foothold scoops. It is a full-on HVS move if you've used all you small rocks though! I didn't have any small enough to fit the left thread to protect the finish of the traverse :D good swing potental
Thought this was good but didnt think it was anywheer near the limit if HVS friction. It was, however, right at the limit of HVS balance and foot-reach, and it was quite precarious and a bit blind. Good route.