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Linda Gess was recently honored by Emory & Henry College as the May recipient of the Blue & Gold Staff Award.
Gess has served the College for just over one year as the head women's soccer coach.
The Blue & Gold Staff Award was created to recognize outstanding Emory & Henry employees who go above and beyond the call of duty -- not only in their respective positions, but in the College community as well.
Colleagues describe Gess as a coach, mentor and role model for not only the student-athletes she works with on a daily basis, but the entire campus community.
Gess spent the first portion of May traveling to Champerico, Guatemala with two dozen E&H students and staff to work on a Habitat for Humanity build. Though not originally scheduled to participate, Gess was a last minute fill-in after another staff member was unable to travel.
"I live by the philosophy that someone did it for me," said Gess. "I went abroad during my own college career and I know what it meant to me, so I was happy to help out."
Emory & Henry President Rosalind Reichard commented that students at the college have a strong advocate in Gess.
"From day one, Linda has brought both energy and enthusiasm to the job, and it's very contagious," said President Reichard.
"It's pretty overwhelming to be given this honor, and I am honored that the individuals nominating me were outside of department," said Gess.
Gess's husband Michael works in the Facilities Department and the Chapel at Emory & Henry. The two self-described outdoors people enjoy spending time in the nearby town of Damascus, Va.
If you know an Emory & Henry staff member who has performed exceptionally in his or her role and would like to nominate that employee for the Blue & Gold Staff Award, contact the Human Resources Office by the last business day of each month.


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This past summer, a decent amount of media attention was directed toward the all-but-inevitable demise of the Motion Picture Association of America's adult-oriented NC-17 rating. Film critic Roger Ebert, via his Twitter feed, called NC-17 "as dead as the X."
But at the other end of the spectrum, another film rating is gradually dying out in movie theaters with barely any acknowledgment.
If the NC-17 is in its death throes, the G rating — for "general audiences" — is, for entirely different reasons, bedridden and in need of serious medical attention.
For the bulk of the summer's movie season — a four-month period still marketed primarily toward younger audiences on break from school — not a single G-rated film played in theaters. Parents with children too young to sit through some of the more intense kids' movies like Pixar's "Brave" were completely out of luck until the last week of August, when they were finally given one G-rated option: "The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure," which tanked instantly.
Entertainment meant for all ages isn't just drying up in the increasingly crowded summer months, though. According to the official website for the Classification and Ratings Administration, or CARA (the division of the MPAA responsible for evaluating a film's content and assigning a rating), a total of only 16 films have been rated G so far in 2012.
Although the year isn't over yet, that number is substantially less than last year (43 G-rated movies) or, in fact, any year since 1990 (which saw a scant nine movies receive the G rating).
Of course, 16 is just the number of movies assigned ratings in 2012 and doesn't necessarily reflect everything that's appeared in theaters so far this year.
For example, "The Secret World of Arrietty," the excellent animated feature from Studio Ghibli that played in wide release last February, was originally rated in 2011 in time for a limited theatrical run. Similarly, "The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure" was rated way back in 2010 and just delayed two years.
But it's also important to note that the vast majority of those 16 films so far in 2012 are straight-to-DVD or video-on-demand titles like "Beverly Hills Chihuahua 3" and "Flicka: Country Pride."
In fact, only three of the 16 will ever play theatrically. One of them, "Finding Nemo 3D," is just a re-release of a film many audience members already know by heart. The other two, "Chimpanzee" and "To the Arctic," are IMAX nature documentaries.
Parents are right to wonder where all the original G-rated films have gone.
Unlike the NC-17, however, there isn't a completely logical answer for why G-rated movies should be dying out in theaters.
As Los Angeles Times entertainment writer Steve Zeitchik discussed in his article "High hopes, low notes for the NC-17 rating," many theater chains won't even play a movie branded an NC-17. Because of that, the "unstigmatized" rating, as MPAA founder Jack Valenti called it when it was conceived as a replacement for the X in 1990, has become largely unmarketable since its inception and is now viewed as a kiss of death for a film's box office (no matter how famous the movie's star may be).
In sharp contrast, G-rated films are often among the most lucrative to be released in any given year. Just look at recent hits like the "Cars" movies (which both earned in the neighborhood of $200 million) and "Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who!" ($155 million).
A 2003 study conducted by The Dove Foundation — an organization dedicated to promoting family-oriented entertainment — showed that between 1988 and 2003, Hollywood produced roughly 12 times as many R-rated films as G-rated ones. However, G-rated movies were about 11 times more profitable, earning, on average, $79 million versus their R-rated counterparts' meager $7 million.
A huge part of that profit came from video/DVD rentals and sales, but even at the box office, G-rated movies earned an average of $43 million compared to $20 million for R-rated movies.
More recently, the box office analysis website The Numbers (the-numbers.com) provided similar results, showing that G-rated movies out-earn R-rated movies by between three to five times during their theatrical runs.
So why is the G rating dying out in theaters?
The ever-expanding home video market is definitely a major factor, especially as video-on-demand and streaming services like Netflix have become more widespread.
What's more, as the cost of producing movies continues to climb in Hollywood, studios known for their family-friendly entertainment are forced to try to appeal to as wide an audience as possible, drawing in older kids with whatever it takes, including, often, crude humor and violent action sequences.
But in a lot of ways, there really isn't a good explanation for why G-rated movies are in such short supply.
It's no secret that Hollywood has carried on an inexplicable love affair with R-rated movies in spite of the obvious appetite for family-oriented entertainment. This year is no different. In comparison with the 16 G ratings, CARA has already handed out 330 R ratings.12 comments on this story
As Ted Baehr, founder and chairman of the Christian Film & Television Commission (CFTVC), said in an article for LifeSiteNews.com, "Year in and year out, our statistics show that moviegoers prefer family-friendly movies with positive Christian, wholesome, patriotic, conservative and traditional moral values. They (Hollywood) don't know how to market to the average American who is a churchgoing Christian who believes in God, country and family."
The G rating probably won't ever completely die out, but based on the current trend, it isn't hard to imagine it disappearing from movie theaters and becoming a rating solely used for straight-to-DVD fare.
And at a time when PG-13 resembles more and more the kinds of movies that used to be called R, truly family-friendly entertainment is more important than ever.
For more information on the MPAA ratings system, check out the CARA website at filmratings.com.
A native of Utah Valley and a devoted cinephile, Jeff Peterson is currently studying humanities and history at Brigham Young University.


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General Zod takes front stage in the new and final trailer for Zack Snyder's Man of Steel. If you had any doubts that Man of Steel was going to be amazing have a look at this! It's truly amazing.
In the pantheon of superheroes, Superman is the most recognized and revered character of all time. Clark Kent/Kal-El (Cavill) is a young twentysomething journalist who feels alienated by powers beyond anyone's imagination. Transported to Earth years ago from Krypton, an advanced alien planet, Clark struggles with the ultimate question – Why am I here? Shaped by the values of his adoptive parents Martha (Lane) and Jonathan Kent (Costner), Clark soon discovers that having super abilities means making very difficult decisions. But when the world needs stability the most, it comes under attack. Will his abilities be used to maintain peace or ultimately used to divide and conquer? Clark must become the hero known as "Superman," not only to shine as the world's last beacon of hope but to protect the ones he loves.
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GREEN BAY - Numerous media reports say the Green Bay Packers have signed second-round draft pick Eddie Lacy. There was no immediate word on contract terms for the University of Alabama running back.
Except for first-rounders, all rookies are required to have four-year deals. Lacy's signing leaves first-round defensive end Datone Jones as the only Green Bay draft pick not to enter into a new contract. The team signed nine other draft selections before their rookie camp began almost three weeks ago.
With Charles Woodson gone, the Green Bay Packers are looking to second-year pro Casey Hayward to grab more interceptions from the corner spot. The 5-11 Hayward led the Pack with six interceptions and 21 pass break-ups last year from Woodson's former position. Corners' coach Joe Whitt Junior said Hayward has quote, "a skill set that in the past is very similar to Woodson ... And that's rare." His coaches say Hayward has a sixth sense of knowing when to plug passing routes, and getting into a receiver's mode when the ball comes his way. Whitt says Hayward should get double-digit interceptions each year - and he should have done so in his rookie campaign. Hayward is honing his skills this week, as the Packers continue their organized team activities.
It's not clear when - or if - Green Bay defensive lineman Johnny Jolly will report to the Packers' organized team activities which are now in their second week. There was talk that the 30-year-old Jolly would practice this week, after he completed a drug rehabilitation program last week in his home town of Houston. Jolly and his agent are not talking, and coach Mike McCarthy will only say there's a quote, "process" Jolly is going through. But the coach did say after yesterday's practice that Jolly and everyone else deserves second-chances in life. Jolly was re-instated earlier this year, after a three-year suspension that followed a series of arrests in Houston for codeine possession. Packers' defensive line coach Mike Trgovac said he spoke with Jolly and his mother as often as he could under league rules over the past three-plus years. Trgovac said he cares about Jolly as a person, but he cannot say what type of shape he's in. The coaches say it remains to be seen if Jolly can still perform on the field - especially after the Packers drafted four new defensive linemen over the past two years.
The Packers are bringing in a free agent safety who played his college ball in the NCAA's Division II. Green Bay has signed David Fulton of Chowan University in North Carolina. He had a team-high four interceptions last fall with a sack, nine pass break-ups, and a forced fumble. The 23-year-old Fulton joins five other safeties on the Green Bay roster. Those five were all hold-overs from last season, including Sean Richardson - who's recovering from neck surgery earlier this year.


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The Hadrian's Villa (Villa Adriana in Italian) is a large Roman archaeological complex at Tivoli, Italy. The villa was constructed at Tibur (modern-day Tivoli) as a retreat from Rome for Roman Emperor Hadrian during the second and third decades of the 2nd century AD. Hadrian was said to dislike the palace on the Palatine Hill in Rome, leading to the construction of the retreat. During the later years of his reign, he actually governed the empire from the villa. A large court therefore lived there permanently. The postal service kept it in contact with Rome 18 miles (29 km) away. After Hadrian, the villa was used by his various successors. During the decline of the Roman Empire the villa fell into disuse and was partially ruined. In the 16th century Cardinal Ippolito II d'Este had much of the marble and statues in Hadrian's villa removed to decorate his own Villa d'Este located nearby. The Canopus is among the monuments of the villa that has a certain identification which is the waterway that connected Alexandria to the ancient city of Canopus, which owes its name to the helmsman of Menelaus, who return from the Trojan War, where he died. This temple grotto sacred to Serapis clearly inspired by the Egyptian returned in time a large number of sculptures in addition to his likeness still outstanding. The temple in which ends the long basin consists of a large semi-circular room, covered by a dome into wedges. The large spherical shell with compartments and sailing, was covered with mosaic tiles in black and white. In the background are curved wall niches, some of which were of cascading fountains and other housed the statues, the finish made ??of Tartars, mosaics and marble, thanks to water games, gave the impression of being in a cave . On the opposite side of the basin was surrounded by a colonnade with architrave mixtilinear spaces in which there were many statues intercolunnari (Ares, Athena, Hermes, Amazon) as well as copies of two of the caryatids of the Erechtheum and two Sileni. The whole plant is considered as a great summer room for banquets.
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jemaflor (108445) 2012-04-07 1:01
Hi Valter,
What a perfect water mirror, well seen and captured, I like the light and these colors, interesting depth, tfs
mohammad_H (10174) 2012-04-07 1:05
Hi Valter,
Architecture, old trees reflected in water bath. You make it so beautiful display. Use of intelligence in creating an environment rich in imagery and appear calm. Attractive color and good clarity. Excellent staff.
Have a nice weekend
danos (105234) 2012-04-07 1:09
Ciao Valter,
very nice te view as the presentation of this beautiful place with the reflections to complete perfect the image.A bit of contrast and the scene would was much better i think.
Have a good weekend,Danos
carlo62 (61258) 2012-04-07 2:25
Ciao Valter
bel particolare della splendida villa di Adriano, bel POV, ottimo controllo della luce e grande riflesso.
Piacevole la presenza delle persone.
diomed (13926) 2012-04-07 4:24
Magnifico, Valter, questo specchio riflettente in modo perfetto la scena esterna.Splendida anche la luce, l'inquadratura, i colori.
Buona Pasqua
papagolf21 (118509) 2012-04-07 4:56
Bonjour, Valter,
Félicitations pour cette très jolie prise de vue. Le cadrage a été pensé avec talent.
J'aime les couleurs douces et l'ambiance qui se dégage de cette composition.
Nicou (159824) 2012-04-07 8:49
Fantastique compo e tiamge quelle perspective superbe et ces reflet une mervielle quelle vue ce tons un bijour.
Bravo et amitié
jhm (167626) 2012-04-07 9:14
Ciao Valter,
Thank you very much for your interesting note, I learn almost everyday on TE.
It quiet weather makes for very nice reflections.
You create depth and perspective, the trees and blue sky are the real eye catchers.
Excellent sharpness and clarity.
Very well done, TFS.
Have a nice Easter weekend,
tyro (26384) 2012-04-07 9:40
Ciao Valter,
Another of your wonderful photographs from Hadrian's Villa!
As in your other pictures from this site, the reflections here are stunning! The water is so still and calm that it looks almost like a mirror with fabulous reflections of the trees and the fine building.
Your exposure is perfect and so is your composition with excellent perspective and wonderful lines leading the eye well into the distance. Gorgeous colours and contrasts and exquisite detail and sharpness.
Have a Lovely Easter!
Kind Regards,
rychem (49134) 2012-04-07 9:45
Beautiful view, fantastic reflections, excellent done
holmertz (64478) 2012-04-07 10:31
Hello Valter,
This is an interesting temple, nicely situated by the water and with statues lining one side. From a photographic point of view it's the superb reflections in this remarkably calm water that naturally catch my eyes first of all. I like the inclusion of two persons near the far end. They are small but still provide life to this historical place.
Kind regards,
cornejo (50984) 2012-04-07 12:20
Ciao Valter, un quadro affascinante e interessante di questa bella riflessione, molto buona immagine pov e di buona qualità, un lavoro molto buono e interessante il mio amico, le mie congratulazioni. Buona notte e felice Domenica. TFS.
I migliori auguri.
mauro61 (52889) 2012-04-07 12:50
ciao Valter,
ottima ripresa in campo lungo con la realtà del posto che si mischia agli splendi riflessi.
Un luogo di grande bellezza che ci presenti molto bene.
Auguri di Buona Pasqua a te e famiglia
Morteza_E (879) 2012-04-07 13:06
Picture a very well recorded. Color and good exposure. Very well.
PecoBud (3824) 2012-04-07 16:06
Excellent and beautiful reflection photo Valter!! Love the colors and light management. Your POV of this Villa is superb.
ikeharel (84934) 2012-04-08 2:02
Ciao Valter,
A nice reflection collected on the Tivoli pond, showing agreand view of the oak trees on water with excelent clearity.
The old restored ruins on back a bit under dark shadow, but nicely mirror and decor the scene.
Buona pasque-domenica,
jjcordier (79297) 2012-04-08 2:53
Une très jolie photo où tu as choisi de mettre l'accent sur les reflets intéressants... et c'est le bon choix, le ciel semblant un peu trop blanchâtre!
Cricri (133114) 2012-04-08 10:35
Ciao Valter
Des reflets magnifiques dans cette image parfaitement réaliser, cadrer, une lumière bien capter, intéressante note et présentation
Belle soirée
Gigidusud (21377) 2012-04-08 10:59
Ciao Valter,
Un luogo di grande belezza.Splendidi riflessi con toni verde.Ottimo POV e bella prospettiva.
Bravo e buon WE.
ChrisJ (126569) 2012-04-09 3:37
Ciao Valter,
This one jumped out at me from your recent gallery. Fantastic symmetrical reflections in the tranquil, mirror like water, with superb natural linear perspective leading the eye to the people at top left. Good sharpness & the central arched canopy is also a good focal point. Tfs!
mesutilgim (98538) 2012-04-09 9:26
Hello Valter,
I missed this wonderfull capture.
Perfect layout and very nice rerflections. A perfect TE entry enriched with many good and usefull notes.
TFS and best regards
abmdsudi (63455) 2012-04-09 10:02
Hi Valter
Awsome shot and what a glorious moment captured as we are presented by such a peaceful scenic location and lots of rich colors. The tranquality makes everything sparkle with fabulous colors, of course the waterway and its mirror reflection is so gorgeous. Extremely refreshing look so well recorded. Thks for sharing.
Best regards
Silvio1953 (162070) 2012-04-09 10:07
Ciao Valter, gran bel riflesso e ottima prospettiva sul Canopo, splendida luce e magnifici colori, ci devo proprio ritornare, bravo, ciao Silvio
What a wonderful reflection! The moment if delightful! Rome give so many surprises...Good work Valter!
kennyblack (4207) 2012-04-11 2:21
Ciao Valter
Che fortuna trovare l' acqua così calma per dare la possibilità di scattare un rispecchio del genere. Molto bello e molto dettagliato con una colorazione calda e naturale. Mi piace molto :)
Un caro saluto ed augurio di buona giornata da noi due ... M & D
lakshmip1949 (19081) 2012-04-12 12:52
Hello Valter,
Hope you had a safe trip back to Italy. Every element is perfect in this image. The architecture, colors, sharpness and atmosphere are great. The reflections are very clear . Very picturesque image.
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PhD student vies for top poetry prize
PhD student vies for top poetry prize
A POET and playwright studying for a PhD at the University of Stirling is vying for honours in a prestigious poetry competition.
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Hannah Silva is among five writers in the running for the £5000 Ted Hughes Award for New Work in Poetry. The winner will be announced in London on Friday.
Hannah, 30, who grew up in Suffolk and now lives in to Birmingham, was shortlisted for a piece called Total Man.
Her work is characterised by its "playful interrogation of language, voice and form".
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Now you can be a critic
OUR HeraldScotland website is launching an exciting initiative for readers with an interest in live performances happening in Scotland. Our online series - You The Critic - will enable readers across the country to submit their compact arts reviews in the fields of theatre, music, dance, comedy, open mic events and visual arts (not film or TV). We will post them to the site every day, subject to our standard online rules. Details of the initiative and how to submit your reviews are available on our website.
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Pygmies are set for capital gig
EDINBURGH-based jazz, funk, blues, ska, and afro band Pygmies have a gig at the city's Caley Roots Club tomorrow.
The club meets at Caley Sample Rooms, 58 Angle Park Terrace, from 8.30pm.
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Dora and Diego Scavenger Hunt
Party Recap
Fun Fun Fun scavenger hunt. We made backpacks and rescue packs for the kids, including a map of the places we would go. Swiper with help from the BoBo brothers took over the rescue center and sent us on a hunt to find and complete a puzzle. We had to help Leon the Lion find Isa's Lollipop garden, find coqui frogs, pop the bubbles the BoBo's blew at us, raid the treasure chest at Crocodile cove, and get passed the singing bridge.
Party Highlights
Best Moment
When the kids helped "Pipsqueak" sing the right lyrics to the nursery rhymes at the bridge
Most Touching Moment
When the Kids first saw their backpacks and rescue packs and maps
Best Dressed
All my "rescue worker" in their rescue vests! and the kids with their packs on
Cake! 3 layers Chocolate, yellow, and spice Lollipops
Party Favors
backpacks and rescue packs bubbles,compasses, magnifying glasses, kaleidoscopes,stickers, maracas, and much much more
Activities / Games
THE scavenger hunt! pin the tail on swiper, water balloons
What People Ate
Chicken, corn, spinach,and beef empanadas Chicken quesedillas chips and salsa guacamole chicken skewers, fried plantains turkey and chicken burritos
What People Drank
H2O gatorade


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Press release
Montreat College Music Business holds a songwriting contest
The Blue Ridge Mountains are a one- of- a-kind place. From its rushing rivers, colorful fall seasons and majestic caves, to the homemade biscuits and gravy and that true southern hospitality – the Blue Ridge area quickly finds a place in your heart.
In hopes of spreading this beauty through music, we wish to find the artists who have visited the Blue Ridge area and were inspired to write.
We will select 7 songs and arrange a recording time for each song. Following this, we will host an Album Release Contest, where artists may preform their songs live in front of a panel of judges for a chance to win $1,000, sponsored by the Montreat College Music Business.
If you have been stirred to write a song, then enter your song for a chance to be on our new album, "Pathways to the Present, The Turpentine State," and to play in our release party for a chance at winning a cash prize. The contest runs from November 12- February 1st and each song entry is $17 a piece.


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Track & Field: Brittnie Menze going to State
By Dan Schik
The lone Eagle making the trek down to the State Track and Field meet is junior thrower Brittnie Menze. She had the second best throw coming into the section meet right behind Perham's Heather Schultz. Menze said she wasn't nervous coming into the Section 6A Meet at MSU-Moorhead last Thursday, she tried her best and see what happens.
What happened was she needed only one warm-up throw to get down to business. Her first throw was nothing short of amazing as she launched the shot over 39 feet, insuring her an automatic state birth. After the throw Brittnie didn't know what to expect, she said it seemed to fly off her fingertips effortlessly, and after releasing it she didn't even watch it land. All she heard was the screams and cheers from family, teammates and even a few competitors.
When she finally looked to see how far it went it took her breath away. She proved that her first throw wasn't a fluke, with four other throws within a foot of her state-qualifying throw with her best being 39'7". With that distance that made here the section runner-up only three inches Schultz's first place throw of 39'10".
The top two finishers and all time or distance qualifiers advance to State from the section meet.
" I think I'm still in shock, it really hasn't sank in yet, probably won't hit me till I am on the track," Menze said of qualifying for the state meet.
One thing she is looking forward to is competing against the best girls shot-putters in the state, for most girls it's very intimating. For Brittnie she has shown in the last couple of meets that when she has strong competition it motivates her to push a little harder and throw farther to propel her to the next level. Heading into the state track meet Brittnie's game plan is to, " Don't think about it, just get in there and throw."
"The goal I set at the beginning of the season was to make it to state, now since I have done that, the sky is the limit," she said.
Schultz and Menze are ranked 1-2 heading into State. The third best throw heading into State was 39'5" by Litchfield's Abby Goraczkowski. Schultz finished third at last year's State meet with a throw of 39'9.75".
Last year's State champ, Liberty Slinden of Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City, is ranked fourth this year with a section throw of 39'4.75". She won last year's title with a throw of 41'11". The 2008 runner-up, Leah Dietel of Jordan, is ranked No. 8 this year (38'8"). Her second place throw last year was 40'5.5".
The State Track and Field Meet is at Hamline University in St. Paul. The girls shot put competition at state will be Saturday, June 6 at 3 p.m.
Other section finishes
Brittnie's older brother, Brandon, just missed a trip to State. The senior finished fourth in the shot put with a throw of 45'4". He was more than a foot and a half from second place (47'0.5"), and more than six feet from the State qualifying distance (51'9"). Menze finished seventh in the discus (124'2").
Alicia Boe just missed a trip to State as well. The freshman was third in the 1600m (5:22.37). She led during the last lap, but fell back on the back stretch to finish nine seconds behind second place (5:13.31).
Boe was also 13th in the 800m run (2:36.40). Megan Cole finished 12th in the 100m dash with a time of 13.61. For the boys, Ben Jacobson finished 11th in the 110m hurdles (17.71), and in the 300m hurdles (46.28).


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All the chat about Eatzi's has had a subtext: What about Marty's? Across the street from Brinker's new phenomenon is the pioneer of Dallas gourmet shops/take-outs, and comparisons between the two are inevitable. The problem is, they're completely misplaced. The two stores actually offer entirely different goods and services, and one could never replace the other. You could sum it up by saying Marty's is the Gazebo, while Eatzi's is the Gap. (I am not predicting the demise of Marty's.)
There are lots of obvious differences between the two, in purpose and in product. Marty's started out as a wine store and still has one of the finest collections of wine and most knowledgeable wine salespeople in the city. Eatzi's sells wine so it can say it does. Marty's first venture into food was cheese, of course, and its cheese selection is still the best in the city. Eatzi's cheese selection is smaller and only skims the surface. Eatzi's promotes its products; Marty's educates its customers; it even offers a monthly calendar that lists an olive seminar, cooking classes, and the like.
But the main difference is that Marty's is an individual, more idiosyncratic, with a stronger personality than Eatzi's, which is, after all, designed to replicate itself. Marty's kitchen is, like a restaurant's, chef-driven: Chef Melody Wolfertt presents different menus each week--Irish stew or corned beef for St. Patrick's Day; the choice of a Spago-inspired menu of salmon, golden caviar, and lobster; or the "director's menu" of Il Postino pasta envelopes, Sensible beef Wellington, and Apollo 13 moon pies for Oscar night. Passover filled the refrigerator case with gefullte-fish terrine and noodle kugel. But the menus reflect not only the season, but who's in the kitchen. Under Chef Melody, the food has more New American flair than it had in the hands of past French chefs.
And Marty's grocery selection goes deep: There's a great selection of olive oils and high-end stuff like caviar, as well as the latest in trendy foodstuffs--Hawaiian chocolate, true Modena balsamic vinegar for 63 bucks a bottle, honest-to-God 4-inch-tall cheesecake flown in from the Carnegie Deli in New York.
We picked up dinner at Marty's recently and that night feasted on a towering square of chicken lasagna, cleverly packed with the sauce on the side so reheating didn't dehydrate it. (Marty's offers a list of reheating instructions for all its foods as well as recommended portion sizes, which is a great service.) "Mom's" meat loaf had been molded in a tiny loaf pan, so each serving was moist and attractive. We paired it with a Southwestern salad made of black beans, corn kernels, cilantro, and peppers.
Fried chicken fingers were good cold and, of course, chicken salad, with white meat, almonds, and celery, made a great sandwich on some sliced bread from Empire. The only problem with Marty's is that it's only open till 6:30 p.m., making it difficult for those of us who don't plan ahead to pick up an evening meal.
The other great new shopping phenomenon in Dallas is Nordstrom's, and somewhere in the encyclopedic coverage of the store's opening, a fact was dropped--the amazing number of square feet of shopping space we have per capita in Dallas. According to the Texas Restaurant Association, Dallas residents spent more than 45 percent of their food dollars in restaurants. Add those two stats together, and you can see that Marty's is the perfect Dallas destination--a place where you can shop and eat and at the same time.
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Marty's, Oak Lawn, 3316 Oak Lawn Ave., 526-4070. Open Monday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-6:30 p.m.
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Thanks for this. Will it apply is Scotland too? x
not happy at all so hes hopes they will sighn up dose he, mr loughton should of made them sighn up.
Sorry but I think this is just political waffle. It isn't true anyway that fostered children can't have sleepovers - this was dealt with some years ago by the Children's Minister at the time (think it was Maragret Hodge) and of course foster carers can get children's hair cut.
It was the last govt that produced the weighty "Minimum Standards in Foster Care Regulation" and it was against these standards (many of which were simply unachievable) that LAs were inspected by the then Social Care Commission, now been replaced by Ofsted.
I certainly would not disagree with supporting foster carers and belive that they are the "unsung heroes" of the child care system in this country. I spect 30 years of my working life championing the rights of foster carers as a sw and tm mgr in a fostering & adoption team. I am now retired and know that childrens services are in dire straits, some LAs (especially inner cities) running at 30 to 40% vacancy rates, and you can't run a service like that. Also thanks to Lord Laming, social workers now have to spend around 70% of their time in front of a computer screen instead of out visiting families and supporting foster carers.
However it seems the National Standards are going to be diluted - that's fine until there is a child tragedy in a foster home (and yes sadly they do happen, not often thank god, but when they do, it is usually very serious, often fatal for a child) and then there will be a hoo haa about the foster care regs and they will be beeefed back up again and there will be condemnation of the dilution in standards that is now being taken by Loughton.
On the hair cuts, I guess each provider may be different, but we CAN'T have their hair cut, without asking for "permission" from the parent.
We can't get haircuts without parents permission either. Big no no.
Sleepovers also need sw permission.
However I don't suppose either will bother the newborn LO with us at the mo! lol !!!
Hi ,our 10yr old F/D was invited to a sleepover at a friends house a couple of weeks ago ,when we mentioned this to her s/w we were told that the parents of the child having the sleepover would have to be crb checked !. At the time I wasnt quite 100% sure enough to argue (this is our 1st placement ) ,but after having double checked with fostering network have found this to be incorrect.
I am now angry as our f/d has missed out on something simply due to the fact she is a lac.
The s/w has been on leave since ,but when she returns I will give her the information I found out and suggest she reads up on the new guidelines .
Caz x
Here sleepovers are at the FCs discretion. We advise FC to decide as if it was their own child. Hair cuts I've never been asked about but I deal with children in long term care where we wouldnt encourage parental involvement at that level.
We have to ask parents permission for haircuts as well.
Sleepovers are very much frowned upon unless the family is CRB checked or are another fostering family.
It has been drummed into us that these are NOT our children, they have parents of their own who have the right to make these decisions.
On a lighter note, I was in a pre-placement meeting with parents who's 18 month old was coming to us in the next day or so and the father had some expectations of us as foster carers.
We were not to have the childs hair cut.
We must not have the child tattooed
And under no circumstances were we to buy the child any gold jewellery as this, I was firmly told, was a fathers job
so EMIN... you are carrying on then??? Brilliant..
on sleepovers.. we have been told that it is our discretion, that LAC must not 'suffer' due to red tape, but that the address must be 'police checked' prior to the sleepover - and this apparently takes a matter of minutes and is done by SS...
Oh for the same rules across the board...
We are not allowed to have child's haircut, allow sleepovers or school photographs without permission from birth family or social worker. Also if a looked after child attends a friends birthday party the foster carer has to stay with them, regardless of the child's age. I wish LA's would allow children to be the same as their friends. They are constantly made to feel different.
no p99gmb, that placement was many years ago, still makes me chuckle though
I think those of you who are still being told children can't have sleep overs unless parents are CRB checked need to contact Fostering networks as caztogo did. Can't believe the hair cut thing is still going on. Obviously if a girl had very long hair you would probably be criticised by the birth parent if she had it cut very short, but trims etc should be part and parcel of everyday care. These things should be agreed at the pre placement meeting or a placement meeting asap after the child placed with you.
Seems like a lot of soc works don't know about sleepovers and this is schocking. As for staying with a LAC at a birthday party - this is plain nonsense and needs to be challeneged. What about writing to Mr Loughton about these matters, or again contact Fostering Network. Think there is a lot of "back covering" going on with soc wrkrs at present, not really difficult to see why in some respects.
Loved the one about no tattoees and no gold jewellery - bet that is going to cause some problems!
We were going on a holiday abroad. As I had always taken my foster children on holiday I booked and paid for the child that was with us to come. The SW said I had to request permission from the child's birth mother. This I did and birth mother was all for it.
Next came a request from social worker that we do not take the child on holiday because it would not be fair to his sister, who was in a different placement. After a great deal of upset for the child (and ourselves) a respite placement was found. A month later the sibling was taken abroad on holiday with her foster carers. I was bloody fuming!!!!
OMG fishtank - that is absolutely appalling - can't believe the stupidity of some social workers. You really should have made a complaint about your sw, to her tm mgr and if no joy then you can always go through the complaints procedure. I don't think you foster carers on these threads should be putting up with these ridiculous "rules" that seem to be made up by the social worker. DON'T stand for it - complain and make a noise!!
Ooooh believe me I did complain. It was too late for the child, who had to go into respite care whilst his foster family, including another foster child, went on holiday without him.
It was also too late for the foster family who had no other option than to go on holiday without a valued member of the family.
Our worst holiday ever! Once I started talking about bringing the Children's Commissioner on board the LA decided they would de register me as I could not work with the LA.
Well i just had to book and hoilday for my whole family expect me and the foster child because after 1 years and 6 months of asking they still havent got permission from the mum and only now and they talking about taking it to court
Well gee thanks how long will that take they see to think you can pitch up and sort a hoilday out and a passport a few weeks before a hoilday gurrr well i WILL NOT be taking ANY MORE PLACEMENTS WITH OUT A PASSPORT or a PASSPORT FORM SIGHNED and in the post before the placement arrives
And because i dont want lo to go into respite i have to stay behind with lo
Maypole that's awful. Thank you for posting, we are just waiting to go to panel and I will def bear this in mind when we are offered a placement. Thanks
shaz - all LAs and the social workers in them are all very different, as is the case with anybody else in life really. Some social workers will go the extra mile and are reallysupportive, others are just average and some shsould be in another job. I worked for 25 yrs in a LA as a sw and tm mgr of a fostering & adoption team for thelast 15 of those years.
It does sound horrendous what people are saying but please don't ask for a passport before a placement (though I understand Maypole's frustration)because this would be considered very strange. The child might only be with you for 2 weeks.
The other thing I want to say (and it's not an excuse) but the reality is that many LAs are really struggling in childrens services to recruit and retain staff. The job has become so difficult and stressful and becasue of Lord Laming's report after the tragic death of Victoria Climbie, social workers are spending around 70% of their time in front of computer screens.
I am still in touch with some of my colleagues and am very sad to hear how bad things have got in the shire county LA that I worked for. Some inner city areas have 30 -40% vacancy rates and it isn't possible to run a service like that. I would make a point of asking about support for yourselves when you go to panel.
Nana, I know there are some really good workers out there, but like you say and like any line of work there are those who aren't
I won't be asking for a passport, what I meant was that I would raise the issue of travel right at the start. We are going for approval for long term/permanent to hopefully the placement would last MUCH longer than 2 weeks x
My LA now (allegedly) acquire a passport for all LAC when they first come into care - they say it's for identity purposes but I suppose it would also help avoid situations like this. I always raise planned holidays at placement meetings, in fact I'm usually asked about them by whoever's chairing the meeting, but have still had problems with parents not wanting their children to come with me. Luckily SW has always over ruled.
Hi ,just a quick query ,does all foster carers require a covering letter with pemission to take the lac out of the country to present at the airport.
Lo,s s/w has sent us one ,and I was just wondering if this is compulsary and has anyone had any problems at the airport when taking the lac on holiday ?.
We are going abroad on holiday in May with f/d for the first time .
cazz2go, you should def carry the letter of authority. We have never needed one to get out of the country but we always have to show the letter to get a child back in.
Never had any trouble other then that.
I surpised they even ask their are so many blened familes now and its very common for children to have diffrent surnames from their parents.
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Volterra Semiconductor Corp. said Friday its fourth quarter 2008 profit fell as expenses helped offset rising sales, but excluding nonrecurring items the company beat analyst expectations.
Net income for the three months ended in December fell to $1.1 million, or 4 cents per share, compared with $2 million, or 8 cents per share, in the year-earlier period.
Excluding one-time items, Volterra earned 9 cents per share, compared to the 5 cents per share that analysts, on average, expected, according to a Thomson Reuters poll. Such expectations typically exclude one-time items.
Revenue for the quarter increased 11 percent to $21.9 million, just shy of the $22 million analysts expected.
Expenses rose to $11.2 million from $9.6 million.
For the full year 2008, Volterra had net income of $14.3 million, or 57 cents per share, compared with $313,000, or 1 cent per share, in the year-earlier period.
Sales rose to $104.2 million from $74.7 million.
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How Do You See Your Penis?
If you're like most men, you'll have mixed feelings about your penis.
On the one hand, your penis is very important to you - naturally, for what sets you apart from women more clearly than the possession of a penis (and balls)?
And what other part of your body can give you so much pleasure? But on the other hand, you probably wonder from time to time if it's big enough, powerful enough, being used enough, or doing what other penises do.
Such worries do not lead to peace of mind - they lead to a smouldering discontent, a sense that your penis may not be good enough, that it will one day be shown to be inadequate - or, worse, that it will let you down unexpectedly, perhaps by developing erectile dysfunction and failing to get erect.
Joy on
the one hand, with a sense of male pride; and disappointment and
embarrassment on the other. That's the male dilemma - at least for some
They may even have a pet name for their penis. But other men are fearful or threatened by their penis - by its moods, its unpredictability, its unreliability.
They may address it as though it were an enemy deliberately setting out to spoil the fun, and maliciously letting them down by loss of hardness at the crucial moment (when the condom goes on, when the woman in bed with them looks expectantly or invitingly at them), and they may have a dialogue with their penis which reflects this state of near-war.
("Don't let me down again, you son of a b---h.")
Of course, speaking to your penis like
this reflects the fear that it may not co-operate in some way with your
intentions, but even so it's not a good way to establish a harmonious
relationship with such a crucial part of one's body.
None of these words speaks of the act of love, nor indeed do they suggest a man who is in a loving relationship with himself or his penis.
Think of the way email spam for penis enlargement or Viagra represents the penis and its function in lovemaking: "show her your massive tool", "ram her with your cannon", "fire a great load", and so on.
What does this represent?
The ideas, perhaps, that men have gained of their penises from porn, from popular culture, and from being out of touch with themselves.
And of course, from being angry - with themselves, with women, and with their penises.
We all suffer, men and women alike, from this view of the penis as a weapon. Women fear it, or worse, while men are frightened of not being good enough (for which read, "man enough").
And none of these words really represent the penis anyway. It's quite a soft organ to the touch, even when it's hard, and most of the time it is just lying around waiting for something to happen.
It may only ejaculate once a week or less, and it may simply lie curled up against its owner's scrotum for the greater part of the day.
As for the size thing: suffice it to say that the knowledge that one's penis is less than average in size is something that, by definition of the word average, half of all the men in the world have to accept.
There's another popular view of the penis, too: the sense that it's an independent agent in some way - that it acts as though it has a mind of its own.
There can hardly be an adolescent boy anywhere who hasn't wondered what makes his penis pop up to attention so often, with so little apparent provocation.
And that can be true for older men as well, though as we age, the problem is more likely to be a worry that the penis won't get hard when its owner wants it to than the other way round.
Of course, nowhere is the one-sidedness of the dialogue more obvious than when a man asks his penis why it won't get hard when he is aroused, and waiting for sex....the dialogue is more likely to be a stream of invective or self-abuse than any question with room for the penis to answer, such as: "What do you want now that you're not getting?" or "What are you trying to tell me?"
It's instructive, though unusual, to watch a man take on the role of his penis and engage in a dialogue with his other part.
It's no time at all before some crucial things begin to emerge: particularly when a man asks his penis what it might like that it doesn't get, the answers flow thick and fast: not to be worked so hard, not to have so much expected of it, not to be blamed when it doesn't get hard, not to be asked to fuck around....and so on.
Suppose you're one of the (many) men who literally never gives his penis a thought except when you want to masturbate or have sex. What would your penis say to you, given the chance? Just imagine...
"Stop taking me for granted. You never
speak to me unless you want something. You never appreciate me, you never
thank me for the pleasure I give you. You get angry at me when you're
scared - which is most of the time when you're having sex. You don't even
like half the situations you get into. I'm just not co-operating unless
you make things better, more relaxed and more appealing."
Just for the moment, try accepting that there may be some conditions which are more likely to get a response from your penis than others.
The best way to deal with these fears and doubts is to regard your penis as your ally, your friend, a very human part of you, in fact, best treated with compassion and humanity.
The more you care for it, psychologically and physically, the better it will repay you. Bear in mind there is an old saying that "The penis never lies" - which means that when your penis won't co-operate with you, it is very probably trying to tell you something.
Penis Envy
We've all heard of penis envy: little girls, so the theory goes, see the penis of their father or brothers and decide subconsciously that they want one....that they would, in fact, rather have a penis than their own genitals: and yet, women in my experience never seem to harbour penis envy in a form that I can recognise.
Unless it is deeply disguised as some unconscious motivation, then I'd find it hard to accept the idea that penis envy is a reality. Indeed, while I've heard women express a variety of reactions to the penis, the desire to own one has not been prominent among them.
Of course, this is a slight distortion of what Freud actually proposed - since his theory was wrapped up in the finer points of castration anxiety and libidinous impulses from the child towards its parents.
The only recognisable form of penis envy that I know of is around penis size - the envy of most men for the big swinging dick they see as the epitome of male penis power. I haven't met a man yet who did not want a bigger, wider, thicker, penis......or a penis that could last for a lot longer in bed.
And yet where did the belief that a bigger penis (or even the biggest penis possible) is better for everything, come from? The answer is obvious - from popular culture, from porn, from images presented to us everywhere which suggest a bigger penis is a better penis, a penis that can perform in more ways, and satisfy more women.
The long, thick, rock-hard penis of porn films has a lot to answer for, since it makes all of us think our (perfectly natural penises) are inadequate.
And it's important to keep in mind that most straight men will never have the chance to see another penis in its erect state, so the reality check that other men could provide is never put in place. Instead, we absorb a diet of images that is poisonous to our self-respect, especially where porn is concerned.
So what size is a normal size penis?
As you can clearly see from this page on what women think about penis size there is a huge variation in penis size and shape. Mind you, all you have to do to confirm this is to look around the locker room.
Penises are long, short, thick, thin, bendy and straight, some erections point up and some point down. Read about this issue on www.sex-and-relationships.org where you can get some real information!
Some are longer, some shorter; some are broader or wider, some narrower; some curve or bend to the right, some to the left, some not at all; some point upward when erect, some downward, some straight out.
And one thing that is certainly true is that penises are much more uniform in size when erect than when they are flaccid.
The average of white adult male penis size is around 5.5 to 6.0 inches - but of course there will be many men who have an organ smaller than this. I have seen in my work with men's groups and as a counsellor for sexual issues, including hypospadias, erect penises which measure no more than two inches.
There is little that can be done about these variations, especially where they originate in endocrinological or developmental problems. It is important to catch forthcoming developmental problems at puberty.
The problem starts for us men when we begin to buy into the nonsense that a bigger penis is not only better, but that women prefer such an organ.
Despite what you may have heard, and despite what you may have read on the internet, women do not really talk among themselves about penis size. But in case you want to know what women really think about penis size, I can tell you!
First and foremost, there is small number of women who like big penises - indeed, the bigger the better, as far as they are concerned.
These "size queens" are not typical of the vast majority of women.
The majority of women prefer a man who loves and respects them to a large penis; but for those women who do express a preference, thickness is more important than length - which I guess does not reassure you if you have a short thin penis.
However, if you have a tongue and fingers, and you know what to do, oral sex can give any woman plenty of orgasms - which will endear her to you far more than a large penis will do so.
Remember that no matter how important sex may be to you, what really motivates a woman to feel desire and love in a relationship is having a man who respects and cherishes her. It really is what you do with it, not what you've got, that's important.
The surprising thing is that men with large penises often don't want them. Yes, you did read that correctly.
Men with large penises find they are not the great advantage that other men think: large penises are inconveniently large, they prohibit intimate intercourse, their owners cannot penetrate a woman fully (that is to say, they cannot bury their penis deep in her and lie close to her body), they are inconvenient when erect, and women often refuse to have sex because they are simply frightened of having such a large penis inside them.
Oral sex is a particular problem - most women refuse to take a very large penis into their mouth.
And men may have to restrain themselves during sex because vigorous thrusting with a large penis can hurt their partner......so the fantasy of those porn films is pretty misleading, to say the least.
But all cultural images which portray sexual activity are way off the mark when it comes to the reality of most people's sex life. For one thing, most people only ever use a few lovemaking positions, usually the missionary position, and the acrobatic and challenging sex positions you see in the porn movies are the stuff of fantasy as far as most men and woman are concerned.
So what do women like? Well, they like average penises, which is what you might expect, since there is no reason why they might prefer anything else (penis size is not, after all, a "secondary sexual characteristic" by which women choose a mate, in the manner of the peacock's tail).
For those men who have a small penis, either a thin one or a short one, or both, the key thing to remember is that a woman loves a man, his whole being, of which his penis is just a part.
In any event, size is not an indicator of prowess in bed, and a man who cares for his partner's pleasure and treats her with tenderness will have no shortage of girlfriends.
In fact, many women talk of their smaller than average lovers in admiring tones, because these men compensate for their perceived disadvantages by being excellent lovers and caring partners.
This is sufficient proof that penis size alone need not be the cause of sexual dysfunctions - it shows you that it's the way you see penis size that's important.
If you find it difficult to believe this, then you might wish to think about why your penis size is a problem for you. What would you like? What would this represent for you?
Those are the issues you really need to deal with, for the penis you have is the only one you're going to get in this life. There is no way you can enlarge what you have with complete safety.
Can you therefore come to some measure of self-acceptance around this issue? Your penis is not what makes you a good man, nor is it what makes you a great lover.
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The Belgium international, who has often suggested he only sees Everton as a stepping stone in his career, continues to be linked with Europe's top clubs with the likes of United, old club Chelsea, Juventus, Atletico Madrid and Bayern among those all watching him closely.
Now, his father Roger has fuelled the speculation further by urging his son to move on – advising him that either a move to the Allianz Arena or Old Trafford are his best two options.
"He's ready," Lukaku Sr. told Het Laatste Nieuws?. "I see that there is interest from Atletico Madrid, Bayern Munich, Juventus, Chelsea and Manchester United.
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"Bayern Munich is a machine where he can rotate well. The only condition is if Robert Lewandowski leaves."
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In reference to Harold Candland's letter of Dec. 29, the writer is forgetting that the original purpose of the right to bear arms was to ensure that the government will never have more military strength than the people. This is to prevent tyranny. The answer is not to limit magazine clips to five but to leave the stable majority owning whatever weapons they wish and limit the marginal minority including criminals, mentally impaired and illegal immigrants, to owning none.
If we can imprison, deport and restrict voting rights of the marginal folks, we can certainly restrict their access to and ownership of weapons. As for illegal immigrants, they are most certainly not covered under the right to bear arms as they are not citizens.
Mentally impaired people with any record of criminal or marginal behavior, convictions or not, clearly need to be monitored and restricted from access to or ownership of weapons of any kind. They have no right to threaten or endanger others. Just as criminals lose their rights by committing crimes, mentally impaired people who threaten others lose theirs as well.
This is what responsible, not ignorant or fearful, people do. They impose limitations on the impaired minority to preserve the rights of the majority, not make the majority suffer for the actions of a few by doing something like restricting guns. Guns don't kill people; people kill people.
And may I also add that if we had single-payer health insurance in place, we could insist and guarantee that all mentally impaired individuals receive the help they need. Higher taxes equals higher standard of living for everyone. I would rather pay higher taxes for more social programs, like in Canada, so I can enjoy ALL of my fellow countrymen instead of shoving them into a shame corner. We are all in this together.
It would make sense to legislate new requirements that ammo dealers, like bartenders, be held liable for selling to drunk, high or weird-acting people. It would also make sense to hold friends and relatives of mentally impaired people liable for allowing them access to weapons. This would be much more effective than permitting the government sole access to military weapons, which could lead to tyranny. Personally I have a great deal of faith in the majority of my fellow countrymen to own any weapons they choose. Not only would they never do anything to hurt me, they would happily defend me if anyone else, foreign or domestic, tried to hurt me.
It's the marginal minority that we need to focus on. And it would be like legalized alcohol or legalizing the sale of all drugs. The profits could go for jobs to administer the new rules and the money for education instead of to criminals, drug lords or DEA.
The government is already failing to honor the promise of equal rights under the Constitution by allowing big money to buy them off. They have failed to protect us by ensuring a living wage for all workers. They aren't protecting us from monopolies such as the big seven multi-national oil companies or monopolies created by banks so big they take the country down if they fail.
They aren't protecting people from foreclosure and destroyed retirement funds by installing the correct regulations in the financial industry. They allow illegal immigrants who are treated alternately like slaves who do the dirty work, such as slaughtering livestock, or like pets who receive handouts, instead of giving them the dignity of citizenship. All in the name of profit.
We don't need to add tyranny to this long list of failings by restricting guns or clip size. We just need to start making choices, like installing single-payer health insurance, that put people before profit.


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Police said Jan Shams's nose and lips were cut allegedly by some men from his in-laws. He was taken to Shaikh Zayed Hospital, where doctors treating him said that he would require a plastic surgery.
They said while his condition was out of danger, his would take nearly two months to recover.
Police said Shams, a resident of Mudh Manthar in Rajanpur, had married his neighbour Iqra eight years ago without the consent of her family.
They said after the couple eloped, their families took the case to the panchayat, which had decided that Shams's family pay Rs800,000 to Iqra's family.
Shams' father, Jam Imam Din, told The Express Tribune that the money was paid to the girl's family immediately after the panchayat order so that they should not harm his son.
He said some of his family elders had refused to accept him back for bringing a bad name to the family. The couple had then started living alone, he said.
However, eight years after the incident, Imam Din said, five men from Iqra's family had brutally tortured his son. He said he learnt about the incident from some neighbours.
"This is a violation of the panchayat ruling. Despite receiving such a huge amount, Iqra's family did not leave my son," he said.
He said her family had also threatened to kill his grandson (Shams's son). Imam Din appealed to the chief minister to take notice of the incident and demanded police protection for his family.
In his statement to the police Shams said Abdul Rahim, Lal Baksh, Amjad, Bilal and Ishaq had abducted him on his way home. He said they had beaten him so that he was nearly unconscious.
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Hamdy Faruq, the attorney general for Beni Suef said he ordered the release of Nabil Nagy Rizk, 10, and Mina Nady Farag, 9, from the juvenile detention center "due to their young age."
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I now have pretty much the converse question. I have a script that I daemonize and which creates a lock file. I would like the script to remove the lock file on signals INT, TERM, and __DIE__ just before actually dieing (in particular, this time I am *not* trying to prevent the process from exiting, I just want to prepend an action before exit). Of course, I only want to remove the lock if the __DIE__ signal is actually going to kill the process.
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So, I am looking for a method of *only* trapping the 'die' signals that actually are about to lead to the process dieing while avoiding trapping (or at least acting upon) "clever" eval tricks that are used only to "try" or test what happens. Specifically, is there a way to write the signal handler so it only does something (i.e. only removes the lock file) if the process is truly about to die?
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RICHARD Briers, who has died aged 79, was one of Britain's best-loved comic actors. He was the star of The Good Life in the 1970s, Ever Decreasing Circles in the 1980s and Monarch of the Glen in the noughties, although he also tackled the full range of Shakespearean plays on stage.
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He was a regular member of Kenneth Branagh's Renaissance Theatre Company in the 1980s and 1990s and appeared in several of Branagh's films, including Much Ado About Nothing and Frankenstein.
If Briers had a speciality in his career, it was playing the character who lived in his own little world, largely oblivious to the needs of those around them, including long-suffering wives. In The Good Life, it was Felicity Kendal, in Ever Decreasing Circles Penelope Wilton and in Monarch of the Glen, Susan Hampshire.
This trait was given greater poignancy when Briers took on the role of King Lear in Renaissance Theatre's Edinburgh Festival production in 1990, playing a man whose world comes crashing down around him because of his pride and failure to see things as they really are. He was also heart-breaking as the ill-fated Bardolph in Branagh's acclaimed 1989 film of Henry V – despite a very silly false nose.
Richard David Briers was born in London. His father had various jobs, his mother taught drama and music and Terry Thomas was his second cousin. He gave Briers some advice on his ambitions to become an actor: don't.
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By the time Marriage Lines finally ended, Briers was established as one of Britain's leading comic actors, though he took on straight roles as well and played the title role in a touring production of Richard III, which visited Edinburgh, Glasgow and Stirling in 1972.
The warmth and child-like enthusiasm in his voice also made him an ideal choice as narrator on the animated children's series Roobarb (1974) and Noddy (1975).
His unbridled enthusiasm and optimism were evident again in The Good Life (1975-78) in which Briers and Felicity Kendal play a middle-class couple who drop out and decide to become self-sufficient and turn their suburban property into a mini farm, much to the annoyance of their neighbour Margo Leadbetter, played by Penelope Keith.
Tom Good, Briers's character, was really quite smug and Margo was a dreadful snob, and yet they were all very nice at heart and the British public loved the show. There were only 30 episodes, but it was voted the ninth best British sitcom of all time in a BBC poll in 2004.
A few years later, Briers and Penelope Wilton played another middle-class couple in Ever Decreasing Circles (1984-89). This time there was no pigs or goats and they seemed the very epitome of slightly dull normality, but therein lay the show's understated charm.
It would perhaps be misleading to describe it as a cult show, but Ever Decreasing Circles proved hugely popular when repeated on cable and satellite channels and commanded a loyal following.
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As well as Lear, Briers also appeared in the Renaissance production of A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Edinburgh Festival in 1990.
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Briers seemed to be attracted to darker material as he grew older. In the short comedy series If You See God, Tell Him (1993) he played a man who has been paralysed, suffers from an attention disorder and believes everything he sees in television adverts. In 2005 he appeared in the television drama Dad about elderly abuse.
Even on the relatively lightweight Monarch of the Glen he has a dark past and meets a tragic end.
Briers appeared in the first three series of the comedy-drama playing Hector MacDonald, Laird of Glenbogle; it was loosely based on the stories of Compton Mackenzie and shot at Adverikie estate in Inverness-shire, the nearby village of Laggan and other locations across the Highlands.
Briers was involved in various charities, became an OBE in 1989 and a CBE in 2003. In 2013 he revealed that he had been diagnosed with emphysema, the incurable lung condition. He reckoned he had smoked half a million cigarettes before giving up in 2003.
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Pear DB_DataObject questions.
OK, I'm in the process of learning AJAX from a book called "Ajax in Action" and it's really big on making applications as simple and flexible as humanly possible. It mentions something cool called "Pear DB_DataObject", an Object-Relational Mapping (ORM) tool which supposedly eliminates the need for messy SQL syntaxes by using objects (classes). You can extend it to your classes and it (from what I'm guessing), builds queries based on variables you set in a class. So like:
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- First, am I right about how this all works? I hope so, because it seems incredibly useful. The book I have doesn't explain it past mentioning it's usefulness (can't blame it, after all it's a book on AJAX, not PHP).
- It seems to use blank functions like find() as the "search", fetch() as the "mysql_fetch_array()", and clone() (which I have no idea).. Is there something that shows a list of the DB_DataObject functions and how to use them, or someone who knows? I tried looking on the Pear site and the downloaded scripts themselves, but couldn't find anything.
This and any information people maybe willing to offer about this DB_DataObject tool would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
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I've never used that particular class, but ORM in general is really useful with more complicated applications.
It's maybe also worth pointing out that the author of that book (which is indeed really good) is one of the moderators on this board, in the javascript forums I believe, going under the nick 'Alien51' (the book is mentioned in his signature...), so maybe worth asking him if he has any useful linksMy thoughts on some things: http://codemeetsmusic.com
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Oh wow, how often do you get the chance to consult the author of the book when you need help with something in it? Thanks for letting me know one of them actually posts here.
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Well I did not write the php sections since I am a .net guy.
Did you look at the api on the site: http://pear.php.net/package/DB_Query...QueryTool.html
I will ask the other author if he knows any good resources on it other than the website.
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OK, yeah, I think I found list of them on that page: http://pear.php.net/package/DB_Query...mentindex.html
I'll look over them (seems like a lot), but in the mean time, just use PHP's built in functions. Thanks Eric.