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15) The Hound Returns (The Broken Man; Episode 7)
Season 6 of Game of Thrones was a season of the returns. The undying Sandor "The Hound" Clegane is certainly no exception in that department, marking his first appearance season the end of season 4. Less so of a return from the dead since it was never confirmed that he was, bringing to light our now favorite TV rule— "If they don't show it, then it didn't happen"—-let's hope that that's the case with Stannis Baratheon and the Blackfish. The Hound certainly hasn't lost his taste for bloody deaths during his long absence and he has now come back with a vengeance.
14) The Mountain Kills (No One; Episode 8)
Cersei Lannister has always been a character of drunken confidence, whether that be from the wine or her overall demeanor, but it certainly doesn't hurt to have a lobotomized zombie with the strength of ten men serving by her side. The Mountain's effortless vigor has never been displayed more than when he unceremoniously yanked the head and backbone off of one of the Faith minions. He has no qualms painting the Red Keep even redder with the bloody puddles of High Sparrow believers.
13) Roose Bolton & Fat Walda (Home; Episode 2)
If further evidence is needed to prove the sinister nature of the newly legitimatized Ramsay Bolton, than look no further than his treatment of his father, step-mother, and step-brother— all in one day. It would be enough for even Ramsay's devoted fanbase to admit that he might have gone too far. After some good old fashion patricide, Ramsay could have called it day, but instead chose to kill two birds with one stone by securing his position as Warden of the North and feeding his hounds— that's where Fat Walda and her newborn son come in.
12) Drogon, Rhaegal, and Viscerion (Battle of the Bastards; Episode 9)
I don't remember when it was that Daenerys locked up her two abiding dragons (at the end of season 4 or something). They've been locked away for two seasons while Drogon roamed free, we thought we'd never get to see the beautiful sight of all three dragons flying side by side. I suppose there's no better time for that sight to come into play than when Meereen is experiencing a siege.
11) Jon & Sansa Reunite (Book of the Stranger; Episode 4)
Honestly, I was half expecting one of them to die as they began their way for a long-awaited hug. However, in un-Game of Thrones fashion, it didn't happen. Neither one of them thought that they'd miss each other as much as they did since Sansa never considered Jon a Stark and Jon certainly felt her animosity. Maybe it's cause there just aren't too many Starks left, but the two truly felt at home when they were together.
10) Tarly Dinner (Blood of My Blood; Episode 6)
Randyl Tarly won't be winning Father of the Year, but the man is certainly interesting to watch. One would have to wonder just what exactly Samwell did to make Randyl hate him so much, I mean it couldn't just be because he prefers to have a book in his hand instead of a sword to wield. The dinner sequence was equal parts disheartening and enticing. It was the first time we saw Samwell at his home in Horn Hill, but it surely felt like we grew up with him and witnessed his unbearable childhood. The look on Gilly's face throughout Randyl's tirade also helped solidify just how low he can take his son. Hopefully we'll be seeing more of him, I mean did Samwell think he could steal Heartsbane with little consequence.
9) Daenerys Stormborn, the Unburnt (Book of the Stranger; Episode 4)
Reminiscent of the season one finale, Daenerys Stormborn,The Unburnt Queen of the Andals, the Rhoynar, and of the First Men Queen of Meereen Khaleesi of the Great Grass Sea Breaker of Chains Mother of Dragons has had a lot to prove to herself just as much as anybody else. Her unscathed reemergence from the flames has patently proclaimed her the rightful Queen of not only Essos, but Westeros too. It was a nice callback to Daenerys' first innocent potential and a reminder of just how much she has changed throughout the seasons.
8) Frey Pie (The Winds of Winter; Episode 10)
A diversion is one of the many changes that books-to-movies have to decide upon during adaptation, however, a complete story shift is entirely different. Many seasons ago, Bran told a story of human pies being made and served to a family. In the books it is a recent urban legend in the world of Westeros, Wyman Manderly killed and baked three Frey's before serving the Frey Pies to those who attended Ramsay Bolton's wedding in Winterfell. We didn't get to see that during the Winterfell wedding last season, but we did get to see a nod to it. Right before Walder Frey's larynx separated from his esophagus it was the taste of his sons that it relished in. A fitting retribution and who else but Ayra, who only made it to the front doors the night of the Red Wedding, decided to actually go back and finish the deed herself.
7) Ramsay Bolton and the hounds (Battle of the Bastards; Episode 9)
Not many people noticed this, but Ramsay's hounds have only ever really been heard and rarely seen onscreen. It makes sense to show them in their full glory now since we want to see every second of them tearing apart their owner. Not having fed them in seven days is torture enough, but their viciousness comes from having an owner such as Ramsay. It was swift poetic justice to have them be part of Ramsay's eventual demise.
6) The White Walkers Attack (The Door; Episode 5)
It is the only time we get to see the White Walkers, and it was certainly enough to distinguish the havoc to be wrecked. This is more of a scene where questions are meant to arise as opposed to answers to be met. Why are the White Walkers after Bran exactly? Why did the White Walkers turn on the Children of the Forest again? The evilness is pure and their perseverance is unparalleled.
5) Jon Snow Resurrection (Home; Episode 2)
Can you believe that there was a time when most thought Jon Snow would never wield Longclaw again? Melisandre almost redeemed herself by bringing back our beloved character, but his return had visibly changed Snow. He was even less humorless than we were used to and even less sure about what was right and what was wrong.
4) R+L=J (The Winds of Winter; Episode 10)
This is a theory that has been beaten nearly to death. So much so that it wasn't so much of a question of if, but rather when. Even than, it wasn't entirely confirmed, mostly implied. Lyanna Stark was a lover, not a captive to Rhaegar Targaryan, their child was spared only when Ned Stark chose to honorably deem it as his. It was a secret so deep in consequence that even his faithful wife, Catelyn, did not know. So, I guess that makes him Daenarys' nephew or something, a conflict or two is more than likely to take its toll when the two eventually meet.
3) Battle of the Bastards (Battle of the Bastards; Episode 9)
One of the best episodes of the season and one of the best action sequences of the entire series. The Battle of the Bastards was a long awaited war that we all got a bit nervous about. Sure many put their money on Jon Snow for the win, but Ramsay's power is that he is underestimated. He uses that underestimation to his advantage by pulling on his opponents' mind strings. Killing Rickon "Zig Zag" Stark was just a ploy to bring out Jon's army for a circular death. On the interesting side: the surrounding circle was a direct influence of Hannibal's military tactics in the Battle of Cannae against the Roman army.
2) Hold the Door (The Door; Episode 5)
Hodor's death was a much more emotional than most for one simple reason— he's the only character with no ulterior motive. His sole purpose, as we found out, was to hold the door for Bran to keep off the White Walkers. A spiraling paradox if there ever was one, Bran's warging determined the fate of Wyllis long before he became Hodor. Repeating his first and final words as his brain began to deteriorate, what was born was an unquestionably loyal servant to House Stark. He served his purpose and died serving it.
1) Wildfire and Death (The Winds of Winter; Episode 10)
The only thing that stayed in my mind while all of the characters currently in King's Landing dressed, awaited the trials of Loras Tyrell and Cersei Lannister at the Sept, chased young children underneath the city, stabbing Maesters— all beautifully synchronized with Game of Thrones' original score— was the baptizing scene from The Godfather. The smooth transitions from religious undertones and brutal deaths has now helped the film reach a legendary status. There's a lot to say about this scene since it was edited both frenetic with ambiguousness, but really stood out was just how finely tuned it was executed, all of the dominos fell in its perfect place and, in doing, declared Cersei as the show's coldest character.


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It's almost that time of year again. The time when you vow that you are going to run two miles every day before work, or you're really going to get started on that diet you've been meaning to try. Although your New Year's resolutions may turn out to be a perpetual bust, your New Year's Eve doesn't have to be.
There are many great places for you to be when the ball drops and a lot of them are within a fairly close proximity of each other. Since driving around town, or even driving home is usually out of the question, why not look to the casinos as your perfect New Year's Eve destination?
Dusk in the Caesars Resort will host a dual event this year. Starting with a three hour open bar from 9:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. for $99 and ending with an official New Year's Eve after party for $20. According to Craig Slotkin from Dusk, "We will be selling tickets for the after party at the door, but it has a tendency to fill up. We encourage people to pick tickets up beforehand on our website, because it's going to be really great."
It is not uncommon to see celebrities, and sports stars at Dusk on a normal weekend, so the chances of you rubbing elbows at the bar on New Year's is almost a guarantee. If you can't make it for when the ball drops, a $20 cover charge at the after party is one of the best going rates around.
The dress code does not change for the celebration, but for those of you who are not familiar with Dusk, it is dressy-casual.
Club Providence in the Quarter at Tropicana is one of the hottest clubs in Atlantic City. With the reputation that they have, it is no doubt that their New Year's Eve party will have to mirror their already lavish image.
The club has everything from bottle service to VIP lounges, and is no doubt worth the price of admission. For $149, you get five hours open bar from 9:30 p.m. to 2:30 a.m. If that is not enough to have you sold, the ticket also includes an hour and a half of hors d'oeuvres from 9:30 to 11 p.m., a champagne toast for all in attendance at midnight, confetti to ring in the new year, and two DJs stationed around the dance floor who will keep the beat going until 4 a.m.
When the countdown is happening, you can watch Times Square live on an oversized projection screen in the middle of the dance floor. But, if you think you are going to be left out at midnight because you are in a separate room, don't sweat it. Flat panels in every room of the club will also be playing the live countdown from New York.
Just because the Borgata is not connected to the Atlantic City Boardwalk, don't let a short cab ride deter you from heading to one of Atlantic City's biggest hot spots. Although it is a young casino, what it lacks in years, it makes up for in entertainment.
The two Borgata heavy hitters are Club Mixx and Mur.Mur and both clubs offer an ideal party package for the new year. Both parties offer a two-hour hosted premium cocktail bar and have table service available. Table service includes one complimentary bottle of champagne for every six people in the party.
Music at Mur.Mur will be played all night by D-Nice and Mixx will have music by DJ Ruckus. Each club will include a performance by British rapper/beatboxer Jay Sean.
"Borgata's dedication to its nightlife entertainment program is something that partygoers today really appreciate," says Gregg Coyle, director of nightlife for Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa. "Our DJs provide more than just the sound for the party, they are the party."
Whichever club you choose, one thing is for certain, the chances of you not having a good time are slim to none. Tickets for the party at Mur.Mur are currently priced at $125 a person, and are $100 a person at Mixx. Coyle goes on to say, "It's going to be a night to remember at Borgata."
Tickets for New Year's Eve parties are pretty well known for doing two things: increasing in price as it gets closer and closer to the new year, and also selling out very quickly. My advice to you would be to find your niche as soon as you can and reserve your tickets before they all disappear.

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New York, July 6 (IANS) Twitter's much talked about upcoming new feature called Project Lightning will likely be called "Moments", when it is launched later this year.
Periscope co-founder Kayvon Beykpour in an interview with The Telegraphrevealed the name of the feature, which is designed to curate live events and news.
A Twitter spokesperson confirmed that Moments is the same as thing as Project Lightning, but said the feature's final name is "undetermined at this time".
Project Lightning is about aggregating tweets and photos from live events. In it, editors from news background would highlight the most important aspects of a story, so users can learn what is important as a real-time event unfolds.
A core aspect of Project Lightning is that users who aren't logged into Twitter will still be able to follow aspects of a live event or breaking news situation from the company's homepage.
This way, Twitter aims to engage many, many more people who consume its content without necessarily signing up for the service.


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Hi! That sounds like fun!
I don't knit well or often (okay I've knitted about 1 and 3/4 of a scarf in the past few years) but then again until recently I've lived in New Orleans, where it is too hot to knit 9 months out of the year. I'd be interested in a stitch n' bitch or other types of crafting get togethers.


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Gorgeous Winter Sweater
This sleek, city look is absolutely brilliant for a day or night about town. Not only is this outfit appropriate for a lunch with friends, but also as a dinner and nighttime outfit as well. Ah, don't you guys just love versatile outfits as much as we do? The model is stunning in her attire, looking so chic and trendy photographed above. Starting off the look she wore a gorgeous, knit black and white sweater that followed a V shape pattern, leaving the bottom of the sweater cut into a V shape as well.
The sweater is long sleeved and is extremely lightweight, being soft to the touch. The bottoms worn were a pair of sleek, liquid leather pants that clung onto her body, showcasing her legs. These pants are striking and create such a chic black and white look that we are in love with. When it came down to shoes, the model was rocking a pair of pointed toe, suede, and all black heels that radiate a polished yet ever so sexy and daring vibe.
This outfit would be perfect for a date with your special someone or even a night out with the girls, as it is extremely versatile. The model's dirty blonde locks were crafted into gorgeous, glamorous waves, parted down throughout the middle. Her makeup was a stunning sultry smoky eye that would really make your eyes pop for a day about town or a night out. This look is extraordinarily chic and yet still so polished! Definitely a favorite!


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13:46 09 July 2012
TV presenter Anna Ryder Richardson was driven to tears in court when she was blamed for the serious injuries suffered by a child at the animal park that she owns with her husband Colin MacDougall.
Ryder Richardson was accused of not following health and safety laws after a falling tree hit a three-year-old boy and his mother. The little boy Gruff Davies-Hughes was hit on the head and had to fight for his life in intensive care for three days. Emma Davies-Hughes, the boy's mother, also suffered injuries to her head, as well as to her leg, pelvis, and arm.
The two were with dozens of other visitors in the wallaby enclosure when a strong wind caused a tree to fall. A heavy branch from the three hit the two. It took emergency services two hours to free both mother and child, who were then flew to Morriston Hospital in Swansea. Ryder Richardson was said to have been there and was 'devastated.'
Ryder Richardson, who bought the park four years ago for the amount of £1million couldn't keep from crying throughout the 30-minute hearing at the Swansea Crown Court. She and her husband both denied the two offences they were accused of, both of which were under the Health and Safety at Work Act of 1974. They are currently on bail, with the case scheduled for trial in November.
The couple appeared in court together, but arrived and left separately, igniting rumours that the court case was putting a strain on their marriage. Ryder Richardson's husband confidently denied this.
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Give me suggestions
And please provide links for my abuse of American consumerism.
This is the web home of John Athayde, designer, musician, developer, and author. Growing tired of a previous design, he went minimal with this one. You can read more on the about page.
And please provide links for my abuse of American consumerism.
"Best Food Writing 2001" - including passages from some of the great food writers, and others like David Sedaris. It's not so much a cookbook as it just is...a book of short stories, articles, etc. about food. There's one reprint of an article (which I found the link for) about Christopher Walken cooking. Good stuff. Paperback.
well my suggestions are:
italo calvio's "if on a winter's night a traveler"... italian postmodernism at its best...
steve martin's "shopgirl" and "picasso at the lapin agile" funny, intelligent... really genius works...
patrick marber's "closer"... most fucked up, fantasic play i've ever seen/read
yukio mishima's "death in midsummer"... sad, but beautiful collection of short stories by an amazing japanese writer
james joyce's "ulysses"... a little light reading ;-) certainly the greatest novel of the 20th century, and arguably the greatest novel ever written...
ok, i'm done... sorry, but the english major had to weigh in :-)
Hey, my first post! Try "Everything is Illuminated" by Jonathan Safran Foer. Written in the main character's broken English, it's about a Ukranian boy meeting the author, who is visiting his ancestors' neighborhood. Haven't actually read it, but I've heard about it, and it's supposed to be very good.
And since Schlick is suggesting plays: '27 Wagons Full of Cotton', Tennessee Williams; 'Fool for Love', Sam Shepherd; 'Zoo Story', Edward Albee; and some of my scripts might give you a good laugh. Damn, I'm bored at work...
nice suggestion with 'zoo story'... john, you definitely want to read that... theater of the absurd... 8 pages long, completely fucked up, really really good... oh, and i wanted to make one more suggestion...
tom stoppard's "rosencrantz and guildenstern are dead" my favorite play, just absolutely fantastic... that is all for now :-)
Travelling Mercies By Anne Lamott.An amazing look at faith and life and laugh out loud funny.
Kurt Vonnegut - Palm Sunday (auto-biography) and Slaughterhouse-5.
And on a semi-related note, I just watched the black & white film adaptation of Herman Melville's Billy Budd yesterday and re-realized what poetic grace Melville had with words. Great wordplay irony, too.
David Sedaris is GREAT!
I'd recommend "Choke' by Chuck Palhanuik. He's a great writer who makes even Kurt Vonnegut and Don Delillo look outdated.
I actually performed Zoo Story before. That's one screwed up play. But quite good. I think I'm just looking for a spark to get my imagination running wild again. It's gotten complacent in its old age (aka, too much Television).
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what a great play.
I'm not going to recommend any fiction, because frankly, I never read any... just don't have time, honestly. Maybe this summer I'll finally read some of my brother's recommendations. But if I can make a couple recommendations of history/biography/politics - the new Churchill biography by Roy Jenkins, I believe, is out of this world. Really remarkably good. And if you want a source for bitching at corporatist elements in the news media, pick up Len Downie and Bob Kaiser's new one, "The News About The News" - highly recommended.
If you want a spark for your imagination... hmmm... I passed a book along to my brother a while ago which is quite good, called "The Creators" by Boorstein... it's basically an artistic and cultural history of the last couple of thousand years. REally easy to read, and good stuff - plus, there's quite a bit on architecture.
Oh, and do me a favor. Buy from Barnes and Noble instead of Amazon... I think I have a couple shares there or something. Damned if I know.
I guess my reading level is as outdated as this PC I'm typing these words on.
I second the Italo Calvino post. I'd also include "Invisible Cities" (short story compendium) and "The Non-Existent Knight / The Cloven Viscount". Both stories in the latter are excellent.
Continuing the Italin writers thread, check out "On Persephone's Island : a Sicilian journal" by Mary Taylor Simeti. Wonderful. Little mob stuff. Basically a journal. Everything is accurate. I wish she had more maps!!!
For the reading impaired, I recommend "Pewter Wings, Golden Horns, Stone Veils (wedding in a dark plum room)" by John Hejduk. Yeah, I know. . .standard Hejduk obsession there. Great story, hardly any text. Don't buy if you're not into stories by Architects. May be difficult to find. For stuff ON architects, "Brunelleschi's Dome" (significant for us FSP grads) by Ross King is fantastic.
Also peep "The Divine Comedy" by Dante, if you haven't already; "Stranger in a Strange Land" (recommended to me by .sara - very good) and of course "Ecce Homo" by Friederich Nietzsche, if you're into being totally oblitereated (like me).
Crichton's "TimeLine" is also good, if standard.
Manuel De Landa
A Thousand Years of Nonlinear History
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Yes, I'm aware of Manders' technique. I thoguh hard about doing all those computations on the GPU myself, but there is a big difference between our samples.He only has lines for which to draw shadows, while I have polygons with arbitrary number of edges. For a line, no matter of the light's position relative to it, the shadow always has the same shape. This is not so for a polygon, and depends both on the shape of the polygon and on the position of the light. One way to do this would be to draw the shadow volumes for each edge of the polygon, in the same way as Manders draws shadows for his lines, but depending on the level of detail of that polygon, this could result in a great number of Draw calls (order of tens), as opposed to a single Draw call for the whole object's shadow, as it happens now. These add up, and may actually hurt performance more than benefit it.This is one area where DirectX10 geometry shaders would come in handy, as they could be used to generate the shadow's geometry on the GPU, for any convex shape imaginable. But since XNA is DX9 only, for now I'll have to stick to doing all this on the CPU.One other idea would be to move these computations on another thread, and use multi-threading, but this is dangerous territory as well.


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Last night I was really busy trying to convert mobile video format .gp3 to other format recognizable by Moviemaker and do a little editing, slicing, adding titles. Finally I was able to convert .gp3 to .avi using mobile 3gp converter, the best part is it's freeware. Editing in Moviemaker is a breeze. Just took 10 minutes to edit the video file that you may see below.
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Connecticut Huskies vs. Michigan State Pick-Odds-Prediction 3/30/14
Connecticut Huskies (29-8) at Michigan State Spartans (29-8)
College Basketball: Sunday, March 30, 2014 at 2:20 pm (Madison Square Garden)
The Line: Michigan State Spartans -5.5 -- Over/Under: 139.5 See the Latest Odds
The Connecticut Huskies play the Michigan State Spartans on Sunday in the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament.
UConn defeated Iowa State 81-76 on Friday night to advance to the Elite Eight on Sunday afternoon. On the season, Shabazz Napier leads the Huskies in almost every statistical category, averaging 17.8 points and 4.9 assists, and 5.9 rebounds per game, which are all team-highs. DeAndre Daniels is averaging a second-best 12.6 points and 5.7 rebounds per game for the Huskies. Ryan Boatright is averaging 11.9 points per game along with 3.5 assists and rebounds per game. UConn is averaging 71.9 points per game while shooting 44.8% from the field this season. The Huskies are a decent rebounding team, averaging 35.4 boards per game. Defensively, UConn ranks 37th in points allowed this season, allowing 63.7 points per game on average this season. The Huskies are a tough team to go against near the basket, averaging 6.2 blocks per game as a team, which ranks 8th in the country. UConn has won eight of their last ten, losing only to Louisville twice in the last month.
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Michigan State beat Virginia 61-59 on Friday night to advance to the Elite Eight on Sunday. On the season, Gary Harris is averaging a team-high 16.9 points per game for the Spartans. Adreian Payne is averaging 16.1 points and 7.3 rebounds per game. Branden Dawson is averaging a team-high 8.3 rebounds per game, while Keith Appling is averaging a team-high 4.6 assists per contest. The Spartans are averaging 76.2 points per game while shooting 47.4% from the field, which ranks 31st in the country. Michigan State is a good rebounding team and they are great at distributing the basketball on offense, averaging 17.1 assists per game as a team this year. Defensively, The Spartans allow only 65.9 points per game while they block an average of 4.8 shots per contest. The Spartans have won six straight games including a win over Michigan in the Big Ten Championship.
I think this will be a great game with two teams that are clicking on all cylinders right now. Michigan State has more talent and a better coach in my opinion and I think they will get the win to earn a spot in the Final Four. However, I think this game will be decided in the final minutes so I'm going to take the points with Connecticut, something that has paid off well over the past couple weeks.


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… with all that's happening with Trump, I'd be posting like a madman. But I have been doing that on Facebook instead.
I'll summarize. At this point, the guy, and possibly his VP as well, is doomed. The midterms look very good.
… with all that's happening with Trump, I'd be posting like a madman. But I have been doing that on Facebook instead.
I'll summarize. At this point, the guy, and possibly his VP as well, is doomed. The midterms look very good.
I haven't posted in awhile. I've been busy with vacations (to Tennessee and Massachusetts), going to RSA, raising our son, and a lot of background reading about the Japanese military in WWII, among other side projects.
What provokes me to pose today is the RNC, where Trump stands poised to seize the Republican nomination.
I have to say, this is a new low for the party. Trump is odious. So is Pence. Neither is qualified to run a lemonade stand. And Trump beat out a dozen radical right-wingers to get here. Moderate Republicans are either dead or too scared to speak against him.
Trump/Pence appear to have the automatic 40% that any party nominees enjoy. They will doubtlessly get a boost from the convention. Then it's Clinton's turn.
It seems like the stakes just get higher and higher every four years. Right now we're looking at a man whose ego is the size of Mt. Everest – with the attention span of a gnat – who wants to have control of the nuclear football. Unless your goal in this election is to start WWIII, there are only two reasonable, rational choices. Either sit out the election or vote Democrat.
So, Republicans, I suggest you stay home in November. I won't ask you to vote for Hillary, but you could take a stance against feeding Trump's ego. He's not in this out of a sense of duty to the country. He's in it out of narcissism, pure and simple. Hillary may not be the perfect candidate, but at least her moderate experience as SOS means she won't fire off nukes for an ego boost.
Think about that. Temperment has always been a key factor in evaluating presidential candidates. Watch what Trump does when he is criticized.
Does he EVER admit fault? Of course not. He's always right.
Does he respond civilly? Of course not. He goes ad hominem out of reflex. Anyone who speaks against him is a "loser."
Does he show any evidence of being able to make complex decisions based on complex information with the aid of advisers? Hah. I listen to his speeches and I can't even imagine him doing something thoughtful. He already has all the answers. Why bother consulting anyone?
As Clinton gears up for the general election, we're going to see more and more of the populace become aware of these qualities, which are already in evidence, but not widespread knowledge.
Oh, yeah. Warren should be the VP pick. Clinton needs all the Sanders voters.
I have an online subscription to the New York Times. For the most part, I enjoy it. But today, I'm going to cancel it. Why? Not enough coverage of Bernie Sanders. The paper is uncritically pro-Clinton to a nausea-inducing degree, and I'm sick of it. The man is winning state after state and this is not deemed newsworthy. Normally I can subtract the bias and get my news, but right now I get a better news breakdown from Facebook that I do from the Times.
I'd almost forgotten about this site. I've been busy dealing with the new house, a rapidly growing baby (now almost ten months!), and work, to the point that some things have started to slide off of the radar.
I have a lot to say about the presidential race, and very little of it pleasant, so I'll spare the reader that and instead talk about what I find positive. Namely, I favor Bernie Sanders this time around. Finally, a promising candidate that is almost as far left as I am! He just narrowly missed beating Hillary in Iowa, so he's off to a pretty good start that would have seemed impossible six months ago. He'll probably win New Hampshire, but South Carolina looks dicey. Time will tell.
I have started preliminary work on a new collaborative article that involves translation from the Japanese. It's excited and new (actually, exciting and old) and that is all I will share for now.
The prosecutor in the Ferguson case, Robert McCulloch, gave a very interesting speech last night while announcing the grand jury's decision. I am particularly interested in it because of the extensive use of moderating language, given that I have published a piece recently on moderation.
Over and over again, McCulloch stressed that the grand jury had worked extremely hard and that every piece of possible evidence had been extensively weighed and considered, and that the process was fair and impartial and had considered every angle. This must have been 90% of his prepared remarks and much of it predicated the actual announcement of the grand jury's decision. The other 10% was criticizing the media. The announcement of the decision was almost anticlimactic given the amount of apology that preceded it.
Needless to say, all this moderating language as an apology for the decision could not have possibly succeeded. Ultimately the speech could do little more than reinforce the beliefs those who believed the shooting was justified, and anger those that thought the incident was some form of murder. In short, McCulloch was in a no-win situation, rhetorically – there is literally nothing he could have said that would change anyone's reaction to the news. About the only way he could have done worse is to not give the speech at all.
Our article (Adam Ellwanger and I) "The Rhetoric of Moderation in Deliberative Discourse: Barack Obama's December 1, 2009 Speech at West Point," is online in the journal Cogency. I really thought our collaboration worked well in this article, and that it says several valuable things about how political discourse is formulated.
A quick followup to an earlier post. I was unaware of a number of existing and past lawsuits and situations.
A bakery shop in Oregon recently moved its storefront to a home bakery after backlash from refusing service to a gay marriage. The opposite also seems to apply; you can see your business double if you refuse in Colorado. A few more examples of the phenomenon are here and here (a photographer), with mixed results.
Both Oregon and Colorado and New Mexico (the states involved in these cases) have anti-discrimination laws for businesses that cover sexual orientation. If you're going to operate a business, you have to abide by the law. Let's say, for example, that your religion prohibited serving black people; the law wisely doesn't care. Why, then, should businesses get a religious exemption for serving gay marriages?
Now let's flip it. Is it fair to discriminate against a bakery that refuses service to gay marriage? I'm equivocating "discrimination" here – let's say "avoid doing business with." Well, sure. It's certainly not right to threaten them – that's against the law as well as unethical – but advising others to not do business with them is perfectly fine.
Does a business have the right to discriminate as it chooses? "We reserve the right to refuse service to anyone" is a sign I see often in restaurants. It's an empty threat, of course, against an anti-discrimination lawsuit.
This case of a florist in Washington state – where same-sex marriage is legal – is fascinating, directly pitting the First Amendment (which apparently protects flower arranging) against the state's anti-discrimination laws. Whose civil rights will triumph?
Obama has put Congress in a pickle. Vote yes and agree with 'Obama's war' – vote no and vote for Assad. Vote yes and defend against the Iran-Syria nexus, vote no and keep America out of a so-far-unpredictable civil war. Vote yes and satisfy the party hawks; vote no and satisfy a generally dovish public. This is going to be a tough call for every representative and senator come the 9th.
Constitutionally, Obama's move is without precedent. No president, I believe, has put military intervention short of war to a Congressional vote before, in this post-post-modern age of ours. I can see why he felt that he had to; with no UN and no Britain, the traditional ways of justifying action are absent. But it is an unprecedented move without a easily predictable outcome – a strange roll of the dice for our buttoned-up chief executive.
The Times reports today that McCain and Graham are behind strikes; that means the Senate is probably locked up for yes. That leaves the House. There is a lot of talk that the Republicans are split between hawks and an growing isolationist streak, making the vote important symbolically for which side is currently stronger.
I'll say this. Isolationist politics do not historically fare well in hindsight. They generally delay the inevitable. We are already deeply involved in the Syrian civil war, well before any missiles are fired, whether there is action or not, just like Iran, Russia, and China are deeply involved with or without direct aid.
It probably boils down to whether or not the Navy can launch a devastating enough strike to damage Assad's ability to use chemical weapons, and shut down their air force and air defenses in the bargain. I'm guessing the answer is yes.
There are six destroyers currently in the eastern Med, and an unknown amount of submarines with cruise missile capability. They can probably fire 200 to 300 Tomahawks, I'm guessing again, in a single strike without resupply. Tomahawks are mostly fuel and less warhead so they have to be targeted very precisely; the Pentagon's willingness to use them at this point suggest ground and satellite intelligence is very good. It's unknown if the delay for the Congressional vote will change this – probably not, if Obama is willing to wait that long.
From the Family Research Council, reacting to the SCOTUS decisions today:
He foresees that Americans will be outraged when the fallout from the DOMA decision trickles down to the grass roots, when "children are taught morals in school that are in contradiction to their parents," and "photographers, bakers, florists and others are forced to participate in same-sex marriages."
I can see it now. Photographers, bakers, florists forced at gunpoint to accept payment for their services! News at eleven. No one's being forced to do anything, unless you think being asked to mind your own business is a sign of fascism. In fact, photographers, bakers, and florists should appreciate a predictable increase in that very business. That is, if they like having more money rather than less money, which the vast majority of people do, even those against gay marriage.
Edward Snowden is still on the run. Unknown if he will make it to Ecuador. In any case, I think it is in the best interests of the United States to let him get away. It's just too late; at this point he is practically a living martyr, like Julian Assange. The damage is done and there is no real benefit to imprisoning him. Bradley Manning is in prison and will likely stay there, so there is already a deterrent for future would-be leakers, although ironically, Snowden was reportedly inspired by Manning, so…
I understand, of course, that the U.S. feels the need to put up a certain front when pursuing Snowden. But there are bigger problems to worry about, such as Syria, and global news cycles filled with a 30-year-old whiz kid running circles around U.S. extradition are counterproductive. I don't think he's a pawn of Russia or China yet, but as long as the U.S. continues to yammer for his swift return, the longer he stays in the news.


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If you have a small business that is a proprietorship, or if you have a partnership with you and your spouse as the only partners in the company, you can take advantage of hiring your kids. This is also true if the business is a sole proprietorship, or a single-member LLC that is considered a sole proprietorship for taxation purposes. When the family business is an S or a C corporation, you can also hire the kids, but it may not offer all of the same benefits. hiring kids
Hiring the kids makes sense for the family business for several reasons. It will help your company as well as allow the teens and young adult children the opportunity to earn income with limited to no taxes. hiring kids
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Any parent hiring a child has to manage their employment records just as they would any other employee. This means that the business will issue a W-2 tax form for tax purposes at the end of the year for that child.
The child must be hired with a "fair" wage. In other words, the work performed and the wages paid must be compatible with the child's age and the actual hours they are available. Hiring kids also falls under the Fair Labor Standards Act, so it is important to make sure that the type of work and the age of the child is appropriate under this act.
It is also important that the job the child does is related to your business. For example, if you have a landscaping business you could hire your child to work with your crews mowing lawns, but you couldn't hire them to paint your house and use that as a deduction for wages from your landscaping business.
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For teenage children working in family businesses, there are no deductions for Social Security, federal unemployment taxes or Medicare as long as the children are under the age of 18. Additionally, your kids can keep working for your business up to age 21 before you will have to start paying unemployment tax.
The wages that you pay your teens or young adult children becomes a business deduction, which will reduce both your self-employment tax and federal income tax by lowering your adjusted gross income.
What the Kids Get
Teens will be able to earn up to $6,350 (as of 2017) before they have to pay any taxes on the income. Even they make up to $9325 they will only be taxed at a 10% rate, which results in very low taxes even for the kids that are higher income earners from the family business.
Kids that are under the age of 19 don't have to pay any "kiddie tax" and students that are full-time and dependents don't have to pay tax unless they are over the age of 24. There may be some exceptions, so be sure to check with your business tax advisor to see if there are any potential issues with hiring your children.


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Soaring Estimates Of Illegal Immigrants Enter Amnesty Debate
August 14, 2001
Some of the nation's most respected demographers think the number of illegal aliens living in the U.S. is far greater than previously thought. If so, that could become a central issue in the debate over granting them amnesty.
- Urban Institute demographer Jeff Passel has concluded -- based on new census data -- that there could be as many as 8.5 million illegals living here, about two million more than previous estimates.
- Undocumented Mexicans alone make up 4.5 million of that number.
- Extrapolating from 1997 data, the Immigration and Naturalization Service had previously put the number of illegal immigrants at six million -- of which a little over three million would be from Mexico.
- Passel reached his estimates by subtracting legal residents from the number of foreign-born people derived from the 2000 census.
The INS updated its estimate in March to between 6.5 million and 7.5 million -- and says it will issue a further update soon.
The Bush administration has been considering a plan to grant legal status to millions of Mexicans -- and possibly others -- now living illegally in the U.S. The last time amnesty was discussed -- during passage of the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1985 -- determining the numbers involved was a major factor in the intense debate.
Source: Eduardo Porter, "Estimate of Illegal Immigrants Reaches as Many as 8.5 Million for Some Experts," Wall Street Journal, August 14, 2001; based on Jeffrey S. Passel and Michael Fix, "U.S. Immigration at the Beginning of the 21st Century," Testimony before the Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims, Committee on the Judiciary, U.S. House of Representatives, August 2, 2001, Urban Institute, 2100 M Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20037 (202) 833-7200.
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Starbucks (HK) Limited and another v British Sky Broadcasting Group plc and others [2015] UKSC 31, 13 May 2015
A claimant in a passing off claim had to establish that it had actual goodwill in the jurisdiction in question, mere reputation would not suffice. After reaching the Supreme Court the final appeal was unanimously dismissed and it was held that Sky's UK internet protocol television ("IPTV") service named "NOW TV" did not pass off the claimants' IPTV service also named "NOW TV", operating in Hong Kong.
The law of passing off prevents one trader from passing off its goods or services as the goods and services of another. The elements of the tort of passing off have been described as:
A goodwill or reputation attached to the relevant goods or services.
- A misrepresentation by the defendant to the public (whether or not intentional) leading, or likely to lead, the public to believe that the goods or services offered by him are those of the claimant.
- Damage to the claimant, arising from the erroneous belief (caused by the defendant's misrepresentation) that the source of the defendant's goods or services is the same as the source of those offered by the claimant.
The UK Courts have previously held that in order to satisfy the requirements for the law of passing off, the claimant must have actual goodwill, in the form of customers, in this jurisdiction. Goodwill in the context of passing off is also territorial in nature and as such the Court had to consider the factual position in the UK.
The claimants were a broadcasting, media and telecommunications group in Hong Kong, collectively referred to as "PCCM". In 2012 the claimants began proceedings to prevent Sky from using the name NOW TV for its IPTV service in the UK on the grounds of passing off.
IPTV is a way of delivering TV or video content over the internet and it can be "closed circuit" or "over the top". Closed circuit uses dedicated bandwidth on the provider's network whereas over the top can be viewed on any device with a broadband connection. Viewers in the UK could not receive PCCM's closed circuit service and there was no evidence that subscriptions had been paid for from the UK. It was noted, however, that there were other ways of viewing the NOW TV content in the UK via YouTube, other websites and on various international airlines, three of which flew into the UK.
It was found at first instance that a number of Chinese-speakers who were permanently resident in the UK knew of the claimants' NOW TV service and furthermore the service had developed a reputation amongst Chinese-speakers in the UK. The key question raised was whether for the purposes of a passing off claim, these individuals were 'customers' for the service so as to give rise to protectable goodwill in the UK.
One argument put forward by PCCM was that in an age of global electronic communication, it was unrealistic and impractical to limit reputation or goodwill associated with services to jurisdictions in which there is a business with customers and not extending this to jurisdictions in which the association between the mark and the services was based on its reputation.
The business was based in Hong Kong and it was held that the claimants did not have customers in the UK and as such did not have goodwill in the UK. The viewers who accessed the claimants' NOW TV service via other websites were not considered to be customers in the UK because there was no payment involved and the availability of the product was intended to promote the business in Hong Kong. It was highlighted that this promotion could amount to advertising, but advertising without marketing or launching goods or services may not suffice to maintain a claim in passing off.
Lord Neuberger explained that "the claimant must have customers within the jurisdiction, as opposed to people in the jurisdiction who happen to be customers elsewhere". He added further that allowing a claim in passing off to succeed based on reputation alone could have a negative effect on competition, resulting in a claimant with no market for its goods or services in the UK preventing another person using a particular mark in relation to their business.
The law of passing off involves striking a balance between the public interest in free competition and the protection of the trader and Lord Neuberger warned that the idea of a single international goodwill had the potential to tip the balance towards protection and could stifle competition.
It is interesting to see that at a time where advances in technologies are constantly increasing the access to and speed of global electronic communications the Supreme Court chose not to expand the position in relation to passing off. As residents of one jurisdiction can now so easily be made aware of a business in another, it was considered important not to allow reputation alone to be enough to establish goodwill.


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Rooms, services AVALON Hotel Bad Reichenhall is pleased to host travellers looking to spend a few pleasant days in Germany. The hotel is offering 60 nicely furnished rooms to stay in to those seeking accommodation in Bad Reichenhall. In case you'd like to have a meal or a drink on the spot, you will be provided freshly prepared dishes in the restaurant every day. Parking is availably nearby for those arriving by car. For recreational purposes you may try the wellness services provided by the hotel, <a/an> hairdresser's parlour will also be waiting for you. Airport transfer is available upon preliminary request. The café and the bar have excellent atmosphere for a relaxed evening talk or a personal meeting. Your valuables may be the safely secured in the safe. In case you'd bring your laptop along, you may go online via wireless Internet connection (WiFi) available at the hotel. An exact and detailed list of equipment in the rooms and of the services provided by AVALON Hotel Bad Reichenhall you will find on the information sheet below, including any applicable additional fees.
Payment Depending on the selected date, room and price, you may need to provide credit card guarantee or advance bank card payment to finalize your reservation.
Arrival, opening hours The earliest check-in time to your room is 15:00, the latest check-out time from your room is 11:00. The personnel of the hotel can speak in English and German with you.
AVALON Hotel Bad Reichenhall rooms Rooms
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Accommodation services
Parking (4 €/night)
Free WiFi in shared places
- Wellness section, relaxation
- Finnish sauna
- Hairdresser's parlour
Default services: Bar, Cafe, Elevator, Safe deposit box, Roof garden
Airport transfer
Own restaurant
Hairdryer, Desk in the room


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May peace transcend the bridge. Happy Diwali 2015
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my greeting to you for happiness, peace, progress and prosperity in your life.. Enjoy and celebrate.. Happy Diwali.
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Gilbertsville, PA (PressExposure) June 04, 2013 -- Personal trainer and business owner Jessica Rapp is proud to announce the grand opening of the new location for her private personal fitness training studio, Unique Physique for Life (UPL). She recently made the decision to take her personal training business to a new location where she could provide greater offerings for her clients, such as accommodating more active group classes and the TRX Suspension Training equipment.
She found new studio space for UPL at 1000 Grosser Road in Gilbertsville, PA, neighboring the Valero gas station, massage and bodywork center, skincare boutique, and others. The new training space allows her clients to enjoy new and exciting TRX Suspension Training workouts and a larger selection of group classes, as well as strength training, cardio, core classes, and more in 700 square feet of workout space.
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Not so long ago, when your children were ready for kindergarten, you'd walk over to the neighborhood school and sign them up, no questions asked.
In this age of information and choices, the process has changed. Now, parents can send their children to practically any elementary, middle and high school in the San Diego Unified School District, as long as there's room.
Thanks to the district's Choice Program, which started in 1968 as a way to integrate schools, anyone not satisfied with their neighborhood school can pick a campus with higher test scores or one that specializes in certain subjects, including technology, science or language immersion.
With the program's Feb. 15 application deadline fast approaching, the district put on its annual School Choice Fair in Balboa Park on Saturday. The event showcased offerings from various schools and featured performances by their students.
There were representatives from Carver, a K-8 campus that has Arabic language courses. Alice Birney Elementary and Roosevelt Middle highlighted their International Baccalaureate programs. Johnson Elementary and Millennial Tech Middle passed out fliers about their science and technology classes.
Parents list their top five schools, in order of priority, on the Choice Program application. The district runs the document through a computer system, and only one school will make an enrollment offer. Parents are notified by letter in early April about where their children have been placed.
About 7,500 students out of 11,000 were given their first choice last year, said Sandra Robles, the district's manager for enrollment options. Special consideration is given to certain neighborhoods and students who already have siblings attending a particular school.
"Our boys love music and they aren't shy, so we really wanted to find a school that was strong in the arts," said Lauren Modica.
Last year, the family chose Crown Point Junior Music Academy, a school that offers violin instruction to both students and parents. And even though they had to move to Pacific Beach to be closer to the campus, they've been happy with their decision.
"The people at the school are like a family," Modica said.
According to district demographer Sarah Hudson, almost 40 percent of San Diego Unified students are attending a school outside their neighborhood. That number is even higher if charters (independently run schools) are included.
Jody Lozano and Lynette Lopez don't even live in the district's territory, but they drove up from Bonita on Saturday to see what language-immersion and performing-arts programs are available.
"We just don't have these kinds of options where we are," Lopez said.
The mothers spent the morning perusing booths and swapping stories with other stressed-out and confused parents.
"When you don't know what's out there, you don't feel as stressed," Lozano said. "But now that I see all the opportunities available to my kids, it makes me more anxious. I want to make the best decision for them."
Robles said the fair was also an opportunity to have one-on-one contact with principals and other administrators.
"It's an opportunity to speak directly to school staff," she said. "You want to be able to meet and ask questions that are important to you."
Bruce Ferguson, the principal of Green Elementary, a physical education-themed magnet campus in the Del Cerro neighborhood, stood at his booth wearing workout clothes. He runs at 4:30 each morning to set an example of the health-and-academics combination that his school espouses.
Instead of singing or dancing, as some schools' students did, his students put on a high-energy jump rope presentation.
"I'm here because I lead the school. I'm its No. 1 advocate," Ferguson said. "I want to meet the people interested in what we're doing, and I think parents also want to meet the person who is leading."
This year, he said, parents have been asking lots of questions about the prospect of larger class sizes and the possible funding cuts for magnet schools, which emphasize diversity.
"I tell them that no decision has been made and I'm confident the board will make decisions that are in the best interest of children," Ferguson said. "And I really do believe that."
Robles said district officials are waiting for the state to address California's large budget deficit; they could get specifics as early as April or as late as June.
Andrea Eaton and Melissa Cima of Serra Mesa attended the fair out of curiosity, but they were fairly certain they'd be sending their future kindergartners to their neighborhood school.
"I feel if the local school is doing well, it's a good reflection of the community," Cima said.
But whether neighborhood or choice campus is best, one things parents agree on is how overwhelming the decision-making process can be. Some even compare it to buying a house or finding a job.
"When you pick a school, you're also picking friends and picking a community," said Beth Price of San Carlos. "That's a lot of pressure!"


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