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Dallas — Whether in person on the sidewalks of New York City or in street hustler scenes from television and film, you have probably seen the three-card monte. It's a street hustle or shell game, a low-level type of confidence game with cards that if one was good at it, could generate a lot of fast cash. They often worked in teams: a lookout to warn of the police, a roper that helped get people to stop and look, and a shill who enticed people to actually play. At one time it was impossible to walk down a sidewalk in Times Square without seeing these guys, usually with a small crowd of tourists around them. They could set up pretty easily because all they needed was a small table arranged out of crates or boxes or even fancier, a folding card table. The setup had to be small and portable to make a quick getaway from the police. They would fold up only to relocate, usually within a few feet or blocks from their original location. To be a good three-card monte player one needed to be smart, cunning, persuasive, and have quick, agile fingers.
Suzan-Lori Parks became the first African-American woman to win the Pulitzer Prize in Drama for her play Topdog/Underdog, which is the story of two brothers whose fates intersect over three-card monte. Written for two young African-American men, Parks describes the play as asking two basic questions: "What are we doing here on this planet and how can we get by, how can we make do?" (Playbill, March 6, 2002 with Christine Ehreen). Ed Smith has directed this season-closing production for Soul Rep Theatre Company working in partnership with the South Dallas Cultural Center. This is a strong play; this production should sell out.
Lincoln (Djoré Nance) and Booth (Brentom Jackson) were named by their father as a joke. Their parents were less than ideal and eventually abandoned the boys when they were 13 and 16. Lincoln, the oldest, became highly skilled at three-card monte as a way of earning money to support them. His goal was survival and avoidance of being placed in "the system" by Child Protective Services. Booth wants very much to become skilled at three-card monte but Lincoln, fully aware of the danger and futility the game presents, does not want to teach him. Following a traumatic incident that resulted in the death of one of his partners, Lincoln abandoned the cards and began working a "sit-down job with benefits" at an arcade as a Lincoln impersonator in whiteface. Booth, having dropped out of school and having no legally marketable skills, is a thief, boosting everything from food to clothes and jewelry. We meet these characters as their circumstances teeter-totter.
For this story to have any chance of succeeding at all, the audience must believe the two men are brothers. Otherwise it does not work. Jackson and Nance are convincing. As sibling tension oozes in, we recognize it such that even when it seems inappropriate to do so, we laugh at it.
Parks' piece has been described as a dark, comic fable. Indeed, she has expressed a deep love for mythology, in particular Greek mythology and tales of the Cyclops brothers. For all of its darkness, Topdog/Underdog is also funny in ways that when considered within the context of family relationships, are understandable, and normal.
This is not a traditional play. Parks sees it as a sleight-of-hand much like three-card monte. The idea of an African-American male working as an Abraham Lincoln impersonator in whiteface is disconcerting on a number of levels. As Lincoln puts it "People are funny about they Lincoln shit. It's historical. People like they historical shit in a certain way. They like it to unfold the way they folded it up. Neatly like a book, not raggedy and bloody and screaming."
Nance plays Lincoln like vinegary wine. On the surface, smooth with brotherly concern but in actuality, rancid and bitter. Jackson's Booth is waveringly sympathetic. He tries to continue skipping over the fissures in the fantasy he has woven for protection. Nance and Jackson draw the audience in, giving them reasons to care about the characters, to hope against hope for them even though it is clear they are not on a sustainable path. There is a moment in the play when the brothers turn animalistic toward each other. Jackson and Nance create a sense of uneasiness for the audience without telegraphing the ending.
Topdog/Underdog was written in 1999, but it remains resonant today and in some ways, perhaps more so. Seventeen years later, Nance and Jackson are working to ensure that we do not forget Lincoln and Booth or the hands they were dealt.


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Diversity When? A Guest Post by Yajun
(Ed Note: With several major projects in the works and with a gig next week guest blogging for James Fallows, I asked my lovely wife and co-conspirator Yajun if she'd like to help out for the next few weeks.)
I was born in a country where 90% of the people share a single ethnicity, where we have no national religion, but where we do have the stomachs to eat any living creature on earth. So it came as a shock to me, later than it probably should have, that some people may not eat certain things out of choice or because of their religion. Sure, China has Hui people who are Muslim and who eat Qingzhen (Halal) food, but prior to university I'd only met a handful of Chinese Muslims in my life. And even in school, it wasn't that I didn't respect my friends' aversion to pork, but it was just completely outside my own upbringing. I don't think I lacked sensitivity, just a sense of perspective about what diversity means.
This problem is even harder for my mom. During Spring Festival, some of my husband's students came to our place for a dinner party. One of the students was Jewish. Since he has trouble finding kosher food in Haidian, he chose to become a vegetarian. This just amazed my mom and all of the Chinese guests. As we were cooking, even though my husband explained why the student couldn't eat any meat, from my mom's confused and curious facial expression I could tell that the idea was just beyond her understanding.
It didn't stop my mom making delicious vegetable dumplings for him, but the poor student had to explain why he couldn't eat meat to the Chinese guests over and over again.
China is not a country that celebrates true ethnic and culture diversity. Officially, we are 55 ethnic groups making up one China, but the Han are definitely the dominant and normative culture. Other than the fact that minorities are happy while dancing on stage during gala shows, very little information about them is presented in the mainstream media. Since the media is under the government's control, minority voices and their cultural and historical perspectives are nowhere to be heard. China lacks social awareness of what diversity truly means.
Furthermore, a sense of individualism is also often suppressed in China. Many Chinese, like me, are taught since they were children that it is not okay to be different. We are not individuals, but a member of a group, a group which defines our identity. Everyone has to use the right hand to write or to eat. We have to find the one correct answer to the questions in exam. If a child's creativity and imagination fails to match the content of text books, he or she is labeled as a bad student. Same thing with food. If somebody doesn't eat a certain kind of food, that's being picky and is sure to draw the parent's ire.
However my experience in the US a couple of years ago showed me another perspective. Some people I met were vegan who even couldn't eat eggs. Others were Muslims who could not serve themselves from anywhere near a dish containing pork. Practicing Jews could only eat meat prepared in a certain way and had to avoid other foods or combinations of foods. Plus, there were also people who were lactose intolerance or had food allergies. I also knew people who couldn't eat wheat or other grains.
So I saw vegetarian burgers, kosher butchers, and lactose-free milk. In the supermarket, there were specially-prepared foods to meet the need of various consumers. It was totally fine to be different and picky about food. You didn't have to change, because other people understood and prepared something special for you.
I am amazed by the social awareness and understanding in the US. Part of it, I'm sure, is that the US is a nation founded in large part by immigrants. The other important reason, I believe, is that different — sometimes even completely contradictory — voices can be heard in the US. Dr. Martin Luther King called for the rights for African-Americans 50 years ago. Today Amy Chua teaches Americans how to be a successful Chinese mother. Public information and communication turns ignorance to acceptance and, finally, to a point where difference is no longer seen as different, just part of the greater whole.
Certainly, some people choose fear rather than acceptance. After September 11th strong anti-Muslim sentiment spread in the US, and throughout US history people have been harassed or even killed because of their race or religion. But these are problems which are openly discussed and debated in the US media and society, sometimes painfully and divisively. Martin Luther King was persecuted for his beliefs, but without him and his story Barack Obama would not be the US President today.
With more and more foreigners coming to China, many Chinese will have to grapple with this kind of cosmopolitanism. Different concepts and values may clash with one another at the beginning, but it is an inevitable phase. I am sure the next time when the next guest from a different religious or cultural background comes to my parents' home, it will be my Mom explaining to the other guests about what she's learned about the diversity of the world's cultures.

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SNO110 @ GALLERY 9 SYDNEY CATALOGUE | SNO fundraiser at Gallery 9 in Sydney November 30 2014
SNO CATALOGUE | 5 year anniversary catalogue coinciding with SNO 57 (March, 2010). Essay by Caroline Barnes, Design by Warren Taylor, Cover by John Nixon.
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POST-FORMALISM IN RECENT AUSTRALIAN ART | Essay by Billy Gruner for the occasion of: UPSIDE DOWN. A Minus Space exhibition, New York, featuring artists associated with SNO (March, 2008). Co-published with Minus Space, New York.
PROFILE: SYDNEY NON OBJECTIVE GROUP | Essay by Daniel Argyle for the occasion of an exhibition of works by SNO artists at AUSTRAL AVENUE, Melbourne (September, 2007). Co-published with Austral Avenue, Melbourne.
SNO 30 / MINUS SPACE | Mathew Deleget, Rossana Martinez and exhibition: ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK. August, 2007. Design by Vicente Butron.
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OPEN LETTERS TO THE SNO COMMUNITY | From artists associated with MINUS SPACE
SNO 46 / FOLK 1 | March, 2009. Text by John Adair. Interview with Billy Gruner and John Adair. Correspondence between John Adair, Wendy Kelly, Tineke Porck and Jan Maarten Voskuil.
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Auto-Chlor System is seeking an enthusiastic and reliable Office Administrator. This is an excellent opportunity for someone who is looking for a long-term career with a reputable company.
This key position entails a great deal of responsibility in the areas of:
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|Jingle Belle Knowles is excited about the opportunity to write a Christmas jingle for a new restaurant in Pohono, Oklahoma–until she meets the company's cocky PR man. Despite an immediate personality clash with much-too-handsome Italian Nick Santini, Belle finds herself irresistibly and unacceptably drawn to her insufferable client. Nick isn't pleased about working with the lovely jingle writer. But with a grand opening date just two weeks before Christmas, he and his brother need something to draw shoppers off the streets and into their Tuscan-themed restaurant. Given Belle's stellar reputation, Nick makes up his mind to grit his teeth and get through the project. They're both adults. They're both Christians. And they're both determined to make the project a success. But when a passionate, self-assured, hard-headed Italian butts heads with a stubborn, auburn-haired, confident Irish spit-fire, the results could make for a highly chaotic Christmas season.
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The Loox Battery LED 9005 Drawer Light with Sensor is part of the battery operated LED lighting world. Battery lighting is always progressing as can be seen with this LED, due to it being USB rechargable.
A 800mm mini-USB cable is included for the USB charging.
Recommended charging time: 3-4 hours. Service Life: Approximately 10 hours
Due to the USB charging, this may be useful for students going away to university who require a little extra light for their bedroom drawers or kitchen drawers.
To preserve energy, it also has an energy saving mode where after 30 seconds it switches off automatically (The LED will flash 2 to 3 times before switching off)
It comes with 2 selectable switch functions:
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Hi, guys. My name is Darrel and I'm the head of the tech team here at LocksOnline. All of us guys here are laughing a little bit because we have been trying to get this particular LED light that we have on our website to work in the studio light. Believe it or not, we are having to record this video in the darkness to be able to show our customers how this particular LED light works.
It's designed to sit inside of a drawer or it's designed to sit in a cupboard where invariably there's a dark environment. There is a photocell actually in this particular device that knows whether or not it is too bright. If it is too bright it won't switch on, and that is why we have had to turn the lights down to try to get it to work. So it's a little bit on and off at this moment in time, because we have to put some sort of lighting in place for us to have a look at that. So this is the actual product itself, and chances are it may come on and off now as we try to operate it.
That is the basic concept of it. We've had to drop the lights down to be able to show you customers how it actually works. There you go, like that. Now on the back of it, I don't know whether we actually have enough light to zoom in. The actual on and off switch is situated at the back there, as you can see. It's also designed to work where you can charge it via USB cable. So, you can plug it into your computer and you are able to then charge it via a charging port here on the back end here. I don't know if you can actually see that there. There's a little LED there to indicate then the amount of charge that you've got. It should last somewhere in a region of a good few hours if it happened to stay on.
But, that is the idea of how it actually works so, that's the actual light. It's quite intense, so the idea is that would sit in underneath . . . I don't know if you can see that on there on the cabinet. That would sit there inside, underneath the drawer and as soon as you open the drawer, it would notice the fact that the drawer moved and therefore then a light would come on automatically and you would be able to see the contents inside.
The actual bracket that sits there on top of that, I could probably put that in the light and you'd be able to see it. That would actually be on the actual top, underneath the drawer there, and then this would slide onto it and you could fix it onto the surface there like that. If I were to turn that there, like that, it would hold it in position there like that. See? So that would then hold it up. To you can take it off, plug it into your computer, charge it up and that's a really, really great little LED light. Of course, you've got loads and loads of hours in regards to its operation. So I'm hoping that even though it is a bit dark here, I'm hoping that it's giving you an opportunity to see this and see whether or not it's the application that you're looking for.
Of course you don't need any power to it. It works off its own in-built batteries that you can charge from a USB port. Listen, if you need any advice on this product or any other product we have on our website; by all means pop us over a call on our telephone number, which is 0845-230-02-01. Or use our live chat room that we have on our website, totally free. You can speak to me or any of the guys here in the sales team or the tech team.
So from me, Darrel, and all of us in this dark studio today, thank you very much for taking the time to tune in. We'll catch up with you real soon. Take care, bye-bye now.


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Two Men Stabbed During Home Invasion In Sydney's West
Two men have suffered stab wounds after a home invasion in Doonside in Sydney's west on Monday evening.
The two residents were stabbed when two men armed with a knife forced their way into a home in Wilkie Crescent. It's believed that the victim's injuries are non-life threatening.
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Art Beat: June 14, 2013
This Week – Currents 2013: New Media Art Festival and the FantaSe Festival
Photo by Matt Weedman | The Bridge Club "Medium" | Featured in this year's Currents New Media Art Festival
Listen to art on the radio with ArtBeat, hosted by Kathryn M Davis, every Friday morning from 11 to noon on KVSF 101.5 The Voice of Santa Fe.
This week's podcast from the show that aired on June 14 features Parallel Studios coexecutive and artistic directors Mariannah Amster and Frank Ragano. You know them from their years of work producing and curating Currents: The Santa Fe International New-Media Festival. Currents opens tonight, Friday June 14 events scheduled from 5 to midnight, and runs through June 30. For a full schedule follow this link.
Next, Cyndi Conn, executive director of Creative Santa Fe, fills us in on the details of FantaSe Festival, celebrating the renovation and re-opening of DeVargas Park as part of a mission of walkability in our downtown/plaza area.
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PORT CHESTER, N.Y. – Sophie Ellen Dinter, of Port Chester, died Sunday, Jan. 10. She was 96.
Born Sohpia Zimish in Biseger, Pa., she moved to New York City in 1938, studied nursing and received her LPN certificate. While living in the city, she met and married Paul Dinter. When gas and rubber rationing in World War II prevented their commuting from the Bronx to their war defense jobs at Homelite, they moved to Port Chester in 1942.
After her husband returned from his naval service in 1946, he became first a distributor, then a wholesaler with Arnold Bakers, and Dinter began working at United Hospital in the early 1950s. She remained employed as an operating room nurse until an injury at age 85, causing her to retire shortly before the hospital declared bankruptcy and closed.
During her life, she served as president of the Our Lady of Mercy Mother's Club, continued as a member of the Altar Rosary Society and served as chairwoman of the Tamarack Country Club Woman's Golf Association where she was also Club Champ in 1975 and a member of the Hole-In-One Association. Previously, she had distinguished herself in the Westchester Mixed Foursome Bowling League, where she took honors for her 661 triple and countless over-200 games. For years, she created hand-crocheted blankets featured at fundraisers for United Hospital and her golf club and was noted for gifting family, friends and her doctors with her cakelike Irish soda bread and chocolate cookies.
She is survived by her children Gail Dinter-Gottlieb (Philip Gottlieb), Paul E. Dinter (Marilyn Entwistle) and Richard C. Dinter (Barbara Collier); five grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
She was predeceased by her husband, Paul, in 1989.
A visitation will be held Wednesday, Jan. 13, from 3-5 and 7-9 p.m. in Gunipero-Farenga Funeral Home, 353 Westchester Ave., Port Chester. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Thursday, Jan. 14, at 10 a.m. in Our Lady of Mercy Church, 260 Westchester Ave., Port Chester. Interment will follow in St. Mary's Cemetery Rye Brook.
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Monday, 7 September 2009
Anticipating winter
Chilly morning - but all of them are now. Like most northerners, I adore autumn. Best time of the year. I don't even mind the promise of snow to come. I suppose that's because I don't have to 'deal' with it so much. When I was working at CBC Radio and living in the Plateau Mont Royal quartier winters were horrible...for those us us with a car. No parking - just street parking...and when there were snow storms it was terrible! Snow clearing came with their sirens at 2am - everyone scrambling out of bed trying to shovel cars clear in the narrow streets...which pretty much meant dumping the snow on your neighbor's car and hoping he wouldn't come out and find it - which he always did because everyone needed to move their cars. Amazing it never came to blows. But very stressful.
Now we live on 70 acres so we can toss the snow anywhere we want! Actually, Tony digs us out now. And we're never in a rush. A few times I've had to get out to make a flight for a book tour and that gets very stressful...but generally we can see the storm coming at least 12 hours ahead and can make other arrangements.
But nfor the most part Michael and I just light the fire, put water in the tub in case the power goes off (no - not 'cut off'!) and make sure we have lots of food. Then we hunker down and watch the storm hit. It is amazing to be safe and warm inside. Though I always spare a thought and prayer for people stuck on the highways.
Now that is terrifying. I don't know an adult Canadian who hasn't had the experience of knowing this was how, and when, they'd die. Only to, miraculously, survive.
Perhaps that's why our murder rate is so low in Canada. Why bother killing someone when the elements would do it soon enough for you?
Wrote some more of the Quick Reads book this morning...now just listening to music and sipping coffee. Still loving the montreal apartment.
Michael wrote to say Tony was stacking the winter wood supply, dropped off by Delmar - so we'll have plenty of winter wood.
Talk to you tomorrow. Have a great last day of the long weekend - if you get one. I now know that in the UK at least there is no Labour Day long weekend.
Be well.
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- lil Gluckstern said...
I found your blog paerticularly poignant today. It is just about a year that I have been following you, and I too love Autumn. We are having our having our"summer" here in northern California-warm, beautiful days, with cool foggy nights. Then, if we are lucky, we get some sort of a rainy season-drought has taken hold here. I enjoy your descriptions so much-I do have to tell you that I filled the tub with water because they were fixing some plumbing in the buildings. Must make a note to myself to see myself as a pioneer and prepared instead of grumbling about the inconvenience. We do get spoiled here. I'm not sure I;m up for pink pigs and green frogs, but I am up for your blogs and books-not so fattening.
- 7 September 2009 at 14:25
- Marjorie said...
Louise, I don't know if you have posted this elsewhere, but I think everyone would love to know that you and Michael were the sponsors for the SWA Dagger Award for New Authors as just announced here (please cut and paste):
Do you have a favorite among these...or would it be unfair to say? I am always looking for the next good book to read.
As for the seasons, autumn is my favorite. I love the nip in the air and the outstanding colors.
--Marjorie from Connecticut
- 7 September 2009 at 17:18
- Louise Penny Author said...
Dear Lil,
I've heard if you squish one of those pink pigs in your ears it cures vertigo.
How are you feeling, by the way?
- 7 September 2009 at 18:10
- Louise Penny Author said...
Dear Marjorie,
How kind of you to mention this - yes, Michael and I sponsored the award, but it would be impolitic of me to say who is my favorite...and I actually haven't read all of them. The beauty of sponsorship - we get to be supportive without any of the work.
- 7 September 2009 at 18:11


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Suppose an action is necessitated by the agent's beliefs and motivational states. Under what conditions is the agent responsible for this action? Most people, compatibilists and incompatibilists alike (Frankfurt is an exception), will say that when the agent's psychological states in relevant respects came from brainwashing, then the agent is not responsible for the action. But of course brainwashing is not the only option here. Compatibilists have to work really hard to say what sorts of histories of the agent's psychological states exclude the agent's responsibility for the action resulting from the states, and there is always the worry that they missed out some particular freedom-cancelling effect.
Step back from the details of particular compatibilist proposals (I think the best one is Mele's compatibilist sheddability condition). What are compatibilists trying to rule out by giving their conditions? It seems to me that, even though they will deny this, what they are trying to rule out is cases where the necessitating psychological states are ones that the agent is not relevantly responsible for. Stipulatively, take an action not to be a psychological state. Then there is a simple principle that we should be able to agree on:
- An agent is responsible for her action necessitated by the agent's psychological states if and only if the action is caused non-deviantly by the psychological states and the agent is responsible for relevant features of the psychological states.
- An agent is responsible for an action necessitated by the agent's psychological states only if the agent is responsible for some feature of these psychological states.
- An agent is responsible for a feature of a psychological state only if the agent is responsible for some action causally upstream from that psychological state.
A technical trickiness in the above is that maybe it's not correct to speak of an action as necessitated by psychological states. For it may be that an action also requires external causes: shooting an arrow requires also a bow. I suppose I could replace "action" by "choice" in the above. Or I could stipulate what I mean by "necessitated by psychological states" in such a way as to allow that there can be external enabling conditions.


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Education Inc.
Corporations, billionaires and free-market ideologues see dollar signs when they look at American public schools. Dark money contributors are funding free-market reformers to take over local school boards and transform American public education into a business. As a result, billions of tax dollars are being diverted away from public school children under the banner of "school choice". Education Inc. uncovers the money trail while parents, teachers and students across the country fight back.
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The Problem with Forever by Jennifer L. Armentrout is an amazing book that takes your emotions on a wild ride. The book is based around the story of a girl name Mallory who has a past that ends up coming back to haunt her. For most of her life, Mallory was living in different foster homes, but when she was 13, a terrible incident got her out of the system. For years, Mallory had been living in the same home with another boy who was always there to protect her when she needed him. He was the biggest hero in her eyes. But then, she was adopted by a family and had to move away from her hero and hasn't seen him since. From the scars that her past left, it was hard for Mallory to speak at all. She had been home schooled ever since she was adopted, but by the time she was a senior in high school, she thought she was ready to experience the world again. As she steps foot in the first school she has been inside for years, she sees someone way too familiar. Mallory is now forced to learn how to live with her past and with the way people change. I chose to read this book because just by reading a summary I knew it would be interesting. This book is truly fascinating and leaves you wanting to read more and more. Even through all the difficult parts of the book, the way it is written made me want to know everything going on and get through the book. I would definitely recommend this book to anyone interested in the dark truth of what life could be like in the Young Adult genre.
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Huawei Ascend Mate hard resetYou can go into the recovery screen using phone keys.
Turn off your Ascend Mate phone and press the volume up key and the Power key until the phone start screen appears. Do NOT press the power so long otherwise, or the phone will power off.
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To restore factory settings, touch Settings > Backup & reset > Factory data reset > Reset phone
Huawei Ascend Mate force firmware upgrade mode1. First charge your phone. Back up all of your data, because firmware update will reset your phone to factory default state and delete all of your data.
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NBC's Official Description (Added 1/1/09): STRONGER THAN IS HUMANLY POSSIBLE — Mike (Justin Bruening) and KITT (voiced by Val Kilmer) are trying to track down a stolen serum that maximizes the recipient's physicality before it gets into the wrong hands. With the help of the lab's research assistant, Billy (Paul Campbell) learns some information about the serum that will help Mike when he takes on the now powerful thief. Meanwhile, Sarah (Deanna Russo) is overwhelmed with her new duties and quickly learns how much work it will take to reinstitute the Foundataion for Law and Government. Smith Cho stars. Kevin Alejandro and Mini Anden guest star.
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GRAND RAPIDS — You can't read the words "Raging Bitch" on a beer bottle — at least not in Michigan.
For Flying Dog Brewery, it's a flagrant constitutional violation.
"It's really incredible that, in 2011, we're still talking about moral crusades by the liquor commission," attorney Alan Gura said Wednesday in U.S. District Court.
"We sell in 27 states. This is the only state where we've had this kind of issue."
Flying Dog Brewery filed a federal lawsuit against the state Liquor Control Commission after the LCC denied its request to register the label for Raging Bitch beer.
The state says the LCC can reject any beer label "that is deemed to promote violence, racism, sexism, intemperance, or intoxication or to be detrimental to the health, safety, or welfare of the general public."
It determined that Raging Bitch is degrading to women, with illustrations on the label depicting female body parts, Assistant Attorney General Melinda Leonard said.
As part of its lawsuit, Flying Dog is seeking an injunction to prevent the LCC from withholding registration of the controversial label. U.S. District Judge Robert Jonker said he would issue a written opinion after providing both sides the chance to further file briefs.
The standard for an injunction is high, but Jonker told state attorneys they also face hurdles if they want to prevail in the lawsuit.
The state already has approved controversial labels.
"Do you think Doggy Style Pale Ale is better?" the judge asked the state attorney. "Or In-Heat Wheat? Do you think they're substantially different? How about Dirty Bastard?," the latter a reference to a Grand Rapids-based Founders dark brew.
Leonard said Raging Bitch went far beyond "tacky." The state has compared the use of the word for a female dog to use of the "n" word, and said the label shows "women as wild animals that need to be tamed."
Jonker wasn't impressed by the brewer's First Amendment claims, either. The state isn't preventing free speech, but preventing the sale of beer with that particular label.
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Forget the Reformation, Obama is re-uniting Protestants with Catholics.
One problem: they are uniting against him.
Obama's Department of Health and Human Services issued a ruling that all employers- even religiously affiliated employers like schools and hospitals had to provide health insurance that includes contraception, sterilization, and "morning after" pills - or else face stiff fines.
Catholics, who believe any act of artificial birth prevention is sinful were the first to object. But they're not alone.
Chris Moody of Yahoo News reports that administrators from Protestant-affiliated schools are now getting in on the act of protesting the Department of Health and Human Services regulation that would require them to provide
The Council of Christian Colleges and Universities, which represents 136 schools, met earlier this month and the topic of Obama's HHS mandate kept coming up, according to Moody.
In a statement after Obama's announcement, Paul Corts, the council's president, expressed skepticism that the accommodation plan would resolve the issue.
"Without seeing the final rule it is impossible to tell from the President's general statement if our specific religious liberty issues have been addressed," Corts said. "Therefore, we remain unaware of whether the religious exemption will encompass our schools and their student plans and eliminate all of the violations of conscience issues. We are anxious to get the details and will continue to work with the Administration to try to ensure that the religious liberty of our institutions is protected."
The whole mood is pretty ecumenical. Early in the controversy, the Orthodox bishops in America also issued a statement of support for the Catholic Church earlier this month.
Earlier this month, Richard Land, head of the Southern Baptist Convention wrote a scathing editorial saying that Obama was violating America's tradition of religious liberty "We want the law changed, or else we're going to write our letters from the Nashville jail, just like Dr. King wrote his from the Birmingham jail," he wrote.
Many religious schools and charitable organizations are launching lawsuits against the Obama administration hoping to see the law repealed under first Amendment jurisprudence. Their bet is that the courts will find a right to religious liberty (mentioned prominently in the Bill of Rights) is going to trump the right to preventative health-care, initiated by Obama's health reforms.


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The clue is in the name, an extra layer of glass makes for two argon filled cavities, giving further improved thermal efficiency for the modern home with a U-Value of 0.9 watts per m2.
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Aboriginal engagement
We developed the First Nation and Metis Engagement Process (FNMEP) to facilitate the sharing of clear, timely, and relevant information and to provide opportunities to receive input on the Manitoba–Minnesota Transmission Project.
The FNMEP has similar goals as the public engagement process, including:
- sharing project information;
- obtaining feedback for use in the transmission line routing process and environmental assessment process;
- gathering and understanding local interests and concerns;
- integrating interests and concerns into the routing and assessment process; and
- reviewing potential mitigation measure.
In addition to these shared goals, the FNMEP also aims to:
- continue to build and strengthen working relationships with First Nations and Metis in Manitoba; and
- provide opportunities for First Nation and Metis to have meaningful input and contributions to the project.
To date, we have met these goals by:
- asking First Nations and MMF how or if they want to be engaged in the project;
- ensuring there are multiple opportunities to participate in the process throughout the project;
- delivering a First Nations and Metis engagement process that was adaptive and inclusive to respective First Nations, the MMF and Aboriginal organizations;
- informing participants that shared concerns how their feedback influenced the project; and
- designing a plan that continues engagement activities throughout the regulatory process, as well as into the construction and operation phases of the project.
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After the Galaxy Note7 debacle, the Galaxy Note8 was one of the biggest tests Samsung ever faced in recent times. Now that the device has been launched, it's safe to say that the company passed it with flying colors.
And, as is usually the case, the focus now shifts on next-gen device. While there have already been some related rumors, a latest report is suggesting the next-gen Galaxy Note device – likely to be called Note9 – is internally code-named Crown.
The report comes from the tech giant's home country of South Korea, and cites local news publications that have obtained this info from a component supplier.
Specifically, local news outlet The Bell quotes an official from the supplier in question as saying, "We will start providing components for a pilot production (of the Galaxy Note 9) in the first quarter next year."


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In 1977, Denise Mercedes returned from London to start her own band,
recruiting Patrick Mack (gtr & voc) artist/fashionista Nick Marden on bass
and, after trying out the likes of Jerry Nolan (Heartbreakers, NY Dolls) and
Johnny Blitz (Dead Boys) on drums, settled on a then 11 year-old Harley Flanagan
(Cro- Mags, Harley's War).A long awaited re-issue on vinyl & CD of the celebrated ROIR cassette, the
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We started the 2014 wedding season off with a bang! Liz and Lance's wedding was a classic glam wedding that sparkled from ceremony to reception. The lush ivory flowers were combined with accents of Tiffany blue and crystals. To bring the romantic theme to life, we combined hydrangeas, garden roses, stock flower, ranunculus, and peonies. For the centerpieces we used a mix of grand trumpet vase arrangements with crystal accents, low-packed arrangements in crystal globes, and varied crystal vases with candles. To top it off, each guest received their very own Tiffany box filled with a delicious truffle. Not only was Liz and Lance's wedding a great start to the summer, it was an affair not soon forgotten!
glam wedding
Glam isn't just for Hollywood
Hollywood bombards us every day with alluring starlet's, swank parties, and eye-catching fashion. Women across the country pore over magazines discussing the latest Hollywood trends, wishing just for one day that it could be them, living this glamorous lifestyle. Well, I have news for you….this life, or a piece of this life can be yours. What better day to make your fairytale come true then on your wedding day. The following Hollywood glam ideas will not only wow your guests, but it will allow you to truly shine on your special day.
Luxury Seating
Luxury is often a word associated with Hollywood. To translate this luxury theme it is important to pay attention to your seating. Instead of using the standard banquet chair rent elegant chiavari chairs. These classic chairs most often come in gold, silver, black, or brown. Another option to disguise the run of the mill banquet chair is to use chair covers. Today chair covers come in a variety of fabrics and colors. I suggest using a silk in ivory or white with chair sash knotted in the same tone. Finally, set up lounge seating areas with couches and chairs. Placing these groupings near the dance floor will allow your guests to rest their feet while still feeling like they can partake in the fun of your reception.
Lavishness Linens
To achieve the Hollywood look it is important not to settle for your venue's traditional white tablecloth. With your linens you can add style and glam. Today there are hundreds of fabrics and colors to choose from. Layer multiple fabrics, like embroidered organza with chenille or layer tablecloths with lush silks or sheer velvets.
Customized Lighting
Nothing can transform your reception like great lighting. Customized lighting can change the entire look of a space. For the Hollywood look use opulent chandeliers saturated in Swarovski crystals and accent lighting in amber or gold tones. To continue with the theme I suggest using an array of candles. Not only will your reception atmosphere glow, your guests will look even more radiant under this warm light. When it is time for the dance to start, you can create a club like atmosphere with red or blue lighting.
Bountiful Flowers
Beautiful flowers will turn any wedding into something spectacular! With a Hollywood-themed wedding, flowers are not only important, but essential. Nothing gives the feeling of lavishness and glamour than rich, bountiful blooms. To achieve the Hollywood look, I suggest using soft romantic blooms, like peonies, hydrangeas, roses, and ranunculus. Add a touch of the exotic with phalaenopsis or vanda orchids. It is important to minimize the use of filler flowers and greens to achieve the rich Hollywood theme. Finally, use a variety of centerpieces in various sizes to create tablescapes that will not only transform your reception but leave a lasting impression.
Sparkling Details
The cliché saying "it's all in the details" is definitely true for a Hollywood-themed wedding. Hollywood does not do anything half way and neither should you. I believe it is all in the layering of the details. For example, carry metallic shimmer throughout your event by incorporating mercury glass vases, napkin rings, chargers and framed photos. Combine these items with sparkling crystals from chandeliers, candle sticks, and beaded strands. Continue layering with accents of feathers in your bouquets and centerpieces. Finally add reflective element with mirrors strategically placed throughout your reception. By layering these elements throughout your wedding you will create a magical Hollywood event that no one will soon forget.
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Sandra Bernhard
Sandra Bernhard: No, not at all, of course not. If I don't do this people don't know I'm coming, and it becomes counterproductive to my work.
I'm a quarter of the way through an awkward phone interview with Bernhard, a woman whose persona is impossible to describe without relying on clichés or descriptions that have been used 1,000 times before: "Gay icon," "sassy," "scathing social commentator," blah, blah, blah.
So I'm trying to ask intelligent questions, ones that won't result in my having to rely on those words or their synonyms, but the only thing taking up all the squishy space in my brain is a mantra:
This is weird, this is weird, this is weird...
Music writers and entertainment writers join with musicians and entertainers in the strange dance of interviews all the time. Generally it manifests in 15 minutes of artificial conversation on the phone, a back-and-forth as contrived and difficult as a first date, only worse because you already know the other person's stories. If you do your research, you'll find that there are very few questions that, say, Ellen DeGeneres hasn't been asked, and it's impossible to dig deeply in 15 rushed minutes—20, if you're lucky—especially when you can hear them checking their e-mail while you're talking. But it's a tacit agreement: They have something they have to promote, so they're nice to you (most of the time) and patiently answer. And you have space to fill in a newspaper/magazine/Web site, and if the name on the other line is big enough, you have another feather in your cap, getting you one step closer to that dream job at The New York Times/Vanity Fair/Salon.com, so you do your best.
I gotta give props to Bernhard. She is gracious and as sharply intelligent as she always seems on television and also pretty freakin' honest and not disappointing. "This is something [interviews] I've been doing for years, and you connect with some people, you don't connect with other people, but you try to get the information across and make it as fun and interesting as possible," she says.
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The information, in this case, is that Bernhard is bringing her new show, Everything Bad and Beautiful, to Dallas this week, a show, she says, that "is very captivating and a reflection of the times culturally, politically and musically. And this is something I love to do, and I think I'm a great performer, and I haven't been to Dallas in a while. It's been kind of funny, I've tried to play Texas in the past few years, but since the whole Bush administration took over, it's been a little bit convoluted."
OK, still weird, but we're kind of rolling now...
I ask how something like the songs she chooses to interweave in her shows connect with a specifically political theme. "They're not always related so directly. I think sometimes, you know, you're driving across Texas having a conversation with a friend and all of a sudden a song comes on that can be a punctuation to an emotional moment. It's operatic too. I like to weave things in and out without really saying anything about it at all."
I notice, going back through my research of interviews and articles, that most writers speak more about themselves than Bernhard in the pieces they write. I've done it here too, without even really noticing. And that, to me, actually speaks to what must be the core of Bernhard's cultural resonance: While much of it centers on skewering vapid public figures and the idiocy of much of popular culture, it has a deeply personal effect on a lot of people. Speaking with her, you want to say, Did you know the first time I kissed another girl was after we saw your movie? Did you know that the fact you totally love old Heart songs is the coolest thing ever? She's one of those public figures about whom people have friendship fantasies—If only we could spend some time together, I really think she'd get me—which indicates her art is more than performance or comedy or music. But it's so layered in intricacies and interplay between artifice and genuineness, it's impossible to pinpoint the transcendent moment. Which is what makes it so much fun. And which also makes 15 minutes an impossibly hopeless amount of time to understand any of it.


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These remarks by faculty member Deb Harrison were delivered on Sept. 13 in Lawrence Auditorium: Good evening! For those of you who don't know me, I teach a few biology courses in the Science Department and coach squash, and am here to share a few recollections from the Gleason years. So let's turn back the calendar just a tiny bit:
The date: Late March 1981.
The venue: ESG's office.
The event: a job interview for a position in the Nobles Science Department.
The candidate: a young teacher from Pomfret School, whose colleague, Charlie Putnam, had encouraged her to think about an opening at Nobles. The candidate was me.
The interview conversation that day unfolded as it probably had for others before me who'd also found themselves sitting in the headmaster's office at that school with a castle. A little bit of airtime was given to the nuts and bolts of teaching biology, advising kids, doing dorm duty, and coaching squash and lacrosse.The rest of our chat, however, meandered through other topics, mostly about connections to people, mostly involving stories.
We enjoyed comparing notes about traveling: My trip in Scotland for a few weeks with Pomfret students had ended just several days before I set foot in Ted's office, and was the catalyst for Ted to share the story of his memorable trip years before, driving through Scotland with his sister, Persis.
Further into our chat, Ted lit right up upon mention of my upcoming summer job at Exeter, and that triggered more conversation and more stories.And along the way as we talked, I learned that there were quite a few Nobles-Pomfret connections, and secretly hoped I'd end up being one of them.
By some stroke of luck a few weeks later, a good old fashioned letter arrived via snail mail. Within it was my first Nobles contract. My Nobles journey officially began about five months later during an annual ritual known as a faculty retreat, and the rest, as they say, is history.
Neophyte that I was, the concept of a faculty retreat was foreign to me, but what was readily apparent on day 1 was the value placed on collegial time together, that my new boss placed a high priority on the notion of community and family, and that this was a warm, welcoming place.Oh, yes, and I realized that I'd need to learn the words to a song called "God is Love."
Memorable from those six years in which my tenure overlapped with Ted's headship were many other moments that reinforced that community and family ethic. The Gleasons' house in its new location now sits next to my house on campus. As I walk by their house each day during my commute to and from school, every so often I fondly recall the warm welcome extended by Anne Gleason when she and Ted hosted numerous faculty events in that very same white house, especially the ones during my first year here.
Our faculty meetings were held in the Memorial Room, when the faculty was actually small enough to fit into such a cozy space. And that magical gathering known as Morning Assembly started off most school days, beginning just as this one did with the ringing of Ted's iconic bell.
On occasion, Ted would drop in and visit a class that was underway—he loved being in the classroom, loved teaching, and placed high value on the relationships that developed between students and teachers.
We were referred to by our initials back then—ESG was especially interested in middle initials, as well as middle names. I suspect that a number of present and past faculty members in this room can still rattle off the initials of many of their colleagues from those days—I know I can.
Periodically, Ted retold a favorite story to the faculty from his childhood days at Squam Lake, about a broken small outboard motor
and the man who was able to magically repair it. It's one that we now
enjoy hearing Senior Master Nick Nickerson relate every so often.
Ted's message through that tale was about believing in one another, or as he articulated it, about finding hope in one another–his version
of Spes Sibi Quisque. As I grew to understand what comprised the fabric of this community, that indelible message was one of its most integral threads.
From this stage and elsewhere, whenever the wisdom of ESG was shared, its focus on caring for others resonated and stuck with me. It was evident through our blossoming community service program, as well as at the heart of what Ted said about simply being a community member of character. He was talking about stewardship, about giving one's time and talents, reaching out to build relationships while caring for others. I saw that as another integral thread in the sturdy fabric of this place.
Ted communicated loudly and clearly the importance of passionate commitment to the school's mission, passion for one's subject matter, for the magic and growth that happen in a classroom or through athletics or service or the arts, passion for being with and understanding kids, and for making a genuine commitment to the community that Ted referred to as a family—more essential threads
ESG wove into the fabric of what made and still makes this such a special place. As I settled in and came to know the story of my new school, I learned more about Ted's role in its coeducation. That mattered a lot to me. You see, as Ted and Nobles welcomed girls into the upper school in the fall of 1974, my own senior year of high school was also beginning, elsewhere. I am part of the same generation for whom Ted led Nobles in taking a very important next step in its history. As a graduate of a previously all male college that had pretty recently taken the plunge into coeducation, also not long after Title 9 was passed, and as Pomfret's very first female science teacher, this stuff was important to me.
In September of my second year here, coeducation became a reality for the Nobles middle school, another important step for Nobles led by Ted. A memorable point on this school's timeline, it was the moment when a dynamic, bright, talented new member of Class V named Beth Reilly first found her seat in a morning assembly in this space and began her Nobles career. Who knew then that today she'd be Bob Henderson's boss?
There are 11 current faculty members whom Ted hired, who are still teaching, coaching, and working with kids in numerous other capacities at Nobles. According to my humble calculations, that's over 360 collective years of service to the school… over 360 years of weaving and strengthening those threads of what Ted stood for and hoped for, in the vital fabric of this community, honoring his timeless legacy.
Thank you.


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Amid Unrest, Egyptian Christians Fear for Their Future
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Christians in Egypt increasingly live in fear of discrimination and persecution, and political change may not be a change for the better.
Some Christian demonstrators were seen praying peacefully with Muslims, as protests gripped Tahrir Square in Cairo. But with an uprising in the streets and upheaval in the government, Egypt's Christians, who make up about 10 percent of the population, aren't likely to end up with someone in power as tolerant of them as even President Hosni Mubarak has been.
"I don't believe Mubarak is a good man, but he's at least ten times better than the Muslim Brotherhood is," a popular tweeter named Maged told FoxNews.Com. "Imagine if they took control with American approval."
The Muslim Brotherhood is a radical Islamic group that in recent years has tried to tone down its extreme image in search of a greater role in the Egyptian social and political structure, but some argue that the group never really shed its extremist past.
Maged described an ascendant Muslim Brotherhood as the "mother of all fears," a nightmare for Christians: "About 90 percent of the population here believes that slitting our throats is their way to heaven."
Already, the uprising has led to new attacks on Egyptian Christians. A church in Rafah, near Egypt's border with Gaza, was hit with a firebomb, but the church was empty and no one was injured.
Two days later, not far from Cairo, 11 members of two Christian families were killed in a brutal attack in which four others were wounded. That attack, which has not been widely reported in the mainstream media, apparently took place because of the lax security situation at the time.
Egypt has the largest Christian community in the Mideast. But life has not been easy for Egyptian Christians under Mubarak, as they complained of discrimination and at times persecution. The new year began with a bombing at a Coptic Christian church in Alexandria that left 23 dead.
While the Copts and other Christians may not have gotten the protection they needed under Mubarak, the situation will almost certainly be worse if the Muslim Brotherhood takes control of the country.
"The Muslim Brotherhood has a long-term commitment to establishing an Islamic state under Shariah rule in Egypt," Nina Shea, Director of the Center for Religious Freedom at the Hudson Institute, told FoxNews.Com. "The Copts and other Christians should be worried. They would be reduced to 'dhimmi' status – denied the right to celebrate Christmas and weddings or otherwise publicly display their faith."
Shea continued: "Christians would be defined by the state to be a dangerous fifth column." And she predicts there would be a mass exodus of Christians, similar to the one in Iraq. Given the size of the Christian population in Egypt, Shea noted "this would be tantamount to the end of religious diversity and pluralism in the Middle East and would inevitably lead to a deepening of Islamic radicalization."


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Daydream XI: "The Guts of Hell" single and video released
Brazilian progressive/power metallers DAYDREAM XI posted online their new single, entitled "The Guts of Hell", and also a video featuring footage from the recording sessions.
About the new song the group comments: "This 'The Guts of Hell' single shows a little bit what people can expect from Daydream XI in the next records. We picked it as a single because it is straightforward, fast and heavy song. The video was made with footage from the recording sessions and it was produced by us. We are working hard with 7-string guitars and developing things from what we did so far. The songs are heavier and have more progressive elements than 'Humanity's Prologue' EP, but still have all the characteristics that define us."
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Investigators in Orange County are looking into the business dealings of a man and woman who were shot to death inside their multimillion-dollar home in San Juan Capistrano over the weekend.
The killings have shocked this normally quiet mission town, where violent crime is rare and homicides even rarer.
Bradford and Andra Sachs were found dead at home early Saturday. An 8-year-old boy believed to be their son was also found shot and remains hospitalized. Two teenage girls, believed to be their daughters, were in the house at the time but were not hurt.
Since they arrived at the scene just before 2 a.m. Saturday, Orange County sheriff's investigators said they have searched for clues as to what happened to the couple, who had been divorced for years but still lived together. No suspects have been identified and no arrests have been made.
"We're exploring all possibilities to include any past business dealings or relationships," said Lt. Jeff Hallock, a spokesman for the Orange County Sheriff's Department.
The Sachses lived in an exclusive neighborhood in a large, modern home protected by a tall metal gate. Over the years, public records show, they owned and ran myriad businesses and were landlords in San Juan Capistrano.
Some who knew them described the couple as kind and encouraging.
"They were always nice, courteous and helpful to us," said Chris Knuth, who rented office space from the Sachses.
Others said they were secretive, unfriendly and had a history of difficult business dealings.
Ken Baum rented office space from the couple about two years ago and said they appeared to be hiding from someone.
"They immediately told me, 'Make sure that nobody knows who we are, that you don't know us,'" he said.
The couple kept an office next door to Baum's business, Biodynamax, a sports training facility, but "they didn't want anybody to know that they were in that little office door.... They always had it locked," he said.
Andra Sachs was difficult to work with, Baum said. But, he added, "I never thought anybody would try to kill her, my God.... Never in my wildest dream did I think this might happen."
Robb Protheroe, owner of Plug-In Supply, which develops battery packs used to convert hybrid cars into plug-in hybrids, said his dealings with the couple left him with years of legal troubles.
In 2009, he formed a company with the Sachses called Plug In Solutions to manufacture and sell his products. But in less than five months, he said, he noticed that the couple were not paying contractors, suppliers and others.
"It became obvious to me that they were not legitimate businesspeople, so I severed the relationship," he said.
After that, the Sachses continued selling battery packs that he said were poorly built.
According to court records, in 2010 Plug In Solutions sold a conversion kit for a Toyota Prius to an Orange County woman. Six months later, the car began having problems, and a year later it caught fire while she was driving. The suit was settled out of court. It was just one of multiple suits filed in state court against the couple and their businesses in recent years.
Neighbor Patty Bonin said the Sachses were "just really nice people" who could be seen riding bikes in the neighborhood or heading off on vacations in their RV.
"I saw Andra about a week ago," Bonin said. "She and I passed on the way and waved. Nothing seemed to be wrong."