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The Conference on Disarmament this morning held the first public plenary of the second part of its 2014 session, hearing statements by its President, Algeria and Kyrgyzstan.
Ambassador Toshio Sano of Japan, President of the Conference on Disarmament, said during the previous session, the Conference had agreed on two initial steps for this year: the re-establishment of the informal working group on a programme of work and an agreement on a schedule of activities. Whether the Conference on Disarmament could respond to expectations from the outside depended on its Member States making the best use of these instruments. The President said he had held consultations with the Ambassador of Ecuador, co-chair of the informal working group, and with the Ambassador of Australia, vice-co-chair of the group, during the intersessional period. The P6 also met with the co-chair and vice-co-chair yesterday. Afterwards, the co-chair and vice-co-chair circulated their ideas for the consideration of the Conference in search for a compromise regarding a programme of work, and these ideas would be discussed at the open-ended meeting of the informal working group, which would be held on Monday, 19 May, at 3 p.m.
As for the schedule of activities, Ambassador Sano said the informal substantive meetings on various topics would start next week. To guarantee an environment for the delegates to speak with maximum frankness, the discussion would be conducted among the Member and Observer States in a closed meeting. The meetings would be held in the Council Chamber and would be chaired by the various coordinators. The discussion on the first topic, nuclear disarmament, would commence on Wednesday, 21 May, and would be chaired by the Ambassador of Egypt who would circulate a work plan.
Algeria said it wished the Conference could have agreed on a more ambitious programme of activities, but still welcomed the adoption of the decisions to establish the informal working group and the adoption of the informal timetable of activities. The President had indicated that only Member and Observer States would attend the meetings, but as they would be informal, Algeria believed it would be useful to bring in civil society and non-governmental organizations which were active in this area and authorize them to attend these meetings, in order to benefit from their wisdom and expertise.
Ambassador Sano of Japan said that in principle, he wanted to respect each of the coordinators' views on how to structure each discussion. He was not yet aware of the coordinators' work plans, and he did not have the total picture. At this moment, he did not feel it necessary to make a general rule regarding the participation of civil society, but he believed that this might be useful or helpful to stimulate the discussions. He would rely on the decision of each coordinator on this matter.
Kyrgyzstan, speaking on behalf of the five State parties to the Central Asian Nuclear Weapons Free Zone Treaty, said on May 6, in the margins of the third session of the Preparatory Committee for the 2015 Review Conference of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, France, China, Russian Federation, United Kingdom and United States signed the legally binding Protocol to the Treaty on Nuclear Weapon Free Zone in Central Asia, thus providing security assurances not to use or threaten to use nuclear weapons against the Treaty parties: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. This would serve the purpose of fostering the nuclear disarmament process and promoting global security. The Treaty on Nuclear Weapon Free Zone in Central Asia complemented the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and enhanced the international non-proliferation regime by prohibiting, among other things, the development and testing of nuclear weapons within Central Asia. This was another landmark accomplishment in the global non-proliferation regime and disarmament. This was the first time in history that the Protocol to the Treaty had been signed by all nuclear-weapon States simultaneously, and it was hoped that the P5 States would ratify the Protocol to the Treaty in the nearest future.
At the beginning of the meeting, the Conference agreed to a request from Costa Rica to attend the meetings of the 2014 session of the Conference as an observer.
The second part of the 2014 session of the Conference opened on Monday, 12 May and will continue until 27 June.
The next public plenary of the Conference will be held at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, 20 May, during which it will hear statements by Michael Møller, Acting Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva; Canada on the work of the group of governmental experts on possible aspects that could contribute to but not negotiate a treaty banning the production of fissile material for nuclear weapons or other nuclear weapon explosive devices; Costa Rica on the work of the open-ended working group to develop proposals to take forward multilateral nuclear disarmament negotiations for the achievement and maintenance of a world without nuclear weapons; France on the work of the Convention on Conventional Weapons informal meeting of experts on lethal autonomous weapons systems; and Russia on the work of the group of governmental experts on transparency and confidence building measures in outer space activities.
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Episode number: 2x10
Airdate: Tuesday August 27th, 2013
Director: Kenneth Biller
Writer: Amanda Green
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Chelsea Ricketts
As Young Miranda
Corey Brill
As Former National Guard Captain
Dan Lauria
As Joe Moretti
Enisha Brewster
As Gabrielle Blair
Gil McKinney
As Bryan Murphy
Graham Beckel
As Colonel
Hunter Jackson
As Anthony Hicks
John Heard
As Congressman Evan Rickford
Lex Shontz
As Larry McPhee
Lindsay Pulsipher
As Kendra Murphy
Logan Bartholomew
As Blake Rickford
Perrey Reeves
As Miranda Stiles
Pippa Black
As Wendy Burrell
Scott Wolf
As Donald 'Donnie' Ryan
Shane Coffey
As D. J. (as young Daniel J. Pierce)
Al Coronel
As Carlos
Ashanti Brown
As Valerie Blair
CCH Pounder
As FBI Psychiatrist
Kevin Weisman
As Todd Erlich
Michelle Ang
As Former National Guardwoman
Miguel Perez
As Judge James Cabrera
Eric McCormack
As Dr. Daniel Pierce
Rachael Leigh Cook
As FBI Agent Katherine Rose "Kate" Moretti
Kelly Rowan
As Natalie Vincent / Caroline Newsome
Arjay Smith
As Max Lewicki
LeVar Burton
As Paul Haley
|• Creator
|Kenneth Biller  | Mike Sussman
|• Executive Producer
|Kenneth Biller
|• Co-Executive Producer
|Sean Whitesell  | Amanda Green  | Mike Sussman
|• Supervising Producer
|Jonathan Abrahams
|• Producer
|Jason Ning  | Eric McCormack  | Mark Ovitz
|• Co-Producer
|Cleve Landsberg
|• Associate Producer
|Tim Scanlan
|• Production Designer
|Stephen Storer
|• Editor
|Anthony Miller
|• Casting
|Manny Fernandez  | Mary Jo Slater
|• Unit Production Manager
|Cleve Landsberg
|• First Assistant Director
|Todd Michael Amateau
|• Second Assistant Director
|Katie Carroll
|• Music
|Tree Adams
|• Music Editor
|Jessica Harrison
|• Costume Designer
|Julia Schklair
|• Key Grip
|Chuck Crivier
|• Camera Operator
|Richard Merryman  | Barnaby Shapiro
|• Set Decorator
|Wanda 'Beau' Peterson
|• Location Manager
|Greg Lazzaro
|• Transportation Coordinator
|Wayne Williams (2)
|• Property Master
|Christopher Amy
|• Construction Coordinator
|Daniel Turk
|• Production Sound Mixer
|David Yaffe
|• Script Supervisor
|Rebecca Poulos
|• Production Coordinator
|Pamela Jaeckle
|• Assistant Editor
|Christopher Petrus
|• Post Production Supervisor
|Gerrit Furutani
|• Supervising Sound Editor
|Michael Mullane
|• Re-Recording Mixer
|Keith Rogers (1)  | Scott Weber
|• Gaffer
|Derrick Kolus
|• Director of Photography
|John B. Aronson
|• Executive Story Editor
|Nicki Paluga
|• Costume Supervisor
|Scott O'Leary
|• Production Accountant
|Gina Hendrick
|• Production Staff
|Mo Stemen  | Ali Gordon-Goldstein  | Katie O'Connell  | Zuzanna Cernik  | Dennis Curlett
|• Technical Consultant
|Dr. David Eagleman
|• Dept. Head Make-up Artist
|Kathleen Crawford
|• Dept. Head Hair Stylist
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I need to take weekly report of members using crontab in fedora core 6.
I updated this line in etc/crontab
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then in comand prompt I gave as
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but still not getting report in the mail
If i give 10 then i need to get report every ten minutes.
What is wrong in it? I am not getting report.
All php script written in the weeklyreport.php and it resides in root.
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May 31, 2016
In a report to U.S. Magistrate Jerry Davis, MDOC said in an affidavit Monday that improvements such as providing ice water and fans to inmates on Unit 32, which includes death row, would be costly and cause unnecessary security risks.
Davis ordered improvements in several areas at the unit after agreeing with the American Civil Liberties Union that existing conditions faced by death row inmates amounted to cruel and unusual punishment.
Davis' May ruling came in a lawsuit filed on behalf of inmates at the Parchman prison who say they are daily subjected to excessive heat, human excrement, biting insects and the ranting of psychotic prisoners.
The ACLU has 12 days to respond MDOC's filing.
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Pratt & Whitney Provides Turbines for Peaking Plants
Pratt & Whitney Power Systems has received an order for 11 of its FT8 Swiftpac units from the North Carolina Electric Membership Corporation for installation at two sites in the U.S. state of North Carolina. The 11 units will be used as peaking plants, providing a combined output of 620 MW of reserve energy during periods of high electricity demand. Each Swiftpac will be equipped with two Pratt & Whitney FT8-3 engines. The FT8-3 provides 15% more power and lower operating costs than the current FT8-1 through the use of improved material and coating technologies, according to the company. In addition to providing the gas turbine generator sets, Pratt & Whitney Power Systems will oversee engineering, procurement and construction responsibilities for both plants. Commercial operations are scheduled to begin in for 2007.


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HTML has always had the ability to jump to locations on a page, provided the target element has an
id attribute, via a technique known as anchor links.
However, this movement is instantaneous. For the sake of appearance, a site's design sometimes calls for a smooth or slowed scroll to a point on a page.
Historically, this was achieved with JQuery, but it's overkill to load a framework just for one technique. Modern JavaScript provides a more efficient, native alternative, in the form of the
window.scrollTo method.
A standard anchor link is used as the basis of the technique: that way, if the JavaScript doesn't work for any reason, the page will still go to the targeted location.
Click me: I'm smoooooth.

This is the target, further down the page.
Then, the
body needs to have a
scroll-behavior of
smooth applied in CSS:
body {
scroll-behavior: smooth;
Finally, the JavaScript, added to the bottom so it doesn't block execution on the rest of the page. I've expanded the code slightly from the promised five lines for clarity:
var anchorLink = document.querySelector("a[href^='#']");
var target = document.getElementById("destination");
anchorLink.addEventListener("click", function(el) {
if (window.scrollTo) {
window.scrollTo(0, target.offsetTop);
querySelector uses a CSS attribute selector to find the first link that targets a URL beginning with
#; clicking on this link initiates a test that the browser supports the
scrollTo method. If it does,
el.preventDefault stops the browser from immediately jumping to the anchor, and uses the
scrollTo method to get there instead, smoothed by the earlier CSS declaration.
In comparison to a framework, this syntax is far simpler; the one downside is that it doesn't allow the designer to change the timing function or scroll movement, to avoid abuses.
Abstracting the Script
The script as shown works well, but the approach demands that you know the name of the target in advance, and it can only be applied to one link. What if you want to have a series of links to different targets on the same page, with smooth scrolling between all of them? In that case, we need a little abstraction.
Because we're referencing a
nodeList, I'm going to start with a small helper function that will allow me to address the links in a
forEach loop:
var forEach = function (array, callback, scope) {
for (var i = 0; i < array.length; i++) {
callback.call(scope, i, array[i]);
Next, I'll gather all the anchor links together, find what they address, and apply
scrollTo when they are clicked on:
var anchorLinks = document.querySelectorAll("a[href^='#']");
if (window.scrollTo) {
forEach(anchorLinks, function(index, element) {
var target = document.getElementById(element.getAttribute("href").substring(1));
element.addEventListener("click", function(el) {
window.scrollTo(0, target.offsetTop);
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scroll-behavior to be placed on the
body tag.
Browser support
The one issue with this approach at this point in time is browser compatibility:
window.scrollTo works in the latest versions of Chrome and Firefox, but not (yet) in Safari, Opera, or Internet Explorer. But because we've built the script on the principles of progressive enhancement, those browsers will still jump to the correct location on click using this script: they just won't exhibit the smooth scroll behaviour.
This technique is often combined with elements that are are "sticky", i.e. elements that scroll with the page until they reach the top of the viewport, where they "stick" in place. This is also commonly achieved with a framework, but modern CSS can accomplish it easily all by itself. I'll cover that in the next article.


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Part of the reason for this move is because he'll be term limited from running for mayor again.
Another reason, he said, is "You don't know who might run if you don't."
I'll be meeting with Dirksen Wednesday during lunch, when he can break away from his full-time day job as a design engineer. I'll ask for a reflection on his tenure as mayor, including the Bull Mountain saga, as well as what he hopes to bring to Metro Council. Look for a full story Thursday, when Dirksen is set to make his official announcement.
Back at the Tigard City Council meeting, Councilor Marland Henderson called Dirksen a "good fit" for Metro. Henderson then also said he would "probably" make a run for mayor.


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There are some outgoing staff accounts we want to merge into an archive account before we delete them, however, we found that we have problem importing some huge account despite having sufficient storage in this archive account. We suspect that the maximum file size restriction is causing this problem. Anyone experienced this as well?
We proceed to do the manual method by sharing their mailboxes and briefcases etc into the archive account to transfer them group by group. However, we also found that we are not able to transfer any file greater than 10MB despite we have configured maximum file sizes to 50MB. We manage to overcome this when we configure email message size from 10MB to 50MB! Thus, we believe that we have found a bug! Please vote for this at: Bug 76684 – Briefcase file size limit
Is this the right behavior? This means the briefcase maximum size has followed the MTA message size instead of the one configured under General Information?


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This bag reminded me of a school girls bag but a little smaller than expected.its nice and the style is as pictured but it is just a bit smaller than expected. Also the big itself without anything in it is kinda heavy too. But that's expected for the price.
Great bag to have if you want to achieve a preppy 90's look straight out from the movie "Clueless". The black faux-leather backpacks that's been trending nowadays have caught my eye, but I wanted something a bit different buy getting this, as it's a more structured rectangle compared to its slouchy counterparts.
The leather is quite thick and seems very durable. I just received this in the mail today, which was quite a shock considering the fact that I ordered this less than a week ago. This was smaller than expected but is big enough to hold the basic necessities of a regular purse or something similar to that. I wouldn't recommend this using as a school backpack due to it's size. It's adorable and can easily be paired with almost any outfit!
The faux leather of the bag is great quality and thick, so makes the bag very durable. The bag was smaller than I expected but it holds exactly what I need for an everyday bag. The straps of the bag are quite thin, but they have lasted quite some time so far, which is good, as long as they don't tear. I love the design, its very simple and classic, easy to match with outfits, I get compliments when I wear this!
Extremely well made bag! I love how it looks and its construction is quite lovely. Definitely would recommend!
This is my Christmas present to my mom I hope she likes it. I hope my sister doesn't find out or she'll want it.
The Bag I bought, looked exactly like it looked in the picture but the quality was even better. Though so happy with the product, from ordering it took a whole month to get to my front door. The expected shipping came to plan. Very Happy with the Product - that i give 5 stars!


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June 1, 2016
During this legislative session, Mississippi lawmakers will consider a bill to move Medicaid funding for nursing home services into a fund for home-based assisted living. This change is what some have called a "win-win situation."
"We feel pretty strongly that anybody that can live independently at home should be able to do so. And it's a fairly novel approach to healthcare," said Rep. Steve Holland of District 16.
With this change to Medicaid, supporters say Mississippi taxpayers win. It costs an average of $52,000 a year to place someone in a nursing facility, compared to $20,000 a year for home based care.
The patients win because they can enjoy a higher level of freedom than in a facility.
"It promotes that patient to be able to independently take care of themselves as long as they can," said Tal Robinson of Sta-Home Healthcare.
Many patients find the comforts of home to be the best place for recovery. Some patients can even choose to go to work. This level of independence alone can be a form of therapy.
"You can certainly prove that patients, especially acute care patients, where they may be coming out of the hospital into the home setting. They will do better and heal quicker," Robinson said.
Currently, Senate Bill 2582 has been referred to the Appropriations Committee for review.
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Mad Men Star Disses "Highly Unprofessional" Jeremy Piven — Here's Why
Remember when Jeremy Piven dropped out of the Broadway play Speed-the-Plow due to mercury poisoning? It turned into "Sushi-Gate" and one of his play co-stars, Elisabeth Moss, talked about it Thursday on Watch What Happens Live.
Bravo's Andy Cohen asked the Mad Men star, "What, besides eating too much sushi, caused Jeremy Piven to quit Speed-the-Plow?"
"That's a good one. I could go on and on," Elisabeth answered (via RadarOnline), before adding with a smile, "Being highly unprofessional." The actress explained what it was like from the cast's perspective. "We were all surprised. It came out of nowhere. He just didn't come back one day." She added that she ran into Jeremy only a few weeks later at the Golden Globe Awards, even though "he was supposed to be really sick."
Too sick for Broadway, not too sick for an awards show. See, this is why we love 1) Watch What Happens Live and 2) Elisabeth Moss, who was equally frank a while back when discussing her ex-husband Frank Armisen. Tell us what you really think!
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MORGANTOWN - Keith Patterson sat in the Milan Puskar center at a loss for words.
The West Virginia defensive coordinator couldn't explain what happened to his unit in a 47-40 overtime loss to Texas on Saturday night.
''I don't know how to describe it,'' Patterson said. ''We have people in position to make plays and for whatever reason we don't. I don't know how to fix it, really.
''First half we got them in third down and got them off the field. Second half we got them in third down, then put them in fourth down with the game on the line. I sent in the same exact call, fixing to hit the quarterback, (then we) back up and let them catch it right at the sticks. It's frustrating.''
What's more frustrating is the fact that during a stretch in the second half, Texas converted eight third downs in a row.
''They did the same thing (they were doing in the first half), it's just us not executing,'' safety Darwin Cook said. ''We were there, just didn't make the play. (Texas) made more plays than us.''
At halftime, the Longhorns were 1 of 9 on third down. They finished 10 of 23.
''I don't even know how to explain it,'' Patterson said. ''At some point in the second half, you just have to make plays. You've got to get them off the field.''
The unit seemed to when it counted most after two West Virginia turnovers set Texas up at the Mountaineers 7. On both occasions the defense held tight, pushing the Longhorns back a yard on their first attempt and holding them to a yard on the second.
Shot yardage situations weren't the only area where the unit saw success.
Texas entered the game averaging over 200 rushing yards per game, but finished with 152, just 37 at halftime.
''They realized they couldn't run the ball on us,'' Patterson said. ''We were very physical on them up front. The only run they had in the first half was a bust on us.''
Once Texas did realize, however, it decided to put the ball in the air, something the Mountaineers weren't completely prepared for.
''We didn't anticipate them throwing it 50 times,'' WVU coach Dana Holgorsen said. ''(Case) McCoy did a good job and just continues to get better and better.''
It was evident as the game progressed.
McCoy started 9 of 20 for 86 yards, but by the end of the game, he was 25 of 47 for 267.
''For the first time all season I felt like the defense totally let (the offense) down,'' nose guard Shaq Rowell said. ''If you were to tell me before the game we were going to put up 40 points, I would have guaranteed a victory.
''Texas wanted it more. We came out in the first half and got four turnovers. In the second we didn't have any. We got outplayed, out coached, all that.''
The thing now is, the Mountaineers have to put the loss behind them. With two games left, West Virginia could still qualify for a bowl berth.
History isn't on the Mountaineers' side, though.
They haven't won back-to-back games all season and the last time the defense had a poor outing, i.e. Baylor, it took them weeks to recover.
This time, they have six days.
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It was clear it referred to the classical three-act structure of the film -- Longley first follows an orphaned 11-year-old boy in Baghdad's Sunni neighborhood, then conservative Shiite militia members in the south and finally a Kurdish farmer in the north. And that structure was part of what made the film so special among the increasing number of Iraq-related documentaries that had been already begun coming forth since Michael Moore's 2004 Fahrenheit 9/11.
Not so much journalistic or -- so it seemed then -- political, Iraq in Fragments was literary and artful, egoless in favor of constructing memorable short stories.
It won the Best Documentary award at Sundance as well as honors for its smooth editing and strikingly rich high-definition-video cinematography.
It also was nominated for an Academy Award this year as Best Documentary.
Now, with just a little more time and distance, it's evident the film has a strong political meaning that's reflected in its very title. Iraq, itself, is in fragments -- divided into the three disparate worlds observed by Longley. And it is the disastrous war brought to the nation by President Bush's administration -- a war that stays in the background in the film, although it is frequently discussed -- that has caused that.
In its own poetic way, Iraq in Fragments reaches the same point as Moore's polemical Fahrenheit -- what a mess we caused! That Iraq in Fragments isn't polemical is what makes it deserving of attention. But it also leads to its one weakness -- a flagging dramatic arc that a passive directorial voice can't enliven when it needs to.
Working on his own over two years, patiently using a fly-on-the-wall vérité approach where he'd spend time winning trust from subjects until something happened, Longley tried to be an observer rather than a shaper of action. His filmmaking model is Frederick Wiseman more than the post-Moore Young Turks like Morgan Spurlock.
In the first "fragment," he follows the boy Mohammed Haithem, who works as an apprentice to a Sunni auto mechanic. There are plenty of occasions for Longley to hear what the men at the car garage and elsewhere think about the war and its resultant chaos -- they're his Iraqi Chorus.
But they actually take a back seat to Mohammed. His story has Dickensian dimensions as it's revealed the mechanic is not kindly to him. And, as Baghdad has gotten so much more dangerous since this was filmed, one wonders his fate now.
The second "fragment" is the most overtly political one and also the most exciting -- one marvels at Longley's access to its subjects and his ability to survive them without getting killed. In Shiite southern Iraq, he follows around the Islamic religious zealots of Muqtada al-Sadr's Mahdi Army.
This section is tense and furiously paced and Longley's camerawork becomes more urgently pulsating and on the run to keep up with the men. The highlight comes when they raid liquor sellers in Nasariyah trying to take advantage of the new "democratic" Iraq. The zealots are sure of themselves and all the more dangerous for it.
The third "fragment" is intended to be poetic in the pastoral, quietly lonely tone of recent Iranian films. In the Kurdish north, Longley follows a farm family somewhat sheltered from the passions and violence of Shiite-Sunni warfare. Here the day for a father and son revolves around sheep-herding and brick-making. It is the separateness itself that makes this story fit into the film's larger picture. But it doesn't have the drive or obvious relevancy of what came before.
By the way, there was an outstanding documentary about Iraq at this year's Sundance -- Charles Ferguson's No End in Sight, which won a Special Jury Prize for painstakingly tracing how U.S. policy decisions after the 2003 invasion led to the Iraq in Fragments that exists today. Be sure to see that, too, when it comes around. Grade: B+
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im 19 years old and i think i may b preggo. me n the boy who would b my baby father strtd messin around a month after i lost ma virginity(07) and it was jus a casual thing. so in sept of tht year we had unprotected sex on ma b-day and wen i thought i was preggo i told him and he was not at all happy.. he told me to get an abortion and he would pay for it. i was relieved when i found out i wasn't.. so in may of 2008 we strtd messin around again.within those couple of months i found out he had a girlfriend and a son who was born march of 08. soundz kinda slutty but we kept messin around. soo on aug.17 me and him had sex.i was sure we used a condom.. on sept 7 i got my period but it lasted longer then usual.. its oct 19 and ma period is still not here.. i was feeling jus fine up until lik..2 dayz ago..until i realized it hadn't came.now im nauseous..i lost my appetite for ma favortie foodz..yet im always hungry..i sumtimes feel lik ma perios is gonna come but it doesn't..and now im nervous.it will 6 weeks on thursday since I've had any kind of menstrual flow. and i red that is tecnically a missed period.and that right now it is just late. me and my 'potential' baby father are not really on speaking terms (plus he already has a girlfriend] so i don't kno if i should tell him or not..also..i start college in the january and i am still at home wit ma momz. idk for sure but there is a 98% chance that she still thinks im a virgin.. i don't wanna ask her to take me to git a pregnancy test b/c if im not preggo she's neva gonna trust me again.. plus the fact that the boy who would b my baby's father has a child already..and has noo intentions of being in my life doesn't make it any easier to share with her. the rest of ma family is always placing her on this high pedastool saying that she thinks she's better than them b/c she goes to church and even if though this is not tru..i kno tht it will hurt her even more b/c she has them judging her.i kno that if i am i definatly don't want to git an abortion..but idk wht else to do..
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United Nations Personal Speeches by Benjamin A. Cohen. Circa 1930s-1950s. Includes a complete paper on International Law, Revolution in the Americas, complete notes for the U.S. lecture not later than 1935 and proposed syllabus for seminar on the evolution of panamericanism and many others.
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My mind's made up right now. There ain't no doubt but what he killed Kinade. We heard the whole thing last night. What's the good of goin' over it again? I vote guilty."
In such fashion, Smoke's trial began. The speaker, a loose-jointed, hard-rock man from Colorado, manifested irritation and disgust when Harding set his suggestion aside, demanded the proceedings should be regular, and nominated one, Shunk Wilson, for judge and chairman of the meeting. The population of Two Cabins constituted the jury, though, after some discussion, the woman, Lucy, was denied the right to vote on Smoke's guilt or innocence.
While this was going on, Smoke, jammed into a corner on a bunk, overheard a whispered conversation between Breck and a miner.
"You haven't fifty pounds of flour you'll sell?" Breck queried.
"You ain't got the dust to pay the price I'm askin'," was the reply.
"I'll give you two hundred."
The man shook his head.
"Three hundred. Three-fifty."
At four hundred, the man nodded, and said: "Come on over to my cabin an' weigh out the dust."
The two squeezed their way to the door, and slipped out. After a few minutes Breck returned alone.
Harding was testifying, when Smoke saw the door shoved open slightly, and in the crack appear the face of the man who had sold the flour. He was grimacing and beckoning emphatically to one inside, who arose from near the stove and started to work toward the door.
"Where are you goin', Sam?" Shunk Wilson demanded.
"I'll be back in a jiffy," Sam explained. "I jes' got to go."
Smoke was permitted to question the witnesses, and he was in the middle of the cross-examination of Harding, when from without came the whining of dogs in harness, and the grind and churn of sled-runners. Somebody near the door peeped out.
"It's Sam an' his pardner an' a dog-team hell-bent down the trail for Stewart River," the man reported.
Nobody spoke for a long half-minute, but men glanced significantly at one another, and a general restlessness pervaded the packed room. Out of the corner of his eye, Smoke caught a glimpse of Breck, Lucy, and her husband whispering together.
"Come on, you," Shunk Wilson said gruffly to Smoke. "Cut this questionin' short. We know what you're tryin' to prove--that the other bank wasn't searched. The witness admits it. We admit it. It wasn't necessary. No tracks led to that bank. The snow wasn't broke."
"There was a man on the other bank just the same," Smoke insisted.
"That's too thin for skatin', young man. There ain't many of us on the McQuestion, an' we got every man accounted for."
"Who was the man you hiked out of camp two weeks ago?" Smoke asked.
"Alonzo Miramar. He was a Mexican. What's that grub-thief got to do with it?"
"Nothing, except that you haven't accounted for HIM, Mr Judge."
"He went down the river, not up."
"How do you know where he went?"
"Saw him start."
"And that's all you know of what became of him?"
"No, it ain't, young man. I know, we all know, he had four day's grub an' no gun to shoot meat with. If he didn't make the settlement on the Yukon he'd croaked long before this."
"I suppose you've got all the guns in this part of the country accounted for, too," Smoke observed pointedly.
Shunk Wilson was angry.
"You'd think I was the prisoner the way you slam questions into me. Come on with the next witness. Where's French Louis?"
While French Louis was shoving forward, Lucy opened the door.
"Where you goin'?" Shunk Wilson shouted.
"I reckon I don't have to stay," she answered defiantly. "I ain't got no vote, an' besides my cabin's so jammed up I can't breathe."
In a few minutes her husband followed. The closing of the door was the first warning the judge received of it.
"Who was that?" he interrupted Pierre's narrative to ask.
"Bill Peabody," somebody spoke up. "Said he wanted to ask his wife something and was coming right back."
Instead of Bill, it was Lucy who re-entered, took off her furs, and resumed her place by the stove.
"I reckon we don't need to hear the rest of the witnesses," was Shunk Wilson's decision, when Pierre had finished. "We know they only can testify to the same facts we've already heard. Say, Sorensen, you go an' bring Bill Peabody back. We'll be votin' a verdict pretty short. Now, Stranger, you can get up an' say your say concernin' what happened. In the meantime we'll just be savin' delay by passin' around the two rifles, the ammunition, an' the bullets that done the killin'."
Midway in his story of how he had arrived in that part of the country, and at the point in his narrative where he described his own ambush and how he had fled to the bank, Smoke was interrupted by the indignant Shunk Wilson.
"Young man, what sense is there in you testifyin' that way? You're just takin' up valuable time. Of course you got the right to lie to save your neck, but we ain't goin' to stand for such foolishness. The rifle, the ammunition, the bullet that killed Joe Kinade is against you--What's that? Open the door, somebody!"
The frost rushed in, taking form and substance in the heat of the room, while through the open door came the whining of dogs that decreased rapidly with distance.
"It's Sorensen an' Peabody," some one cried, "a-throwin' the whip into the dawgs an' headin' down river!"
"Now, what the hell--!" Shunk Wilson paused, with dropped jaw, and glared at Lucy. "I reckon you can explain, Mrs Peabody."
She tossed her head and compressed her lips, and Shunk Wilson's wrathful and suspicious gaze passed on and rested on Breck.
"An' I reckon that new-comer you've ben chinning with could explain if HE had a mind to."
Breck, now very uncomfortable, found all eyes centred on him.
"Sam was chewing the rag with him, too, before he hit out," some one said.
"Look here, Mr Breck," Shunk Wilson continued. "You've ben interruptin' proceedings, and you got to explain the meanin' of it. What was you chinnin' about?"
Breck cleared his throat timidly and replied. "I was just trying to buy some grub."
"What with?"
"Dust, of course."
"Where'd you get it?"
Breck did not answer.
"He's ben snoopin' around up the Stewart," a man volunteered. "I run across his camp a week ago when I was huntin'. An' I want to tell you he was almighty secretious about it."
"The dust didn't come from there," Breck said. "That's only a low-grade hydraulic proposition."
"Bring your poke here an' let's see your dust," Wilson commanded.
"I tell you it didn't come from there."
"Let's see it just the same."
Breck made as if to refuse, but all about him were menacing faces. Reluctantly, he fumbled in his coat pocket. In the act of drawing forth a pepper can, it rattled against what was evidently a hard object.
"Fetch it all out!" Shunk Wilson thundered.
And out came the big nugget, first-size, yellow as no gold any onlooker had ever seen. Shunk Wilson gasped. Half a dozen, catching one glimpse, made a break for the door. They reached it at the same moment, and, with cursing and scuffling, jammed and pivoted through. The judge emptied the contents of the pepper can on the table, and the sight of the rough lump-gold sent half a dozen more toward the door.
"Where are you goin'?" Eli Harding asked, as Shunk started to follow.
"For my dogs, of course."
"Ain't you goin' to hang him?"
"It'd take too much time right now. He'll keep till we get back, so I reckon this court is adjourned. This ain't no place for lingerin'."
Harding hesitated. He glanced savagely at Smoke, saw Pierre beckoning to Louis from the doorway, took one last look at the lump-gold on the table, and decided.
"No use you tryin' to get away," he flung back over his shoulder. "Besides, I'm goin' to borrow your dogs."
"What is it--another one of them blamed stampedes?" the old blind trapper asked in a queer and petulant falsetto, as the cries of men and dogs and the grind of the sleds swept the silence of the room.
"It sure is," Lucy answered. "An' I never seen gold like it. Feel that, old man."
She put the big nugget in his hand. He was but slightly interested.
"It was a good fur-country," he complained, "before them danged miners come in an' scared back the game."
The door opened, and Breck entered.
"Well," he said, "we four are all that are left in camp. It's forty miles to the Stewart by the cut-off I broke, and the fastest of them can't make the round trip in less than five or six days. But it's time you pulled out, Smoke, just the same."
Breck drew his hunting knife across the other's bonds, and glanced at the woman.
"I hope you don't object?" he said, with significant politeness.
"If there's goin' to be any shootin'," the blind man broke out, "I wish somebody'd take me to another cabin first."
"Go on, an' don't mind me," Lucy answered. "If I ain't good enough to hang a man, I ain't good enough to hold him."
Smoke stood up, rubbing his wrists where the thongs had impeded the circulation.
"I've got a pack all ready for you," Breck said. "Ten days' grub, blankets, matches, tobacco, an axe, and a rifle."
"Go to it," Lucy encouraged. "Hit the high places, Stranger. Beat it as fast as God'll let you."
"I'm going to have a square meal before I start," Smoke said. "And when I start it will be up the McQuestion, not down. I want you to go along with me, Breck. We're going to search that other bank for the man that really did the killing."
"If you'll listen to me, you'll head down for the Stewart and the Yukon," Breck objected. "When this gang gets back from my low-grade hydraulic proposition, it will be seeing red."
Smoke laughed and shook his head.
"I can't jump this country, Breck. I've got interests here. I've got to stay and make good. I don't care whether you believe me or not, but I've found Surprise Lake. That's where that gold came from. Besides, they took my dogs, and I've got to wait to get them back. Also, I know what I'm about. There was a man hidden on that bank. He came pretty close to emptying his magazine at me."
Half an hour afterward, with a big plate of moose-steak before him and a big mug of coffee at his lips, Smoke half-started up from his seat. He had heard the sounds first. Lucy threw open the door.
"Hello, Spike; hello, Methody," she greeted the two frost-rimed men who were bending over the burden on their sled.
"We just come down from Upper Camp," one said, as the pair staggered into the room with a fur-wrapped object which they handled with exceeding gentleness. "An' this is what we found by the way. He's all in, I guess."
"Put him in the near bunk there," Lucy said. She bent over and pulled back the furs, disclosing a face composed principally of large, staring, black eyes, and of skin, dark and scabbed by repeated frost-bite, tightly stretched across the bones.
"If it ain't Alonzo!" she cried. "You pore, starved devil!"
"That's the man on the other bank," Smoke said in an undertone to Breck.
"We found it raidin' a cache that Harding must a-made," one of the men was explaining. "He was eatin' raw flour an' frozen bacon, an' when we got 'm he was cryin' an' squealin' like a hawk. Look at him! He's all starved, an' most of him frozen. He'll kick at any moment."
Half an hour later, when the furs had been drawn over the face of the still form in the bunk, Smoke turned to Lucy.
"If you don't mind, Mrs Peabody, I'll have another whack at that steak. Make it thick and not so well done."
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The 2008 report card ranks Virginia as a top performing state on the economic benefits measure, rating it as one of only five states to earn an A in the Benefits category. Virginia has consistently performed well on this indicator, which measures the proportion of residents who have earned a bachelor's degree, substantially strengthening the state's economy. The report also reveals that Virginia residents contribute substantially to the civic good as measured by charitable giving and volunteerism.
Virginia once again scored well in preparing students to succeed in postsecondary education and training, earning a B+ in the Preparation category. The report card states that Virginia is among the top performers in the proportions of 11th and 12th graders scoring well on Advanced Placement tests, though it cites concerns about performance gaps based on ethnicity and income.
Virginia received a B in Completion, a category that measures whether students earn certificates or degrees in a timely manner. The report cites the Commonwealth's consistently high percentage of freshmen at four-year institutions (80%) and first-year students at community colleges (54%) who return for a second year. In addition, the report card commends Virginia's consistently high percentage of first-time, full-time college students (63%) who earn a bachelor's degree within six years of enrollment.
Though the college enrollment of young adults in Virginia is above the national average, the Commonwealth has slipped slightly in its Participation grade, earning a C. According to the report card, since the early 1990s, the chance of a Virginian enrolling in college by age 19 has increased by 20%, compared to a nationwide increase of 8%. However, the report cites concerns about the gap in college participation between Caucasian and other ethnic groups.
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A recent study by the Pew Internet & American Life Project suggests that young people have grown bored with blogging.
Meanwhile, the use of social networking applications (except Twitter) has been on the rise. Is this yet another indication of a fickle population with a very short attention span?
While blogging among adults as a whole has remained steady, the prevalence of blogging within specific age groups has changed dramatically in recent years. Specifically, a sharp decline in blogging by young adults has been tempered by a corresponding increase in blogging among older adults.
Sometimes I ask myself why I still maintain several blogs. These days, I'm so busy I rarely get the chance to regularly post even on my main blogs. I remember the time last year when I promised myself to write at least one substantial post here each day. For a time, I succeeded. I often took a few minutes each morning to clear my mind, and try to meditate on the events of the previous or recent days. Or sometimes, I try to plot the direction I'd like my day to have. And then I would write.
Due to one reason or another, I got tired. And now I only get to post one to two articles per month. Still, I tell myself, better to write something nice and well thought-out rather than some dull, inconsistent, babble not worthy of a read.
I don't think I've grown bored with blogging. Every day I still write. It's a different kind of writing–definitely different from blogging. I do consider blogging as a medium, but writing still remains the primary activity. And so, while I have moved my focus away from using my blogs as a medium, I have not moved away from writing at all.
Or, perhaps, the fact that I don't consider myself losing interest in blogging means I'm getting old.


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On the night of the election, I was alone in my apartment, refreshing CNN.com. The electoral tally went above 270. I refreshed again! Finally, the headline! I wanted to share with someone, so I went downstairs and told my doorman. I assumed he would be pro-Obama, and I was not wrong. I think I said, "Yay!" And my doorman said, "Yeah, all right!"
Since then, white men all over the television have been LOSING THEIR SHIT. Trump had a public meltdown on Twitter. Limbaugh sounds like he was just dumped by his prom date. (What do I have to do to be good enough for your love?! Tell me! I'll be anything you want! What about all the good times we had?) This guy is vowing to spit at Democrats and to shout "Obama sucks!" if you try to do something nice for him. Karl Rove got very upset on Fox News. So upset, in fact, that he was not able to think rationally.
This seems like just the right cultural moment for an article I've been thinking about for a long time.
Women's Emotions are "Emotions," Men's Emotions are "How People Talk"
A long time ago, in Bullish: What Egg Donation Taught Me About Being a Dude, I quoted Ben Barres, Chair of the Neurobiology department at Stanford, and also a transsexual man:
It is just patently absurd to say women are more emotional than men. Men commit 25 times the murders; it's shocking what the numbers are. And if anyone ever sees a woman with road rage, they should write it up and send it to a medical journal.
What I want to talk about is how emotional outbursts typically more associated with men (shouting, expressing anger openly) are given a pass in public discourse in a way that emotional outbursts typically more associated with women (crying, "getting upset") are stigmatized.
I wish to dispel the notion that women are "more emotional." I don't think we are. I think that the emotions women stereotypically express are what men call "emotions," and the emotions that men typically express are somehow considered by men to be something else.
This is incorrect. Anger? EMOTION. Hate? EMOTION. Resorting to violence? EMOTIONAL OUTBURST. An irrational need to be correct when all the evidence is against you? Pretty sure that's an emotion. Resorting to shouting really loudly when you don't like the other person's point of view? That's called "being too emotional to engage in a rational discussion."
Not only do I think men are at least as emotional as women, I think that these stereotypically male emotions are more damaging to rational dialogue than are stereotypically female emotions. A hurt, crying person can still listen, think, and speak. A shouting, angry person? That person is crapping all over meaningful discourse.
I love Rachel Maddow. If you're a ladyblog reader, you've probably seen this. But let me bring back this Maddow video from last April, in which Alex Castellanos denies the existence of the pay gap for women:
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RACHEL MADDOW: But given that some of us believe that women are getting paid less than men for doing the same work, there is something called the Fair Pay Act. There was a court ruling that said the statute of limitations, if you're getting paid less than a man, if you're subject to discrimination, starts before you know that discrimination is happening, effectively cutting off your recourse to the courts. You didn't know you were being discriminated against. You can't go. The first law passed by this administration is the Fair Pay Act. To remedy that court ruling. The Mitt Romney campaign put you out as a surrogate to shore up people's feelings about this issue after they could not say whether or not Mitt Romney would have signed that bill. You're supposed to make us feel better about it. You voted against the Fair Pay Act. It's not about–whether or not you have a female surrogate. It's about policy and whether or not you want to fix some of the structural discrimination that women really do face that Republicans don't believe is happening.
ALEX CASTELLANOS: It's policy. And I love how passionate you are. I wish you are as right about what you're saying as you are passionate about it. I really do.
RACHEL MADDOW: That's really condescending.
ALEX CASTELLANOS: For example– no.
RACHEL MADDOW: I mean this is a stylistic issue.
ALEX CASTELLANOS: I'll tell you what–
RACHEL MADDOW: My passion on this issue–
ALEX CASTELLANOS: Here's a fact–
RACHEL MADDOW:–is actually me making a factual argument–
"My passion on this issue is actually me making a factual argument." I could die of joy (yes, that's an emotion). But despite my deep enjoyment of Rachel Maddow, totally unruffled, calling that guy out for his patronizing bullshit, that video is really hard for me to watch.
I was a high school debate champion. Then co-captain of the team at Dartmouth. I'm no Maddow, but I'm pretty good at holding my own in this kind of situation. And yet, if that were me, deflecting Alex Castellanos' dismissive mansplaining, I'd need a whole day to recover. How does that kind of discourse help uncover truth?
In a Washington Post article about Ben Barres, the neuroscientist who transitioned from female to male, biologist Peter Lawrence posits "a range of cognitive differences" between men and women. And yet:
But even as he played down the role of sexism, Lawrence said the "rat race" in science is skewed in favor of pushy, aggressive people — most of whom, he said, happen to be men.
"We should try and look for the qualities we actually need," he said. "I believe if we did, that we would choose more women and more gentle men. It is gentle people of all sorts who are discriminated against in our struggle to survive."
"The qualities we actually need" rarely include pushing others around, or having a deep, loud voice.


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Direct SerB quote: "This is a game for casual players, not min-maxing accountants".
So, apparently, this game is for casuals. Like Farmville, only with tanks. Tanks that fire shells along a ballistic path, with historic penetration data, against historic armor layouts, with fairly accurate, modestly sophisticated armor penetration mechanics at work. Along with a very competitive Ultimate Conquest mode where clans comprised of real people compete every day for land on the map which grants Gold, premium in-game currency, to the owners of that land. This game is so casual that we have yearly competitions between the servers for Gold, glory, and bragging rights.
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Which Love & Hip Hop Vixen Was Featured in Chris Brown's "Yo (Excuse Me Miss)" Video?
As you may already know, the ladies of Love & Hip Hop are pretty used to being in front of the cameras. In particular, Erica Mena, Cyn Santana, and Tahiry are probably most known for their bodacious bodies being featured in magazines like Show, XXL, King — and have been known to be a video model once or twice, too!
While taking a walk down memory lane, we recalled that one of our LHH gals was featured in the sophomore single "Yo (Excuse Me Miss)" off Chris Brown's debut self-titled album. So, which New York native was the leading lady of C-Breezy's music vid?
When Wetpaint Entertainment asked Viggle LIVE! users if they knew which of the three video vixens — Cyn, Tahiry, or Erica — was in the video, it turns out that a great deal of them knew the answer!
50 percent of users guessed correctly that Erica Mena was the star of Chris's video, while 24 percent chose Tahiry and 26 percent incorrectly guessed Cyn.
These days, Chris Brown's lead gal is working on music of her own. As a matter of fact, we get to see Erica Mena debut her newest single, "Dancin' All Over the World," tonight on the Season 4 finale of Love & Hip Hop. And of course, we expect things to get pretty messy.
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Quick response by neighbors helps victims of Elkhart house fire escape
A fire at 823 N. Main on Elkhart partially destroyed a home where three families lived.
ELKHART — Several people in Elkhart reacted quickly when a house in their neighborhood caught on fire Wednesday afternoon, April 30.
Neighbors saw smoke coming out of the upstairs apartment on the east side of a house at 823 N. Main St. around 1 p.m.
Firefighters entered through the front door and found the fire on the second floor, according to a news release from the Elkhart City Fire Department. The fire was contained to one room and was quickly extinguished and the upstairs tenant was not home at the time of the fire, the release said. All other tenants got out without injuries.
There was minor fire damage to the second floor and there was moderate smoke damage and a first floor apartment had some water damage, the release said.
They flagged down a fire truck that was just passing by the area, according to Battalion Chief Wes Johnson of the Elkhart Fire Department.
Within three minutes, nine Elkhart fire vehicles were on the scene. So many trucks came out, Johnson said, because neighbors initially thought that a young girl — the daughter of resident Vikki Miracle — was trapped in the apartment.
Firefighters broke an upstairs window and went inside, but no one was trapped. Later, neighbors learned that Miracle's daughter was safely at school.
Miracle, who arrived from work later that afternoon, said she doesn't know how the fire could have started. She and her daughter have lived in the house for two years.
Two downstairs residents, Brian Troyer in the back apartment and Connie Buck in the front apartment, were home when the fire started but escaped unhurt.
Buck, who recently fractured her hip, was pulled from the building by neighbors across the street.
She sat on their porch wrapped in a blanket, visibly nervous until a firefighter brought over her purse, which contained her inhaler and phone.
"I've lived there almost a year and I love it so much," she said, watching the scene "It's a beautiful apartment."
Elkhart fire investigators determined the fire was accidental, but did not identify the exact cause in a news release Wednesday evening.
According to the release, the fire started in the living room of the upstairs apartment, causing minor fire damage and moderate smoke damage.
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1. Were blue flags being waved
2. Blue flag being waved is to indicates that 'the rider is about to be overtaken'It does not mean get out the way.
3.For all Ellison knew Lorenzo was 10th and was trying to take his 9th place.
RThe bottom line is Lorenzo made a back call and paid the price.
Ellison did nothing wrong. All you haters will have to deal with it..


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Hope you had a wonderful day!
Think of the haters in your life as sandpaper; theyll scratch you up time and time again but in the end youre polished, smooth, and spotless..while they end up useless
We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.
Hamlet, Act I, Scene 3
Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.
All's Well That Ends Well, Act I, Scene 1
"The dark does not destroy the light; it defines it." - Brene Brown
"Oh, why do my actions have consequences?" ~ Homer Simpson
"She knew my one weakness: That I'm weak." ~ Homer Simpson


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Hanukkah may overlap Christmas this year, but menorah-lighters aren't expecting that to diminish Santa's power over this season.
Luckily, that fact helps preserve a parallel tradition: yuletide abstainers painting the otherwise red-and-green town. Particularly for Chicago's Jewish residents, the two days Christmas revelers spend holed up with family, reenacting eggnog- and tinsel-drenched rituals, are two days to dominate the city's nightlife. Check out a host of events citywide to entertain the stocking-free, or poach plans from some notable, elfless Chicagoans.
Ever wish you could do your b'nai mitzvah over again? Similar crowd, similar playlist, but after your awkward phase and with a better-stocked bar? Hit up Rockit Bar & Grill for a do-over filled with food, drinks and tunes, and stay out later than last time for the official after party at The Underground.
Where: Rockit Bar and Grill River North, 22 W. Hubbard, Chicago
When: 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 24
Price: $30 GA, $350 VIP
Hot, tasty and tightly-packed can describe a good matzo ball floating in soup, or one of the biggest annual Christmas parties for young, urban Jews. Celebrating its 25th anniversary this year, Matzoball goes down this year in eight cities. Chicago's is hosted at Mercadito, and VIP tickets come with a Canastita sharing menu and signature drinks.
Where: Mercadito a la Planxa
When: 8 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 24
Price: $30 GA, $65 VIP
Chinese food and a movie has long been a Jewish-Christmas staple outing, and this year, Aria makes it easy. The chic Asian-fusion restaurant and bar in the Fairmont Hotel is offering a special "Sticks-n-Flicks" package: a special three-course Chinese menu comes with a ticket for the AMC River East Theater a block and a half away. (Check out their showing schedule here.)
Address: Fairmont Hotel, 200 N. Columbus Drive, Chicago
Phone: 312-444-9494
Christmas Hours: 11:30 a.m. - 10 p.m.
Cost: $45 per person
Into the idea of holiday carols but looking for lyrics you can better relate to? Rockapella founder Sean Altman is performing "Jewmongous: Unkosher Comedy Songs" at the Skokie Theater, an acclaimed comedy song concert debuted in 2006 that has sold out 25 U.S. cities. Sing along with new classics, like "Reuben the Hook-Nosed Reindeer" and "They Tried To Kill Us (We Survived, Let's Eat)."
Where: Skokie Theater, 7924 N. Lincoln Ave, Skokie
When: 8 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 25
Price: $25
Sushisamba Rio
If you revel in the freedom to eat more exotically while your Christian friends chow through Thanksgiving: The Sequel, Sushisamba Rio's Christmas Day cuisine mingles Japanese, Brazilian and Peruvian flavors for a meal with more miles on it than Santa's sleigh.
Where: Sushisamba Rio, 504 N. Wells Street, Chicago
When: 12 p.m. - 2 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 25
Price: Free (Entrees $20-40)
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The Mahoning County commissioners unanimously adopted this morning a resolution to place a three-quarter percent sales tax on the Nov. 4 ballot.
The commissioners decided to place on the ballot the version of the tax that restricts its use to the sheriff's, prosecutor's, and coroner's offices and 911 emergency dispatching center.
They had earlier presented at sales tax hearings in Youngstown and Canfield the restricted option and an alternative option that would have allowed unrestricted use of the revenue in the county's general fund, which is its main operating fund.
The ballot issue would renew for five years an existing half percent sales tax that generates about $16 million a year and add a quarter percent sales tax of the same duration that would generate $8 million annually, for a combined total of $24 million.
It's time the people of this county to tell these three stooges that we are their boss and not the other way around. I'm sorry , but I just don't trust anyone of them They can say one thing and then do another. What's stopping them from borrowing from this account to do something else that is really stupid. Then five years from now they need even more money. It's time that they learn to better budget the money that we give them now. They must STOP their liberal spending ways first. So my family and I will still be voting NO to and any other new taxes requests..
The "flaming hamsters of doom falling from the sky" speeches they give never ever mention anything about cutting any expenses anywhere but with safety forces. They are trying to scare everyone into voting for this tax so they can spend more money on useless things. I like the "for safety services only" tax. It would just free up the money in the general fund that SHOULD be used for safety services FIRST not all the pumped up salaries and massive amount of employees that sit around and do nothing.
I am opposed to "earmarking" a tax. There is no incentive to implement money saving strategies or efficiencies. My preference is a tax that goes to the general fund and must be put on the ballot every 3-5 years. I will be voting NO.
Vote no, 2.75 percent tax for the safety forces is one of the highest on Ohio, Never mention what percent they are paying for health care like the 20 to 30 percent the private sector is paying! 30 yrs and retirement unlike the private sector, tons of people on disability doing other jobs even in other states! Cadillac health insurance! Think about it!
The Vindicator refuses to print the details of county employees benefit packages, such as deductible amounts and costs. Vindy is actively protecting union employees instead of giving facts to the citizens.


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I don't know if you have noticed this but there seems to be a race on at the moment between two fast food giants. A race to see who can produce the biggest burger. A burger with bigger everything; bigger buns, more cheese and most of all, much bigger beef patties. I'm sure you have seen the testosterone focused adverts on TV; it's all quite amusing. However, what's wrong with a normal sized burger? Why this need for these big over the top burgers?
What we really want is a plain and simple 'Burger'. That's where the new Polo GTI comes in. Its small, fun and most importantly…fast.
However, is the Polo GTI a real GTI or just an affordable way of getting the GTI badge to the masses?
The previous Polo GTI – although very popular- was a slight let down for me. This new version on the other hand is somewhat true to the GTI heritage. The original Golf GTI was a small, no fuss and fast little car designed in secret by only a handful of young designers and engineers. It was designed to be a small fast car and that's exactly what the Polo GTI is.
As is the case with the Golf 6 GTI you have to look very closely to spot that it's a GTI and the Polo is the same. One can be fooled into thinking it's a standard Polo with GTI rims. Slight hints here and there prove that this in no ordinary Polo. If I was to be completely honest, I expected more. The Golf 6 GTI is the subtle hot hatch out there. The Polo GTI should have been more in your face with big wheels, wings and gills. Something along the lines of the Clio RS Cup, I loved the exterior look of the Clio over the Polo. Then again if you think about it, Volkswagen seems to do the subtle and classy thing very well.
Inside it's typical Volkswagen. The thing with Volkswagen is that they don't do 'Over the top' styling. The Polo is very simple inside much like the standard Polos on offer. Sure there are some GTI markings and the seats – alcantara and leather trim – are very sporty but other than that, there is not much difference to the rest of the range besides some brushed chrome surrounding the air vents and chrome accents on the control knobs. It's a classy and refined interior with hints of its sporty nature. A flat-bottomed multifunction steering wheel completes the package.
It's not the biggest of interiors but there is space to seat 4 people in relative comfort. The boot though is very small; I can't really work out why because there is quite a big gap between the boot floor and the spare wheel housing? The rear seats can fold down but then only one friend can join you on your joy ride and that's not nice.
The Polo is powered by a 1.4l engine which produces an impressive 132kW. The engine is both turbo charged and supercharged and the Polo produces 250Nm of torque. It's a real little gem and sounds pretty good once you climb up into the higher rev range. Low down the note from the exhaust is well, low down – it's throaty to say the least. The Polo gets from zero to 100km in just under 7 seconds which, if you know your stuff is about the same as its big brother, the Golf 6 GTI.
The Polo GTI comes standard with a 7 speed automatic DSG gearbox with paddle shifters behind the steering wheel for when you want to have some fun. Pop it into Sport mode and the revs climb, the throttle becomes super sensitive and the whole car livens up. In Sport mode the Polo will shift at about 7500rpm – this little car is to be taken seriously. Even a tuned BMW E36 328i stood no chance once the Polo hit second gear and the wheels stopped spinning.
If I had to fault something it would be that the Polo in the corners is not as convincing as say, a Clio RS Cup. I feel that the wheels – which are the 'love them' or 'hate them' 17-inch Denver alloys as seen on every GTI since 2005 – could have been bigger and the Polo's ride height could have been slightly lower. It does feel that there is too much engine for the chassis. That said, the Polo offers a much softer ride than the Clio RS Cup.
The Polo can be thrashed to that very exclusive restaurant and the valet parking attendant will still open the door for you and call you sir. Some people may find that boring but then again they will probably opt for the Clio or MiTo in which case you, in the Polo will destroy them once you get out of the corner and onto a straight.
At R259 000, the Polo GTI makes a strong case when compared to rivals such as the similarly-priced Alfa Mito, Opel Corsa OPC and the Renault Clio RS. The Polo GTI comes with some neat standard equipment but things like PDC will set you back R3 510 and a panoramic roof will cost you R8 800. So be cautious about how much you are willing to spend on extras.
The Polo is a true little hot hatch, a real little firecracker. It's like that nice cheese burger, nothing fancy or over the top, it is what it is and it does what it's supposed to do well and that's put a smile on your face. I just wish Volkswagen added that extra cheese.
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Transmission: 7-speed DSG
Power (kW) 132 @ 6200rpm
Torque (Nm) 250 @ 2000-4500rpm
Kerb weight (kg) 1269
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Evan Mark Williamson - March 17, 2010
Levi and Karin (Groshans) Williamson of Sterling are pleased to announce the birth of their son, Evan Mark Williamson.
Evan was born March 17, 2010. He weighed 7 pounds, 11 ounces, and was 21 inches long.
Evan's grandparents are Mark and Joanie Groshans and Dave and Linda Williamson, all of Holyoke.
Evan's great grandparents are Merl and Mary Ellen Koch of Haxtun.


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A few weeks ago, I began looking at jokes in writing. A huge problem for some fantasy writers is a dependency on dour seriousness for far too large a stretch of their narratives. Understanding what makes funny writing funny can help a writer immensely. There are few sources a writer could study more profitably than early Simpsons episodes. I confess that I have only sporadically watched The Simpsons since the late nineties, and from what I've seen, it's clear that the show I loved ended a long time ago. With that in mind, any examples I draw from will be from the golden years of the show (pretty much the entire 90s run).
The list below does not represent the five best jokes ever on the show. Rather, today's category is the too-broadly titled "Language" category. What I mean by this is not that the jokes below feature bad language, but that they play with language in intriguing ways. As such, the list is meant to illustrate five different and stellar examples of how The Simpsons has toyed with language effectively and hilariously in their joking.
So here they are–the top five ways The Simpsons jokes about language (or five things that you should be doing right now as you try to write humorous moments into your manuscripts).
5. Advertising Comedy
One of the things that The Simpsons does best is the casual comedy of signage. Be it fake products or fake store names, if you pay attention to the world of Springfield you will undoubtedly find some hidden brilliance in the way that the companies of this world both name and advertise their products. Some favorites of mine are the sign for the "Springfield Historical Society" which promises to be a place "Where the Dead Come Alive! (Metaphorically)." I also love the "Bort" license plates available at Itchy & Scratchy Land (available instead of Bart plates). And you mustn't forget the 'hammock district' found in Hank Scorpio's neck of the woods:
Hank Scorpio: Uh, hi, Homer. What can I do for you?
Homer: Sir, I need to know where I can get some business hammocks.
Hank Scorpio: Hammocks? My goodness, what an idea. Why didn't I think of that? Hammocks! Homer, there's four places. There's the Hammock Hut, that's on third.
Homer: Uh-huh.
Hank Scorpio: There's Hammocks-R-Us, that's on third too. You got Put-Your-Butt-There.
Homer: Mm-Hmm.
Hank Scorpio: That's on third. Swing Low, Sweet Chariot… Matter of fact, they're all in the same complex; it's the hammock complex on third.
Homer: Oh, the hammock district!
Hank Scorpio: That's right.
I think my favorite product (from the episode Bart's Friend Falls in Love) is the "Good Morning Burger":
TV Announcer: We take eighteen ounces of sizzling ground beef, and soak it in rich, creamery butter, then we top it off with bacon, ham, and a fried egg. We call it "The Good Morning Burger".
[Homer starts gurgling in ecstasy]
This is brilliantly followed up with a later exchange in the show:
Lisa: Dad, what if I told you you could lose weight without dieting or lifting a finger?
Homer: I'd say you're a lying scumbag, why sweety?
Lisa: Arcording to Eternity Magazine, you can lose weight through subliminal learning. That's where an idea is subtly implanted in your head without you even knowing it.
Homer: Oh Lisa, that's a load of rich creamery butter.
Advertising is inherently funny. It's funny when it's trying to be funny (for reasons other than the reasons it's trying for), it's funny when it's not trying to be funny, it's funny when it's trying to be serious. It's just a bizarre thing we do in a bizarre way. The Simpsons loves to poke fun at the language of advertising, and no matter what world your characters live in, people will be trying to sell something. Take advice from The Simpsons when poking fun at how people sell things in your world.
4. Interrogating Language
A good deal of jokes are jokes about language in and of itself. Not in the same way that puns are jokes about language (puns are more or less the revelation of enjoyable coincidences in language). Rather, some jokes poke fun at what language really is or means.
Take this example:
Bart: What about his name?
Lisa: His name doesn't matter. "A rose by any other name would smell as sweet."
Bart: Not if you called them stench blossoms.
Homer: Or crapweeds.
Marge: I'd sure hate to get a dozen crapweeds for Valentine's Day. I'd rather have candy.
Homer: Not if they were called scumdrops!
I think this quote pretty handily refutes Shakespeare's wisdom (or, more fairly, Juliet's). Language is a funny thing. What we call something can have an effect on how our mind perceives it–because the mind is an even funnier thing. I hate most kinds of fish. You might tell me that one of the ingredients in a dish I love is fish oil or fish paste or something. From then on, no matter what, I'm going to taste fish paste. Homer and Bart are right: roses might smell sweet, but if we called them something else it could affect how we smelled their sweet smell.
Homer: Are you saying you're never going to eat any animal again? What about bacon?
Lisa: No.
Homer: Ham?
Lisa: No.
Homer: Pork chops?
Lisa: Dad, those all come from the same animal.
Homer: Heh heh heh. Ooh, yeah, right, Lisa. A wonderful, magical animal.
In my mind, I'm totally with Homer. I can't conceive of pork chops, ham and bacon all being the same essential thing because for so much of my life I've compartmentalized them as entirely different experiences. It's not the same with beef–which I always more or less associate with other types of beef. Meatballs, meatloaf, hamburgers, roast beef, they are all the same, but somehow pork because the words we use for each product are so different and so memorable (how great a word is bacon? ham?), my mind perceives them as totally different things.
This is joke-telling that could easily get turned into academic term papers. As writers, language is our most essential ingredient. There's nothing more pretentious than examining language in a story, but it can be done–by making a joke of it. Don't ever let a character wax philosophically on the meanings of words; always make it a joke.
3. High Falutin Vocabulary Usage
One of the greatest pleasures of being a child of the 90s was that I got to be a twice-blessed Simpsons fan. As a child, I watched it as a child. Nothing made my young self laugh more. Remember when Homer runs out of the house naked because he realizes he left Bart at his soccer match alone? And Ned Flanders shouts, offscreen, "Hey Homey? I can see your doodle!" I don't think my siblings and I ever laughed harder. But then around my teenage years, on repeat viewings, I got to realize just how much I missed as a child. Now as an adult I still get to see what I missed as a teenager. One of these things I missed is just how sophisticated a vocabulary the show employed.
There are many examples of when The Simpsons would use 'big words' and the joke was funny on one level because the characters all have funny voices and it's funny to hear them say things I didn't understand. Being older, it is even more humorous because I get what they were saying and realize it makes sense. My favorite example of this is when the show showcased their use of strong vocabulary by having Homer inadvertently improve his vocabulary (he intends to lose weight) through subliminal messages provided by audiotapes (in Bart's Friend Falls in Love):
Marge: Homer, has the weight loss tape reduced your appetite?
Homer: Ah, lamentably no! My gastronomic rapacity knows no satiety.
Marge: I don't know if that tape is working. You ate three desserts tonight.
Homer: Forbearance is the watchword. That triumvirate of Twinkies merely overwhelmed my resolve.
Marge: Another thing I've been wanting to talk to you about…
(On his way to the fridge, Homer spies Bart about to do something cruel to Milhouse)
Homer: Now there's a Machiavellian countenance. Oo! A sextet of ale.
Every one of these lines went over my head as a child, but now they are even lovelier to hear. That triumvirate of Twinkies merely overwhelmed my resolve. What a brilliant sentence! Strong vocabulary usage can raise the level of your prose in the most serious of scenes, but examples like these prove how useful it can be for comedy as well.
2. Neologisms:
This is a show that has added more to my daily vocabulary of words and phrases than any other cultural creation of the past two decades. "Meh" and "D'oh" are essential parts of twenty-first century English at this point. The Simpsons at its best reveled in the creation of new words, but my favorite two by far come from the same episode (Lisa the Iconoclast): cromulent and embiggen. As in:
Jebediah Springfield [on film] A noble spirit embiggens the smallest man.
Edna: Embiggens? I never heard that word before I moved to Springfield.
Ms. Hoover: I don't know why. It's a perfectly cromulent word.
The greatest thing about cromulent is that it is such a cromulent word in and of itself. It defines itself it's such a perfect word. As Sarah Palin taught us this past year or so, people make up words all the time, and she was right, Shakespeare made up tons of new words. But I love the words The Simpsons make up most. Don't be afraid to make up your own words for comedic effect in your writing. You're a writer. If you can create stories you can create words.
1. Random Moments of Stream of Consciousness Hilarity
As those of us who detest Family Guy can attest, being random for the sake of being random wears thin. It has its uses and it isn't exactly easy to get right, but it is far too overused in comedy shows these days. What early Simpsons always got right was when to use random moments to the right effect. In particular, moments when we would hear the stream of consciousness ramblings of the denizens of Springfield. Family Guy is usually visually random–they make quick cuts to unexpected situations–but The Simpsons was linguistically random. You never knew what the brain of one character would burst forth with next. My favorite example comes from the episode titled Lisa's Rival. In one of the greatest "B Plots" of all time, Homer stumbles upon a not-so-abandoned cache of…sugar, and decides to sell it for all its worth (which isn't much). At the end of the episode, Marge finally confronts her husband on the worthlessness of his plan to sell the stolen sugar:
Marge: Homer, when are you going to give up this crazy sugar scheme?
Homer: Never, Marge. Never. I can't live the button-down life like you. I want it all: the terrifying lows, the dizzying highs, the creamy middles. Sure, I might offend a few of the bluenoses with my cocky stride and musky odors – oh, I'll never be the darling of the so-called "City Fathers" who cluck their tongues, stroke their beards, and talk about "What's to be done with this Homer Simpson?"
I don't know how to begin even writing something like that, much less conceiving of the idea. It's part rambling, part parody (of God knows what–but something familiar), and entirely random. What I take from this, and many examples of this across The Simpsonsgood episode run, is that sometimes its entirely fine to be utterly incomprehensible. Sometimes people are utterly incomprehensible. Homer especially. He's trying to say something obvious, "I want an adventurous, unconventional life, no matter what others think." This, in many ways, is deeply true about Homer, and deeply false at the same time. How he goes about saying this, however, combines a number of linguistic gems: (1) Homer's attempt to replicate language that exalts the high life ("the creamy middles"), (2) Antiquated terms for the "elite": bluenoses, "City Fathers," "button-down life." (3) Homer's assumption of how the elite speak, "What's to be done with this Homer Simpson?"
Combine them all and it's utterly genius. The point of this list is that you should try to learn something from these examples. I'm not sure you can learn from the above; you may only be able to marvel at it, but I think overall when you watch classics Simpsons you'll see how random bits of linguistic stream of consciousness can be used to outrageously successful comedic effect. Try it out, if you dare.
Are there any other Simpsons Language-Based jokes I've missed? What other categories of jokes should I showcase in future posts? Add a comment below!


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October 03rd, 2013
The Color Run: Salt Lake City Style
Hey #kindawesome Readers! We had such a wonderful time getting to experience all the glory of The Color Run for ourselves! Instead of running pregnant like I did last year, we got to run with our little 8-month-old Cozette instead. Her grandma kept her pretty protected from the color, but we did let her get […]Read More
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Color Run: Crazy for Haysie
Today we wanted to highlight a very special young man and fantastic Color Runner. This is Hays Monsour. Hays was diagnosed with kidney disease at 18 months old, leaving him in the Children's Hospital and close to death several times. He miraculously recovered, but after eight years of fighting the disease, his kidney function kept […]Read More


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Flathead Electric reports about 1,500 customers were without power early Friday morning.
Crews located a burned power pole on Clancy Road in Lakeside and have been working to restore power.
The outage hit at close to 8:30 a.m.
According to Flathead Electric's Communication Director, Wendy Ostrom-Price, the outage affected about 1,500 members at its peak.
Crews do not yet know the cause of the fire that burned the power pole. But supervisors suspect gusty winds may have played a role.