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Scratch the Warner Bros period crime drama Gangster Squad from Darren Aronofsky's Things To Do List. That Will Beall-scripted picture momentarily seemed to be the only thing in the way of the Black Swan helmer reuniting with his Fountain star Hugh Jackman in the Christopher McQuarrie-scripted X-Men Origins: Wolverine 2 at 20th Century Fox. The festival acclaim for Black Swan has put the filmmaker in hot demand (there was also a reported flirtation with Superman) and now it's a matter of dealmaking isn't easy. Word is that Aronofsky–who worked for next to nothing upfront to get Black Swan made is in the throes of landing a healthy payday in the vicinity of $5 million against 5% of gross. Fox hasn't closed a deal yet with the filmmaker's CAA reps, but clearly Fox sees the filmmaker as ready to make that leap from modest grossing prestige fare like The Wrestler to the high gross stratosphere, the kind of leap made by filmmakers like Bryan Singer and Chris Nolan.
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"the kind of leap made by filmmakers like Bryan Singer and Chris Nolan."
Nolan – good for his career. Singer, bad. SUPERMAN RETURNS, VALKYRIE – both awful turds that continually show he's become a hack director with no vision or talent (or at least has lost it from USUAL SUSPECTS and his decent follow up APT PUPIL).
Please don't let that happen to you Aronofsky. WOLVERINE's such a crappy franchise to want to make the jump to big budget films. Please think twice and go for the gangster film!!! CAA's gonna ruin your so far prestigious career.
Before Singer went on to make Superman Returns, he made 2 very successful X-Men movies.
Successful, sure. Big blockbuster hack jobs that basically anyone could have directed, yes. Bringing it back to Nolan, anything close to DARK KNIGHT? Nope.
Personally I almost fell asleep in the first X-MEN and didn't even bother with the 2nd. I felt if you weren't into the comic books, which I wasn't, it was difficult to get into. Whereas the SPIDERMAN and BATMAN reboots had a vision and were easy to get into.
How can you dismiss X-2 as a blockbuster hack job if you haven't seen it? It is much better than the first X-Men film (thanks to a budget that is actually big enough for the project) and if you liked Spiderman and Batman I assure you that you will enjoy it.
Agreed – X2 is one of the finest comic book movies of this generation. By all means criticise Superman Returns and Valkyrie for their shortcomings but don't dismiss X2, especially when you have haven't even seen it!!
As for Aronofsky I am very excited by this and hope he directs, though I have to say directing the sequel to an underwhelming spin off seems like an odd move from someone on an upward trajectory. He should have kicked of Fox's Daredevil reboot and made that his own.
I agree with frug — X2 is actually a terrific film. But keep talking out of your ass and then a few sentences later admitting you're talking out of your ass.
Up up and away makes the sort of typically stupid comment you'd expect from a Nolan fanboy. They are always trying to force their deification of Nolan down everyone's throat at the expense of other equally talented filmmakers. Singer's X2 is one of the best written, best directed comic book movies anyone has made. It's in my top three with Batman Begins and Spiderman 2. I loved Batman Begins but didn't think much of Dark Knight's ponderous pretentiousness, sloppy structure and pitiful character development (besides Harvey Dent and the Joker, what other characters are remotely interesting in that movie — the mayor? Eric Roberts gangster? Rachel Dawes? No one!). Yes, Nolan has talent but he's not the second coming so get real fanboys.
Jackman/Aronofsky first work, The Fountain, was an amazing movie and with the right script (which should be, written by an Oscar-writer), this could be great! I hope it will be true.
I just watched The Fountain (netflix), and have to agree. Yes, many would say its difficult to follow, but its beautifully shot and the story, in its entirety, is worth watching.
It wasn't difficult to follow but it was disappointing.
You know, it could work. Wolverine 2 takes place after X3, right? So it's practically a reboot of the franchise anyway. If it can be done, the team up of Aronofsky, McQuarrie, and Jackman doesn't sound too bad. Fox obviously cares about this franchise, otherwise they wouldn't have gone out of their way to get such high caliber filmmakers.
Maybe, just MAYBE they learned from the success of Avatar and the (relative) failure of Wolverine 1 and are aiming higher this time. By the looks of things, much higher.
I was under the impression that Wolverine 2 took place in Japan, after the first one and before the original X-Men.
in every veriant of the marvel universe so far wolvie doesnt hook up with Mereko and her brother the silver samerie until after Jean grays death when he travils to Japan to excape from all the things that remind him of her.
to place this movie befor the first x-men could prove desasteriose.
Isn't $5m against 5% low for someone with Aronofsky's track record? Shouldn't he be closer to the $10m against 5 or 10% mark?
What track record? Aronofsky makes good films, but they aren't blockbuster.
Great to see someone like Aronofsky finally getting a nice paycheck.
Uhh…"X-Men Origins: Wolverine" made $374,825,760 worldwide, plus $75 mil for home market sales. And that's for a BAD movie. 5% of worldwide gross is almost $19 million. Directors like Aronofsky have NEVER seen that kind of cash for one film, so that ain't bad. I'd take that deal. If he makes a great movie and gets Iron Man type buzz, he'll see a lot more than that.
The Fountain is probably the number one reason studios have any hesitation about hiring Darren in the first place. Kf that movie were made today it would go straight to video–it's an incredibly dull and indulgent piece that only the worst type of Aronofsky sycophant would praise. And while I'm sure Black Swan is a more worthwhile film, I have real questions about its box office potential.
'The Fountain' is a masterpiece, period.
I agree with you. "The Fountain" was garbage. Anyone that says differently is among the very small, very isolated minority. The movie BOMBED in the box office. While I agree it was visually stunning, the story was stupid and very unsatisying. I don't know the full story, but Brad Pitt had major reservations about the story and Aronofsky just wouldn't compromise. Aronofsky eventually got the greenlight to make "his version" and look where that got him. I don't think Wolverine will be any type of masterpiece.
Well after Pitt dropped out and the project lost funding, Aronofsky completely rewrote the script to make it shorter and possible on a massively-scaled-back budget. So "his version" is still not even close to his original version. Would the Pitt version have been better? Who knows.
it's sad that so many of our best young directors are wasting their time on superhero movies, though I guess the payday affords them each a big nice house in the hills.
The big problem is that most of these directors would clearly rather be doing something else; the only one of these films made by someone who actually grew up loving the source material is Sam Raimi's SPIDERMAN films. (Singer obviously loved the Donner films- but I got the distinct impression he's never read a Superman comic in his LIFE, because he clearly had no idea of what to do besides copy Donner).
It doesn't matter how talented you are- if you really don't understand the appeal of the original, you can't do a good adaptation. And yes, that goes for Nolan, too: like Burton before him, he's more interested in material that's LIKE the comic (For Nolan, crime and action films; for Burton, gothic horror and old cartoons), and can't see that the comic gets it's flavour from blending all the disparate elements into a stew.
And,let's be honest, it's not like Wolverine has much substance, anyway. (In fact, I understand Aronofsky tried to get an adaptation of the comic LONE WOLF AND CUB off the ground; with this film supposedly being set in Japan, I imagine he's already reworking the script in his head to try and fit in everything he wanted to do for that…)
For those keeping track, ready? Then: PI, REQUIEM and then big, bloated studio movie. Now: WRESTLER, SWAN, big, bloated studio movie. It's like a pretty graph Hollywood cherishes such. How long before the return to "modest grossing fare"?
Aronofsky is so desperate to do one of these superhero films he would have done it for a song. Fox, you overpaid. I would have offered him low upfront and a high percentage. He's so desperate to do one of these films… let him take the risk.
"festival acclaim" for Black Swan? If I recall correctly, this movie got bupkes at Venice except for Mila Kunis as breakout star.
I sure hope Darren Aronofosky knows what he's getting into. We're talking about 20th Century Fox here. Unless he gets total creative freedom, this movie is doomed once Tom Rothman and his flunkies start to meddle.


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A REDDITCH youth worker has won a national award for his commitment to developing and engaging in partnerships around the world.
Tom Smallman, aged 21, the participation and engagement worker for YMCA Worcestershire, was honoured at YMCA England's national Youth Matters Awards with the coveted YMCA Global Link Award at a celebration in London.
The ceremony was hosted by comedian and presenter Richard Blackwood.
Mr Smallman has represented the YMCA at a local and national level on various international projects and worked hard to encourage other young people to follow in his footsteps and participate in international work that will make a difference.
Youth Matters is YMCA England's national awards ceremony which recognises the exceptional skills and achievements of young people across the YMCA. It also celebrates the vital work that YMCAs throughout the country deliver every day to help change the lives of young people and give them a brighter future.
Mr Smallman was presented with his trophy and certificate at Church House in Westminster by last year's winner Lewis Barkway, in front of an audience including singer and Youth Matters performer Leanne Jarvis from The Voice, MPs, trustees, and YMCA young people and staff from across England.
Mr Smallwood said: "To be given the Global Link Award is an incredible achievement and privilege. My life has totally changed since working for YMCA Worcestershire and I am so grateful for all the support I have received."
Sarah Harris, community development manager at YMCA Worcestershire, said: "We are incredibly proud that Tom has been given an award in recognition for his work.
"International work is very important to us at Worcestershire YMCA and we feel honoured to have been able to celebrate Tom's journey so far."

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What makes a person creative? What are the biographical conditions and personality traits necessary to actualize that potential? These were driving questions behind a 1958-59 study conducted at the University of California, Berkeley, which attempted to divine the elements of creativity by analyzing and interviewing several prominent architects of the time, including Mies van der Rohe, Charles Eames, Gregory Ain, and Quincy Jones. The architects were also encouraged to rate each other. Bottom line? Richard Neutra "has intellect" while Mies Van Der Rohe was considered to be "a great sculptor" although "human comfort is disregarded."

The study languished in obscurity until this year when Pierluigi Serraino published The Creative Architect (and spoke about it on Archinect's 1:1 podcast). On reading the book, Steven Holl commented: "We now know that childlike wonder, an absence of fear, and strong intuition are key aspects of creativity. The Creative Architect is a thought-provoking and ...
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Although superlative residential architectural works are elegant mirrors of their times and an important aspect of the city's cultural heritage, the pressures of property values, changed styles of living (the craze for open kitchens and great rooms have doomed many period homes), and property owners' rights often outweigh the glories of the past. The demolition of amazing, one-of-a-kind architectural homes is an all too frequent occurrence in LA, despite epic efforts by preservationists.

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 Practicing architecture in Los Angeles from 1939 to his death in 1979, Jones -- or Quincy, as he was known -- is described as a quiet modernist who constantly emphasized the concept of "better living" and collaboration in his work. In addition to Jones' more glamorous projects for higher-status clients like actor Gary Cooper and art collectors Frances and Sidney Brody, Jones also made major contributions to middle-class housing in the post-war period.

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Pirelli warned on Friday they will not be able to supply tyres for next year's Formula One season unless they are allowed to do more winter testing with an up-to-date car.
A spate of blowouts earlier this season and the criticism that followed led to a change in tyre compounds and structure, but even that could not satisfy drivers including Ferrari's Fernando Alonso and Red Bull's Mark Webber.
New rules for 2014 are likely to pose different challenges for the tyres and Pirelli's motorsport director Paul Hembery told reporters at the Indian Grand Prix that the first official test with all the teams at Jerez at the end of January was too little, too late.
"Based on the comments of our chairman a few weeks ago, there has to be some running or we can't do the tyres," said Hembery, referring to reported remarks published in Italy's Gazzetta dello Sport newspaper.
Hembery said he would like ideally to be able to test with 2014 cars in December but the teams are already racing against the clock to be ready for Jerez.
"Not by force, we'd like some common sense. We have to do some testing. If we can't, we won't be able to provide the tyres," he said.
Alonso was critical of the tyres at the South Korean Grand Prix, complaining they could not even last a fast lap of the circuit without their performance dropping off.
Hembery said the Italian tyre manufacturers faced a "tough job" and offered an alternative perspective of the current season where tyre management has assumed greater importance.
"People expect just the magic things sometimes out of thin air...We still see some interesting races and interesting scenarios. That is what the sports is asking for."
Pirelli have announced a tyre test with McLaren at Italy's Vallelunga circuit near Rome on Nov. 11-12 with next year's tyre and a 2011 car, subject to approval by the International Automobile Federation (FIA).


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- B.S.: Industrial Education, University of Wisconsin-Stout
- M.S.: Industrial Education Support Field: Engineering Technology, Texas A&M University
- Doctor of Education: Technology Education Support Field: Curriculum and Instruction, Texas A&M University
Dr. Nowak teaches undergraduate and graduate-level lecture and laboratory courses for education and technology majors. He is a member of the Technology Education Committee and a faculty representative on the Technology Education Advisory Board. He is a member of the Periodic Program Review Committee and the Evaluation Committee. He is a faculty representative on the Health, Wellness and Fitness Committee, the Admissions and Retention Committee and the Curriculum Committee. He is also a member of the College of Education and Human Services Strategic Planning Committee.
Among his awards, he won the President's Award for Outstanding Service in 2002-2003; the Technology Education Collegiate Association (TECA) Distinguished Faculty Advisory Award (2001); and the TECA Outstanding Chapter Award (2001).
- Material Properties and Design
- Design and Appropriate Technology
- Designs in Bio-Related Technology
- Manufacturing Enterprise
- Engineering Design and Development
- Laboratory Design and Maintenance
Research Interests
Selected Publications
- "Technology Education Association of Pennsylvania (TEAP) High School Technology Education Curriculum Guide" (Manufacturing Systems section)
- Numerous laboratory manuals published by Cal U
- "Wood Technology Student Manual"
- "Teaching Production Student Manual"
- "Plastics Technology Student Manual"
- "Construction Process I Student Manual"
- "Supervision of Science and Technology Laboratory-Based Teachers and Programs"
Service Learning Projects
- TEAP state affiliate representative to the ITEA (1995-present)
- Judge for events at the Pennsylvania Technology Student Association (PA-TSA) State Leadership Conference since 1986
- Presentations on educational opportunities at Cal U at PA-TSA conference
- Member, California Area School District Parent-Teacher Association Executive Committee (1997-present)
- TEAP adviser for the Technology Education Collegiate Association (1999-present)
- Member, PA K-12 Science and Technology Standards Review Team (1999-present)
- Member, PA K-12 Science and Technology Standards Evaluation Writing Team (2000-present)
Professional Memberships
- International Technology Education Association (ITEA) (1982-present)
- Technology Education Association of Pennsylvania (TEAP) (1985-present)
- Technology Education Association of Southwestern PA (TEASWP) (1988-present)
- Council on Technology Teacher Education (CTTE) (1988-present)
- CTTE Undergraduate Technology Education Subcommittee (1998-present)
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- Department of Applied Engineering and Technology
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just that she saw the slab and and loved it.
In the living and dining rooms, the wall color is Benjamin Moore Elephant Tusk
in egg shell and the trim is painted
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Thanks for sharing, Mary Ann! Such a beautiful home. Love hte coffee table idea!
Lovely details, I rally like that kitchen worktop, so elegant. xoReplyDelete
I have to go back to read the 1st post. Donna's home is lovely!!
So pretty and happy and welcoming..love that armoire! Thanks for sharing.ReplyDelete
Mary Ann and Donna,
How nice of you to provide details (that are always asked of designers) for others to assist in their hunting and gathering processes for their homes.
Usually around this time of year it's like a fever to get ready for holiday guests and enhance our homes a bit.
Thank you so much Mary Ann! That is sooo funny because my husband had just suggested we look @ Rogers Gardens for planters because it's about the only place we haven't checked out. Guess we will be taking a trip up the coast in the near future.
Thanks also for posting the additional photos. Her home is gorgeous...just like yours!
I loved the post below. It was very inspiring to see that I have a very similar couch and the exact same chairs in the kitchen. It gaves me some ideas!ReplyDelete
I just checked out the previous post! Donna did a great job decorating her home. It's relaxed, casual and beautiful.
Thanks for sharing her home with us!
Never mind the sources, do you think she'd mind if I just moved in?ReplyDelete
Just came across your blog! So glad I did...For sure becoming a new follower and scrolling back for more great posts!ReplyDelete
Donna's home is *stunning*ReplyDelete
Lovely - what a light, spacious and organized kitchen - a wonderful place to work and entertain!!ReplyDelete
It is just a lovely house and beautifully appointed. Love all the info! xo DianaReplyDelete
beautiful! I love the stone on the island - really really nice. And I adore the front door / porch area!ReplyDelete
I just love love love this house. Donna has great taste and style.ReplyDelete
Thank you so much Mary Ann, and please tell Donna thank you, too. Lovely!
Very nice of Donna to share her lovely home and talents. Thank you for posting the info "inquiring minds" wanted to know, including mine! :)ReplyDelete
I just told a client to paint her shutters and front door, along with the stair railing [in her house] Iron Ore!!! Need to show her this picture! Donna has such a gorgeous home....ReplyDelete
Even more stunning the second time around! Thanks for sharing Donna's home with us.
I hope you have a chance to stop by my blog and catch up on my latest posts.
Have a lovely day, Mary Ann!
~ Wendi ~
Tres chic! Never took French classes, but hope the spelling is appropriate! Love the window grate, turned coffee table and the armoir with the doors off! The baskets inside have that "frenchy" look as well. Ooo la la! Love it!ReplyDelete
Lovely house. I love the front door.ReplyDelete
Donna's home is beautiful! I am a sucker for all white rooms with wood details. Her coffee table is to die for. I could move in to this home. Tell Donna, she did a fabulous job!ReplyDelete
What a beautiful home! It's so warm and inviting, just the way I like it. Such a great idea to remove the doors from the armoire.ReplyDelete
OMG it's gorgeous! I want to stay and see more but I have to pick up the kids, I'll be back :)
Love seeing more details of this gorgeous home, what a kitchen!!! And the front door is sooo handsome! Thank you for sharing this with us :)
Nancy xo
What a great idea to take off the armoire doors and make it a display.ReplyDelete
So pretty and happy and welcoming..love that armoire! Thanks for sharing.ReplyDelete
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I see that another doctor suggested you get tested for celiac disease.
yes he did
do you get out in the sun much, if you don't that can cause Vitamin D deficiency
celiac spruce disease is an allergy to gluten which can cause diarrhea
i live in CA but i work fulltime and dont spend a lot of time outdoors
i spend a lot of time typing at work and at home as I am a student also
i dont know if thats causing the forearm pain
i notice that my joint pain is always worse right before my cycle
I have GAD and any health issue causes me great stress
I am worried that this is primary bone cancer or cancer that has spread to the bone
my pcm is not worried at all about the liver enzymes as they were only 2 above normal but is still having me do an ultrasound
should i be overly concerned about these?
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just the vitamin D deficiency can cause some muscle pain
you don't have bone cancer or cancer spread to the bone
that would be super rare in your situation
that is your general anxiety disorder talking.
thank you very much. so probably not a liver issue that has spread to the bone>? Would anything have turned up on the CBC?
no, the CBC is a complete blood count and only counts the number of white, red cells and platelets in the blood.
but unlikely that this is a serious issue causing the pain?
yes, very unlikely serious issues are causing the pain.
thank you
you should be taking some vitamin D supplements, as your vit D level gets to normal
I bet your pain will get better.
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as well as trying to alter my diet and lose weight
do you think this could be rheumatoid arthritis?
no, this is not characteristic of rheumatoid arthritis.
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Raucous rebels, yodeling cowboys and seriously simple sounds. Three days of country music wrapped up Sunday night at Indio's Empire Polo Club.
Headliner Zac Brown Band was the 45th act to hit the stage and closed out the festival with a top-flight classic jam band set that rewarded the 55,000 fans for sticking it out through record-setting temperatures.
And while the desert heat might have seared fans' skin, it's the performances — big and small — that will be remembered long after the tan fades.
Some observances:
Strongest performance by a big-name act: Darius Rucker.
The former Hootie & the Blowfish frontman doesn't need to prove to anyone anymore that he's a bona fide country star. His Sunday night set on the Mane Stage showed him in full command, with the charismatic singer running through his numerous No. 1 hits, like "Alright," "Don't Think I Don't Think About It" and "Comeback Song." He introduced a song from his Hootie days as "the first country song I ever wrote;" it was the touching ballad, "Let Her Cry."
Ruckus — a Miami Dolphin-loving, ball cap- and glasses-wearing prepster — seems like the kind of guy you'd want as your best friend.
One question: How is it possible to sing an entire set through a smile?
Most in need in checking their calendar: Lady Antebellum and Dwight Yoakam.
Wait, what week is this? Lady A's Charles Kelley and Yoakam both exclaimed that they were thrilled to be performing at Coachella. Except that the Coachella indie-fest took place the previous two weekends. This was Stagecoach.
Most awesomely corny band ever: Riders in the Sky.
The four natty musicians who make up "America's Favorite Cowboys" are like out of a movie. And that movie would be "Toy Story." Riders in the Sky's Grammy-winning "Woody's Roundup," was one of the many G-rated ditties performed with a knowing wink and a smile. And a yodel. And a fiddle. And a corny joke.
Such signature tunes as "Happy Trails," "Back in the Saddle," and "Chuckwagon" showed how the quartet continues to keep the wholesome side of American Western music alive.
Best example of how country music is all about trucks, booze and girls — and the Red, White and Blue: Toby Keith.
Friday night's headliner was a playful mix of profanity and patriotism. Tequila, whiskey, and, of course, beer drunk out of a "Red Solo Cup," fueled Keith's party machine and fed the stereotype of what country is all about.
Best examples that country is not all about that: Brown Bird, Hayes Carll, Robert Ellis, Brett Shady, Becky Stark, The Lone Bellow, Suzy Bogguss, Marty Stewart, Connie Smith, et al.
The diversity of acts at Stagecoach is mind-bendingly wide.
From neo-folk, to Hillbilly Rockabilly, Rootsy Bluegrass, classic crooning, to hipster hootenanny, every musical style was represented at Stagecoach, particularly in the smaller, more intimate tents. Some performances were spare — just a singer, a guitar and stool. Others were boisterous and foot-stomping crowd-pleasers. Some songs contained weird lyrics, indecipherable lyrics or no lyrics at all. And fans didn't seem to miss the odes to booze.
All over the map never sounded so good.
Best marketing gimmick: Toyota.
How do you lure a Ford F 150 kind of crowd into your tent to check out the new model 4Runner? Promise a private mini-set by Dierks Bentley. How do you entertain the restless fans waiting for Bentley to come on? With an awe-inspiring circus act show, complete with a humorous sword-swallower (wouldn't you have to be?) and a frighteningly flexible, bendable acrobat/contortionist named Olga.
Bentley, who, it was sure to be mentioned, drives an old Toyota truck, delighted the 1,000 or so fans with a fine and friendly acoustic version of his Saturday night concert.
Did anyone rush out to buy a 4Runner? Not likely. But it was probably the most satisfying commercial people had ever seen.
Worst fans: VIPs.
We understand that the best seats in the house — frankly, the only seats in the house — should cost way more. We all understand that companies often buy those VIP seats to give away to clients and customers.
What we don't understand is why those $800 or so Mane Stage seats are empty day after day, performance after performance. They'd fill up some when the biggest acts were on, but not enough to erase the glaring no-show disinterest of the other half. Musicians noticed and repeatedly thanked all their hearty fans "way in the back."
Florida Georgia Line did one better, jumping off the stage and running to perform a song to the delight of thousands of general admission ticket holders. The 50 or so people upfront had to turn around to watch.
Best — and most — use of the word "baby:" Florida Georgia Line.
The duo's lead singer, Tyler Hubbard (the one from Georgia), is like a guy who doesn't want to make a mistake with his wife or his girlfriend's name so he calls them both 'baby.' He fell back to that word in a number of ways:
"Hey, baby"
"Yeah, baby"
"Oh, baby"
"C'mon, baby"
"Stagecoach, where you at, baby"
"That's right baby"
"Baby get your shine on"
"Stagecoach, baby!"
"Ready to party baby?"
And of course, the opening line to FGL's smash hit, "Baby, you're a song, you make me wanna roll my window down and cruise."
At least he didn't mistake Stagecoach for Coachella.


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Yannella, Philip.
Other Carl Sandburg.
Jackson, Miss. : University Press of Mississippi, ©1996
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|Philip R. Yannella.
Carl Sandburg is most remembered as a biographer of Lincoln, as the author of such schoolroom poems as "Chicago" and "Fog," and as a popular-culture hero who lent his name, fame, and homey charm to the political campaigns of Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman, Adlai Stevenson, and John F. Kennedy. One midcentury commentator called him America's "cultural sweetheart." Adlai Stevenson said that Sandburg was the "epitome" of the American dream. Such is the traditional portrait. However, there is another Sandburg, a figure who does not at all resemble the comfortable, comforting persona most of his readers recognize. During the first two decades of his long career, the "other" Carl Sandburg was deeply involved in left-wing politics. This eye-opening book affords a revealing look at that Sandburg. It throws an illuminating light on his involvement in the internal history of the American left, his association with Bolshevism and domestic politics of the Great War, and his hard-nosed, sometimes scurrilous journalism written under his own name and various pseudonyms during the intense class warfare of the years from 1915 to 1920. This picture of the Sandburg few of us know is based on an extraordinary amount of research in government surveillance archives, in the Carl Sandburg Collection at the University of Illinois, and in labor histories, histories of American radicalism, and American literary history.
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It's dark and muggy when Cpl. Mark Hume gets out of his cruiser, wades through a haze of bugs swarming around his headlights and approaches the white Corvette.
It's a short walk he's made thousands of times along the side of Manitoba's highways. The flashy car was clocked at an eye-popping 136 kilometres per hour and is full of young people heading down the Trans-Canada Highway late on a Friday night. Hume is a little wary as the driver rolls down his window.
It turns out, the 23-year-old Chinese driver doesn't speak much English, which stymies Hume's well-practised spiel. The driver's friend translates as Hume checks for signs of alcohol, spots a passenger in the cramped backseat without a seatbelt and starts the paperwork for a couple of tickets that total nearly $850.
Nowadays, doling out a speeding ticket for $550, such as the one earned by the Corvette driver, is a routine occurrence. Super-speeders, those clocked at more than 30 kilometres per hour over the limit, seem to be on the rise, a trend that baffles and frustrates the team of RCMP officers who patrol Manitoba highways.
When Hume, head of traffic services in western Manitoba and commander of the provincial criminal crash investigation team, recently combed through a batch of tickets issued in the Virden area, about one-third involved cars going 30 km/h over the limit. In one week in May, Hume's officers nabbed six speeders going 50 km/h over the limit, including an 18-year-old woman from Melville, Sask., who was fined nearly 1,000 for speeding near Carberry.
Hume said RCMP officers are catching someone driving faster than 150 km/h every couple of weeks. Earlier in his career in traffic enforcement, he used to see maybe a half-dozen of those super-speeders a year.
"There's that oblivious attitude, that 'it's never going to happen to me,' " said Hume of the roughly 90 fatal highway crashes each year. "The average citizen is not in danger of being murdered, but all of us, all our families, have the chance of being hurt or killed in a collision."
Data from Manitoba Public Insurance show nearly 6,000 people were injured in highway crashes during a five-year period ending in 2012. Highway deaths far outstrip crash fatalities in Winnipeg and have been fairly stable in recent years.
The worst crashes happen in the summer, on a Friday or Saturday, at night on the Trans-Canada, MPI data show. Failure to wear a seatbelt and drunk driving continue to be implacable problems.
The Trans-Canada is, not surprisingly, the province's deadliest highway with 22 deaths during five years, followed by Highway 10 in western Manitoba that connects Brandon to Dauphin. Also dangerous is Highway 3 that runs parallel to the U.S. border through the length of south central and southwestern Manitoba.
MPI's Brian Smiley says super-speeders, those caught going 50km/h over the limit anywhere in the province, must automatically appear before a judge for a show-cause hearing to argue why they should keep their licence. They might also be forced to take a driver-improvement course.
"The ages range from teenagers to people in their older adult years," said Smiley. "Some we find are chronic and habitual. They come in front of us a number of times."
As the summer driving season comes to a close this weekend, Hume says officers were again shocked at the number of super-speeders nabbed during last June's Dauphin Countryfest, the growing number of violations around the burgeoning oilpatch in western Manitoba and the frequency of bad crashes around Portage la Prairie.
It's that same area around Portage where Hume is on patrol one Friday night in mid-August -- a very typical shift, where he catches a speeder roughly every hour.
The culprits range from a middle-aged Volvo driver clocked at 123 km/h who swears he was only going 111 km/h, a young driver hauling a trailer without proper lights who gets off with a rare warning, and a car full of young men heading to a friend's bachelor party.
As Hume steps to the window, the young man explains he was following another friend to an acreage, missed a turnoff, got separated on the highway and was speeding to catch up.
"Been drinking tonight?" asks Hume.
"Not yet," quips the driver.
That earns a chuckle from Hume, who takes a peek in the backseat for any open alcohol, runs the young man's licence to make sure it's valid and then sets about writing up a weekend-ruining $508 ticket. As the young man accepts the ticket, he flashes Hume a rueful smile that falls into a grimace as soon as the officer walks away.
Hume is hard-nosed -- mild-mannered and patient -- but hard-nosed nonetheless. He's candid about the leeway all traffic officers allow. Hume typically gives drivers a 17 km/h to 19 km/h grace, depending on whether he's patrolling the Trans-Canada or a smaller, two-lane highway such as the Yellowhead. On the Trans-Canada, though, once you clock 120, as many drivers do, you're in his crosshairs. That's when he tosses the radar gun aside, throws his cruiser into gear and peels out from his spot tucked away on a side road.
Hume, who has been on the traffic beat for 14 years, says traffic enforcement can be lonely, but it's the only kind of police work that allows him to prevent death and destruction before it happens, rather than trying to fix it after the fact.
As a trained forensic collision reconstructionist, who oversees a lot of the investigations into the worst crashes in the province, Hume has seen a lot of after-the-fact effects.
Among the worst collisions he investigated was one that occurred near Minnedosa on the July long weekend three years ago. That head-on crash killed two teens, a boyfriend and girlfriend, and Hume had to accompany the young woman's parents to the funeral home to identify her body.
"Emotionally, that was the most draining crash I've had in 14 years," he said.
He worries his officers don't have enough manpower to patrol the smaller highways, especially around the busy oilpatch. He's frustrated that nabbing texters is nearly impossible unless an unmarked car is able to drive up right beside them and catch someone in the act. He wonders whether people, especially young people, believe too much that cars are engineered to protect them during a crash so there's no need to slow down.
And, after so many years patrolling the province's highways, he's immune to excuses, especially if a driver has children in the car. Don't even bother saying, 'I'm having a heart attack' or 'My wife's in labour.' Those will earn you a trip in an ambulance.
Most of the dozen-or-so drivers an RCMP officer stops in a typical shift are sheepish and confessional but often, passengers will lean over and start arguing.
That's what happened when Hume pulled over a white Acura going 125 km/h westbound on the Trans-Canada. The female driver was resigned to the hefty ticket she was about to get, but her boyfriend in the passenger seat was borderline belligerent, saying the cruise control was set to 117 km/h. There's no way she could have been going so fast, he told Hume repeatedly. Meanwhile, the female driver was giving her boyfriend the stink-eye, telling him three times to shut up.
"That's a pet peeve," said Hume as he got back in his cruiser. "There's nothing worse."
Those traffic stops, while occasionally awkward, are the easy part. What galls him are the drivers who get away.
Often, if a driver is super-speeding, Hume can't catch up, especially if he wastes precious seconds looking for a place to pull a U-turn on the highway. It's usually pretty easy to tell which car sends Hume's dash-mounted radar machine into a high-pitched beeping frenzy, but sometimes that car has slowed down or ducked out of the passing lane by the time Hume catches up, making him less confident about issuing a ticket.
"You can't catch them all," he says after one futile, 200 km/h race down the highway. "It used to really anger me."
Does Hume ever speed?
Never, he says. That would be hypocritical.
"You should ask my girlfriend," grins Hume. "It drives her nuts."


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> Hiya,
> I am using Tomcat and Apache to host a simple website. I need to
> have some security on the site. At least to start with. Eventually
> I need to have security, period. :) So, following the documentation
> and several walk-thrus from many sources, I cannot get tomcat to
> cooperate. I am running Mac OS X 10.4.3 and am using Java 1.5.0,
> apache 1.3, and tomcat 5.5.12 and am connecting apache and tomcat
> with the ajp13 connector (using mod_jk version 1.2.14). At this
> point, I'm think I'm bypassing Apache/JKconnectors and going straight
> to the webapp via port 8080...
> When I set up the web.xml file for using, say, basic security, and
> then attempt to access the constrained resources, tomcat gives me the
> error that the requested resource is not availabe. When I remove all
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> just fine. I tried using the UserDatabase realm and also the
> MemoryRealm, but to no avail either way.
> Next, when I go to the default tomcat page, http://localhost:8080,
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> came with tomcat.. nothing of my creation, so I don't think I'm the
> problem. This link worked on my tomcat version 5.0. I upgraded
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> get security running on my webapp and I can't log in to the
> administration section of the server, I'm wondering if there is some
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> maybe something is wrong? If anyone has any idea, please let me
> know.. I am at a total loss.
> Thankyou,
> Jess Ryan
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|Reviews for Bloody Fool
| montclaire06 chapter 1 . 3/12/2016
I guess this is one of my daily dose of lee pace.. Truly love that thranduil makes me swoon all over ha... He is so adorable and everything.. Love michael too.. Thanks for this wonderful story.. I just rewatch the movie.. Ahh the feelings hehe
| Pickwick Scribbles chapter 1 . 3/10/2016
Fantastic. You are an amazing writer, and you've captured Michael's voice brilliantly. Delysia as well. The diction and personality are perfect. I'm so happy to have found a deserving fanfic for this beautiful, albeit, underrated film. Lee and Amy were adorable and fantastic, as always. And Lee...was mesmerizing. His accent (and singing) was to die for.
Concerning your story, my only complaint is that Delysia never actually showed up for his planned proposal and Michael was left all alone with the bottle of champagne. So, I suppose this is just a wonderful, slightly AU-ish fiction, if anything. And I hope I'm able to write anything even half as good as this one-shot.
| iwishedforyouandyoucame chapter 1 . 1/15/2014
First off, I'm going to say that this is an awesome story :) (Throughout the movie I too, fell in love with Lee Pace). Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day is such an underrated film and I'm quite disappointed that it doesn't have many fanfiction stories themed around the plot/Michael and Dylesia's romance. Nevertheless, I'm glad to have found a great fanfiction that reflects upon the development of Michael's love for Dylesia, and accurately portrays other characters as well. :D
| Guest chapter 1 . 2/15/2013
love it!
| LittleSlytherin394 chapter 1 . 1/27/2011
Ohhhh my gosh. Lee Pace. I can barely form intelligent sentences when I think about him. Too freaking sexy. Anywaaaay! Great job! Very in character! I can totally see this as a little scene from the movie. I wish there woulda been more of him in it! But at least he WAS in it. With an accent. And he sang for like 20 seconds. It's aaaall good. ;D You should watch his movie The Fall if you haven't already. He's extra sexy in that. Hellooo guyliner. And biceps. 0_o yurm. K. I'm done rambling. Good job! :)
| Gene's Gal chapter 1 . 4/12/2010
Excellent, loved every word of it. It's very intresting to read the story of Michael of when he first met the love of his life, his jealously over Nick and Philip and heartbreaking when she refused his propsal. I must admit when I first watched Miss Pettigrew, Lee Pace did catch my eye and find him very handsome. I'm definaly going to start watching Pushing Daisies now without doubt. Anyway, I enjoyed this fic and have added it to faves. There should be more Miss Pettigrew stories on here.
| Ellen Fitzwilliam Brandybuck chapter 1 . 2/18/2010
I think he's bloody gorgeous! thank you for sharing!
| bologna121 chapter 1 . 12/22/2009
oh my goodness I loved Michael too! The movie was spectacular and so is this story. Fabulous job:)
| The Duchessina chapter 1 . 4/12/2009
Wonderful oneshot. I just watched this movie last night, and I fell in love. I loved your characterization of Michael, and it was very powerful.
| inkspire chapter 1 . 3/2/2009
Aw, so cute! Great job! I did find two mistakes, however. "charmingly wide grin" doesn't make all that much sense, would probs be better as "wide and charming" or "charming, wide grin" or w/e. Second was a typo, near the bottom, what the judge says: "But realize she didn't yes"...etc. Obvs, should be "didn't say yes". And, lol, the A/N, Miss Pettigrew says "Magnificent", not exquisite. But, this was so perfect from his POV, so awesome!
| Laura Schiller chapter 1 . 3/2/2009
Wow! I never thought I'd actually find a fanfic for this beautiful but sadly underrated film. Excellent, very romantic description of Michael's feelings. I wish I had a loyal man like that...sigh...
| Jedi Knight Bus chapter 1 . 2/28/2009
HURRAYY! BRAVO! That was awesome and perfectly in character and charmingly Michael-like. *sigh* So very exquisite, indeed. And I love the ending because we KNOW what happens in the end and it is wonderful. WHOO!
Love yoou
| Varietygirl9143 chapter 1 . 2/27/2009
Ok so I saw the new story alert and was going, "misc. movies? what movie is she writing about?" And then I looked and saw it was 'Miss Pettigrew'. I love that movie! And I dearly love Lee Pace as well :) You did a good job with Micheal's character... I remember the first time I watched 'Miss Pettigrew', I spent most of the movie yelling at Delysia to just shut up and take Micheal! Anyway, I liked this. As per normal. :D


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The theory was that if you make the benefits of going up a level insignificant enough, a low-level agent can still have a badass shoot-out with a high-level agent and you don't have to divide up your players at all. In practice, they've got the worst of both worlds. After level 12 the rewards for levelling up are frequently unsatisfactory for the work you're putting in, and yet a level 30 agent with a collection of upgrades is still going to be able to casually flamb� a level 15. The level 15 could attack with the advantage, he could throw grenades in first, it won't make a difference. A +2% here and there adds up over the 20 hours of play separating those two players.
So far, everything I've talked about (with the exception of crafting) is available to players who simply purchase either the boxed copy or digital download of Global Agenda. What treats await for subscribers willing to part with a planned (all content is currently free as a launch offer) �8 a month?
That would be Conquest Mode, something many people considered the most interesting part of Global Agenda's design prior to launch. Here, players are allowed to form Agencies (guilds of the future) then spend huge wads of money bidding on an unoccupied hex on one of five hex maps. Once you have some territory (which might create money, blueprints or even powerful vehicles for your agency) you become part of a scramble for neighbouring hexes that lasts for two and a half hours a day and begins at a different time on each on each of the five zones.
At once, Conquest Mode is Global Agenda at its fiercest and weakest. With something at stake on the outcome of these matches they become hugely tense and team-focused affairs, and playing to that standard you'll likely have more fun than you would anywhere else in the game. On the other hand, Conquest sees Global Agenda at its most crushingly mediocre. You might have 700 players in your Agency but you're still stuck playing the same 10-vs.-10 point-capturing match you'll recognise from PvP, and while the maps are new, there aren't many of them. Global Agenda's sole concession to scale is that you can link together "Strike Forces" so you're playing a maximum of six 10-vs.-10 games concurrently, but in terms of territory-based MMO gaming this is unexciting stuff.
It's also the smallest amount of content I've ever seen anyone try and demand a subscription for. Or it would be if they were demanding it yet. In Hi-Rez's defense, Conquest Mode is free for everyone until March 3rd, it's currently in its infancy, and the developers are doing a lot of talking about bolstering how many game modes and maps it has before they begin charging. But then, that's why we have re-reviews for online games.
However, without a total reboot, what bars Global Agenda from being an obvious purchase will not change. It's a shooter without eloquence or crunch, an MMO without content or personality, and as an experimental combination of the two it's missing ambition. I played Planetside for a year because I was so inspired by what it tried to do, and because its problems tended to arise from it being huge and daring at any cost. This? It barely has any problems beyond its averageness. And that's a much, much harder thing to get behind.
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Sh*t Bougie Black People Love
The Bougie Black Person's Guide To The Perfect Level Of Blackness
So, after a day's worth of thinking, writing, and talking about what makes a name "Black," if there's a right and wrong degree of Blackness for a name, the etymology of Barkevious, and fried chicken, I spent the evening wondering how the demographic most hyper conscious of and sensitive to race—Bougie Black People (BBP)—manages to find the perfect level of Blackness with everything else they care about.
Actually, this is a lie. I spent no time "wondering" about anything. As an admitted BBP—and expert arbiter of BBP best practices—I know exactly how to find the sweet spot between "not Black enough" and "a tad bit too Black." And, while this determination is dependent on a complex labyrinth of experience, observation, education, and proximity to Black Girls Run, I've decided to hide most of the work for you all today and just show a few of the results.
Woman with Perfect Level of Blackness
Despite having absolutely no idea who this woman is, where she's from, what she does for a living, and whether she "dated" Stevie J, a quick glance at a few context clues in this picture lets us know she's perfectly Black.
She's brown-skinned, a perfect complexion for a Bougie Black Man who doesn't want to catch heat for being colorstruck but also doesn't want his girl to break up with him because he didn't think Dark Girls was all that good. She has creatively natural hair, a style signaling "I love Zumba and Thai food!!!" Her earrings let you know that while she shops at Gilt.com, she's not above rocking something copped from a vendor outside of a GoGo in Silver Spring. And, she's wearing a scarf on what looks to be a 60 degree night. A not Black enough Black girl would have gone for a windbreaker there, and it would be too cold for a bit too Black girl to even be outside.
Show with perfect level of Blackness
Totally Biased With W. Kamau Bell
Bell's show manages to be smart and Black enough to impress other Black people when they learn you're a fan, but not so Black that the content either goes over non-Black people's heads or scares the f*ck out of them. Both The Melissa Harris Perry Show and Key & Peele would seem to have a perfect level of Blackness as well, but Totally Biased stands alone for two reasons.
1. It's not as popular as those other two shows. This makes it more exclusive, and nothing says perfect level of Blackness better than arbitrary exclusivity.
2. W. Kamau Bell isn't light skinned.
Food with perfect level of Blackness
Shrimp and Grits
Grits add character. And, by "character" I mean "Blackness." Adding shrimp to the grits instead of ox tail or pig burps, though, let's everyone know you're making a conscious choice to eat "better" while also letting everyone know you're still Black enough to consider eating seafood to actually be a sign of eating "better."
Rapper with perfect level of Blackness
Phonte Coleman
The former Little Brother frontman/current Foreign Exchange frontman is authentically Black and produces authentically Black content with realistically Black themes–which makes him too Black for not Black enough people. He's also a uber-talented rapper who doesn't rap on his albums anymore—which makes him perfectly Black for those seeking that perfect level of Blackness.
Sporting activity with perfect level of Blackness
Co-ed Kickball
BBP striving to find the perfect level of Blackness need to stay in relatively good shape. Form fitting clothes make it easier for cops to see you're not carrying any weapons, but it's hard to comfortably wear form fitting clothes with a beer belly. And while cross fit and insanity may do the trick, it can be awkward always having your cat lick your thighs while doing ab workouts.
So, you need to do something outdoors. The special shoes only purchased at special stores needed to compete in marathons and rock climbing contests make them not quite Black enough, though, and any sport that Blacks with names like Lebron and TayShawn are able to play professionally is far too Black.
Co-ed kickball, however, finds the perfectly Black sweet spot. The sport contains a ball—making it a bit too Black for the not Black enough—but you have to buy a special Kickball ball that seems to only be sold at Target and select Rite-Aids—making it not Black enough for the bit too Black.
White person with perfect level of Blackness
Tina Fey
Finds the perfectly Black sweet spot for two reasons
1. Not quite Black enough Blacks won't appreciate her relationship with Tracy Morgan—lieutenant jester of the bit too Black Blacks.
2. Bit too Black Blacks just don't think 30 Rock is that funny.
City with perfect level of Blackness
Washington, D.C.
For years, Atlanta has battled D.C. for the perfect level of Blackness moniker, but Atlanta has worms (and by "worms" I mean "Momma Dee"), so D.C. wins by default.
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CLEVELAND – A woman has sued celebrity blogger Perez Hilton, saying she was fired from her job as a nurse after the gossip maven posted an e-mail she sent him that contained gay slurs.
Hilton, whose real name is Mario Lavandeira, posted Diane Wargo's full name and work e-mail address along with her message on Dec. 27, according to a lawsuit.
Wargo and her former employer, Menorah Park Center for Senior Living in suburban Cleveland, began receiving threatening e-mails, the lawsuit states.
"There was a rallying cry among the commenters to spam bomb her and her employers," said Wargo's attorney, Brian Spitz.
She lost her job later that day, Spitz said. Wargo, who filed the lawsuit Monday in Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court, is seeking $25 million in damages from the Los Angeles-based blogger. She had worked at the senior living center for nine years.
Lavandeira's attorney, Bryan Freedman, said Wargo's lawsuit has no merit.
"If she's looking to find who's responsible for her plight, she ought to start by looking in the mirror," Freedman said Tuesday.
Wargo's lawsuit contends that Lavandeira violated the "conditions of use" disclaimer on his Web site that states the privacy of visitors will be protected and that personal information will be disclosed only by obtaining permission.
Freedman said the disclaimer applies to visitors posting comments on the Web site, not e-mails. He said anyone who sends an e-mail to perezhilton.com does not have an expectation of privacy rights.
"A post is clearly different than sending an e-mail," Freedman said. "You're actually accessing the site when you post something."
Wargo offered to settle the claim for $85,000 along with the removal of her name, e-mail address and her message from the Web site, according to a letter Spitz sent to Freedman on Feb. 9 that was filed with the lawsuit. Lavandeira rejected the offer.
Jamie Herbst, director of human resources at Menorah Park, declined comment. Herbst previously sent an e-mail to Lavandeira, which he posted, apologizing "for any harm the unauthorized and inappropriate email may have caused."
Lavandeira has been sued numerous times, including several lawsuits by paparazzi and others who claim he posts their photos and video on his site without permission. Earlier this year, Lavandeira won $85,000 to pay his legal costs in a defamation lawsuit brought by a friend of actress Lindsay Lohan.


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John Hutton, the business secretary, is to fast-track a change in the law to facilitate the merger of Lloyds TSB and HBOS. On October 6, the day parliament returns, he intends to lay an order in the House of Commons to change the wording of section 42 of the 2002 Enterprise Act so the merger need not be referred to the Competition Commission.
At present referrals can only be blocked if they affect national security or the plurality of media ownership. The new regulation will extend this on public interest grounds to ensure the stability of the UK financial system.
The government, after taking advice from the Treasury, Bank of England and the Financial Services Authority, has decided that it does not require a new bill to change the law but can pass an order to alter a section of the act.
According to government whips, if no one in parliament objects to the change, it may be possible to get the regulation passed in one day.
MPs and peers will be asked to convene a meeting of the Statutory Instruments Committee to debate and scrutinise the order. If the committee agrees to the order, it can be placed before the Commons at the end of the first day and become law immediately.
The government has framed the order so it does not even need a vote by MPs to become law but can be nodded through. If an MP objects, however, the change will be delayed and there will have to be a debate on the floor of the Commons.
So far David Cameron, the Tory leader, has pledged not to oppose the change in the law - so the government should be able to get the measure through without any problems.


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About Sears Real Estate
Sears Real Estate is the preeminent real estate company in Northern Colorado focusing our efforts on the Greeley, Windsor, Loveland and Ft. Collins marketplaces. Those who have lived in the area for a long-time know Sears Real Estate is synonymous with the best: success, leadership, and knowledge. Those who are new to the community sometimes call us looking for chainsaws and appliances, and soon discover we are not associated with Sears and Roebuck the department store located in the mall.
Instead, we received our name from Doug Sears. Doug founded Sears Real Estate in 1972. He was committed to being a local and independent company with ties only to the Northern Colorado community and its amazing residents. Doug Sears, who was widely respected for his accomplishments, intelligence, integrity and vision, provided a legacy and foundation that has continued today. Our reputation is much like it was 40+ years ago…it is among the very best names in real estate companies.
Among the Best Real Estate Companies In Colorado
Today, our structure is a bit different than it was 40 years ago. Our independent company is owned by its agents. So, they have a vested interest in what happens with the company and for the clients we serve. They are all full-time real estate professionals leading the way in our industry and in our Northern Colorado community. Very few real estate companies in the nation are structured in this fashion, and we are proud to be amongst the few who see this as a benefit to the real estate brokers. And, while not everyone in our company chooses to be an owner, they all have the same opportunity to buy-in and be leaders of the organization.
Owning a real estate office and working there provides our agents with the ability to make decisions that directly impact their business and their clients without a bunch of red tape. Maybe they want to run a full-page ad in the Greeley Tribune or Homes and Land magazine highlighting all of our open houses for the weekend…we can do that. On the spot. It gives us uncommon flexibility. Agents who own the company means that the company exists to serve their needs…not the other way around. Often, companies owned by large franchises or investors are structured with one goal—to provide a return on their investment.
Independent From Day One
We enjoy additional flexibility and adaptability because we have maintained our independent brand. We're not part of any national franchise. And, since 1972, we believe we've been among the best real estate companies in Northern Colorado because of our independence. We make local decisions with people who live locally. We reside in your community and understand the ups and downs – and the ins and outs – of the market. We see you at the grocery store, at the concert hall and in church. When you have a concern or problem, we are responsive and responsible. We still answer our own phones in the business day, not leaving you to press one or two or three. The person you're talking to is right here. In our office. In your community.
Excellent Support Staff
Our agents are also supported by our incredible full-time staff who are second to none. They know that their job is to support the agents so they have more time to work on showing properties or selling homes. Our company is also unique in the fact that we have a non-competing managing broker. While she has her real estate license, her agreement is that she won't sell properties and compete against her real estate agents. This sets up a much more supportive and team effort between the manager of the company and the agents who work at Sears Real Estate. With over 40 full-time real estate brokers, we believe it's important to have a full-time, non-competing managing broker who can focus on the operation of the business and supporting the agents in their transactions.
What makes Sears Real Estate So Special?
Why is it among the very best names in Real Estate in Northern Colorado?
- 45+ full time real estate brokers
- One heck of an awesome support staff
- A non-competing, managing broker who is focused on the success of our agents
- Independent since 1972
- Marketing Pros
- A real estate fixture in Northern Colorado
Our agents and staff, together, create a well-oiled machine. They each understand the activities and areas they should focus on to ultimately best assist our clients.
The company continues its long-standing tradition of providing exceptional service for Buyers and Sellers in Greeley and Weld and Larimer Counties and throughout Northern Colorado as one of the largest independent, agent-owned companies in our area.
Our company has seen many changes in the real estate market. We survived the 80's and now the most recent downturn in the market. We are in the business for the long-haul and know what to anticipate in both challenging and rewarding real estate markets.
You have many choices in real estate companies. In fact, you probably know several real estate agents through church or your son's soccer team. But choosing a real estate company isn't just about who you know. It's also about their reputation. About what they stand for. About their reliability and their integrity.
We know that. It's why we focus not just on real estate contracts and educational training in our day-to-day business but also on how we can serve our clients best. About what we can do to create a positive buying or selling experience…one that you won't forget and will gladly share with your friends and family.
It's how we've built our business. From friends and family. From you telling your neighbor that the real estate agent you worked with from our Company was amazing. From doing not just a good job, but an extraordinary job for our clients. You matter to us. And, it's exactly what Doug Sears thought about when he started the company and put his name on the door.
Message from the CEO
I started at Sears Real Estate when I was just 19 years old. I answered a job posting (on a 3×5 index card) tacked to the employment board at the University of Northern Colorado when I was attending school. It was for a position in their mailroom helping with labeling postcards and answering phones.
Now, some 21 years later, I happily find my journey has led me to the role of CEO of the company. I had a few detours in between that time in the mailroom and now…working in the title and mortgage business and selling real estate with Sears Real Estate. It's all made up an incredible journey in this field of real estate that I both appreciate and enjoy. I didn't grow up wanting to work in real estate, but I'm glad I grew up working in real estate.
The gift to me each and every day are the people I get the opportunity to work with. Those are the agents and staff at Sears Real Estate. It's our clients. And, it's the people in the community I get the privilege of working with. How fitting. We truly believe in "people first. I'm clear that while we sell houses as our product, it's the people who truly make up our business.


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Book Title: Haunt Me
Author name: Heather Long
Publisher: Entangled Publishing, Covet Imprint
Book Genre: Paranormal Romance
Publication date: 1/27/2014
Book Description:
Recently divorced author MacKenzie Dillon has lost her writing mojo. When she inherits her great aunt's haunted house in Virginia, she is determined to make a new start. The creepy old house provides inspiration but at what cost?
Successful architect and paranormal skeptic Justin Kent returns to Penny Hollow to fulfill his father's dying wish of revitalizing their small town. To do that, he needs the allegedly haunted estate at Summerfield. Mac, the new owner, may be gorgeous and spunky, but she refuses to sell.
These two have a dangerous history that spans the ages, but will they discover the truth in time to save their lives?
My Thoughts:
MacKenzie Dillon has hit her low. Reeling from the recent divorce from her controlling & manipulative ex, bitter from financial ruin created by him, and finding a void where her writing muse should be, MacKenzie feels inheriting her great-aunt's estate, Summerfield, is a chance for a fresh start. Sure Summerfield comes with peeling wall paper, an over-grown garden, and it's own haunted tales; however, MacKenzie can't help but feel it'll also be her refuge & her second chance.
Justin Kent had returned to Penny Hollow to fulfill his deceased father's desire to reinvent the small dying town. Justin thought his bid on Summerfield was a done deal. When MacKenzie claimed her inheritance to the Summerfield estate, she took away Justin's plans to make the estate the cornerstone to market Penny Hollow as "Virgina's most haunted town", thereby fulfilling requirements for his own inheritance.
Neither of these new neighbors was looking for the other's help; neither MacKenzie nor Justin was looking for a potential love interest; and neither could've imagined that the draw they each had to Summerfield & each other had actually begun generations ago with the ghosts of ages pasts.
I've not read Heather Long before, but this paranormal romance, Haunt Me, has me curious about her other books. I'll admit I tend to shy away from books deemed "romance" because I'm typically not into "heaving bosoms" & "rock-hard abs", but this simmering romance was steamy without being slutty or cheesy. I appreciated Long's character development as she took us through MacKenzie opening her heart to the possibility of love once again. I found the love story within a love story clever, but I also loved the fact that there was a ghost story going on as well! A quick & fun read that will keep you on your toes!
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After the September 11 terrorist attacks, the aviation industry witnessed a severe decline in air travel, which translated into cancelled contracts for airplanes and sharp reductions in purchases planned for the future. Aircraft producers like Embraer had already committed significant resources to building planes – aircraft that they could no longer sell. Between August 31st and December 31st, 2001, Embraer's inventories grew from $600 million to $1.1 billion, absorbing $500 million in cash in four months.
CEO Mauricio Botelho later remarked: "If we did not have cash at hand and weren't flexible, we would probably be dead right now". But by building a cash cushion during the relative lull in the airline industry in the late 1990s, Embraer was able to survive 9/11. Embraer also shifted production to military aircraft to capitalize on rising demand from the defense sector after the terrorist attacks. Embraer's operational improvements also conferred the flexibility to respond to the September 11 slowdown. Botelho described the situation:
We were increasing our production from 14 to 20 aircraft per month from January to December 2001. On August of that year, we had delivered 18 aircraft. Then, September 11th came and we immediately, by the end of September, announced our actions to face the new scenario. We visited all our customers, studied the impact on their operations, and then studied the impact on us. And we reacted very promptly, adjusting our man power, our course and everything to a new delivery scheme of 10 aircraft per month. We adjusted from 18 to 10 aircraft per month overnight. Flexibility is mandatory, and the downturn forced us to lay off 1,800 employees (14% of total) and reschedule our production line.
One might be tempted to attribute Embraer's resilience to luck. After all, Embraer was at the right place to capitalize on the boom in demand for regional jets. However, a comparison with competitor Fairchild Dornier suggests that the steps Embraer took while actively waiting rather than good fortune, explain Embraer's success. While Embraer emerged as a strong competitor in the wake of the terrorist attacks, Fairchild Dornier filed for bankruptcy in April 2002.
The contrast to Embraer is striking. Both companies focused on the regional aircraft segment just as it was booming and both benefited from an experienced financial investor at the helm. In 1990, Carl Albert took over bankrupt Fairchild Aerospace. Like Embraer, Fairchild had historically relied exclusively on commuter turboprop aircraft for the bulk of its revenue, and also like Embraer (prior to privatization), Fairchild was bleeding money. After a year of severe restructuring, Fairchild was back in the black by implementing what Albert called "common sense cost-cutting."
In 1996, Fairchild acquired Dornier, which manufactured a popular 30-passenger turboprop. With the acquisition, Fairchild obtained a first-rate plant outside Munich in which former-owner Daimler-Benz had invested over $600 million. Additionally, Daimler provided up to $230 million to cover operating losses (and restructuring costs) in the year of the sale, while the German federal and Bavarian state governments chipped in an additional $240 million in loan guarantees.
After acquiring Dornier, Albert cut 500 middle-management jobs. By 1997, in its first year in Fairchild's hands, Dornier made money. The Dornier engineers had already developed a jet version of their 30-seat turboprop, and the merged entity sold 200 of these planes between 1997 and 1999. Fairchild Dornier also launched a new program to develop a 70-seat commuter jet. In 1999 Forbes declared Fairchild-Dornier's transformation a success. That same year Fairchild Dornier won a $1.6 billion order from Lufthansa for 60 new jets.
In 2000, Carl Albert and his partners sold a 96% stake in Fairchild for $1.2 billion to a U.S. leveraged buyout firm and German insurance giant Allianz. The sale left the highly-leveraged company with little cash on the balance sheet. The buyers assumed they could fund development of Fairchild Dornier's planned new passenger plane with the proceeds of an initial public offering (IPO) planned for late 2001 as well as funds from the German government.
However, the September 11th disaster ruled out an IPO, which in turn caused the German government to back away from their earlier promises. Lacking slack resources, Fairchild Dornier could not withstand the sudden-death threat. Nor were they alone. September 11th also caught Canadian competitor Bombardier completely off-guard.
I am not, of course, arguing that Embraer's CEO Botelho (or anyone) could have predicted the terrorist attacks of September 11th or their impact on the airline industry. But that is exactly the point. In an unpredictable environment, organizational absorption–through low-fixed costs or a war chest of cash–provide a valuable cushion against unforeseen crises. Fairchild Dornier was headquartered in Western Europe and Bombardier in Canada, and neither one was exposed to Brazil's country risk. Embraer's experience in Brazil, however, had inured its executives to the risk of sudden-death threats.


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Church-State Relations
Relations between Venezuela's Protestants and Catholics have greatly improved since the earlier days of disruptions and lawsuits.
"In the 1980s and '90s, the Committee for Relations Between Churches and Synagogues in Venezuela kept people coming together around a meal, just to be with each other and talk," Olson explained. "[This] had a great impact on the religious leadership. There was no theological position to be argued."
Arguments have occurred between the Catholic Church and the Chavez government, sometimes with violent results.
In July 2001 a pipe bomb exploded at the Church of San Francisco in Caracas and slightly injured a young woman. Later the same week police disarmed similar bombs at the Cathedral of Caracas and the Church of the Santa Capilla.
At the time, Catholic officials were embroiled in a bitter public feud with Chavez. The fight began over deep cuts in government subsidies to Catholic schools and hospitals.
When Chavez took office these grants totaled nearly $500 million per year. He slashed them by 80 percent, on the grounds that the state and not the church should deliver these services to its citizens.
Catholic officials responded by pointing out the deficiencies in the state's social programs and questioning the soundness of Chavez's political agenda. The president reacted by accusing the bishops of plotting his overthrow. The bombings followed his accusation.
Because no group claimed responsibility for the attacks the affair remains a mystery. Relations between Chavez and the Catholic Church remain tense, but for many reasons.
"Catholicism is a worldwide geopolitical body," Olson notes. "Its interests don't always mesh with those of the Venezuelan state." As for relations between the state and Protestants, Olson says evangelicals and the Chavez government have a "formal and respectful" relationship.
"Our [Evangelical Council of Venezuela] lawyers are treated well when they meet with government officials," he says. "They are talking now of developing a protocol to know who to invite to official functions."
According to rumors, some evangelicals are seeking a closer alliance with Chavez and his "Bolivarian Revolution"¥the name for the political reform movement he is promoting in Latin America. Some evangelical churches have added the word "Bolivarian" to their official name, sparking speculation that Chavez is granting special privileges to them in return for their political support.
Olson does not believe the speculation and pointed out that "nowadays, anybody registering [under the 2001 constitution] must use 'Bolivarian' in the legal name or statute of any public organization in Venezuela."
"That does not mean you necessarily support the government or its policies," he says. "You are simply complying with the law. Yet people take a statement and [apply] their own way of interpreting things."
Another rumor circulating is that the Chavez government is planning to expel foreign missionaries¥at least those of U.S. citizenship. In a similar move a few years ago, the government passed a resolution denying missionaries access to indigenous areas.
In February 2006, Florida-based New Tribes Mission pulled its ministry personnel out of jungle bases here, ending more than 50 years of ministry by the group. Some missionaries remain in the country, but they no longer can reside in tribal areas.
The action was in part a backlash to the suggestion made on U.S. television by evangelist Pat Robertson that the American government should assassinate Chavez as a way to stop communism and Muslim extremism from infiltrating Latin America.
After that, Chavez's chief of religious affairs ceased granting visas to U.S. missionaries. He later told Reuters news agency that although the government had been preparing the move for some time "these declarations have made us speed things up."
The campaign to stop evangelical missionaries from reaching Venezuela's native peoples has indeed been a long-term effort.
"In the 1960s and '70s, secular anthropologists and members of the Opus Dei brought charges in Congress against New Tribes and other evangelical missions working with tribal peoples," recalls Zabdiel Arenas, a Venezuelan whose parents were missionaries working with indigenous groups in the Orinoco basin at the time. "They said missionaries were enslaving the Indians, destroying their way of life, mining gold and diamonds. None of this was true, of course."
The arguments did not succeed, but Arenas points out that the government used them again against New Tribes.
"It's an odd situation," Olson adds. "The government sent in the military, but they don't know how to speak tribal languages as the missionaries did. We need to pray for these [indigenous] people to take the leadership. They have to run their own ship."
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New research out of Princeton University tested mice in stressful situations to determine whether consistent exercise (in this case, running on a wheel) was beneficial in combatting anxiety. After being placed in cold water, mice that had had prolonged exercise training calmed down much faster than mice who with no access to a wheel. Additionally, the researchers also found that the exercising mice's brains were filled with far more excitable new neurons than those of the sedentary mice. The New York Times reveals more about these beneficial effects of exercise.
Exercise: Nature's Anxiety Treatment (New York Times)
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Yawn.....long marathon training plans are overrated...I'm going for the bargain 4 week plan. Besides, I have a new fool-proof idea to get me to the finish...... I'm going to run in front of Bonkin!
Every time my garmin beeps, he'll be so annoyed, that he will give me a kick start
My only real question with this is do I use Charmin or Cottenelle for padding?
When it's all said and done, will you have said more than you've done?
It's hard to do simple geometry whilst holding a colicky kiddo.
This is a great plan. It's sure to work.
I'm going to get one of those heart rate monitors that beeps every once for every heart beat. When you can't hear the beep anymore, it means you've outrun me, or it's time to call 911.
I'm on a similar plan, it's called the "6 weeks, 3 days to go" plan.
Agreed. It's oddly refreshing to find others in similar straits.
I'm hoping to start running late this week. Crap, it's already late this week...maybe early next week.
I have a new super simple, 2 step plan for you.
Step 1: Say "I'll write my dissertation tomorrow".
Step 2: Wake up and repeat Step 1.
The Logic of Long Distance
See. It's a powerful, yet versatile plan. I use it all the time to rationalize quit smoking.
I've never really been sure what PhD actually means. It's Procrastinating Hippie Dude, right?
A couple of weeks ago, Jeff was 80% done. So by now, he's got to be 65% done.
I can tell that you have some experience with this process.
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I am using a view which includes a field with multiple values. I do not want that, due to that field, some rows are shown more than once. There for I set "Multiple field settings" to "Display all values in the same row".
But Views Calc counts nevertheless the rows that have more than one value within that field as if it where not grouped:
| NR | field with single value | field with multiple value | field to calc |
|----|----------------------------|------------------------------ --|-----------------|
| 1 | Some value | value1, value2, value3 | 1 |
| 2 | An other value | value1 | 5 |
| 3 | Something | value1, value2 | 2 |
| Total SUM 12 |
The example shows how the module calcs, but I would expect 8 as result.
Comment #1GrahamShepherd CreditAttribution: GrahamShepherd commented
I have encountered exactly the same thing. My example is a view of page view statistics of a content type (journal articles) where there are multiple authors per article. The authors are displayed in one row with a comma separator. The required SUM is the total number of page views of the content type. The actual SUM displayed is the SUM (number of authors x page reads).
If I remove the multiple author field from the view, the SUM returns to the correct value.
Comment #2mthomas CreditAttribution: mthomas commented
Same here. If multiple values are present in a field, the sum calculation duplicates the row for however many occurrences of that field; yielding an incorrect sum value.
Comment #3mgifford CreditAttribution: mgifford commented
Has anyone come up with a solution for this yet?
Comment #48bitplateau CreditAttribution: 8bitplateau commented
Just to confirm that using 'distinct' does not make any difference.
It is essentially not compatible with primary features of views.
Beer money and multiple bigups to anyone who fixes this.
Comment #5dchatry CreditAttribution: dchatry commented
A solution for this would be to exclude multiple fields from calculations (see attached patch).
It's not ideal but it seems to do the trick for me!
Comment #6mgifford CreditAttribution: mgifford commented
|» Needs review
Comment #7mgifford CreditAttribution: mgifford commented
Patch applies nicely. Nice way to just remove the multiple fields. Why isn't it ideal?
Comment #8dchatry CreditAttribution: dchatry commented
I guess it would be better if we could handle calculations on multiple fields instead of just discarding them.
Comment #9tolegu CreditAttribution: tolegu commented
the same. The module counts a row as many times as many values of the multi-valued field are inside.
The patch in #5 works.


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