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Rated 3 / 5 stars
It was a good story idea and a fun song but you didn't use it to it's full potential. Work on the script for a bit, maybe add more characters and an actual plot for extreme comedy while using the entire song and possibly others throughout. I think if you do this and work on the animation, a follow up would be awesome.
You did a good job though, a little short for my taste but greatness starts small.
Rated 3 / 5 stars
Upon the very first frame I admit that it wasn't appealing as I think the animation is a bit weak, but when you actually watch it to the point of the first 'scat' it picks up. I think you could have ended this in two different ways- 1) it ends after the first scat and you have that shock 'wtf' moment from viewers and 2) the three dancers end on a group pose and you could show reactions from other party goers (possibly laughing or something).
Regardless it was a good attempt and apart from my own thoughts about the animation, I have no negative opinions. Your voice recordings were very clear, that is always a plus for me.
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Good Job!
I think the animation and drawing could be improved but the sound and story worked well and held it together.
Look forward to seeing more in future.
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i like it and i think you should keep working on your animations other than that good job
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Former Northwestern State football coach Bradley Dale Peveto has been officially announced as Kentucky's safeties and special teams coach.
Peveto, 49, compiled a 14-30 record in four seasons at Northwestern State. He was an assistant at Louisiana State from 2005-08, serving as linebackers coach and special teams coach from 2005-07 before moving to co-defensive coordinator and linebackers coach in 2008.
Peveto and UK head coach Mark Stoops were co-defensive coordinators together at Houston in 2000.
"I knew the year we coached together that Coach Stoops had a great defensive mind and was one of the best coaches - both in teaching players on the field and building relationships with them off the field - I've ever known," Peveto said in a UK press release. "I believed he had all the qualities necessary to become a head coach and I'm proud to join his staff at the University of Kentucky."
Peveto has also made stops as an assistant at Middle Tennessee State, Arkansas and Southern Mississippi.
LSU won a national championship in 2007 with Peveto on staff. The Tigers ranked third nationally and led the Southeastern Conference in total defense that year, giving up just 288.8 yards per game. They ranked 32nd nationally in 2008, allowing 325.5 yards per game.
"Bradley Dale impressed me greatly during the year we worked together," Stoops said in a UK press release. "He has a relentless work ethic and excellent experience as a special teams coordinator and defensive coach."
As LSU's special teams coordinator in 2007, punter Patrick Fisher and kicker Colt David were both first team All-SEC picks. Arkansas won the SEC West with Peveto on staff in 1995.
The Beaumont, Texas native played at Southern Methodist University from 1982-86. He played defensive back for the Mustangs and was a captain his senior year.


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First he loved the attention; now he hates it. For those media fools who have tried to make Gilbert Arenas out to be more than a funny Valentine for quotes and sound bytes, the best advice is to love him and leave him alone.
We all embraced the hot shooting, wildly honest point guard who came to make us love NBA basketball again. He was the prototype; an honest man with perspectives worth diamonds and pearls in a city of tarnished political brass. Yes, we egged him on in his efforts to be a blog star and yes, we were the ones that cast celebrity on the things that came to matter more than winning and losing.
And when his knee rejected the overtures of his game like a scorned lover, we'll admitted he became a distant lover to us.
And now that he's back, is there any surprise that he wants us to cry him a river? The reporters and bloggers, those he never dreamed would leave in summer, those who once wrote him daily love letters and posts, lavishing praise on his fame and his game to no end have returned. We want him back; not just the game, but the same smile that used to light up the arena.
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Virgin Galactic made history (and space nerds' days) Monday when it sent its commercial spaceship on its first powered test flight over the Mojave desert.
The rocket, also known as SpaceShipTwo (SS2), was dropped from a twin-fuselage jet high above the desert north of Los Angeles at 7:50 this morning, and then ignited its supersonic engine for 16 seconds before landing safely.
"The rocket motor ignition went as planned, with the expected burn duration, good engine performance and solid vehicle handling qualities throughout," Virgin Galactic president and CEO George Whitesides said in a statement, SPACE.com reported, adding that the company plans to conduct several more powered flight tests before launching a test flight in space.
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Pilots Stucky and Alsbury confirm: SpaceShipTwo exceeded the speed of sound on today's flight! Photos, video, and details to follow
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JUBA, South Sudan — South Sudan became the world's newest nation early today, officially breaking away from Sudan after two civil wars over five decades that cost the lives of millions.
In the new country's capital, Juba, streets pulsed with excitement. Residents danced, banged on jerry cans and chanted the name of the world's newest president, Salva Kiir. One man kneeled and kissed the ground as a group ran through the streets singing "We will never, never, never surrender."
"Ah, I'm free," said Daniel Deng, a 27-year-old police officer and former soldier who broke out in a wide grin.
The Republic of South Sudan earned independence at 12:01 a.m. today. It marks the culmination of a January independence vote guaranteed in a 2005 peace deal that ended the most recent war between the ethnic African south and the Arab-dominated north.
The morning celebrations were joyous for the freedom gained but tinged with the memories of family lost. At least 2 million people were killed in Sudan's last civil war, fought from 1983 to 2005.
"I came here for this moment," said Chol Allen, a 32-year-old minister who escaped Sudan in 2003 and eventually settled in Memphis, Tenn. He returned to Juba two months ago for the midnight party, though he plans to go back to the United States, where he has a 4-year-old daughter.
"We were all born into war. All of us," he said, then pointed at a crowded pick-up truck of youngsters. "This generation will see the hope of the newborn nation."
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USS North Carolina seeks millions for updates
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Wilmington, N.C. — One of North Carolina's top tourist attractions needs an update.
The USS North Carolina draws tens of thousands of people to its Wilmington waterfront museum each year. But 50 years of sitting in the silty water of the Cape Fear River have taken their toll on the battleship.
"The fact that we have water coming through tells us we've got some areas we need to address immediately," said Chris Vargo, assistant director of Battleship North Carolina.
The ship is "weeping." That's how the crew describes the water which seeps through the corroded hull.
What was once steel a half-inch thick is now, in places, as thin as paper.
"We need to do something now," Vargo said. "The hull is not getting any thicker."
Rust and chipping paint are visible in many places, especially around the hull where water rises and falls with the tide.
The plan is to build a cofferdam, a corrugated steel enclosure around the ship, then drain the water out and replace the corroded steel. All told, repairs and a planned scenic riverwalk approach to the ship would cost an estimated $17 million.
Friends of the Battleship, the nonprofit fundraising arm of the ship, is soliciting tax-deductible donations from the public.
In addition to donations through the battleship website, people can text "Battleship" to 41444, mail a check to Friends of the Battleship North Carolina or donate during a visit to the battleship.
Terry Bragg, director of the Battleship North Carolina historic site, said any investment honors those who served on board.
"That is very important to us to keep focused in our minds and in our hearts," he said.
Capitol Broadcasting, WRAL's parent company, is a supporter of the Battleship North Carolina restoration project. So far, about $7 million has been raised, and work is expected to begin by December.


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Activation Fees. AT&T, Sprint, and Verizon charge $35 or $36 to activate a new line of service, but this fee also generally doesn't apply at T-Mobile.
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Sprint offers the option of unlimited data and otherwise charges by the megabyte, collecting 1.5 cents (or just over $15 per gigabyte). That can help keep costs down for customers who sometimes go over only a little. T-Mobile advertises not only unlimited data but also no overage fees. The cheapest plans do cap high-speed data, but exceeding the monthly limit simply slows things down and does not incur a fee.
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03 March 2006
The Directors of JPMorgan Fleming Overseas Investment Trust plc announce the
Company's results for the period ended 31st December 2005.
I am pleased to report another six month period of good progress by the Company
with a net asset value total return of +18.9%, which represents an outstanding
performance compared with +15.1% from the Company's benchmark, the MSCI World
Index in sterling terms. Under the direction of the Board, the Manager has taken
steps to concentrate the investment portfolio further and this has resulted in
the number of holdings in the portfolio reducing to approximately 80. The effect
of this 'sharpening' of our policy has led to an improvement in performance.
The return to shareholders over the period was +30.9%, which takes into account
the narrowing of the discount from 13.3% to 3.1%.
The Board announced on 25th October 2005 that it was conducting a strategic
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Since then the Board has solicited the views of a number of shareholders. What
is clear from our consultations is that there is demand for a continuing
internationally diversified investment trust to be managed by JPMorgan Asset
Management with a more explicit discount control policy. Certain shareholders
have expressed a desire to realise their investment and the Board has therefore
decided to offer shareholders a cash exit via a tender offer.
The outlook for global economic growth remains positive with specific areas such
as Japan and Global Emerging Markets having enjoyed spectacular investment
growth in recent months. The Board remains impressed by the strength and depth
of the Manager's resources and retains its confidence in their ability to
deliver above average longer term returns for shareholders.
George Paul
JPMorgan Fleming Overseas Investment Trust plc
Unaudited figures for the six months ended 31 December 2005
Income statement (Unaudited)
Six months to 31 December 2005 Six months to 31 December 2004 Year to 30 June 2005
(restated) (restated)
Revenue Capital Total Revenue Capital Total Revenue Capital Total
£'000 £'000 £'000 £'000 £'000 £'000 £'000 £'000 £'000
Realised gains/(losses)
on investments - 1,746 1,746 - (4,309) (4,309) - 605 605
Unrealised gains on
investments - 61,214 61,214 - 17,345 17,345 - 34,989 34,989
Currency losses on cash
and short-term
deposits - (32) (32) - (158) (158) - (111) (111)
Realised losses on
foreign currency loan - - - - (36) (36) - (37) (37)
Other capital items - 11 11 - (114) (114) - (2) (2)
UK dividend income 761 - 761 742 - 742 1,735 - 1,735
Overseas dividend 2,306 - 2,306 2,038 - 2,038 5,888 - 5,888
Deposit interest 122 - 122 175 - 175 339 - 339
Stock lending fees 50 - 50 83 - 83 123 - 123
_______ ________ _______ _______ ________ _______ _______ _______ _______
Gross return 3,239 62,939 66,178 3,038 12,728 15,766 8,085 35,444 43,529
Management fee (406) (406) (812) (361) (361) (722) (732) (732) (1,464)
Other administrative
expenses (250) - (250) (271) - (271) (506) - (506)
Performance fee - (1,726) (1,726) - (139) (139) - (438) (438)
Interest payable (15) (15) (30) (208) (208) (416) (284) (284) (568)
_______ _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ _______
Return before taxation 2,568 60,792 63,360 2,198 12,020 14,218 6,563 33,990 40,553
Taxation (275) - (275) (282) - (282) (787) - (787)
______ _______ _______ ______ _______ _______ _______ _______ _______
Return after taxation 2,293 60,792 63,085 1,916 12,020 13,936 5,776 33,990 39,766
Return per ordinary 3.29p 87.16p 90.45p 2.74p 17.17p 19.91p 8.27p 48.66p 56.93p
The results for the year ended 30th June 2005 and for the six months ended 31st
December 2004 have been restated in accordance with
Financial Reporting Standards 21,25 and 26.
JPMorgan Fleming Overseas Investment Trust plc
Unaudited figures for the six months ended 31 December 2005
Reconciliation of Movement in Shareholders Funds (Unaudited)
Share reserve Capital Revenue
Capital reserve reserve
£'000 Total
£'000 £'000 £'000 £'000
At 30th June 2004 (as previously stated) 17,540 16,405 291,601 12,225 337,771
Final dividend declared - - - 4,911 4,911
_______ ________ _______ _______ ________
At 30th June 2004 (as restated) 17,540 16,405 291,601 17,136 342,682
Shares bought back and cancelled (105) 105 (1,713) - (1,713)
Net return from ordinary activities - - 33,990 5,776 39,766
Final dividend 2004 paid and declared - - - (4,882) (4,882)
_______ ________ _______ _______ ________
At 30th June 2005 (as restated) 17,435 16,510 323,878 18,030 375,853
Net return from ordinary activities - - 60,792 2,293 63,085
Final dividend 2005 paid and declared (5,583) (5,583)
_______ ________ _______ _______ ________
At 31st December 2005 17,435 16,510 384,670 14,740 433,355
JPMorgan Fleming Overseas Investment Trust plc
Unaudited figures for the six months ended 31 December 2005
BALANCE SHEET 31 December 31 December 30 June
2005 2004 2005
(Restated) (Restated)
£'000 £'000 £'000
Investments at valuation 426,081 357,711 365,243
Net current assets 8,867 2,626 11,003
Creditors (amounts falling due after more than one year) (200) (10,200) (200)
Provisions for liabilities and charges (1,393) (105) (193)
_______ _______ _______
Total net assets 433,355 350,032 375,853
===== ===== =====
Net asset value per ordinary share 621.4p 501.9p 538.9p
CASH FLOW STATEMENT 31 December 31 December 30 June
2005 2004 2005
£'000 £'000 £'000
Net cash inflow/(outflow) from operating activities 1,241 (1,214) 2,666
Net cash outflow from returns on investments and servicing
of finance (30) (549) (701)
Total tax recovered 5 53 75
Net cash inflow from capital expenditure and financial
investment 2,132 19,385 34,523
Total equity dividends paid (5,583) (4,882) (4882)
Net cash outflow from financing - (21,769) (31,778)
_______ _______ ______
Decrease in cash for the period (2,235) (8,976) (97)
===== ==== ====
Certain figures for the year ended 30th June 2005 and the six months ended 31st
December 2004 have been restated in accordance with Financial Reporting
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Due to the introduction of Financial Reporting Standard 21, the company is no
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states that dividends can no longer be presented on the Income Statement. In
respect of the year ended 30th June 2005, the Company paid a dividend of 8.0p
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June 2004, £29,000 had been written back to the revenue reserve in the year to
the 30th June 2005. Prior results have accordingly been restated and this has
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2005. These accounts, upon which the auditors issued an unqualified opinion,
have been delivered to the Registrar of Companies.
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Health and Safety Podcast Transcript: June 11, 2014
Hello, and welcome to the Fairfax County Health and Safety Podcast. I'm
your host Jim Person. Coming up, learn about lightning safety, ticks and
tick-borne diseases and staying safe and connected with your cellphone.
Links to topics mentioned in this podcast can be found online at www.fairfaxcounty.gov.
National Lightning Awareness Week is June 22-28. Summer is on the way and that means summer storms are too. Most lightning deaths and injuries occur in the summer months when people are caught outdoors during the afternoons and evenings. Remember the 30/30 lighting safety rule: Go indoors if after seeing lightning you can't count to 30 before hearing thunder. Stay indoors for 30 minutes after hearing the last clap of thunder.
If you hear thunder, lightning is close enough to strike you.
When you hear thunder, immediately move to safe shelter – a substantial
building or a metal-topped vehicle with windows up.
If you are anywhere you feel your hair stand on end, then squat low to
the ground on the balls of your feet. Place your hands over your ears
and your head between your knees. Make yourself the smallest target,
and minimize your contact with the ground.
Avoid contact with anything metal – motorcycles, golf carts, golf clubs
and bicycles.
- If you are in an open area or on open water, get to land and find shelter immediately.
Lightning is one of the top three storm-related killers. It often strikes outside of heavy rain and may occur as far as 10 miles away from any rainfall. Stay informed about changing weather conditions during the summer by tuning in to local media weather reports and monitoring NOAA Weather Radio. For more about lightning safety, go to www.ReadyVirginia.gov or www.lightningsafety.noaa.gov.
As people are drawn outdoors to enjoy warm summer temperatures, scientists warn that ticks are also active and encourage precautionary measures to reduce risk of contracting tick-borne diseases. Ticks are most active during the warmer months - usually April to September. Ticks are arachnids that typically live in wooded areas or brushy fields and survive on blood from hosts, which can include people and pets. Although most ticks in the United States do not carry diseases, others carry pathogens that cause a number of illnesses in humans, including Lyme disease, Rocky Mountain spotted fever and tularemia. Many tick-borne illnesses can be treated if caught early, so it is important to remove ticks safely and as soon as possible after bites are discovered. If you or your family spend time in the outdoors you should check for ticks regularly. Learn more from the Fairfax County Health Department at www.fairfaxcounty.gov/fightthebite.
When disaster or severe weather strikes, your cellphone can help you get information that you need to stay safe and connected with your loved ones.
Program in key phone numbers. Make sure that your phone is up-to-date
with contact information for your friends and loved ones, especially
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Remember to text. During emergencies, phone lines may be jammed.
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- Store documents to a cloud drive. In a disaster, make sure that you've got the information that you need in case your records get destroyed. This includes copies of identification documents, pictures of your family members and pets, a list of prescriptions and even basic financial information.
And be sure to "friend" or follow Fairfax County on Twitter and Facebook and stay up-to-date before, during and after an emergency with the emergency information blog at www.fairfaxcounty.gov/emergency/blog. You can also listen to the latest news and weather on Fairfax County Government Radio online at fairfaxcounty.gov/radio; and you'll also want to download the county's app at www.fairfaxcounty.gov/news/mobile.
That's it for this edition of the Fairfax County Health and Safety Podcast, produced by the Fairfax County, Va., Government. Thanks for listening. Additional information about health and safety topics and emergency preparedness may be found online at www.fairfaxcounty.gov. And remember, if you have a police, fire or medical emergency, call 9-1-1. For non-emergency needs, call 703-691-2131.


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Ok I had just read Avengers #15 Fear it self.
Why does marvel give Bendis this power with stories?! Like, really. That was the single underhandedly dumbest reason for them to kiss. Plus I do not want to get into the stupid big brother confessions .
Like why not have some sort of build up. This is childish how the two will hook up and piss of the newly super-powered Bobbi. I really am upset at the fact that they made Clint just all of a sudden forget everything he recently went through again with Bobbi and now just diving in with Spider-Woman. This better end soon.
Ok I had just read Avengers #15 Fear it self.


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Nokia Confirms Symbian to Fade Away
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March 28, 2011 3:24 PM
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Introduces new typeface and branding in effort to move forward
It's no secret that, even before
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, the most popular mobile OS on the planet, Symbian, was
in the midst
a slow death
. But the deal to bring Windows Phone 7 to Nokia devices certainly had a big impact in
accelerating Symbian's decline
Nokia's VP Purnima Kochikar has confirmed that Symbian will likely just fade away
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"In many markets, including markets where Symbian is currently the lead smartphone platform with significant market share such as China, India, Russia and Turkey, we will continue to make our Symbian portfolio as competitive as possible while we work with Microsoft to introduce Windows Phone," the letter says.
But when pressed to give a cut-off for the OS, Kochikar equivocates: "We cannot give you the date when Symbian will no longer be supported.
"Our intention is that when users come to the end of the natural lifecycle of their Symbian device they will make the change to a Nokia Windows Phone device and so it would not be in our interests to undermine their Nokia smartphone experience."
Meanwhile, Nokia has begun a rebranding phase, starting with
a new font and look for promotional materials
. The new font, dubbed "Nokia Pure" is meant to look, well, "pure and simple." The flow of the letters is intended to create "the impression of forward movement."
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text: Let me start out by saying that I'm a cat person. Now, I have absolutely nothing against dogs at all, but I've tended to prefer cats for a pet: quieter, cleaner, more independent. There have been plenty of dogs that I've liked and a few that I've loved; I even owned a beagle when I was in high school. However, when the subject of getting a pet would come up in my family, I would always say that I intended to get a couple of cats; last year I picked some carrier crates, dishes, litter boxes, and a big-ass tree thing for cats to play on/in, figuring I'd get a couple of felines before 2009 was out. So imagine my surprise when I came home with a dog on Valentine's Day. My son had spent the morning doing some volunteer work at the Boulder Humane Society, and while he was there, I had gone to the Humane Society's webpage to check out what cats were available; I found two I liked, and so when I went to pick up my son, I decided to check out the cats for myself. For various reasons, neither cat happened to be there, so on a whim, I decided to wander through the dog section, just to see what kinds of dogs were there. I saw a few different ones, but then one just jumped out at me… almost literally. He had a big ol' doggy smile and was super friendly… I was hooked. But I played it cool and decided that I had to think about it first, so my son and I went down the road to Ozo Coffee to get a cup of coffee and some lunch. My son knew something was up, but didn't know what– I hadn't told him what I was thinking about until we were part way through our lunch. After that, my son couldn't "help" me drink my coffee fast enough for fear that someone would come and get "his" dog before we could get back there. I reminded him that I hadn't decided yet; that I was just thinking about it. So it was back to the shelter, and then a bit of a wait before we got to meet Franky and find out more about him. Turns out he's the coolest dog in Colorado (sorry Redford!): great with kids, super chill when we're feeling mellow, and goofy and hyper when we're feeling a bit more energetic. So, long story short, we walked out of the shelter with a furry, four-legged addition to our family. Any doubts I had about whether or not I'd made the right decision were immediately erased when I looked in the back seat and saw my son cuddled up to our new dog, the pooch happily licking his face. This isn't the first time I've owned a pet from a shelter. In fact, I've always chosen to get my pets from a shelter, and was very proud to hear President Obama say that the puppy he is getting for his daughters will come from a shelter as well. There isn't likely a greater contribution that someone can make to another creature of our planet than to adopt from an animal shelter. With so many dogs and cats waiting for a home, why adopt from anywhere else?


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WASHINGTON - Lawyers for an inmate whose execution was halted at the last minute urged a Texas court Wednesday to overturn his death penalty on the grounds that it was the result of racial discrimination.
Duane Buck, 49, was condemned to die for the 1995 murder of his girlfriend and one of her friends.
Neither Buck's attorney nor prosecutors dispute his conviction for the double-murder, but they have argued that racial considerations factored into the sentencing phase of his trial.
The Supreme Court intervened just hours before Buck's execution on September 15, 2011, with justices Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan arguing that the case needed to be reviewed because "our criminal justice system should not tolerate (a death sentence) marred by racial overtones."
Buck's attorneys urged the Texas court in a brief filed Wednesday to vacate Buck's sentence and give him a new trial as a result of the "long history of racial discrimination" in the administration of criminal justice in Harris County, Texas.
"This case is very simple: no death sentence can be supported by an appeal to racial prejudice," defense attorney Kate Black said.
They cited a study which concluded that from 1992 to 1999 - the period during which Buck was tried and sentenced - prosecutors in Harris County were "over three times more likely to seek the death penalty against African American defendants, than against similarly-situated white defendants."
The study also found that juries in Harris County were more than twice as likely to impose death sentences on African American defendants than on whites.
The study also found evidence that race played a role in Buck's particular case.
During the 1997 sentencing, psychologist Walter Quijano had testified that Buck was not likely to be dangerous because he had no previous violent record, but said blacks pose a greater risk of "future dangerousness" than whites.
Former Texas attorney general John Cornyn, now a Republican US senator, concluded that there had been an "improper injection of race in the sentencing hearing in Mr Buck's case."
Cornyn has pushed for new sentencing hearings for seven defendants whose cases had been tainted by Quijano's testimony. Buck is the only one who had not yet received one, his lawyers said.
"Texas should honor the promise that was made by the highest legal officer in the state, then-Attorney General John Cornyn, and grant Mr. Buck a new, fair sentencing not tainted by racial discrimination," Texas State Senator Rodney Ellis, whose district includes parts of Harris County, said in a statement. - Sapa-AFP


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AN: This is for my friend Sophie, who wanted to know what me and ShadowHaloedAngel were going on about with final fantasy 7. This is based on our version of it, so it isn't entirely accurate.
Warnings: Bad language, gay lesbian and straight pairings, mentions of abuse and prostitution.
I don't even know why I'm doing this. Well, I do, but I think that it's a silly idea. I wouldn't tell Tifa that though, or she'll yell at me. She's scary when she yells. It was from a book she got about dealing with dementia, but I don't have dementia. I have more than one set of memories, and I don't think they write books about coping with that. It isn't schizophrenia though – Yuffie suggested that I take medication for that and I got angry. I'm not insane. I wake up screaming in the middle of the night because of what has happened to me, but I'm not insane.
Anyway, the idea is that I write out what I know about everyone. Me, not Zack. I have to try and separate my mind from that of my best friend... This is being written just for me. When it's finished I think I'll burn it. I don't want the others to know what it is that I think of them. I guess I'd better start with myself.
I'm Cloud Strife. I used to think that I was a first class SOLDIER, but it turns out I was nothing more than a ShinRa grunt, cannon fodder. ShinRa was the company I admired, the group that everyone admired. They ruled the world, and me, a little country boy, signed up to try and become a hero. Only it didn't work out. We got sent to my home village, Niebelhiem, me, my hero, my best friend and a few others, and my village was burnt down. I was captured, tortured. I only survived because of Zack. I became bitter against the company that betrayed me. I joined AVALANCE, a group of terrorists. I saved the world twice, and now I have a kind of family and a delivery service. I guess it's not bad for cannon fodder.
I guess the next person to mention would be Tifa. She's been my friend from childhood. My only friend. I was always bullied, and she was the local rich girl. Sometimes she talked to me, and I was grateful for that, it was all I knew. I promised to protect her. Then I left and found Zack, and learnt what real friendship was. I met Tifa again in the Niebelhiem fire, and then when I joined AVALANCHE. She helped me a lot. We'd both grown up a lot since we were children. I think seeing our homes burn to the ground helped with that.
Before I continue, I'd better speak about my hero. The one who destroyed my home and family. The one I've defeated twice, but that I can never truly kill, no matter what I do. Sephiroth. When I was a boy, I had pictures of him on my wall. He was my hero. He was so brave, so strong. Then he found out that he was created from a monster, monster's cells. Jenova. She was an alien from space, and that knowledge drove him insane.
After I thought I'd gotten rid of him the first time, three of his remnants returned. Kadaj, Loz and Yazoo. Loz was the oldest, dumb and clumsy but immensely strong, kind and tender in his own way. Out of all three of them, he was the one I liked the most, though we only met in battle. Yazoo was beautiful, a brilliant shot, and trained at seduction. I couldn't stand to look at him, he reminded me of the crush I had had on Sephiroth as a teenager. Then Kadaj. Kadaj was a little boy, looking for his mother, lost in a world that was too difficult for him. He was lost, but brilliant, a genius that put the minds of the rest of the world to shame. If it wasn't for the fact he was devoted to Jenova, he could have changed the world. As it was, he brought it close to destruction and in the end I had to destroy him. I still have nightmares about his death, but I pray that he has found peace in the lifestream.
There's one man I know found peace in the lifestream, someone who is so important to me that he is part of me. Zack. Zack Fair, SOLDIER first class and a hero. My first true friend, and someone that I loved. Really loved, in a way that most people couldn't understand. He helped me, kept me alive through torture that nearly destroyed me. He gave his life for me, told me to live on in his place. He carried me across half the world when I was too catatonic to even eat unaided. He never once complained. Always with a huge smile on his face, and his eyes bright with hope. His nickname was puppy, and if you spoke to him, you could see why. He was never was still. He was always bouncing, moving. Even in the mako tube where he was imprisoned, suffocated by the goo that kept him trapped, his fingers wriggled. He truly was just like a puppy.
I don't know that much about the man who gave Zack that nickname. I remember a lot about him, but they aren't my memories. They're Zack's. That man was Angeal, a hero, an honourable man. He was kind and tender, and in the end what had happened became too much for him. He too had Jenova cells, and they turned him into a monster. In the end, he'd made Zack kill him. It had broken Zack's heart.
Zack wasn't the only one that Angeal's death had broken. It broke Genesis as well. Genesis was another experiment, and a poetry obsessive. He always carried a volume of Loveless with him, quoting it at any opportunity. He, Angeal and Sephiroth were the SOLDIER Generals, the leaders of the most powerful military force the world had ever seen. He was also Angeal's best friend since childhood, and they were lovers. He couldn't face life without the one that kept him sane. He went mad, and he ended up a prisoner in ShinRa's laboratories.
Just thinking about this makes me feel sick. I'm going to leave this here for today, it's too much to deal with. I'll carry on with it soon, but for now I'm going to go out, and make my deliveries. I'm going to carry on with my life, and give my thoughts time to sort themselves out. I think Tifa was right. My memories are already clearer. I'm just not sure if I want them to be.


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Is this a good idea or just silly?
Designer Fraser Ross has created the DIY pen, a laser cut, flat packed pen, making over 100 prototypes before finalizing the design. The user punches the pieces out of the sheet, assembles them using the slots, and finishes it by using a hair dryer to shrink the heat-shrink tubing around it.
To be honest, I'm conflicted about this project. My first reaction was positive but now I'm not sure about the point of this product. Should absolutely everything be laser cut and flat packed? This pen clearly uses far more materials than a traditionally manufactured pen and surely costs far more to produce. What is the advantage? But perhaps it is better to think of this and an idea, a conceptual project. But then what is the idea?
Keep reading past the jump for what the designer says about the project.
DIY Pen
The DIY pen is for mass production, a flat packed object, investigating what forms can be created from flat sheet manufacturing and by the combination of two conflicting materials – Heat Shrink Rubber and Plywood.
Most pens bought, borrowed or stolen are disassembled to see what's inside…
Could this continuous curiosity be conquered by starting with a pen already apart?
His focus appears to be on the fact that the pen is user-assembled. Admittedly, this would be a fun project to put together, but I'm not convinced about the assembled nature of the pen as a concept. The most essential parts, the tip and ink tube, are still manufactured normally. The pen is completely dependent on traditional manufacturing, and the user only assembles a shell.
What do you think? Is it a good idea or just silly? Tell us what you think in the comments section.
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Computer Animation Festival: Frequently Asked Questions
I have submitted my work to the SIGGRAPH Computer Animation Festival
in the past. Is it OK if I submit the same work to the SIGGRAPH Asia
2009 Computer Animation Festival?
Yes. You can submit the same work to SIGGRAPH Asia 2009. We are independent festivals with separate juries and acceptance procedures.
Do submissions have to be 3D animations?
Absolutely not. All forms of computer animation are eligible including, but not limited to: 2D Flash animation, 2D abstract art, live-action integration with visual effects, real-time videogame play and visualizations, and digitally manipulated imagery and video. We generally feature works where the computer was essential to the creation of the work, but there is no specific requirement that it be 3D. If you have computer-generated work within a larger piece, we request that you call our attention specifically to the portion where the computer was heavily used.
How many works can I submit to the SIGGRAPH Asia 2009 Computer
Animation Festival?
There is no limit. You may submit as many as you like. Make sure that you complete a separate submission form for each work.
Is there a submission fee for submitting to the SIGGRAPH Asia 2009
Computer Animation Festival?
No. You only need to complete the online submission process.
Can I submit the same piece to both the Computer Animation Festival
and to the Sketches or Art Gallery?
You are welcome to submit animations to the Computer Animation Festival, and to submit related presentations to Sketches, and to submit related artwork to the Art Gallery. Each submission requires a separate online form, however. The Computer Animation Festival submissions should all be movies that can be viewed. If your piece requires interactivity, or if it requires an accompanying presentation to be understood, please consider one of the other programs.
I have an art animation (abstract or experimental). Should I submit it
to the Art Gallery or to the Computer Animation Festival?
All animation submissions should be submitted to the Computer Animation Festival.
Where do I send my submission materials?
All works must be submitted only via the SIGGRAPH Asia 2009 online submission system. The online submission process allows submitters easy access to the online submission system, eliminates time-consuming shipping and mailing, and provides an efficient procedure for reviewing submitted work.
When is the submission deadline for the Computer Animation Festival?
Online submission forms must be completed no later than 26 June 2009, 23:59 GMT (Los Angeles, 26 June, 16:59; London, 27 June, 00:59; Tokyo, 27 June, 08:59). In the event submissions become crowded and the MD5 checksum feature is activated, final uploads must be complete by 3 July 2009. Submissions received after the deadlines will not be reviewed. There is no exception, so please make sure that all submissions are completed before the deadlines.
I will not have my work finished by the submission deadline. Is it
possible for me to submit "work in progress" for reviewing?
Yes, a work in process may be submitted if it is at least 80% percent complete. However, you should remember that the juried program will likely be highly competitive, so your chances of selection are significantly better if you submit the final piece by the deadline.
We are an art school, and we are planning to submit several student
works as one submission. Is this OK?
No. Each piece must be uploaded separately to the online submission system along with its own completed and signed submission form. Each piece is judged on its own merit.
What file formats are acceptable for submission?
QuickTime .mov movie files are the preferred format for jury reviewing. If necessary, AVI files or MP4 files may also be submitted. The movie file must be uploaded via the SIGGRAPH Asia 2009 online submission system. For details, please refer to the Submission Rules and Requirements.
What criteria will the jury use to select works?
Jurors are expected to select the highest quality works from among those submitted. We give special consideration to pieces produced by students, and to pieces rendered in real time, and we may consider the technical aspects of the piece as well; however, our primary criterion is to select the pieces we feel will form the strongest show.
What is the difference between the juried program and the curated
The juried program presents work selected by the jury that represents the best computer-generated film and video in the world. The curated program is used to round out the program by inviting special presentations of pieces on chosen topics.
Why must the credits be no more than seven seconds?
Unfortunately, to maintain the pace of the program for the sake of our attendees, SIGGRAPH Asia 2009 Computer Animation Festival policy requires that all credits sections must be no more than seven seconds. Note that this is not required for submitting an animation.
My animation makes use of commercially recorded music. Is that OK?
You are responsible for securing the necessary permissions and licences for audio material that is contained in your work. If your music was not created originally for your film or video, or if you are using another person's music, you must obtain the necessary permissions or required licences. We will not purchase these rights for you.
Will SIGGRAPH Asia 2009 cover shipping expenses for the final
screening format of my work, if it is accepted?
No. SIGGRAPH Asia 2009 does not pay for any shipping or transportation costs.
If my work is selected for the Computer Animation Festival, will
SIGGRAPH Asia 2009 pay for my accommodation and travel expenses?
No. You are responsible for your accommodation and travel expenses. For details, please refer to the Presenter Recognition Policy.


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Highway to Hell!
Pay-per-mile tax is latest cash grab from greedy pols
Credit: Stuart Cahill
The hacks at the State House are salivating at the prospect of charging you a penny for every mile you drive your car in Massachusetts.
This is a tax increase so monstrous that it would make M. Stanley Dukakis blush. We're talking $555 million — the first year.
It's an idea so terrible it can't be killed. Like a vampire, it keeps coming back to life, and the stake hasn't been invented that can be driven through its black heart.
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When choosing to carry in a concealed carry purse, here are some questions you might ask yourself in making this decision:
- Am I forgetful?
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- Am I around small children regularly who might have access to my purse?
- Am I willing to carry my purse cross-body to minimize risk of someone taking my purse?
- Can I keep it on me and store it properly when it must be off my body?
- Will I vow to always have my gun in a holster in a designated compartment of the purse?
Am I disciplined enough to practice the awkward draw and use of my gun from the concealed carry purse? (yes, you may very likely need to shoot through the purse to not loose the precious seconds)
These are just a handful of important questions to ask yourself. It is your decision, one that it is important you make honestly and thoughtfully. If you can't answer these questions with confidence, than even if you think this is the best option for you because of the convenience, it likely is not a good choice for you.
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|I guess I'm out of my depth. I was thinking that if Christianity is a logical worldview, as you say, it would be simple for you to explain. I gather that's not the case! Maybe that's why I've never heard anyone make this argument before?
|So do you believe that the law of, say, non-contradiction did not exist until it was thought of, or that if nobody in the world believed it any more it would cease to exist? That a turkey sandwich could be both a turkey sandwich and a not-turkey sandwich at the same time and in the same sense? Humans formulating or expressing an idea is not the same thing as humans creating a concept. If the human race had never existed, logic would still be logic (just as, I suppose, maths would still be maths).
'The Lord came to me this morning as I was shaving and told me that from now on, we should eat nothing but tomatoes'.
|Ultimately unless you have good cause to believe we are missing something, the question is simply special pleading. It is, quite literally, nonsensical to believe that something we are missing could turn logic into absurdity, unless you believe there is some mental principle (not scientific, as that's based on mental principles) more fundamental than logic, which can overturn it and at the same time be communicable, replicable and well... logical.
|Oh, you've met my mother?!
But, seriously, you are seeing people come to illogical conclusions in their own theology, right? I'm just saying that the "logic" argument isn't going to carry much weight with them if they beleive that they got their interpretation straight from the source, kwim? I'm not arguing correct and incorrect....just making observations from the outside.
|I am a familiar enough with the apologetic argument to know it starts with logical evidence of a deity (Absolute law), and then continues with logical evidence that the deity can only be the Christian deity, because it is the only deity that fits the bill (trinitarian, for one thing). I don't remember all the other details. I'm guessing that, from there, it shows that many of the teachings in the Bible are logically consistent. And then the argument is that, since the Christian faith is logical, and other religions have serious logical problems (starting with not being trinitarian), then any reasonable person would have to accept the Christian God as the one true deity. Did I get that basically right?
|One problem I have with this process, right off the bat, is that the Christian Bible has fundamental differences from the Jewish Bible (Torah) that apparently can not be fully understood without in depth study of the oral and written Torah (in the original language), so I wonder if the whole logical argument isn't built on a shaky foundation?
|When I asked my mother about inconsistencies in her (our, at the time) faith, she would simply answer that some things were not meant for us to understand....and that God works in mysterious ways. And that was that
|Do you really feel that Wiccan or Buddhism is trendy? That seems a little condescending. Or did you mean that section of the rant in a different way than I am reading it?
|Christians don't recognise the oral Torah as God's word, as Jesus was pretty scathing about the 'traditions of men' and additions to the written Law. But I'm not quite sure what you're saying. Certainly study of the Bible is necessary to working out a decent theology, and the more one knows about the Bible in its original language, Hebrew thought patterns etc, the better.
|See... that annoys me. It's sort of sweet, but 'faith' in the Bible does not mean 'touchingly accepting things that make no logical sense'; the word (pistis in Greek) implies some level of examining the evidence. And 'mystery' in the Bible did not mean 'loophole that allows two mutually contradictory things to exist simultaneously', but 'revealed (not hidden!)truth from God'. So... yeah.
|Don't be. I only know that part through pm-ing with your dh a while back
|In my understanding, before the Old Testament was the Old Testament, it was the Jewish written Torah. If there are differences, I assume that the written Torah would more accurately represent God's words and meaning. People who understand both the Torah and the Old Testament report that there are differences, but I have to take their word for it as I have not studied the Torah (and don't know Hebrew).
|But, again, if you believe that your understanding came straight from The Man Himself, why let a little contradictory evidence stand in your way? If there is a contradiction, what is more likely to be the source of the error: a book interpreted by man, or the direct revelation from God?
|The statement 'logic is not absolute' is self-refuting. One must accept logic as absolute in order to have any kind of communication. Once you start saying 'logic doesn't apply in X circumstance', you have the problen: well, if it isn't absolute, how do I know in what situations it's applicable? Obviously you can't use logic to determine that, because that would be begging the question; so again... ultimate breakdown of communication and indeed, thought itself.
Sorry; Tanakh, not Torah.
I read through the first four pages of that 'little thread' and it started to get pretty repetitive, so unless I missed something major in the last three pages, it doesn't sound like the problem presented is anything that can't be rectified. There are numerous literal, annotated and dynamic translations of the Bible available now online, which have a high level of scholarship and are not simply taken from the Septuagint. Sure, it's best if scholars can read Hebrew, Greek and Aramaic; but it's not like you're absolutely dead in the water if you can't. Commentaries, histories, interlinear Bibles etc are all there to help. I'm not sure how the fact that the OT/Tanakh is complex and sometimes difficult to understand makes the Christian first principle 'dodgy'. There's no actual epistemological problem.
Ahhh, I get what you're saying. Yes, I agree; ultimately any belief rests on presuppositions (which is really a fancy word for assumptions), and those presuppositions cannot be tested, because that would lead to infinite regression. That's why I said in an earlier post that it's very, very hard to prove something is true. But first principles, despite all being unprovable presuppositions, are not all created equal. They can be checked for internal consistency, and they can be examined to see if they contain the necessary data for constructing a complete worldview.
|F'rinstance, do you really believe that morality evolved, or was that just an example? I was discussing that very issue recently with someone on another board. I think that as a presupposition, it's flawed and can be demonstrated to be so; but I won't go into it if you were just using it as a random example, because this thread's getting tangential enough as it is!
|(1) What constitutes the "necessary data for constructing a complete worldview"? What data is necessary, what data is not, and how does one determine that distinction?
|(2) Am I correct in thinking that the laws of logic as referenced in this thread are the same as/derived from the greek tradition?
|(3) Do other cultures outside the western tradition have an argument/reasoning process that is similar to the laws of logic?
|I'd be interested in knowing how you think it is flawed. From a scientific perspective, it's very rational.
Out of curiosity, does this mean there's actual scientific data supporting it--one fossil which is slightly more moral than the last, as it were? A 'morality gene' which has been shown to have evolved? ..
|I think the missing factor in the morality debate is Love.
The existence in animals of altruism doesn't show where it came from, but OK; how do you account for this altruism given my last post? If your dog risked his life to save you, he would not be acting according to evolutionary principles, in that he would not be acting to further his own survival. Quite the contrary.
Okay; how do you account for the existence of love under an evolutionary framework? How do you define love under such a framework?
|I guess I'm still waiting for an explanation of how it's at all logical to believe that - as one Christian book I read put it - "an obscure, crucified Jew" was really God.
sunnmama: I don't think I can respond to your argument until you define what love means within an evolutionary worldview. (I'm talking about a purely evolutionary worldview here; theistic evolution avoids some of the philosophical problems).
No, more basic--I mean, what does the word 'love' mean in an evolutionary context? An instinct to protect? The reflection of Divine attribute? A wish to have another survive at the expense of oneself? I need a dictionary-type definition.
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Dustin Johnson Shows Relaxed Demeanor as Tee Time Nears
Dustin Johnson looked pretty relaxed on the practice range just now, joking around with his caddy, Bobby Brown, and his coach, Butch Harmon. But you never know. Fred Couples always looks pretty cool on the golf course, but people who know him say that image is a bit of a cover. Underneath, he's nervous like a cat.
Having spent some time with Mr. Johnson this spring, I believe he genuinely is a laid-back dude. He's not a worrier, he's a doer, and above all an athlete. I watched him dunk a basketball during a pickup game in South Carolina, as easy as tossing a wad of paper into the wastebasket. The best cat analogy for Mr. Johnson is not the nervous house cat, but a lion: he slouches around, athletic and sleepy-eyed, but ready to pounce at an instant's notice.