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A 4-band, multi-topology eq designed to precisely and musically redefine how the transients and harmonic energy of a sound interrelate, opening up completely new creative possibilities for how sounds interlock, move air, and impact emotions.
UBK explains and demonstrates his unorthodox technique of eq'ing each channel of a stereo drum buss independently, in order to increase the illusion of space and width in a mix by maximizing contrast ...
UBK explains and demonstrates his unorthodox technique of eq'ing each channel of a stereo drum buss independently, in order to increase the illusion of space and width in a mix by maximizing contrast between the left and right channels.
If Kush's Clariphonic and Clariphonic 500 EQ are the quirky geniuses of their EQ catalog, their Electra and Electra 500 EQ designs can be thought of as the familiar, more traditional design with an impeccably musical tonal quality. Gregory Scott took great care and attention to the way the Electra's filters shape source audio, which utilize an auto-adjusting bandwidth/Q setting depending on how much gain is applied to each band. Additionally, Scott designed the filters to utilize a wide "skirt" and a tight, narrow bell - the combination of which gives you enough precision to carve out just the right amount of transient punch while maintaining a smooth musicality. This ingenious filter design coupled with a pristine and open tonality yields an incredibly punchy and modern EQ that's excellent for both carving out instruments while building a mix and enhancing your instruments while tracking.
In use, the Electra was an instant hit on kick drum, where a low-end boost for more rumble and a slight presence boost around 1k enhanced the overall punch to the point I didn't even feel the Transient Designer was necessary (which for anyone who's used a TD on drums knows, this is saying a lot). The precision of the mid-filters was especially useful on guitars, where pinpointing the desired fundamental for added clarity was quick and simple, and provided excellent cutting through this busier rock mix. Even on a smoother vocal from a different session, the Electra was able to maintain the roundness using smaller boosts/cuts, but still added additional clarity and non-overbearing cut.
Kush put itself on the map for it's revolutionary, forward-thinking mod of the Fatso compressor, and while the Electra certainly is more of a pristine and modern piece of analog hardware, the "high" level of intuitive thought put into the Electra plus it's musical analog behavior signify that the out-of-the-box, creative design work is still alive and well at the Kush camp. If you're after a clean and open EQ that does both deep carving and musical "kissing" incredibly well, you certainly will not be disappointed with the Electra.
The tone of the Electra, or Electrified Transient Equalizer, is quite literally electric, with a crackling but incredibly smooth and detailed midrange, tightly defined low end, and unmistakably analog high frequencies.
The heart of the Electra is two fully sweepable Proportional-Q bands tailored to allow for extreme pushes without sounding stressed or unnatural. The more you boost or cut, the narrower these filters get, which makes them gentle at low gain and powerful at high gain. Their adaptively musical shape allows you to add a tight 'thwack' to snares, brighten a vocal without sacrificing warmth, or even completely rebalance the elements within a drum loop as if you had faders for the various elements.
Rounding out the bottom is a fixed low shelf which pairs beautifully with the the continuously variable (25-400Hz) 12db/octave HPF. The HPF has just a touch of bite on the corner which makes it rewarding to clean up the mud; the shelf and HPF combined allow you to reshape, de-clutter, and tighten up even the most unruly low end.
Topping it all off is a sparkling, fully sweepable (3.4-20k) high shelf reminiscent of the coveted vintage mastering EQ's of yore; it'll give life to the darkest, murkiest sound, and adds a smooth top end that plugins simply cannot replicate. Ribbons, overheads, vocals... anything that needs shimmer will love the treatment this filter gives.
The Electra is analog at its finest, and represents Kush's ongoing commitment to pushing the envelope and creating processors that fuel the creative and artistic aspects of mix engineering and music production.
• 500 Series: Single Channel Eq
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• Hi Shelf: Sweepable 3.8kHz - 20kHz
• Hi Mid: Proportional Q, Sweepable 250Hz - 5.4kHz
• Lo Mid: Proportional Q, Sweepable 30Hz - 730Hz
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Lawyers sent to silence watchdog: BC NDP
Elizabeth Denham, B.C.'s information and privacy commissioner. BC Government
When B.C.'s privacy watchdog was getting ready to release her bombshell report about triple-deleting emails by government political staffers, she was greeted by Ministry of Justice lawyers attempting to impede the report's release.
BC NDP MLA Carole James raised the issue in the legislature Wednesday, and said the ministry had sent lawyers who "told her not to release the report."
"My question is to the Minister of Justice," she said. "Why did she ask lawyers in her ministry to stall off the commissioner's report?
"Sending lawyers after the commissioner is truly a new low."
In her report, Elizabeth Denham, B.C.'s privacy commissioner, revealed a widespread government problem of triple-deleting "transitory" documents related to the Highway of Tears.
"In the course of this investigation, we uncovered negligent searches for records, a failure to keep adequate email records, a failure to document searches, and the willful destruction of records responsive to an access request," she said in a release.
"Taken together, these practices threaten the integrity of access to information in British Columbia."
Amrik Virk, minister technology, innovation and citizens' services, did not deny the allegation when it was brought up in the legislature.
"The report by Commissioner Denham was received by government. The report was accepted by government," he said. "The recommendations are accepted by government, with a commitment to work on taking action on each of those recommendations. We are committed to doing that."
When pressed by James, who said, "It's a strange way of showing your commitment to this report by trying to prevent it from being released during this legislative session," Virk replied that "the answer is not going to change."
Justice Minister Suzanne Anton did not respond to NDP questions.
After the report was released, Denham declined interviews with reporters because it was now an RCMP matter.
In a request to comment about the Ministry of Justice lawyers visit, Cara McGregor, director of communications for the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of B.C., could not provide much.
"In the course of releasing investigation reports, our office provides copies to affected public bodies in advance for errors and omissions," McGregor said in an email. "The discussions we have with public bodies in this regard are confidential."

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Michael Rock Gets A Special Surprise For His Birthday Cake Oreo Obsession [VIDEO]
Everyone has that one thing they couldn't live without. Pizza, hamburgers, maybe even ice cream. For Michael Rock, it's the 100th ANniversary Oreos dubbed the "Birthday Cake" Oreos.
Now that there's a little more than a month left of 2012, and the Birthday Cake Oreos might fade away in the grocery store aisle. It doesn't stop his madness of petitioning the safety of these beloved Oreos, particularily for himself.
Kristen from our Promotions Department and I decided to present this Oreo psycho with a gift. Here's what happened.


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I used to worry that my kids were a little "too" independent.
Their father left while I was still pregnant with our son and our daughter was barely four years old. Once the boy was born, that four-year-old little girl took to her role as "Mommy's helper" immediately. She turns 10 this week (Happy Birthday, my love!), and people tell me all the time that talking to her is like talking to an adult.
It's true. She seems wise well beyond her years, and can carry a polite and intelligent conversation with anyone. She does her own thing much of the time (and has for years) – from schoolwork to chores to getting herself ready in the morning, even making grocery lists and cooking dinner. (She'd do the grocery shopping too if she could drive, I'm sure!)
Sometimes, when she goes about these things on her own, I've been concerned she's not spending enough time just being a kid. I worry (as single parents often do) that she feels she HAS to step up and act more mature. But then I watch her goofing off with her brother on the playground or making up dance routines with her friends and she's a kid again.
Recently, my son broke his leg and was wheelchair bound for the better part of two months. Of course, my daughter stepped in to help, pushing him around everywhere we went (and the wheelchair did not stop us from being out and about pretty much everywhere we normally would).
A few weeks ago, he was allowed (with a special shoe over his cast), to start putting some weight on the healing leg. Well, that's all he had to hear! We took a short walk to the park nearby, and I brought wheelchair in case he got tired. Little did I know he would insist on not only walking the whole way, but pushing the wheelchair himself!
When friends commented that he's "stubborn like his mother," I realized that my children's independence is not something I've forced on them. It's something I've demonstrated. So, to those friends who thought you were cracking a joke, know that you made me smile, but not just because it was funny. Maybe my kids being "like their mother" isn't so bad after all.
Stacy Lamb of Apex is the divorced mom of two. She is an active member and former organizer of Single Parents of the Triangle. Find her here monthly.


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Election filing period opens; 19 residents submit interestMay 16, 2014 From staff reports
Nineteen Fremont County residents filed as candidates for state and local office Thursday.
The filing period opened Thursday and lasts through May 30 for partisan candidates for county, state and national offices, and for nonpartisan municipal offices. The primary election is Aug. 19, with the general election Nov. 4.
Only one local candidate for Wyoming Senate filed Thursday: Republican incumbent Cale Case of Lander made official his desire to continue representing Senate District 25.
Three Republican incumbents filed for Wyoming House races: Rita Campbell of Shoshoni for House District 34, Lloyd Larsen of Lander for House District 54 and David Miller of Riverton for House District 55. Republican Jim Allen of Lander filed for Wyoming House District 33.
Travis Becker of Riverton is the only Fremont County Commissioner who had filed for re-election as of Thursday evening. The Republican wants to continue representing District 3.
Two men who want to be Fremont County's next coroner filed Thursday: Mark Stratmoen of Riverton and Dominick Weigel of Lander. Both filed as Republicans.
Deputy county attorney Patrick LeBrun of Riverton filed as a Republican candidate for Fremont County Attorney on Thursday. Sheriff Skip Hornecker of Lander and Mark Stone of Riverton both filed as Republicans for Fremont County Sheriff.
Fremont County Clerk Julie Freese filed Thursday as a Republican to stay at her post, as did Fremont County Assessor Tara Berg and Fremont County Clerk of District Court Kristi Green. All three women live in Lander.
Three Lander residents filed Thursday for three separate municipal races, which are non-partisan: Dan Hahn wants to be mayor, Monte Richardson is a candidate for the Lander City Council Ward 1 seat, and Nancy Pieropan is a candidate for the Lander City Council Ward 3 seat.
The mayor's race already is contested in Riverton, with Lars Baker and Richard Gard both filing Thursday.
Other races
Local residents also will weigh in on state-level races involving people who don't live in Fremont County.
As of Thursday evening, only one person had filed to run for Wyoming governor -- Republican Taylor Haynes of Cheyenne.
Ed Murray of Cheyenne and Clark Stith of Rock Springs filed Thursday as Republicans running for Secretary of State.
Republican Cynthia Cloud of Cody wants to stay on as Wyoming State Auditor; she filed Thursday.
One Republican and one Democrat already have filed to replace State Superintendent of Public Instruction Cindy Hill: Republican Jillian Balow and Democrat Mike Ceballos, both of Cheyenne, submitted their paperwork Thursday.


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text: The North Branch girls cross country team took first over six teams, while the boys team place third out of seven teams in the Becker Invitational held at Pebble Creek Golf Course on Oct. 2. Rhianna Rinke won the girl's 4K with a time of 15:09.97. Casey Hovland took fourth, Haley Huset 10th, Cassidy White 14th, Claire Schraufnagel 26th, Alyssa Ramberg 29th and Laura Dolezalek placed 35th out of 44 competetors. Zach Peno was the first boy Viking to cross the finish line in the 5K placing ninth with a time of 18:39.87 out of 47 runners. Kyle Crowell came in 16th, Jake Petrik 17th, Ean Charpentier 20th, Josh Petrik 22nd, Kyle Granger 24th and Scott Ramberg finished 33rd. The Viking boys and girls cross country teams will compete in the Swain Invitational at Enger Golf Course in Duluth at 10 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 6.


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DEAR CAROLYN: Since he graduated from college four years ago, my son has been drifting among friends and family but mostly staying with his cousin and his wife.
My son is searching for his dream job and shows signs of pursuing that dream. It bothers me.
My brother and sister-and-law find ways to make comments about the situation. I have pleaded with my son to get a job and get out of my nephew's home, and I have asked my nephew to put my son out. Although he also rails at my son, he won't ask him to leave.
I don't have a close relationship with my son because I still "parent" him. I suggest, I gently nudge, I speak outright, etc. How do I get through holiday gatherings with my chin up?
Bummed Out
DEAR BUMMED: As adults, your son and nephew are free to perpetuate this awkward residential farce as long as their taste for it endures.
You, too, are free to keep talking — but nothing you and your brother say is making any difference, except to keep the bad feelings in constant circulation.
To stay cool through holiday harping, keep this chain of responsibility in mind: You aren't your son, don't control your son, can't reraise your son and can't change how anyone deals with your son. So when anyone tries to use him against you, make the point that no matter how hard you pull the strings, your son's arms don't move.
Maybe you did over-raise him into this paralysis, but who appointed your brother to audit your parenting mistakes? Stop pining for the outcome that will impress others. And when the snark flies, consider not responding. Nothing says you must.
DEAR CAROLYN: My husband and I have two adolescent children, and we are good friends with a couple who also have two adolescent kids. We consider their children rude, entitled and disrespectful of their parents and, to us as well.
Last night at our house, while having dinner, the daughter told her dad to "shut up." Nothing was said by either parent.
I feel as if we could never reprimand their kids without jeopardizing our friendship. We enjoy the parents' company. Is it ever OK to say something to the kids?
DEAR ANONYMOUS: Arguments in favor of correcting these kids: You have standing to ask for certain behavior in your home, of adults and children both. You probably also would be an effective voice for civility, since it can be startling to get a wrist-slap from an unexpected source.
Arguments against: Anything your kids witness now is a talking point later, so corruption is a nonissue. It's also hard to believe you can reverse these kids' slide toward entitlement — but it's easy to envision your damaging the friendship with the adults.
But there's also this: "Shut up" is so so inappropriate, and your dinner table is so plainly your turf, that I believe it would have been worth the friendship risk to say, calmly, "Stella, I ask that you don't use that expression at our table. Thank you."
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U.S. Unemployment Understated in Recent Data
Demographic and statistical factors lower unemployment rate by 1.4 percentage points
For Immediate Release: March 19, 2009
Contact: Alan Barber (202) 293-5380
WASHINGTON D.C.- As the nation struggles to get a sense of the depth of the current recession, a new report from the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) demonstrates that the current unemployment rate is higher than conventionally measured and is already at roughly the same level as the high reached in 1982, the year with the highest unemployment rate since World War II.
"February's unemployment rate of 8.1 percent is bad news, but the unemployment picture is even worse than it looks," said report author and CEPR Senior Economist, John Schmitt.
The report, "Is the U.S. Unemployment Rate Today Already as High as It was in 1982?," adjusts the current unemployment rate to account for demographic and statistical differences that lower the unemployment rate today by 1.4 percentage points, relative to the official unemployment rate in 1982. After these adjustments, the current unemployment level rises to 9.5 percent, a level that is close to the 1982 average of 9.7 percent.
"After accounting for these demographic and statistical differences, today's unemployment rate rises to 9.5 percent, already on a par with the worst recession since the Great Depression," said Schmitt.
The report notes that the population today is substantially older than it was in the early 1980s, which has the effect of lowering the unemployment rate today relative to the past. Young people have a higher unemployment rate than older workers because the young change jobs more frequently and are more likely to move in and out of the labor force. In 1982, about 22 percent of the labor force was between the age of 16 and 24; in 2008, 16-to-24 year olds were only about 14 percent of the labor force. As a result, the age of the typical US worker has risen from 35 in 1982 to about 42 today. Adjusting for this aging of the population raises the unemployment rate in 2009 by 1.2 percentage points.
The report also analyzes the effects of the falling coverage rate in the Current Population Survey (CPS), the monthly survey that the government uses to measure the national unemployment rate. Due to a decline in cooperation with both public and private surveys, the CPS today misses a larger share of the population today than it did in the early 1980s. The CPS has techniques that correct for the impact of this decline in coverage for most purposes, but the current correction procedures do not work well for employment-related measures such as the unemployment rate. Adjusting for the rise in coverage since 1982 would add at least an additional 0.2 percentage points to the 2009 unemployment rate.
The full analysis of the impact of these effects on the current unemployment rate can be found here.


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So, Who Is This Joseph Morgan?
A lot of New Orleans Saints fans were talking about a couple of rookies, following the Saints' 24-3 preseason victory over the San Francisco 49ers, on Friday night, at the Louisiana Superdome.
They were talking about running back Mark Ingram, who scored a touchdown, and Joseph Morgan, who had a 78-yard punt return for a touchdown.
Ok, we all know Ingram, a former Heisman Trophy winner, out of Alabama, and one of the Saints' two first-round draft choices, this year.
But what about this Morgan guy? Who is he...and where did he come from?


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Syd Lindsley
you opened a newspaper in Iowa this spring, you might have come across an
advertisement stating: "How do you feel about paving over the amber waves of
grain, the purple mountain majesties and the fruited plain?" If you read the
small print, you found not the anticipated environmental message, but a proposal
to drastically reduce immigration to the U.S. to 200,000 people a year. The ad
states: "…every year in America we pave an area equal to the state of
Delaware…Why? Because our nation's population is growing at an unprecedented
rate, due primarily to an immigration policy that's changing the landscape of
isn't the only state besieged by anti-immigrant media campaigns. Local and
national anti-immigrant groups, such as Negative Population Growth (NPG), the
Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR), ProjectUSA, and the
California Coalition for Immigration Reform (CCIR), are erecting billboards and
placing print, TV, and radio ads in locales across the nation.
resurgence of anti-immigrant organizing began in the 1990s, as many politicians,
organizations, and individuals cast blame on immigrants as the source of the
nation's social, economic, and environmental problems.
deepening economic inequality in the U.S. has set the stage for the resurgence
of anti-immigrant scape-goating; economic matters alone are not enough to
explain the force with which anti-immigrant opinion has taken hold in the public
arena. The recent revival of nativism is also motivated by white U.S.
residents' anxieties about the changing racial demographics caused by the
sustained immigration of non-white foreigners. In the last three decades, the
majority of immigrants have been non-white; the majority of today's immigrants
are either Asian or Latino.
migration of so many non-white individuals to the country threatens to
destabilize the core connection between whiteness and "American"-ness that
comprises the mythology of a homogenous "American" national identity, a
prospect that has put many white U.S. residents on edge. Indeed, the
"threat" of a non-white majority in the United States has sparked major
outcry. In 1994, presidential candidate Pat Buchanan warned, "A non-white
majority is envisioned if today's immigration continues." Given this
prediction, he argued that the U.S. needed a "time out" from immigration.
this wave of anti-immigrant sentiment, politicians and immigration "reform"
groups are taking aim at immigrant women and children in particular. As mothers,
immigrant women are especially dangerous in the eyes of today's nativists
because of their capacity to give birth to non-white citizen children. Of
course, most anti-immigrant politicians and organizations deny such racist and
sexist motives, preferring more palatable economic and environmental arguments.
women and children are also targeted for a second reason. The U.S. government
and employers rely on a low-cost temporary labor reserve of migrant men and
women to whom they have no obligation to provide education, health insurance, or
other services. The settlement of immigrant families, including children, shifts
the cost of reproduction (both biological and social) from the sending country
to the U.S. While government and employers want to obtain profits from immigrant
labor, they don't want to bear the costs of reproducing the labor force.
so-called "environmental" anti-immigrant perspective claims that immigration
and the higher fertility rates of immigrants are causing overpopulation and thus
environmental degradation. The "green" attack on immigrants is lodged
securely within a population control framework which maintains that halting
population growth is the key to stemming poverty, environmental degradation, and
even war. U.S. anti-immigrant rhetoric blames immigrants and their children for
perpetuating poverty, increasing scarcity, and destroying the environment. For
example, a 1996 advertisement from NPG reads: Immigration is the driving force
behind the population growth that is devastating our environment and the quality
of our lives. Primarily because of immigration we are rushing at breakneck speed
toward an environmental and economic disaster [emphasis included].
The Environmentalist's Guide to a Sensible Immigration Policy evokes the
threat of immigrant women's reproduction in a section heading:
"Immigration's Invisible Multiplier: Offspring." FAIR and other
anti-immigrant organizations often refer to the danger of so-called "chain
migration," a.k.a. immigration through family reunification laws. FAIR warns
that "a single immigrant who is admitted for needed job skills, or out of
humanitarian concerns, or for some other reason, can become the link in an
unbreakable chain of family migration." FAIR and other groups are lobbying for
laws that would restrict family reunification. Women would be the primary
victims of such legislation, since the vast majority of women immigrants come
through family-based immigration laws. Furthermore, such reforms would create
unnecessary hardship by prolonging the separation of immigrant families.
the economic realm, immigrants and their children are blamed for depleting
social services budgets, especially in areas where there is a concentrated
population of foreign-born residents, such as California. In the 1990s, many
immigration "reform" proponents began suggesting legislation aimed at
decreasing the availability of social services to immigrants, especially
undocumented ones. Although undocumented immigrants were never eligible for most
types of welfare and Medicaid, recent legislation has attempted to reduce the
few services available to all types of immigrants even further. Much of this
legislation directly targets and affects immigrant women and children.
example, early in the 1990s, California Rep. Elton Gallegly suggested a
constitutional amendment that would deny citizenship to children born in the
United States to undocumented parents, a proposal that some anti-immigrant
organizations currently endorse.
another example, California's Proposition 187, which appeared on the 1994
ballot, would have prohibited local and state agencies from providing publicly
funded social services, education, welfare, and non-emergency health care to any
person whom they do not verify as a U.S. citizen or lawfully admitted alien.
Proponents of Prop 187 stressed the bar on public support for prenatal care for
undocumented women. The phrase, "Two out of three babies delivered at Los
Angeles county hospitals were born to undocumented women," became a rallying
cry of the Prop 187 campaign, even though this statistic is highly questionable.
Clearly, Proposition 187 proponents placed little value on the reproductive
health of undocumented women and their children. Proposition 187's proposed
ban on public education funds for undocumented children was also an attempt to
permanently exclude these children from integration into U.S. society.
two years following Proposition 187's assault on undocumented immigrants in
California, the US Congress passed a bill that accomplished many of the same
goals, this time on a national level. The bill was the Personal Responsibility
and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA), popularly known as the
welfare reform act. The Act had a significant impact on the way both documented
and undocumented immigrants may use public services. The Act imposed
restrictions on "legal" immigrants' use of services, and banned
"illegal" immigrants' use of most public services altogether. The Act also
gave states greater ability to deny state and local assistance to undocumented
immigrants. Immediately after the enactment of PRWORA, former California
Governor Pete Wilson made prenatal care the first target of his campaign to
enact the federal law's ban on state and local assistance to "illegal"
Proposition 187 was declared unconstitutional, and Wilson's ban on
undocumented women's access to prenatal care was eventually overturned by his
successor, Gray Davis, these measures continue to have a very real effect on
immigrant women's reproductive health and access to services. A recent Urban
Institute study points to a noticeable "chilling effect" on immigrants'
willingness to access health care and other benefits. The authors find that the
nationwide decline in immigrants' access to such programs is due less to
actual eligibility changes than to immigrants' fear and suspicion around using
these programs—the "chilling effect" of welfare reform.
fact, the attacks on immigrant women's ability to reproduce and maintain their
families form the root of the recent assault on immigrants. Attacks on legal and
illegal immigrants' rights to public services, including prenatal care,
schooling for immigrant children, Aid to Families with Dependent Children, and
non-emergency health care are all attempts to regulate and control immigrant
women's reproductive work.
right to choose whether to have or not to have children is a fundamental
reproductive and human right for all women. Contemporary anti-immigrant politics
attempt to place governmental restrictions on immigrant women's ability to
make their own reproductive choices.
in the context of a nationalistic, anti-immigrant social and political climate,
the assault on immigrant women's reproduction is fundamentally an assault on
their right to contribute to the next generation of citizens. It is an attempt
to control who may be considered "American" and to exclude undocumented
immigrants, particularly Latinos and Asians, from the rights bestowed on
California was a hotspot for anti-immigrant activism and legislation during the
1990s, campaigns to foster anti-immigrant feeling and drastically cut
immigration are well underway in all regions of the nation. More and more often,
the message they are sending relies heavily on population control ideology, and
perpetuates racist ideals of a homogenous white "America."
implications are clear: there are too many "outsiders" in this country, and
"we" must do everything we can to keep their numbers down. In anti-immigrant
propaganda, references to the "higher fertility" of recent immigrants
suggest that immigrants' fertility rates are something to be tightly monitored
and controlled. Such messages not only have dangerous consequences for immigrant
women's reproductive health and rights, they also clearly state that recent
Latino and Asian immigrants are unvalued members of U.S. society.
attacks on immigrants are dangerously eroding immigrants' civil rights,
including immigrant women's reproductive health and rights. The nation that
sings the praises of "liberty and justice for all," clearly fails to ensure
immigrants' access to these basic entitlements.
Lindsley is the Population and Development Program Coordinator, the Hampshire
College Women's Center Coordinator, and a feminist activist.


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Gary Barlow draws short straw and bags over-28s on new X Factor
Gary Barlow will find it hard to win the new series of X Factor with any of the acts he mentors if history is anything to go by, after being handed the over-28s category.
The Take That star will guide the older contestants through the competition at the request of Simon Cowell , reports the Sun.
Cowell apparently phoned each of the judges this week to inform them whether they would be mentoring the boys, girls, groups or over-28s.
While Barlow is sure to be gutted to be given control of the over-28s – a category that has traditionally found it tough to make an impact on the X Factor – there was better news for the other panellists.
New judge Nicole Scherzinger picked up the boys and Tulisa Contostavlos bagged the girls – widely thought to be the two most promising categories.
Louis Walsh once again oversees the groups and will be hoping to add another eye-catching band to his CV after guiding JLS and Jedward in previous series.
Meanwhile, Barlow will be busy trying to engineer the first winner from the over-28s bracket since Steve Brookstein landed the top prize in the very first series in 2004.
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Storynory & Mory – The Secret Garden Begins
by KTNA Staff ~ January 16th, 2013
This week began a long story that we will cover over the next several weeks, a reading of The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett, published in 1910 as a serial and 1911 as a book. The story starts in India, so the opening act is was the Indian Tale of the Brahman, the Tiger, and the Jackal. Enjoy!


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Why is Jake Locker's stock slipping?
NFL.com Staff | Tags: Jake Locker, Adam Archuleta, Charles Davis, NFL Total Access
NFL Network analysts Charles Davis and Adam Archuleta discuss the draft prospects of University of Washington QB Jake Locker, who was a possible No. 1 pick before returning to the Huskies for his senior season.
"I like the overall makeup of Jake Locker," Davis said on "NFL Total Access." "I want to love Jake Locker. I've got to figure out why he doesn't complete more passes. That has to be examined. But, overall, you watch him throw it and work out, you're going to like him otherwise."
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We need more legislators that will listen first and talk second. That's why I am voting for Adrian Welle.
I am a senior citizen and I had many questions for Adrian Welle about where he stood on important issues for seniors in our communities. Things like rising property taxes and cuts to our nursing homes have made things harder on seniors in recent years — whether we are living in our home, or we are receiving care someplace else.
I was very impressed at how intently Adrian listened to my concerns. It is pretty clear he wasn't just another politician. He was honest with me, and we had a great discussion about how the Legislature can do a better job serving the needs of senior citizens in Minnesota.
In November, I will be voting for the candidate who will side with seniors and listen to us. I'll be voting for Adrian Welle for House of Representatives in District 9B. — Mary Jayne Chuba, Upsala


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St. Thomas' 5K at Cobb's Hill
St. Thomas' Episcopal Church
Sat 06/15/2013
5K, Off-road/Trail
This popular event offers both runners and walkers a unique experience, combining elements of a a road race, a trail run, and a cross-country course in one race. From the Church, you'll run a bit uphill to Nunda Blvd. and enter Cobb's Hill Park at Washington Grove, a quiet wooded haven of large oaks and wildlife. The race continues along wooded trails in the park and returns to the Church along Highland Ave. There will be 2 water stations. The race starts & ends at St. Thomas' Episcopal Church, 2000 Highland Ave. (NW corner of Highland Ave. & Winton Rd.) RACE RESULTS: computerized results provided by PCR TIMING. Sanctioned by USATF. PARKING IS AVAILABLE on the south side of Highland Ave. and nearby streets. Healthy post-race food and cookies for all finishers. All participants are eligible for gift card prizes donated by local merchants. Certificates for top 3 runners overall and in each age group. Proceeds to benefit the Brighton Churches Habitat Coalition in Support of Flower City Habitat for Humanity. We dedicated a house in January 2012! Help us raise money to build the next one! COURSE MAP found at: http://stthomasrochester.org/Websites/stthomasrochester/images/Map_runners_13_T.pdf The first 150 race entrants receive a free T-Shirt!Event schedule and timesRACE STARTS: Saturday, June 15 at 9:00 AM REGISTRATION: Saturday, June 15 from 7:30AM - 8:45 AM RACE PACKET PICKUP - Friday, June 14 5:30-7:30PM or on Saturday from 7:30-8:45AM at St. Thomas' Episcopal Church. AND join us the FRIDAY BEFORE for a Chicken BBQ! 5-7p.m. Enjoy savory bbq'd chicken with 2 sides. Eat-in or Take-Out. We use Square for credit paying. Pre-pay available: link coming soon.
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Italian Stallion Burger
The idea for this burger originated from a picnic we had for my niece at one of her soccer games. The original idea was that we were going to have antipasti with some focaccia. That morning my wife and I stopped by the supermarket, intending to pick up some nice olives, some different cheeses and some salami. Well, my family lives in a rural area of Minnesota, and we didn't realize that supermarkets in this area didn't have olive bars and a lot of the prepared foods we were looking for. So we went about fire-roasting our own vegetables to go along with the salami, bread, and cheese we had picked up. After a little while snacking on various items, everyone agreed that a sandwich with the red peppers, garlic, and salami was a winner. After hearing about this contest, we went about trying to convert this idea to a burger. We had to find something interesting to season the patties and keep them moist, and after some trial and error we found that the combination of parmesan and pancetta mixed with the meat gave us the flavor, juiciness and tenderness we were looking for. We hope you enjoy our burgers as much as we have.
3 red bell peppers
3 heads of garlic
3 tsp. extra virgin olive oil
1 tsp. sea salt, ground
2 1/4 lbs. ground chuck
6 Tbs. pancetta, cubed
6 Tbs. parmesan cheese, grated
2 tsp. sea salt, ground
2 tsp. fresh ground black pepper
1/4 cup vegetable oil to brush on grill
6 slices sharp provolone cheese
6 herb focaccia rolls
36 leaves of fresh baby arugula
Over high heat, roast red peppers until skin is blackened, turning frequently (5-10 minutes). Set peppers aside in large bowl and cover with plastic wrap to sweat. When the peppers have cooled enough to handle (approximately 20 minutes), peel charred skin from peppers, remove seeds, and cut into 1/4 inch strips. Cut bottom 1/4 inch off garlic heads and drizzle the exposed cloves with olive oil. Wrap heads, oil side up with aluminum foil and place on grill over medium heat. Cover grill and cook 45 minutes, until garlic is soft. Remove garlic from grill, unwrap foil and squeeze garlic cloves out of skins into small bowl and mash with a fork. HINT: Use the aluminum foil to protect fingers from heat of garlic. Season the mashed garlic to taste with salt, about 1 tsp. Combine ground chuck, pancetta, and parmesan cheese in large bowl and mix by hand. Evenly divide mixture 6 ways and form patties 3/4 inch thick. Sprinkle patties with salt and black pepper. Brush grill with vegetable oil. Cook burgers over medium heat until browned on one side, about 3-4 minutes. Flip burgers, cook an additional 2 minutes. Top burgers with provolone cheese and cook with grill covered until cheese is melted, approximately 2 minutes. Slice focaccia rolls and place face-down on grill on medium heat. Cover and cook until buns are warm and faces are golden brown, about 2 minutes. To prepare burgers divide peppers evenly over the bottom half of the buns. Top with patties and 6 leaves of arugula. Spread 1 Tbs. of garlic mixture over top half of the buns and place on top of arugula. Serve immediately.
The focaccia rolls used for the burgers are my wife's own recipe. She starts with a basic focaccia dough and adds about a tablespoon each of fresh chopped sage, rosemary and thyme to the dough. 5 oz. of the dough are formed into a round for each roll, which are brushed with olive oil and sprinkled with sea salt before baking. Any focaccia cut to the size of the burgers yields satisfactory results, but nothing quite compares to the fresh-baked rolls.


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A series of severe thunderstorm warnings have been issued for south-east Queensland, with large hail and damaging winds likely from three separate cells.
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I had my LapBand placed at William Beaumont Army Medical Center in El Paso, TX by Dr. Jason Johnson on December 6, 2006. I am 5'11" and at the time of my surgery weighed in at 339lbs! I was miserable. I had yo-yo dieted my entire life, going from a normal sized person to huge over and over. When I tipped the scales at 320 I finally decided that drastic action was needed. It took me about 6 months of appointments, scans, and exams before I got put on the waiting list for the surgery (I went throught the military).
My procedure was done on an outpatient basis and my husband drove me home. I was sore but nothing horrible. I was restricted to liquids only for 2 weeks. In that 2 weeks I lost 19lbs! I had to go to appointments every month for the first year. This is KEY! A LapBand will not work if you do not get to the proper adjustment, and that can't be done in one visit!
I got down to 209lbs when I found out I was pregnant (surprise)! The pregnancy and delivery went perfectly. I released all the saline from the band 2 weeks prior to delivery. I gained 19lbs during the pregnancy (which was much nicer than the 80 I gained during the first one), and lost back down to 218. Which is where I basically have stayed for the last 3 years. I'll gain and lose the same 3lbs over and over, but this weight is very easy to maintain.
I just had a mommy makeover 10 days ago and my tummy is so nice and flat! My port was not a problem, the plastic surgeons are used to them. I've lost a little more weight since they removed all my extra skin (with some fat :-). and I think I'm gonna finally get under 200 which has always been my ultimate goal!
In short, for me, it was totally worth it! I have never had any problems except if I eat something really bready too fast, then I know I'm gonna puke. and if I eat too soon before bed, then it's heartburn city. But now it's not really a diet anymore, it's just a way of eating. I eat smaller portions now, it's just what I do. I think that at this point, even if I had the band removed, I would be able to continue and maintain because I have changed my entire way of eating; at first out of necessity because of the band, but now because it is easy to eat this way!
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Crusader Cross Country Squads Adjust Schedule
The Valparaiso men's and women's cross country teams, which were originally scheduled to compete next Saturday, October 18 at the NCAA Pre-Nationals in Terre Haute, Ind., will run at the Evansville Invitational on the 18th instead.
The women's 5K race is slated for an 11 a.m. start time, while the men's 8K will start at approximately noon. The meet will serve as Valpo's final tuneup for the Horizon League Cross Country Championships, to be contested in Green Bay, Wis. on Saturday, November 1.


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BMW Charity Pro-Am presented by SYNNEX Corporation Raises $836,883 for Local Charities, Bringing Total to More Than $10.8 million
GREENVILLE, SC August 18, 2014 – The 14th annual BMW Charity Pro-Am presented by SYNNEX Corporation golf tournament raised $836,883 for Upstate charities, tournament officials announced today. The tournament's 2014 charity earnings push the total charitable giving since 2001 to more than $10.8 million. These funds are part of the PGA TOUR's more than $2 billion in all-time charitable contributions.
Officials from South Carolina Charities, Inc.—the non-profit organization that manages the BMW Charity Pro-Am presented by SYNNEX Corporation—presented checks to charity representatives at the Charity Check Presentation presented by High Cotton, held at the downtown Greenville restaurant.
The 2014 tournament's charity partners were 100 Black Men of the Upstate, A Child's Haven, Child Evangelism Fellowship – Greenville, Child Evangelism Fellowship – Spartanburg, The First Tee of Greenville, Furman University – The Riley Institute, Greenville Family Partnership, Greenville Tech Foundation, Habitat for Humanity of Greenville County, Harvest Hope Food Bank, JDRF – Greater Western Carolinas Chapter, Make-A-Wish Foundation of SC, Mobile Meals of Spartanburg, National Christian College Athletic Association (NCCAA), New Foundations Home for Children, Palmetto Animal Assisted Life Services (PAALS), Play Safe, Inc., Project HOPE Foundation, The Reserve at Lake Keowee Charitable Foundation, Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Carolinas, Scottish Rite Foundation, Set Free Alliance, Shriners Hospitals for Children – Greenville, Vested Partners, and The Walker Foundation for the SC School for the Deaf and Blind. The 2015 charity partners will be announced later this year.
"To have a PGA TOUR-sanctioned event right here in the Upstate that also produces real results for local charities is a win-win for our community," said Bob Nitto, president of South Carolina Charities, Inc. "Reaching $10.8 million for charity in just 14 years is a huge milestone for the tournament that's gratifying in many ways. I look forward to what 2015 will bring."
The 2015 tournament will take place May 14-17, and will once again be played at Thornblade Club, The Reserve at Lake Keowee and Green Valley Country Club.
"We are so excited to return to these three wonderful Upstate courses for 2015," said Darin MacDonald, executive director of South Carolina Charities, Inc. "Each of them offers a unique experience for the Web.com Tour pros and amateur contestants, and the clubs themselves are also great partners."
Awards were also presented today to the 2014 volunteers of the year and the Web.com Tour's Volunteer of the Week. Those volunteers are Bobby Taylor (Thornblade Club), Brandon Tatar (Green Valley Country Club), Mike McClure (The Reserve at Lake Keowee), Sally Smith (Transportation Committee) and Jim Helferich (Web.com Tour Volunteer of the Week).
The pro champion of the 2014 tournament was Max Homa who fired a bogey-free, 8-under 63 Sunday to win the tournament and earn his first career title on the Web.com Tour. Homa started the final round at Thornblade Club two shots off the pace but charged into contention with an eagle and two birdies in his first four holes and went on to finish at 20-under 266, one better than Jonathan Randolph (63), who posted his 19-under total and was hoping for a possible playoff.
The win for the 23-year-old native Californian was worth $117,000 and vaulted the 2013 NCAA Individual Champion from No. 64 to No. 9 on the money list.
Since 2001 more than 121 celebrities have participated in the tournament. The 24 celebrities that competed in the 2014 tournament were Steve Azar, Andy Buckley, Lisa Cornwell, Debbe Dunning, Greg Ellis, Bill Engvall, Ty Gretzky, Wayne Gretzky, Dennis Haysbert, Janet Jones-Gretzky, Gregory Itzin, Richard Karn, Danny Masterson, Jordan Masterson, Jim McMahon, Win McMurry, Frankie Muniz, Jeffrey Nordling, John O'Hurley, Michael Pena, Rob Riggle, Richard Schiff, Paula Trickey and Gary Valentine.
Celebrating its 15th year in 2015, the BMW Charity Pro-Am presented by SYNNEX Corporation is the only tournament on the Web.com Tour where 168 amateurs and celebrities are grouped with 168 Web.com Tour professionals in a four-day better-ball competition over three courses. Amateurs, celebrities and pros rotate between the three courses on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, with celebrities playing once at each course by the end of Saturday's third round. The 2015 tournament will take place the week of May 11, with tournament rounds Thursday, May 14-Sunday, May 17.
After 54 holes, the 10 lowest scoring pro-am teams, six lowest scoring celebrity pro-am teams and 65 low Web.com Tour pros (and ties) will advance to play Sunday's final round at Thornblade Club. The professional winner of the overall 72-hole event will take home $121,500 from the total purse of $675,000, an increase from the $117,000 share of the $650,000 purse.
South Carolina Charities, Inc. (SCCI), the non-profit foundation of the BMW Charity Pro-Am presented by SYNNEX Corporation, was created in order to showcase the beauty of Upstate South Carolina and the hospitality of its citizens to the world; to create an event that brings the Upstate a fun and entertaining week centered around professional athletes and world renowned celebrities; and raise money and awareness for South Carolina charities.
In 2013, Clemson University's International Institute of Tourism Research and Development conducted a study of the economic impacts of expenditures related to tournament operations and found that the 2013 tournament generated total direct spending of $4.712 million, supported 139 jobs, generated net local government revenues of $541,048 and net state government revenues of $868,479, and yielded $6.744 million in total output/impact.
As the most unique tournament on the Web.com Tour, the BMW Charity Pro-Am presented by SYNNEX Corporation has many different playing options and sponsorship opportunities to offer. To review these opportunities, visit the Sponsorship and Playing Opportunities page of bmwcharitygolf.com.
For more information about the BMW Charity Pro-Am presented by SYNNEX Corporation call (864) 297-1660, visit the tournament's website at bmwcharitygolf.com or follow the tournament at www.facebook.com/BMWCharityProAm and @BMWCharityProAm.
Founded (1990), owned and operated by the PGA TOUR, the Web.Com Tour continues to identify those players who are ready to compete and win on golf's biggest stage. In an historic 2013 season, the Web.com Tour became The Path to the PGA TOUR with all 50 available PGA TOUR cards coming through the Web.com Tour and the season culminating at the four-event Web.com Tour Finals. Web.com became the Tour's umbrella sponsor on June 27, 2012. A 10-year agreement (through 2021) is in place. The Tour enters its 25th year of competition in 2014. Three out of four PGA TOUR members are Web.com Tour alumni. Tour alumni have won 387 PGA TOUR titles, including 19 majors and five PLAYERS Championships. The PGA TOUR, through the efforts of its tours and their tournaments, sponsors, players and volunteers, surpassed $2 billion in charitable giving in Jan. 2014. To learn more about the PGA TOUR and Web.com Tour and to follow the season-long quest for a PGA TOUR card, visit PGATOUR.COM or follow the Web.com Tour on Twitter @webdotcomtour and on Facebook at facebook.com/web
Web.com Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: WWWW) provides a full range of Internet services to small businesses to help them compete and succeed online. Web.com meets the needs of small businesses anywhere along their lifecycle with affordable, subscription-based solutions including domains, hosting, website design and management, search engine optimization, online marketing campaigns, local sales leads, social media, mobile products, eCommerce solutions and call center services. For more information, please visit web.com; follow web.com on Twitter @webdotcom or on Facebook at facebook.com/webdotcomtour.
Located in the picturesque valleys and foothills on the Eastside of Greenville, S.C., Thornblade Club is a private, full-service, family-oriented golf and country club dedicated to providing members with superior service, recreational amenities, and a social community. Its master planned 18-hole golf course, designed by Tom Fazio, is the centerpiece for a magnificent residential community. The course was renovated and lengthened in the summer of 2010, with new greens, a new drainage system, laser-leveled tees, additional tees, renovated cart paths, and beautiful rock walls. To learn more visit ThornbladeClub.com. This will be Thornblade Club's eighth consecutive year as the four-day host course of the tournament.
Located in the Foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains on the north side of the economically diverse and vibrant city of Greenville, SC, Green Valley Country Club offers quiet elegance while providing a resort-style experience for the entire family. With 18 spectacular holes of golf meandering through the natural terrain of the Reedy River, this George Cobb designed golf course went through a major renovation project led by Tom Jackson in 2001. Recently Green Valley underwent a massive course improvement strategy with the help of world-renowned course designer, Jan Bel Jan. To learn more visit GreenValley.cc. This will be Green Valley Country Club's second year as a three-day host course of the tournament.
Created in 2000 by Greenwood Communities and Resorts, The Reserve at Lake Keowee is an award-winning residential community that spans 3,900 acres in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, with 30 miles of shoreline on Lake Keowee and convenient access to nationally-recognized commercial and cultural centers that include Greenville, S.C.; Clemson, S.C.; Asheville, N.C.; and Clemson and Furman Universities. A 200-slip Marina, Village Center, Jack Nicklaus Signature Golf Course, and more than 1,400 acres of parks, preserves, trails, and green spaces highlight more than $100 million in completed family amenities at The Reserve. To learn more, call 877-922-LAKE (5253), or visit ReserveAtLakeKeowee.com. This will be The Reserve at Lake Keowee's third year as a three-day host course of the tournament.


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Training underway at Summer Fire School
Sat, 07 Jun 2014 22:45:07 GMT —
More than 500 firefighters from 15 states are in Jefferson City for the 2014 Summer Fire School.
The Jefferson City Fire Department is hosting the event at the Hyde Park Training Facility near Missouri Boulevard.
The training focuses on necessary skills for emergency responders and wild land firefighters.
Firefighters practiced saving someone trapped in a tight space.
Jefferson City Fire Department Captain Casey Hughes said, â??Itâ??s a critical element to fire training. There are fire departments all across the state that look forward to this time of year to be able to send their personnel whether they be from professional fire departments with paid people to those departments that are very small, rural departments with very few personnel. This is their shot to come here and get some good training and network with other firefighters from other departments, as well.â??
This yearâ??s Summer Fire School includes more than 40 courses including boat rescue training and simulated rescues involving real fires.
Firefighters finish the event on Sunday.


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Poker pros' arms betray their hands
No bluff: In high-stakes matches, a poker face may not be good enough. Players may have to develop "poker arms" as well.
When shown two-second video clips of the arms and hands of top players making bets in the World Series of Poker, college students did well at judging who was playing a strong hand and who wasn't, say psychology graduate student Michael Slepian of Tufts University in Medford, Mass., and his colleagues.
But when viewing videos of only poker pros' upper bodies or faces during bets, students couldn't correctly predict whether players held good or bad cards, the researchers report Sept. 12 in Psychological Science.
Read the whole story: ScienceNews
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Seshego - Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema has hinted that he will welcome Wednesday's election results even if they did not favour his fledgling party.
Malema praised the IEC for the way it conducted the elections at Mponegele Primary School polling station where he voted in Seshego outside Polokwane on Wednesday morning. After standing in the queue for about 50 minutes with his 85 year-old grandmother Sarah, Malema cast his vote amid a throng of flashing cameras.
He addressed journalists immediately afterwards with his octogenarian grandmother still standing by his side. "We are happy with the work that the IEC has done, the queues are moving smoothly and when you get inside it becomes the shortest process ever," said Malema. "We hope for the best, if elections are conducted like this all over South Africa, we can indeed say we welcome any results and accept them," said Malema.
Malema's EFF party was among a group of opposition parties that filed an urgent application in the Electoral Court last month, demanding the resignation of IEC chairwoman Pansy Tlakula before the elections. The group had argued that Tlakula would compromise the IEC's credibility if allowed to preside over the polls.
This was after negative findings against Tlakula by the Public Protector Thuli Mandonsela's report and a later report sanctioned by the national Treasury over the leasing of IEC headquarters.
The court had said it would only deliver the ruling after the elections, effectively allowing Tlakula to oversee the 5th general elections since democracy.
But on Wednesday Malema had all praises for the IEC. "We are happy for the efficiency of IEC officials who are trying their level best to ensure that all of us don't stand in the queue for more than 45 minutes," he said.
Malema suggested that he had no regrets for voting against the ANC, the party he once regarded as his political home. "It was not a difficult task to perform because of the rot in the ANC. This is an historic moment, this is a turning point and there is no looking back," he said.
For the first time since he rose to political prominence, Malema stood in the queue with ordinary voters. While still ANC Youth League president, Malema received preferential treatment by jumping the queue. "We have to stand in the queue because that is what is required by the law, there is no need for us to be jumping the queue because we belong to these people," he said.
He said the EFF's entry into politics has created excitement for the elections. "We have given them a run for their money; we have fought like a bull dog fighting for a bone," said Malema.
He said he had disappointed detractors who had thought his expulsion from the ANC, troubles with the taxman that subsequently followed and criminal charges he faced, would bring him down. "Many people are disappointed, they thought Julius Malema was history, but Julius Malema is a new chapter to be read by all South Africans, we are here to stay in the South African politics," said Malema.
Malema claimed the EFF has run the best election campaign, while slamming the ANC for distributing T-shirts outside the polling station. He said the ANC was desperate. "Our people must just remember, they will not eat T-shirts, you must fight for a real freedom," he said.
Chairman of the ANC local branch and Malema's foe Boy Mamabolo said the electoral act did not prohibit the distribution of T-shirts if its done 100m away from the polling station.
Malema's grandmother did not say if she voted for him. But she described him as a respectful child. After chatting with locals, he entered into one of the two Mercedes Benz Vianos.
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Dear author,
You do well portraying a friendship of boys turned to men where, in some ways, everything is the same. Catch a glimpse of these two men in a different light, however, and one quickly sees that everything is different. This story's strength is in the little snippets of detailed narrative--Sirius poking Remus under the table with his foot and noticing the potential of Tonks and him as a couple before even Remus realizes, or Sirius bracing himself against the wind from an open window. There I see the heartbreakingly human imperfection involved in this tragic Rip Van Winkle-esque story, of two people strugging to rediscover what they never should have lost. You're done an excellent job of juxtaposing these small details to show how complex and unclear this situation truly is--how much Remus and others who knew Sirius have to struggle to understand him and be his friend.
I wish you would dig further into Remus' emotions earlier in the story. Until the section where Sirius dies, I feel the tone of this narrative is a little detached. That makes sense, given how reserved Remus is as a character; we rarely see him react passionately the way Sirius always does. But this one-shot has a unique perspective from inside Remus' head and we have a rare opportunity to see the real, potent emotions which he so rarely lets surface firsthand. Use that opportunity to show more of him to us as your readers. For him as much as Sirius, this has to be frustrating, saddening, heartbreaking. As Sirius is reentering his life from long ago, Remus must also be searching for the friend whom he used to know, and that involves a serious amount of heartbreak. For example, when Sirius protests his house arrest, saying that he needs to do something, tell us how that makes Remus feel. Don't just stick to the dialogue that Remus expressed externally; dig into his internal journey as a friend of a former Azkaban convict, of a changed Sirius Black.
Otherwise, it's fascinating story, and you've got a strong grasp over descriptive writing that captures my attention. Wonderful work; write on!
Author's Response: Wow, thank you for leaving such a great review! You're right, I did write more on Remus thinking about Sirius's feelings and such rather than actually writing about his own feelings. In writing it, I was thinking more about what would be going through the mind of Sirius more than I was of Remus, even though I was writing from Remus's viewpoint. I do tend to have trouble with talking about the feelings of the person's whose POV it is, but I'm trying to work on it so thanks for pointing that out! I Thanks so much, and thanks for reading!
You wrote such a great look into Remus' mind. As you can tell by my pen name, I love him! He and Sirius have a wonderful friendship, and you really showed that. Nice writing!!!
Author's Response: Thank you! Remus is definitely a favorite of mine as well. Thanks for reading and reviewing!
This was a great story, I think you did a great job of handling second person, present tense and grasping these two characters.
I liked how, in a way, although Remus was telling the story, it's almost more about Sirius... or equally as much about both of them. The second person really put me in Remus' position and made me consider what it would be like to have Sirius as a friend.
I loved how you showed two sides of Sirius - on one hand, he remains his old jokey self, or at least he tries to. I loved his comments to Remus about Tonks, I think that really showed that underneath what he has suffered, he is still Sirius and Remus is a close friend.
I adored this paragraph - You become aware of his hands. Those tremors, those ever present trembling fingers were not there before. You notice the way that if the window is open, if a whoosh of wind is heard, your old friend seizes up, closing his eyes, bracing himself against chills of a nonexistent Dementor. You take in the way that at loud noises, if someone yells in surprise, Sirius will cover his ears, blocking out his old inmates screams. (Perhaps you could say "fellow inmates' screams", as they were inmates of Azkaban, not Sirius - also you missed the apostrophe.) I think it's great how you dwell on the small things, like the trembling of his hands, because it is really in those things that you can see the change. That paragraph in particular created the idea of a haunted man, perhaps on the edge of insanity, and it worked very well.
Guess they needed a bit more than love in their case. You stare at him, and he avoids your eyes. I'm just saying that they would have benefitted a lot more with a knife to Wormtail's throat than any more bloody love. - That line was so in character for Sirius and really showed the sort of mood he was often in during OotP, when obviously the loneliness and the uselessness he felt got the better of him.
And finally the last section - that is just glorious. I love how you rely on dialogue for it, whilst there is no dialogue in the rest of the story. The rest of the story feels a little reflective, even though it's in present tense, whereas in the final section I was right in the excitement of the moment. Plus it's just such a Marauder-ish thing to do. It was just the perfect ending for the story - particularly this line "Well, it means we're bloody incredible so we're going to live forever.".
I have just a little bit of criticism:
This line - It's after a conversation with Arthur Weasley that you see it. Arthur had asked about Sirius, wondering how he was doing. The phrasing just felt a little awkward, perhaps you could just get rid of the second sentence, I think the story would make sense without it.
Also just one time you slipped into past tense - It was after the conversation that you watch Sirius more carefully, - it should be "It is..."
Anyway, I really did love this story, I think it really captured the essence of Remus and Sirius and what became of them.
Author's Response: Thanks for the lovely review Katrina! Yes, I didn't realise while writing it, but I guess I really had to delve more into Sirius's personality then Remus's, the fic really is more Sirius-centric, even if it is from Remus' point of view. I went back and fixed the errors you mentioned, thanks for pointing those out, I also agree with the awkward phrasing, I took your advice and got rid of the second sentence. Thanks for the praise on the last part, though it tore me apart inside, I really enjoyed writing it. Thanks so much for reading and reviewing!
That was nicely done. I had not really thought about how Sirius might cope with being out, and the small things--the tremors, the jumpiness--really feel real and bring home the horror of those years in Azkaban. I really liked that he had Remus to help him through it. What was really sad was to see Remus lose Sirius all over again, so soon.
I really liked the bit at the end. It felt very Marauder-y, and the line about living forever was desperately sad.
Nice job!
~Gina :)
Author's Response: Thanks for the review Gina! Yeah, the bit at the end was actually the most depressing to write even though it's the most light-hearted throughout the whole piece. Thanks for reading! :)


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On his preferred traveling snack:
"It's always good to have trail mix. I like the cheesy kind myself."
On breakfast at home:
"Honey Nut Cheerios with rice milk? Shwazaa."
(Editor's Note: See here for the definition of "Schwaza.")
On discovering new favorite(s):
"Eggplant is new for me. I'm not mad at eggplant. Eggplant is cool. I had beets for the first time last week and I was like, beets are fly!"
On bodega breakfast:**
"Sausage, egg, and cheese on a roll—with jelly."
On ordering a bodega sandwich in Brooklyn:
"When I go to the bodega, I'm always trying to challenge the sandwich maker. That's my thing. When I used to live on Franklin in Brooklyn, there were these cats that would make these amazing deli sandwiches. They were crazy good. I would be like, 'let me see if I can mess his head up today.' I'd be like, 'Let me get the steak, with pepper jack cheese. Fry an egg on there. Green peppers. Jalepeños. Mayo, mustard, oil and vinegar…and just keep going and going. Bodegas used to make me so happy. Sandwich makers don't get enough credit. They save a lot of lives. They make a lot of lives. So if someone makes you a sandwich, you better say thank you."
Favorite kitchen jam:
"Raphael Saadiq's 'Love That Girl.' This will make her sway in the kitchen while you guys cook dinner together."
On how to cook for a lady:
"There's a lot of pressure and intimidation, especially if you're cooking for a young lady. Stay to what you know. It's really easy to make rice. If you master rice, half the meal is already done. Corn? It comes in a can. All you gotta do is open up the corn can, put it in the pot, put some seasoning on it—a little salt, a little butter, a little garlic powder, if you want to get fancy. So the corn, the rice, and then a salad. Salad's not hard to make. Just go to the store. Get some lettuce. Get some dressing. Get some cheeses, and if you want to add a little inflection, some pecans or some raspberries. For the main course, a lot of time brothers are afraid to make steak or meat, but all you gotta do is bake it! Or get a George Foreman grill. You really don't have to do much. Just act like you're cooking in the kitchen and tell her to sit way over on the couch in the living room. You're in the kitchen playing music and dancing, but meanwhile the Foreman is doing all the work for you. She'll love it, and then she'll come over more often, and then maybe she'll cook for you next time. You just got to try things, you got to be fearless in the kitchen. Kind of like love, you know what I mean?"


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New Delhi, Dec. 28 -- Indian selectors conveyed their disappointment to skipper MS Dhoni after the Test series defeat against England, indicating his leadership in the longest format is under review, a report said on Thursday. The selectors reportedly asked Dhoni to give them a plan for the 2015 World Cup, with the report suggesting that Dhoni keeping the captaincy could well depend on India's showing in the ongoing limited-over series against Pakistan, the NDTV channel said, quoting sources.
Dhoni is already under pressure after the Test series routs in England and Australia. The loss to England, the first Test series reverse at home in eight years, has only added to the clamour that he be replaced by Virat Kohli.
The report said the selectors were keen to put in place a blue-print to ensure India successfully defend the trophy they won last year at home.
Duncan Fletcher continuing as coach has also been thrown into some doubt with the channel, quoting unnamed sources, saying his contract may not be extended when it comes up for renewal in March.
Dhoni has come under intense scrutiny and also faced criticism for leaving out off-spinner R Ashwin for the first Twenty20 in Bangalore on Tuesday, which India lost by five wickets.
Former skipper Sunil Gavaskar has been among the experts who have backed Kohli to take over captaincy. Gavaskar feels Virat can have the kind of impact Tiger Pataudi had after he was made the captain at 21.
Published by HT Syndication with permission from Hindustan Times.


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All 1500 residents are heroes in the documentary film Budrus, named for their West Bank Palestinian village, as are the international and Israeli solidarity activists who joined their nonviolent protests against the military occupation back in 2003-04. But one person stands out: Ayed Morrar, a thoughtful, quiet man who leads with calm courage and by example.
Ayed, now in his late 40s, has been in the Palestinian freedom struggle his entire life; he spent 6 years in Israeli prisons and another 3 on the run. He and his 4 brothers have not been able to all get together for years; at least one of them is always jailed or in hiding. His courageous and outspoken teenage daughter Iltezam, a future doctor, is also a convincing presence in the film.
Budrus is located near the "border" with Israel, and the so-called "security wall" was planned to amputate the village from some of its lands and uproot its ancient olive groves. (The film's only real weakness is that it does not explain that so much of the separation wall is on Palestinian territory as part of further land-grabbing, not for "security;" you see Israeli colonies/settlements in the distance, but they are never explained.)
The filmmaker Julia Bacha shows us the courage of the villagers as they nonviolently confront heavily armed Israeli border police and yellow Caterpillar bulldozers – a perverse kind of product placement the American company's publicity department is surely regretting. At first, the protesters are only men, but then Ayed's daughter insists that women should also be allowed to join in. Then likeable internationalists and sympathetic Israelis also show up to help. In one memorable scene, a little boy, no more than 4 or 5 years old, is wearing a tee-shirt that reads BDS and smiling.
The film makes absolutely clear that without the outsiders, and the accompanying press coverage, the Israeli military would have been even more violent. In the end, the Israelis crack down anyway, using live ammunition against Palestinian teenagers who are throwing stones despite Ayed's pleading.
The Israelis have their say in the film, including a woman border policeman and an army spokesman who has an accent that could be from Cleveland or Milwaukee, but they are deaf to their own arrogance and their testimony only strengthens the Palestinian case. After 10 months of protest, Israel does change the route of the security wall, sparing most of Budrus's olive groves.
The film is showing in New York City until October 28, and should hopefully continue into wide circulation.
P.S. Here's a link to other showings of Budrus around the world.


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Jason Travi Will Be Coming Home To Cook, But Not At Fraîche. Either One of Them.
Jason Travi will be coming back to cook in Los Angeles, after an extended time visiting family in Massachusetts and Tokyo, but it won't be at Fraîche, the restaurant he opened in Culver City in 2007. Nor will he be behind the stoves at
the second Fraîche, formerly Riva, which (re)opened last Wednesday. When reached by phone in New England over the weekend, Travi said that instead he'll be opening a new restaurant when he returns. "I'm going to do something on my own; it's a mutual understanding," said Travi. "We decided to go away for a long time; there's no way to leave for that much time and still be employed," said Travi, who has been traveling with his wife (and pastry chef) Miho and their infant daughter.
Travi's not sure about the specifics of the new restaurant yet, saying only that he has financial backing in place, and that he's not going to start looking at spaces until he and his family return in December. "It won't be in Santa Monica, and I love Culver City, but it's time to move on."
Jason Travi at Riva
Anne Fishbein
Asked whether Travi had given thought to staying in Massachusetts, where both his father and grandfather were chefs, Travi said no, citing the weather as a serious consideration. "We're not moving. I love it out here, but it's easy to come back to LA--especially after watching five minutes of baseball." (This was shortly after Travi's Red Sox were swept by the Angels in the first round of the AL playoffs, and Travi was still a bit upset.)
When we called Amir Ohebsion, president of the Fraîche Management Group, he confirmed that Travi would not be returning. "That's what he told me... Yes, it's absolutely amicable," said Ohebsion. Elderoy Arendse takes over as chef de cuisine of Fraîche, Santa Monica, and Sydney Hunter III as chef de cuisine of Fraîche, Culver City. "Their names are already on the menus," said Ohebsion.
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text: The "Software Update" disclaimer keeps popping up on my phone, wanting me to agree to something. All the HEADINGS are in English (e.g. Terms and Conditions, Privacy Policy) and the box at the bottom (I accept all the terms above) is also in English, but the body of the disclaimer is in Chinese. It's DRIVING ME CRAZY. ALL MY LANGUAGE SETTINGS ARE SET TO ENGLISH. I have emailed Samsung. They told me to set my language settings to English. I refer you to the bold above, which I told them in my email. I have PHONED Samsung. They told me to set my language settings to English. Again, per bold above, which I told them. So they said if my language settings are in English then the disclaimer will be in English. Which was NOT HELPFUL. Does anyone know the answer to this? It's really annoying. I cannot believe how completely USELESS the customer service was. Do they not bother to actually READ the emails we send them? EDIT: It'a a small Note (original one, not a version 2). Carrier Smartone but they are not linked. Based in Hong Kong and purchased in Hong Kong (the origin of the problem I suspect).


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Buttercream Flower Tutorials
Decorating By ScrumdidlyCakes Updated 10 Jun 2012 , 10:46pm by JWinslow
Hello! I was trying to find some tutorials on strictly Buttercream flowers. Any ideas? Thanks!
If buttercream roses are on your list, I made a video.
Click on the link in my signature line below.
You might also want to search for an older book by Richard Snyder called "65 Buttercream Flowers" that is out of print but is usually available on many different online sources like ebay and abebooks. I swear by his recipe and detailed instructions.
seriouscakes on youtube She doesn't make any new videos but the ones she left up are still pretty helpful.
HI, if you want to book on them. Buy one made by Roland Winbeckler. It is great. I have also taken classes with Gail Hyatt from S.C. and i am taking demo at ices convention with Lucinda Larson. (queen of b/c . as they say.) . Everyone doesn,t want g/p flowers or fondant flowers or modeling choc. flowers(know how to do them all) they want b/c. I like to know how to do them all. You won,t go wrong buying Rolands book. It doesn,t cost much.YOu can even buy it from globalsugarart.com. Good Luck. hth I forgot to mention Linda Reese. I have her cd's on beautiful flowers, landscaping, etc. She is great also. There are more i am sure. I am just familiar with the ones i have mention. The Cake Lady(Frances Kuyper) she is deceased now, She made beautiful flowers. I have all her materials too.
Here's a link for the Serious Cakes youtube videos which are EXCELLENT!
Found this by Roland Winbeckler - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAzP6xRQUls&feature=related
Found this by Roland Winbeckler - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAzP6xRQUls&feature=related
Thanks! I enjoyed that video and also another video by him about making an ice cream cone based owl with buttercream.
Your very welcome. I haven't tried making a rose on a stick yet but I think his tutorials will help.


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Tom Lane wrote: > Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> writes: >> I think that changing the locking behavior is attacking the problem at >> the wrong level anyway. > > Right. By the time a patch here could have any effect, you've already > lost the game --- having to deschedule and reschedule a process is a > large cost compared to the typical lock hold time for most LWLocks. So > it would be better to look at how to avoid blocking in the first place. I think the elephant in the room is that we have a single lock that needs to be acquired every time a transaction commits, and every time a backend takes a snapshot. It has worked well, and it still does for smaller numbers of CPUs, but I'm not surprised it starts to become a bottleneck on a test like the one Jignesh is running. To make matters worse, the more backends there are, the longer the lock needs to be held to take a snapshot. It's going require some hard thinking to bust that bottleneck. I've sometimes thought about maintaining a pre-calculated array of in-progress XIDs in shared memory. GetSnapshotData would simply memcpy() that to private memory, instead of collecting the xids from ProcArray. Or we could try to move some of the if-tests inside the for-loop to after the ProcArrayLock is released. For example, we could easily remove the check for "proc == MyProc", and remove our own xid from the array afterwards. That's just linear speed up, though. I can't immediately think of a way to completely avoid / partition away the contention. WALInsertLock is also quite high on Jignesh's list. That I've seen become the bottleneck on other tests too. -- Heikki Linnakangas EnterpriseDB http://www.enterprisedb.com
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Classified material is a joke to liberals. They have zero respect for national security.
This complete incompetence has made America a joke. We can't put up with this anymore. This is the year to throw the liberals out.
People should be ashamed to vote Democrat.
Check it out:
While working as Hillary Clinton's chief of staff at the State Department, Cheryl Mills lost her personal Blackberry, on which she sent emails that the State Department has determined contain classified information.
Records obtained by The Daily Caller through a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit show Mills revealed that she lost her Blackberry in a March 20, 2010 email she sent to Bryan Pagliano, the State Department IT staffer who managed Clinton's private email server.
"Somewhere b/w my house and the plane to nyc yesterday my personal bb got misplaced; no on [sic]is answering it thought [sic]I have called," Mills wrote from her personal email account to the address Pagliano used when he worked on Hillary Clinton's 2008 presidential campaign.
Other State Department records indicate that Mills' personal Blackberry appears to have been synced with her Gmail account. Many of the emails she sent from the personal account include footers which show they were sent from a Blackberry powered by AT&T.
Some of the emails Mills sent and received on the account contain information that the State Department has retroactively determined to have classified information.
In one such email, from Dec. 24, 2009, Clinton forwarded Mills a message she had received from Johnnie Carson, then the Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, who provided details from a conversation he had with French foreign minister Bernard Kouchner about a situation in Guinea.
"Pls review so we can discuss," Clinton wrote to Mills and Jake Sullivan, her foreign policy aide.
In a Jan. 14, 2010 email, Rajiv Shah, who was in charge of U.S. Agency for International Development, emailed Clinton and Mills about Haiti. The email is heavily redacted because it contains now-classified information. The State Department has retroactively classified more than 1,300 emails housed on Clinton's private server, though Clinton and the State Department maintain that the information was not considered classified when it was originated.
It is unclear if Mills recovered her Blackberry after first losing it. Her attorney did not return a request for comment. It is also unclear what other sensitive, government-related information Mills sent on her Blackberry and personal email account to other federal officials.
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Will the scandals ever end? How many lost emails, destroyed phones, misplaced documents does it take before liberals are not taken seriously?
Where are the statesmen who respect our nation?
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