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LAHORE, May 19: Punjab police authorities allegedly plan to deprive at least 1,145 police inspectors (69 of them already promoted to DSP rank) of their right to promotion in 'violation' of police rules and rulings of higher judiciary, allegedly to accommodate 230 directly recruited inspectors of 1998 batch.
These 'under-the-cloud' inspectors have recently been served show-cause notices against their promotions secured either through courts or regular departmental boards in what they call an attempt to throw them out of the promotion race.
Of them, over 300 inspectors were directly recruited by various governments formed by the Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) and People's Party -- 45 in 1993, 29 in 1995 and 230 in 1998 -- by violating police rules which restrict the provincial government to recruiting either constables or ASIs.
Around 12 per cent of these officers have replied to the show-cause notices which challenge their promotions with 'antedated seniority' of probationer ASIs and other rankers up to the rank of inspectors and DSPs. A majority of them is planning to challenge the process in a court of law, Dawn has learnt.
However, Provincial Police Officer Aftab Sultan says the notices have been served after circulating provincial seniority list of confirmed inspectors across the province welcoming objections from the 'affected' officers, if any.
The IG told Dawn on Sunday that in the last Supreme Court hearing held on May 15, 2013, the bench had ordered the affected officers to submit their written replies regarding objections against the issuance of seniority list rather than terming the list against the law.
He said the latest list had been prepared to avoid further delay in promotion of officers against 250 vacant DSP posts (the process was halted four years ago due to litigation among officers). The show cause notices were only served on those inspectors who got promotions with antedate seniority by bribing or using influence, he added.
Mr Sultan said those who had objections to new seniority list must file replies so that authorities could examine their cases on merit.
The affected officers on the other hand allege they are being deprived of their due right to promotion in violation of Police Rules 1934 which allow promotion of only 10 per cent directly-recruited inspectors.
They question the authorities as to how the officers who were recruited 30 years ago in different ranks and got promoted to the inspector or DSP ranks can be denied their right to accommodate the directly-recruited inspectors who served the department only for 15 years.
Interestingly, around 60 inspectors, who were issued the notices, have either been retired, killed on duty or died of natural causes.
An affected police inspector says those issued notices were either promoted on the orders of previous IGPs or other senior police officers who held boards keeping in view their ACRs and service record.
A letter released to Dawn by a group of affected officers says that during 1993, 95 and 98 the then provincial governments had directly recruited inspectors relaxing rules and going beyond the limit of 10 per cent quota as mentioned in the Police Rules. Section 12.3 of the rules says 'Except provided in 12.1 and 12.4 direct recruitments may not be made except in the rank of inspector, sub-inspector and assistant sub-inspector, Such appointments in the rank of Inspector, SI and ASI may be made up to a maximum of 10 per cent, 40 per cent and 25 per cent of vacancies, respectively'.
It reads that after their direct recruitment, the inspectors started litigation for getting promoted to DSP rank by 'maneuvering' and 'misinterpreting' the court orders. "Police Rules are silent about the structure regarding promotion of directly recruited inspectors but on the other hand a person recruited as constable or ASI and SI has a comprehensive structure of promotion till the DSP rank or above," it says.
The letter further says that on Nov 1, 2012, a provincial seniority list of confirmed inspectors (up to Dec 31, 2006) was issued by the IGP (vide letter AD E-1/10463-96/E-11) and on the basis of that list a letter (4449/EXEC-11 dated Nov 7, 2012) was circulated to all regions and concerned officers to get clearance report of 300 inspectors, but after a month another letter (4829/EXEC-II dated Dec 8, 2012) was issued seeking report of only 180 directly-recruited inspectors which clearly shows the department is planning to promote only these inspectors. This was creating unrest among 90 per cent of the operational officers serving the department for last 10 to 15 years, the letter says.
It also alleges that a senior police officer appointed in interim setup was behind the discrimination who wanted to oblige some officers related to him.
It also questions a provincial seniority list issued on May 10, 2013 (vide No AD E-I/2748-85/E-II dated May 10), showing directly-recruited inspectors senior to rankers in GEB cadre. It was issued without any direction of competent authority or any court or any judicial forum competent to introduce amendments in seniority list of any service in Pakistan. This, it says, is tantamount to contempt of several judicial forums, including Supreme Court, that were hearing matters pertaining to seniority of Punjab police officers. The SC had reprimanded the then additional IGP, Khan Baig, for changing the seniority list before PST could decide the matter as per rules, the letter said.
IG Aftab Sultan said if someone had any objection to the process, he should mention it in the reply sought by the court so that the department could either explain or rectify it.


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With the final three games of the NBA Finals, ABC made a clean sweep of all main TV ratings measures for the week of June 8-14. CBS, still mostly in repeats, took the average viewership and adults 25-54 second places, while Fox was second in adults 18-34 and 18-49.
Even with 3 NHL Stanley Cup Finals games, NBC could do no better than third for adults 18-49 and 25-54, and slipped to fourth behind Univision for adults 18-34.
Tiny Network Smackdown Update! Again, not only did MyNetworkTV beat the CW in every ratings demo category (except a tie in adults 18-34), but once again so did tiny Spanish broadcaster Telemundo. It continues to be a long summer for the CW.
You can see past week's broadcast network primetime weekly TV ratings results here.
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Melbourne Cabaret Festival Produces EP Recording of 2012 Show CANDICE MCQUEEN: NASTY; Launch Set for Today, 11/4
The Melbourne Cabaret Festival has announced it will produce an EP featuring one of the hit shows from its 2012 season.
Spanky and Robert Tripolino will enter a studio to professionally record five tracks from their hit show 'Candice McQueen: Nasty'.
Here's one of the songs they'll be recording: http://youtu.be/dNoKD6EPS_Y
To fund the recording the Melbourne Cabaret Festival is asking fans to pre-purchase the EP via http://pozible.com/spanky. You can also choose to pre-pay for a ticket to the EP launch: today, 4 November at the Wonderland Spiegeltent in Melbourne.
This EP will be the Festival's first, and sales will help to underpin both it and an international tour of the show in 2013. If the festival exceeds the target, funds will go to the international tour, encompassing London, Edinburgh, New York, Los Angeles and New Zealand.
The Melbourne Cabaret Festival is one of Victoria's fastest growing festivals. It is a not-for-profit Festival currently funded through fundraising campaigns, its membership program, strategic sponsorships and ticket sales, giving the Festival unparalleled community support. In early 2012 it became the first Festival in Australia to have its 'core funding' provided via crowdfunding, with hundreds of people supporting it including Geoffrey Rush, Amanda Palmer and Paul Capsis.
The Melbourne Cabaret Festival also recently announced its 2013 season will be held Thursday 27 June through to Sunday 7 July.


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RESIDENTS across York and the region are being urged to back a new drive to help tackle food poverty.
The Yorkshire Harvest campaign will run throughout September, aiming to help replenish the stocks of local charities and anti-poverty projects.
Media outlets including The Press, as well as two local councils, have teamed up to coordinate the appeal, and donation points are being set up across York and the county.
A York-only version last year generated a huge boost for the local homelessness project Carecent, and this year's has been widened to help more causes and make donating easier. The appeal will help those not linked with existing harvest collections to make a difference.
>> Like Yorkshire Harvest on facebook
People are encouraged to consider buying and donating a few extra items when they do their shopping, to help ensure food banks and homeless centres have enough to meet demand over the coming year.
Donations will be split between Carecent, which provides breakfast for homeless and vulnerable people in York; foodbanks in York, Harrogate, Whitby, Ryedale and Richmond; Hambleton Food Share, which works in Northallerton and Easingwold, and the Salvation Army and Rainbow Centre in Scarborough.
Organisations backing the campaign include City of York Council, North Yorkshire County Council, The Press, The Gazette and Herald, BBC York, Minster FM, Stray FM and York Mix.
Steve Hughes, managing editor of The Press, said: "Food poverty is a reality or a severe threat for thousands of people across our region. We are delighted to be working with other media organisations and local councils to raise awareness and to help those who are able to make a difference to do so. Our readers have always responded generously to past appeals and we are sure they will do so again."
Pauline Stuchfield, City of York Council's assistant director of customer and business support services, said: "It's fantastic to follow up on the success of last year and great to see the growth of regional interest, and to be working with North Yorkshire for the benefit of worthy charities."
Nicky Gladstone, project manager at Carecent, said: "Our store cupboards get really empty around this time of year and this will be a real boost to us."
Laura Hagues, York foodbank manager, said: "This could keep our stocks going until Christmas and it's great to see so many people from across the city getting involved."
Where to donate and what to give:
Items can be donated from September 1 to 30.
There are donation points in York at:
- The children's centres based at Carr Junior School in Ostman Road; Haxby Road Primary School; Knavesmire Primary School; Tang Hall Primary School; Westfields Primary School; Clifton Green Primary School; Hob Moor Community Primary School; St Lawrence's Primary School; New Earswick Primary School (all 8.30am to 5pm on weekdays).
- Energise in Cornlands Road and Yearsley Pool in Haley's Terrace and Sainsbury's at Monks Cross during opening hours.
- The Press in Walmgate, the council HQ in Station Rise, York Mix at 5-6 King's Court; Minster FM in Chessingham Park, Dunnington; Radio York in Bootham Row; the Gazette and Herald in Yorkersgate in Malton; Stray FM in Hornbeam Park Avenue, Harrogate (all during office hours).
North Yorkshire County Council is liaising with schools to coordinate local collections across the county.
People are asked to donate only non-perishable foods, such as:
• Tinned fish, meat, fruit, tomatoes and puddings
• Baked beans and tinned spaghetti
• Sugar
• Long life fruit juice
• Cereals
• Powdered or UHT milk
• Soup
• Pasta sauces
• Rice
• Pasta
• Tea bags or instant coffee
• Instant mash potato
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We owned and operated a seasonal fishing camp/resort out in the bush. Our cabins, lodge and washroom facilities were basic & simple. It was a summer business. In the fall we closed down, and in came the mice, although we lived year round on site with 5 cats! I tried everything to protect the cabins, house, etc. from the mice! Now you cannot mouse proof over 11 acres of resort out in the bush, can you? Thanks to a old timer bush man we did.
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I'm going to try this since we have a problem with rats and mice.
Gives a whole new meaning to "gotta go"!
Thanks for the great tip! I won't use any kind of poison.
This is fantastic - I can't bear to kill anything, and I don't. Won't use fly sprays, cockroach baits etc, and we have had a mouse problem from time to time.
This has delighted me - I guess they get sore stomachs for a while, but they can go and live somewhere else, and they won't. I don't mind if they live in the garage or shed, just not in the house. I wouldn't even mind that if they didn't make holes in the flour bags etc. So . . . . . Exlax.
I am giggling at the shear simplicity of this and how you explained how it works ;-) I'll spread the word :-) Thanks!
Hello, does the "Gastric Distress and Results" not smell bad insite the cabinets and between the walls?? I would hesitate about this because the "Results" might be on a plate or bowl. Yuck.
Thanks so much for the tip. My SIL is deathly afraid of mice (can you imagine a very pregnant lady on top of the washing machine screeching for anyone to save her from the little mouse that ran across the floor?). Today she lives in a retirement complex and has a gentleman friend set traps for her mice every night. This tip will be a great help for her so she won't have to see them in the trap or have anything to do with them.
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Hello, does the "Gastric Distress and Results" not smell bad inside the cabinets and between the walls?? I would hesitate about this because the "Results" might be on a plate or bowl. Yuck.
I am giggling even more now. There's going to be this result whether or not there's Exlax so might as well have a couple Exlax moments and the critters then 'move away' because of the 'distress' rather than have permanent poopy continue in the walls and on the plates ;-) LOL !!!
will they die in my trailer or go outside
WOW. I thought I had heard it all when someone said to put "GRITS" on "FIRE ANT" hills & once they carry them down to the Queen Ant they will explode as soon as digested...but this gives a whole new meaning to explode! Thanks for the advice, I will be trying it.
Too bad it doesn't work on snakes!
We have tried everything to get rid of mice, but nothing seems to work for long. We will be trying this.
When you mentioned "the bush" I immediatly assumed you were in AK...then I remembered they don't live up there!
It's one of the best things about AK is no spiders, snakes, or rodents. Well, maybe as pets but that is about it.
Mice and Rats have a one way digestive system, according to Mother Earth News. That is why feeding them cola will make the little tummies "pop". But whatever works is whatever works, huh? Good tip!
I think 'the bush' is in Australia ;-)
I thought of sleeping pills but I thought xlax I didn't know anyone thought of it till I see this
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We have recently started working with the NMRN, and have a beautiful collection of vintage posters from their archives available to print on all of our usual gift products. The majority of the posters are wartime posters, from the first and second World War and encourage support and for people to be cautious about telling friends and family what they know.
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This article originally appeared on RealClearPolitics.
COLUMBIA, S.C. -- In his frequent visits here during his 2008 presidential run, Mitt Romney often repeated the mantra that he was a "Yankee governor" with "Southern values."
Back then, most South Carolina Republicans didn't buy it.
Just four days after his come-from-behind victory in Michigan -- the state where he was born and raised -- Romney finished an inglorious fourth in the Palmetto State.
No matter how many backyard barbeques he attended or backs he slapped, Romney just did not seem to fit in. And it was not just because of his religion.
"Everybody thinks it was the Mormon thing, but it wasn't," said Wesley Donehue, a South Carolina consultant and member of Romney's 2008 team. "It was a combination of Mormon, northeastern governor, flip-flopper, and the fact that he's just so good-looking. So it was a combination of all four of those things that really made people here take a step back and say, 'I really don't know about this guy. I don't think I can trust him.' "
Four years later, South Carolina appears to have warmed to Romney considerably.
For one thing, the perception of inevitability among GOP voters who are most interested in seeing President Obama defeated may outweigh any cultural barriers still in Romney's path following his victories in Iowa and New Hampshire. (He has a solid lead in the state in the RCP Average.)
But momentum isn't the only thing on Romney's side.
For a host of other reasons, the former Massachusetts governor appears to be a much better fit for South Carolina than he was four years ago.
According to Donehue, who is neutral in the race after a stint working for Michele Bachmann, the reason for Romney's revitalized hopes here has more to do with a comfort level South Carolina Republicans have developed with him over time.
"Voters here have had four years to get to know him, so I think he's really started to bridge that trust gap because he's not new anymore," Donehue said.
Along his path to victory in 2008, John McCain benefited in a similar way in the state that had nearly launched him toward the GOP nomination in 2000.
But Romney nonetheless faces at least one additional difficulty that the Arizona senator never had to surmount: The well-documented suspicion of Mormonism among many evangelicals here.
Still, Romney has already proven in Iowa that the religion challenge is one he can overcome -- albeit with the help of a divided field of socially conservative Christians.
And the face of South Carolina politics in 2011 is unrecognizable from what it was a generation ago.
Gov. Nikki Haley, Romney's highest profile surrogate in South Carolina, told RCP in New Hampshire over the weekend that her own victory in 2010 served as proof of the state's acceptance of candidates from nontraditional backgrounds.
"It's a non-issue for me because South Carolina just elected a 38-year-old Indian female," Haley said. "There are no cultural issues in South Carolina."
Though such an assertion might be a stretch, Haley's broader point about the state's openness to candidates who would have had a tougher time in the past is salient.
South Carolina's upstate region remains in the clasp of the Bible Belt's buckle, but it is also home to major corporations.
Meanwhile, the coastal region and central area of the state surrounding the capital of Columbia -- a diverse college town with a metropolitan population topping 750,000 -- was where McCain racked up large margins over Mike Huckabee in 2008 and could prove fertile ground for Romney.
"I've probably beaten this dead horse myself, but I wish those from outside of South Carolina would realize this state is a whole lot more than rock solid Bob Jones [University]," said South Carolina Republican strategist Chip Felkel, who resides in Greenville, home of the prominent Christian sanctuary of higher learning. "You've got a ton of people who've moved into South Carolina who are Republican voters, but they're not activist conservatives, they're Main Street conservatives."
When asked about challenges in the state, Romney's advisers are quick to note that the issues at the center of the GOP nominating fight are far more in Romney's wheelhouse than they were last time, when the candidate was outgunned by a war hero when it came to his knowledge of foreign affairs and outshone on social issues by Huckabee, a former Baptist minister.
In 2012, however, with South Carolina's manufacturing base in decline and the unemployment rate at 9.9 percent, voters here likely will be even more fixated on the economy than were the GOP electorates in Iowa and New Hampshire, where the jobless rates stand at 5.7 percent and 5.2 percent, respectively.
"You look at the people of South Carolina right now, their main anxiety is that the economy doesn't seem to be living up to its potential," said senior Romney strategist Kevin Madden. "If you continue to focus on those issues, voters of all different stripes in the South Carolina primary electorate are going to gravitate toward the governor's message."
Unlike in early 2008, when the Romney campaign realized it had little shot at victory and pulled out its staff and robust advertising budget from South Carolina 10 days before the primary, there is no turning back this time in a state that has been won by the eventual Republican nominee in every election since 1980.
Romney may never be mistaken for a backslapping Southern pol, but the state has rewarded more than its share of visitors hailing from far outside Dixie in past presidential campaigns.
A victory might all but wrap up the nomination for Romney, but despite the improved climate for him here, his team has reason to prepare for -- and spin -- a respectable showing that falls short of victory.
"We're under no illusion about how difficult it will be for us to win there this year, but we're going to go there and fight for every vote," said Romney spokesman Eric Fehrnstrom.


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Sue Ducat
From Health Affairs
How Do American Survival And Medical Spending Rates Compare With Other Countries?
Bethesda, MD -- It is widely known that Americans spend more on health care per capita than many wealthier nations. It is also known that fewer of us are living as long as our international counterparts. A recent study shines a new light on this situation by exploring changes in 15-year survival at middle and older ages alongside per capita health care spending for the United States and 12 other countries. The study then examines the extent to which the survival and cost variations over time can be explained by demographics, obesity, smoking, or non-medical causes of death.
The authors
compared the United States and 12 countries that provide their citizens
with universal health coverage: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada,
France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland,
and the United Kingdom. They examined relative changes in cost and
15-year survival from 1975 to 2005, and focused on men and women
45 and 65 years old. According to the data, the United States is
falling further and further behind the 12 other countries with respect
to 15-year survival, and at the same time relative health care spending
has more than doubled. However, smoking and obesity, two major health
problems, do not seem to explain the poor U.S. performance. As it
turns out, the prevalence of obesity has grown more slowly in the
United States than in other countries and smoking prevalence has
declined more rapidly here. Rising health spending itself, the authors
conclude, might be responsible for the relative decline in survival.
They cite three consequences of rising health spending: an increase
in the number of people with inadequate health insurance; the inability
to allocate financial resources to life-saving programs; and unregulated
fee-for-service reimbursement and an emphasis on specialty care
that leads to unneeded procedures and fragmented care. As a result,
they concluded, meaningful reform may not only save money
over the long term: it may also save lives.
|About Health Affairs
Health Affairs, published by Project HOPE, is the leading journal of health policy. The peer-reviewed journal appears each month in print, with additional Web First papers published weekly at http://www.healthaffairs.org/. The full text of each Health Affairs Web First paper is available free of charge to all Web-site visitors for a two-week period following posting, after which it switches to pay-per-view for nonsubscribers. Web First papers are supported in part by a grant from The Commonwealth Fund.


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FORT THOMAS – Instead of keeping one extra pair of eyeglasses on his workbench, Edgar "Nick" Cleves Jr. has boxes filled with 1,000 spare pairs he's fixed for charity.
Cleves, 86, has repaired 56,000 pairs of glasses out of his home over the past 21 years for people in other countries as part of his work for the Alexandria Lions Club. The 1,000 pair of eyeglasses in his garage have been cleaned and repaired, and are ready for donating to people in countries with limited access to eye doctors and glasses.
Cleves was recognized by the club at a dinner at Barleycorn's in Cold Spring Tuesday, April 22, for his work fixing eyeglasses and to celebrate his 48th year of membership in the club.
Boxes of broken eyeglasses and parts donated by eye doctors in Campbell County and from stores, including Wal-Mart in Alexandria, are collected by the Lions Club and brought to Cleves' garage.
"It used to be all on the dining room table," he said.
He repairs single, bifocal and trifocal lenses.
"I line them up and replace temple and nose pieces," Cleves said. Lining up glasses is the process of making sure each pair will rest evenly on a person's face or when sitting on a table.
The repaired eyeglasses are taken by doctors and medical students and given to people in countries including Haiti and Indonesia, Cleves said.
Cleves said most has been done since he retired in 1987 from Cleves and Lonnemann Jewelers in Bellevue where he was a co-owner. Cleves' son Charles continues the family tradition of working at the Bellevue shop.
Lions Club member Ray Meyer of Covington brings the boxes of old and broken glasses to Cleves' house from 15 different donation locations in Campbell County.
"Most of them come from optometrists," Meyer said, but also come form boxes in three banks.
Gary Angel of Alexandria, club president, said the club donates eyeglasses to countries around the world where they are needed. The club also performs vision testing in schools in Campbell County.
Vision screening and eyeglass donations remain one of the international projects for all Lions Club chapters, he said.
Cleves has always been there for the club when he is needed, and is the heart of the eyeglass donation program, Angel said.
"He's an all-around good person," Angel said of Cleves. "He's definitely the backbone of this club."


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painting an old table top?
The best solution, it seems to me, is to start over. Use a good chemical paint stripper,(following the manufacturer's instructions) paying particular attention to the paint on the joint filler.
You can then add filler to any of the joints that need it, re-sand, stain and coat as needed.
Just a personal observation, I would use a very light stain and then clear coat it. Let the old patina show through.
Why are you trying to cover up that interesting design?
You might want to consider covering the top with a nice piece of plywood and painting that how you want it.


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Syracuse is a unanimous No. 1 in The Associated Press college basketball poll for the second straight week while SMU moved into the Top 25 for the first time in almost three decades.
The Orange (23-0) received all 65 first-place votes from the national media panel Monday. Arizona, Florida, Wichita State, San Diego State and Villanova remained second through sixth. Wichita State (25-0) is the only other unbeaten team in Division I.
Kansas moved up one spot to seventh and Duke jumped three spots to eighth. Michigan State and Cincinnati round out the Top Ten.
Wisconsin and Ohio State, Nos. 21 and 22, both returned to the rankings after a one-week absence. SMU, which beat then-No. 7 Cincinnati last week, moved in at No. 23, the Mustangs' first ranking since the next-to-last poll of 1984-85, a season they were ranked as high as No. 2.
Oklahoma, Oklahoma State and Gonzaga fell out of the Top 25.
Here is the latest Top 25 AP Poll for college basketball:
1. Syracuse
2. Arizona
3. Florida
4. San Diego State
5. Wichita State
6. Villanova
7. Kansas
8. Michigan State
9. Duke
10. Saint Louis
11. Iowa State
12. Cincinnati
13. Kentucky
14. Iowa
15. Michigan
16. Louisville
17. Memphis
18. Virginia
19. Creighton
20. Texas
21. Oklahoma
22. Connecticut
23. Wisconsin
24. Pittsburgh
SOURCE: Associated Press


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maliastyle's review of MAC #130 Short Duo Fibre Brush
171 reviews
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Package Quality: 4.0
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As far as foundation brushes go, this is definitely right up there as one of the best - I have several, including the 187 (which is MAC's largest stippling brush), the 188 (its younger, medium sized sister), the 109 (a super soft dome-headed brush), the 190 (a traditional flat headed brush), the 182 (MAC's big kabuki), Sephora's #55 (a much-loved HD brush), and a few others. Really, did I need yet another brush? No, not really. Especially when I ultimately prefer foundation application using my fingers. But I was intrigued by the smallness of this brush. If I prefer the 188 to the 187, I knew I would love the 130 even more. Here's why.
The 187 covers more of the face faster, because it's larger. Having said that, the bristles are farther apart, and stippling - not buffing - is the method you have no choice but to use with this one. The 188 is indeed smaller, but because the bristles are closer, you can stipple and then buff out to a very pretty, velvety finish. Still, you run the risk of streakiness with both, especially if you're unaccustomed to using this particular type of brush.
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Now, I'm all for healthy adulation here and there, when deserved, but Ric Kangas has surely taken this one a little too far. Up for sale: a tape of him and Bob Dylan, then schoolyard buddies back in the Midwest, playing four songs of their own composition. Three feature Dylan's voice, while Kangas sings the other, backed by Dylan's astringent guitar accompaniment.
This tape was floor auctioned on October 6-7, while online bidding finished a day earlier. It was expected to fetch at least $50,000 at conservative estimates, though many experts suggested it would be nearer the $100K mark. Seems a little bit over the odds for a taped recording of a living man, even if it is Dylan. Still, what do I know? I'm still high from sliding down the tubes at the Tate Modern.
However, in a spectacular twist, the tape apparently didn't sell. According to the Heritage Auction Galleries website, the emporium responsible for this irresponsible raping of Dylan's still-forming legacy, the item "did not sell at auction because it did not receive bids equal to or greater than the reserve (minimum bid) amount set by the consignor." In other words, it didn't fetch as much as everyone expected!
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Azerbaijan's Trend news agency reported that Slay wrote, "The latest data from CAWATER (Central Asian water website portal) show that, as of May 2011, water volumes at Uzbekistan's Charvak and Tyuyamuyn reservoirs, but also at Tajikistan's Kayrakkum dam were well below seasonal volume."
The UNDP noted that the drought could affect cotton fields in Uzbekistan's Khorezm and Karakalpakstan regions, as well as cotton crops further downstream in Turkmenistan's northern Dashoguz province, which borders western Uzbekistan. Further concerning the UNDP, the drought could unleash further inflationary forces on the region's food crops, especially as food price inflation in Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan, two Central Asia's poorest states is now above 20 percent, even though they are the region's richest countries in terms of upstream water resources, and a scarcity of water for agricultural irrigation caused by drought conditions could cause food prices to soar in the their western downstream neighbor states of Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan.
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Pebble Creek Minning.
Hi Everyone,
I posted the following in response to a story on the Home page but no one looked at it. So I am posting it here so more people will see it. The map is very revealing.
Hi Everyone,
I posted a map of the area that will be impacted by the Pebble Creek mining. The Red areas show the immediate mining areas with claims. This could impact the majority of the waters on the West and South sides of Iliamna Lake. This may be the single best Trout/Salmon fishing in the Northern Hemisphere. Talarik ckeek has some huge Rainbows that is easy to access. A lot of the lodges with planes visit here frequently.
The Nushagak has a Hugh run of Kings every year. You can see on the map that the Mulchatna or Nushagak could be contaminated very easily. You can see one of the red areas sits on a river that feeds the Kvichak river. This river has millions of Red Salmon every year. The Kvichak is a BIG Rainbow heaven. Many 30"+ Rainbows are caught every year. Many of the millions of Salmon passing into Lake Iliamna via the Kvichak River also feed up into the Lake Clark area. Not to mention all the other rivers feeding into Lake Iliamna.
Then when you look at the mustard colored areas that show potential additional areas that may be mined. The only area safe from mining is Katmai Park and Preserve. Protecting the Park would not help the fish much if the lower rivers are contaminated.
Some people are claiming that all of this concern is misplaced and no rivers are going to be destroyed. I lived in Alaska and the mining industry is continually in trouble with water pollution problems. Their one thought is to get the gold and so what if a few fish are killed. The Pebble Creek mine has already had several water violations just getting ready to begin mining. It is a lot easier and cheaper for them to do what they want and then pay a fine. Don't think for a minute that they don't balance fines against cost to make decisions.
I love Alaska and went through the construction of the Alyeska Oil Pipeline. I remember my first trip down from Pump Station 4 to Fairbanks in a Helicopter. When we crested out of the Brooks Range I could see the pipe laid out in front of me going through a beautiful valley. I thought to my self, "my god, what have we done." The pipeline had so much regulation and control that it will be a walk in the park compared to what is going to happen with the Pebble Creek mine. The State is mostly in control and it made the mine possible. I am afraid that the State is too interested in the revenues that will be generated rather than protecting this heaven on Earth country.
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Re: Pebble Creek Minning.
I read your thread and a lot more about the Pebble Mine.
I looked at the post about Pebble and I wrote a long winded response to the thread however I did not post it. I saved it too my document files and left it go. My sentiments regarding the project are very passionate and I felt that there was no way to address this behemoth of a problem without addressing the politics that drive such environmental destructive plans and projects.
Re: Pebble Creek Minning.
Frank: Thanks for posting this thread! The Pebble Creek Mine is going to be the biggest disaster that Alaska has ever had to contend with. Trout Unlimited did a great show detailing the hazards that this mine will create. Just building the road leading out to the mine will adversely impact the fishery.
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Mountain Voice admits to felony charges
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#1 Apr 13, 2011
Read what David wrote about his past.
Of course, he made excuses for his crimes as most who commit them do. It is always someone else's fault. The Devil made him do it!
#2 Apr 13, 2011
Please say it is not so wrote:
<quoted text>
"He stated he wanted a retraction about the armed robbery, what about the other two allegations?
They are absolutely correct. No problem there."
As a young man with landscaping business, after customer refused for months to pay, I attempted to steal equipment from her garage as cost replacement. It was dumb.
The habitual violator was the result of an alcoholic youth that came to a halt when my 1st born son died of SIDS, and I went on a several year drinking tear. The 3rd DUI (no wrecks or accidents involved) ended me with a 1 year guest pass to the county jail. Best thing that ever happened to me.
Ain't it funny how when you tell the truth, you got nothing to hide, nothing to be ashamed of. Unless of course you worry about all the "Christians" that'll crucify you for your past sins :)
Any more questions? As for me I think I'll sit back and watch the fun as the holier than thou's that have spotless pasts start gathering stones to toss :)
#3 Apr 13, 2011
It seems David isn't so smart. He lives in a rented home, doesn't own his own, but is a real estate advisor.
Has a criminal history.
I don't believe the man is all that! Do you?
Each time David or Mountain Voice posts, I forward it to TOPIX LLC. It seems if MV was so badly abused and insulted, he would NEVER post on TOPIX, but, NO, the man and ACOG (along with uninformed opinion and others) try to dominate the forum with their own personal agenda which turns off other people in the community who no longer post on TOPIX.
#4 Apr 13, 2011
Are you enjoying yourself?:)
I am :) You see... you can spin and spin and spin some more.... and you can gather an army of people to support you, and you can back yourself with a Mighty Giant thats all scary to normal people, and you can yell and shout and call names and threaten.
But in the end... I still defeat you. God wins.
God always wins in the end. Good triumphs. Evil loses.
People that cheat on taxes or screw widows out of their property always get paid back. Banks that destroy families have their own families destroyed. People that invest in evil, have evil turn on them.
And people that call a Lie, The Truth, always in the end wail and gnash their teeth, and go down to the pit with their father.
And I come and go, as I always have throughout the ages.
And it is good that it is so.
#5 Apr 13, 2011
By the way... don't you realize how obvious it is that it is simply Driving You Nuts that you can't stop me from digging into all the land deals in Union County!?!!?
AND that as we get closer to the unveiling date of "exposed", that you are becoming clearly more agitated. I wonder what it is like to be a monster, hiding behind anonymity, alone in your house, and in your office, knowing that soon everyone will know you for what you are, and that you will lose everything.
Go write a story.
#6 Apr 13, 2011
When it comes to criminal activity,nothing can surpass that which is going on in local government!!!!!!
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#7 Apr 13, 2011
Ah, the plot thickens !!!! David, is it true?
Since: Mar 11
#8 Apr 13, 2011
"The Truth", why does any of this matter?
If someone says the 1 + 1 = X, does "X" change based on what that person did in the past?
If a felon says the truth ("1 + 1 = 2"), does the fact that a felon said it somehow make the truth no longer the truth?
I won't support "The Mountain Voice" because of the quasi-religious content on the website, intermingled with Bible text that gives no credit to the Bible as the source. It is insulting to me as a Christian. But that doesn't mean MV and I won't agree on some things, from time to time.
The truth supersedes individuals, their actions, and and their agendas. What people say or write only matters to the extent of how close (or far) it is to the truth.
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#9 Apr 13, 2011
We have people in Union County throwing stones WHILE the same people in Union County keep voting in the same ELECTED OFFICIALS and ghee just how many DUIS do they have.
We could name names here but we wont. You think they are so great you keep reelecting them.
Well, David has the vote of the ACOG and we think he makes a mighty fine official leader. He has our vote for many years to come. At least he has made a difference to this community for the better.
Pray for Union County and Our Nation
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#10 Apr 13, 2011
How many elected officials in Union County did you vote for that has several DUI's? I guess the devil made them do it too but they are now fine Elected Officials.
Since: Mar 11
#11 Apr 13, 2011
Put another way:
All I'm paying attention to is the claims and supporting evidence. So when someone starts trying to muddy the waters with irrelevant stuff, that seems like an act of desperation and makes me think "Why are YOU so scared?"
Attempts to muddy the waters with irrelevant distractions by attacking the credibility of an accuser (a common defense attorney's trick) only lends credence to the possibility that there really might be something amiss here.
The only valid defense is proof to the contrary or a public admission of a "mistake" (by someone, not necessarily the land owner) along with immediate retribution, if applicable.
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#12 Apr 13, 2011
Yes, people CAN and DO change. If it makes David a better person to indulge in his religion after what he's been through, so be it. Some people NEED religion (a road map) in their lives.
Since: Mar 11
#13 Apr 13, 2011
Yes, they certainly can, and I know someone personally who has.
But...that doesn't matter here. Whether he's changed or not is irrelevant. It shouldn't matter, even if he was charged with another DUI tomorrow.
It wouldn't matter if the person bringing the info to our attention was a serial killer locked away for life.
If a serial killer said the name of our town is Blairsville, we wouldn't doubt the name of our town all of the sudden (...would we?).
#14 Apr 13, 2011
I am not a Christian. Not a Jew. Not a Mulsim. etc etc..
God dwells in me, AS ME.
Religion is simply a tool to keep those who have not yet found the path to God, firmly in line. Unfortunately, most religions have nothing to do with God.
I sometimes get a kick out of people thinking I am a Christian. Or a Republican. Or a Democrat.
i am david. God dwells in me, AS ME.
#15 Apr 13, 2011
Talk about spin! Wow!
Well, Mr. "God" David, I'm not exposed, I'm not Lamar, I'm not anyone who hides or is alone. You are the joke and person who is always posting on TOPIX. It appears your life lacks.
Have fun, people, as you entertain each other.
Since: Mar 11
#16 Apr 13, 2011
"i am david. God dwells in me, AS ME. "
And that is approaching blasphemy.
Yet...it has no bearing on my interest in the tax discrepancies or anything else related to possible government corruption. None at all.
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#17 Apr 13, 2011
It seems strange to me that our Govenor was facing ethics charges in congress and was then elected govenor and the courthouse is trying to discredit a man because of 3 DUI's and a mistake he made at 20. Well do we really want to go into the drinking habits of some of our officials both county and city. The courthouse needs to stick to the revelant questions of the loss of confidence in our elected officials. That would make more sense than throwing stones that will only come back to haunt you. I have problems with the man's religious beliefs but I respect his right to believe what he wants.
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#18 Apr 13, 2011
Since you hit the judge key so fast I must have gotten your attention. Now don't you agree with me?
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#19 Apr 13, 2011
Couldn't agree with you more! Can I please take a seat beside you? I'll bring the wine!
#20 Apr 13, 2011
I am a felon. And I don't care. HA!!
Throw another stone. While you're at it, read some reports, a letter I've got circulating, etc.
I say let's go get Ms Ella Mae her land OR money that's been stolen from her, and then go get everybody else's land and money that's been stolen, and return it.
Boy, I sure do cause a fuss don't I?
PS... can anyone tell me when the next public meeting of Lamar's is? Date / Time? I'm feelin a bit froggy.
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Carol Dugan, of Ventnor, was intrigued enough with the idea of Ms. New Jersey Senior America for her to look into it.
She did more than examine the concept closely. Dugan decided to compete, won on the state level in June and will be in the running for the Ms. Senior America crown when the pageant comes to Atlantic City next week.
In the process, Dugan did more than just earn a title. She learned about herself.
"You are asked a lot about how you feel since you turned 50. You are asked about your work experience, about your volunteering, a lot of experiences you have had in the past. Sometimes, you don't think about everything you have done," said Dugan about competing for Ms. New Jersey Senior America. "The growth that happens through this was amazing. It really was. I just pushed myself to be the best I could be."
Dugan, 62, will compete for the Ms. Senior America 2012 title during preliminaries Tuesday and Wednesday, with the pageant finals Thursday, at Harrah's Resort.
As they compete, Dugan and the other 34 women from across the country and the Virgin Islands will also be demonstrating that women 60 and older are attractive and vital, with skills and intelligence that can be shared with others. For the women, the pageant offers a chance for long-deserved recognition, to rediscover long-dormant talents and to develop new friendships with women.
"So many times, people think when you are 60 and older that you are over the hill, or you are not vibrant anymore. I'm more vibrant than ever," Dugan said. "It's an inspiration for other seniors, and it's also an inspiration for the younger generation to see. I want to be a good influence."
Dugan will be a formidable competitor for the crown with her talents as a singer and healthy appearance from being a fitness instructor and personal trainer with a black belt in Tae Kwon Do. Dugan's talents come as no surprise to Johanne Santori, the Ms. New Jersey Senior America Pageant director, who persuaded the reigning queen to enter the competition.
Santori, 73, of Margate, was Ms. New Jersey Senior America in 2006. In the past three years, all of the Ms. New Jersey Senior America winners have been from Atlantic County — Rebecca Orsatti in 2010 and Desiree Nigrelli last year, both of Atlantic City, and Dugan this year.
For people who like to watch pageants live, Ms. Senior America satisfies part of the ache created when the Miss America Pageant left Atlantic City in 2006, even though there are big differences between the two pageants.
Women have to be between the ages of 18 and 25 and single to compete in Miss America.
To compete in Ms. Senior America, women have to be ages 60 and older and may be married, unmarried or widowed.
Nigrelli, who declined to give her age, participated last year with her daughter's persuasion. Nigrelli was most proud of performing live on stage in front of her granddaughter for the first time during the competition.
"I have a (then 8-year-old) granddaughter, who I taught to play piano and ride horses. I wanted to surprise her because she was at an age where she never heard me sing on stage, Nigrelli said.
Nigrelli said she has done a lot of singing and had performed on the Steel Pier. As a little girl, she was featured on "Tony Grant's Stars of Tomorrow" and appeared in the pier's main theater.
"They picked me at the age of 13 to appear with Red Buttons and Tony Bennett," Nigrelli said.
Last year, Nigrelli sang "Crazy," made famous by country legend Patsy Cline.
"One of the judges, she came up to me and said, 'You know, Desiree, I liked you from the beginning, and I loved everything, but when I heard you singing, I thought you were just lip syncing because it sounded so much like her (Cline)," Nigrelli said.
Orsatti lost her husband, former Atlantic City 6th Ward Councilman Arnold Orsatti Jr., in 2008 — one year before she entered the Ms. New Jersey Senior America Pageant for the first time. She ended up as the first runner up. She tried again in 2010 and was named Ms. New Jersey Senior America. Her involvement in the pageant led to her singing live on a stage for the first time in 20 years.
"I just felt good by singing, and I love performing and having the love of the audience, and that's what I wanted. I didn't care if I won. I just wanted to get out there and be with people," Orsatti said.
Kathleen Wells, 68, of Vineland, had raised two sons and a cousin and lost her husband before she took interest in the Ms. New Jersey Senior America Pageant. She loves singing and sang in her church choir her entire life, but neither family nor friends knew how well she could sing. When Wells performed over the summer in the Ms. New Jersey Senior America Pageant, she had a group of 20 family, choir friends and other friends in the audience watching her sing "You Made Me Love You (I Didn't Want to Do It)" on stage in public for the first time ever.
"I met a bunch of wonderful women and friends. We all have the love of music and performing, which makes us very happy," said Wells, who is glad she involved herself with the competition and said she is thinking of entering again next year.
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TORONTO — Sam Schachter's season didn't start out so well, but it sure ended with a bang.
Schachter, 22, along with partner Maverick Hatch, were recently crowned Canadian champions at the Volleyball Canada Beach Nationals in Vancouver.
Schachter, of Richmond Hill, Ont., and Hatch of Comox, B.C. edged Chaim Schalk of Red Deer, Alta., and Matt Zbyszewski of Toronto 19-21, 21-16 and 18-16 in the championship match.
"It felt pretty great," Schachter said afterward. "It was the national championship. It's good to have on the resumé. It's good to know you can get to that level."
It's pretty apparent Schachter has been competing at the elite level for some time now. At 18, he was a national junior champion. A couple of years later, he teamed with Garrett May to win the under-21 world beach volleyball championships in Analya, Turkey – a feat never before accomplished by any Canadian team. In 2010, he was voted junior athlete of the year at the Canadian Sports Awards, and in 2011, he and Hatch finished second at the Canadian nationals.
They've been playing well as of late, but the pair were eliminated from Olympic qualification early in the season. "We didn't have a great start," Schachter acknowledged. Still, they entered the nationals seeded number 3, but got a scare in their third game – they lost in three sets – that put them on the "loser's side" in the double elimination event.
In the next game, they were pushed hard by Daniel Dearing and Schachter's former partner, Garrett May, but prevailed 25-23 and 21-19. They swept the semis in two games and split the first two games in the championship series. "We were up in the third set. We were winning and had a couple of match points, but we didn't close," he said. "We were up and then Maverick scored the winning serve."
Back in 2008, volleyball maven George Shermer, who coached Schachter as a youngster, predicted great things from his former protégé. "He's got the right size, tremendous athletic abilities, and he comes from a very good family background. He's got all the tools to succeed."
With the Canadian nationals behind him, Schachter has turned his attention to his education. He's one year away from a degree in communications at Wilfred Laurier University. At the same time, he's continuing to train with the national team at The Hangar in Downsview Park in Toronto.
Ultimately, his goal is to represent Canada at the 2016 Olympic Games in Brazil.
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Malcolm X began his speech by urging African Americans to submerge their differences and realize that they all have a common problem -- "political oppression, economic exploitation, and social degradation at the hands of the white man. Noting that 1964 was an election year, Malcolm X told his audience to use the ballot or the bullet. African Americans, now politically mature, are realizing that when white people are evenly divided blacks can be the swing vote to determine whos going to sit in the White House and whos going to be in the dog house. And if they dont cast a ballot, he warned, its going to end up in a situation where were going to have to cast a bullet.
The landmark Civil Rights Act of 1964 banning discrimination in public accommodations was signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson on July 2, 1964. Hailed by scholars as one of the most influential African Americans in history, Malcolm X was assassinated a year after giving this speech on February 21, 1965.
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THIEF RIVER FALLS — In each of its first three Section 8A playoff games, Clearbrook-Gonvick was able to rally from double-figure deficits to win.
That streak was snapped in a big way here Friday in the 8A girls high school basketball championship game. Win-E-Mac jumped to a 17-1 lead and was never headed en route to a 73-38 win against the Bears and a repeat section title.
"We ran into a brick wall in Win-E-Mac," Bears coach Ross Faldet said. "They're the real deal. We couldn't find a weakness.
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This is a milestone moment in the gay rights movement!!!
Eric Stonestreet is the only Modern Family adult not nominated for an Emmy Award this year.
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This is a show nobody knows really in Europe, it's on TV on a very little TV-channel and you can buy it on DVD. I have no idea how it is in GB but the rest of Europe is not in the Modern Family fever.
When I first saw the show I was shocked how much chliche of a gay man is in it, horrible. Of course the working with chliches but with the gay couple it could be less. That's 100% chliche!
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I look at it as a triumph. Eric Stonestreet comes across as pompous, smug and condescending. All the time.
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I refused to watch that show because it just looked like gay clichés, like most of TV "gay" portrayals.
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I believe he took himself out of contention OP.
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you are wrong r4....he campaigned hard, even did the Hollywood Reporter "Give me an Emmy" round table
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First, he's already won. Second, maybe he didn't submit a strong episode this year. You DO realize that the Emmy nominations (and awards) are based on a single episode, right?
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Emmy wins are based on a single episode r6....not nominations. You DO realize that r6 don't you?
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Oh no! What will become of shim?
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Have they ever given an Emmy to a gay man playing a gay man? When a straight guy plays a gay guy everyone used to go on and on about how brave he is to kiss another man. I'm hoping the trend of overpraising straight actors for playing a gay character is over.
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Sean Hayes r9 (but he wasn't out so that may not count)
let's ponder this question and see what we can come up with...any others?
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He's gay?
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I just want to see Ty Burrell naked. He's so fucking hot.
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there are often hundreds of people submitted for a category like supporting actor in a comedy ..... do you think every voter watches a dvd of say 200 possible nominees r13
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That fat straight guy is done. Time to move on to other career challenges. His version of a gay guy is now tired and over. It was funny for a few years. But the lisping and the flapping is old old old.
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R14 No, I'm saying what I said at R6. Both nominations AND wins (for "individual achievement" awards like best actor, etc.) are based on a single episode submitted by the potential nominee.
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[quote]Have they ever given an Emmy to a gay man playing a gay man? When a straight guy plays a gay guy everyone used to go on and on about how brave he is to kiss another man. I'm hoping the trend of overpraising straight actors for playing a gay character is over.
Yeah, the Emmy Committee thinks being gay and playing gay are less of an achievement. Stonestreet, a forty year old never married "straight" guy won the Emmy for his cliched over the top flamer against Chris Colfer, who's episode included him singing the shit out of "Rose's Turn". Colfer beat Stonestreet for the Golden Globe the same year.
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you are wrong r16...nominations are chosen by the academy at large, wins are based on a single episode viewed by a committee
ask goldderby if you don't believe me
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For what's worth. Series categories - six episodes. Individual achievement - one episode.
Members vote on nominees in their respective categories.
All members vote best program categories.
The part I don't understand is actual award is made by committees. Why? To keep the awards inline with financial goals?
It's wikipedia - so it could be all wrong.
I'm not sure I care - I just read the thread to try and figure out what Eric Stonestreet's lack of nomination has to do with gay rights.
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[quote]The part I don't understand is actual award is made by committees. Why? To keep the awards inline with financial goals?
So all 5 nominees get a fair chance at winning and the most popular show/actor doesn't automatically win. They have a small group of people who agree to watch each of the 5 nominee's submissions then they vote. Nowadays you can watch the DVDs at home so it is more suspect as to whether people actually watch them. Up until a few years ago members had to go to a hotel conference room and watch them together.
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I think his stupid "say no to cancer" (or whatever the tagline is) is so bad as to make me never want to see him again. The cause is worthy! - him, in the commercials - stupid beyond belief and description.
Like to see him next play a straight part...
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he sweats a lot when interviewed.......
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Bosco Wong may be one of the most sought after TVB actor this year to work in mainland China, but the golden bachelor revealed that his busy schedule may not allow him to fly to the north anytime soon.
According to HK Channel, the actor, who is filming his upcoming drama, "Mr & Mrs Bean", revealed that he has been offered numerous drama roles from mainland producers.
The actor stated, "I have 6 to 7 scripts in my hand right now, but I need to film TVB dramas and have no room for more in my schedule. Many of my producer friends called me, and I had to tell them that I'm sorry, but I owe them much gratitude."
When asked if he liked filming mainland dramas, Bosco expressed, "I love them. It allows me to purchase a good property," and jokingly added, "I haven't found the perfect one yet though, because I want to live in a penthouse."
Meanwhile, the actor was rumoured to have received HKD 220,000 per episode for his mainland drama "Young Sherlock".
No mainland dramas for Bosco Wong
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LOL that sucks! But nice to know he had that many offers and is highly sought after.
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Misleading title. I thought no invitation to him (which is a big surprise) but actually it should be "No time for mainland dramas"
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FlightAware has released flight alerts into public beta. Now, you can receive automated tracking notifications from FlightAware via e-mail or instant message (IM).
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Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes: > I looked over the patch, and while it does fix the problem for SERIAL, I > am concerned about expecting users to user ::regclass in normal usage, > and I am concerned about adding something we will have to support in the > future when we come up with a better solution. Why is regclass not > being used automatically? If we provide both nextval(text) and nextval(regclass), then the parser will interpret "nextval('something')" as nextval(text) because that's the more preferred resolution of an unknown-type literal. The only way to make regclass be used "automatically" would be to remove the text-input variant. That is where I want to go eventually, but it seems pretty risky to jump there in one step. The proposed patch adds regclass-based functions alongside the existing functionality, so that people can migrate as they choose; it does not open any risks of breaking cases that work now. regards, tom lane
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