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As a disclaimer, I will say that I have done work for Epson and I am probably a little bit biased.[a href=\"index.php?act=findpost&pid=224437\"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a]
These machines will make wonderful photographic printers also for a couple of reasons. First because finally Epson's large printers will have the ability to print on both coated and uncoated papers without physically switching out a black cart. Second, the extended gamut will be nice for some hard to get natural colors in photos. I think a good RIP will be necessary to take full advantage of these printers.[a href=\"index.php?act=findpost&pid=224437\"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a]
You're right to say they make very good photo printers...but wrong about the RIP being needed to take advantage of them (unless you have odd workflow requirements other than single fine-art printing). I can say I have a 7900 beta unit and that I'm using it. It's a big heavy mother (much heavier than the 7880) and that the gamut and D-max is very large...and it prints really nice...and very fast. But I've not yet had time to make a bunch of profiles and I've really only printed on Premium Luster so far.[a href=\"index.php?act=findpost&pid=224469\"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a]
Jeff, how does the profiling unit work that attaches to the front? How easy to take on and off? What software drives it? Do you like it? Any idea what it adds to the cost?[a href=\"index.php?act=findpost&pid=224494\"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a]
The Epson 17" printers have been out there for quite a while now. I've been thinking of upgrading my 2200. I hate to do it just before Epson releases a new printer! Has anyone heard any rumors about an updated printer coming out any time soon? And what's with this Epson Ultrachrome HDR ink?[{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a]
You're right to say they make very good photo printers...but wrong about the RIP being needed to take advantage of them (unless you have odd workflow requirements other than single fine-art printing). The Epson drivers will drive the printers just fine & dandy and with really accurate profiles (the gamut is indeed huge) you will get better gamut and D-max out of the 79/9900 than any other inkjet printer I'm aware of (at the moment-it's yet to be seen exactly what HP's recently announced printer will fit).[a href=\"index.php?act=findpost&pid=224469\"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a]
A great report. And your disclaimer is both refreshing and honest, and you are to be commended for that.What will the two versions cost without the separate profiling unit, and how much will that unit add to the cost?[a href=\"index.php?act=findpost&pid=224461\"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a]
Epson's 3800 (17 inches) already has both matte and gloss inks on-board and is a fantastic little printer for anyone who does not need to use roll stock. I have had the 3800 as my home printer since the late November almost 2 years ago. I have yet to have a clogged head or any real trouble with it.
These machines will make wonderful photographic printers also for a couple of reasons. First because finally Epson's large printers will have the ability to print on both coated and uncoated papers without physically switching out a black cart....[a href=\"index.php?act=findpost&pid=224437\"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a]
Do you have the front to back measurement of the 7900 without the stand, ie printer only?[a href=\"index.php?act=findpost&pid=224566\"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a]
I presume that at some point over the next year (I hope) the next iteration - 4980? - will appear... [a href=\"index.php?act=findpost&pid=224703\"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a]
"I suspect you mean that both matte and glossy papers are both coated, as inkjet printing does benefit from coated papers on matte surfaces. I can only think of a few uncoated matte papers, and none of them have ever been good at producing wide color gamuts or sharp enough results to satisfy most users."There are hundreds of uncoated papers. Gamut is certainly compromised but sharp images are possible with heavily sized paper. I am currently using Somerset White Book and Zerkall papers . On both text is quite sharp.You can , of course coat your own papers . This significantly improves DMax and gamut, but not up to , say, Canson standards. All the same if you want 4 true deckle edges and the random grain of handmade papers, then that is the way to go.Just so I'm not completely off topic I do this on a 9800, but expect considerable improvements with the 9900. The greens and reds should be much better as they are on the Roland Hi Fi with orange and green inks. The 3 black inks should take the 900 series closer to the Roland D'Vinci.Hopefully someone will do the tests and report soon. Cheers,Brianwww.pharoseditions.com.au


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Steve Mason | 17/05/11
Steve Mason has announced details of the release of a new single, Lost And Found, through Double Six on Monday July 4th 2011.
Released digitally, the single will feature the B-side Lost And Dub, a radical reworking of the track by Steve and Dennis Bovell which features on their forthcoming album Ghosts Outside (a 'dub' version of Steve's Boys Outside long-player) which is released 25th July.
Very much a collaborative effort, Ghosts Outside was recorded in early 2011 at Livingston Studios in North London. Using the original tracks as a basis, with Steve's guidance Dennis added additional instrumentation; the tracks were later given the classic 'Bovell production' treatment.
One of the leading lights of U.K. reggae, Bovell gained renown with his own group, Matumbi and also worked with the likes of Linton Kwesi Johnson, I-Roy, Janet Kay. He also produced a wide diversity of bands including The Pop Group, Orange Juice and The Slits
The A-side, Lost And Found, is taken from his much-applauded solo album, Boys Outside, which was released last year and subsequently featured in many end of year 'best ofs' including Q, Mojo and NME. The 10-track album was produced by Richard X and Steve Mason.
Watch the video for Lost And Found here:
Having recently played a sold-out show at London's Scala, Steve is set to play a number of shows over the summer – his last of the year before he begins writing his next album. His full list of current gigs are as follows:
May 17th Brighton Komedia
May19th Liverpool Masque Theatre
July 31st Skipton Magic Loungeabout Festival
August 7th London Applecart Festival

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What if there were a natural medicine that could help reduce pain, relieve nausea, increase appetite and decrease stress, all with minimal side effects? So why don't more people take it (or at least admit publicly to doing so)? Because the federal government won't let them.
What if there were a natural medicine that could help reduce pain, relieve nausea, increase appetite and decrease stress, all with minimal side effects?
What if it could help cancer patients deal with the impacts of chemotherapy, help glaucoma patients retain their sight by relieving pressure around the eyes, help AIDS sufferers maintain their strength by stimulating their appetites, and ease the effects of multiple sclerosis.
What if research of the drug, say by the prestigious Scripps Research Institute, demonstrated it slowed the progression of Alzheimer's Disease?
Not only does that medicine exist, it is abundant and affordable, even for those who lack health insurance.
So why don't more people take it (or at least admit publicly to doing so)? Because the federal government won't let them.
Marijuana has been outlawed since the 1930s when the Federal Bureau of Narcotics designated it a narcotic, putting it on par with cocaine, heroin and morphine.
Yet, 11 states — including Rhode Island, Maine, Vermont and most notably California — have legalized the use of marijuana as a treatment for disease. But the federal government refuses to acknowledge the state laws, instead specifically targeting law-abiding citizens providing the medicine for patients. Especially in California, the Drug Enforcement Agency is shutting down "grow houses" and medicinal marijuana dispensaries, and charging their operators with federal felonies.
Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) is trying to stop that injustice. He says the decision whether to allow the use of marijuana should be up to the states, not a federal mandate. Frank plans this week to file legislation decriminalizing on the federal level the possession of small amounts of marijuana. That would leave states like Rhode Island and California to allow patients to receive treatment without worrying about ending up in jail for following their doctors' orders.
"I don't think smoking marijuana should be a federal case. There's no federal law against mugging," Frank said. "It does not appear to me to be a law that society is serious about. It's one area where the public is ahead of the elected officials."
Not only is the federal government behind the times, it's hypocritical.
The Food and Drug Administration approves use of Marinol, which is a synthetic version of THC, the active ingredient in marijuana. Marinol is prescribed to treat nausea and vomiting for cancer patients and to stimulate the appetites of AIDS patients, according to the drug's Web site. But patients report it is not as effective as natural THC.
Marinol lacks several therapeutic benefits of natural cannabis and costs significantly more — upwards of $800 a month, compared with less than $100 a month for marijuana. Legalizing medicinal marijuana, which can be grown easily and inexpensively, would undoubtedly hurt the pharmaceutical companies that produce synthetic THC for profit, perhaps betraying the federal government's true motives behind the ban.It is unfair for the federal government to continue prosecuting sick people whose states tell them they are legally treating the symptoms of their diseases. Granted, there are a myriad of issues involved in legalizing, or even decriminalizing, marijuana. But, those are issues that are more easily and appropriately hammered out at the state level. The Herald News


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gavin west's top five for five:
1. Vulli- Sophie the Giraffe
2. Dano – Circus Teethers
3. Aden & Anais – Swaddlers
4. Ikea - Leka play gym
5. The Tummy Tub
gavin west's top five for five:
1. Vulli- Sophie the Giraffe
2. Dano – Circus Teethers
3. Aden & Anais – Swaddlers
4. Ikea - Leka play gym
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the plans were made. the date was set. decor was ready. a baby shower for my pretty little sister, natalie. she'd safely made it to 37 weeks. a huge happiness for her and her babe. this had to be celebrated. that – and the fact that she is carrying her first son. baby jack.
us larson girls love a good blessing way. everything was prepared with her in mind. her favorite colors {bright green}, her super girl ability to grow things strong {both babies – and plants} her love of all things natural {unbleached linen & hemp} and of course her free spirit. while the baby shower element was definitely there in the form of sweet gifts and belly touching. the absence of silly games made way for us to celebrate this growing season of hers. we sat in a circle and linked all of us women together with string. each giving her a blessing of love support. tears were shed and hope was shared.
i love my sister, natalie. she is fearless. keeps things to herself and just does what she's got to do. this included a nightly ritual of this in order to keep jack happy, healthy and strong. during my pregnancy with gavin i was always reminded of the things she did for presley both before & after she was born. this carried me when i thought my hands were sooooo swollen or that i was just tooooo tired.
i got a call in the wee hours of this morning that this baby boy… this jack …this first son of natalie will be making his debut soon. today we will play soft music, quietly go about our day and send all of our sweet labor love out into the universe as she begins this adventure. much love to my beautiful sister-friend.
love, lindsay
{sources: make your own succulent plant favors here, pretty poms from here in cocoa-nut, cupcake flags made by her, invitation supplies gifted to me from here}
if i was still a seven year old silly girl – you'd find me with my pig-tails and salt water sandals here:
visit my sweet friend and all her craft-happy here.
then send her an email and sign all your little ladies up for a week of creating fun at danyelle's cozy brick house.
love, lin


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New York, September 20, 2001---Eritrean authorities have suspended all the country's privately owned newspapers until further notice, the state radio station announced on Tuesday.
Newspapers affected by the suspension order include Meqaleh, Setit, Tiganay, Zemen, Wintana, and Admas. It is unclear what prompted the decision, which surprised both Eritrean and foreign observers.
CPJ sources in the capital, Asmara, saw the move as an attempt by President Isayas Afeworki's government to suppress independent news coverage of an ongoing state crackdown on opponents of the People's Front for Democracy and Justice, the party that has ruled Eritrea since independence from Ethiopia in 1993.
According to Eritrea's ambassador to the United States, however, the papers were suspended for failing to comply with media licensing requirements under the country's press laws. Embassy officials said authorities had warned the publishers several times before today's suspension order.
In a telephone interview, Ambassador Girma Asmeron told CPJ that the papers would remain out of print while authorities investigate their current licenses. "This procedure will be transparent and in accordance with the laws of the country," he said.
Yet Ali Abdu, the head of the state television network, told the BBC that the newspapers had been suspended in the interest of national unity after being given ample time to "correct their mistakes."
The so-called mistakes apparently amount to publishing critical letters about the government's crackdown on political dissent, the BBC reported.
In the early hours of September 18, authorities rounded up six former high-ranking members of the ruling party, including army generals and ex-ministers. According to The Associated Press, all six were among 15 members of the ruling party who signed a letter in May that called President Afeworki undemocratic.
The government-owned daily newspaper, Haddas Erta, is now the only publication allowed in the small and increasingly unstable Horn of Africa nation.
"CPJ believes that the newspapers were suspended in an effort to stifle public criticism of the Eritrean government," said executive director Ann Cooper. "The licensing issue is clearly a pretext to justify this action and only confirms our view that licensing print media obstructs the exercise of press freedom."
EDITOR'S NOTE: This alert has been updated to reflect the correct name of the government-owned daily Haddas Erta.


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We've known for some time that many domestic animals, like dogs, can tell us people apart. It turns out that a lot of animal species can recognize individual people. But how do we humans know that? It's not like you can walk right up to an animal and say "Hey! Remember me?" ...Well, I guess you could do that, but how would you interpret the answer?
Imagine everything that an animal would have to be capable of to be able to recognize different people: the animal would have to be able to discriminate, learn and remember. Those are pretty complex tasks. Despite our stereotypes of molluscs, octopuses (not "octopi") are actually quite good at all of these things. They are visual animals that can differentiate between abstract shapes, remember visual patterns, and be conditioned (Conditioning is a process by which an animal learns to associate a behavior with some previously unrelated stimulus). Additionally, many people acknowledge octopuses as the most intelligent (and coolest) of all invertebrates. Furthermore, there have been several anecdotal reports of octopuses recognizing individual people. Some octopuses at aquariums consistently approach the keepers that feed them, even when the keeper is in a crowd of other people. One octopus being trained in a lever-pressing task regularly chose to squirt the researcher in the face rather than press the lever. Another octopus apparently only jetted water at a particular night guard. So octopuses seem like a pretty good species to test individual human recognition (and to test for a sense of humor, but that is for another day).
|If you were an octopus, could you tell these two people apart?
Photo by Veronica von Allworden from a figure in the paper
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|A giant Pacific octopus displaying his eyebar (shown with the white arrow)
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So octopuses can recognize individual humans, and they treat people differently depending on how they have been treated by the humans. …Hmmm… If octopuses can do it, imagine what other species may be able to do it. Meditate on that the next time you interact with an animal.
Now add individual human recognition to other things we know octopuses can do, like learn and remember skills, play with toys, express personalities, and detect things by vision and smell. And they can do this:
and this:
and this:
I mean really, is there anything octopuses can't do?
Do you want to get to know the octopuses from this study? Learn to recognize them at the Seattle Aquarium or the Seaside Aquarium, where they are now on exhibit.
Want to know more? Check these out:
1. Anderson RC, Mather JA, Monette MQ, & Zimsen SR (2010). Octopuses (Enteroctopus dofleini) recognize individual humans. Journal of applied animal welfare science : JAAWS, 13 (3), 261-72 PMID: 20563906
2. Mather, J.A., Anderson, R.C and Wood, J.B. (2010). Octopus: The Ocean's Intelligent Invertebrate. Timber Press, Portland, OR.
3. Octopus Chronicles, a Scientific American blog dedicated to everything fascinating and amazing about octopuses
4. AnimalWise, a blog about animal cognition


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CARSON, Calif. -- It was a night of firsts for the LA Galaxy II.
The LA Galaxy's USL PRO affiliate scored their first victory with a 3-1 win over their crosstown rival Orange County Blues. The first goal went to on-loan striker Charlie Rugg who helped fuel the victory while also aiding in the build-up of Kenny Walker's eventual winner just before halftime.
Following the victory in front of a raucous crowd at the StubHub Center Track and Field Stadium, Galaxy II head coach Curt Onalfo gushed over what he described as an "excellent" evening.
"For the inaugural game, it was a special night," Onalfo said. "The players are buzzing. I thought we played really good soccer. We could have scored a lot more goals than three but we did what it took to win the game convincingly, so I'm pleased."
Onalfo wasn't the only one with a smile on his face at the final whistle, however, as Rugg was overjoyed to write his name on the first page of the Galaxy II record book.
"It's pretty cool actually. It's like being a part of history," Rugg said. "The first Galaxy II win in the first Galaxy II game, it's exciting. To have scored the first goal in Galaxy II history is pretty cool. We had a bunch of chances [against Orange County]. With all of the chances we had, we got three goals and I think that's pretty telling of what we can do as a team."
But it wasn't just an impressive offensive performance for Galaxy II as LA was able to silence the Blues attack forcing Los Dos goalkeeper Cody Laurendi to make just one important stop to keep the Blues at bay. After a successful opening night that featured a strong performance against a side that qualified for the USL PRO playoffs last year, Walker admitted that there may be a rivalry brewing between Galaxy II and their counterparts from Orange County.
"There's always been an inner-city rivalry," said Walker referencing his battles against the Blues with LA's reserve teams over the last year. "It was a good battle and they always come out hard every game but it'll be like that for every [USL] game for us because we're new to the league and we have the [Galaxy] crest on our chest."
There will be little time to rest after the historic evening for Galaxy II who will continue their USL PRO slate against fellow first-year club Sacramento Republic FC next Saturday in Carson. But before they begin those preparations, it doesn't hurt to soak up the emotions created by the team's first step.
"It was huge for us as a program and the fans," said Walker. "It's good that we had the performance and showed people that this wasn't for nothing and we're ready to move on and win the league. It's a good start, but we've got a long way to go. This is just the beginning."
Adam Serrano is the LA Galaxy Insider. Read his blog at LAGalaxy.com/insider and contact him at firstname.lastname@example.com


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This is the variant for Justice League issue 14. The description I was given was that I had to have Superman and Wonder Woman ready for battle, but flirting with each other. This is a tougher job than it seems. Sadly, I had so much on my plate that this cover was a little rushed and I didn't feel as confident in how it turned out in the end. There are lots of things I'd change now looking back, but it's always good to learn from your mistakes and then work hard to fix them in the future. Alex Sinclair did some mighty sweet colors on this cover though.
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This jester has a deep appreciation for Dr. Stephen Morse and his many works, especially those related to genealogy. I have used his One Step Web Page for many years. So it was thrill to meet him at various conferences and I was touched at his kind offer to help moje zona read her grandparent's tombstone (alas the jester struggles with his Hebrew language skills). I have followed his recent work to make yet a 3rd generation soundex algorithm (for us Slavics).
Originally, we had American Soundex, which you still see on Immigration documents (mine is E420). Then along came the most excellent Daitch-Mokotoff Soundex which was a vast improvement for those whose heritage was Slavic (mine is 084000) and you would see it on Russian Consular records. Recently Dr Morse has developed the Bieder-Morse Soundex algorithm which further improves name matches (by eliminating false matches). So my family name would have Bieder-Morse soundex tokens of: elaS elas [exact match tokens only] . I think only the JewishGen website has implemented that matching.
Now Dr Morse has an article(Genetic Genealogy Revisited) in the APG's professional journal: "Association of Professional Genealogists QUARTERLY". It was on the use of genetics in genealogy and he used the Romanov Family mystery as a demonstration of using genetics to solve a question. Now I read in the Current issue of the Smithsonian, the Resurrecting the Czar, article. It too covers the latest background on murder mystery of Czar Nicholas II and his family and attendants. I found that the two aritcles read together give a fascinating account of the story.
Now this jester is not a fan of the Russian Empire (even though my grandparents and their parents were born into Russian-Poland partition). The Rus betrayal of Poland not even a century after the great King Jan Sobieski, the Savior of Vienna [indeed all of Europe], the "Lion of Lechistan" and their betrayal again in 1939 at the start of World War II sour my feelings for our brother Rus. So while I enjoyed the two articles read back-to-back, I was appalled by a few "royalists" who want to bring back the monarchy to the Russian Federation. One woman artist actually is hoping for a Russian fascist (to clean up the mess??) followed by a transition back to the monarchy. That would be quite a rewind of history huh?
Czech, Lech and Rus – there is a legend of three brothers that settled central and eastern Europe. Czech went on to found the Czechs and Rus went on to found the Russians. Lech and Lechistan became Poland. So we can see again that monarchies and the battles between them are really nothing more than family squabbles done on a grand scale. By the way both articles mention the British monarchy and their family connection to the Romanovs (via Hapsburgs). Canute the Great was a Grandson of Mieszko I (first king of Poland) and of course another ancestor of this jester, the twice king Stanislaw Leszczynski, had a daughter marry into the Bourbons. Alas all of Poland's goodwill and family relationships could not prevent the Deluge and Poland's slip from History's main stage. We will have to content ourselves that Rus and their partitions, produced Kosciuszko and Pulaski and they in turn helped to produce America.


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As Tencent HoldingsTCEHY +0.20% and Alibaba Group Holding fight for supremacy in China's vast Internet sector, the two giants have been moving further into each other's territories.
In the latest development, Tencent said Wednesday that it has agreed to buy a 9.9% stake in logistics firm China South City Holdings1668.HK +60.83% for HK$1.5 billion (US$193 million), with an option to raise its stake to about 13% over the next two years. The two firms said they would work together in e-commerce as well as offline trade services.
Tencent's investment comes as the Shenzhen-based company, a giant in online gaming and social networks in China, is beefing up its e-commerce capabilities to challenge Hangzhou-based Alibaba, which has so far dominated China's fast-growing market for online shopping.
Tencent operates some of the most popular online services for China's PC and mobile users, such as its QQ and WeChat messaging services. Analysts say Tencent could take advantage of the vast user base for its online communication services to offer more lucrative services such as e-commerce. Tencent's WeChat smartphone app has more than 272 million monthly active users worldwide, with the majority of them in China, according to the company. Last year, Tencent added an electronic payment feature to WeChat, a step toward turning the messaging tool into a platform for e-commerce and other paid services.
Still, operating an e-commerce business requires a range of offline resources such as warehouses and delivery services, and Alibaba, which has been running shopping sites for more than a decade, has an advantage. Even though Alibaba doesn't own all of the offline resources, the company has invested in warehouses and works with many logistics partners. Last year, Alibaba formed a consortium with retailers and parcel delivery firms to work on logistics infrastructure. Last month, Alibaba agreed to create a logistic joint venture with Chinese home appliances maker Haier Electronics Group in a HK$2.82 billion (US$364 million) deal.
For both Tencent and Alibaba, a big challenge is how to design a strong mobile business strategy to stay competitive when more Chinese Internet users access online services with their smartphones.
While WeChat's popularity among Chinese smartphone users gives Tencent an advantage, Alibaba has been trying harder to attract smartphone users. Last year, Alibaba invested in Sina's Twitter-like Weibo service and integrated some of its e-commerce service into the microblog. Earlier this month, Alibaba said that it is planning to launch a mobile gaming service.


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Ted Cruz Launch: Good News for Evangelicals, Bad News for GOP Elites
Bryan Fischer
Commentary by Julio Severo: When there is no candidate for you to give your vote, it is sad. Yet, when there is one, it is joy. Ted Cruz launched his candidacy to the U.S. presidency in the largest evangelical university in the world, Liberty University, connected to Matt Barber, owner of the conservative website Barbwire, where I am a columnist. In fact, the article below, written by Bryan Fischer, was published by Barbwire. If Cruz actually reaches the end, this election will be thrilling. Today, I dreamed that I was in an area where there was a voting booth in the U.S. For some reason, I saw the first American voter and after he had left the voting booth, his vote was put in my hand and I saw that his vote was for Cruz. I was extremely glad in that moment. I cannot vote in the U.S., but I will pray that Cruz may win and become president, becoming this way, as Romans says, a "minister of God." We are tired of seeing U.S. presidents and politicians, true servants of Satan, facilitating the international persecution of Christians. It is time for an evangelical as Ted Cruz to win and change the anti-Christian and pro-sodomy policies of the U.S. government. I pray also that as U.S. president he may do what no U.S. president has ever done: TO RECOGNIZE OFFICIALLY JERUSALEM AS CAPITAL OF ISRAEL! Ted Cruz has my support!
|Ted Cruz
He stole a march on the rest of the field, who will now be scrambling to catch up. It was a brilliant piece of political strategy.
By making his first campaign appearance at Liberty University, the largest evangelical school in the world, Cruz was also sending a powerful message to the conservative Christian base: "I'm one of you." He was telling evangelicals that they are his base. He openly embraced evangelicals in a way we have not seen since the days of Ronald Reagan.
It's impossible for a Republican to win the nomination or the presidency without the enthusiastic support of the evangelical base. You can ask Romney and McCain all about that. Cruz will generate the kind of fervor and energy among the confessing evangelicals that's required to win. He in fact may lock up the evangelical bloc before the other conservatives are even out of the gate.
Four million conservative voters stayed home in 2012 and in so doing handed the election to Barack Obama. Cruz will draw those four million conservatives to the polls, and they will bring their friends with them. Lots of them.
Political consultants, who have made an astonishing amount of money telling Republicans how to lose one election after another, have got it all wrong on the precious "independents." Their template is that there are Republicans on the right, Democrats on the left, with all the independents somewhere in between.
What this template completely fails to account for is the number of independents who are to the right of today's mushy-middle GOP establishment. They are independent, not because the Republican Party is too conservative for them, but because it is not conservative enough.
To borrow from Ronald Reagan, they didn't leave the Republican Party, the Republican Party left them. Ted Cruz will bring the party back to them and he will bring them back to the party. He will win the independents who count, the ones who can put the Republicans in the win column in 2016.
It will be fascinating to watch the weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth among the GOP establishment should Cruz's candidacy take flight. We will soon find out if there is enough room for Ted Cruz in their precious "Big Tent." Their tent may prove to be a lot smaller than they want us to believe.
The GOP elites have always taken evangelical voters for granted. They have condescendingly thrown us a bone or two in the platform, then patted us on the head and told us to go to our rooms and be seen and not heard. They have assumed we will vote GOP because we have no other place to go.
Those days will be over with a Cruz nomination. It will be the GOP establishment that will have no place to go. Evangelicals will say it's about time the elites have to hold their noses and vote for our guy for a change.
In its profile of Ted Cruz, the New York Times said that GOP elites are "skeptical of and angry with (Ted) Cruz." Sounds like he just might be the guy we're looking for.
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- 1. Screwdrivers Murder!!!
by Roy Carnine
retired trial attorney
Mount Vernon, Illinois
(Anita Christy's brother)
Shame on the main stream media (i.e., Committing Broadcast Scare aka CBS, National Bull Crap aka NBC and About Bull Crap aka ABC) ) and our elected representatives for not bringing to the nation's attention frightening facts concerning screwdrivers!
While firearms are number 1 in The 10 Most Common Murder Weapons In The United States, screwdrivers are included in the number 2 position. And, in other western countries, like Canada, death by knives and cutting instruments (including screwdrivers) are the most prominent weapons used to murder. See Knives Most Common Weapon in Violent Crime and Homicide in Canada: 2015.
- 3. Defending Old Glory - AZ Sen. John Kavanagh Wants Stealing Flag To Be a Felony
Arizona Republican Senator John Kavanagh (LD23) will be introducing a bill during the upcoming Legislative Session that will make stealing the American flag a Class 6 felony. In the following Fox News interview, Sen. Kavanagh explains that currently, stealing the flag is only a misdemeanor theft, akin to stealing a pack of gum from a convenience store. When someone steals a flag from someone's yard, they aren't just stealing something that doesn't belong to them. Not only is the flag a venerated object, but also, when someone displays the American flag, they are exercising their Constitutionally-guaranteed First Amendment freedom of expression. They might be displaying the flag to express patriotism, mourning someone's death, or as a protest. This is an important right.Click here to read more
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As 2016 draws to a close, you have likely received many requests for donations. There are many worthy charities and organizations, including your local church! Gilbert Watch has some favorites for your consideration.Click here to read more
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Jimmy Lindblom is running as a conservative against proven conservative, Warren Petersen, for the open Senate seat in LD12. LaCinda Lewis is running as a conservative against proven conservative Eddie Farnsworth and Travis Grantham for one of the House seats in LD12.
Lindblom's website cites Protecting Individual Freedoms • Limited Government • Local Control • Education Advocate • Business Friendly. Under the heading "Media", you will see several flyers, including one titled "Our Conservative Team for the State Legislature," which includes LaCinda Lewis as his team mate. (See below.)
Lewis touts Family - Education - Economy from a a "unique conservative perspective."
It's hard to fathom why voters would believe that Lindblom and Lewis are conservatives. Conservatives abide by the Republican platform. They work very hard to stand up for and defend those principles. RINO's and Democrats don't. Why work hard when it's easier to vote for something that sounds good.
Lindblom and Lewis have listed many endorsements they have received from local leaders. Gilbert Watch took a look at some of those endorsements.Click here to read more
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By the President of the United States of America. a Proclamation.
Whereas it is the duty of all Nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey his will, to be grateful for his benefits, and humbly to implore his protection and favor—and whereas both Houses of Congress have by their joint Committee requested me "to recommend to the People of the United States a day of public thanksgiving and prayer to be observed by acknowledging with grateful hearts the many signal favors of Almighty God especially by affording them an opportunity peaceably to establish a form of government for their safety and happiness."Click here to read more
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Tired of listening to Progressives tell you that the Second Amendment only allows people in militias to keep and bear arms? Or that the Founders would have never intended the Second Amendment to apply to modern weapons? In his latest FIREWALL Bill recounts a remarkable conversation about the precise wording of the Second Amendment, and sums up why the document says what it means and means what it says.
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TEHRAN, Iran — Iranian state television is reporting that the number of HIV-positive citizens in the country has risen by 80 percent annually over the last decade.
Talking about the virus that causes AIDS was once longer taboo in the Islamic Republic. But in recent years, government officials in Iran have begun greater outreach and education about HIV and AIDS.
On Sunday, state television quoted Health Minister Hassan Ghzaizadeh saying there has been a nine-fold growth in the number of HIV/AIDS patients in the decade.
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Shockwaves from a meteor caused damage to buildings in central Russia, hurting at least a thousand people on Friday, according to news reports.
More than 200 children were among those injured in the Chelyabinsk region, Russia's Interior Ministry told the state-run RIA Novosti news agency.
"Verified information indicates that this was one meteorite which burned up as it approached Earth and disintegrated into smaller pieces," said Elena Smirnykh, deputy head of the Russian Emergencies Ministry press office, according to RIA Novosti. Warning that there could be a meteor shower, Russian authorities have cancelled school and told people to stay inside.
The meteor was likely moving at a speed in tens of kilometers a second, resulting in a "very, very violent event" that planetary scientist Marc Fries likened to "firing a rifle bullet into a swimming pool."
The object's size is still unknown, although some scientists suspect it may have been car-size.
On social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter, video from central Russia showed a large ball of white streaking across the sky before crashing to Earth, appearing to send out a cloud of white light. Twitter lit up with news of the meteorite, with #RussianMeteor, #Chelyabinsk, and #meteor all trending on Friday morning.
"You can see in the videos that it glows brightly—it's actually hotter than the melting point of stone at that point," Fries, a research associate in the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History and senior scientist at the Planetary Science Institute in Tucson, said on Smithsonian's website.
Meteorites this size are relatively rare, occurring about once a decade, he noted.
This video uploaded to YouTube contains the explosive sound of the meteorite's shock wave:
Russia's Internet and airwaves on Friday were swirling with rumors that the falling debris was evidence of an American weapons test.
In this frame grab made from a video done with a dashboard camera, on a highway from Kostanai, Kazakhstan, to Chelyabinsk region, Russia, provided by Nasha Gazeta newspaper, on Friday, Feb. 15, 2013 a meteorite contrail is seen. A meteor streaked across the sky of Russias Ural Mountains on Friday morning, causing sharp explosions and reportedly injuring around a thousand people, including many hurt by broken glass. Photograph by Nasha Gazeta, AP
What's a Meteorite?
There are hundreds of thousands of asteroids roaming our solar system that are the size of the Russian meteorite, noted Tim Swindle, director of the Lunar and Planetary Lab at the University of Arizona, Tucson.
"What's going on is you have this rock that's happily orbiting the sun—from its point of view this morning a planet ran into it."
At that moment, the asteroid slammed into our atmosphere at 10 or 20 times the speed of sound—producing a sonic boom and becoming what's called a meteor. The impact—like hitting a wall—causes air friction that heats the meteor's surface, shedding melted material and sometimes breaking into smaller pieces.
Any resulting pieces that make it to the ground are called meteorites. Most meteors burn up in the atmosphere, fall into the ocean, or crash into vast, uninhabited deserts, but at least every month or two there are eyewitness reports of fragments falling from the sky, Swindle said.
The number of injuries—most of them not thought to be serious, according to CNN—is the highest in recorded history due to a meteorite, according to Michael D. Reynolds, adjunct astronomy professor at Florida State College at Jacksonville and author of the book Falling Stars: A Guide to Meteors and Meteorites.
The last and only known incident in which a meteorite injured a person occurred in 1954 in Sylacauga, Alabama, when Ann Elizabeth Hodges was hit by a meteorite that crashed through her living room.
Meteorite hunters are likely headed to Russia this second, Reynolds and Swindle both noted—even though most of them are currently at a gem and mineral show taking place in Tucson. "A lot of tickets will be purchased to Moscow," Swindle said.
Though it's unclear how many pieces of the Russian meteorite ended up on the ground, Russian law allows any people who find meteorites to keep them.
Asteroid Flyby Today
The news came on the same day that an asteroid is expected to make its closest brush by Earth for an object of its size since astronomers started keeping records.
However, the Russian meteorite's trajectory was "significantly different than the trajectory of the asteroid 2012 DA14, making it a completely unrelated object," according to NASA.
"Information is still being collected about the Russian meteorite, and analysis is preliminary at this point. In videos of the meteor, it is seen to pass from left to right in front of the rising sun, which means it was traveling from north to south. Asteroid DA14's trajectory is in the opposite direction, from south to north," the agency said.
(See: Asteroid to Make Closest Flyby in History.)
The office-building sized chunk of rock, known as 2012 DA14, will come closer to Earth than most orbiting communication and weather satellites, according to NASA.
Visible to some skywatchers in the Eastern Hemisphere, the asteroid will be at its closest at 19:24 UTC (2:24 p.m. EST/11:24 a.m. PST) as it flies over the eastern Indian Ocean.
Overall, planetary scientists are keeping a close eye on any asteroid big enough to cause widespread death and destruction on the scale that likely wiped out the dinosaurs, the University of Arizona's Swindle said.
"We are the first species to be able to see these coming."
—Dan Gilgoff, Andrew Fazekas, and Jeffrey Tayler contributed reporting.
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The flap doesnt close at all, and the odour is freely spreading around. I used pellets and catsan. Catsan has a better odour control, but the box itself doesnt deliver. Not to forget, my box didnt want to close, was coming appart all the time. Now we have curver design litter box for 40 eur and is way better and easier to clean. But it seems that the door isnt perfectly fitting either. All in all, i dont recommend.
This is a huge box. I have 2 Norwegian Forest carts & 1 Maine Coon... we've had this box for over 2 years and it's still in great condition! Never had an issue with the sliding clips.. it's easy to clean and very sturdy! I'm about to purchase a second 1 as my boy is now fully grown and doesn't always like to wait to use the loo if occupied!
Bought this to control the generous dispensing of Cat litter by our 10kg Maine Coon from a traditional ( large) open litter tray. In that respect it works very well. It is very big and spacious enough for him to turn around and the Cat flap door largely prevents litter escaping. Another excellent feature is the smell control. It has a large carbon filter in the roof. However some mesh to keep it in place would be an improvement. The fittings on the box are feeble which is a great pity.
Big enough for my Maine coon- trouble is that because it is so big, it weighs a ton when full of litter and the weight compromises the structure. It is not actually very sturdy. Having said that, is very reasonably priced and you could afford to replace it now and again.
This box is great as it is very deep. No litter is kicked out, and it doesn't leak. I had to put a little bit of rolled up paper under the top of the door to let it swing better. I wouldn't pick it up when there is litter in it, but I still rate it very highly.
This is brilliant ! I have a mainecoon cat and its brilliant for his size !!! It's big big big and just great in general for the price it's amazing !!!! Looks so expensive also !!!
Excellent quality big! No complaints, exactly what I wanted
very pleased with this tray, I have Norwegian Forest (big cats !) who struggle in most trays and the litter gets everywhere, lots of room to turn , nice high front and a large opening (I have mine folded back and open all the time as I have a disabled cat who cannot "do" cat flap type entrances) Sturdy build - I have had 2 of these for a year and they clean easy and look as good as new
This is the second Catit litter box I have purchased - very good value for money. This one is very spacious and has plenty of room for my large British Blue cat
Two new young cats = lots of poo. Had a big tray which we were constantly emptying (well me. My OH only does it if I'm not home!). The smell was awful too! Then add the litter flicked out of the tray! We bought one of these last week and already the cats have got used to it. No smell and no mess. Not experienced any of the negatives others have. Truly a great bit of kit.
Not large enough, especially not long enough for my Maine Coons. I have to leave the lid open at all times otherwise it would be unusable small. One of my boys stands with his paws on the entrance part of the lid and that part cracked in the middle and on both sides of the lid.
love how big this is! although our cat currently thinks it's his new home... fingers crossed his mess will stay in the box now
Nice and large but I find when my Siamese pees it often leaks out where the two halfs fit together
Very large without taking up huge amounts of space. also blends in fairly well.
This thing is massive, my cats love it. I have an adult and a kitten british shorthair and they can both fit in this litter box at once because it's nice and spacious. The flap door is nice and clear although I've removed it as my cats aren't fans of them - easily goes on and off. Very easy to clean, opens up to a good sized space by folding the top flap for quick cleaning and the plastic bottom is smooth so easy to fully clear out. The piece of plastic at the front for holding a bag is useful.
Bought this tray for our rapidly growing Maine Coon kittens and it is easily big enough and will be fine when they are full grown. It's deep and wide and has plenty of height as well. It has a well designed door system that makes cleaning out easy, and I have found no issues with the sliding clips that fasten the lid down. Well worth the money, we will most likely buy another as the cats get bigger.
This is very big so gives my cats lots of room to move around; the lid is removable, and it is possible to check the state of the litter via the flap, which lifts up over the top. In practice, I have found it easier just to lift off the entire lid and have not used the litter bag clip facility. I am buying another after 3 years as my Cornish Rex has scratched the base so badly that I cannot clean it properly. Only complaint is the stiffness of the clips.
Having 2 large Ragdolls, I needed a large litter box and this one certainly fits the brief. I like that it has a hinged bit on the roof for easy emptying and the zebra print is cool!
Just got this cat loo for my 6 month old male maine coon as he has outgrown 4 litter trays. It's huge and deep so big enough for him for now. No issues with clips or door as he just went straight in and did his business with no fuss. I agree that the filter is a bit of a pain and would be better if it had a vented cover, think it might be better to cut a replacement filter to size and it will fit in.
I love how deep the tray is, the mess is minimal, lovely looking tray. The downsides is that it is very flimsy, the two clips on the sides connecting the hood to the tray are cheaply made, do not secure the two parts together, on multiple occasions the clips have failed when I've picked up the tray resulting in mess everywhere, very annoying. It's ok but I wouldn't recommend, worth spending a bit more on a good sturdy tray.
I got the tray for my one year old boy cat after we found he was peeing everywhere because his litter tray was too small. We needed something big for him (he is longer than out coonie) so when we read the reviews on this one, we wanted to try it. We have three cats in total in the house and this is our fourth tray. It is massive. I put the hood on the tray but kept the flap on top so it was open for him initially. He went straight in after some sniffing around and immediately had a poo (well, what else was I going to say in a review of a cat loo?). He usually would go in, quickly do his business and get out but he was in there for ages happily scratching around. Since we put it in, he has not peed elsewhere, result!! It takes one 5L bag of the silica cat litter. The only down side is that the filter on top is exposed. Within a couple of days, is was shredded. I think they put catnip in it or something.
Great litter box ideal for my Maine Coons, they especially loved tearing the exposed filter from the top within 5 minutes of putting it down!! Catit need cat owners on the design team I think!
This litter tray is brilliant!Its lovely and spacious,as well as, being really deep.The clips ensure there is a seal between the hood and base so no litter gets kicked out the sides.I bought 2 of these and am ordering another 2 to replace the Purrshire luxury hooded trays.Perfect litter tray for larger cats, my Ragdolls have ample room when using this tray.
I am very pleased with this box, my two (large and tall) cats no longer bang their heads on the top of this box as it is quite high, I can also leave the flap up which gives them more room. I like the fact it is nearly square which means they have room to turn around and yet the box doesn't look too big, only problem I have is that the clips are flimsy and pop off and the door flap sticks a little, otherwise perfect and will be buying another soon
I have two normal sized boy cats, and they love the size. My previous cat litter boxes were medium sized and my cats would only ever do a quick in and out, now i think because of the size,their in there a lot longer. It takes about 7-10l to fill depending on what cat litter you use. Also so many people complain about the filter but i don't see the problem, my cats have not bothered with the filter and it does the job just fine. Excellent purchace!
I have been very disappointed with this box. The positives are - it's a good size, strong and sturdy, easy to fetch lid off, flap removeable. The negative for me - one of my cats likes to spray whilst inside the box unfortunately and sadly urine leaks out from the seams. I always use puppy training pads underneath as a safeguard but a leaking box is a no-no for me.
I ordered this and the Savic xxl so i could compare the 2 at home. I preferred the Catit as it is square so gives the cats more room to move round,i like the door flap better as it lays flat on the top when you open it to clean out, I also like the bag holder feature. So the only down side is the filter that it is not covered but this can be rectified which i saw on another buyers picture with a vent attached but i assume this would void your returns policy but i'm still going to do it too.
This is a robust and spacious litter tray. The fastening clips are unusual, and it took a few goes to get the hang of them - look underneath at how they work, and it gets easier! The swing door and partial roof/lid are a really clever part of the design. They can be left opened in the beginning to get cats used to use the tray, or for cats, who don't like to use the swing doors. This design also makes it much simpler to scoop out waste. Just a bit miffed I missed the £20 offer by a few days.
What a great size product! The picture is deceiving and I wasn't sure quite how 'jumbo' it would be but I'm pleased that it is certainly big enough for my boys to use. Plenty of space inside for them to move around without having to have their heads popping out. I have taken the front flap off as both my cats aren't keen but it unclips easily without any hassle. I would definitely recommend this for anyone with a bigger cat that has a tendency to kick litter all over the place!
We bought this litter tray for our rather large cats and overall are very happy with the product. Our only issue, as with other reviewers, is the uncovered filter which we are unable to use as the cats just pull it out/ chew on it. If this issue could be rectified it would be 5 out of 5 for me.
We have two big house cats both of whom thought it great fun to empty the litter out of their trays every time they used it !! I bought two of the covered litter trays together with a sack of 'The worlds best cat litter' and now we have a smell free, litter free home . The small amount of litter tread was easily cured by putting a couple of the half moon littler tray mats outside each tray. Now I can truly enjoy our cats !!!!
This is quite well made, and the flap at the front is sure to make cleaning a lot easier than removing the whole lid. Was a little fiddly to put lid on and slide the locks shut, as you must make sure the lid is pushed down firmly all the way round. Having said that, it was easy once I sussed it out and only took a few seconds. It is VERY deep though so liners may be a problem to get the right size. 2 cats used it within minutes!
I bought this litter tray for my little Maine coon girl who has already outgrown a normal litter tray at 5 months. It's perfect for big cats or multiple cats and a bargain. I would definitely recommend it.
Its a great and big litter box. Its great for 2 cats or for a big cat.
The box itself is great, the size is enough that my big Maine Coon boys can use it easily and the depth means no leaks. Comfortable handle, too. However, the first time I picked it up with litter in it the clips gave way and the base crashed to the floor - fortunately it happened immediately so that wasn't any great distance! I bought mine a few months ago and I notice from the picture that there are now four clips (mine has two) although they are still the easily broken ones as far as I can see; the makers should look into the foldover ones other trays (and carriers) use that are much better. I now have a bungee cord holding the two together so it can be lifted safely. Also, as everybody else has said - the filter needs a cover.
This litter box is a great size, more large than medium to be honest. I've two big ragdolls & this is perfect for them. It's sturdy & does the trick. This is my second (the slider on the other one broke after 3 years which can't be grumbled about) so I'm a return customer & that says it all!
Yes it really is jumbo! My cat loves using it and took to it right away from a regular open tray (I left the lid off the first few days, then added the lid but kept the flap open, then flap down too). I fill it very deep and she loves to move the litter around, so the hood is perfect to stop bits flying everywhere! The hood and flap also help to keep the smell down (can't say i've noticed a big difference with the carbon filter). There are clips to remove the hood when you want to deep clean or refill but day to day I just open up the flap and scoop out the toilets. Seems sturdy enough and has lasted fine since purchase six months ago. Don't think the cat nor I will ever go back to an open tray now!
This cat loo is HUGE. It is much better than expected and at a great price.
when I seen this cat box was in the medium size category I thought ok it will be of medium size! although now that its here, its much bigger than I expected I don't really do measurements and took no notice of the dimensions thinking it would be smaller. It is a good deep box with great locks and is easy to carry around. My cats seem to like it too. I am just getting used to the size as I live in a small house so its a bit of an eyesore. I would definitely order the smaller version if they make one in future. Zooplus need to move this to the large category for now!
I agree with Angie. The good things: Good size for cats who like a good turning circle. Strong handle makes lifting easy. Now the not so good: The locks are stiff. Also, as its a big tray its a bit cumbersome when it comes to cleaning the lid. And the downright useless: There is no 'cage' for the filter. I found one of my cats chomping her way through the filter - it was so easy for her to lift the filter off the top. SO, it defeats the object of having a filter.


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Official Short: Advanced Vehicle Technology Act of 2011
Long Title: A bill to provide for a program of research, development, demonstration, and commercial application in vehicle technologies at the Department of Education.
Sponsors: Ms. Stabenow
THOMAS: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d112:S.734:
- Sep 20 2011 12:00AM: Reported to the Senate with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. S. Rept. 112-70
- Jul 14 2011 12:00AM: Full committee business meeting; ordered reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (voice vote)
- May 19 2011 12:00AM: Hearing by full committee. (23) S. Hrg. 112-38
- Apr 6 2011 12:00AM: Introduced.


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Controversy over Common Core standards is growing at the state and national level creating an issue for legislators to confront.
Complaints range from data collection, teachers and students being under too much pressure in meeting the standards, to a perception by some of a pro-Muslim, anti-Christian attitude in textbooks, among other issues.
State Senator Mae Beavers, speaking at a town hall meeting Thursday in Smithville,TN, said she would like to see the standards banned, reversing approval granted almost four years ago. "I have filed a bill to do away with it. I'm against the federal government telling us what to do with our educational system in Tennessee," said Senator Beavers.
Senator Beavers, who once served Rutherford County up until 2012 when districts were redrawn, said she is concerned that Common Core is putting too much pressure on teachers and students. "I have a grandson in the city school system in Murfreesboro. They have fully implemented Common Core. He is in Discovery School. They have to test to get in. He was reading fourth grade level in the first grade. He loves learning but he hates school this year because he said all they do is test all day. That's what Common Core is all about. They are constantly testing. The teachers are under a lot of stress right now with Common Core. I hate that for the kids. I have studies that show it damages children in their early years, kindergarten through third grade because of the pressure," said Senator Beavers.
The overall focus of the new standards is to get students to think more critically rather than memorizing facts. State Representative Terri Lynn Weaver (40th District) said she believes it goes too far. "When I was in the third grade, we memorized multiplication tables. My grandson is in the third grade and they are not allowed to do that anymore. They have to show the process. I'm all about analytical thinking but some things you've just got to know. You've got to know what's right and wrong but there seems to be a teaching mechanism here to make it be not absolute," she said.
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Representative Terri Lynn Weaver (40th District) said the standards are also unfair to special education students and teachers who are held accountable. "They are demanding that special education kids be at a certain level when those children are never going to be at that level. These children are being prepared to fail and that is not fair to the teachers who are evaluated on the progress of these kids. It's failure before you even start and that's frustrating. I believe we should let the good teachers do what they do best. Let them teach. They know the kids and how to work with them," added Representative Weaver.
Senator Beavers said she also supports legislation to restrict the collection and distribution of student data except for the child's parents. "There are bills to stop the data collection. This data keeps everything on your child. If they ever get suspended for even one day, it's on their record for the rest of their lives. Their first employer will get to see that information. That scares me to death that this data could be going to the federal government. Yet, I've had parents tell me they've gone to school to see their child's work and are told, that work belongs to the Commissioner of Education. We can't let you see it. There's something wrong here folks" she said.
The content of some textbooks is also a cause of concern for Senator Beavers. "I went to a forum in Brentwood last year on Common Core. They had a lot of experts testify about things that were left out of the curriculum. Pearson is the book Tennessee contracts with and we require such a high bond on our textbook companies that come into Tennessee that they (Pearson) are the only ones who qualify. They are the ones we heard parents in Williamson County complaining about with the sex in the books and the pretty much pro Muslim, anti Christianity (referring to) Christianity as a cult. I mean we've heard all kinds of stories about the textbooks. I've read some stuff about the sex that is being taught that is alarming," said Senator Beavers.
Another issue is the cost of developing online PARCC testing (Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers). Not only must schools have up-to-date computers and operating systems, they must have adequate bandwidth to accommodate these computers. Additionally, an iPad or other tablet alone won't work for PARCC testing. Keyboard usage is mandatory with the PARCC system. The Tennessee Department of Education is aware of these issues and is working to address the problem. Still, it could be cost prohibitive for some counties. "My poorest county is Clay County and they are telling me their school system is almost bankrupt already and then you lay this on them. What are they going to do? We can't afford to keep it (Common Core)," said Senator Beavers.
While the DeKalb County School System received some $260,000 in extra money from the state for infrastructure, the district still needs more than $320,000 to purchase all the computers and accessories that are needed to be ready for the launch of PARCC testing in the 2014-15 school year.
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Who would you see as Jim's cellmate?
Discuss this movie. Filmed April 29-June 30, 2008
Available on DVD and Blu-ray.
Who would you see as Jim's cellmate?
and this isn't me asking.....it's Robert. lol
I am part of an elite group of people......THE MEN OF JCO.
(Standing member since July 18th, 2005)
lol......well, reading the book it's gotta be someone kinda effeminate.....lol
i see Jude Law or the singer from Placebo if he's up for it......... they have to be smaller, younger and prettier than Jimmy.....
In first place, I want it to be a good actor. But it all depends ... how is this relationship? Is it someone that younger then Philip? Is it someone that loves our Jim back or not?
If it's going to be a drama mixed with comedy, then it must be someone that can be funny AND be able to make the dramatic scenes work. In that case I'm thinking absolutelyTopher Grace. Perrhaps James Franco, a lot of people don't know how good that guy actually is. But not someone like Ashton Kutcher (funny but not the greatest actor) or Seann William Scott (same as Ashton). Maybe I would say Charlie Hunnam. Tobey McGuire? Jake Gyllenhaal?
Or is it going to be an old guy? Or someone of his own age perhaps? In that case I would go for George Clooney, since that guy is one hell of a talent. He has this comedic vibe and pulls off the serious parts.
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it's someone younger.......he's been a 'kept man' by older boyfriends who want a pretty boy boyfriend.....Jim plays the protector role, he wants to look after Philip.....so he has to be kinda skinny, smaller and younger than Jimmy....
Thats why I said him.lol The uglier the funnier.lol
Justin Timberlake? Not sure how much he goes for but he is young and can play bad boy too. OMG WHAT WOULD JENNY DO?LOL
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A few years ago I cold-called (or email) Dan after my wife realized that we were going to be in New Orleans with them and, more impressively, Dan and his wife just happen to be our doppelgangers. Dan and I shared a love for 1) writing books about ending the drug war, 2) food, 3) bicycles, and 4) literate women who edit extremely well. (Our mutual fondness for hats and hat stores is just, as they say down there, lagniappe.)
Dan is no dummy (though I'd never say that to his face). At our very first dinner, while discussion corporal punished in schools, Dan coined the title for my upcoming book, In Defense of Flogging.
Dan is also a very good writer. (He also loves guns and I look forward to his next book about America and guns.)
In the days after we met, Dan and his wife were kind enough to waste some time with us, so we [queue montage music] biked around, got a food tour of the city, danced in a second line, ate too much, drank just right, and heard some great music.
So naturally I'm very curious about Dan's thoughts on the famously f*cked New Orleans Police Department. But honestly, except for the police officers in his book, I had no idea what we thought about any of the many issues plaguing the NOPD. The officer who left? The officers who staying? The behavior during the flood? I couldn't get a straight answer! And it wasn't for lack of trying.
My queries were generally returned with what can only be described as minor apoplectic fits. There was this one: "didn't I ask you not to get me started about the NOPD during katrina? didn't I?" And then this one, "This is total, unreconstructed bullshit, and the kind of toxic rumor that made the disaster immeasurably worse when it was going on. Christ almighty."
But stubborn I am. So I sent him the latest on the police killing and cover-up of unarmed civilians on the Danziger bridge and politely wrote, "If you could be so kind to help me out, would you mind calmly and briefly (15 sentences or less) telling me your thoughts on police behavior during and after the flood, and the criminal proceedings that have followed." Perhaps Dan is a sucker for uncharacteristic formality, but it worked. And that he did not stick to the length limit is but our gain.
I decided early in my Katrina reporting to believe nothing I didn't see with my own eyes. New Orleans, as I constantly told the New Yorker's fact-checkers, is not a fact-rich environment, and the bullshit that flies around that city is beyond belief.
What I saw of the police during the storm were heroic officers operating with no leadership or resources whatsoever. The cops I was with were protecting and serving under incredibly trying conditions, and doing so with professionalism and compassion. That they were cut adrift from any command or support was obvious; Eddie Compass (and Ray Nagin) were not only criminally incompetent, they made everything immeasurably worse by all their talk about babies being raped in the Superdome and roving bands of marauders.
I also saw no violence or predation whatsoever. Everyplace I was, people were taking care of each other with unbelievable tenderness. Even the gold-toothed young men in the Convention Center were bringing water to the old folks, protecting a play area for the toddlers, and so on. I never once saw a black man with a gun who was not in uniform. My editor kept asking me about the violence -- because he was listening to the reporters who were repeating the wild-ass assertions of the city's so-called leadership -- and I kept saying, "there is none." I saw looting, but what I saw was people going into supermarkets and drug stores to take what they needed. Invariably, the liquor shelves were completely intact. The French Quarter is full of stores full of valuable art and antiques and no burglar cages over the windows. They were untouched. (Yes, smash-and-grab artists tend to go after electronics, but still, a lot of very valuable stuff was left unmolested.)
I say all this because for the NOPD to say, "we had to do what we did because the city was in chaos" is patent bullshit and disgraces the majority of officers, who did their jobs without any support at all. There was no chaos. The structure of government disappeared, and the people behaved themselves admirably. The police abuses are prime examples of what Rebecca Solnit, in her excellent book, "A Paradise Built in Hell," calls "elite panic." Officials, cops especially, are terrified of mass chaos and therefore react to it whether it exists or not. On some level, it creeps them out that the people really don't need them at all. Left alone, they behave just fine.
We now are learning about some of the things bad cops did. And it's certainly true that a small number of civilians did bad things during Katrina. But the vast majority, cop and civilian alike, behaved exactly as we would hope they would.


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In my program if I want to access the struct fat member *dir_array or *file_array, given that this member are pointers to another struct how can I access this members from my main program? This is what I'm doing and it compiles:Code:struct dir { char name[3]; int root_dir; int has_children; int num_children; int offset_to_children[2]; int offset_to_files[16]; }; struct files { char name[5]; int size; int offset_to_beginning; int has_fragment; int next_fragment; }; struct fat { int files; int dirs; struct dir *dir_array; struct files *file_array; };
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The most important pieces of real estate on your car are those four small contact patches that grip the road--yeah, your tires. Those few square inches of rubber determine, well, just about everything. Tires harness the engine's power, allow the brakes to do their job and determine how successfully a car will go around a corner--whether it's pulling into a parking stall or screaming into a high-speed sweeper. Yes, tires carry an enormous burden. That thin strip of round and black is a complex assembly of cables and rubbers, molded into a highly engineered profile. It's then mounted onto a wheel and, of course, inflated with air to give it shape and definition. The manufacturers behind your vehicle, tires and wheels worked together to carefully engineer an optimum combination of grip, road feel, ride quality, noise control and tire wear.
Since we're Americans, a lot of us monkey around with all that hard work and buy new wheels and tires. Used to be that oversize tires were the earmark of a gearhead. Now you see housewives with 20s on their SUVs in every Wal-Mart parking lot. According to Matt Edmonds, TireRack's vice president of marketing, the plus-sizing market has doubled in the past 10 years as wheel and tire upgrades have migrated to the mainstream from enthusiasts.
The goal is to increase performance, right? Well, aftermarket tires and wheels can certainly help if you choose wisely. And our experience has proved that modesty is the best policy when it comes to wheels and tires bigger is not always better. There's a sizing sweet spot that provides better grip and those head-turning looks, too, without compromising your vehicle's original engineering. So let's get some basics down before you upgrade to new rolling stock.
Of Wheels and Men
The first wheels were probably made of wood, despite Fred Flintstone's granite-shod convertible. And automobiles used wooden carriage wheels for quite a while. Increased power and weight soon outstripped wood's capabilities, and wheels were upgraded to steel, either a hub-spoke-and-rim design or a stamped, welded dish. Lightweight steel-spoked wheels lingered until the '50s, especially on fussy little foreign sports cars. But American cars needed the stronger, heavier stamped and welded steel wheels.
Steel's weight penalty led racers and enthusiasts to explore magnesium--a metal as strong as aluminum, yet even lighter. Unfortunately, magnesium corrodes within hours unless it's painted or regularly polished. Worse, magnesium could catch fire in an accident. And taking a water hose to a burning magnesium wheel doesn't put out the fire--it simply makes it burn more intensely. Mag wheels were used largely on race cars because of these on-road liabilities. So, what some old-schoolers call "mag" wheels today are actually an aluminum alloy. Modern alloy wheels are almost always painted. Then there are some people out in California who like to chrome-plate that aluminum, thereby increasing sales of sunglasses in their neighborhood. You know who you are. Beyond aluminum, there are ultralightweight carbon-fiber wheels. In fact, wheel manufacturer Dymag sells carbon-fiber rims with magnesium centers. But trust me, you don't want to know what those cost. So, most wheel upgrades involve aluminum.
How Big?
There are two ways to increase the size of the tire's contact patch--make it longer or wider. A longer patch would require the tire's overall diameter to increase--which makes some sense on a 4wd truck. But increase the diameter of the tire on most passenger cars and you have problems. First, the tire hits stuff (like the fender). Second, because the radius of the overall tire is larger, the effective gearing gets taller, slowing down the engine at any given speed--and robbing your car of acceleration. Third, because of increased angular momentum--weight concentrated near the rim--the ABS calibration goes wacky. (You may not notice this one until you hammer the brakes coming up to some slippery corner and go sliding off into the hedge.) So, on street cars, we customarily go wider. The industry standard is to add an inch, say from a 7-in.-wide rim to an 8-in. That allows a wider tire to be mounted. That wider rim is usually an inch taller, say 17 in. rather than the original 16 in. Then we mount up a tire with a wider tread and a lower profile for better handling. Because of the lower profile, the overall diameter is pretty close to the original. That's called a Plus 1 upgrade because the wheel is 1 in. taller. Similarly, we can go even lower in profile with a Plus 2 (16- to 18-in. wheels) or Plus 3 (16- to 19-in.) upgrade on most vehicles without running into a problem. Usually.
Wretched Excess
As the aspect ratio of a tire drops (lower profile), a number of things change. The shorter sidewalls stabilize the tread, improving grip and enhancing road feel through the steering because they're stiffer and less compliant. That's good. But it's not all good: The contact patch becomes more square than oval. The increased width of the tire on the pavement makes the tire more prone to hydroplaning on wet roads. Even at modest speeds, it's possible for the rubber to ride on top of the water instead of plowing through the water to the pavement. This reduces grip to nearly zero, which is a Very Bad Thing. At the same time, ride quality suffers. One major downside to shorter sidewalls is an increase in wheel damage--those short sidewalls put the rim a lot closer to the potholes and curbs. The short, wide patch has more contact area on the road, but that's only if the wheel remains perpendicular (or nearly so) to the ground. The suspension's job has just gotten tougher. A taller, more compliant sidewall has an easier time keeping the contact patch on the ground. With a wider patch and more grip, the car rolls more, lifting the inner part of the tread off the pavement and suddenly reducing grip. So, without retuning the suspension, handling can actually suffer.
Many cars use a centering hub, a raised center section of the hub that mates with a matching recess in the wheel. It's intended to keep the wheel precisely centered on the hub, more precisely than by just tightening the lug bolts. Some wheels may not fit this hub properly, requiring the use of a spacer or even a different wheel. The new wheel has to have the correct offset to clear the suspension and brakes. If the rim is wider than stock, there may not be enough clearance to the ball joint or steering arm to permit half the extra width to go inside the wheel well. And adding inches to the outside upsets steering geometry and overstrains wheel bearings. And, oh yeah, it makes the tire sidewall rub the fender. Cars make plenty of good noises, like a throaty exhaust. But tire rub is not one of them. So take an integrated approach to upgrades--and measure everything twice.
We see mistakes on the road all the time. Don't get me started on that weird stuff on MTV. A giant SUV with chromed 22-in. wheels and 25-series tires might look fly, but I guarantee that truck doesn't work very well. The super-low-profile tires make it ride like, well, a truck. Or maybe like Fred's aforementioned convertible, which did have ultra-low-profile rollers. The rims won't survive most pothole-infested urban streets and the vehicle is nearly undriveable in the rain.
Imagine replacing the stock wheels on a Honda Civic with much larger ones. You'd spend a fair amount of money and effort retuning the chassis to take advantage of the extra rubber; the additional unsprung weight would simply overwork the factory springs and shocks. In addition, the extra mass concentrated in the rim and tire would require a disproportionate amount of power to accelerate. So, in essence, the Civic would be slower off the line--and slower in the corners. Quite an "upgrade," eh? Our advice: Purchase a proven wheel-and-tire combo specifically designed for your vehicle. Check places like tirerack.com for a myriad of options, or go to a shop that specializes in your kind of ride.
Parsing the Sidewall
What those numbers on the side of your tire mean.
|1. Prefix
P = Passenger car
T = Temporary spare
LT = Light truck
ST = Trailer
|2. Section width
That`s the overall width of the tire in millimeters when mounted on the correct width rim.
|3. Aspect ratio
This indicates the distance from the wheel-rim mounting surface to the outside of the tread. Aspect ratio is expressed as a proportion of the width instead of as an absolute number, so it's easier to compare the profiles of different-size tires. A 50-series tire is half as tall as wide, while a 70-series is 70 percent as tall as its width.
|4. Speed rating
Only the highest-rated tires, the Z-rated models, still label the speed rating inside the tire-size designation. On all other tires, it's found elsewhere on the sidewall.
|5. Construction
R = Radial-ply tire.
D = Refers to diagonal, or old-fashioned bias-ply tire, now used only on trucks and trailers.
|6. Size
The diameter of the rim in inches. If it seems odd to you to spec tire width in millimeters and diameter in inches, it does to me, too. A few special-purpose tires, like PAX system tires, use a metric designation for rim diameter.
Don't Get Rubbed the Wrong Way
Maintaining Aedquate Clearance
Plus Sizing
A 1-in.-larger rim diameter and 1-in.-wider rim width is a "Plus 1" size upgrade; in this case, the 16-in. rim below. Plus 2 and 3 are shown, slightly exaggerated, on the 17- and 18-in. wheels. Choose a tire that's close to stock height.


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J.R. Smith has won the NBA's Sixth Man of the Year award, a person with knowledge of the voting results told The Associated Press on Monday.
J.R. Smith has won the NBA's Sixth Man of the Year award, a person with knowledge of the voting results told The Associated Press on Monday.
The Knicks called an afternoon news conference at which Smith will be given the award, the person told the AP on condition of anonymity because no announcement has been made.
The eighth-year guard has averaged 18.1 points in 80 games, all off the bench. He had 29 games in which he scored 20 points as a reserve, tying him with the Clippers' Jamal Crawford for the NBA lead.
Smith helped the Knicks win the Atlantic Division title for the first time since 1994. New York is the No. 2 seed in the Eastern Conference and leads the Boston Celtics 1-0 in their first-round playoff series.
It's the second individual award in two years for the Knicks, following Tyson Chandler's Defensive Player of the Year honor last season.
Despite not making a start, Smith was one of the Knicks' most important players. He played more than 40 minutes seven times and was often their only scoring threat behind Carmelo Anthony.
Crawford seemed to be the favorite for most of the season before Smith overtook him with his strong play down the stretch. He had three straight 30-point games from March 26-29, the first time that was done by a reserve since Milwaukee's Ricky Pierce in 1990.


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