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The Accountable Care Coalition of Texas, Inc. has been accepted to participate as an Accountable Care Organization (ACO) in the Medicare Shared Savings Program. Our ACO is committed to meeting the three objectives set forth by the Federal government: improved care for individuals; improved health for populations; and, lower growth in expenditures.
Collaborative Health Systems (CHS) will support the ACO with services ranging from health information analytics to care coordination and administrative support.
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A complete guide to our ACO, including a checklist for participating providers and their staff.
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Because banks became weapons of mass economic destruction in the 2008 global financial crisis, post-crisis regulations sought to defang financial institutions through increased capital requirements.
Those measures greatly reduced their risk, but also lowered their financial performance.
Despite this, two portfolio managers at the boutique international value investment manager Causeway Capital Management are salvaging undervalued assets amid the wreckage in the bruised banking sector.
In a Causeway newsletter interview titled "The Banking Evolution," portfolio managers Conor Muldoon and Alessandro Valentini say they have increased the sector's weighting to 15% of their international and 10% of their global portfolios by purchasing shares of banks that have successfully shed capital-intensive assets and low-return business lines.
The two value managers explain their portfolio selection criteria, with Muldoon noting that "some of our favorite bank holdings have already raised sufficient capital and shed assets to meet the capital requirements of Basel III," though that regulatory standard does not take effect till 2019.
Market consolidation is another key criterion, with Valentini saying that "fully capitalized banks generally operate in markets where the competition has shrunk to a few key players. In the United Kingdom, for example, the vast majority of retail banking market share is held by only four banks."
That consolidation also advanced in the U.S. during the Lehman Brothers crisis when JPMorgan acquired Bear Stearns and Washington Mutual, Wells Fargo acquired Wachovia—"all at distressed prices," Muldoon says, noting that some of the largest U.S. banks are seeing returns on equity in the mid-teens, while much of the sector remains stuck in single digits.
Encouraging their optimism is the current cyclical low of U.S. and European interest rates, which implies a forthcoming boost in "net interest margin" when rates eventually rise.
That profitability advantage is not evident in Japanese banks where net interest margin remains under pressure; despite this, Muldoon says some of Japan's megabanks are attractive because they are trading at around book value and seeing loan growth.
In contrast, Australian and Canadian banks that have achieved both market concentration and financial strength are unattractive as investments because of their current high valuations. Nevertheless, Valentini says, they serve as models of institutions that have made the most of the current economic circumstances.
Check out Sallie Krawcheck: Beware of Bank Stocks on ThinkAdvisor.

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I step into the gloom of the darkened hallway. My eyes struggle to focus on the shadowy shapes and outlines before me after coming in from the bright sunshine outside. Its been a warm day for a change, one of those days when you just want to chill and relax in a park with your loved ones and forget all of life's woes.
Before my eyes have chance to adjust to the ambient light filtering through the chink in the curtains, my nose picks up the distinctive smell that permeates everything in this place. Its an all too familiar smell for me, the first time was almost twenty years ago, and it does,nt change. I carefully tread ever more slowly to find the source.
Through the kitchen I can see the outline of another door, and I notice the smell is getting stronger. Through the gloom I notice that everything seems tidy, in order with things where you would expect them to be. I pause at the door…knowing that on the other side I will find the reason for my being there, the reason for the smell, the reason neighbours have called for help after noticing a strange aroma emanating from next-door.
The door moves slowly open with the hinges protesting loudly against the silence all around. I step inside the room and again I struggle to make out anything solid within the darkness. All I can see are black, dark grey sillouettes beneath a beam of sunlight sneaking through the top of the curtains lighting up a million dust particles disturbed by my opening the door. Outlines begin to take on a familiar shape…a chair, the fireplace, a bookcase in the far corner and to my left…a settee.
It takes a few seconds for the image to make sense in the gloom….sat on the settee, upright, head held high, hands on his lap looking straight ahead. And very still. Very dead. I have found the source, his skin is mottled black and dark blue, his features swollen with the build up of gas from within his decaying body. He is at peace. He looks as if he will wake up if the curtains are suddenly thrown open or the light switched on. But I know he wont.
I call up on the radio for control to stand the crew down and to inform the police that we have a sudden death. Soon after, I hear the footsteps in the hallway and the crackle of a radio as a police officer joins me. Quickly I explain what I have found whilst waiting. Nothing suspicious so far, mail, letters, newspapers are piled up behind the front door…going back two weeks! No medications lying around to indicate any previous medical history. But why should there be…he is only 24.
The police officer reels back at the sight of his body and the smell which sticks to your clothes and nestles inside your nostrils. She goes outside and is sick in the garden. It is her first sudden death in these circumstances. It is not my first, and not my last unfortunately. Soon more police officers arrive and one by one I show them through to the young man and one by one they leave to find fresh air outside. I find myself having a one way conversation with the occupant. Apologising for the intrusion and asking about relatives, friends? Someone must have missed him?
He was last seen more than two weeks previously which would tie in with the post piled up behind his front door. A friend was located via a telephone number scribbled on a post it note stuck to the fridge door. He confirms that no-one has seen the young man for sometime, that he was fit and well and to his knowledge did not use drugs recreational or otherwise. He knows where the family live and will contact them. More footsteps in the hallway and a police inspector comes into the room as it needs to be certain that foul play can be ruled out.
Sometime, about two weeks ago, this young man had come home from work and sat down on his settee. He then died. And since then he had been waiting, on his own, in the dark with only the occasional phone ringing or the door bell disturbing the silence now and then. Sat there waiting…and waiting………and waiting………….for someone……me…..to find him. I step outside into the bright sunlight and breath clean air which seems better than it did an hour ago. I make a mental note to go to the park tomorrow.


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I read recently that black bears were expanding their range in Alabama. Our resident population is mostly down in Washington and Mobile counties. Folks who have seen them tell me they're scrawny critters that look anything but ferocious.
I read recently that black bears were expanding their range in Alabama. Our resident population is mostly down in Washington and Mobile counties. Folks who have seen them tell me they're scrawny critters that look anything but ferocious.
A fellow outdoors writer form North Carolina that I duck hunted with last year tells me that bear hunting is all the rage in his state now. I told him our bear population had remained fairly static. He assured me that it would grow and that bear hunting would eventually become a popular sport here, too.
They were saying the same thing about 40 years ago. Whether the bear was real or not, and I imagine it was, it ruined my long-planned squirrel hunting camping trip.
My father told me about his father taking him and another boy on a squirrel hunting/camping trip in a northwest Florida river swamp. My father managed to bag a couple of young squirrels with his little Harrington and Richardson 28-gauge single shot, and my grandfather cooked them over an open fire. My father talked about the special barbecue sauce his father slathered on the tender young squirrels, and I thought he was going to lick his fingers to see if the taste still lingered 50 years later.
Of course, when someone draws such an idyllic image with words, it has a powerful influence on a 13-year-old boy. I had to experience a camping squirrel hunt and eat squirrel roasted over an open fire covered in a special barbecue sauce.
My father at some point must have realized he'd made a terrible mistake by telling me the story. Let's forget for a moment that he'd never once cooked a squirrel over open flames and that he didn't know his father's recipe for that barbecue sauce. Honestly, I don't see how someone could allow the secret for something so savory to be lost to time, but he did.
When I began begging for a camping trip that I would tell my son about decades later, I'm sure it conjured up a different image in my father's mind. I imagine he could see us chewing on a rubbery 3-year-old boar squirrel coated in Kraft barbecue sauce and pretending that it was good. And after the meal was done, he could envision reclining his 63-year-old bones on the hard ground for an evening without rest.
For those who aren't old enough to remember, it's hard to image the technological advancements in camping equipment that have developed in the last 40 years. A lot of thought has been put into helping people achieve some level of comfort under primitive conditions. Basic things such as clothing, coolers, tents and sleeping bags are evolutionary leaps beyond where they were in the '70s, and more people have these modern marvels.
My father knew how ill-equipped we were to spend a night under the stars. But he eventually gave in to my harassment and let me invite a childhood friend to go with us. He got a pup tent for us and came up with an ingenious idea for himself. He'd put a cot in the back of his pickup and rig up a covering with a canvas tarp.
The weekend after squirrel season opened we departed from Demopolis on a Friday afternoon in my father's 1963 GMC loaded with a hodgepodge of improvised camping gear, some from our house, some borrowed from the friend who accompanied us. It was a perfect day for squirrel hunting, clear and still with the leaves turning bright shades of orange, red and yellow along with the muted greens and browns.
As we were headed up May Hill on the road between Coatopa and Belmont in Sumter County — so named by the locals because it was so steep that in an old Model T Ford, you "may make it and you may not" — my father remembered he had something important to tell us.
"Dewey Marchand says he saw a bear over here while he was logging," my father said nonchalantly. "If you see it, just leave it alone and don't shoot it or anything."
Growing up in northwest Florida, my father knew that large animals such as bears and alligators were largely harmless if left alone. It's hard to convince 13-year-old boys of that when television shows and movies depict them as vicious man-eaters. My friend and I never exchanged a word, but we were both thinking the same thing.
When we arrived at the woods, my father took my friend one way and I went into the beautiful, open hardwood swamp that we knew was loaded with squirrels. It was a perfect afternoon. And every noise and movement made my heart jump into my throat. I tried watching for squirrels, but I kept scanning the woods for the bear. I was sure at this point that it was stalking me.
Visions of fire-roasted squirrel smothered in barbecue sauce gave way to pure survival instincts. Yes, I was carrying a 16-gauge shotgun loaded with high velocity No. 6 shot. But I was sure that it wouldn't stop a charging bear bent on sinking its teeth into my throat and ripping my limbs off with its claws.
I went back to the truck an hour earlier than normal and waited for my father to arrive. I hoped he would arrive before it got dark. He did, and he was surprised that both my friend and I wanted to leave so early. I was grateful that he had decided to set up camp on a hill far from the swamp where the bear was lurking.
My father had the good sense to be prepared in case we got skunked. Or perhaps he had hoped to convince us all along to cook the hamburger meat he brought with him and leave the squirrel for out housekeeper, Nonie, to cook. Regardless, the hamburgers were delicious and we ate s'mores afterward.
A front blew in, but the tent kept the light rain off of us. My father's contraption didn't work so well. He didn't have as much headroom as he'd anticipated. Sometime in the night, he got painful leg cramps and got all tangled up in the tarp when he leapt to his feet.
The next morning was clear and cool but windy. That was a deal-breaker for squirrel hunting. We gave it a shot but never saw a squirrel. I was even more dejected when my father told me that he'd turned down what was likely a really good dove shoot invitation to go on our camping squirrel hunt.
I think both my friend and I confessed that day to my father that we had been too scared to hunt. If not, we confessed later. He was completely disgusted with us that we would be afraid of a scrawny, little, garbage-and-berry eating Alabama bear. Of course, that's not what we were afraid of. We were afraid of a ferocious, man-eating bear. It's just that "bear" meant something different to him than it did to us.
Was the bear really there? A lot of the hunters on our club scoffed at the possibility. But while rabbit hunting the following February, a friend and I found a track in a logging road that appeared to have been made by a bear's front paw. Not being a professional tracker, I was never sure.
To this day, I haven't seen a bear in the wild. I can't say that I'm sorry either.


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In his never-ending search for amazing facts, Jake Roper of VSauce3 can't seem to keep his consoles together. First the Dreamcast, and now the Xbox One is stripped down to nothing in stop-motion, revealing juicy tidbits about Microsoft's latest console along the way.
As you watch the video, keep in mind that the Xbox One and Kinect in this video could not be put back together again. That's right, you are watching a console snuff film.


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The other day, my mom showed me a lovely cocktail dress that she really coveted from retail store Laura. She sighed and said, "If only I had a place to wear such a nice dress."
I felt her pain. She is retired and so there are no more office Christmas events to get all gussied up for. Family offers little too. Our family doesn't merge with the extended relatives anymore over the holidays, so Christmas these years is at my home and well... OK with three kids, subdued is not the right word, but you get what I mean.
I suddenly had a GREAT idea. What if we really pushed the boat out this year? What if we all bought lovely Christmas outfits and went OUT for Christmas dinner. Yeah!!! We could book at one of the gorgeous hotels for their dinner packages. Have a lovely formal family dinner.
It would be lovely. I imagined my kids Caitlyn and Tara in beautiful velvet frocks and Adam wearing a little suit with Husband looking his formal best. How fun this would be for our little family I thought. Not to mention getting out of cooking and dishes for Christmas!
For one year, we could at least FAKE a Martha Stewart Christmas. For one year, we could ignore our dog and cat stained house and embrace the glitter and magic of Christmas like it is on television.
Then I remembered; I remembered that very morning when we went for a treat... breakfast at McDonalds with Tara. We couldn't even rise up to the civility of fast food as Tara's McMuffin ended up mostly on the floor.
My children are savages. Eating out with them is like asking chimpanzees to tea. It can be HORRIFYING. We spend more time apologizing to waiters and surrounding customers who have had the misfortune of watching Tara eat while the others bicker.
Caitlyn loves to dress up but at the same time, with her wild hair, attracts dirt from every direction, and subsequently lives with permanent dirt smudges across her pretty face. On some days I wait for Child Services to show up asking why I neglect my kids. As I type, Tara -- the three-year-old -- has four shirts pulled on as dresses and tops. No pants though.
We are not a formal family. Mom and I have always dreamed "above our station," as the old British saying goes, but who are we kidding. Christmas now means ignoring the dirt and chaos and focusing on the wine and sparkly lights.
This year will no doubt be a repeat of dinner in pajamas, sick dogs and overstimulated children. Dreams of velvet dresses will have to stay that way till perhaps the kids are grown up -- then they can join us for dinner at the retirement home and wipe the dirt of my face.


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ROCHESTER — New Hampshire Employment Security released its unemployment rates for counties, cities and towns at the end of last week, and while the picture is generally one of slow improvement since the start of the year, the unadjusted rates are still running higher than a year ago.
This is because, while the number of employed people across the state has scarcely changed in the 12-month period, the labor force has grown by over 2,000 people. It currently stands at 742,140, of whom 44,460 are out of work. The unadjusted March jobless for New Hampshire is 6.0 percent, compared to 5.7 percent in March 2012
In March, the unadjusted jobless rate for the United States was 7.6 percent. In New England, Massachusetts posted 6.8 percent, Connecticut was at 8.2 and Maine at 7.6 percent, Rhode Island was at 9.5 percent, and Vermont recorded a jobless rate of 4.6 percent.
New Hampshire ranks 13th lowest in the states' jobless rate table, while Vermont is in third best spot, jointly, with South Dakota. Nebraska and North Dakota head the table, with jobless rates of 3.9 percent. As has rarely happened in the past four years, no state recorded a March jobless rate in double digits.
County, town and city rates
The counties of southeastern New Hampshire recorded the following unadjusted jobless rates in March 2013: Belknap, Carroll and Rockingham counties all posted rates of 6.3 percent and Strafford County stood at 5.9 percent.The communities in the Rochester Times/Foster's Daily Democrat area posted March jobless rates as follows: Alton — 5.6 ; Barrington — 5.7; Brookfield — 5.1; Dover — 4.5; Durham — 6.5; Epping — 6.4; Exeter — 5.4; Farmington — 8.1; Greenland — 4.9; Hampton — 6.9; Hampton Falls — 7.6; Kingston — 7.6; Lee — 4.5; Madbury — 4.7; Middleton — 7.1; Milton — 6.9; New Castle — 3.8; New Durham — 7.6; Newington — 5.2; Newmarket — 4.5; North Hampton — 5.7; Northwood — 5.6; Nottingham — 5.4; Ossipee — 8.2; Portsmouth — 4.6; Raymond — 7.1; Rochester — 6.5; Rollinsford — 6.2; Rye — 5.5; Seabrook — 9.0; Somersworth — 6.3; Strafford — 4.9; Wakefield — 7.2; and Wolfeboro — 6.3 percent.
U-6 rates
All the unemployment rates listed above are the officials U-3 measures.
Every three months the Bureau of Labor Statistics releases New Hampshire's U-6 unemployment rate, bureaucratically called the U-6 "alternative measure of labor underutilization." It is an average of the last four quarters, and in the latest instance, this runs from April 1, 2012 through March 31, 2013. While the official NH average jobless rate (the U-3 rate) for this 12-month period was 5.8 percent, the U-6 rate was 11.5 percent. The U-6 rate takes into account so called discouraged workers (who have looked for a job in the past year, but not in the past month) and the thousands of people who are only working part-time "for economic reasons," but want to find a full-time job.
The new NH U-6 rate of 11.5 percent compares unfavorably to the 11.2 percent for the whole of 2012.
The United States' latest U-6 unemployment rate is 14.5 percent, which is a slight improvement over the 14.7 percent for the whole of 2012.


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Georgia on My Mind
Rick Hess has written recently about education policy in the republic of Georgia, describing it as "guaranteed to bring smiles to my friends at the Cato Institute." Hess characterizes it as a "market‐driven system," and "a seemingly elegant market design," that has been undermined by a lack of autonomy for schools, "incoherent governance," and "the reluctance of state officials to keep their hands off the schools."
Can't say that this description has me cracking open the bubbly. To the problems Hess has already identified, we could add the fact that there is a national curriculum that even the nation's voucherized schools must apparently use as the basis for their plan of instruction. The secondary system is also compromised by a central government test suite that determines admission to the nation's universities. These tests, apparently having little to do with the national curriculum, have led to mass absenteeism among 11th and 12th graders — who cut most of their classes to study for them. The state also seems to require students to take 12 years of schooling before being eligible to enter college, even if they could (and wish to) pass the admissions test earlier.
We could also add to this the fact that a shadowy government agency can and does fire principles from supposedly autonomous voucher‐funded schools. Even if it randomly selected the schools to be inspected and applied academic criteria in its decisions, such an agency would not be part of any "elegant market design." As it happens, though, it does not use academic criteria in deciding whom to fire. According to a Georgian report Hess refers to, a principal could be fired for having playground trees that "are not balanced properly." [So now we know what Adrian Monk is doing after his show wrapped.…]
Georgia, it seems to me, has not yet taken a genuinely laissez‐faire approach to education, but I wish them well and hope that they will eventually manage to ensure that all families have access to an unfettered education marketplace.
NB: Ray Charles' interpretations of "Georgia on My Mind" are wonderful, but consider giving one of Jay McShann's a listen if you're into that sort of thing.


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SPECLANG 75: Greek Culture, Ideals, and Themes
Introduction to Greek culture and its global influence in a social historical context, through images from its past and institutions in contemporary Greek society. Limited enrollment.
Last offered: Spring 2014 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, GER:EC-GlobalCom | Repeatable for credit
SPECLANG 198Q: Modern Greece in Film and Literature
Preference to sophomores. Cultural and literary highlights. Filmmakers include Kakoyannis, Dassen, Boulmetis, Angelopoulos, and Scorsese; readings from Eugenides, Gage, Kavafis, Kazantzakis, Samarakis, Seferis, and Elytis.
Last offered: Autumn 2016 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, GER:EC-GlobalCom
STS 200S: Introduction to Philosophy of Science (HPS 60, PHIL 60)
This course introduces students to tools for the philosophical analysis of science. We will cover issues in observation, experiment, and reasoning, questions about the aims of science, scientific change, and the relations between science and values. STS majors cannot take STS 200S if they have previously taken PHIL 60. Priority is given to STS seniors.
Terms: Aut | Units: 5 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-A-II
Instructors: Longino, H. (PI) ; McDougal, A. (TA) ; Zweber, A. (TA)
2019-2020 Autumn
5 units |
UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-A-II |
Class #
Section 01 |
Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit |
| Students enrolled: 15
09/23/2019 - 12/06/2019 Mon, Wed 10:30 AM - 11:50 AM at 200-030 with Longino, H. (PI); McDougal, A. (TA); Zweber, A. (TA)
Exam Date/Time: 2019-12-09 3:30pm - 6:30pm (Exam Schedule)
Instructors: Longino, H. (PI); McDougal, A. (TA); Zweber, A. (TA)
UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-A-II |
Class #
Section 02 |
Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit |
| Students enrolled: 11 / 15
09/23/2019 - 12/06/2019 Fri 11:30 AM - 12:20 PM at 260-001 with Zweber, A. (TA)
Instructors: Zweber, A. (TA)
TAPS 1: Introduction to Theater and Performance Studies
TAPS 1 provides you with a solid foundation in Theater Studies and traces the development of the burgeoning field of Performance Studies. We will consider a range of canonical plays and emerging performance forms, and explore how performance can also function as an interpretive framework for analyzing a broad range of social behaviors, sites, and institutions. Through a series of close readings, discussions, written and practical exercises, and viewings of live performance, this course will help you achieve a richer understanding of the performances you see and the performances you may wish to make. This quarter, TAPS 1 will serve as the platform for the Theater & Performance Studies professionalization series. We will host several guest speakers (directors, actors, playwrights, and dance practitioners), who will give you some real connections in the theater world and will provide you with information and skills to help you build a career in the arts.
Terms: Spr | Units: 4 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-A-II
Instructors: Robinson, A. (PI) ; Conley, D. (TA)
2019-2020 Spring
4 units |
UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-A-II |
Class #
Section 01 |
Grading: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory Exception |
| Students enrolled: 29 / 40
03/30/2020 - 06/03/2020 Mon, Wed 1:30 PM - 3:20 PM at Littlefield 107 with Robinson, A. (PI); Conley, D. (TA)
Instructors: Robinson, A. (PI); Conley, D. (TA)
TAPS 11N: Dramatic Tensions: Theater and the Marketplace
Preference to freshmen. The current state of the American theater and its artists. Conventional wisdom says that theater is a dying art, and a lost cause, especially in an age of multi-media entertainment. But there are more young playwrights, actors, and directors entering the field today than at any other time in American history. Focus is on the work of today's theater artists, with an emphasis on an emerging generation of playwrights. Students read a cross-section of plays from writers currently working in the US and UK, covering a spectrum of subjects and styles from serious to comic, from the musical to the straight play. Hits and misses from recent seasons of the New York and London stages and some of the differences of artistic taste across the Atlantic. Hands-on exploration of the arts and skills necessary to make a play succeed. Students develop their own areas of interest, in guided projects in design, direction or performance. Conversations with playwrights, designers ,and directors. Labs and master classes to solve problems posed in areas of creative production. Class meets literary managers and producers who are on the frontlines of underwriting new talent. Class trips include two plays at major Bay Area Stages.
Terms: Aut | Units: 3 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-A-II
Instructors: Freed, A. (PI)
2019-2020 Autumn
3 units |
UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-A-II |
Class #
Section 01 |
Grading: Letter (ABCD/NP) |
| Students enrolled: 10 / 16
09/23/2019 - 12/06/2019 Mon, Wed 1:30 PM - 3:20 PM at Memaud126 with Freed, A. (PI)
Instructors: Freed, A. (PI)
Notes: Introductory Seminar. Preference to first-year students; sophomores admitted if space available. Advance sign-up process and deadlines at http://introsems.stanford.edu.
TAPS 12N: To Die For: Antigone and Political Dissent (CLASSICS 17N)
(Formerly CLASSGEN 6N.) Preference to freshmen. Tensions inherent in the democracy of ancient Athens; how the character of Antigone emerges in later drama, film, and political thought as a figure of resistance against illegitimate authority; and her relevance to contemporary struggles for women's and workers' rights and national liberation. Readings and screenings include versions of Antigone by Sophocles, Anouilh, Brecht, Fugard/Kani/Ntshona, Paulin, Glowacki, Gurney, and von Trotta.
Terms: Aut | Units: 3 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, GER:EC-Gender, WAY-ED, WAY-ER
Instructors: Rehm, R. (PI)
2019-2020 Autumn
3 units |
UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, GER:EC-Gender, WAY-ED, WAY-ER |
Class #
Section 01 |
Grading: Letter (ABCD/NP) |
| Students enrolled: 10 / 16
09/23/2019 - 12/06/2019 Tue, Thu 1:30 PM - 2:50 PM at Memaud125 with Rehm, R. (PI)
Instructors: Rehm, R. (PI)
Notes: Introductory Seminar. Preference to first-year students; sophomores admitted if space available. Advance sign-up process and deadlines at http://introsems.stanford.edu.
TAPS 151C: Hamlet and the Critics (ENGLISH 115C, ENGLISH 215C, TAPS 251C)
Focus is on Shakespeare's Hamlet as a site of rich critical controversy from the eighteenth century to the present. Aim is to read, discuss, and evaluate different approaches to the play, from biographical, theatrical, and psychological to formalist, materialist, feminist, new historicist, and, most recently, quantitative. The ambition is to see whether there can be great literature without (a) great (deal of) criticism. The challenge is to understand the theory of literature through the study of its criticism.
Last offered: Winter 2019 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-A-II
TAPS 151T: Global Great Books: Dramatic Dialogues (TAPS 351)
The most influential and enduring texts in the dramatic canon from Sophocles to Shakespeare, Chekhov to Soyinka. Their historical and geopolitical contexts. Questions about the power dynamics involved in the formation of canons. This course counts as a Writing in the Major course for TAPS in 2016-17.
Last offered: Spring 2019 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-A-II
TAPS 160: Performance and History: Rethinking the Ballerina (FEMGEN 160, TAPS 260)
The ballerina occupies a unique place in popular imagination as an object of over-determined femininity as well as an emblem of extreme physical accomplishment for the female dancer. This seminar is designed as an investigation into histories of the ballerina as an iconographic symbol and cultural reference point for challenges to political and gender ideals. Through readings, videos, discussions and viewings of live performances this class investigates pivotal works, artists and eras in the global histories of ballet from its origins as a symbol of patronage and power in the 15th century through to its radical experiments as a site of cultural obedience and disobedience in the 20th and 21st centuries.
Last offered: Winter 2017 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, GER:EC-Gender, WAY-A-II, WAY-ED
TAPS 162I: The Idea of a Theater
Examines the idea of a theater from the religious street theater of Medieval York, though Shakespeare's Globe, and onto the mental theater of the Romantic reader and the alienation effects of Brecht's radical playhouse in the 20th cent
Last offered: Winter 2013 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum
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I have a few postcards in my collection that claim to depict a view at night. But close examination of the supposed nighttime view almost always shows much brighter detail than would have been visible if the view had been originally photographed after the sun had set. So, there must be a different way to depict a night scene than starting with an original photograph that had actually been taken after dark. What I discovered is that at least some — and probably most if not all — of pre-photochrome night time postcards really show a daytime view that has been altered to make it appear to be a nighttime scene! I have chosen two linen-era[1] postcards to demonstrate my thesis. Shown below is "AUDITORIUM AND CONVENTION HALL BY NIGHT, ATLANTIC CITY, N. J. — 5".[2]
The eye is immediately drawn to the spectacular shafts of colored light emanating from spotlights mounted atop the front facade of the auditorium: Three yellow spotlights, two red and two blue lights, and one central purple spotlight. The windows of the auditorium and the surrounding buildings are aglow with yellow light, and a large sign on the right side of the auditorium proclaims GOLF in bright red letters, apparently illuminated from within. The right side of the auditorium is adorned with ten flags: A United States flag at each corner, with varicolored pennant flags in between. The beach in front of the auditorium is dotted with people, right up to the seashore, and a multitude of people are wading and swimming in the ocean, enjoying the waves and water. A not implausible scene, taken as a whole, but, on reflection, the beach — and especially the water — would most likely be almost bereft of people after dark, even at such a popular vacation spot as Atlantic City, New Jersey. Still, in lieu of evidence to the contrary, we can hypothesize that this postcard view of the auditorium truly is based on a photograph that was taken at night.
Now consider the above postcard. Obverse top caption: "9 ATLANTIC CITY AUDITORIUM AND CONVENTION HALL, ATLANTIC CITY, N.. J." Obverse bottom caption: "LARGEST CONVENTION HALL IN THE WORLD, SEATING CAPACITY 40,000, BALL ROOM 5,000"
Close examination reveals that both this daytime view as well as the nighttime view are based on the same photographic original! Note especially the identical pattern of the breaking waves as they approach the shore. The most telling piece of evidence, however, is that the distribution of people both on the beach and in the water is exactly the same in both the daytime and nighttime postcard views!
There are some minor differences between the two postcards. The GOLF sign lighted in red in the night view is completely absent in the day view, and the day view shows the American flag flying at the top of each of the ten flagpoles along the right side of the auditorium, whereas the night view has pennant flags in the second through ninth positions. How can this be? Most of us are familiar with the magic that can be accomplished with PhotoShop and other software programs that can be used to alter a digital photograph in ways both major and minor. Well, the photographers and printers of years gone by had similar techniques at their disposal, albeit in analog form. The GOLF sign actually existed in the day view; it has simply been removed to better show off the architectural lines of the auditorium. In the day view, a very close examination of the portion of the side of the auditorium that was obstructed by the GOLF sign shows a slightly lighter building color with the same outline as the GOLF sign.
As for the flags, it is probable that the original photograph upon which both views are based showed flags atop the flagpoles, but it is highly unlikely that all of the flags would have been flying straight out at the moment the photo was taken. Thus, all of the flags in both the day view and the night view almost certainly have been manually added. American flags are more impressive in the day view, and the replacement of eight of the American flags with pennants gives the night view more splashes of color. It is also possible that the auditorium had no flags at all, and that the flags – flagpoles and all – were added to the postcard view to supply more visual interest. One would have to reference contemporary real photo images of the auditorium to verify. Keep in mind that until the advent of the photochrome postcard, all view postcards were either printed in black and white, or black and white that was colorized. The selection and placement of color was under the complete control of the printer, as was the design, even when the design was based on a photographic original. I intend to explore the altering of postcard images in an upcoming post. Suffice it to say for now, when it comes to a postcard view, you can't always believe what you see!
Some postcards are more amenable to a nighttime version than others. Postcards that lend themselves to a night view are ones that would typically have light or illuminated elements after dark. Postcards that depict a skyline or an areal (sometimes called a bird's eye) view can show all of the windows in the buildings lit up in the night version. Views of ships often work well in an "at night" version, since they were often equipped with one or more searchlights, to which the color artist would add a shaft of white light. Too, light would be shown emanating from each of the windows or portholes of the ship. Postcard views of lighthouses also lend themselves well to both nighttime and daytime editions.
Just one more observation concerning vintage postcard night views. Many of the night scenes that do not have an obvious terrestrial light source (and even some that do) will show a full moon in the sky, which would lead the viewer of the postcard to assume that the light of the full moon was the light source for the night scene. Nope! The postcard was almost certainly based on a photograph that had been taken in bright sunlight, with the sky that had been colored light blue in the daytime view version of the postcard replaced with a dark blue-black color for the nighttime version. Then, the creation of a full moon was one of the easiest tricks up the postcard color artist's metaphorical sleeve: Simply leave a circular area in the dark sky without any color! A full moon in the night sky on an older view postcard is almost a dead giveaway that the view is really a daytime view that has been turned into a faux night view.
To the best of my knowledge, the Atlantic City Auditorium is the only day-and-night matched set in my collection, but I do own one half of two other sets.
I have the daytime version of "New Flyer of the Lakes, Steamer Put-in-Bay, Detroit Put-in-Bay Sandusky" (a Lake Erie steamer):
Its nighttime counterpart is listed on eBay as "Antique POSTCARD "New Flyer of the Lakes" Ship, Detroit". This eBay seller uses photo hosting by Auctiva, so you can click on the front image in the item description to see an enlarged view. Close examination of the night view will show that it is merely the day view printed with a different palette of colors. Note especially that the wave pattern is identical in both printings. A shaft of white has been added to the searchlight anchored above the captain's bridge, the windows of the ship have been printed with yellow ink, and the nearly obligatory full moon has been added to the sky.
Here is the nighttime version of "Birds Eye View of Albany N. Y.":
Its daytime counterpart, titled Lower Portion of Albany, New York 1910, is posted in the "Albany, New York Postcards & Old Photos" area of familyoldphotos.com. Note that the designer-printer of the night version has not only drawn in a full moon, but also has drawn a star-studded sky over the skyline of Albany. It may be hard to see in the image provided above, but the stars have been drawn with points, just like the star that tops a Christmas tree! Also, the artist must have known at least a little about constellations, since there is a star pattern on the right that approximates the Big Dipper (Ursa Major). Also, the star cluster located beneath the full moon could be a representation of the Pleiades ("The Seven Sisters"). Although I'm sure that the artist was striving for an overall pleasing effect that would sell more postcards rather than for astronomical accuracy, whether by accident or design, the star cluster is drawn showing six stars, the seventh star being much fainter than the other six when viewing the Pleiades with the naked eye.
With a bit of patience and diligent searching, a postcard collector could acquire a number of day-and-night matched sets such as the above examples, which would make an unusual and informative display at a local library, museum or postcard show. Also, such a collection could form the basis for an interesting lecture presentation at a postcard club meeting. I would like to know of other day-and-night matched sets that you may find!
So, what is the difference between night and day? When it comes to vintage postcards, the only difference is the color of the ink! However, when it comes to music, perhaps this composition by Indiana's own Cole Porter explains the difference (note the faux full moon backdrop in the final video footage of this YouTube video):
As we close this exploration of night and day scenes on old postcards, if we have gained a little knowledge, we can truly proclaim, "I'm beginning to see the light!" Or, we can sing along with Ella Fitzgerald (with Duke Ellington and his orchestra):
This post is being submitted to the Festival of Postcards, coordinated by Evelyn Yvonne Theriault, since the theme of this Festival (7th Edition) is "Light." Please do view the dazzling array of entries at A Festival of Postcards (7th Ed.) – Light | A Canadian Family!
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- ^ Both of these linen era postcards are unused, so cannot be dated using a postmark date, but the daytime view is printed by Curt Teich and Company, Chicago, Illinois, and so can be dated to 1933 by the postcard number 3A-H1235. The "3A" indicates the 3 year of the 1930s. I have not found a way to date the unused nighttime postcard, published by the E. C. Kropp Company, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, based on identification marks on the card (31465 at the top middle area of the address side of the reverse and EJY at the bottom of the dividing line text on the reverse), but if anyone knows of a guide to dating E. C. Kropp postcards, please let me know. In any case, the fact that the nighttime card has a linen finish (on both sides) and has explanatory text on the reverse is consistent with a printing date in the mid-to-late 1930s, roughly contemporaneous with the daytime card.
- ^ The reverse of the card has further commentary: "The Convention Hall, possibly the largest in the world, covers seven acres of ground and can seat the entire permanent population of Atlantic City at one time, with room to spare. The main Auditorium is used for exhibition purposes, ice-skating carnivals, and even made into a full-sized football field."


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For the next two days Michael John Neill, author of Casefile Clues, is offering a discount on all his recorded webinars. They are reasonably priced at $2.50 to $8.50 each for the download and handout, but with the discount they are one of the best bargains in genealogy. You can see his list of over 30 recorded presentations here:
Use coupon code "sixty" at check out to reduce your order by 60% through midnight 7 February 2013. Once you check out you can download the presentation immediately and view it as many times as you like. The presentations are WMV files and come with a PDF handout. To "test" the media file and see if your computer can play it, download the second "Brick Wall from A to Z" webinar here for free.
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I was being a bit too efficient in my work, so I figured I'd screw it all up by putting it back on /ignore for some time. After all, reading blog post after blog post about how random PuGs will show up with grey bows, drag you through mud, smack you around and ruin your self esteem, I was getting antsy. I haven't had some good drama in ages and there's nothing like strangers making me cry to wake me up after spending hours sorting through and answering pages of school-related emails.
I have run a few random dungeons already, but I've always been under the warm, fuzzy security blanket provided by my caring guildies. This time I was flying with my own wings. I excitedly queued up. I barely had time to close the tool that a "your group is ready!" message pops up. OMG OMG OMG! I hope that they're mean and I hope they suck!
The group greets each other with some hi!s. Not starting off well for a mean group. I mouse over my PuGmates. Oh look, the druid tank has the Starcaller title. Oh look, so does the ret pally. And the rogue has the Undying title.
15 minutes of not having to heal anyone later, they're warmly thanking each other as we receive our frost emblems.
So much for a mean, sucky group.
I still had loads of time to procrastinate, so I queued up again. This time it took me a little longer. 3 whole minutes of my time wasted as I browsed the Auction House for something to do.
Utgard Pinnacle!
I'm teleported inside the instance and I'm….alone.
Me: Um, where is everyone?
Tank: We're on the last boss, hang on, we'll summon you.
Two minutes later, I finally got the King's Bane achievement I had missed every other run, received some triumph badges and made off with some gold.
No matter how hard I tried, the worst I could find were the one-night-stand PuGs where everyone goes matter-of-factly about their business and doesn't make you breakfast the next day. Oh, there was this one tank who quit after needing a ring off of Maiden of Grief in Halls of Stone. That was annoying. The 3 seconds it took to replace him were excruciatingly long.
Next instance, Gundrak!
Someone says something about my GS. Embarrassing amounts of cooing follow. Oh finally!, I think, A potentially sucky group!
The tank held aggro.
Stuff died at a decent pace.
The dps didn't stand in crap.
And the entire time, they're singing my praise, complimenting my heals, stroking my epeen with both hands. Seriously. It was awkward as heck. I don't know how to respond to strangers being overly nice to me. What happened to these nasty, ruthless PuGs?
So apparently, RDF an' I are best kind. Gonna have a time on George and everything. And I just have to rub in your faces. I'm the luckiest pugger ever. (But I am missing out on that authentic, homemade PuGing experience.)
EDIT: I just got the Make It Count achievement. With a PuG. I've never even been able to get that with guildies.
On completely different and happily festive note
Gnomeaggedon came up with an idea to have some WoW Blogger Kris Kringle/Christmas blogging fun over the holidays, Secret Santa style. Going by who's signed up so far, it's bound to be quite a time. The more, the merrier so everyone head over to the thread on Blog Azeroth and join in on the festivities!


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Apple looks set to announce the 17in MacBook Pro next week, timing the launch to coincide with the Las Vegas-hosted National Association of Broadcasters convention, a gathering of professional users the company has long pitched its big-screen PowerBook G4 notebooks to.
Past reports had pointed to a June debut for the the 17in MacBook Pro, but reports on Think Secret and AppleInsider separately suggest the announcement will come much sooner, possibly as early as Sunday, 23 April.
The 17in model will sport the same internals as the current 15in MacBook Pro, though possibly with the 2.16GHz Core Duo T2600 as standard rather than as a build-to-order option as it is with the 15in model. Intel is expected to ship a 2.33GHz T2700 this quarter, and that too may be part of the 17in line-up, either as a standard offering or a BTO option. ®
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Hurricane Katrina delayed my bar results, destroyed my house and changed my plans. It's hard to believe that 5 years have gone by, and it's been about that long since I've looked at these pictures. They were taken in the months after the storm, when I was starting Smiley Law Group and getting back on track.
A lot of our family, friends and colleagues have had a very difficult half-decade. Hurricane Katrina's effects are fading, but they aren't gone. Just from my own personal experience in the legal profession, I can see the storm's impact lingering as the subject of on-going litigation.
The city is, however, making it along. And I feel quite lucky to have a great staff, great clients and great family and friends, who without which, Smiley Law Group could not be the success it is today. Thanks to all of you.
Click on any photo in the main window to see description. For great professional photos, see this story from Boston.com.


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While Riot Games' League of Legends is speeding towards a September release, the company still craves your testing acumen, and isn't above bribing you with exclusive Champion skins.
League of Legends is an online persistent massively-multiplayer real-time strategy title, and Riot Games wants to make sure they don't flip the switch in September only to have the servers explode. To that extent, they need you, the player, to sign up for the closed beta so then can make sure the game can carry your weight. Testers who've been participating prior to last month are getting character name credit in the game itself, and while you might be too late for that benefit, an exclusive beta tester-only Champion skin can be yours should you make it in.
"By expanding the pool of beta users we strive to support the strong community following itching to jump right into the game," Brandon Beck, co-founder and CEO, Riot Games, said. "We truly value the input and early support our community has provided, so it's only fair that they get credit and rewarded for helping to mold the game!"
See? Rewards! Head over to the game's official site to sign up for rewards.


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Hieromartyr Sadoc (Sadoth), Bishop of Persia, and 128 Martyrs with him
Hieromartyr Sadoc was the hierarch of a Persian district. When the Persian emperor Sapor learned that Sadoc was preaching faith in Christ, he gave orders to arrest and imprison him together with 128 Christian believers. For several months they attempted to persuade the righteous martyrs to repudiate the holy Faith, but unable to accomplish this, they executed them.


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May 2012 CTMH Spotlight Blog Hop – Metal AccessoriesPosted in Blog Hops, Scrapbook Pages on 05/15/2012 01:00 am by Wendy
Welcome to the May 2012 Close to My Heart Spotlight Blog Hop! This month we are Metal Accessories. Close to My Heart has quite the variety. Check out all the metal embellishments on page 127 (p.129 if you are looking at the online book) of the 2012 Spring/Summer Idea Book. These include the Mini-Medleys, Binder Clips, Ribbon Slides, Number Plates, Pin Clips, Filigree Charms, Photo Hangers and Hinges.
This blog hop is a circle so if you are just starting, continue until you make your way back here. If you are coming from Nikka's Blog, you are on the right track!
Supplies used: Sweet Home Paper Packet (retired), Sweet Home Stickease (retired), Baker's Twine Neutral Assortment, and older mini-medley pewter accessories and hinge. My Little Sketch Book sketch.
I used some older product for this layout. It was good to dig deep into my stash!
Thanks for stopping by! Your next stop is Adeline's Blog!
For a list of all the blog hop participants, go to the previous post.


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Plasma Mobile, a Free Mobile Platform
Plasma Mobile offers a Free (as in freedom and beer), user-friendly, privacy-enabling, customizable platform for mobile devices. Plasma Mobile is Free software, and is now developed via an open process. Plasma Mobile is currently under development with a prototype available providing basic functions to run on a smartphone.
Plasma Mobile offers...
Enabling the community
The goal for Plasma Mobile is to give the user full use of the device. It is designed as an inclusive system, intended to support all kinds of apps. Native apps are developed using Qt; it will also support apps written in GTK, Android apps, Ubuntu apps, and many others, if the license allows and the app can be made to work at a technical level.
Plasma Mobile's development process welcomes contributions at all levels. If you want to get your hands dirty with a cool app, if you want to provide a system functionality such as a mobile hotspot, if you want to improve power management at the kernel level, if you want to help with the design, Plasma Mobile welcomes your contributions.
If you want to take part in the creation of Plasma Mobile, get in touch with us!
A system you can trust
Most offerings on mobile devices lack openness and trust. In a world of walled gardens, Plasma Mobile is intended to be a platform that respects and protects user privacy. It provides a fully open base that others can help develop and use for themselves, or in their products.
As a Free software community, it is our mission to give users the option of retaining full control over their data. The choice for a mobile operating system should not be a choice between missing functions or forsaken privacy of user data and personal information. Plasma Mobile offers the ability to choose the services that are allowed to integrate deeply into the system. It will not share any data unless that is explicitly requested.
Prototype available now
Plasma Mobile is available as a developer prototype running on an LG Nexus 5 smartphone. It can make and receive phone calls. It provides a workspace to manage the system, and a task switcher to control and navigate apps on the device. There are also x86 builds, suitable for an ExoPC, for example, which can be useful for testing. Several apps have been included—both native and 3rd party—in the device images to allow the system to be tested and improved.
Find out how you can have a look of your own!
Where can I find...
More info, such as installation instructions, are available in the Plasma Mobile wiki, on the Plasma Mobile website and on sebas' weblog. The code for various Plasma Mobile components can be found on git.kde.org.
Ask questions in the Plasma Mobile forum, or send an email to the plasma-devel mailing list, or (for private inquiries) to Sebastian Kügler ([email protected]).
Why not the KDE Community Forums?
(einar here from the KDE Forums staff)
Is there a specific reason why a non-KDE forum was made? As far as I can tell, plasma-mobile is software by KDE and developed inside KDE. If the forums had some deficiences, at least the forum staff could have been contacted (we didn't get any mail). Notice that there's no prejudice about having forums hosted separately - as long as this is done within reason or at least communicated properly.
By Luca Beltrame at Sat, 2015/07/25 - 9:47am
forum-admin at kde org is the
forum-admin at kde org is the address you want to contact.
By Luca Beltrame at Sat, 2015/07/25 - 10:14pm
OEM support?
This is absolutely fantastic news! Congratulations to all of those involved. Is the support for Android apps going to be provided through Shashlik? Also, is the goal to ultimately have support from OEMs and ship a device that runs Plasma Mobile out of the box?
By Yahn at Sat, 2015/07/25 - 12:57pm
KDE fanboy with Jolla Sailfish smartphone is crying
It's a pity for me that will going to get two opposite mobile OSes based on Qt Framework.
By Alexey Andreyev at Sat, 2015/07/25 - 1:25pm
Two opposing? Ubuntu phone
Two opposing? Ubuntu phone and Blackberry are also using Qt.
By Allan at Sat, 2015/07/25 - 2:23pm
not a pity per se
I'd say this isn't a reason to cry but the opposite: Qt apps written for one of them will probably work on the other with minimal changes and I guess the Plasma Mobile shell can be made to work on sailfish OS, too, so this might just helps to create a greater Qt ecosystem on mobile devices. Also some people might be concerned with the proprietary code in Jolla's shell so a free alternative is a good thing.
By kiwii at Sat, 2015/07/25 - 5:21pm
QML based apps in Ubuntu
QML based apps in Ubuntu's world have a slight gotcha: Custom UI elements different from Qt's QtQuick.Controls. (Still searching for the reason)
By nadrimajstor at Wed, 2015/07/29 - 6:23pm
How will Android app support
How will Android app support work? Will it be open-source? Could it be used to run Android apps on desktop Linux as well?
By Anonymous at Sat, 2015/07/25 - 4:57pm
"General" build instructions for miscellaneous devices?
If you can put together instructions describing how to build and install this on formerly-Android devices in general (e.g. an unlocked Nexus 7 tablet, for example) rather than only being able to build for a handful of specific devices, you'll be way ahead of FirefoxOS immediately.
(I look forward to being able to try out Plasma Mobile, but I can't afford to buy a special new device to do it on. Even if I have to fight with a custom build environment, I'd still happily try to build and install it on one or more of my older devices that I have floating around here. I would have tried FirefoxOS the same way by now, but I can't.)
By Epicanis at Sat, 2015/07/25 - 7:44pm
Other devices
I hope i can try too. I have old nexus 7 tablet.
By Reza at Tue, 2015/07/28 - 12:54am
More device support for more contributors
Nice to see that you are not abandonning your device-spectrum strategy. With Plasma Active being pretty much dead, I was wondering if you were not focussing only on Desktops and Media Centers. Contrats, Plasma Mobile looks already pretty awesome ! Having currently a Nokia N9, I won't be able to try it, but you can be sure that I will choose my next phone to be compatible with it !
If I have one advice to give, I think you should make sure that this is as easy as possible to test on an average Android phone. You can attract new contributors to KDE because any computer science student can run Plasma Desktop on his current laptop and start coding. On the contrary, Plasma Active got little traction because it was very difficult to find a tablet to run it on. I think most free-time contributors get their ideas on new stuff to develop or things to improve, by using software on a day-to-day basis, so this is crucial. I am sure there are a lot of potential contributors to a free software community lead mobile OS, but it needs to be easy to test it. I know that all the cards needed for this are not in your hands, but be sure to do all you can to ease this process. The Kubuntu team has a big role to play there.
Congrats again, thanks for this nice surprise and good luck this it.
By AGui at Sun, 2015/07/26 - 3:10pm
phone numbers
Are you sure you want the full (private) mobile phone numbers of some people displayed for the world to see?
By Diederik at Sun, 2015/07/26 - 3:14pm
Can I install Plasma-Mobile in dualboot with Multirom on my nexus 5, with a pre-compiled image...???
By Skippythgekangoo at Fri, 2015/07/31 - 9:09am
Just a thought, and bare in mind i'm not a developer and therefore have no idea how feasable this would be.
Mobiles all use pretty much the same hardware, with a few variances but no more than with PC's, why not make the install process simular to installing Kubuntu (or something) on a PC. i.e plug the phone into the pc, install software scans the phone, detects the hardware and download the appropiate drivers and installs (assuning drivers are available for that device of course). rather then waiting for a custom ROM to be built for my device.
I think if this could be pulled off you would have a far more rapid uptake of kde plasma mobile rather then trying to crack an already oversaturated OEM market, it would also make plasma mobile the only mobile OS you could actually do that too.
It would put you in a greater barging position with OEMS's if you can go to someone like Samsung for instance and say hey we alread have a million uses running our os on your devices.
I know i'm hanging out for the day when I can buy what ever phone I want and install whatever OS I want (Just like a PC)
By me60732 at Sat, 2016/03/19 - 6:21am
I want the same too
Android unlocking is too complicated. You have to do something about it. There is a lot of updates for the phones I have now I cant root it easily I havent founded the way yet. It would be great to go into download mode, it download KDE, delete the Android interface I hate, and I can have a true computer-like mobile phone. I want to show to the entire earth that live without android or Makro$oft is possible. I love open-source and Linux. -see what I^ve got. I can do everything. Launch anything. Please make it easy to instal. Samsung Galaxy note is not easily rootable from Linux and I will never use again Makro$oft crap.
By Boki Ball at Sat, 2016/06/18 - 2:30am
i agree
i have a couple devices as well, i would love to replace android with linux totally, unfortunately i cant understand how to root, flash, etc
on this stuff. i have an HTC desire phone, and an LG tablet , i want to run ubuntu on . wish there was an easy way to replace android
By redne at Sat, 2016/07/16 - 5:38pm
You do know
Android is built %100 for all intents and purpourses . Linux, you do know that right???
By Just for the Notch at Thu, 2018/01/11 - 9:17pm
Any update on this project ?
I do not wish to put any pressur on this project but would like instead to have the latest development status on it we coul becom anctious about it future release.
Thank you.
By Martin Gagnon at Tue, 2018/11/20 - 9:27pm


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National Servicemen
The period of National Service is sometimes portrayed as a long-running and monumental waste of time, a period of 'bull' and 'blanco' of 'jankers' and 'whitewashing', yet emerging from the harsh reality of the Second World War and into the new dawn of the Cold War, it was clear that Britain would have to face new threats from old allies, and to meet considerable overseas obligations from its vestiges of Empire. During a period of often-brutal basic training, the raw recruits would, in the main, be turned into soldiers and airmen - the navy required more specialist skills and took only a small number of men. The new servicemen would be posted to dreary bases up and down the country, subject to the mercies of iron-hard NCOs.
The 'call-up' finally came to a halt on 31 December 1960 and the very last National servicemen left the Army in 1963. The National Serviceman will explore all aspects of the life of the post-war conscripts.


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Existence of God
Introductory article exploring how the ubiquity of religion points us towards God's existence.
A summary of four philosophical arguments for God's existence.
The claim that God doesn't exist makes no more sense than the claim that four-sided triangles do. Objections to the Ontological Argument
From nothing, comes nothing. The universe simply cannot have popped into existence uncaused. Objections to the First Cause Argument
The universe is exactly as it needs to be for human beings to flourish. Christianity can explain this; atheism cannot. Objections to the Argument from Design
Morality consists of a set of authoritative commands. Only God could issue such commands. Objections to the Moral Argument
Jesus was either much less than, or much more than, a great human being.
The historical evidence surrounding the resurrection defies explanation in naturalistic terms.
Attempts to prove that atheism is true.
Is Faith Just Wishful Thinking?
Is religious belief just an emotional crutch for those unable to cope with the reality of life without God?
If God knows how to, wants to, and is able to prevent suffering, then why doesn't he prevent it?
Can God create a stone so heavy that he cannot lift it?
Religious Pluralism and Tolerance
Must we abandon the absolute truth-claims of Christianity in order to be tolerant of those of other faiths?
Can Evolution Explain Our Origins?
Can Darwin's theory of evolution remove the mystery from the question of human origins?


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|The Veteran Ancestor Registry
|A cooperative project of the American Local History Network and the United States Internet Genealogical Society
|U.S. National Cemetery Administration Nationwide Gravesite Locator
|Burial locations of veterans and their family members in Veterans Affairs National Cemeteries, state veterans cemeteries, various other military and Department of Interior cemeteries, and for veterans buried in private cemeteries whose the grave is marked with a government grave marker.
|Purple Heart Recipient Database
|United States Military
|Veterans Buried in the Congressional Cemetery
|Revolutionary War to Vietnam (over 1,100 names)
|1820 U.S. Pension List
|Names of Persons placed on the Pension Roll of the United States, under the act of 18 March 1818; showing the rank and line in which each served. (16,067 pensioners)
|African American Medal of Honor Winners
|Civil War to the Spanish American War
|Arlington National Cemetery Website
|Arlington National Cemetery Website Search Page
|Alphabetical Listing of Interments in the Beaufort, SC National Cemetery
|Cemetery contains a cross section of veterans of every conflict between the Civil War and the Persian Gulf.
|U.S. Navy and Marine Corps Aces
|List of U.S. Navy and Marine Corps Aces published in 1986 in the Naval Aviation News magazine. Includes World War I and World War II, Korea, and Vietnam.
|United States Navy Log Memorial
|The Navy Log is the National Registry of Sea Service, the place where you can search for shipmates or enter information about your service record. You can search by Name or Duty Station.
|1813 Invalid Pensioners
|United States Military Veterans
|Richmond National Cemetery Inscriptions
|Richmond, Virginia
|Glendale National Cemetery Inscriptions
|Richmond, Virginia
|Fort Harrison National Cemetery Inscriptions
|Richmond, Virginia
|Cold Harbor National Cemetery Inscriptions
|Mechanicsville, Virginia
|City Point National Cemetery Inscriptions
|Hopewell, Virginia
|Seven Pines National Cemetery Inscriptions
|Sandston, Virginia
|Participants at the 1886 Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic in San Francisco, California
|Twentieth annual convention
|U.S. Military Rosters at RootsWeb
|Includes 110,713 records (29,021 variations of surnames)
|Index of the full-text files by war
|U.S. Army Center of Military History—full-text Listings of Medal of Honor Citations from the Civil War to Present
|King Philip's War
|Soldiers of King Philip's War (1675-1677)
|Part of the New England Historical Book Project
|Men and Officers who served in King Philips War
|The Indian War of 1675-1677
|Soldiers in King Phillip's War
|Soldiers in King Philip's War -- from the Book
|Revolutionary War
|American Prisoners of the Revolution by Danske Dandridge
|Download this ebook for free
|Revolutionary War Bounty Warrants Database at Library of Virginia
|Fully-searchable index to the documents used to verify dates and length of service of officers, soldiers, and sailors in a Virginia or Continental unit during the Revolutionary War. Accumulated service was used to determine the amount of bounty land awarded to each individual. Document images are available online.
|British, German, and Loyalist Officers in the American Revolution
|The names of over 2,500 men who served the British cause during the American Revolution
|American Revolutionary War Soldiers & Their Descendants
|Names of thousands of soldiers, each associated with the email address of a researcher that can provide background information
|Valley Forge Muster Roll
|30,000 plus men served at the Valley Forge Encampment under General George Washington during the period of Dec 1777 to Jun 1778
|American Prisoners of the Revolution
|Free online edition of this book by Danske Dandridge published about 1910. Includes the names of 8,000 men.
|1840 U.S. Census of Pensioners
|Revolutionary War or Military Service. Includes names, ages, and place of residence.
|Southern Campaign Revolutionary War Pension Statements
|Contains 6500+ Transcriptions as of Sep 2009
|Pensioners of Revolutionary War - Struck Off the Roll
|List of the names of pensioners, under the act of 18th of March, 1818, whose names were struck off the list by act of 1st May, 1820, and subsequently restored (5,417 pensioners)
|Index to Loyalist Muster Rolls
|Representative sampling of the muster rolls that exist for 28 American and Canadian regiments
|Prince of Wales American Volunteers in the Revolutionary War
|Assembled in 1776, the Prince of Wales American Volunteers departed New York, in September 1783 at the demise of the war, their destination being the Saint John River. They were disbanded in October 1783 and set out to begin their lives a new in the wilds of Nova Scotia (modern New Brunswick).
|La FayetteGenWeb
|Database of French soldiers who fought in the U.S. Revolutionary War. Web site in French language.
|Revolutionary War Military Roster Natchitoches Militia 1780
|Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana
|Tennesseans of the Revolutionary War
|Records and Histories of Soldiers who Lived or Fought in Tennessee
|Virginia Revolutionary War Land Office Military Certificates
|Searchable index to military certificates issued by the Virginia Land Office to soldiers and sailors entitled to receive bounty land for their Revolutionary War service
|War Bounty Warrants Database at the Library of Virginia
|Searchable index to the documents used to verify dates and length of service of officers, soldiers, and sailors in a Virginia or Continental unit during the Revolutionary War.
|Revolutionary War Public Service Claims
|Searchable index to documents relating to claims for compensation made by Virginia citizens for materials, supplies, and services provided to the Virginia militia or Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. These consist of certificates, court booklets and lists, and commissioner's books, and are available on microfilm.
|War of 1812
|Index of Claims
|Index of Awards On Claims of the Soldiers of the War of 1812
|Cemetery, Aero Road, Cheektowaga, Erie County, New York
|Names of the United States soldiers (from 16 states) buried in the old Military Cemetery
|American Prisoners of War who died at the British Interment Camp at Halifax, Nova Scotia
|Extracted from records of the British Admiralty by Michele Hovey Raymond
|British 41st Regiment of Foot
|Deserters and/or settlers in North America (1812-1814)
|Officers of the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps
|Source: Naval Register, printed by Order of the Secretary of the Navy, 1 August 1815
|American POWs Buried at Dartmoor Prison, Devon, England 1813-1815
|During the War of 1812 many American prisoners were confined there, and their brutal mistreatment was investigated after the war by an Anglo-American commission that awarded compensation to the families of those who had died there.
|1840 Census of Pensioners - War of 1812 or Military Service
|Includes names, ages, and place of residence
|Index of Claims of the New York Soldiers
|From New Adjutant General's Office, Albany, 1880
|War of 1812 - Roster of Ohio Soldiers
|Ohio supplied 1,759 Officers and 24,521 enlisted men
|War with Mexico
|Roll of Honor
|U.S. Battle Casualties, 1846-1848
|Aztec Club of 1847 Database
|Currently the most complete record of American officers' service
|Names of the survivors of Col. Stevenson's regiment
|His regiment sailed from the city of New York in the fall of '46, and arrived in California, March 6, 1847. Source: "The Argonauts of California" by C. W. Haskins, 1890.
|Names of the 189 Men Who Fought & Died at The Seige of the Alamo
|Those men were born in twenty different United States and seven different countries
|Mexican Border Campaign Veterans' Card File (Pennsylvania)
|These cards, bearing the title "Mexican Emergency, Call of President, June 18, 1916," contain the following information about veterans: name and rank, regiment and company, age and place of birth, a physical description (height, complexion, hair and eye color), date of commission or enlistment into service, home station and date of rendezvous, and date of acceptance into United States service. Additional remarks may indicate the date that the soldier's enlistment was to expire and the name and address of a person to be contacted in case of an emergency.
|Civil War
|History of Antietam National Cemetery
|Union soldiers buried in the Antietam National Cemetery in Sharpsburg, Maryland, as of 1867
|Civil War Confederate Soldiers killed at Antietam
|This 1869 list documents the names, regiments and location of those Confederates buried where they fell after the battles in the Maryland campaign of the Civil War.
|CW Soldier Search
|The CWSS database currently contains over 6 million soldier names from 44 states and territories
|Fort McHenry Prison Records
|Confederate Soldiers
|Delaware Civil War Records
|Scanned images of muster-in rolls, list of enlistees in colored regiment, descriptive list of deserters, promotions, list of killed and wounded, list of paroled union prisoners, and more
|Delaware Roster of Union Soldiers
|Bits of Blue and Gray: Soldiers with Delaware Connections and Others
|Petersburg Cemetery Records
|From the Petersburg Poplar Grove Cemetery burial register
|Andersonville Prison Records
|Union Soldiers
|Medal of Honor Recipients
|National Parks Service, Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System
|Union and Confederate POWs
|Infantry, cavalry and artillery rosters, histories, biographies, draft, journals, letters, medal of honor recipients, POWs, and pensions of Pennsylvania's military ancestors
|Burials in Woodlawn National Cemetery from the Elmira Civil War Prison Camp
|Sons of Union Veterans
|National Graves Registration Database
|Civil War Rosters—Indexed by State
|Directory of Civil War Rosters/Muster Rolls found on the Internet
|Members of Quantrill's Guerillas
|Hundreds of names with sources
|Generals' Burials Listing
|From the U.S. Civil War Center
|Confederate Officers Photograph Album
|Names of Interred at Pt. Lookout Cemetery
|Those who perished at Point Lookout Prison Camp for Confederates from 1863 to 1865 in the state of Maryland
|Elmira Prison Camp OnLine Library
|Submitted Information: Confederate Index
|Alexandria, Virginia National Cemetery
|Index to 3600 Federal burials
|Complete index to all Virginia Confederate Soldiers and Widow Pension Applications
|Library of Virginia Digital Library - Military History
|Chattanooga National Cemetery (Tennessee)
|Database of the U.S. Civil War Center
|Confederate Prisoners of War
|Died at Rock Island, Illinois
|Confederates at Pecan Grove Cemetery, TX
|Passenger List of the Civil War's 1865 Sultana Tragedy
|Muster Roll of the Crew of the U.S. Steamer "Florida"
|For 1 October 1863
|Confederate Soldiers Buried in Our Soldiers Cemetery
|Mount Jackson, Shenandoah County, Virginia
|Field Officers and Staff, 1st Cherokee Mounted Riflemen, Confederated States of America, Indian Nation
|Civil War Veterans Buried at Hillside Cemetery, Middletown, New York
|Ellet's Ram Fleet and the Mississippi Marine Brigade
|A brief history and roster of these little-known units which saw action on the western rivers.
|Confederate Veteran Magazine 1893-1932 Index
|Personal names of Confederate soldiers in the Confederate Veteran Magazine between 1893 and 1932
|Union Civil War soldiers buried at the Florence National Cemetery (SC)
|Soldiers who died while imprisoned at the Florence Stockade
|Complete Descriptive Muster Roll of the Crew of the U.S.S. "Brooklyn"
|For 31 December 1864
|Complete Descriptive Muster Roll of the Crew of the "U.S.S. Minnesota"
|For 1 January 1865
|Asians in the Civil War
|The Confederados—Confederate Veterans in Brazil
|Confederate veterans who emigrated to Brazil following the Civil War
|Canadians in the American Civil War
|3,422 military men who were either born in, residing in or enlisted from what is now Canada
|Canadians in the Civil War
|Indexed alphabetically
|Civil War Veterans Buried in Canada
|Civil War Veterans Buried in Australia
|Union Navy Deaths during the War
|Details from the Daily National Intelligencer, Washington, D.C., 1863-1864
|Confederate States Navy Deaths during the War
|Beers Atlas Soldiers List - NY 16th Light Artillery
|Beers Atlas Soldiers List - NYVLA 16th
|United States Navy in the Civil War
|Currently provides information on over 25,000 of the estimated 118-137,000 who served
|Coffee-Pike County Alabama Archives Military Records
|Partisan Rangers Civil War - Rosters 53rd AL County
|Etowah County Alabama Archives Military Records
|Some Civil War Soldiers from Etowah County
|Lowndes Alabama Rangers, aka Fagg's Rangers, later Co. H, Wood's Regiment, Alabama Cavalry
|Information added by Carolyn Golowka at the end of the file gives some information on some members of this unit.
|Talladega, Alabama Civil War Rosters
|List of Civil War Soldiers Residing in Monroe County, Iowa Who Enlisted from Other Localities
|Lee County AL - Archives Military Records
|Some Civil War Soldiers from Lee County
|Winston County Alabama - Archives Military Records
|Civil War Soldiers Buried Winston County Alabama
|1907 Confederate Soldiers Census, Winston. Alabama
|Contains most of the 1907-1921 Winston County pension index.
|Ohio Civil War Roster
|Nearly 400,000 soldiers' names
|Angelina County, Texas Company D, 7th Regiment Texas Mounted Volunteers (Confederate)
|Eighty men on this roll
|Chambers County in the Confederacy
|Letters and documents
|Colorado County Confederate Soldiers
|519 Colorado County men identified as Confederate soldiers, along with their highest rank each is known to have achieved (in parenthesis), their occupations and ages as given on the 1860 census, and a summary of their military careers
|16th Texas Infantry Muster Roll
|Ten companies
|1900 Military Census
|1900 U.S. Military and Naval Federal Census
|Navymen who served prior to 1900
|Civil War : First Independent Battery, New York Light
|Names, rank in, and rank out.
|Surviving Civil War Veterans and Widows, Pembina County, North Dakota, 1890,/th>
|Data transcribed by Garnett J. Zsedeny from the 1890 Census Special Civil War Schedules enumerating union veterans and widows, Film# M123-59.
|Texas Confederate Indigent Families Lists (1863-1865)
|Only an index of names appears at this site. Linda Mearse has transcribed the records on file in the State Archives in her book, Confederate Indigent Families Lists of Texas 1863-1865
|Burleson County, Texas�and The Civil War
|Find your Burleson County ancestor who fought in the Civil War no matter which side.
|List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883
|Pensioners from Hennepin County, Minnesota
|World War I
|World War I Honor Roll
|Database of the American Battle Monuments Commission. Includes 33,714 names of those buried at the Commission's cemeteries, those Missing in Action, and those buried or lost at sea.
|WWI Aces of the United States
|Honoring WWI pilots designated "Ace". Biographies, medals and decorations, photos, etc.
|Regular Army Negro Officers before World War II
|World War II
|World War II Army Enlistment Records 1938-1946
|Approximately nine million men and women who enlisted in the U.S. Army, including the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps. Includes a majority of the enlistments in the U.S. Army during World War II.
|World War II Registry
|Any American who participated in the war effort. Search for currently enrolled honorees, or enroll a family member or friend. Any U.S. citizen who helped win the war, whether a veteran or someone on the home front, is eligible for the Registry. Names in the Registry will be forever linked to the World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C.
|Civilian and Military Personnel Killed in Pearl Harbour Attack on 7 December 1941
|Comprehensive list of names
|World War II database of the American Battle Monuments Commission
|Includes 176,399 names of those buried at Commission's cemeteries, missing in action, and those buried or lost at sea
|World War II Honor List of Dead and Missing
|U.S. Army and U.S. Army Air Forces Personnel (Images Online, too)
|Summary of World War II Casualties from U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps, and U.S. Coast Guard Personnel
|Indexed by State (Images Online, too)
|12th Air Force - 62nd Troop Carrier Group: Air Medal and Oak Leaf Cluster Recipients
|16 July 1943
|WWII roster - U.S.S. Bosque (APA-135)
|49 officers and 457 crew members
|Record of Deceased POWs in Japan during World War II
|Mostly American, Commonwealth, and Dutch casualties
|Korean War
|Korean War American Casualty File
|Records on Korean War Dead and Wounded Army Casualties, created, 1950 - 1970, documenting the period 2/13/1950 - 12/31/1953
|Korean War Databases
|Killed in Action, Missing in Action, and the Remembrance Family and Friends database
|Korean Honor Roll
|From the American Battle Monuments Commission
|Korean War Casualties — U.S. Military Personnel, 1950-1957
|Official list of 33,627 U.S. military personnel who died from hostile actions during the Korean Conflict
|Korean War Memorial For Kentucky Soldiers
|Kentucky, Korean War Deaths
|Vietnam War
|Colorado Vietnam War Casualties
|Colorado State Archives, Vietnam War Casualties June - December 1966 & January - December 1968
|Footnote: Vietnam Veterans Memorial
|Every-name searchable image of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, the "Wall," in Washington, D.C.
|Records on Military Personnel Who Died, Were Missing in Action or Prisoners of War as a Result of the Vietnam Conflict
|Records of U.S. military officers and soldiers who died, or who were missing in action, or prisoners of war in the Southeast Asian combat area during the Vietnamese Conflict, including Cambodia, China, Laos, North Vietnam, South Vietnam, and Thailand.
|Vietnam-Era POW and MIA Database
|Includes 134,311�records
|In order to return dog tags found from the Vietnam War to their respective families
|State Level Casualty Lists
|State-Level Casualty Lists for the Vietnam War, sorted alphabetically by last name
|Miscellaneous Databases
|Victims of the Gander Newfoundland Plane Crash, 12 December 1985
|On Thursday, 12 December 1985, the chartered DC-8 plane carrying 248 members of the 101st Airborne Division of Fort Campbell, Kentucky and 8 crew members returning home for Christmas from peace keeping duties in the Middle East, crashed during takeoff in Gander, Newfoundland
|Rough Riders
|Compiled military service records for 1,235 Rough Riders, including Teddy Roosevelt
|The Spanish American War Centennial Website
|The Spanish American War Centennial Website


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Two Beldings in One Building
I don't usually write serious columns. I prefer to write responses to junk mail or discuss my lack of butt. But occasionally, a topic comes along that is so important I can not ignore it. Well, I can, but not if I need something to write about.
If you're between the ages of 18-28, you get the title of this column. If you're not, the quote is the first half of a memorable line from what I believe to be the bible of all shows for my generation. The quote is from Saved By the Bell. Or as Mr. Belding simply calls it, "The Bell."
I will remember November 7th and 8th for quite some time, as those are the days that I met Mr. Belding. Actually, I met him November 7th, but my exchange with him on the 8th was also very important. But not as important as remembering to take Kelly's baby brother with you when you leave Home Ec.
Dennis Haskins, the actor who played the principal on Saved By the Bell, was attending NACA, a conference that matches student activities boards with bands, comedians, speakers, and the people who rent out those really cool gyroscope scooters. The conference was in Hartford, Connecticut, which is such a crappy city that even the Whalers left town. Ironically, the convention center here houses the Connecticut Sports Hall of Fame. It's a lovely place, filled with three shelves of UConn basketball memorabilia and Bruce Jenner's headband.
There is nothing to do in Hartford. Especially after one o'clock, when most of the bars close. The police "encourage" everyone to stay inside after one, leaving the streets about as safe as Jessie was during her bout with caffeine pills. So Friday night of the convention, a few of us decided we'd hit the bar quickly, since it was closing way too soon.
I knew Mr. Belding would be there, but was so concentrated on landing a few college shows that I completely forgot until I walked right by him on the way to the bar. Despite my dwindling drinking time, I had to stop. This was a once in a lifetime opportunity. I was excited. So excited. Albeit a bit scared.
The first humor column I wrote that got any recognition was about Saved By the Bell. I've since re-written it, but it first hit my school's paper when I was 17, and is fairly responsible for my career as a humor columnist. I also mentioned The Bell in my book. I had to thank him for the inspiration. And for the time he went easy on the gang, even though they destroyed his new car during a multi-tiered blackmail scandal.
I really did thank him, and then quickly made my way to the bar (hey, this was Hartford). But before I did, he said he may join me there. And Mr. Belding, unlike when it came to expelling Zack, kept true to his word.
At the bar, I got an autograph for my sister, who used to be my companion in Saved By the Bell trivia-offs (held in the same manner as Saved By the Bell dance-offs). If you have ever engaged in said trivia-offs, I hope you, like me, have since found a life. If you haven't, props to the first person who can tell me, without Google, exactly where Violet Bickerstaff was hiding before her solo.
I thought that was the end of our exchange, until he asked me to bring him a copy of my book the next day. That's right - Mr. Belding wanted to see what I wrote about Saved By the Bell.
It must be interesting to be Mr. Belding. To be a part of something so integral to pop culture that you are recognized everywhere you go - for something you did a decade ago. Since "The Bell," Haskins has been on West Wing and The Practice and ten movies. But when he walked into the bar, the music stopped, the bouncer hugged him, and whispers of "Oh my god, it's Mr. Belding" filled the air. As potent as the sounds of the rockin' new girl band, "Hot Sundae." (The true fans realize that this is the third time I have referenced this episode.)
Haskins is forever type cast, and that has got to be difficult. It made me think - if everything pans out and I land on some TV show for more than just a passing frame behind the co-stars (My mom is so proud), I don't want it to be that big of a hit. Because Haskins is Mr. Belding wherever he goes, and though he is beloved and welcomed, he can never just be Dennis. He does a talk about that to schools, and I must say it's something I'd like to hear. You should, too. Right after your school books me, of course.
On the 8th, I gave Dennis a copy of my book, and even signed it. (That's right - I gave Mr. Belding an autograph.) And before I left, he told the students around him they should check out what I wrote about The Bell, and also suggested I contact his friend at National Lampoon - using his recommendation. And that was just amazing. For the first time, someone I wrote about (that I didn't know ahead of time) read what I wrote about them. And he liked it enough to stand behind it.
Well, Dennis, I hope you're reading this, too. I wanted to thank you one more time for teaching my generation that the last three letters of principal spell "pal," even if Screech was the one to actually say that. Losing your identity to a TV character is probably difficult, but know that it is a character I, and many other people, admire a great deal. My day was certainly brightened by chatting with you.
And I got to ride the gyroscope scooter, too.


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Lets start by celebrating his highly anticipated return. May 2019 be a good year for our fearless leader!


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Theater Review: Oleg Liptsin's Production of Beckett's 'Endgame
"What else is there to keep me here?"... "The dialogue!"
Oleg Liptsin, the Bay Area's resident veteran of Russia's outstanding theater of the late 20th century, has produced a marvel—an intimate, remarkably original show of Samuel Beckett's masterpiece, 'Endgame,' billed as being in Laurel and Hardy style, even opening with the great comic pair's theme music, but more of wonderfully bittersweet comedy of the endlessly repeated encounter of a longwinded old master in his wheelchair, appropriately named Hamm(Greg Young), his skittering, ever-upright servant Clov (Liptsin)—and interruptions, asides by Hamm's captive parents (in adjoining dumpsters) Nagg (Phil Estrin) and Nell (Gale Bradley), as well as a few eruptions from the light booth and some well-chosen video footage, counterpoint to Hamm's drawn-out tale of acquiring a boy servant from a starving man—probably the young Clov, though Hamm's too coy to say. -more-


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Toy distributor Funtastic has reaffirmed its guidance of $23 million to $25 million in earnings for fiscal 2013.
The company, which distributes toys, sporting goods, confectionery and nursery products, said during its annual general meeting on Tuesday that it expects its earnings to be up slightly on the $20.2 million it made for the year to July.
Funtastic attributed the growth to its international expansion of Pillow Pets and Lego products as well as the domestic launch of six new toy brands and two new confectionary products.
The new products included Winx Dolls, which are based on an Italian action and fantasy cartoon, and La Dee Da Dolls, who are four teenaged friends who created a fashion label.
Funtastic also launched Roxx collectable games aimed at boys and a goo-like product that dissolves in water.
It said its key focus with Lego was on continued product innovation and with Pillow Pets the company planned to expand into new territories such as Latin American, Asia and Eastern Europe.
The company also announced it would commence dividend payments to shareholders during 2013 on the proviso it was able to meet financial targets.
The board anticipated that an interim dividend would be announced following Funtastic's first half results in March 2013.


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Heyo fellow HappyDiggers!
Never in my wildest dreams could I have expected my career to turn out the way it has so far. Ok... A little back story...
I come from a very hard working, lower to mid, middle class family. I was the second person in my direct family (after my mother) to receive a degree from a college. In saying this, I did not expect to be invited to any opportunity usually reserved for the top, best-of-the-best privileged people. That thought was recently