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SPARTANBURG, S.C. � Panthers quarterback Cam Newton said he has nothing to hide when it comes to testing for the human growth hormone.
The same goes for two of his top targets in the passing game � Carolina wide receiver Steve Smith and tight end Greg Olsen.
All three players said they�re in favor of the NFL working out an agreement with the players union on a reliable way to test for HGH, providing it�s safe and not too intrusive. Earlier this week the two sides discussed appropriate procedures to test players for supplemental HGH, which is a banned substance but difficult to detect.
Newton said having blood drawn is �not a big deal.�
�Whatever the NFL decides to do I�m all for it, whether HGH testing or any testing,� Newton said. �I�ll be prepared to do the test.�
The NFL notified players in an email recently to be prepared in training camp to be tested for HGH for a study used to determine a good threshold for a positive HGH test.
The Panthers opened training camp Friday night and none of the players asked have said they�ve had blood drawn yet.
Olsen believes it�s good for the game.
�I don�t think we want to go down the road that baseball�s got themselves in, trying to play catch-up,� Olsen said.
Smith, entering his 13th season in the league, is one of the smallest receivers in the league at 5-foot-9 and 189 pounds.
He said he�s all for making sure the cheaters are weeded out and to help level the playing field in a game where the men who play it keep getting bigger and bigger.
�I understand making the game cleaner,� Smith said. �If guys have things to hide, that�s their personal problem. As for me, with the drug use in my family, I don�t like needles. I don�t like pills. I don�t like any of those aspects. �
None of the Panthers on the current roster have had any drug-related suspensions.
Olsen said he doesn�t see any reason why there shouldn�t be testing in place.
However, he and Smith did express concern over the how the tests would be implemented from a practical purpose.
�You don�t want someone showing up at your door with a needle to withdraw blood, so I do understand the (NFL)PA�s point on that,� Olsen said.
Smith said his biggest concern is how much blood would be drawn and whether it would affect a players� ability to return to the field and still give 100 percent.
�When you give blood there is a recommendation that 24 hours later you�re not supposed to do stuff as a health risk,� Smith said. �If taking blood is the way to make (the game) clean, there has to be some protocol or procedure that is conducive to our conditioning and how much we work out. Those are important because you can�t just take someone�s blood and make them go run in the heat.
�You�re looking at some liabilities and health risks. That�s my only issue. If you take my blood on Wednesday morning, and I�m in full pads at noon at 110-degree heat with humidity just to see if you�re clean, I won�t do that.�
Olsen didn�t say if he thinks players are using HGH, but the thought has crossed his mind.
And he�d like to see a level playing field.
�Sometimes I walk out on the field and go �Geez, I guess I didn�t get those genes the day they were giving them out,�� Olsen said. �Yeah, I would welcome (testing). I think it�d be great.�


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Interstellar dust bunnies in Taurus: Baby steps toward new planets?University of Hawaiʻi
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UH Institute for Astronomy
Astronomers at the University of Hawaii today presented new evidence at the national meeting of the American Astronomical Society in Washington, DC, for the first steps in the formation of new planets from tiny dust particles in orbit around young stars like the Sun.
Using sensitive radio cameras on two telescopes, the 15-m James Clerk Maxwell Telescope (JCMT) and 10-m Caltech Submillimeter Observatory (CSO), at Mauna Kea Observatories in Hawaii, graduate student Sean Andrews and Dr. Jonathan Williams of the Institute for Astronomy examined the swirling disks of gas and dust that surround young stars in the Taurus region of the sky to determine how the dust changes as disks evolve. They found that the disks rapidly disappear and concluded that stars have only a few million years to get started on making planets, a far shorter time than conventional theories require.
"We expected that disks would not disappear so quickly at radio wavelengths," said Andrews, "but this was not the case in general. The dust is either being dispersed, dumped onto the star, or growing into large clumps that are difficult to detect." On a scale in which a typical star's 10-billion-year lifetime is compressed to the average human lifespan, the disks would disappear within the first week.
Previous work at shorter, infrared wavelengths had shown that the innermost regions of disks disappear rapidly, but it was thought that the outer parts, where the planets in our solar system reside and which are most visible at longer, radio wavelengths, would last substantially longer.
The work, which is published in The Astrophysical Journal and funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and NASA, also showed that the dust around the stars emits more efficiently at longer wavelengths as the disks evolve.
"This suggests that the dust particles are sticking together, much as dust bunnies form under a bed," said Williams. He added, "This is the first, albeit tiny, step toward forming new solar systems."
The observations were made at a range of frequencies from 350 GHz to 860 GHz, in three relatively transparent windows in the sky, which allow the total mass of the planet-forming region in the disks to be measured.
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Virginia native, Jen Lilley can currently be seen as Theresa Donovan on NBC's Days of Our Lives. She additonally stars as the lead in the independent film The Book of Esther which was released in June. Jen previously starred as Maxie Jones on General Hospital. She was also in Weinstein's critically acclaimed feature film, The Artist, winner of 5 Academy Awards, including Best Picture. She's also known for her comedic skills, and starred on MTV's improvised comedy series, Disaster Date.
Other recent projects include the films Turnaround Jake, Revelation Road, The Olivia Experiment, The Back-up Bride, and One Small Hitch, as well as television appearances on Castle, Two and a Half Men, Rules of Engagement, Criminal Minds, and iCarly.
Born in Roanoke, Virginia, Jen didn't start acting until college (University of VA) when she played the lead in an indie film called The Loss of Life. After that, Jen fell in love with acting and averaged six indie films a semester. In addition to acting, she is also a talented singer and comedian, performing in many improv casts including the Upright Citizens Brigade.
She is active in various charities and garnered the National Educators Award for her work in Guatemala. She also supports charities that focus on protecting children against physical and sexual abuse and building wells to provide water to those in need. She is currently a celebrity ambassador for the child abuse and treatment organization Childhelp.
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I have a lib file made with MS VC++ which I want to try and port to Dev-C++, which uses the MingW compiler. I tried using the reimp MingW utility on it, but it didn't successfully convert it (no errors, but output file was only a few bytes). This is a C++ lib using classes.
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Hi to all the moderators
I was just wondering if it would be possible to be able to tell you of a new and exciting webquest site that i have started?. It would be very educational for all of the EFL Students around and contains various themes.
Could some one send a reply to advise if it would be ok or not to advertise this on your forum for the EFL Teachers to check to see if it would be benefical to them in their teaching, I can then advise you of the site in question
You can add it to the database- there's a webquest page: Webquests - ESL Web Directory - UsingEnglish.com
Here's the link to add it: ESL Web Directory: Add a Link
This is probably better as it will give you a permanent link and targeted traffic- forum links disappear within hours as new posts come in and usually don't get many clicks.
All the best with the site.


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When it is necessary to cancel school or have a late start, the decision is usually made by 9:30 p.m. the evening before. The district tries to avoid late starts and early dismissals because of the issues created for many of our families.
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For the Extreme Plying SAL at Southern Cross Fiber group on Ravelry (which runs until the end of April) I made this yarn.
First the fiber: Sweet Wine, Corriedale, 3.9oz
I devided Sweet Wine into halfs, and added 2oz Polwarth from SCF FAll/Winter 2012/2013 semi solids pack in pink.
I spun and chain plied each bump.
And then I 3-plied them together.
I've got 130yds of it. Then I had some left over of Sweet Wine, and the pink one. I chain plied it again and got 5yds of the green one, and 8yds of the pink one.
I really like how the double chain plied yarn looks. The green one reminds me of Pesto. Yum!
Last night it snowed again, but at the same time it's warm and thawing. I'm off to go outside with the pups to enjoy the snow as long as it lasts.
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Friday, March 08, 2013
Handspun Friday - SAL yarn-Sweet Wine
Posted by Monika at Friday, March 08, 2013
4 comments:
- Wanderingcatstudio said...
I don't want to hear about snow... I'm already thinking about planting roses!
- March 08, 2013 11:31 a.m.
- Unknown said...
it's gorgeous!
- March 09, 2013 7:10 p.m.
- Lorraine said...
Monika- Fabulous spinning!
- March 10, 2013 11:18 a.m.
- Unknown said...
Love the color, reminds me of cotton candy and springtime.
- March 11, 2013 9:39 p.m.
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They're just shareholders, H.B. 1054, Gillen rings
* The January 6 "4Better or Worse" incorrectly identified Richard Spurzem and Chuck Dean as board members of Albemarle First Bank. They are shareholders.
* The January 13 news story about the Virginia Family Values PAC gave the wrong bill number for Delegate Dave Albo's overhaul of sexual crimes: it's H.B. 1054.
* Last week's story, "Sour note: Bell ringers allege short checks," suggests high-profile volunteers for the Salvation Army are a thing of the past. In fact, UVA basketball coach Pete Gillen was out ringing the bell and raising funds over the holiday season.


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Well I decided to dig a bit deeper. It first appeared that my bottom row of blocks was rotting just above the footer. Turns out that as I dug it out more there isnt really a footer. It appears that there are blocks angled at a 45 degree in and there was sand packed around them. Is this normal???
No announcement yet.
What the Heck is this??? Weird foundation
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Josh, are you saying that the first course of block is laid on its side with the cores horizontal?"It's a table saw, do you know where your fingers are?" Bob D. 2006
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They are actually laid at a 45 degree angle facing down and out away from the house. It looks like the blocks are rotted away but it was really hard packed sand (or at least appears to be) then still very solid bricks turned at a 45 degree angle facing away from the house.
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Never seen that done and there are plenty of old homes
around these parts going back into the late 1600's."It's a table saw, do you know where your fingers are?" Bob D. 2006
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Re: What the Heck is this??? Weird foundation
or is it the edge of the slab, and they just did not dig it out square thinking they were saving some cement in the process?
dig down and around it in sections a few feet long, and you could pour some cement in to help the support of the wall. (say in sections so one does not lose the wall into the fresh dug hole)
I know of a few homes or houses where the wall had no footer under it, just built on the dirt,
and it is possible that when they started to measure to build the wall,
either it was "stretched" and just built on the slab of the basement floor, thus ending up on the very edge of the slab, with out any slab under the wall. or some one could have just done it that way from the start,
I would not consider what was done as "NORMAL".Last edited by BHD; 08-14-2009, 04:48 PM.Push sticks/blocks Save Fingers
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Re: What the Heck is this??? Weird foundation
I'm guessing you have 1/4" size cracks in you plaster walls upstairs.
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Re: What the Heck is this??? Weird foundation
New to Me. I've been building 48 years. Not GoodI can build anything You want , if you draw a picture of it , on the back of a big enough check .
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I've seen structures without footing. Actually, without a foundation to speak of.
Around late 1980's I worked on a long building subdivided into smaller stores. The inspector stopped all work and ordered the whole building to be brought up to code. He must have known about the practice in the area (a place in Long Island, NY) as he went straight for the kill. Long story short, there were 5 layers of 12" 90% cinder blocks with the first row sitting at about a foot below the grade. A one story structure was erected on top of this 5 foot tall wall. The structure was about 60 years old and there appeared to be no structural issues.
I was later told that if the soil is sandy (preferably pure sand) then the foundation was sometimes eliminated from the building plans. The thing is that structures erected on sand settle evenly. Clay soils vary in density density within relatively small areas so the settling is uneven and far more risky than it is on sand.In order to understand recursion, one must first understand recursion.
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Re: What the Heck is this??? Weird foundation
I too have seen a few places around southwestern Ontario that have this, all in areas that are very old construction, and with sandy soil types.
All I can say is, no matter how weird and unsound it looks to us, if it's holding and working all these years, it can't be 100% bad. Now, obviously you have the issue with this cracking happening to your foundation wall. For where you are, Josh, with the weather that we have around the great lakes here, you've been going the right route so far, with patching things with the hydraulic cement. Since you have it all dug up mostly, I would expose all you can on that wall, and once you patch the cracks with cement, I would apply a coating of the spray-on elastomeric waterproofing - the "blue skin" type of stuff. Then, depending on how deep you've gone, it may be beneficial to re-do/do your seepage tiling, and backfill with gravel before the dirt.
I can't remember whether or not you had a lot of water penetration or not, which these cures will fix. If it's just a shifting issue that's caused the crack (ie - no water penetration repeatedly), then just patching and standard fixing will work good.
The objective is to fix the cause of the damage. If it's water, then you need to assure adequate drainage and protection. But if it's ground shifting over time that's caused a stress crack, then you're about as far as you can take it right now, IMO.
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After digging up the whole wall it appears that there is a "footer" or at least was one. The footer or cement that is there is falling apart like sand. There are some semi solid pieces of it and I have gone to great lengths to make sure I keep whatever in tact I can.
I am having a mason friend come out and look at it. This is definitely where all the moisture is getting in. My goal is to get this one sured up and covered by the end of the week.
There still is an angled course under the whole thing. Seems like a moronic way to lay the foundation :-/
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Re: What the Heck is this??? Weird foundation
got to give credit to josh for taking on this monster. nobody imagened the extent of the ditch josh dug out under his porch. he dug deep, long and not a very wide ditch.
josh if you ever give up your day job anyone of us would be thrilled to hire you for ditch digging skills
your computer and camera skills would just be a bonus
last time i posted pictures of a ditch, you guys went off on adam
this time i left out the digger
easily 7-8' deep and 25' long. maybe 18'' wide.
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That would take me two bottles of medication and a day in my jacuzzi to accomplish that feat.Northern Kentucky Plumbers Twitter Feed | Plumbing Videos
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I need to post the most recent pictures of it completely cleaned out. I also went down and scrubbed the walls completely clean so I can apply some sealant eventually.
Meeting with the mason today at 3:30 (sneaking out of work for 30 minutes )
Can't wait to get this fixed up and covered up.
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It would be a great time to tar that foundation wall. That would seal the wall permanently.
Dirty job but that's what they do on all new foundations.Northern Kentucky Plumbers Twitter Feed | Plumbing Videos


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With the Toronto Maple Leafs set to select fifth overall at the 2012 NHL Entry Draft on June 22, most Ontarians seem to be impatiently pining for an all-world talent to fall into GM Brian Burke's lap.
Speculation will run rampant up until the moment just before Burke steps to the podium, when he caustically taunts a rival GM about his pending selection, ruining the reveal. But is there something we should know about Burke that he's not telling us?
I back-tested the last seven drafts that Burke has participated in – three with Toronto, four with Anaheim – going back to 2005. In those seven drafts, Burke selected a total of 52 players. Only eight of them, or 15.9 percent, are European-born or European-trained (all others are North American).
Upon closer inspection, the eight draftees came from four countries: five Swedes and one apiece from Germany, Finland and Norway. Of those eight, only one was selected before the fourth round of the draft (Sondre Olden was selected in the third round, 78th overall).
Notably absent from that collection of nations are hockey powers Russia, Slovakia, Switzerland and the Czech Republic.
For a sense of perspective, Burke selected 15 players, 28.8 percent of the total, from either the collegiate ranks or who were college-bound on draft day. Three were first round picks (Tyler Biggs, Jake Gardiner and Mark Mitera). While that speaks volumes about the number of quality hockey prospects stuck taking Intro to Psychology in-between games, it also shows the closed-borders blueprint that dictates Burke's drafting philosophy.
Is Burke, the noted humanitarian, displaying xenophobic tendencies as it pertains to drafting players? While he's never explicitly stated it, these numbers certainly bear it out. And it should be alarming to any hockey fan that their management core is favouring a player as much on nationality as they might on overall talent.
Of course, all of that recent history will be decried by some as irrelevant given Burke's famous drafting of Daniel and Henrik Sedin second and third overall in the 1999 NHL Entry Draft as GM of the Vancouver Canucks.
However, given the overall dearth of talent in that draft year (Tim Connolly is the sixth leading scorer from '99, Nik Hagman 10th) and synergistic nature of the twins' skill sets, Burke's selection of two European players in the first round is more the exception to the rule than a solid counter-argument.
In other words, the Sedins' selection was a stroke of luck, tempered by a stroke of genius. And it came entirely out of the blue. With a possible once-in-a-lifetime chance at acquiring two franchise forwards with unfathomable chemistry, Burke begged, borrowed and stole the resources to make it happen. And no NHL team has had consecutive top-5 picks since.
So what does it mean for June 22?
It means that dreams of Nail Yakupov, Filip Forsberg, Mikhail Grigorenko or Radek Faksa could remain just that. The top ten of this year's draft could see as many seven European-born or trained forwards selected, with a handful of North American defenders to round out the list.
This is the fourth top-ten draft pick that the Leafs have had in the last four years, but only the second one Burke has held onto. This is an opportunity to add a player with a high offensive ceiling, but it seems likely that the player with the highest offensive ceiling at the Leafs' draft position will originate from outside of North America.  In particular, centermen Grigorenko (Rus.), Faksa (Cze.) and Russian-American Alex Galchenyuk could be a boon to a franchise that has searched for a number 1 pivot since Mats Sundin left.
If they end up available and Burke passes over them, I would have serious, legitimate doubts about his ability to continue helming this struggling team. Surely, Burke and his draft team have to know this: The Leafs need more high ceiling talent in the system and it's likely, based on the way the draft class is shaping up, it will have to come from outside of North America.


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Motorcyclist injured in Washington accident
A motorcycle rider was transported by Life Star helicopter to St. Mary's Hospital in Waterbury after an accident Saturday afternoon at the intersection of routes 199 and 47 in Washington.
Police said at least one other vehicle was involved in the accident Saturday about 1:45 p.m. and the male driver of the motorcycle was unconscious when he was transported to the hospital. The extent of his injuries was not immediately known.
A witness at the scene said the driver of the other vehicle was walking around and appeared to be uninjured. The motorcycle was heavily damaged while the car received minor damage to the front end, a witness said.
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One's assets usually dictate the proper financial limits of insurance protection. While this truism stands firm, there can be a tendency when assessing the risk-transfer needs of the wealthy to focus more on the amount of insurance than the actual insurance coverage.
Clearly, the limits of financial protection are vitally important, and in the case of those with considerable wealth, these limits can be substantial. But also critical is the right insurance coverage, which should be designed to specifically address the policyholder's risk profile.
We are all dissimilar when it comes to our particular aesthetic tastes, personal passions and work-life structures. Some people enjoy highly public roles, entertaining guests at sumptuous parties, fundraisers, museum exhibitions and the like. Others may collect vintage automobiles, rare pieces of jewelry, paintings by the Old Masters or the latest works hanging on the walls of an art gallery. The risks that confront our personal assets in many ways depend on our personal appetites.
Celia Santana, president and CEO of Personal Risk Management Solutions, a New York-based insurance brokerage specializing in serving high-net-worth clients, recently recounted a story she had heard about an affluent family with a longtime nanny who had come to be regarded as a member of the family.
"As the nanny grew older and the children grew up, the nanny stayed on and altered her work regime, attending to household chores more than caring for the kids," Celia recalled. "One day she was injured doing housework, and required expensive surgery. Her health insurance coverage did not cover the full costs, and she sued the family, which had not purchased a workers' compensation insurance policy."
Celia added, "The loss was sizable."
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The above scenario illustrates what can happen when an insurance agent or broker fails to fully discern the breadth of potential risks confronting policyholders. The assumption of the insured is that high insurance limits alone—buying the most insurance—will take care of all threats to personal wealth. Unfortunately, this is not always the case.
"I remember another situation," Celia said, "a new client who came to me with multiple residences, valuable cars like Maseratis, Ferraris and a McLaren, and a fantastic fine art collection. The gentleman had only recently become financially successful. His previous agent had bought an excellent insurance policy covering his art and other valuables, with a sizable umbrella liability policy on top. But the client's cars were covered by separate insurance policies that he had bought on his own from a low-priced standard insurer he'd been with previously."
The limits of the automobile policies were consistent with the value of the cars—a good thing, of course. The problem, however, was that the umbrella liability policy did not extend coverage over the pricier vehicles. Celia pointed this out to the customer that day in her office. "Needless to say, when I described the potential risks he had inadvertently exposed himself to, his jaw hit the floor," she said.
Since each of us is different, our insurance coverage should reflect these differences. Some people sit on nonprofit boards, requiring an in-depth evaluation of the entity's directors and officers liability insurance policy. Others have teenage children texting, blogging and posting pictures on social networks that may expose them and their parents to charges of libel, slander and defamation. Complex trusts and estate tax planning strategies differ among high-net-worth families, creating other serious financial exposures.
Celia tells another potent story underscoring the dire need to paint a full portrait of family risk before buying insurance. "I've heard time and again of wealthy parents who buy an apartment in Manhattan for their children to live in after college just as their children begin their work lives," she said. "They then fail to buy liability insurance on the apartment, because it is their smart son's or daughter's apartment after all, and they believe they will buy their own policy."
Most young people would do just that, but not all, Celia explained. "If an accident happens in that home, guess who is on the hook, liability-wise? It's not the child. It's the person whose name is on the title," Celia said.
The moral of these stories is hopefully clear: You may not like to talk to strangers about the personal elements of your lives, but when it comes to insurance, you simply have to open up. As Celia puts it, "If your agent or broker isn't asking probing questions about your hobbies, passions, children and their activities, even such 'How dare you!' questions like, 'How often do you host parties?,' then you have the wrong agent or broker."
Excellent advice. When it comes to insurance—even if the sky literally is the limit—it's the coverage that really counts.


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Benjamin Sargent's "loving" parents, who are charged with his murder, may be beyond our comprehension. The death of an innocent can make us surrender to despair, or fight to make the world a better place.
I've never read a more cruel irony than this line from the obituary of Benjamin Sargent:
"Benjamin is survived by his loving parents."
They would be Tracy D. Hermann, 21, and James E. Sargent, 23, both of 3012 W. Proctor St. They were charged with first-degree murder Wednesday for allegedly letting him starve to death over eight days as he sat strapped to a car seat dumped into his crib.
Loving? I can't fathom an antonym to properly peg them. What they did is beyond comprehension to us, an evil so terrible that words fail to adequately reflect our collective anger and frustration about the senseless death of an innocent.
We can wring our hands and yell at the water cooler and clamor for more justice than the law allows. In the end, though, we can feel so small: the world seems to get worse as we grow powerless.
But neither is true.
The world has always been rife with everyday atrocities — city by city, neighborhood by neighborhood. America was never like "Happy Days." Children and adults were murdered and abused and raped — often by kin, just like now. But, for space reasons, local papers couldn't include all of those stories from all over the place.
But now, via the Internet and cable TV, we have a God's-eye view of the world. And it can be a repugnant place.
If we let it.
That's where our power comes in. We can do something. We can fight.
You might not want to see it, but there's a war waging every day. You can look at if from a spiritual perspective: good trying to triumph over evil. Or you can look at it from a secular perspective: decent people trying to stay in control in an imperfect world.
Either way, it's a battle. The question is, do you choose to engage?
You can sit on the sidelines. You can wail aloud that Benjamin Sargent's parents should suffer the same fate as he, or hang from a public gallows.
But even then, much of this world would remain in darkness. We can lock up more bad people, yet bad things will keep happening to more Benjamin Sargents.
Maybe they don't all die. Maybe they wallow in squalor. Maybe they get mistreated. Maybe they get abused. But the cycle continues. They grow up to do bad things — not just to their own kids, but to our families and rest of the world.
For one week, I wish the public could see all of the Peoria police reports. You'd likely be aghast at the endless mayhem and despair and brutality and hopelessness in those reports. Peoria, along with every other city, traffics in evil every day. Most of us just don't see it.
Certainly, it's not our fault that Benjamin Sargent died. But it is our fault if we don't try to stop this madness.
If you think your role on this earth is to tend only to your own needs, that's your right. But please spare us your sanctimonious griping if the world never gets any better.
And don't rely on the government to fix things. Problems are too entrenched. People need to be changed inside. People need to be changed by people.
There are a slew of agencies that need your help. Or, you can just mutter that the Benjamin Sargents aren't your problem.
It's your choice. But just remember, it's also your world. You have a stake and ownership here. How do you want your world to be?
Phil Luciano is a columnist with the Peoria Journal Star. He can be reached at email@example.com.


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LITTLE ROCK � The House Republican Caucus leader said Monday he would prefer to postpone voting on whether to appropriate money for health care expansion until a special session later in the year.
LITTLE ROCK � The House Republican Caucus leader said Monday he would prefer to postpone voting on whether to appropriate money for health care expansion until a special session later in the year.
Rep. Bruce Westerman, R-Hot Springs, also said the Legislature should go ahead and vote on tax cuts before making a final decision on health care, saying the two are separate issues. Gov. Mike Beebe and House Speaker Davy Carter said they disagreed with Westerman on both points.
Talking to reporters at the Capitol, Westerman said he does not believe the Obama administration will be able to answer every question and approve every waiver related to the so-called �private option� for expanding health care coverage before the end of the session. Legislators are scheduled to conclude regular business no later than April 19 and formally adjourn the session no later than May 17.
�There�s no conceivable way to implement and get all the approvals and waivers that would be necessary for the private option. So my position, and I believe the position of the caucus, will be that we do not pass an appropriation for a program that hasn�t even been established yet and doesn�t have all the details worked out for it,� Westerman said.
He said that during the session the Legislature could approve enabling legislation for the expansion and a budget for the state Department of Human Services, �just not at the level that would be needed to fully implement this program until they have all the details.�
�We believe that would be a fair approach to allow them to have some time to go and work on the details, to get the waivers, to get the approvals from DHS, and for the governor to come back to us when they are ready and propose a special session, if we need to, to approve an additional appropriation,� Westerman said.
Beebe said later, �I�m not interested in that.�
�Let�s don�t waste taxpayers� dollars. Let�s make a decision,� he said. �Deal with it, and if you don�t want to deal with it, then tell the folks no, if they don�t want to pass it, and we�ll send our money to Michigan or wherever.�
Carter, R-Cabot, said Monday his preference is to decide the issue during the regular session.
�We�ve got some draft legislation on paper, and hopefully as the membership gets more comfortable with the data and how to move forward there will be a comfort level to deal with that � before April 19, which is certainly my goal,� he said.
Republican leaders of the House and Senate have said they want to cut taxes by about $100 million this session. Westerman said Monday that postponing a decision on the expansion should not hold up any decisions on tax cuts.
�I think we can deal with the tax cuts as a separate issue from Medicaid expansion,� he said. �The tax cuts deal more with the amount of projected general revenue for next year. I feel very good where we�re at as far as moving forward on the tax cuts, and I don�t see where that should be a holdup on anything we do with the private option or anything we do with health care.�
Beebe said that �he and I totally disagree on that.�
�If I understand what Medicaid expansion means to Arkansas from our human services people, then the two are linked,� Beebe said. �Yes, technically you could do tax cuts without that, but you�d be cutting into a whole lot of folks. You�d be hurting a lot of existing programs, you�d be hurting a lot of people. So I�ve tied them together. That doesn�t mean he has to tie them together, it just means he and I disagree on that.�
Carter said that resolving the issues currently before the Legislature is, as Rep. Charlie Collins, R-Fayetteville, has said, like solving a Rubik�s cube.
�It�s all in context. You move one section of it, it changes another section. I�m still optimistic that we can deal with all of it this legislative session,� he said.
Senate President Pro Tem Michael Lamoureux, R-Russellville, said he wants to resolve both issues in the regular session.
�I think it just gets hard to say, �I want to do the things I want to do this session, and the things other people want to do, I want to wait,�� he said.
Extending health care coverage to people earning up to 138 percent of the federal poverty level, as proposed under the federal Affordable Care Act, would be funded entirely by the federal government for the first three years, after which the state�s share of the cost would increase gradually to 10 percent. That will be true whether the state opts to add those Arkansans to the state Medicaid rolls or use the federal dollars to pay their premiums to buy private insurance through the state health insurance exchange.
A draft by the Beebe administration of proposed enabling legislation for health care expansion began circulating among legislators on Friday. On Monday, the House GOP caucus began circulating a version of the proposal that contains some variations, including language stating that �eligible individuals will affirmatively acknowledge that this is not an entitlement program and federal Medicaid rules shall not apply.�


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Civil rights hero Ray Dones dies
The nation has lost one of its unsung civil rights heroes: Ray Dones was the Martin Luther King of the construction industry. We lost Ray at a time when his kind of leadership is most needed. We all recognize now that the best way to fight violent crime is with a well paying job.


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My specialism is lateral thinking, resolving the complexity encountered in the world with reductive poetic logic. I intertwine commercial and cultural practice: responding to the paradox of daily life and the complexities of project assignments. I seek focused solutions that feel inevitable. I get there by starting at the beginning, asking why, what if… then making sense of the things I find with radical acceptance and by embracing truth.
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The clip frame backing board is marked in pencil, mapping geometric shapes and proportions relational to its dimensions and the four slot apertures. Colours are emotiomaticaly selected and combined, in rhythm to the mantra internalised, and applied at the intersection of lines. The final composition grows from the weight of the glass and the gentle squeeze exerted by the frames clips, spreading and connecting colours between the two surfaces. Made to be displayed in transitional spaces, to remind the viewer to be fully present.
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I decided to put DX aside for a while and focus on the main series until episode 16 so the time tripping in DX makes more sense.
Here for your enjoyment is episode 15 in torrent and DDL for your convenience.
Be forewarned, episode 15 is one of the dirtier ones. It's kind of weird hearing a ten year old girl screaming she wants bigger tits, but what can you do.
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Gees, did anyone else have their accounts deleted? How rude.
Anyway, if there were a Pickle Jar revival, would you read it?
It's a moot question because I really am not going to take your opinions into consideration. I'm probably going to start it up again just so I'll be drawing over the summer and my skills don't wither. I'm just curious is all.
Heh, what are the odds anyone is ever going to dear this, anyway? Pretty low I'd say.


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Burlington in the 2016 Census had a population of 185,314. Along with Milton to the north, Burlington forms the west end of the Greater Toronto Area. Burlington is a city located in Southern Ontario at the western end of Lake Ontario, lying between the north shore of Lake Ontario and the ridge of the Niagara Escarpment.
Its geographic position puts it roughly in the centre of the Golden Horseshoe region, a dynamic location with many attractions. Some of the many attractions include: Canada's Largest Ribfest, Sound of Music Festival, Burlington Art Centre, all located downtown in close proximity to Spencer Smith Park.
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Burlington area is a fun and rewarding travel destination. Easily accessible and surprisingly affordable, the Burlington area's delightfully eclectic mix of dining, shopping, history, art and nature are all here waiting for you and your family.
580.78 hectares of park land, 4 indoor and 3 outdoor pools, 3 splash pads, 12 ice pads, 6 community centers, 9 golf courses, Hiking along Bruce Trail, the Niagara Escarpment, and the Waterfront Trail
Burlington shares the Royal Botanical gardens, Canada's largest botanical garden with neighbouring Hamilton, which incorporates both untamed and cultivated landscapes.
There are 75 parks and 800 acres of parkland within the city, the largest being LaSalle Park located in Aldershot and Spencer Smith Park newly renovated & located centrally, also on the shore of Lake Ontario. Kerncliff Park is a naturalized area on the lip of the Niagara Escarpment. The Bruce Trail runs through the park, at many points running along the edge of the cliffs, providing a clear view of Burlington, the Burlington Skyway Bridge, Hamilton, and Oakville. On a clear day, one can see the CN Tower in Toronto.
The Burlington Arts Centre shows various exhibits throughout the year from local to national talent, including the Canadian artist Robert Bateman.
Many annual lakefront activities take place in Spencer Smith Park, including Canada's Largest Ribfest and the Sound of Music Festival. There is also the semi-annual Taste of Burlington Dining event.
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Burlington is a growing community with a wide range of housing options to satisfy every real estate need. From high end luxury lakefront properties to affordable condo/townhouses, Burlington has something for everyone. With access to both highways and GO transportation, Burlington has become a desirable bedroom community for many who work in downtown Toronto. Many Torontonians wanting to avoid the double land transfer tax are making the move west and finding the great value Burlington has to offer. With Burlington recently being ranked the 3rd best place to live in Canada and Halton region being ranked as the safest community in all of Canada, many young families are beginning to choose Burlington to raise their children.
Burlington has developed from an agricultural based community of several villages into a vibrant, strategically located small city that continues to offer a quality of life that is second to none with good schools, shopping, dining, recreational facilities, parkland and even night life all available within the city limits. Oh yes, did we forget to mention that it was rated the 3rd best city in Canada by a leading Canadian investment magazine the 2 nd year in the row. No other city in the Greater Toronto Area is located in the top 10 of this list. Burlington is 1 hour from Niagara Falls and the USA border. 1.5 hours to London and 45 minutes from the City of Toronto downtown. It is well served by 3 major highways and provincially run commuter dedicated train system called GO for those who need to commute to Toronto. The province has designated this area a protected zone because of its proximity to the Niagara Escarpment lands and the population is expected to peak at just 189,000 by 2018. This will ensure that the city will continue to be a highly desirable and smaller community.
Lets see what some of the popular areas in Northwest Burlington have to offer its residents. Northwest Burlington offers its residents a hard to beat combination of natural beauty and sights. 2 quiet popular family residential subdivisions who border each other are the Brant Hills and Tyandaga subdivisions. The area they occupy traces its history back to Joseph Brant a famous warrior Mohawk chief from the late 1700 and early 1800's and its envious proximity to the Escarpment . It was also the location of a well known local family who farmed this area and on whose property these subdivision were developed from. If you would like to see how its descendants lived in the late 1800's you can visit Ireland House an original historical farm museum preserved for all to visit just off Upper Middle Road and Guelph Line. The Fishers were descendants of the pioneer "Ireland " family. Pat Quinn of the Toronto Maple Leafs is a relation to the Irelands as well. The original Quinn farmhouse is located on Dundas Rd just west of Guelph Line.
One of the best local sights I believe is the view of the surrounding area from the corner of Brant Street and Dundas Road . To the east you can see Toronto and all its vast area. The CN tower, Lake Ontario and more. To the South you can see beautiful Lake Ontario and downtown Burlington. Just minutes from where you stand you can reach the lake or within a short drive Toronto. Streets in Brant Hills are wide with tall mature 30 ft + trees lining both sides of the street. Recreation and sports facilities are within walking distance. Like to jog? Trying running up or down Brant Street or Upper Middle Rd. The elevation is quite challenging. Like nature trails? Try Rambo Creek which meanders behind residential properties and along a lovely creek bed. Play baseball, soccer or tennis try the Brant Hills Community Centre. Library? Same location. Schools? Six schools both public and catholic separate are within easy walking distance. Shopping? Banks, drug, grocery stores are in most cases less than a 10 minute walk from most of the community.
The Tyandaga subdivision is a more mature area than the Brant Hills Community. The homes tend to be larger and more traditional and on larger lots. Streets are wide and tree lined. Play golf or tennis? The municipal owned 18 hole course is quite lovely and is a great place to tune up your game. Want to explore the escarpment? Try the Kerncliffe park a natural preserve where history and nature provide a great hike. If you want to live in the "city" but want the ambience of a safe family neighbourhood both Tyandaga and Brant Hills offer you the opportunity. The best way to get the family feel of these neighbourhoods is to take a leisurely walk through these friendly neighbourhoods. If you are looking for larger pool size lots, mature trees and vegetation and easy access to public facilities then you surely will be quickly convinced that this area will meet your needs.


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The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear oral arguments on Proposition 8, California's same-sex marriage ban, it was announced Monday.
The Hollingsworth v. Perry case -- the fight over Prop 8 -- was scheduled for March 26.
In 2008, voters passed Proposition 8, a constitutional ban on same-sex marriage.
At question now is whether the 14th amendment's equal protection clause prohibits California from defining marriage as between a man and a woman.
The high court was also scheduled March 27 to hear arguments in another high-profile, same-sex marriage case: the fight over the federal Defense of Marriage Act.


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Geographic Distribution
Natural: Amazon Basin in South America through Central America to the lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas. Introduced: Florida, Caribbean Islands, Hawaii, Guam, Philippines, Guam, western Pacific Islands, Papua New Guinea, and Australia.
In their natural environments these toads live in sand dunes and coastal grasslands to the margins of rain forests and mangroves. In environments into which they have been introduced, they also may inhabit urban and agricultural areas.
Physical Characteristics
Cane toads are large squat amphibians. They have a bony head and bony ridges over the eyes that meet above the nose. The hind feet are webbed between the toes but the front feet are not webbed. Their most distinctive feature is their parotid glands, a large swelling on each shoulder behind the "ears" and extending down the sides that contain toxin. Their body is usually covered with warts that are tipped with small spines that also discharge toxin. Males are "wartier" than females and some females do not have any warts. Young cane toads lack conspicuous parotid glands.
The coloration of adults varies. Usually brown or gray-brown, they also can be olive or reddish-brown. They may have cream colored spots scattered across their backs, sides, and legs. The undersides are creamy-yellow, sometimes flecked with black. Tadpoles are shiny black on top with silvery-white, black spotted bellies and spots of white across the back, sides, and legs.
Females are about 10-18 cm (4-7 in) and weigh up to 1.5 kg (3.3 lb). Males are smaller.
Cane toads eat almost anything they can swallow, limited only by the size of their mouths. Most of their diet consists of insects—beetles, honey bees, ants, winged termites, and crickets—but they also occasionally eat marine snails, native frogs, small toads, snakes, and small mammals such as cats and dogs. Voracious omnivores, they have adapted to eating carrion, processed cat and dog food, and household garbage scraps.
Tadpoles eat algae and other aquatic plants. They pull off the algae with five rows of peg-like teeth. They also filter organic material from the water.
In most geographic areas these toads reach sexual maturity at 18-24 months. In Australia it may occur as early as 12 months. Breeding usually is seasonal from early spring to autumn starting after the season's first rainfall or when the water temperature reaches 25o C (77o F). Males develop dark lumps called nuptial pads on the first two 'fingers' of their front limbs ; these help them grasp and hang onto a female toad. Ready to breed, the males migrate to the water's edge of still or slow-moving breeding ponds that can be fresh or brackish, with salinity as high as 15 percent. There the males call females with a low-pitched, rattling trill that has been compared to the sound of a telephone dial or a distant tractor's exhaust.
A male grabs a female under her 'armpits' and they swim together until the female touches a submerged object or a water plant. She then releases a transparent gelatinous string as long as 2.1-3 m (7-10 ft) that contains a double row of dark eggs. The string may contain 8,000-35,000 eggs. Fertilization is external. The male ejects his sperm over the spawn. Two clutches may be laid. Only about 0.5 percent of the eggs survive to reach sexual maturity and reproduce.
The eggs hatch in 1-3 days, forming a school of tiny black tadpoles. In three to twenty weeks (depending on food supply availability and water temperature of the habitat), the tadpoles metaphormose into 1-1.5 cm (0.39-0.59 in) toadlets that leave the water and congregate in large numbers.
These toads respond to threats by turning sideways so that the parotid glands are directed toward the attacker. The toxin, bufotoxin, usually oozes out of the glands, but it can be squirted in a spray for a short distance. The toxin also is released when pressure is applied to the glands such as results from handling a toad or an animal such as a dog or cat taking it in its mouth. The milky-white toxin is absorbed through the victim's eyes, mouth, and nose. In humans it can cause intense pain, temporary blindness, and inflammation.
Cane toads are nocturnal during the warm months of the year. In cold or dry weather they shelter in moist crevices and depressions that they excavate under logs.
Cane toads can lose up to 50% of their body weight through dehydration without being affected detrimentally. They replace their body fluids when water is available. They can survive in temperatures from 5o C to 40o C (41o F to 104o F)
In the wild cane toads have a life span of at least 5 years.
Cane toads were introduced into Australia from Hawaii as a way to control sugar cane beetles whose larvae eat the roots of sugar cane, destroying the plants or stunting the growth. Unfortunately, the toads had no impact on the beetles. Cane toads live on the ground and the beetles, which live higher up on the plant, are rarely on the ground. The toads could not jump high enough to reach the beetles nor were they present when the grubs laid on the ground hatched. However, because of their breeding habits, the cane toads multiplied at a high rate and today have caused the decline of native frogs, toads, and other animals by competing successfully for food and breeding places. The Australian government spends a great deal of money annually in efforts to eradicate the toads, which have few predators. In geographic areas where the toads are native, they are not a problem because of the presence of natural predators.
Special Notes
Some birds and rodents have found a way to eat cane toads without being exposed to the toxin. After killing a toad, they turn it on its back, pull away the toad's soft belly skin, and eat its internal, toxin-free organs, leaving the skin and parotid glands behind. Some native rats have learned to eat only the legs of cane toads.
A substance modified from bufotoxin is used in Japan as a hair-restorer. It is also used in oriental medicine.


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The Turning
Bad Boys for Life
Frozen II
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Godzilla: King of the Monsters
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Dark Phoenix
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Game of Thrones
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Men in Black: International
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It: Chapter Two
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Let It Shine
Little Man
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A Madea Family Funeral
A joyous family reunion becomes a hilarious nightmare as Madea and the crew travel to backwoods Georgia, where they find themselves unexpectedly planning a funeral that might unveil unpleasant family…
Terminator: Dark Fate
More than two decades after the events of Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Sarah Connor sets out to protect a young woman named Dani Ramos and her friends, as a liquid…
X-Men: Apocalypse
After the re-emergence of the world's first mutant, world-destroyer Apocalypse, the X-Men must unite to defeat his extinction level plan.
The Intruder
The Sun Is Also a Star
Avengers: Infinity War
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Twenty-two years after the events of Jurassic Park, Isla Nublar now features a fully functioning dinosaur theme park, Jurassic World, as originally envisioned by John Hammond.
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Annabelle Comes Home
Determined to keep Annabelle from wreaking more havoc, demonologists Ed and Lorraine Warren bring the possessed doll to the locked artifacts room in their home, placing her "safely" behind sacred…
General Magic
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Wally Got Wasted
Three friends accidentally kill a scum bag, then have to pretend he is still alive to cover up their crime.
Listen to Me: Untold Stories Beyond Hatred
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Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
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"Life is simpler in black and white." This line, uttered midway through Bored in the U.S.A., could well serve as the film's thesis statement. Following the budding friendship of Kelly…
Queen Marie of Romania
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Ghost Squad
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Alexander Babu: Alex in Wonderland
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A Letter to the President
Soraya, a low-level government official, is imprisoned when she defends a woman from village lords. Behind bars, she writes the Afghan President for help.
The Man Without Gravity
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The documentary follows one woman's quest to overcome anxiety, depression, and opioid addiction through the use of psychedelic medicines.
The Turning
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Bad Boys for Life
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Frozen II
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Like a Boss
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The Goes Wrong Show
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The Witcher
Geralt of Rivia, a mutated monster-hunter for hire, journeys toward his destiny in a turbulent world where people often prove more wicked than beasts.
Love, loss and transformative luck intersect in this musical drama about two struggling artists experiencing life at full volume in Los Angeles.
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The plum-lacquered woven Japanese basket Phil
.........lately back from Kyoto gave us,
....................Juliet's baby bed on Nymph & Cherry
The year Phil dwelt over on Larch with Don
Beyond the shimmering silver dollar eucalypti,
Sometimes strolled two dirt road blocks to visit,
People mad at him if he came over, if he didn't
Toting his laundry downtown, two sad sacks.
Later on camped down on Terrace tender
.............dear heart crotchety and alone
In the same town with the vivacious Muse
Not quite on the outs & not quite on the ins w/ her,
One day on acid sternly informed me, Thomas Clark,
Poetry will never get written this way.
Eucalyptus sideroxylon, leaves, stems, petioles, branches, buds & capsules: photo by HelloMojo, 2007
Notebook entry, c. 1967: Philip Whalen (Bancroft Library, U. of California)
Clouds over Bolinas Lagoon: photo by Tim Porter (Oaxoax), 1 March 2006
i.m. Philip Whalen 1923-2002
Find twenty beautiful pages for Thomas Clark.
.............("Anything!", Joanne Kyger said. "I'd write anything that I could!")
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So what we get drunkAs it happened, our job after breakfast involved reading a bit of Plato, and, quite by chance, we came across this bit of commentary:
So what we smoke weed
We're just having fun
We don't care who sees
So what we go out
That's how its supposed to be
Living young and wild and free.
Plato (Laws vol 2 654) considers children are incapable of any further education if they have not already had a good musical training. The point was not simply to learn about music or simply to learn how to play an instrument or sing so as to be able to take part in the local festivals. Rather, the more important point was for music to refine the soul of the young person - a crucial stage in opening the mind and the sensitivities of the individual so that it would be receptive to beauty, goodness and truth. Again in the book "Protogoras" (326a) Plato expresses the widely held view that music helps cultivate σωφροσύνη (wisdom, restraint, modesty) and σύνεση (discretion).Αn entire book could be written about what has happened in the intervening years, but we will just leave the juxtaposition as it is with Plato standing there next to Snoop Dogg.


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Kenneth Jackson: Not your stereotypical Republican
He's African American. He's gay. He lives in Section 8 housing. So why is Kenneth Jackson running for City Council as a Republican?
Jackson doesn't put too much stock in political parties, but his attraction to local Republicans is simple: "They welcomed me," he says. What's more, "They have more of a grip on things. They really understand what's going on and what people need. I don't get that from other councilors."
Jackson thinks he has a better understanding of the working class than do the Dems on council. "If someone doesn't look like a voter, they don't want to deal with them," he says.
When Jackson lived on Ridge Street, he was Mayor Maurice Cox's neighbor, but he worked to elect Republican Rob Schilling.
As the city's first openly gay Republican candidate for council, Jackson says he's experienced some disapproval of his lifestyle– "not that I have a lifestyle. It's the same as other people, trying to get ahead and take care of my family."
And family is the priority for Jackson. He beams when he mentions his 15-year-old daughter, Laquanda, a ninth grader at Charlottesville High, but at the same time, he's not too indulgent. "I don't tolerate C's," he says firmly.
He calls his partner, Anthony, his best friend. "He balances me out," says the candidate.
The sofa table in his house is covered with photographs of family members. While he was born in Charlottesville, his family hails from North Garden.
"There's my mom," he says, and he quotes a nugget of wisdom he learned from her: "It takes a hell of a lot of 'attaboys' to make up for one 'holy shit'."
Jackson is a cook at Ludwig's Schnitzelhouse. He worked for 16 years as manager at Burger King, McDonald's, Taco Bell, and Wendy's, and he expects to put those management and people skills to work on City Council.
Jackson has no problem defying stereotypes based on race, sexual preference, or political party. "Not all Republicans are rich and sitting up on the fat hill," he so aptly points out.
Age: 37
What brought you here? Charlottesville born and raised, and I have never found any other place I'd rather call home.
What's worst about living here? The lack of voice and acceptance of younger people
Favorite hangout? Next to my home, my job at Ludwig's is the most relaxing and comfortable place, where everyone's like family.
Most overrated virtue? Perfection, for no matter how hard we strive, I've found that we are all imperfect.
What would people be surprised to know about you? That despite my hard outward appearance and attitude, I am deeply caring, concerned, and old-fashioned in my ways.
If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be? Nothing. My faults and good points are what make me who and what I am. My faults and mistakes are what I learn from and improve upon, and my good points are the things I strive to make better.
What accomplishment are you proudest of? The fact that I can be a positive and constructive model of what can be accomplished, no matter what one's age, or social or economic status.
What do people find most annoying about you? My passionate persistence and never-quit attitude when it comes to what I believe in.
Whom do you admire? My educators, who instilled in me the belief that I can accomplish whatever I want, with hard work, self-determination, and open-mindedness.
Favorite book? Robert Frost's Fire and Ice, A Collection of Poems
What subject causes you to rant? When simple common sense falls victim to quick thinking rather than rational study.
What thrills you about life in the 21st century? The flush of technology that has bombarded our society.
What creeps you out about life in the 21st century? Society and its social and moral decline. In short, the lack of common courtesy and respect for one another.
What do you drive? 1988 Oldsmobile
What's in your car tape player right now? Nothing. I listen to 92.7 [WUVA-FM "Kiss"].
What's your next journey? Drive around the city
What's the most trouble you've ever gotten in? Up until 13 years ago, my temper got me in lots of trouble, but I attribute that to being young and restless.
What do you regret? I have no regrets. My mistakes were errors that I use as learning experiences, and my accomplishments are what I use as positive points in which to grow.
Favorite comfort food? I love chocolate, semi-sweet if handy.
What's always in your refrigerator? Bread and water, so we never forget what is promised to us.
Must-see TV? Law & Order and CSI
Favorite cartoon? Family Guy
Describe a perfect day. Having my morning coffee and review time with my daughter before taking her to school, coming back home and straightening the house, running around paying bills, and going to work, which hopefully is busy, and coming home to unwind with my family.
Walter Mitty fantasy? I have no fantasies, only hopes that one day people of all races, colors, nationalities, and creeds will learn to get along in peace and harmony.
Who'd play you in the movie? Cuba Gooding Jr. Funny, yet sincere; serious, yet laid back.
Most embarrassing moment? I'd like to think that I have not yet experienced every moment there is, so this is hard to say.
Best advice you ever got? "Life is a mystery to be lived, and not a problem to be solved."
Favorite bumper sticker? Real men don't use violence
Kenneth Jackson


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Neither did Wenham use accents, nor the earlier editions of Dobson.Alan Patterson wrote:Interestingly, Wm Mounce does not have first year students learn accents in Basics of Biblical Greek. Perhaps he feels it is better for 2nd year students, who have enough Greek under their belts, to begin learning accents. Just a wild guess, although he doesn't seem to be too concerned with the accent side of Greek. I wonder if he doesn't believe teaching accents altogether?
If the students get plenty of practice reading aloud from the GNT (which has the accents) they will pick up the speech patterns automatically. The rationale is that beginning students have enough to do to get the eyes, tongue, ears and brain working on the sounds of the Greek letters and the breathings before they add the complication of placing an accent.


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Jason Schwartzman Spoofs 'Iron Chef' On 'Sesame Street' [VIDEO]
Sporting a sweet pompadour and garish cape, Jason Schwartzman spoofs the cooking show 'Iron Chef' in a 'Sesame Street' episode which will air on Friday.
The 'Bored to Death' star joins a long list of celebrities, such as Robert De Niro, Johnny Cash and Richard Pryor, who have appeared on the long running kid's show.
'Sesame Street' has released a sneak peek of Schwartzman's 'Cast Iron Cook' segment and, as you can see below, the indie film star is having himself a really good time in the role of a cooking show judge.
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