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EVANESCENCE Singer AMY LEE: 'Push The Button' Song Streaming
August 26, 2014The song "Push The Button" from EVANESCENCE singer Amy Lee can be streamed below. The track is taken from her new album, "Amy Lee Featuring Dave Eggar: Aftermath", which was released on August 25 via 110 Records, Inc. The disc is a film-score collaboration with Dave Eggar for the movie "War Story", which premiered in January at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah.
Lee told MTV earlier the year that the music for "Aftermath" is unlike anything she's done before. She explained, "It's going to surprise my fans. It's not what you'd expect; the film is very dark, very introspective . . . There are moments of playing, and it's musical, but there are a lot of moments where Dave and I just built walls of sounds, out of blaring cellos and trombones and synthesizers and harp, all on top of each other. Sort of creating new sounds. It's not, like, a soundtrack. it's an atmosphere."
Lee did write one new song for the film, called "Push The Button", about which she said, "It's very different for me, it's electronic; I did it all myself." She added, "This whole process has been really different, and freeing. Doing my band, it's always been a big deal, a lot of pressure, a lot of hoops to jump through and things to live up to . . . (this) wasn't about production and singles and worldwide success, it's about the integrity of the art piece we're creating."
Lee said that she would like to score more films, explaining, "Dave and I were already talking about taking a meeting for another film, and I definitely want to work with him again."
"Amy Lee Featuring Dave Eggar: Aftermath" track listing:
01. Push The Button
02. White Out (featuring Dave Eggar)
03. Remember To Breathe (featuring Dave Eggar)
04. Dark Water (featuring Malika Zarra)
05. Between Worlds (featuring Dave Eggar)
06. Drifter (featuring Dave Eggar)
07. Can't Stop What's Coming (featuring Dave Eggar)
08. Voice In My Head (featuring Dave Eggar)
09. Lockdown (featuring Dave Eggar)
10. After (featuring Dave Eggar)
Lee has confirmed in a new interview with Rolling Stone that she doesn't have any plans "to do anything with [EVANESCENCE]" for the foreseeable future. Asked about the group's current status, Lee explained, "The situation is we're not doing it now. I don't like to make predictions about the future, because I'm honestly open-minded, and I would never want to say I'm done with any of it, because it's a huge part of me. I've loved my time with Evanescence, I wouldn't want to just throw it away, but, for the foreseeable future, I don't have any plans to do anything with the band."
Lee continued, "It's really important to me to take some time to show some different sides of myself . . . there does need to be other outlets for me to make music."
Lee, who became a mother for the first time last month, said that she keeps in touch with the members of the band, but added that "the days of living on the road and an album cycle be this giant daunting thing of working in the studio for six months then going on the road for a year or two, they're behind me."
The last EVANESCENCE album, a self-titled effort, came out in 2011.

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(RNS) Facing growing furor from religious groups, President Obama on Friday (Feb. 10) unveiled an "accommodation" in which health insurance companies, rather than religious institutions, will provide employees with contraception coverage.
The revised approach effectively removes all faith-based organizations — not just houses of worship but also hospitals and universities — from covering employees' contraception costs.
"Every woman should be in control of the decisions that affect her own health," Obama said in a midday address at the White House.
"Now, as we move to implement this rule, however, we've been mindful that there's another principle at stake here — and that's the principle of religious liberty, an inalienable right that is enshrined in our Constitution," Obama said. "As a citizen and as a Christian, I cherish this right."
At issue was a mandate, part of Obama's 2009 health care overhaul, that employers provide free birth control coverage. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced the mandate Jan. 20.
Religious groups, particularly Catholics, fiercely objected, saying the federal government should not force institutions to violate the tenets of their faith. Women's advocates argued that employees should have access to birth control regardless of where they work. The furor over the contraception mandate appeared to catch the White House off guard, as it struggled to keep the focus on access to contraception, which is broadly used by American women, even Catholics.
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, which led the charge against the contraception mandate, said on Friday that it would study the revised rule. "While there may be an openness to respond to some of our concerns, we reserve judgment on the details until we have them," said New York Archbishop Timothy Dolan, president of USCCB.
"We hope to work with the administration to guarantee that Americans' consciences and our religious freedom are not harmed by these regulations."
Obama was under fierce pressure to forge a compromise. Conservatives labeled the mandate an abridgment of religious freedom, a rallying cry taken up by GOP presidential candidates, including front-runner Mitt Romney.
Under the new plan, a religiously affiliated institution would not be required to provide contraception coverage. Rather, the institution's insurance company would offer the coverage for free and without raising premiums.
Sister Carol Keehan, head of the Catholic Health Association, an umbrella group for more than 600 Catholic hospitals, said Friday she was "very pleased" with Obama's compromise, which she said "protects the religious liberty and conscience rights of Catholic institutions."
Keehan was a key supporter of the president's health care reform law — against the wishes of the U.S. Catholic bishops — but she had voiced strong criticism of the initial contraception regulations.
Keehan was joined by a range of progressive Catholic groups and leaders in praising the new rules. Many of them had been upset with the administration's initial decision on the mandate.
Cecile Richards, president of Planned Parenthood, also welcomed Friday's decision: "We believe the compliance mechanism does not compromise a woman's ability to access these critical birth control benefits," Richards said.
The president's plan still has some critics, however.
Miami Archbishop Thomas Wenski told CNN he thought Obama is "just kicking the can down the road."
"He's hasn't really addressed our concerns," Wenski said. "I think the only thing to do is…to take back the whole thing."
In recent days, as they sensed the political tide turning in their favor, several USCCB officials have indicated they wanted to go for more than just a broader exemption and wanted the entire contraception mandate eliminated.
That tack may have less appeal in light of the White House's new plan. But that may not stop Catholic conservatives from keeping up the pressure on Obama.
William Donohue, president of the conservative Catholic League, called the new policy a "ploy" and said Catholics "will only be impelled to revolt."
Family Research Council President Tony Perkins likewise called the proposal "paperwork gimmicks."
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On the other side, some abortion rights supporters were also unhappy.
"This administration has shown that it will not stand with women when it comes to supporting access to, and easing the availability of, reproductive healthcare services," said Jon O'Brien, head of Catholics for Choice. "One wonders what has been gained by this 'accommodation.' It certainly isn't the support of Catholics."


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HANDS-ON: Steinberg Cubase 7
Can there really be anything new to add to a DAW after some 23 years? That's how long Cubase has been around, albeit originally only as a MIDI sequencer for the Atari platform.
In that time, we've watched Cubase sprout audio tracks, create a plug-in standard adopted across the industry, change colour, name, and hands. We've seen new versions both excite and enrage dedicated users with new features and unfulfilled wishes.
At times, Steinberg seemed to blaze ahead of its competitors in some areas, while simultaneously lagging behind in others. Lately, the development of the platform has been decidedly evolutionary, with improvements and refinements coming in with some regularity (if not predictability).
Cubase doesn't so much leap ahead as mature gracefully, so it's understandable that we expected Cubase 7 to bring another set of nips and tucks along with a few new plug-ins. Perhaps some workflow enhancements and almost certainly some more sample content.
Imagine our surprise, then, when we discovered not only the expected roster of improvements but some pretty serious re-workings of some familiar features along with entirely new ideas that promise to provide fresh inspiration. More than a mere whitewash, this is a bold new version of Cubase, and one that reinforces its position as an industry heavyweight.
Needless to say, we grabbed Cubase 7 as soon as it became available. These are our first impressions.
NEXT: MixConsole: the new mixer
MixConsole: the new mixer
Though the entire program is chock-a-block with enhancements and improvements, the MixConsole has received the most sweeping brushstrokes. This new mixer bears little resemblance to the old one. Sure, the hardware paradigm is still in place - channels are represented by vertical strips with a fader at the bottom (if you like!), but the similarities end there.
Cubase 7's MixConsole is dark, sleek and wildly flexible. A handy Visibility/Zone column brackets the left side, allowing you to choose which channels to display and where they ought to be. The bulk of the view displays the channels themselves. All the old stuff is here - you won't need to consult the included documentation to work out where everything went - but it's all presented in a scrollable, configurable manner.
You can show or hide things like the channel racks, EQ curves, pictures, Notepad and control room metering. You can also toggle in a nifty meter bridge big enough to be seen from across your control room. Obviously, this is a lot to take in and more than our monitors could comfortably display. The Channel overview in particular is pretty dense. Fortunately, you can easily resize various mixer sections and scroll up or down to quickly access the bits you need.
In summary, the new MixConsole presents a working environment far superior to that of its predecessor.
Channel Strip
New channel strip
Cubase's new channel strip is designed to make it easy to dial in "radio-ready", hard-hitting production values. Or so the developer proclaims.
It certainly has the right tools for the job. Here, Cubase's familiar allotment of EQ and effects inserts and sends is bolstered by a six dedicated processors of the sort that you'd expect to find on a classic studio console. Each of these effects is reduced to a smattering of controls needed for most basic tasks.
The Channel Strip is available in both MixConsole and Channel Settings views. It's a little much to take in when scrolling in the MixConsole. Even with everything else hidden or collapsed, there's a bit of scrolling needed to access a fully loaded strip. We think we'll prefer working with it in the Channel Settings view.
There's a noise gate with threshold, attack and release controls, along with Q and Frequency knobs. A Saturation section offers both Tube and Tape modes, each with drive and low and high frequency filtering. A dynamics module provides a limiter, brickwall limiter and a maximizer for adding that oh-so-popular loudness to your tracks. An envelope shaper provides control over transients and there's the slick 4-band StudioEQ with its keen spectrum analyzer in tow.
Another dynamics module rounds things off. This one offers Vintage, Standard and Tube compression modes, with all of the most-needed functions you'd expect from each.
These effects are interchangeable. You can re-order them as you like, simply by dragging them about. All of the effects sound good, though the Tape Saturation module required a light touch. It's capable of adding far more distortion to our tracks than any actual tape deck we've ever used. Nevertheless, it sounds pretty good and, with a little discretion, you can dial in decent settings for just about any material you throw at it.
And in case you don't feel like rolling your own, Steinberg has tasked producer Allen Morgan with producing preset Channel Strip, Tracks and FX Chains. The presets are useful and, even if they don't do the job for you off the bat, they can certainly help get you into the ballpark.
Chord Track and VariAudio 2.0
We were thrilled when Cubase 5 introduced VariAudio, which allows tracks to be analysed and re-pitched ala Melodyne. As cool as it is, it can be fiddly to use and, like most tools of this sort, works best when the original tracks are smooth and artifact-free.
Cubase 7 brings a long-awaited update to VariAudio 2.0 with improved note-detection and more. It still likes a clean, smooth signal, but once you've given a track the VariAudio treatment, you can do plenty with it, including creating the dreaded Auto-Tune effect or harmonising (or reharmonising) your vocals.
Most importantly, it integrates seamlessly with Cubase 7's new Chord Track. Cubase can now detect the harmonic structure of your project from existing MIDI data and create a chord track with all of your chord progressions in place. Alternatively, you can enter your chords manually. A built-in Chord Assistant can offer up suggestions for new chords based on those you've already used.
With a Chord Track in play, you can instruct MIDI or VariAudio tracks to follow the progression and create new harmonies based on what's already there. This is sophisticated stuff and we're pleased to report that it works reasonably well, even with audio tracks. Even if the VariAudio tracks don't always sound quite right when pushed to extremes, at the very least it'll still be useful for creating guide tracks or unusual effects.
With the right source material and careful attention to settings, the combination of VariAudio 2.0 and the Chord Track has the potential to become an arranger's best friend.
More new features
Don't let our focus on our favourite headline features fool you into thinking that's all there is. Cubase 7 is bursting with other new goodies.
If you are collaborating with long-distance partners, you'll be thrilled with VST Connect SE. Built-in talkback and chat, live video and audio streaming are available here. Better still, you can even use it with collaborators who use other DAWs, thanks to a free standalone version.
The audio engine has also been given a look-in. There's a new technology called ASIO-Guard designed to prevent dropouts. Does it work? Well, we're not sure. We didn't experience dropouts - but then Cubase has always run pretty smoothly on the system on which we tested version 7.
Other useful tools include the ability to search for tracks in large projects. Type in a few letters or full words and any track named thusly will pop up in the 'tree'. It's not foolproof - a tracked called 'TempoGatedGuit' won't pop up if you type in 'Guitar', but will if you type in 'Guit'. Still, it can be a real time saver if you have massive projects.
Another time saver comes in the form of MemZap. We're sure you micro-editors will welcome this one with open arms. Zoom presets are cool, but with MemZap, you can attach key commands to various zoom factors and locations, allowing you to quickly toggle between them with a keystroke. Nice.
Yet more goodies: A new Remote Control Editor can be accessed from your plug-ins and used to assign any MIDI controller to its various functions. You can create and save your layouts for later recall. It's easy enough to use and comes with presets for various popular controllers.
Speaking of plug-ins, we want to give a special mention to the newly-bundled Voxengo CurveEQ, a 'smart' EQ that can analyse the frequency content of one track and apply it to another. These things have been around for yonks, but that doesn't diminish their usefulness and we're glad to see it included.
There are so many cool features in Cubase 7, and it's impossible to go into detail about all of them.
There's full drag and drop support of channel settings, integrated control room features, improved down-mixing, customisable track and mixer icons, and A/B and global bypass for all the audio effects. Hewlett-Packard users will be pleased to know that Cubase 7 is fully optimised for use with their Z series workstations. The list goes on and on...
There are, at the time of this writing, some users complaining of crashes when starting up VST plug-ins. We had no such problems and, in fact, haven't experienced so much as a hiccup in the short time Cubase 7 has been available. That said, Steinberg has announced that an update is coming in just a few days and this promises to iron out some issues.
It's early days, but it looks like Cubase will continue to be a winning DAW. We imagine that some longtime users will be taken aback by some of the broader brushstrokes, but we've found them all to be useful, even inspiring. Steinberg has wisely chosen to concentrate on making Cubase better, rather than loading it up with flashy new plug-ins (we got those last time) and it pays off in a better user experience.


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Ajimu ~Beach Story~SynopsisNakaido Hirosuke is just average high school student, which really means he is just another dull anime protagonist. While taking the train to school one day, he catches sight of the lovely Ajimu, and falls for her instantly. ReviewImagine this heart-to-heart conversation between you and your mother: "Mom, how did you meet Dad?" "Well honey," says Mom with a hint of a blush, "I met your father for the first time when he molested me on a crowded train on the way to school." "Mom?" you say, nonplussed. "It wasn't like that, exactly. Honey, I didn't notice it at first, but it was really some stranger's tennis racket digging into my womanhood. It was a really crowded train, dear, the kind of crowded trains only created by contrived storylines that find mistaken sexual molestation to be funny. But I honestly thought it was your Dad- I had noticed him ogling me before. I got out of that train as fast as I could, but to my dismay your dad just kept following me. I thought he was some kind of stalker, but he really just wanted to apologize and explain how the whole thing was a misunderstanding, and it wasn't him who nearly stole my virginity." She coughs discreetly, her slim hands covering her brightly pink cheeks. You are hoping this a joke. "Anyway, when I was a younger girl I used to play my ukulele on the beach for tourists once a week or so. I thought I had given your Dad the slip, but sure enough, he came, and I got so upset that I cried and yelled at him and scared the tourists away." "What happened then?" "Well, after he realized how upset I was, he made this speech. I don't remember what it was about, but I'm sure it was really sweet. I remember that after that speech, he grabbed me and kissed me. We fell into the tide together." She pauses, her eyes glistening. "I think it was after that kiss that I realized I really liked him." You may stop imagining now. You're welcome. ***
Ajimu ~Beach Story~ is an anime with a fixation for Hawaii. And not the real Hawaii, but the kind of Hawaii only found in tourist booklets and Travel Channel airings. The romance takes place on a beach, with lots of Hawaiian shirts and tourists even during the school season. The heroine plays a ukulele at a night club. (She's not actually playing Hawaiian music, though- it's fluffy pop music with a ukulele where a synthesizer should be). Everyone drinks cocktails and mocktails, which isn't really Hawaiian, but is very touristy. The problem with this: the anime is obviously set in Japan. I mean, sheesh, if you're going to put so much effort into giving the anime a Hawaiian flavor, why not just extract the plot and characters from Japan and put them in Hawaii? The story is boy meets girl, to quote the esteemed Roger Ebert, "Meet Cute" and fall in love after the initial misunderstanding I summed up in the above introduction. That was the first episode, and it is the most disagreeable of the four. In the second episode, Boy continues to try to work up the courage to confess to Girl, while Girl tries to work out her feelings for Boy after recovering from a relationship that broke her heart. Prerequisite Rival makes a move on Boy, while Best Friend begins to set his sight on Rival. In episode three, we the audience discover that Old Flame is not really dead as supposed, and in episode four everything is resolved neatly. It's like the series was plotted on an Excel spreadsheet, everything that's supposed to happen is so neatly divided with lines drawn between what happens here and what happens there. But it's not unwatchable. In fact, the whole show is kinda sweet at the end when everything is (very, very) neatly wrapped up. There are several very campy moments throughout the movie that got a good laugh out of me, especially the plot twist at the end of episode four. It's a very earnest show that really believes it's good entertainment, and those make the best kind of camp. In fact, I think that's the only kind of camp there is. From Dictionary.com: "Something that provides sophisticated, knowing amusement, as by virtue of its being artlessly mannered or stylized, self-consciously artificial and extravagant, or teasingly ingenuous and sentimental." Artlessly mannered or styled? Check. And it's not even the artificial kind, which means it's way funnier than the kind that tries to be campy. There is one character that deserves a mention in the review, even though she has no name while all the other characters can be named by their stereotypes and that'd be all you ever need to know about them. She is Boy's grandmother, and she kicks seven different kinds of ass at video games. Okay, she's there as gimmicky humor relief. She's still fun, though in retrospect I can't put my finger on why. During my freshman year in college, I took two Creative Writing workshops. In both of those classes was this poor young thing that couldn't write an interesting short story. It was painful to watch her try, and even more painful to read her work. She wrote these sickly sweet romances with no creativity and a lot of fervor and energy. Now, understand that I write this not out of ego or spite- God knows my own writing was of dubious quality more often than not- but because it was quietly agreed among the rest of students that her work was a drag to read. I think her reading diet before the class had consisted of the lowest of chick-lit, and I doubt she knew any better than to write like she did. She was, in a way, innocently wrong. Ajimu reminded me of her fiction- written with sweet passion and enthusiasm, never knowing that there are better ways to tell a story. A poorly executed show whose only redemptive feature is its sweetness. And that sweetness is the spoonful of sugar that makes the medicine go down, and cures it of a one star rating. — Bradley Meek Recommended Audience: There is some pandering with panty flashes and the like sprinkled lightly throughout the show, but they are there almost as an afterthought or a prerequisite. There's also a hint at two illicit relationships, one implausible between Old Flame and a tweenager, and one between Old Master and Other Student that the anime does nothing to disprove. Version(s) Viewed: digital source. Review Status: Full (4/4) Ajimu ~Beach Story~ © 2001 Actas, THS, F&F |
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Expert have urged peers to halt the government's proposed "bedroom tax" amid claims it will have "disastrous" consequences.
In a blog for the Huffington Post UK, the Chief Executive of the National Housing Federation (NHF) David Orr says nearly three-quarters of a million families deemed to have a spare bedroom could be £676 a year worse off under plans to dock their housing benefit.
"This bedroom tax will have disastrous implications for a huge number of people already struggling to make ends meet in this tough economic climate, including grandparents, disabled people and smaller families," he warns.
Instead of tackling state spending, the NHF claim that it will hit teenagers and foster parents.
"Under the government's restrictive new rules, same sex teenagers up to the age of 15 will be forced to share a bedroom.
"And foster parents will be affected even where their bedrooms are occupied by foster children, who for benefit purposes do not count as part of the household."
The NHF has called on peers to support an amendment by Lord Best blocking the tax.
But Welfare reform minister Lord Freud said the situation was not "fair or affordable"
"It's not fair or affordable for people to continue to live in homes that are too large for their needs when, in England alone, there are around five million people on the social housing waiting list and over a quarter of a million tenants are living in overcrowded conditions.
"It's only right that we bring fairness back to the system and make better use of the social housing stock."


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Microsoft Convergence 2013 and Marketing
Marketing is for many CRM vendors the last frontier and many are integrating what had been a stand alone function into their solution sets. Marketing requires a different mind set and can deliver significant value as this report points out.
Fred Studer is the new GM, Microsoft Dynamics Product Marketing. He's been on this job for about a month and I think he's a good pick given his experience and background — Studer has a lot of tools to work with professionally and from the product side.
He's been in the business for over two decades at companies like Oracle and Microsoft and most importantly he comes to Dynamics CRM at a point when the product set is hitting its stride. Last week at Convergence 2013 in New Orleans, Studer ran a general session (among other things) that highlighted Microsoft's two marketing acquisitions including Netbreeze, a sentiment analysis and natural language processing engine from Switzerland, that will help power Microsoft's foray into marketing. Also, he managed a discussion with analysts about Marketing Pilot, an earlier acquisition that forms the foundation of Microsoft's marketing approach.
Marketing Pilot does the marketing blocking and tackling enabling marketers to build, manage and deploy digital content and programs through multiple channels. You could say the two products will form the yin and yang of Microsoft's marketing products for the foreseeable future. Think of it as Marketing Pilot for outbound marketing and Netbreeze for inbound customer data capture and analysis.
So is Microsoft done with marketing? Far from it. Netbreeze and Marketing Pilot are only the beginning and on this framework you can expect to see many more ways to analyze customer data beyond sentiment which is a Netbreeze specialty along with natural language processing (NLP) in multiple languages. As valuable as sentiment analysis is, there are other things like intent, leadership and influence and more that analytics will be assumed to have in the near future. Netbreeze provides the basics and a roadmap and for now that's fine.
So, back to Studer. He has a great combination of experience in product and corporate marketing, understands the enterprise, and is deep in back office and front office.
There were a few rough edges apparent in the Convergence messaging that I expect will quickly be polished away now thanks to Mr. Studer. For instance, there is the redundant and incorrect idea of a marketing connector to move data from Marketing Pilot to Dynamics CRM. It is a remnant from Marketing Pilot's history as a private company. The product underwent some significant improvements between acquisition and Convergence — for instance, it got a new and simpler interface and many internal changes that make it a good fit within the Dynamics product set. By virtue of these changes, Marketing Pilot needs a connector the way my cats need my dog.
But old habits die hard I guess. One thing that impressed me about Microsoft Dynamics CRM messaging last week was how many things like the connector issue there are. They aren't bad things and this is not a knock at Microsoft. Just the opposite. Issues like this take no coding to fix, they are messaging and positioning related and are easily addressed once you focus on them, so pay attention as Microsoft comes on strong in the months ahead.
Another thing I saw in the General Session video was a good presentation by the Illinois Department of Corrections. You might wonder what the connection between corrections and CRM ought to be — Corrections Relationship Management? It was not adequately explained. Of course, the right answer is Microsoft's XRM solution, which might be referred to as the platform in other schemas. Microsoft has capable tools for building whole new applications on a CRM or XRM foundation or for extensively modifying CRM to fit a specific need.
The Illinois Corrections story is about XRM but the messaging around it was strained to say the least. It's another example of how Microsoft has product but is not optimizing the way it brings the solution to market. Again, this is a happy problem because it takes marketing and not software development to fix.
Sometimes we take marketing for granted thinking instead that great products sell themselves but that's not often true. Great products are great because someone saw the connection between what the product does and a market need and figured out how to explain it to buyers in concrete ways with simple language. As Microsoft itself becomes a vendor of marketing solutions I expect that people like Studer and Corporate VP and industry veteran Bob Stutz will help school the company in the finer points of product marketing in a social world. Microsoft has always been a good engineering company, they aren't moving away from this but they are, I hope, bringing a heightened marketing sensibility to the party.


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The following sections will help you understand and use different types of punctuation more effectively in your writing. This chapter begins with the comma, the punctuation mark which usually causes writers the most trouble, before turning to other types of punctuation.
Written by Frances Peck
The Comma
Comma usage is in some respects a question of personal writing style: some writers use commas liberally, while others prefer to use them sparingly. Most modern North American style guides now recommend using fewer commas rather than more, so when faced with the option of using a comma or not, you may find it wise to refrain.
For instance, the use of a comma before the "and" in a series is usually optional, and many writers choose to eliminate it, provided there is no danger of misreading:
- We bought scarves, mittens and sweaters before leaving for Iceland. (comma unnecessary before "and")
- We ate apples, plums, and strawberry and kiwi compote. (comma needed before "and" for clarity)
- Use a comma before a co-ordinating conjunction that joins independent clauses (unless the independent clauses are very short):
- I wrapped the fresh fish in three layers of newspaper, but my van still smelled like trout for the next week. (commas with two independent clauses)
- She invited him to her party and he accepted. (comma unnecessary with short clauses)
- Use a comma after an introductory adverb clause and, often, after an introductory phrase (unless the phrase is very short):
- After the hospital had completed its fund-raising campaign, an anonymous donor contributed an additional $10,000. (after introductory adverb clause)
- From the east wall to the west, her cottage measures twenty feet. (after introductory prepositional phrase)
- In the bottom drawer you will find some pink spandex tights. (no comma with short, closely related phrase)
- Use a comma to separate items in a series:
- Playing in a band can be exciting, but many people do not realize the hardships involved: constant rehearsals, playing until 2 a.m., handling drunken audience members, and transporting heavy equipment to and from gigs. (the comma preceding "and" is optional unless needed to prevent misreading)
- Use commas to set off non-restrictive elements and other parenthetical elements. A non-restrictive modifier is a phrase or clause that does not restrict or limit the meaning of the word it is modifying. It is, in a sense, interrupting material that adds extra information to a sentence. Even though removing the non-restrictive element would result in some loss of meaning, the sentence would still make sense without it. You should usually set off non-restrictive elements with commas:
- The people of Haiti, who for decades have lived with grinding poverty and mind-numbing violence, are unfamiliar with the workings of a true democracy.
- Those residents of Ottawa who do not hold secure, well-paying jobs must resent the common portrayal of the city as a land of opportunity.
- Mr. Grundy's driving record (with one small exception) was exemplary.
- Placing parenthetical information between dashes has the opposite effect: it emphasises the material:
- Mr. Grundy's driving record -- with one exception -- was exemplary.
Equally important in understanding how to use commas effectively is knowing when not to use them. While this decision is sometimes a matter of personal taste, there are certain instances when you should definitely avoid a comma.
- Do not use a comma to separate the subject from its predicate:
- [WRONG] Registering for our fitness programs before September 15, will save you thirty percent of the membership cost.
- [RIGHT] Registering for our fitness programs before September 15 will save you thirty percent of the membership cost.
- Do not use a comma to separate a verb from its object or its subject complement, or a preposition from its object:
- [WRONG] I hope to mail to you before Christmas, a current snapshot of my dog Benji.
- She travelled around the world with, a small backpack, a bedroll, a pup tent and a camera.
- [RIGHT] I hope to mail to you before Christmas a current snapshot of my dog Benji.
- [RIGHT] She travelled around the world with a small backpack, a bedroll, a pup tent and a camera.
- Do not misuse a comma after a co-ordinating conjunction:
- [WRONG] Sleet fell heavily on the tin roof but, the family was used to the noise and paid it no attention.
- [RIGHT] Sleet fell heavily on the tin roof, but the family was used to the noise and paid it no attention.
- Do not use commas to set off words and short phrases (especially introductory ones) that are not parenthetical or that are very slightly so:
- [WRONG] After dinner, we will play badminton.
- [RIGHT] After dinner we will play badminton.
- Do not use commas to set off restrictive elements:
- [WRONG] The fingers, on his left hand, are bigger than those on his right.
- [RIGHT] The fingers on his left hand are bigger than those on his right.
- Do not use a comma before the first item or after the last item of a series:
- [WRONG] The treasure chest contained, three wigs, some costume jewellery and five thousand dollars in Monopoly money.
- [WRONG] You should practice your punches, kicks and foot sweeps, if you want to improve in the martial arts.
- [RIGHT] The treasure chest contained three wigs, some costume jewellery and five thousand dollars in Monopoly money.
- [RIGHT] You should practice your punches, kicks and foot sweeps if you want to improve in the martial arts.
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The Semicolon
You will usually use the semicolon to link independent clauses not joined by a co-ordinating conjunction. Semicolons should join only those independent clauses that are closely related in meaning.
- Abdominal exercises help prevent back pain; proper posture is also important.
- The auditors made six recommendations; however, only one has been adopted so far.
Do not use a semicolon to link a dependent clause or a phrase to an independent clause.
- [WRONG] Although gaining and maintaining a high level of physical fitness takes a good deal of time; the effort pays off in the long run.
- [RIGHT] Although gaining and maintaining a high level of physical fitness takes a good deal of time, the effort pays off in the long run.
Generally, you should not place a semicolon before a co-ordinating conjunction that links two independent clauses. The only exception to this guideline is if the two independent clauses are very long and already contain a number of commas.
- [WRONG] The economy has been sluggish for four years now; but some signs of improvement are finally beginning to show.
- [RIGHT] The economy has been sluggish for four years now, but some signs of improvement are finally beginning to show.
It may be useful to remember that, for the most part, you should use a semicolon only where you could also use a period.
There is one exception to this guideline. When punctuating a list or series of elements in which one or more of the elements contains an internal comma, you should use semicolons instead of commas to separate the elements from one another:
- Henry's mother believes three things: that every situation, no matter how grim, will be happily resolved; that no one knows more about human nature than she; and that Henry, who is thirty-five years old, will never be able to do his own laundry.
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The Colon
Writers often confuse the colon with the semicolon, but their uses are entirely different.
When to Use a Colon- He visited three cities during his stay in the Maritimes: Halifax, Saint John and Moncton.
- Their lobbying efforts were ultimately useless: the bill was soundly defeated.
- My mother gave me one good piece of advice: to avoid wasting time and energy worrying about things I cannot change.
You should not place a colon between a verb and its object or subject complement, or between a preposition and its object:
- [WRONG] His neighbour lent him: a pup-tent, a wooden canoe, and a slightly battered Coleman stove. (colon between verb and objects)
- [RIGHT] His neighbour lent him a pup-tent, a wooden canoe, and a slightly battered Coleman stove.
- [WRONG] Her three goals are: to improve her public speaking skills, to increase her self-confidence and to sharpen her sales techniques. (colon between verb and subject complement)
- [RIGHT] Her three goals are to improve her public speaking skills, to increase her self-confidence and to sharpen her sales techniques.
- [WRONG] We travelled to: London, Wales and Scotland. (colon between preposition and objects)
- [RIGHT] We travelled to London, Wales and Scotland.
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End Punctuation
The punctuation marks that signal the end of a sentence are the period, the question mark and the exclamation mark.
You use the period, by far the most common of the end punctuation marks, to terminate a sentence that makes a statement. You may also use periods with imperative sentences that have no sense of urgency or excitement attached:
- Without a doubt, Lady Emily was much happier after her divorce.
- Turn right at the stop sign.
- Bring me a cup of coffee and a cheese danish.
When you want to express a sense of urgency or very strong emotion, you may end your imperative sentences and statements with an exclamation mark:
- Look out below!
- Leave this house at once!
- I hate him!
Exclamation marks are, however, rare in formal writing. Use them sparingly, if at all.
You should use the question mark at the end of a direct question:
- Who's on first?
- Where is my flowered cape?
Be careful not to use a question mark at the end of an indirect question. Indirect questions are simply statements, and therefore end with a period:
- I wonder who was chosen as Harvest King in the county fair.
- She asked if she could play pinball.
- The teacher asked who was chewing gum.
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Quotation Marks
The exact rules for quotation marks vary greatly from language to language and even from country to country within the English-speaking world. In North American usage, you should place double quotation marks (") before and after directly quoted material and words of dialogue:
- One critic ended his glowing review with this superlative: "It is simply the best film ever made about potato farming."
- May replied, "This is the last cookie."
You also use quotation marks to set off certain titles, usually those of minor or short works -- essays, short stories, short poems, songs, articles in periodicals, etc. For titles of longer works and separate publications, you should use italics (or underlined, if italics are not available). Use italics for titles of books, magazines, periodicals, newspapers, films, plays, long poems, long musical works, and television and radio programs.
- Once when I was sick, my father read me a story called "The Happy Flower," which was later made into a movie entitled Flower Child, starring Tiny Tim.
Sometimes, you will use quotation marks to set off words specifically referred to as terms, though some publishers prefer italics:
- I know you like the word "unique," but do you really have to use it ten times in one essay?
- "Well" is sometimes a noun, sometimes an adverb, sometimes an adjective and sometimes a verb.
One question that frequently arises with quotation marks is where to place other punctuation marks in relation to them. Again, these rules vary from region to region, but North American usage is quite simple:
- Commas and periods always go inside the quotation marks.
- I know you are fond of the story "Children of the Corn," but is it an appropriate subject for your essay?
- "At last," said the old woman, "I can say I am truly happy."
- Semicolons and colons always go outside the quotation marks.
- She never liked the poem "Dover Beach"; in fact, it was her least favourite piece of Victorian literature.
- He clearly states his opinion in the article "Of Human Bondage": he believes that television has enslaved and diminished an entire generation.
- Question marks, exclamation marks, and dashes go inside quotation marks when they are part of the quotation, and outside when they do not.
- Where is your copy of "The Raven"?
- "How cold is it outside?" my mother asked.
Note that in North American usage, you should use single quotation marks (') only to set off quoted material (or a minor title) inside a quotation.
- "I think she said `I will try,' not `I won't try,'" explained Sandy.
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The Apostrophe
You should use an apostrophe to form the possessive case of a noun or to show that you have left out letters in a contraction. Note that you should not generally use contractions in formal, academic writing.
- The convertible's engine has finally died. (The noun "convertible's" is in the possessive case)
- I haven't seen my roommate for two weeks. (The verb "haven't" is a contraction of "have not")
To form the possessive of a plural noun ending in "s," simply place an apostrophe after the "s."
- He has his three sons' futures in mind.
- In many suburbs, the houses' designs are too much alike.
Possessive pronouns -- for example, "hers," "yours," and "theirs" -- do not take apostrophes. This is the case for the possessive pronoun "its" as well: when you write "it's" with an apostrophe, you are writing a contraction for "it is."
- The spaceship landed hard, damaging its radar receiver. ("its" is the possessive pronoun)
- It's your mother on the phone. ("it's" is the contraction of "it is")
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The Dash
As noted in the section on commas, you can use a dash at the beginning and end of parenthetical information. Usually, you will use dashes when you want to emphasise the information, but you might also use them if the parenthetical information is too long or abrupt to be set off with commas.
- I think you would look fine wearing either the silk blouse -- the one with the blue pattern -- or the angora sweater. (abrupt interruption)
- The idea of returning to the basics in the classroom -- a notion which, incidentally, has been quietly supported for years by many respected teachers -- is finally gaining some currency with school administrators. (lengthy interruption containing internal commas)
You can use a dash to conclude a list of elements, focusing them all toward one point.
- Chocolate, cream, honey and peanut butter -- all go into this fabulously rich dessert.
Dashes also mark sharp turns in thought.
- We pored over exotic, mouth-watering menus from Nemo Catering, Menu du Jour, Taste Temptations, and three other reputable caterers -- and rejected them all.
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The already disgraced U.S. cyclist Floyd Landis the 34-year-old was the first rider stripped of a Tour de France title after testing positive for elevated testosterone levels at the 2006 Tour has ironically now come clean. Landis admitted to a systematic use of performance-enhancing drugs, then went on to point the finger at seven-time Tour champion Lance Armstrong, who he also claimed was involved in doping. "I want to clear my conscience," Landis told ESPN.com, "I don't want to be part of the problem any more." Armstrong has already refuted the claims, telling reporters that, "I have nothing to hide," and "history speaks for itself here," before going on to add, "It's his word versus ours … we like our word, we like our credibility."
For his own part, Landis has detailed comprehensive, consistent use of the red blood cell booster erythropoietin (better known as EPO), testosterone, human growth hormone and frequent blood transfusions, along with a one-time experiment with insulin during the period he rode for the U.S. Postal Service and Switzerland-based Phonak teams between 2002-2006. Frankly, it's an astonishing revelation by Landis. After all, he stringently denied taking illegal stimulants after being stripped of the title. The scandal is a far cry from Landis's early days in the sport: not only did he win the first race he entered but was crowned U.S. junior national champion in 1993. He told friends he would eventually win the Tour de France and was recruited by Armstrong for U.S. Postal; they rode together over three straight Tours all of which Armstrong won between 2002-2004.


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Is that a proposal: The actress laughed in shock as co-star Peter Stormare approaches her on bended knees
Jeremy Renner
Will Ferrell
Thecast (L-R) Actors: Peter Stormare, Famke Janssen, Pihla Viitala, Jeremy Renner, Gemma Arterton, Director: Tommy Wirkola and actress Zoe Bell
Bare-faced and beautiful: Gemma Arterton shows off her naturally stunning looks as she goes make-up free
She dazzled on the red carpet at the premiere for her new film Hansel and Gretel, but on Saturday, British actress Gemma Arterton sported a dressed down natural look.
The Kent born beauty was make-up free and dressed casually in jodphur style trousers and oots, teamed with a navy blazer. The Bond girl accessorised the look with a stylish brown leather handbag.
Earlier in the week, the British actress told The Today Show that her role in Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters interested her because of the action-packed scenes.
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CLARK (Clarke), JAMES, merchant, lawyer, and office holder; b. in Quebec, probably at Trois-Rivières, son of James Clark and Jemima Mason; m. 29 Aug. 1795 Elizabeth Hare in Newark (Niagara-on-the-Lake), Upper Canada, and they had four children, three of whom survived infancy; fl. 1790–1807 in Upper Canada.
James Clark's father, a native of Somerset, England, came to Quebec in May 1768 with the 8th Foot. He was posted to Trois-Rivières and served there until 1777, when he was appointed naval storekeeper at Carleton Island (N.Y.). Several of his children, including James, were educated "at a French and English Seminary" and were, as their younger brother John recalled many years later, "good scholars for that period." According to John's memoir, James and his elder brother Peter became merchants at Montreal, and Peter appears on the lists of Indian trade passes for 1782 and 1785. In 1785 Clark Sr was sent to Napanee (Ont.) to run the government grist-mill that Robert Clark* (no relation) was building there. When in 1788 western Quebec was divided into the four administrative districts that later became Upper Canada, James Clark Sr was appointed to the Mecklenburg District land board and Court of Common Pleas, and made a justice of the peace. That same year he was appointed naval storekeeper at Kingston and took up residence there, becoming a leader of the new community. This relocation may have had some effect on his sons; John Clark wrote that in 1790 James and Peter moved to Kingston where they engaged in the Indian trade.
The division of Quebec and the establishment of a separate government for Upper Canada in 1791 opened up new possibilities for patronage, and the elder Clark may have influenced Lieutenant Governor Simcoe's appointment of Peter Clark as clerk of the Legislative Council on 29 Sept. 1792. Peter died in 1793 as a result of a duel and on 27 May of that year was succeeded by his brother James, who then moved to the provincial capital at Newark. Clark's duties included administering oaths, supervising the copying of the council's minutes, transmitting messages from the speaker of the council, and sending out copies of statutes to local clerks of the peace. He was the chief administrative officer of the council and in conjunction with his counterpart in the House of Assembly, for many years Angus Macdonell (Collachie), coordinated the work of successive parliaments. In 1796 the responsibility for superintending the printing of acts by the king's printer seems to have unexpectedly devolved upon him. The following year he petitioned the Executive Council for additional remuneration since this new burden was, he believed, "distinct" from the duties of his office. But a committee of the council, headed by Chief Justice John Elmsley, refused his petition on the grounds that his salary of £125 per annum was "very ample compensation" for all the activities associated with his position.
It is possible that Clark had received some legal training. As early as 1790 he acted as his father's attorney in civil suits before the Court of Common Pleas. In 1794 he was one of the original 16 men called to the bar by act of parliament. He was also one of the founding members of the Law Society of Upper Canada, which was established in 1797. Between 1799 and 1802 judgements against him in the Court of King's Bench usually identified him as "one of the attornies" but it is not known whether he was a practising member of the bar.
Like most Upper Canadians, Clark petitioned the government for land, and he received 1,200 acres which he located in Murray, Pittsburgh, and Marysburgh (North and South Marysburgh) townships. In 1797, the year he moved with the government to the province's new capital at York (Toronto), he was granted a town lot there, and also a 200-acre farm lot in the vicinity, with the stipulation that no warrant be issued for the latter parcel of land until he had actually settled on it.
Clark was a minor office holder who did his job competently and conscientiously but, unlike Macdonell for instance, made little impact either socially or politically upon York society. By 1799 debt had become a constant feature of his life. Between that year and 1804 he had five judgements against him in civil court for varying sums. His situation thereafter became increasingly desperate and by 1805 he was issuing drafts against his salary as clerk, hoping that Receiver General Peter Russell would honour them. Merchants such as George Forsyth and William and James* Crooks promptly forwarded their claims to Russell. In late 1805 Clark owed the Crooks brothers £100; they noted in applying to Russell about his draft, "We have made some sacrifice in the way of assistance to his family to obtain it." On one occasion Clark even denied, to no avail apparently, that the signature on a particular draft was his own.
The last years of Clark's life were characterized by insolvency, dissipation, and woe. In January 1806 Russell's half-sister, Elizabeth*, noted in her diary the possibility that Clark's position might become vacant because of "his ill state of health or death." Already the official families of York were scrambling to secure his office for one of their number. The clerk's salary and contingent account were a generous reward for working only six weeks a year. In the midst of the turmoil surrounding the clerkship, Clark's infant daughter died in March 1806; seven months later his wife died as well. Yet Clark held on to his position. He served during the legislative session of February–March 1806 and as late as November was still acting in his official capacity.
The combination of stresses, however, proved too much for Clark to bear and he turned to alcohol. Completely without influence, he became an even more tempting target for the York élite. According to Mrs Anne Powell [Murray*], early in 1806 government officials had agreed to remove him but Administrator Alexander Grant had been unwilling to initiate the change. The new lieutenant governor, Francis Gore*, however, felt that Clark "should no longer hold a responsible situation to which his vices render'd him inequal." On 13 Feb. 1807 Mrs Powell wrote to her husband that, according to Legislative Councillor Richard Cartwright, Gore had decided to give the clerkship to the Powells' son, John. The only problem was that "James Clarke was upon the spot, & it was painful to dispossess him entirely." So it was agreed that John Powell should offer to share the salary with Clark. The offer was put to Clark some time on 13 or 14 February; he refused. Mrs Powell dismissed him as "long devoted to the most confirmed habits of intoxication, & for some time . . . advancing with hasty strides to that grave, which can alone cover his disgrace." The government acted quickly. Clark's brother later recalled that he had had to relinquish his position "from habits of indulgence, to the great regret of his family." A regular of the law society, Clark attended his last meeting on 18 Feb. 1807. The following day, John Powell became clerk of the council. The disgraced Clark then disappeared from sight; there is no record of his subsequent whereabouts. His health, however, was very poor and it is likely that he died shortly thereafter.
AO, ms 75, James Clark to Peter Russell, 23 Jan. 1803, 22 March 1806; James Crooks to Russell, 10, 27 March 1806; W. & J. Crooks to Russell, 27 Nov. 1805; George Forsyth & Company to Russell, 17 Jan. 1806; RG 22, ser. 131, 1: ff.62–63. Law Soc. of U.C. (Toronto), Law Soc. of U.C., minutes, 17 July 1797–18 Feb. 1807. MTL, William Dummer Powell papers, A93: 75–82. PAC, RG 1, L3, 90: C2/151; 91: C3/49; 92: C4/23; RG 4, B28, 115, 1782, 1785; RG 5, A1: 2186–87; RG 68, General index, 1651–1841: f.74. "Accounts of receiver-general of U.C.," AO Report, 1914: 754–55, 763. [John Clark], "Memoirs of Colonel John Clark, of Port Dalhousie, C.W.," OH, 7 (1906): 157–93. Corr. of Lieut. Governor Simcoe (Cruikshank), 4: 192–93, 196; 5: 151–52. "District of Mecklenburg (Kingston): Court of Common Pleas," AO Report, 1917: 211–13, 236, 349. "Early records of Niagara" (Carnochan), OH, 3: 14, 16, 22, 54, 68–69. "Journals of Legislative Assembly of U.C.," AO Report, 1909: 162, 473–74. "The journals of the Legislative Council of Upper Canada . . . ," AO Report, 1910: 16, 116. Parish reg. of Kingston (Young), 161. Town of York, 1793–1815 (Firth), 259. "U.C. land book C," AO Report, 1930: 151, 153. "U.C. land book D," AO Report, 1931: 170, 174.
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The difference between the price of legal and illegal cannabis is increasing, according to data released Thursday by Statistics Canada.
Canada-wide, the average price of legal cannabis jumped to $10.30 per gram in the fourth quarter of 2019, compared to $9.69 a year earlier. The price of illegal cannabis decreased during the same time period from $6.44 per gram to $5.73.
Cannabis was legalized for recreational use in October 2018, although edibles are only now showing up on store shelves.
In B.C., legal pot cost $9.32 per gram during the last quarter of 2019, and just $5.95 when bought illicitly.
Quebec had the cheapest legal cannabis at $7.88 per gram, while New Brunswick had the most expensive at $11.36.
New Brunswick also had the cheapest illegal pot at $4.90 per gram, while Ontario had the most expensive at $6.03.
Statistics Canada found that men were much more likely to buy illicit cannabis, with 41.1 per cent of their cannabis coming from illegal sources, compared to 25.4 per cent purchased legally. For women, only 15.9 per cent was purchased illegally.
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Sunday's National Football League conference championships boil down to a pair of heated rivalries.
If the past few weeks are indicative, Rookies at the Manteca Bowl and Family Fun Center could see plenty of rabid fans supporting their teams.
"We have mostly (San Francisco) 49er fans," said Janna Quitiquit, who is the bar manager there. "But lately we've had a few (Denver) Bronco and (Seattle) Seahawk fans."
That alone should make for some interesting dynamics in terms of fanfare at Rookies Sports Bar and Grill, 1251 E. Yosemite Ave., come this weekend.
"We open at 9:30 a.m. (on Sunday) but there's already people waiting around to claim their spot," Quitiquit said.
She noticed that it's not too difficult to spot the true sports fan. Sorry, no face-painters spotted thus far.
"Most are in jerseys and other sports attire supporting their favorite team. You won't find too many in their regular clothes," said Quitiquit.
At Rookies, the local team – in this case, the Niners – in the postseason usually equals better business. Quitiquit noticed that last year when San Francisco played and lost to the Baltimore Ravens in the Super Bowl.
But that pale in comparison with this particular Niners vs. Seahawks clash.
The NFC Championship Game will feature the top defenses in the league coupled with a pair of young dynamic quarterbacks in Colin Kaepernick (49ers) and Russell Wilson (Seahawks).
There's also no love lost between SF coach Jim Harbaugh and Seattle's Pete Carroll, dating back to their days at Stanford and USC, respectively.
The Niners had their woes at Century Link Field and Seattle's boisterous fans otherwise known as the "12th Man."
Those at Rookies sporting jerseys with the likes of Kaepernick, Patrick Willis, Vernon Davis, et al, are hoping that their team can continue the postseason success.
The Niners, after all, prevailed on the frozen tundra of Green Bay's Lambeau Field and just avenged their earlier loss to the Carolina Panthers.
Quitiquit is expecting a few hundred at Rookies come Sunday.
The earlier game will feature the New England Patriots at Denver in the AFC title game. The back story, of course, are quarterbacks Peyton Manning (Broncos) and Tom Brady (Pats) meeting for the 15th time.
But perhaps the most anticipated matchup is the Niners-Seahawks game.
Quitiquit and others at Rookies are expecting that game to be loud, festive but not too crazy. "We have security here," she said.
The bar and grill will have plenty of drink specials throughout the day.
"We've purchased extra beer for this weekend," Quitiquit said.
She's hoping that the good times will continue to roll for the local team. That would mean another Niners Super Bowl, which can bring a boost to business.
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Manchester United midfielder Tom Cleverley is set to undergo a scan on his calf injury.
The 23-year-old limped out of United's 1-0 Champions League defeat to Cluj on Wednesday, leaving him doubtful for Sunday's eagerly-anticipated clash with Manchester City.
Manager Sir Alex Ferguson said: "Tom Cleverley is having a scan. It is a calf. We shall see."
Ferguson also revealed that Shinji Kagawa and Nemanja Vidic, who have both suffered knee injuries, are struggling to be fit in time for the derby match at the Etihad Stadium.
He said: "I thought Kagawa may have a chance but he is still a bit short. He won't be available until Sunderland next week.
"Nemanja Vidic is certainly doing well in training. It is just his own confidence to play. He will be ready for Sunderland."
United's defence has come under scrutiny following the 4-3 victory at Reading last week. And Ferguson admitted set-piece defending has been worked on at the training ground since. He said: "Manchester City will have expected us to work on it (defending set pieces). I am sure they have (worked on attacking them)."
Meanwhile, Ferguson has confirmed Manchester United midfielder Anderson will be out for at least three weeks with a hamstring injury.
The Brazilian limped off during Saturday's win at Reading. It came at the end of an impressive recent period for the former FC Porto star, who has brought added energy to the Red Devils' ranks.
However, after a succession of major injuries, Anderson has now picked up another problem that will keep him out for the remainder of the month. "It is a hamstring," Ferguson told MUTV. "It will be three or four weeks. It is not serious but it is a hamstring."


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It's time for another round of history and physical examination forms. Here are some more absurd forms that could be added to the absurdity.
It's a new year: time for another round of annual attestation and documentation that I'm capable of doing my job without harming myself or anyone else.
These bureaucrat-pleasing sheets of paper attain new heights of absurd irrelevance when one works in teleradiology, and thus is completely removed from human (let alone patient) interaction.
I think my absolute favorite is the PPD form. Each year, I waste two to three hours of my time visiting a CVS MinuteClinic to have a nurse formally ask me about tuberculosis exposure, tell me what I already know about the PPD test, inject me with the stuff - and then document my non-reaction two days later. (I obviously have neither the training nor the public trust to read it myself, being a mere physician.) This ensures that a virulent new strain of TB won't get transmitted from me via my high-speed internet connection to the various hospitals for which I provide exclusively remote coverage.
The more recently added paper-wastage for influenza is less of a hoot, as it allows one to choose between confirming vaccination versus documenting one's reasons for declining it. For now. I imagine, in the future, governmental/regulatory types will realize the error of allowing us this degree of self-determination. After all, if we're guarding against transmitting tuberculosis via modem, should we be any less vigilant against viruses?
The standard listing of credentialing questions is getting longer and longer, too. Forget about whether you've been sued or found guilty of a felony since your last round of paperwork, and attesting that you're free of drug addiction is old hat too (though I'm sure legions of addicts have come to grips with their issues purely as a result of being asked about it on employment paperwork).
Within the last couple of years, I've started getting H&P forms to be filled out for my file. I cannot tell you how reassured I am that a hospital on the other side of the country has an annually updated record that I have no known allergies.
I worry about the lawyers and human resources drones who generate these requirements for us. The increasing absurdity of their demands indicates, to me, that they're starting to grasp at straws for new ways to lengthen the reams of paperwork they generate. Once they're out of new ideas on how to do this, they may fear for their continued employment.
Some contributions, then, to their stockpiles:
• Nutritional attestation. Supply your dietary plan for a typical workday. Include approximate times of consumption, portion sizes, and whether or not indigestion followed. Remember to complete your separate Hydration Worksheet as well.
• Proper usage of breaks. Provide a schedule of workplace activity for a typical week, in five-minute increments. If at least one 30-minute meal break and two separate 15-minute breaks are not being observed per shift, document why.
• Ergonomic assessment. Form to be filled out by a non-subordinate coworker, assessing employee's posture and proper usage of office furniture.
• Morale monitoring. A series of yes/no questions indicating satisfaction with multiple aspects of one's working environment. Employees expressing dissatisfaction will be flagged for further investigation by HR.
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Hall of Fame football coach Chris Ault, a pillar of the University of Nevada since his hiring in 1976, announced Friday during a press conference at Legacy Hall that he is stepping down from the program that he has been associated with as a player, coach and administrator for more than 40 years.
The winningest coach in school history with a career record of 233-109-1 in 28 seasons, Ault guided Nevada from Division II to I-AA glory in the Big Sky Conference 1980s and early 90s, into I-A and the Big West Conference in 1992 and on to the WAC and now the Mountain West Conference. Along the way, he won 10 conference championships and took the Wolf Pack to postseason play 16 times, including 10 bowl games in 12 FBS seasons. He leaves a lasting legacy of accolades and contributions to the game, perhaps none of which greater than his creation of the Pistol offense in 2005, a scheme now employed by hundreds of teams at every level of football.
"With great humility and mixed emotions, I've decided it's time for me to step down," Ault said. "Wolf Pack football has firmly established a blueprint for success that can be sustained."
Ault, who played quarterback at Nevada from 1965-67 and earned two degrees from the University. He was hired by his alma mater in 1976 at the age of 29, the youngest college coach in the country at the time. He would later be inducted into four different Halls of Fame, including the College Football Hall of Fame in 2002 at the age of 55. This year, Ault passed Bear Bryant to set the mark for most wins by a coach at his alma mater. He finishes his career tied for 29th on the NCAA charts for most career victories.
"I extend my utmost appreciation to Chris Ault for his 41 years of association with Wolf Pack Athletics and the University of Nevada, Reno," University president Marc Johnson said. "He has achieved great progress and has taken the program through four conference changes and numerous bowl-game appearances. Through his Hall of Fame induction and his innovative advancements to the game of football, Coach Ault has brought national recognition to our University and our region. Chris Ault is an impressive leader and his contributions to Wolf Pack football, Nevada Athletics, our University and our region are immeasurable."
Johnson said that he will work with Nevada athletics director Cary Groth and will act quickly to identify Nevada's next head coach through a national search.
"Chris Ault truly has been Nevada Football for more than 40 years," Groth said. "He has left an indelible footprint on not only the football program, but the University as well. His legacy is one of success, honor and tradition. There is a reason that he is in the Hall of Fame and was one of the youngest coaches ever inducted. I know I speak for the entire community in congratulating – and sincerely thanking – Coach for his honorable service to college football and our University."
Ault also served as Nevada's athletics director from 1986-2004.


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Last night's red carpet recap takes us from the streets of London to a "beach house" in New York City (where it's been, like, 1 degree for the past two weeks). Check out my picks for best dressed of the evening—and tell us, in the comments below, which look you'd like to pilfer for your own use!
Katy Perry went old-school Brit and wore this stunning Vivienne Westwood dress to the Elle U.K. style awards last night.
Jessica Gomes layered her Jessica Rabbit-esque little red dress underneath a soft cream-color dress coat, slung over her shoulders.
Gigi Hadid chose a gorgeous coral-y reddish floral and print halter dress for the red carpet at the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit 50 Years of Swim in NYC Celebration.
Lily Aldridge chose an undies-baring Thakoon little black dress for the Sports Illustrated 50th-anniversary party last night.
My casual-look pick of the day? Lindsay Ellingson's cute and totally replicable skinny black jeans, gray T-shirt, and smart tailored jacket combo. Love how the stilettos and studded clutch pull the outfit together!
Erin O'Connor is one of my favorite models of all time, and how amazing did she look at last night's Elle U.K. style awards in London wearing Louis Vuitton?
Believe it or not, Laura Whitmore's outfit comes from the totally affordable store Warehouse!
Poppy Delevingne chose a saffron-color crop top and skirt combo by Emilia Wickstead. Not a lot of people can pull off this bold color, but I think Poppy looks great in it.


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While I knew there was a good chance the unemployment rate would go up, when I heard the latest figures were 10.2 percent, my reaction on Twitter was automatic: "Double ugh," I wrote. It was exactly how I was feeling at the moment. Then, I did what I always did: I picked up the phone and started asking experts on how job seekers could succeed in this tough market. Here's what I wrote for my Gannett column:
You may not think you have a superpower, but if the only way you're looking for a job is by applying to companies or job boards on the Web, you've just become invisible.
Phil Haynes says it's these kinds of blunders that can prevent a job seeker from finding a position, but he says a revamped strategy can help bring success.
"Your chances of finding a job by just applying online are about 7 percent," says Phil Haynes. "You want to make yourself visible to companies, but you're invisible if you're applying for jobs that way."
Haynes is in a unique position to know how companies are hiring. He is the director or of AllianceQ, a group of Fortune 500 companies that have collaborated to build a pool of qualified job candidates to match with job openings. It not only drives down recruitment costs for employers because they are sharing resources, but candidates have access to more opportunities through a job search program known as UnitedWeWork.
As employment rises to more than 10 percent, Haynes says that job seekers need to quit wasting time on strategies that won't help them find a job. He suggests several ways to improve a job search process. He says some do's and don'ts include:
- Don't apply for jobs for which you're not qualified. Employers have to weed through hundreds of resumes for even the most basic jobs, so they immediately discard ones where the skills don't match their requirements. For example, if you're not an engineer, don't apply for a job that requires an engineering degree. "You do a great disservice to yourself when you do something like that," Haynes says. "It never, never works that way. I have never seen someone picked for a job if they don't have the qualifications."
- Do take a sales approach to the job search. "Before you sell something, you have to know your product. In this case, you are the product. What can you offer someone?" Haynes advises not trying to "be something you're not," but instead looking at how what you know could translate into something positive for an employer.
3. Do your homework. Haynes says you should never approach an employer about a job unless you have researched the key players in the company, what the company does and some of the challenges it faces in its industry. That information can easily be found on the Internet or by visiting a local library, he says.
4. Do walk out the door. "Put on a suit and get out of the house," Haynes says. "Go knock on doors. Do it the old-fashioned way: Walk into a small or medium-sized business and talk to them." Haynes says the way you get opportunities is often by selling your skills to a company leader face-to-face. By making that personal connection, you may nab a job before an employer even considers posting it. "They may just see you as someone who can save them from going through stacks of resumes," he says.
5. Don't be desperate. Never approach an employer with the attitude that you're willing to do any kind of work. "Don't ever tell an employer that you really need the job, but rather that you'd like the job," Haynes says. "Never say you're willing to do anything."
6. Do understand that something is better than nothing. Maybe your pride won't let you take a certain job, or even apply for a position with less money than you were making. "Listen, you'll feel better about yourself if you have a job and someplace to go," Haynes says. "You can keep looking for something better, but take the job for now."
7. Don't be ashamed. "This time period is not going to reflect negatively on you in your resume," he says. "People are taking survival jobs, and there's nothing wrong with that."
8. Do follow up. Once you've had a job interview, don't let the connection languish. That doesn't mean you call and bug the person about a decision. Instead, use information gleaned through the interview to make a stronger personal connection, Haynes says. For example, if you know the person went to a certain school and had a favorite professor, find information on the professor's latest accomplishments, or an article written by the person. Forward this information onto the interviewer, saying something like, "I thought you might find this interesting since I know this professor was a personal favorite."
Haynes also offers other words of encouragement to job seekers.
"Don't forget that while some jobs are gone forever, there are a lot of new ones evolving," he says. "And as soon as the stock market rebounds, a lot of those 6.6 million people who are 65 and older are going to go ahead and retire. That's a lot of jobs opening up."
What are some other job search tips?


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CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Scores of same-sex marriage supporters in Wyoming gathered in front of the state Capitol on Monday to kick off a public education campaign aimed at building support for marriage equality in the "Equality State."
Jeran Artery, chairman of Wyoming Equality, a gay rights advocacy group, said Monday at the Capitol that Wyoming must live up to its motto of being the "Equality State."
"Today, we're proud to launch Wyoming Unites for Marriage, a historic, grass-roots effort to move forward in our state," Artery said. "Wyoming is ready for marriage. Together we can make the freedom to marry a reality sooner rather than later."
Artery introduced his fiance, Mike Bleakley, to the crowd. "We make Cheyenne, Wyoming our home because we love it here, we enjoy building a great life here in Cheyenne, and we don't want to leave," Artery said. "This is our home. Like so many of our friends and neighbors, we just want to be treated like everybody else."
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Four same-sex couples and Wyoming Equality filed a lawsuit earlier this month against Wyoming Gov. Matt Mead and other officials. The lawsuit challenges Wyoming law specifying marriage may only exist between one man and one woman.
Speaking at a press conference last week in Cheyenne, Mead said he had read media accounts of the same-sex marriage lawsuit. He said his personal belief is that marriage is between a man and a woman.
"We see obviously these lawsuits popping up around the country, but the attorney general will obviously defend Wyoming law as it is," Mead said. He said he wouldn't venture a guess as to what the courts would do with the pending case.
The current push to recognize same-sex marriage in Wyoming comes as a federal court in Denver is set to hear arguments from a same-sex marriage case from Utah next month. The state of Utah is appealing a federal judge's recent ruling that its prohibition against same-sex marriage is unconstitutional.
The Wyoming Legislature, in the budget session that wrapped up earlier this month, declined to consider bills on both sides of the same-sex marriage issue. It defeated both a bill that would have allowed same-sex marriage and also a bill that would have specified that Wyoming wouldn't recognize same-sex marriages performed elsewhere.
The Wyoming Supreme Court already has established that the state courts may address family law issues arising from same-sex marriages performed outside the state.
In 2012, Niobrara County District Judge Keith Kautz dismissed a case in which two women who were married in Canada sought to divorce in Wyoming. The Wyoming Supreme Court sided with the couple and sent the divorce case back to Kautz for resolution despite a request from a group of state lawmakers not to consider the case.
Ivan Williams and Chuck Killion, a Cheyenne couple, are among the plaintiff couples now challenging the Wyoming law.
"I think this is a landmark in Wyoming, I'm excited to be a part of it," Killion said at Monday's rally. He said he and Williams were both raised in Wyoming and have been active in their communities. He said it's now time to take action on the same-sex marriage issue.
State Rep. Mary Throne, D-Cheyenne, told the crowd that in, in Wyoming, the word 'neighbor' is a both a noun and a verb. "To neighbor and to be good neighbors are Wyoming values that have led me to believe in marriage equality," she said.
Throne emphasized that changing state law to allow same-sex marriage as a civil contract wouldn't force any church or clergy to accept the practice.
State Rep. Dan Zwonitzer, R-Cheyenne, said he doesn't believe the government has a role in defining what makes a marriage or a family. "The right to marry the person you love is a fundamental freedom which should not be denied to anyone anymore," he said.
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From providing companionship at a patient's bedside, to running errands, and from assisting with administrative duties to creating gifts for patients and their families, one of our volunteer coordinators will help you discover the best fit for you.
- Hold a hand, share a story
- Send a card
- Listen, read, or sing
- Make gifts for patients
- Run errands or perform light housekeeping
- Share flowers, bake, or garden
- Administrative office support
- Make phone calls
- Attend community events
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01/29/12 List of the Most Cruelly Dressed
New list of Croatian celebrities who embarrass themselves by wearing animal fur
- Animal Friends invites celebrities who wear fur to dress themselves consistently with the 21st century
Each season has its customs and trends, including ones concerning clothes. A long time ago people used to wear animals to protect themselves from extreme weather conditions, and in some places they still do, although they cannot find a reasonable excuse for it. Wearing the fur of killed animals may have meant surviving or freezing to death, but wearing fur and killing animals for the same reasons in the 21st century, with an abundance of high quality non-animal materials which guarantee warmth, elegance, appeal, and beauty, cannot represent anything but a shameful legacy of a violently reincarnated past driven by profit.
Fashion awareness – especially in modern times – is expressed through creative design and style, and not fur belonging to animals, the loss of which means the loss of life to them. With parts of dead animals as trimmings, one can be attractive only to those whose views and spirit are stuck in the stone ages.
In the 21st century it is grotesque to display one's superiority over animals by promoting outdated patterns of dressing oneself. Sadly, some figures present in the media still do not follow modern trends, but attract attention with their lack of sensitivity for the suffering and horrible deaths of animals whose necks are broken, who are electrocuted, poisoned and suffocated. Their attempt to appear modern and trendy by wearing fur is laughable, and represents an ethical and fashion failure.
Animal Friends has compiled a list of five most cruelly dressed Croatian celebrities, who, by wearing fur, show a lack of compassion for millions of animals tortured and killed so that someone could be exposed.
Although these celebrities emphasise their love for dogs and cats, by weaing fur they directly support the deaths of dogs, cats, foxes, chinchillas, minks, rabbits and other animals, whose remains they wear. They often display their dogs with the same pride as they do their fur clothes, without realizing how distasteful it is to have a live animal next to them, and wear dead animals on them at the same time. Their statements that they cannot stand the suffering of animals, but at the same time that love towards animals has nothing to do with fashion, mean nothing to animals who have to die for that great "love."
Some put on animal fur because they think they achieve a certain status in society by doing so. But wearing animal fur is not something that brings reputation or creates an impression of sophistication and a person with taste. Wearing fur does not make someone seductive or sexy, just like the brutal vaginal and anal electrocution, which is the way animals are killed for fur, is not in the least sexy or glamorous. Breeding animals for fur has devastating consequences for the environment, and the process of manufacturing fur leads to great health risks, especially testicular cancer.
No one, including celebrities, can have the excuse of not being familiar with the way fur they wear is made or how irrelevant that matter is in society. They cannot justify themselves by saying that wearing fur is acceptable because animals are eaten and exploited anyway. Promoting fur is ethically and civilizationally backwards, and in complete discrepancy with style and fashion.
True stars are the ones who can wear their personality and value, instead of animal fur and skin, the ones who are ready to accept and understand that beauty comes from a compassionate heart.
The list of the most cruelly dressed celebrities in Croatia:
- Katarina Rautek
- Marko "Cruel Tomcat" Grubnic
- Maja Sput
- Indira Vladic
- Vlatka Pokos
We invite celebrities and designers to publicly condemn killing animals for fur, to condemn the manufacturing, selling and wearing fur, and to show fashion and ethical maturity.


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Jérémie Koenig
Homepage: http://jk.fr.eu.org/
E-mail: email@example.com
I am a Hurd enthusiast and occasional contributor, currently a M.Sc. student at University of Strasbourg. Among other things I am interested in formal methods, languages and operating system design.
Contributions include:
- Help port debian-installer, as a GSoC student for the Debian project during the summer of 2010.
- Rewrite the procfs translator (bug-hurd thread).
- In 2011 I worked as a GSoC student again, this time for the GNU project, on improving Java support. This work is ongoing.


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Merle currently serves as the lead elder of Newport Church in Elm, PA. Merle and his family lived in South Africa for over 11 years as missionary pastors with the church they planted. They now lead the DOVE South Africa apostolic team. He is the founding director of HarvestNet School of Supernatural Ministry. Merle, and his wife Cheree, live in Lititz, PA with their family of five beautiful children.