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- (FEATURE) (MIRROR) Added HTTP us2 mirror. (mendoza)
- (FEATURE) (WEB) By popular demand, added download stats at the stats page
- (FEATURE) (MIRROR) The old partial mirror de5.aminet.net hosted by uni-bremen.de for ages is back, and it's now a complete mirror (mendoza)
- (CHANGE) (MIRROR) The mirror formerly available at de5.aminet.net (my.morphosi.net) can now be found at de3.aminet.net, as de5 has been assigned to ftp.uni-bremen again for historical reasons (mendoza)
- (BUGFIX) (ADMIN) The delete command is case insensitive now (mendoza)
- (BUGFIX) (ADMIN) We're properly handling *.tar.readme files now, i.e. we're renaming them to *.readme (mendoza)
- (BUGFIX) (ADMIN) when checking the length of the base file name, *.tar* is ignored now (mendoza)
- (FEATURE) (WEB) Added more fall backs when not finding files (mendoza)
- (FEATURE) (WEB) Some more legacy redirections added (mendoza)
- (FEATURE) (WEB) Got rid of most .php extensions on files and prettified urls like http://aminet.net/package/foo/bar/blah (don't need extension either) (mendoza)
- (BUGFIX) (WEB) Fixed URL highlighting in package.php (mendoza)
- (FEATURE) (WEB) Added listings for .tgz packages (mendoza)
- (FEATURE) (ADMIN) when flaming uploaders, there's an additional option now: "You forgot to specify an email address" (gutjahr)
- (CHANGE) (FILES) removed the entire pix/wmf ("Pictures by William F. Maddock") directory, as requested by the author (gutjahr)
- (BUGFIX) (WEB) Don't show new/info dirs in search and browse pages. (mendoza)
- (FEATURE) (FILES) We're accepting .ogg files (Ogg Vorbis audio, Ogg Theora Video) now. (gutjahr)
- (CHANGE) (FILES) removed quite some redundant subdirs and files from the info/ directory. TREE and MOTD are now just links pointing to the files in info/adt (gutjahr, mendoza)
- (FEATURE) (WEB) Moved all static information to a public wiki. it's going to act as the sole source of information from now on. (gutjahr)
- (FEATURE) (MIRROR) Finally created database entries and subdomains for swedish and danish mirror (mendoza)
- (BUGFIX) (WEB) setup.php's "default mirror" defaults to "Random mirror" now (mendoza)
- (FEATURE) (ADMIN) all admins have easy access to UPDATE, MOVE and DELETE now (mendoza)
- (FEATURE) (FILES) New filetype supported: people can upload PDF documents now (gutjahr)
- (FEATURE) (FILES) New directories dev/lib (static libraries), game/edit (game editors), game/strat (strategy games) and pix/picon (PNG icons) introduced. Started to move files into these directories (gutjahr)
- (FEATURE) (MIRRORS) Danish mirror back online: dk.aminet.net (mirror.gbar.dtu.dk/) (mincea, mendoza)
- (FEATURE) (MIRRORS) Swedish mirror back online: se.aminet.net (ftp.sunet.se) (mincea, mendoza)
- (FEATURE) (ADMIN) rsync daemon installed, mirrors now use rsync to keep up to date. (mincea)
- (FEATURE) (MIRRORS) New German mirror: de5.aminet.net (my.morphosi.net) (mincea, mendoza)
- (CHANGE) (FILES) gfx/aga was considered useless and confusing, so all files in there have been moved to other directories, gfx/aga has been removed. (gutjahr)
- (CHANGE) (FILES) text/font is only used for font tools now, all font archives have been moved to other dirs. (gutjahr)
- (FEATURE) (FILES) new directory text/tfont ("Truetype font collection") (gutjahr)
- (BUGFIX) (WEB) Fixed a bug in recent.php, where it failed to shorten a long version number and only added three dots instead (mendoza)
- (BUGFIX) (FILES) fixed another 120 architecture descriptions (rexx scripts, icons, catalogs) in biz/dopus (gutjahr)
- (BUGFIX) (WEB) search.php and package.php should now show link to main site if the package is newer than 48 hours. This to ensure that the link works (mirroring takes time) (mendoza)
- (BUGFIX) (ADMIN) We're no longer accepting files without a suffix. In addition to the confusion that such a package might create for end users (and their browsers), it creates all sorts of problems for our scripts. All existing packages without suffix have been renamed or packed. (gutjahr)
- (FEATURE) (FILES) All Fish disks online again. (gutjahr)
- (FEATURE) (MIRRORS) UK mirror back online: uk.aminet.net (ftp.plig.org) (mincea, mendoza)
- (FEATURE) (MIRRORS) Italian mirror back online: it.aminet.net (ftp.unina.it) (mincea, mendoza)
- (BUGFIX) (ADMIN) Moved to an older version of LhA, as the one installed did not handle -lh6- properly (mendoza)
- (BUGFIX) (ADMIN) Invoking admin.php with a non-existing entry will no longer create a new database entry. (mendoza)
- (FEATURE) (ADMIN) admin.php now also accepts foo.readme as a parameter if one wants to update foo.lha (mendoza)
- (FEATURE) (ADMIN) admin.pl can now list the contents of an archive (gutjahr)
- (FEATURE) (FILES) Three new directories established: demo/misc (Miscellaneous demos), game/race (Racing games), pix/theme (Themes and skins) (gutjahr)
- (FEATURE) (WEB) Search function now supports Amiga wildcards (#?, ? and *) (mendoza)
- (BUGFIX) (WEB) URL highlighting improved, shouldn't highlight trailing brackets anymore (mendoza)
- (FEATURE) (ADMIN) New command for moving and/or renaming packages introduced (mendoza)
- (FEATURE) (ADMIN) Delete command now automatically moves package and readme to deleted/ (mendoza)
- (BUGFIX) (WEB) Searching with date should now act like this: newer (>= date), older (< date) (mendoza)
- (BUGFIX) (WEB) Should not show duplicate packages when filtering is on (mendoza)
- (BUGFIX) (ADMIN) Convert CRLF to LF before parsing stuff into DB to avoid stray CR chars. (mendoza)
- (BUGFIX) (ADMIN) Pending uploads are not longer overwritten by new uploads with the same name (mendoza)
- (BUGFIX) (WEB) pre-formatted listings should now work properly (mendoza)
- (BUGFIX) (WEB) All archs are shown in the Showing: field when saving setup with no filtering (mendoza)
- (FEATURE) (WEB) Re-worked the architecture filtering selection to work around bugs in some browsers and generally improve its usability (mendoza)
- (BUGFIX) (ADMIN) Replacing packages shouldn't not make new readme entries, "forgetting" the old ones anymore (mendoza)
- (FEATURE) (WEB) Added architecture description on setup page (mendoza)
- (BUGFIX) (WEB) Package.php should now highlight all URLs, including the ones alone on a single line (reported by Lorence Lombardo) (mendoza)
- (FEATURE) (ADMIN) Fixes readme headers and writes back to readme on insertion/update. (mendoza)
- (FEATURE) (WEB) Packages from the last two days always get link to local repository (mendoza)
- (FEATURE) (FILES) (ADMIN) (WEB) Author and Uploader field are now obfuscated, but remaining in human-readable fashion for user convinience. Please always add an e-mail in Uploader: field so that we can contact you about errors or similar. (mendoza)
- (FEATURE) (WEB) Magic word wrapper for package.php wraps to 80 cols and fixes hard-wrapping by 80 files from for instance os4depot.net (mendoza)
- (FEATURE) (MIRRORS) Official de4.aminet.net added and working (mincea, mendoza)
- (BUGFIX) (FILES) Added all missing reviews from comp.sys.amiga.reviews to docs/rview. We're now a complete mirror of said usenet group again. (gutjahr)
- (BUGFIX) (FILES) Renamed lots of old packages, recreated missing readmes: Many packages accidentally deleted other package's readmes (foo.lha vs. foo.lzh) or were uploaded with wrong readme names (foo.lha.readme). (mendoza, gutjahr)
- Minor modification in the specification of the "architecture:" field: Packages not containing any binaries should be marked as "generic" from now on. This new indicator replaces the somewhat misleading indicator "all". Refer to The Readme file for more info. Thanks to Thomas Wuergler for the suggestion (mendoza)
- (BUGFIX) (WEB) Added workaround for broken Ibrowse2.3 cookie handling. Setting a cookie to ".aminet.net" led to Ibrowse not sending the cookie to aminet.net. Now we set two cookies one for domain ".aminet.net" and one for domain "aminet.net" (mendoza)
- (BUGFIX) (ADMIN) Fixed the moderation script so it shows arch: and short:, it also asks for a reason for refusing a package for backtracking. (mendoza)
- (BUGFIX) (WEB) Package vieweing should now show the package listing even if the readme body is empty. In addition the title path/to/package.lha is now without spaces for convinience when copy-pasting. (mendoza)
- (FEATURE) (WEB) Added path and architecture stats. (mendoza)
- (FEATURE) (MAIL) Added aminet-weekly list (mendoza)
- (BUGFIX) (MAIL) Rewrote the output generation of aminet-daily and aminet-weekly (mendoza)
- (FEATURE) (MISC) Woke up ADTFind server from the dead by reimplenting a server using a reverse-engineered protocol. (mendoza)
- (BUGFIX) (FILES) Fixed misc/unix/adt.c so it uses current main mirror. It should also manage to log on when FTP server doesn't need password (like main mirror). (mendoza)
- (BUGFIX) (WEB) (ADMIN) tar.gz,tar.bz2,tar.Z and similar "double" extensions should now have proper readme linked to in the listings and read from proper readme file in the insertion to db. FYI: foo.tar.gz -> foo.readme. The allowed extensions are read from info/adt/suffixes (mendoza)
- (BUGFIX) (FILES) All archives older than 20050101 containing ppc or x86 binaries have a proper architecture field now. They used to be classified as m68k-amigaos only. (gutjahr)
- (FEATURE) (WEB) Added more upload stats, yearly, monthly, daily and weekly. Also fixed so that empty days/weeks/months are showing. (mendoza)
- (FEATURE) (WEB) There's now a button in the RSS feed chooser allowing you to just view the RSS URL generated by the customize form. (mendoza)
- (FEATURE) (FTP) Moved README_BEFORE_UPLOAD to the root dir. (mendoza)
- (FEATURE) (WEB) Web upload now saves to /new dir rather than /new/priv/check due to permission issues. This means that it will be picked up by the daily10.sh script (mendoza)
- (FEATURE) (DB) Changed package.pkg_version to VARCHAR(32) instead of VARCHAR(16). Versions XX.YY (DD.MM.YYYY) should fit now. All files have been re-parsed. (mendoza)
- (BUGFIX) (FILES) Changed quite a few source packages that had Architecture tag set to specific architectures so that they have "all". Only packages with binaries with specific architectures should have them set. (mendoza)
- (FEATURE) (RSS) Altered the title so it says package.lha (path/to) instead of path/to/package.lha (mendoza)
- (FEATURE) (WEB) Added upload stats (mendoza)
- (BUGFIX) (FTP) Shouldn't be possible to read the priv subdir of the /new dir (mendoza)
- (FEATURE) (MAIL) Mail notifications. Users should be able to sign up somewhere to get a daily email notification with a list of the archives uploaded today, complete with the MOTD and whatnot in pure Aminet retro style. (mendoza)
- (FEATURE) (WEB) Even/odd coloring of listings to increase readability (mendoza)
- (FEATURE) (WEB) Rearranged menus to keep them at a minimum, moved RSS, Mailing list and stats to Services menu entry. In addition the RSS and Paypal icons were removed. Support was renamed to Donate. (mendoza)
- (FEATURE) (WEB) Provide customizable RSS-feeds (requested by tokai) (mendoza)
- (FEATURE) (WEB) Sitewide architecture filtering, check the Setup page. (mendoza)
- (BUGFIX) (WEB) Fix package.php so that it doesn't show non-existing packages. (mendoza)
- (FEATURE) (MAIL) Added firstname.lastname@example.com list to subscribe to daily updates on Aminet. Send an e-mail to firstname.lastname@example.com to subscribe. (mendoza)
- (FEATURE) (WEB) Add HTTP uploading - Thanks to Björn Hagström for code snippets. (mendoza)
- (FEATURE) (ADMIN) Add single archive deletion and adding thru admin.php command path/file (mendoza)
- (FEATURE) (ADMIN) Added possibility of overwriting existing files when moderating. (mendoza)
- (FEATURE) (ADMIN) Moves deleted files into folder new/priv/refused instead of deleting them entirely (mendoza)
- (FEATURE) (ADMIN) You can now flame people at any time during moderation, this is good if you need to advice the uploader while fixing his error (mendoza)
- (BUGFIX) (ADMIN) if you try to add a .readme file it updates the file belonging to the readme and its meta-data (mendoza)
- (FEATURE) (ADMIN) Proper mail aliases should be set up. email@example.com is our public address. email@example.com is internal for moderators and email@example.com is for mirror maintainers and mirror issues. Mail server is running at polarboing.com using Exim4, sa-exim, Spamassassin and Mailman. (mendoza)
- (BUGFIX) (ADMIN) Fixed error with spaces in filenames in admin.pl (mendoza)
- (BUGFIX) (ADMIN) Added fuser check in every10.sh which should hopefully avoid moving files that are being uploaded. *But is it working properly?* YES! Now it is, by moving the file out of the way instead. (mendoza)
- (BUGFIX) (WEB) File isn't readable/writable by aminet group when uploaded thru web interface. (mendoza)
- (BUGFIX) (WEB) We need the webserver user to be in the www group or make all files writeable by the world. The later is easier as I can do it myself. Reason is so that one can update .readme files etc via web interface. (mendoza)
- (BUGFIX) (DB) Adding MEDIUMTEXT field to listing.listing_content as TEXT was too small for game/role/wesnoth.lha (mendoza)
- (BUGFIX) (ADMIN) Fixed filename length checking (mendoza)
- (FEATURE) (WEB) Show version on listings (mendoza)
- (FEATURE) (WEB) Finally added the architecture icons on listings, also listings in recent and search results use the same functions now. (mendoza)
- (BUGFIX) (WEB) Hopefully fixed the lock ups happening when using advanced search with intrinsic parameters. (mendoza)
- (FEATURE) (DB) The Architecture field is now implemented. It is used to identify which architecture a given package contains binaries for. More info about the field can be found here. The field is from now on mandatory. (mendoza)
- Ok, we are up and running. The main site accepts uploads and is updated, but mirrors still need to update their scripts to start being in sync. For now uploads will only be accepted at the main site main.aminet.net (mendoza, mueller)
- (FEATURE) (WEB) As requested there is now a direct link to the readme for the ones preferring the raw data instead of the prettified version. (mendoza)
- Moved interface to Aminet, simplified downloading and updating methods (mendoza, mueller)
- (FEATURE) (WEB) You can now choose between simple and advanced search, the choice is stored in a cookie. (Requested by several people, including Tony Aksnes) (mendoza)
- (FEATURE) (WEB) Added the possibility of setting your favourite mirror. Go to "Setup" to select yours ;) (mendoza)
- (FEATURE) (WEB) Added listing of package contents on the package viewer page. (mendoza)
- (FEATURE) (WEB) Added RSS Feed showing the ten last packages (mendoza)
- (FEATURE) (WEB) Obfuscate email addresses to avoid spam (mendoza)
- (BUGFIX) (DB) Fixed Array-bug introduced after making prettyfing url functionality. (mendoza)
- (FEATURE) (DB) After indexing the readmes properly, readme searching should be much faster. 15 seconds maximum compared to sometimes over several minutes. (Thanks to ToDi) (mendoza)
- (FEATURE) (WEB) Added a donation page if someone likes this so much they feel like giving money to the project ;) (mendoza)
- (FEATURE) (WEB) Prettifies URLs when searching so they look nicer and easier to comprehend when pasting. (mendoza)
- (FEATURE) (WEB) Tree-view now opens and close when clicking on branches (mendoza)
- (FEATURE) (ADMIN) All scripts are now PHP only (no perl). (mendoza)
- (BUGFIX) (ADMIN) Update scripts also now only use one connection to avoid flooding the aminet mirrors (sorry wustl :) (mendoza)
- (FEATURE) (ADMIN) One global config file in config.php (mendoza)
- (FEATURE) (WEB) Now uses package creation date and real size instead of weeks and in addition to human-readable size (mendoza)
- (FEATURE) (WEB) URL-highlighting in .readmes. Made some new tables. Now .readmes are in own table letting basic searches be faster. (mendoza)
- (BUGFIX) (DB) Fixed sorting order bug introduced when abstracting to a function (mendoza)
- (FEATURE) (DB) Added architecture and relations to the database. (mendoza)
- (BUGFIX) (ADMIN) Still fixing ftp script to not connect x amount of times if downloading x package's data. (mendoza)
- Planning to make urls links in .readmes. (mendoza)
- Polished search, polished scripts, abstracted config, added browsing abilities and polished the website itself. (mendoza)
- Made most of the infrastructure, scripts and webpage. (mendoza)
- Started hacking after a challenge by Andreas Loong. (mendoza)


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Three Barnstable High School students, whose collaborative project was featured at Harvard's 2018 Radcliffe Institute science symposium, impressed Barnstable School Committee and administrators with their work Wednesday night.
The focus of the Oct. 26 symposium was on how scientists explore realities they cannot anticipate. A poem that formed the basis of the students' project also became the basis of a grant application for Barnstable Public Schools.
BHS Science teacher Michael Gyra said he was asked to do the poster section of the institute that is attended by renowned scholars. He sought out Ceili Magnus, Max Moynihan and Lillian DuChesney, who combined their literary and artistic talents to create a project that fit the symposium theme.
Speakers from across the disciplines of modern science were asked to discuss how to train scientists, educators and funders to foster the expertise and open-mindedness needed to reveal undiscovered aspects of the world around us.
In the poem Magnus wrote, "Method vs. Muse," she asks why schools are so focused on students having all the right answers that they forget "we're are poets and designers and dancers too."
The poem urges schools "to teach young minds to fall in love with the unknown" and nurture their creativity. She was asked to read the poem as the invocation to the symposium, and the School Committee watched a video of her doing so.
Magnus said her goal in writing her poem was "to convey to others that the union of science and art is a worthy pursuit, and can have a far-reaching influence on both scientists and artists. I find this union vital and necessary. I do not want to be torn between these two worlds, and I believe I can find a way to meld them together."
The committee also saw Moynihan's stunning introduction to the poem that he created by stitching together 118 photos, which zoomed from a closeup of an eye out to an earth shape. He said he used a drone for some of the photos.
DuChesney told the school committee she had no problem coming up with her artistic creation for the poster that was displayed at the symposium.
After talking with the students about their experience, Superintendent of Schools Meg Mayo-Brown told them school administrators wrote a grant based on her poem "as the foundation of where we want to be."
To Magnus, she said, "You'll be pleased to know your influence is wide. Your poem is living on in other ways."
The Mass Ideas grant is a $150,000 planning grant for a whole school redesign, with Barnstable Intermediate as the focus. School officials expect to hear the week of Dec. 17 if the grant is approved.
Method vs. Muse
©Ceili Magnus
People have drawn a thick line between art and science,
But what is science without the arts?
The questions that need to be asked can't come from a formula
When for centuries they've been deeply rooted in hearts
Of geniuses and prophets
With brains full of thought.
It seems that over time humanity forgot
How to think critically
And to question with care.
In an age of internet access
The answers are always right there.
Schools are so focused on students
Having all the right answers
That they forget that we're poets,
And designers, and dancers.
They drop facts on young minds
Like piles of heavy bricks,
And expect us to absorb information
Stacked miles thick.
They teach us so much
But now we need to build from it.
They marched with us to base camp,
But our goals are at the summit.
Applying what we know to explore
The unforseen, the undiscovered,
Is easier said than done when
Curiosities lie dormant and smothered.
Every day I see young minds
Afraid to ask questions.
It cripples the scientific world
At its very foundation.
Research never comes
Without curiosity, without a spark,
And my spark would have died, too,
But I found my light in the dark.
My creativity led me
To ask all the right things.
Now I stand here before you to ask:
"When will you change the tune that you sing?
What will it take for schools
To open their eyes
To a world of unmatched opportunity
That very clearly lies
In the minds of young people
Who still have their fire?
When will you take their thoughts
And lift them up higher?
Maybe you will be
The one to inspire
Someone's great questions,
Someone's desire.
Teach young minds
To fall in love with the unknown.
For every question we ask,
There are many more to go.
Nurture the creativity
We all harbor in our hearts,
And maybe we'll give way
For a new way of thinking to start.

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What happens in the studio, shouldn't always stay in the studio. Studio Visit Q+A is a weekly series that profiles artists in their studios. We ask them questions, they provide answers, and then we have a nice discussion about their work. This week: Phoenix artist Bill Dambrova.
Artist Bill Dambrova left Phoenix for a number of years and couldn't help but return. Since coming back in 2013, his focus greatly shifted from his day job of exhibition design to his art making. His work has been in several local exhibitions throughout the past couple of years, so it's almost like he never left in the first place. "It was really easy to just plug back in," said Dambrova. Now that he's hit the ground running, we sat down in his Phoenix studio to see the beginnings of a new body of work that he's currently working on.
See Also: Phoenix Artist Patricia Sannit on History, Archaeology, and How Humans Impact Culture
Dambrova started painting with abstraction in mind. He was attracted to work that was visceral or sought to describe a feeling. Though drawn to this abstraction, he didn't feel like it was enough for him. He wanted something more edgy, something that went beyond the simple abstraction of color and form. For Dambrova, pure abstraction began to look like what happens on the microscopic level. With this in mind, his work shifted to the track that it's currently on now.
"It's better to create a story," said Dambrova.
A childhood anecdote that Dambrova uses to describe his interest in microscopic life is drawing Star Wars battles on paper with other kids. Each kid would take turns drawing individual elements until the page was filled. The process of adding layer upon layer results in a sense of abstraction, but there's a story to be read in there, too. Just as the microscopic battle within our bodies can relate to the galactic world of Star Wars, it also has the potential to relate to everyday life.
Currently, Dambrova is faced with the possibilities of a new body of work. He's taking what he's done up until this point and using it as an opportunity for new directions. In his studio are three paintings -- one is figurative, depicting archetypal elements and the other two will function as mandalas. Dambrova is taking the biological forms that he has been working with and putting them in the context of cultural artifacts like masks or totems. The body is a temple and the science of biology becomes a more spiritual thing.
While working on this larger project, Dambrova is producing a series of works on paper that surface more intuitively. Instead of painting, he is collaging found images from medical illustrations. The fragments of bodies, both human and nonhuman, are arranged in compositions that alter the way we would normally see them. In one, an illustration of testicles begins to resemble a face or even a plant. Through rendering these internal elements of the body almost unrecognizable, Dambrova is envisioning a new way to see ourselves and our relation to biology.
Tell us about your work in haiku format. Brains are antennas Our bodies are radios The art makes itself
What artist(s) are you really into right now? Terry Winters, Charline Von Heyl, Steve Dibenedetto, Karl Bielik, Devin Troy Strother, Christian Rex van Minnen, and Peter Saul
What are you reading? The Reindeer People by Piers Vitebsky, Mother of God by Paul Rosolie, and Fierce Invalids Home From Hot Climates by Tom Robbins
What's the last TV show, film, or video you watched? The X-Files on Netflix. It's all I watch. All 9 seasons are on there and I think I've only seen a few episodes back when they were on TV years ago. I'm getting prepared for the 6 new episodes they're "allegedly" going to start filming soon.
If you could collaborate with any artist, alive or dead, who would it be and why? The painter Philip Guston. In the documentary about him called A Life Lived he put into words how I feel sometimes when I am painting and I get into the flow. Guston Attributes the concept to John Cage, but he says, "When you start working, everybody is in your studio--the past, your friends, enemies, the art world, and above all, your own ideas--all are there. But as you continue painting, they start leaving, one by one, and you are left completely alone. Then, if you're lucky, even you leave." I don't know if it could work, but to have two or more artists collaborating in that state of flow would be the closest thing to what I imagine would be a visual version of jazz musicians jamming.
What was the last exhibition you saw and what did you think of it? The last show I saw was Equal Parts curated by artists Amanda Adkins and Ashley Macias at Frontal Lobe Gallery. I liked the back story about how the concept for the show evolved. It was going to be another "Feminist" type show. At some point they changed their minds and decided to allow men to participate too and the show became more about personal identity. Inclusivity is important for good art exhibitions. I feel that you learn more about a subject when you can view it from several different angles or perspectives. I think the show was a success in that regard. There was a rich variety of works and individual ideas about sexism, gender identity, power struggles etc. but the art wasn't overly ironic or too literal the way art made for a themed show tends to be.
Jeff Koons or Marina Abramović and why? Marina. To quote the Tom Robbins book I'm reading, The character Switters says, "The more advertising I see, the less I want to buy."
I'm over Koons as much as I'm over Warhol. It just looks like advertising to me and I have learned to tune that shit out. I can only hope that the world will be over them in 10 or 20 years as well. But once you've seen that video Rest Energy where Marina is holding a bow and her partner is holding an arrow pointed at her heart with microphones amplifying their heartbeats speeding up as they lean back... You'll never forget it.
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What's the best advice you've ever received? Ask for forgiveness not for permission.
What are you currently working on? I've got a 7-by-10-foot two-panel oil painting going depicting the five elements as archetypes using imagery of masks and shields and biological forms that will get deconstructed somehow and turn into who knows what. I'm getting some midsized canvases going of what I think will be mandalas but made up of organic gutty colorful shapes. And I am working on a series of mixed media collage works on paper that will be in a show at Practical Art in August 2015.
What's your most valued tool as an artist? My studio. Anything goes in there.


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Ensuring local people have input to the development and delivery of health and care services
We want to help people in Tameside and Glossop live longer, healthier lives
If you are affected by lung cancer you may like to get further information from attending the Tameside and Glossop Lung Cancer Support Group. This group aims to offer support and information to people affected by lung cancer. It offers the opportunity to meet other people who have been through similar experiences.
The Group meets on the first Tuesday of each month at 2.30pm - 4.00pm in Ladysmith Day Services Unit, Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust, Ashton under Lyne OL6 9RW.
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If you are new to project management, you may feel a bit daunted each time you are tasked with the role of Project Manager (PM). That feeling is even more intense for those that are serving as a PM, but have not received training on how to do the job. There is no substitute for training and experience, but there are a few keys to success that you can implement now to make your job easier.
The tips that I will share with you in this article are NOT technical, as there are plenty of resources that cover them. Rather, they are the 'soft skills' that differentiate the good PMs from the bad or inexperienced. To be effective, you will need to master both.
The Keys to the Project Management Kingdom
Attention to detail is arguably the most critical trait of the successful PM. When projects fail, it is often because something was overlooked when planning the project, or during project execution. You must train yourself to ask questions of your team (and yourself), during each phase of a project.
Some great questions to ask during planning include:
-What tasks are we missing?
-What resources do we need that we might have overlooked?
-Do the tasks we created meet the scope of the project?
-Have we given team members the right amount of time to complete each task?
-What dependencies are there?
-What do we do if something goes wrong?
-Have we effectively planned quality control and assurance?
Questions to ask during execution:
-Do you have everything you need for this task?
-How are things going on task (fill in blank)?
-Do you have any reason to believe that you won't be done on time?
#2 - Avoid Assumptions
Nothing wrecks a project plan like assumptions! They cause delays, cost overruns, team strife and project failure; all outcomes that lead to failure of the PM. Good project planning avoids assumptions by clearly communicating:
-What needs to be accomplished
-Who does the work
-The timeline for accomplishing the work
-The resources necessary to accomplish the work
-The standard that must be met upon task completion
When any of these elements are missing, you will spend an inordinate amount of time trying to get everything back on-track. There are a couple of ways to avoid assumptions:
-When project planning, clearly identify all tasks and sub-tasks. It is very common for PMs to accurately identify major tasks, but fail to identify the intermediate or sub-tasks that are necessary for task completion. You cannot assume that the person assigned a task knows everything they need to do in order to complete the task to standard. Talk to the person being tasked, and work through the task verbally. Force them to identify what needs to be done, and add it to the project timeline!
-Confirm, confirm, confirm! Do not assume that tasks are on track, or have been completed. It is easy to fall into the trap of complacency, and monitor effort through your software and emails, but not personally verify that things are OK! You must get out of your office and interact with your team. Ask them the status of their work. Ask whether they have everything they need. Ask them if they believe they can complete the work in the required time. You will often identify problems, and solve the issue before it has an impact on your project.
#3 - Stand Your Ground
Your position as a project manager is a difficult one, because you are forced to satisfy more than one master. You are most likely not in a position of authority. Because of this, you need to learn how to interact and communicate effectively with leadership and team members. This is not a one-size-fits-all proposition. As you already know, the techniques you use are different for each, but they all require tact, active listening and a desire to resolve issues to the benefit of all.
When working with your team, you must be able to hold them accountable for on-time task completion. This is done by creating awareness of the consequences for late task completion. Make sure you talk about the impact on the project and how this affects team members. Most people want to succeed, but even those that are recalcitrant don't want to let their peers down, or cause them extra work.
The successful PM knows how to stand his ground with leadership and other stakeholders when it comes to changes in scope, resources and timeline. The ability to tactfully communicate the consequences of requested changes and propose alternate courses of action is critical. This takes courage, but if you arm yourself with facts, speak objectively, and clearly convey your dedication to project success, you will not harm your standing with leadership. You may even get the result you were looking for.
#4 - Watch For The Iceberg
Speaking about the tools for PM success reminds of the iceberg analogy that is often used in training and leadership courses. While the story varies by those telling it, the bottom line is that the tip of the iceberg is not what you need to worry about. The real danger is the portion of iceberg hidden below the water's surface.
This analogy holds true in the world of project management. The tasks and problems that are on the surface, or easily identified, are not what cause us to fail. It's the hidden problems that sink the PM's ship. Your ability to master the skills talked about here, and the numerous others that you will acquire along the way, will make or break your career as a PM.
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If you haven't received formal training in project management, I highly recommend that you take the Project Management Professional (PMP) Exam Preparation course from a Project Management Institute-authorized trainer. Even if you don't sit for the exam, you will receive excellent training in all aspects of project management.
I will leave you with one final point. I guarantee you that you will be a better PM next week, month, or year, than you are now. It takes time and experience to effectively perform this role. Hone the tools I described, and you will save yourself some time, energy and headaches along the way.
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The first generation of punk rockers joined Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, former teen idol Brenda Lee and soul singer Isaac Hayes in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Class of 2002 Monday night.
The induction ceremony was held at New York's post Waldorf-Astoria Hotel and taped for airing Wednesday on VH1.
CNN.com reports Pearl Jam lead singer Eddie Vedder sported a mohawk hairdo as he inducted The Ramones. Vedder swigged from a bottle of wine as he recalled it being "terribly frightening and totally blissful" the first time he saw The Ramones in concert. Their induction is especially bittersweet, in the light of lead singer Joey Ramone's death from cancer last April.
Also joining the hall -- the Talking Heads; country's Chet Atkins, who died last June; early 1960s hitmaker Gene Pitney; and Stax Records co-founder Jim Stewart.
Other celebrity presenters included Wallflowers frontman Jakob Dylan, Jewel, Alicia Keys, Brian Setzer and country singer Marty Stuart.
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum is in Cleveland.
Newcomer Alicia Keys and veteran group the Isley Brothers were the big winners at the 16th Annual Soul Train Music Awards, handed out Wednesday night in Los Angeles.
Keys won awards for Best R&B/Soul or Rap New Artist and Female Album, as well as the Sammy Davis Jr. Entertainer of the Year, Female, according to Allstar News, while the Isley Brothers took home awards for Best R&B/Soul Single and Album by a Group, Band or Duo.
The syndicated show -- co-hosted by Faith Evans, Arsenio Hall, Yolanda Adams and Shemar Moore -- will air between March 30 and April 7 (check local TV listings).
The winners:
Best R&B/Soul or Rap New Artist: Alicia Keys
Best R&B/Soul Album, Female: Alicia Keys, Songs in A Minor
Best R&B/Soul Album, Male: Usher, 8701
Sammy Davis Jr. Entertainer of the Year, Female: Alicia Keys
Sammy Davis Jr. Entertainer of the Year, Male: Dr. Dre
Best R&B/Soul Single by a Group, Band, or Duo: Isley Brothers, "Contagious"
Best R&B/Soul Album by a Group, Band, or Duo: Isley Brothers, Eternal
Best R&B/Soul Single, Female: Aaliyah, "Rock the Boat"
Best R&B/Soul Single, Male: Musiq Soulchild, "Love"
Best R&B/Soul or Rap Album of the Year: Jay-Z, The Blueprint
Best R&B/Soul or Rap Music Video: Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott, "Get Ur Freak On"
Best Gospel Album: Donnie McClurkin, Live in London
2002 Quincy Jones Award for Outstanding Career Achievements: The O'Jays
Aerosmith has been selected as the second mtvICON honoree in celebration of the band's nearly 30-year career.
Billboard.com reports that as with last year's tribute to Janet Jackson, Aerosmith's songs will be performed by other acts -- including Kid Rock, Train and Pink, who's expected to cover the group's 1989 hit "Janie's Got a Gun." The event will be taped April 14 in Los Angeles and air three days later on MTV.
Jackson herself will offer a "testimonal" at the start of the show, while Aerosmith will take the stage for the finale. Additional participating artists will be announced soon.
R.E.M. guitarist Peter Buck says he doesn't remember his alleged drunken behavior during a trans-Atlantic flight last April.
The rocker, 45, went on trial in London this week on charges of being drunk on an aircraft, assault and damaging British Airways property.
Billboard.com reports the rocker, 45, testified Wednesday that one of his last memories of the Seattle-to-London flight was downing a sleeping pill with a glass of wine. He said the next thing he knew, he woke up in a police cell at Heathrow Airport.
Prosecutors said Buck -- who was en route to Britain to promote R.E.M.'s "Reveal" album -- drank about 15 glasses of wine in the first three hours of the flight. They say he behaved like a "drunken lout," becoming increasingly unruly, staggering around and tussling with crewmembers.
The guitarist insisted he only had three glasses of wine. He said he was overcome with shame when told of his alleged actions. "To me it was just incomprehensible ... I have never been in trouble before ... I will go miles away to avoid confrontation. I really don't like it," he told the jury.
The Backstreet Boys are being sued by a songwriter and session keyboardist who played on their "Millennium" album.
The lawsuit was filed March 15 in federal court in California by Florida-based musician Tommy Smith, according to Allstar News. He claimed in court papers that he and Nick Cater jointly wrote "The Answer to Our Life" and that he, Brian Littrell and songwriter Guy Walker co-wrote "Time." Both tracks appear on the Backstreet Boys' 2000 album "Black & Blue."
Smith is seeking credit for the songs he claims he co-wrote and 50 percent of all money received from "The Answer to Our Life" and 33.33 percent of money received from "Time," plus court costs.
Former Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee is denying claims by his ex-wife, actress Pamela Anderson, that he infected her with hepatitis C.
In a statement released by her publicist, Anderson -- who said she's undergoing outpatient treatment at UCLA Medical Center -- blamed the infection on sharing a tattoo needle with Lee, adding that he never told her during their marriage that he had the disease.
But Lee is challenging Anderson's allegations. "Her actions today are a clear attack on Tommy," said the statement issued by his publicist, "and hopefully she will realize that she is only doing more harm to her children and herself by trying to use the media as a tool to hurt Tommy and their two boys."
The couple is battling for custody of their children.
Former Van Halen frontmen David Lee Roth and Sammy Hagar reportedly are discussing a possible summer tour together.
E! Online quotes Hagar's official Web site, RedRocker.com: "Believe it or not, Sammy and David Lee Roth are talking about touring this summer. Sammy was blown away at how well they got along together. ... If this happens, this would have to be the party of a lifetime!!! Stay tuned! We'll keep ya posted!!"
A spokesman for Roth confirmed only that the two exes "have met for the first time."
Roth fronted Van Halen from its beginnings in the late 1970s until 1985, when he left to focus on a solo career. Hagar then took over until the mid-1990s, when he was replaced by former Extreme singer Gary Cherone.
The 2002 edition of Ozzfest will feature the first appearances by the as-yet-unnamed new band formed by Soundgarden's Chris Cornell and Rage Against The Machine's Tom Morello, Brad Wilk and Tim Commerford, Billboard.com reports. They'll join main stage participants Ozzy Osbourne and System Of A Down as well as P.O.D., Drowning Pool, Adema and Tenacious D on the road trip that kicks off July 6 in Bristol, Va., and wraps Sept. 8 in Dallas.
Rob Zombie will headline the second stage, while World Wrestling Federation stars will make personal appearances at each tour stop. (The WWF is a sponsor of Ozzfest.)
For the first time, Ozzfest will also tour Europe. The 17-date trek will take in 10 countries in May and June -- including Germany, Sweden, and Portugal. Osbourne, Tool, System Of A Down, Slayer, American Head Charge and Cradle Of Filth are all slated to appear during a May 25 U.K. date at Donnington Park.
U.S. tour dates:
July 6: Bristow, Va. (Nissan Pavilion)
July 7: Burgettstown, Pa. (Post-Gazette Pavilion)
July 10: Wantagh, N.Y. (Jones Beach)
July 12: Camden, N.J. (Tweeter Center)
July 13: Hartford, Conn. (Ctnow.com Amphitheatre)
July 16: Boston (Tweeter Center)
July 19: Holmdel, N.J. (PNC Bank Arts Center)
July 24: Raleigh, N.C. (Alltel Pavilion)
July 26: West Palm Beach, Fla. (Mars Music Amphitheatre)
July 28: Atlanta (Hi-Fi Buys Amphitheatre)
Aug. 3: Columbus, Ohio (Polaris Amphitheatre)
Aug. 4: Noblesville, Ind. (Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre)
Aug. 10: Tinley Park, Ill. (Tweeter Center)
Aug. 11: East Troy, Wis. (Alpine Valley)
Aug. 13: Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio (Blossom Music Center)
Aug. 15: Cincinnati (Riverbend Amphitheatre)
Aug. 17: Somerset, Wis. (Float-Rite Park)
Aug. 19: St. Louis (Riverport Amphitheatre)
Aug. 20: Bonner Springs, Kan. (Sandstone Amphitheatre)
Aug. 22: Denver (CityLights Pavilion)
Aug. 25: Sacramento, Calif. (Sacramento Valley Amphitheatre)
Aug. 27: George, Wash. (the Gorge)
Aug. 29: Mountain View, Calif. (Shoreline Amphitheatre)
Aug. 31: San Bernardino, Calif. (Blockbuster Pavilion)
Sept. 5: Phoenix (Cricket Pavilion)
Sept. 7: San Antonio (Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre)
Sept. 8: Dallas (Smirnoff Amphitheatre)
Alicia Keys has announced dates for the rest of her summer tour, which kicks off July 4 at the Essence Music Festival in New Orleans. Allstar News reports the road trip will be her second headlining trek. Several late-July stops on the tour will serve as makeup dates for cancelled shows from Keys' March tour.
Tour dates:
July 4, New Orleans, Louisiana Superdome
July 17, Wantagh, N.Y., Jones Beach Amphitheatre
July 19, Camden, N.J., Tweeter Center
July 20, Atlantic City, N.J., Trump Taj Mahal
July 22, Atlanta, Chastain Park Amphitheatre
July 26, Tempe, Ariz., Gammage Auditorium
July 27, Los Vegas, Aladdin Hotel and Casino
July 30-31, Los Angeles, Greek Theatre
Aug. 1, Paso Robles, Calif., California Mid-State Fair
Aug. 4, San Diego, Summer Pops at Navy Pier
Aug. 5, Santa Barbara, Calif., Santa Barbara Bowl
Aug. 7, Marysville, Calif., Autowest Amphitheatre
Aug. 8, Concord, Calif., Chronicle Pavilion
Aug. 10, Seattle, Key Arena
Aug. 11, Vancouver, General Motors Place
Aug. 12, Portland, Ore., Rose Garden Arena
Aug. 16, Louisville, Ky., Kentucky State Fair
Aug. 17, Des Moines, Iowa, Iowa State Fair
Aug. 18, Kansas City, Mo., Starlight Theatre
Aug. 20, Memphis, Tenn., Orpheum Theatre
Aug. 21, Maryland Heights, Mo., UMB Bank Pavilion
Aug. 23, St. Paul, Minn., Minnesota State Fair
Aug. 25, Syracuse, N.Y., New York State Fair
Aug. 27, Allentown, Pa., Allentown Fair
Aug. 29, Columbia, Md., Merriweather Post
INXS is planning a U.S. club tour this summer, with a new lead singer.
Hollywood.com reports the band has tabbed Jon Stevens to stand in for original frontman Michael Hutchence, who committed suicide in 1997. Stevens used to be with the Aussie band Noiseworks and has been performing with INXS on short jaunts throughout Australia and Europe.
The road trip kicks of May 30 in Anaheim, Calif., and will include stops at the House of Blues in Las Vegas on June 1, the El Rey Theater in Los Angeles on June 4, Utah State Fair Park in Salt Lake City on June 11, the Celebrity Theater in Phoenix on June 13, and the City Lights Pavilion in Denver on June 15.
They've been absent from the rock scene for a while but Korn wants everyone to know they're "Here to Stay."
Following a brief tour of Mexico and South America, the band is planning a North American road trip -- slated to begin June 20 in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., MTV News reports. That's nine days after Korn's fifth album, "Untouchables," hits store shelves.
Korn's new single, "Here to Stay," is currently receiving widespread airplay.
Confirmed tour dates:
6/20: Wilkes-Barre, PA
6/21: Hartford, CT
6/23: New York, NY
6/26: Toronto, ONT, Canada
6/27: Montreal, QC, Canada
6/29: Pittsburgh, PA
6/30: Cleveland, OH
7/2: Grand Rapids, MI
7/3: Detroit, MI
7/5: Chicago, IL
7/8: Peoria, IL
7/9: Lexington, KY
7/11: Indianapolis, IN
7/12: Columbus, OH
7/13: Dayton, OH
Venues and more dates will be announced shortly.
Barry Manilow has added 30 more shows to his "LIVE2002! Concert Tour." The summer leg opens June 14 at the new City Lights Pavilion in Denver and continues to Kansas City, San Diego, Tucson, Irvine, Salt Lake City, Phoenix, Dallas, San Antonio, Houston, Indianapolis, Nashville, Birmingham, Charlotte, Boston, Saratoga, Philadelphia, and New York.
"LIVE2002!" highlights songs from Manilow's latest album, "Here At The Mayflower," as well as many of the classics from the "Ultimate Manilow" collection of Greatest Hits.
An inflamed vocal cord and an upper respiratory infection has forced Billy Joel to postpone the rest of his U.S. concert dates with Elton John, Jam Music reports. Joel's spokeswoman, Claire Merucuri, said the "Face to Face" tour shows will be rescheduled.
Songs by Sum 41, Alien Ant Farm, Default and Slipknot's Corey Taylor are being considered for the upcoming "Spider-Man" movie soundtrack, MTV News reports.
Sum 41 plans to contribute a Rick Rubin-produced version of "It's What We're All About," according to an Island Def Jam spokesperson. The song is expected to be the soundtrack's first single.
Alien Ant Farm recorded the track "Bug Bytes" in January, according to their publicist; and a song by Slipknot lead screamer Corey Taylor's solo project has been submitted, according to a source close to that band.
A publicist close to the project said Alice in Chains guitarist Jerry Cantrell, Nickelback singer Chad Kroeger and Saliva frontman Josey Scott are preparing the tentatively titled "Hero," while Default will lend their "Blind" to the collection.
Aerosmith recently recorded a few possible tunes for the soundtrack in Maui, Hawaii, according to their publicist. And Planet Us -- a group featuring former Van Halen singer Sammy Hagar and current bassist Michael Anthony along with Journey guitarist Neal Schon and drummer Deen Castronovo -- have offered two possibilities, the band's manager said.
The soundtrack album is due out April 30, a week later than previously expected, according to a Columbia Records spokesperson. The film -- which stars Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst -- opens May 3.
-- Oasis has finally come up with a title for its upcoming album. Britain's New Musical Express quotes singer Liam Gallagher confirming that the follow-up to "Standing On The Shoulder of Giants" will be titled "Heathen Chemistry." The CD is due out in July. The first single will be "The Hindu Times."
-- Marilyn Manson's new album will be titled "The Golden Age of Grotesque." MTV News says although the band is still recording, Manson describes the album on his Web site as a "genius deluge of hardcore guitar-drum violence" and "reckless electronic-punk vaudeville mixed with '30s cabaret decadence." The rocker adds that several songs are finished, including one called "Use Your Fist and Not Your Mouth."
-- Underworld's sixth album -- the follow up to 2000's live effort "Everything, Everything" -- is due out this September. RollingStone.com reports that so far the album is set to include "Two Months Off," "Momove," and "Sola Sistim," composed by frontman Karl Hyde and Underworld cohort Rick Smith. Darren Emerson left the group in 2000 to focus on his DJ career. Underworld will perform a handful of shows throughout Europe this summer in preparation for their official live comeback at Britain's Creamfields festival on August 24 in Liverpool. A North American road trip is in the works at year's end.
-- Don't look for a new album from Blur anytime soon. Blur's Dave Rowntree says the band's follow-up to 1999's "13" won't be released until next year. In an exclusive interview with NME.com Wednesday, Rowntree confirmed that Blur was returning to the studio in May but added: "All speculation in the NME about the title of the singles, or what we have recorded, is giving us all a good laugh. We are closer to the start of the process than the end." Last week, Blur's Damon Albarn let drop that the band had recorded 14 songs and that "Don't Bomb When You Are The Bomb" was the likely new single.
-- Brad Paisley performs the title track on "Sharp Dressed Men: A Tribute to ZZ Top." The album, due in stores April 30 (on RCA Records), is a collection of ZZ Top songs sung by country artists in tribute to the famous rock trio. Country.com reports Paisley's "Sharp Dressed Man" is one of 15 tracks on the all-male tribute album. Other artists include Alan Jackson, Montgomery Gentry, Brooks & Dunn, Hank Williams Jr. and Hank Williams III, Trace Adkins, Willie Nelson and Dwight Yoakam. The group -- Billy Gibbons, Dusty Hill and Frank Beard -- was in Nashville during the recent Country Radio Seminar to tape an episode of "CMT Crossroads." They were paired with Brooks & Dunn in a swap of country and rock influences. The show debuts April 21 (at 8 p.m. ET/PT) on CMT.
B2K's in-store appearance in Concord, Calif., was cut short Monday when some fans didn't want to wait their turn in line.
MTV News reports the pop/R&B quartet -- whose self-titled debut CD hit stores March 12 -- were signing autographs at the Sun Valley Mall Sam Goody store when some of the more than 1,000 fans waiting outside rushed the storefront.
Kim Eri Opacic, the mall's marketing director, said they'd been told by B2K's record label to expect a couple hundred people, so the mall's staff was caught off guard. In response, the mall was closed for about 30 minutes until the fans left.
Opacic said Sam Goody has held similar autograph signings for jazz musicians and has never had any kind of problem.
"They usually draw about 100 people," she said.
Bono is going to Africa with U.S. Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill next month to see the effects poverty and AIDS have had on the continent. NME.com reports the visit is part of the U2 lead singer's ongoing campaigns against Third World debt and the threat of AIDS in developing countries.
The trip was announced Thursday by O'Neill at a news conference at the United Nations. He said he had the utmost "respect" for the Irish rocker. "This is a person who has invested enough of his own time and energy to learn about and go see on the ground what life is like," he said.
No concrete details of itinerary have been released.
During the World Economic Forum in New York in February, Bono and O'Neill took to the stage in a debate over foreign aid to developing countries.
R.E.M. is going to bat for the nation's forests. In public service announcements sponsored by The Paper Campaign, frontman Michael Stipe urges people to "insist that the paper you use is tree-free."
All three R.E.M. members -- Stipe, Mike Mills and Peter Buck -- are featured in the campaign, which was unveiled Monday night at the Vanity Fair "Rock the Casbah" pre-Oscar party in Hollywood benefiting the Environmental Media Association. The goal is to change the way paper is made in the United States.
"The perception is that third-world countries are the only places being wiped out ... what people don't realize is that the forests being most devastated are in our back yard -- the American South," said Mills.
"Market campaigns, like the one being led by the Dogwood Alliance and ForestEthics, are the most effective way to cut to the chase and protect our forests," added Buck.
(Web site: ThePaperCampaign.com)
St. Louis Rams Quarterback and NFL MVP Kurt Warner and singer Yolanda Adams will co-host the 33rd Annual Dove Awards, which will be presented April 25 in ceremonies at the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville.
The show will air on PAX-TV (beginning at 9 p.m. ET), marking the first time the ceremonies will be shown live on a national network.
In addition, FamilyNet will televise live a two- hour pre-show where more than 25 Dove Awards will be handed out. The broadcast will also feature backstage interviews and will direct viewers to PAX-TV at its conclusion.
The Dove Awards recognizes achievement in all genres of contemporary Christian and Gospel music. A complete list of nominees can be found online at doveawards.com.


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Winter season is coming and it's almost time for those meals that warm the belly. So I thought I would share a family favorite recipe called Chili Macaroni. The taste is like a macaroni & cheese mixed with chili. Hope your family can enjoy it like ours has.
What you need:
Lawry's Chili powder mixture
1 Bag – Casserole Shredded Cheese
1 Pound – Ground Turkey (Vegetarians can skip the meat, it will still taste good)
1 Can of Cooked Kidney Beans
Mission Cheese Dip (Make sure no gelatin has been added!)
1 Bag – Elbow Macaroni Noodles
2 Tablespoons Cumin Powder
2 Tablespoons Chili Powder
2 Tablespoons Black Pepper
1 Tablespoon Olive Oil
2 Tablespoons Garlic Powder
2 Tablespoons Onion Powder
2 Tablespoons Lawry's Season Salt
Non-Dairy Plain Liquid Creamer or Milk
Sour Cream
Chopped Chives
What to do:
In a skillet crumble in ground turkey and let cook on medium heat. Sprinkle all the dry seasonings, BUT NOT THE LAWRY'S CHILI POWDER MIXTURE YET, on the ground turkey and stir. Turn the fire down to low and add 1/2 cup of water and let it cook well. While the ground turkey is cooking fill a small crock-pot with 3/4 water and turn on high heat, add 1 tablespoon of olive oil and bring the water to a boil, then add the macaroni noodles to boiling water.
Add Kidney beans to the cooking ground turkey mixture and continue to let it cook on low heat. Once the macaroni is done drain the excess water and pour in the ground turkey and kidney bean mixture. Next pour in the Mission Cheese Dip sauce, then sprinkle in the shredded cheese. Add non-dairy plain liquid creamer or milk IF the mixture is becoming too dry. Lastly, add the Lawry's Chili Powder mixture. Stir all the contents together in the stock pot then put the lid on while it is hot but turn the fire off.
How to serve:
Our family likes to serve this dish in a bowl or on a plate topped with sour cream and chopped chives. Corn bread and greens are tasty sides that go well with Chili Mac too.


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Why DIY?
- 100% focus on your own interests - most financial advisers are honest and conscientious about catering to your financial needs but DIY offers you the unlimited opportunity to tailor your investments to your own needs and circumstances with as much fine tuning and departure from standard solutions as you wish.
- cost savings - the DIY approach using a discount broker such as BMO Investorline and others that only execute trades and provide no advice can save you money and boost returns; one of the objectives of this blog is to find and discuss those ways. Even a small savings compounded over many years can have a dramatic effect. The attached chart shows that a seemingly insignificant 1% extra return per year boosting returns from 7 to 8% can create a one third greater end amount after 30 years - $10,000 grows to $100,000 instead of only $76,000.
- pride of self-reliance - just as business owners often remark on the satisfaction they receive from being in charge, a DIY investor can gain satisfaction from the feeling of being in control of his/her own destiny; it's the "I did it my way" feeling.
- intellectual challenge and fun - there's no need to play Monopoly when you have the stock market; it's real money and the thrill is all the greater. Not only that, if you play the game properly - another aim of this blog is to show how that is done - you can minimize the chances of losing. Successful DIY investing can be done quite simply, but it also offers to those who get hooked, a wonderful world where you need to read, to learn and to think. For many people with more free time, such as those reaching retirement, it offers an enticing way to keep the mind active, broadening and deepening knowledge in an ever-changing field.
- community and socializing - there are many DIY investors around; most are happily passive, reading news, websites and blogs such as this one but for those who wish, the web welcomes all comers with comments, questions and opinions. Hang around a while, participate and you get to know others and enjoy the pleasure of a shared interest.
What Kind of Personality is Suited to DIY?
Your personality and behaviour is the crucial issue. From the early days of investment giant Benjamin Graham in his book The Intelligent Investor, through all the academic research that has detailed it since (summarized neatly by Richard Deaves in his book What Kind of Investor Are You?), all agree that the key to success is how you handle yourself. You must avoid the errors of over-confidence, impatience, procrastination and being too emotional. If you are among those who are naturally planners, who look forward and are willing to defer immediate gratification and wait for longer term results, who are self-controlled and self-disciplined, who can accept that not every investment will turn out a winner and who are able to bounce back from setbacks, who do not assume they automatically know better than everyone else and are willing to learn, who tend to keep an even keel and not have excessive reactions to losing or winning, then you are among those most likely to succeed as a DIY investor.


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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. thinks we should be in prison for our skeptical opinions regarding the more alarmist anthropogenic global warming theories, and we appreciate his honesty.
The scion of the liberal dynasty argued for imprisoning anyone who harbors doubts about his anti-capitalist political agenda to solve the alleged global warming problem during one of the big "climate change" protest marches the past weekend, which all sorts of celebrities had flown in on private jets to attend, and although his harshest words were of course directed at those all-purpose villains the Koch brothers he made it clear that anyone dissenting on the issue should be behind bars. It's about as illiberal an opinion as anyone could utter, and was part of a rant that was full of staggeringly stupid misinformation, including the claim that the Kochs were responsible for the war in Iraq despite their outspoken opposition to it, which is one of our rare disagreements with the brothers and one we don't wish to see them imprisoned for, as well as the laughable claim that they support only policies that enrich their business when the environmental movement's prohibition against building competing oil refineries has probably done more than anything to enrich them, and there was also some galling hypocrisy, but at least he came right out and said it. A desire to criminalize political opposition is quite common among what passes for modern liberals, we have found, but few are so willing to abandon any pretense of support for freedom of thought and speech.
Kennedy isn't the only one willing to confess his censorious and totalitarian instincts, alas. The Gawker and Talking Points Memo web sites and a former Clinton administration official named Joe Romm and a former National Aeronautics and Space Administration worker named James Hanson are among those on the record with the same view, and those Attorneys General who have been targeting the governors of Texas and Wisconsin and the Internal Revenue Service agents who were scrutinizing those "tea party" applications for tax-exempt status might as well have made the same confession, along with all the Democratic Senators who voted for that proposed amendment to the First Amendment, but he does have the most prominent name of those who brazenly support crushing dissent. Perhaps it's because he doesn't have a real job at risk, and can be assured that prominent name will protect him from the guillotine once the blades start falling, but his honesty is still commendable.
If the rest of modern liberalism were as frank it would be easier to deal with, and would spare the public discourse all sorts of disingenuous blather about civility and dissent as the highest form of patriotism and all those other high-minded concepts the left still claims to believe in even during periods of Democratic rule. The vast majority of the public that isn't at all worried about climate change, and doesn't fly in private jets and rightfully resents the efforts of those who do to shoe-horn the hoi polloi into those phone-booth sized automobiles or inefficient public transportation systems, would also be more easily convinced to rally to the right. That's not Kennedy's intention, we're sure, but he's obviously an idiot who doesn't carefully consider the consequences of his deranged views.
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Here are some interesting My Creative Mommy statistics from the last 12 months:
- Over 40 fun and creative step-by-step projects
- Over 10,000 pageviews
- Readers from over 100 different countries (I've stopped counting!)
The top 10 most viewed blog posts were:
- Yes, You Can Make A Pop-Up Card
- Bird Seed Treats
- Making Barbie Doll Clothes
- Happy Little Polymer Clay Buttons
- Handbound Leather Wrapped Journal
- Hand Rolled Beeswax Pillar Candle
- Knitting A Hat On A Loom
- Make Your Own Lip Balm
- Autumn Leaves Picture Frame
- Homemade Laundry Soap Saves You Money
- 114 Facebook fans
- 40 followers on Pinterest
- Selected as a member of the first ever Arnold Grummer Papermaking Design Team and wrote 13 blog posts for them, 3 of which landed in my top ten.
"How-to" blogging fits perfectly in my life as a stay-at-home mommy. My children are my highest calling and my greatest joy, and writing, crafting, cooking, baking and photography are all things I enjoy that can involve my little ones and work around our busy schedule.
I have learned so much about blogging since I started a year ago, but the most important thing I've learned about blogging is this: A blog is only as good as the people who read it. Without you my blog would be lost in cyberspace. So give yourselves a big hug for me because I am ever so grateful for your continued encouragement and support.
The next year promises a great line-up of new and exciting projects for you to try. And maybe some additional ways to get creative like kits shipped right to your door, and ebooks for instant download to your computer, as well as offering crafting classes for My Creative Mommy's local fans.
I welcome your ideas and suggestions, and hope you'll get on board with me on facebook and pinterest for regular updates. The Internet is a big place, but we've carved out a little world-wide community of creative people - I challenge you to help us grow even more this year by sharing your favorite projects from my blog with everyone you know!
Many Thanks & Blessings,
Jana : )


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Stand-up meetings are one of the agile practices that a lot of people coming to agile for the first time have a problem with. I know I did and still have to a certain extent. The idea behind the stand-up meeting being that if you are standing up then the meeting will be shorter.
In my experience however it does not matter if you are standing or sitting, a meeting can still be prolonged no matter what your vertical position is.
Having a daily morning meeting, in my opinion, does help communication. Some agile purists would say that it also promotes team building and team autonomy. I think most people would agree that long meetings with many people tend to be counter productive, so keeping a meeting on track benefits everyone.
In some shops, when the stand-up meeting is in progress the participants pass an object around to say who should speak next. This type of activity can also seem strange to those not participating in the meeting, or those who are new to agile type practices.
But let us digress for a moment and take a quick peek at a couple of ways in which a meeting can become long and irrelevant.
1.Topics discussed which are not relevant.
When people are in a meeting and topics are being discussed which are not relevant to them then the meeting sticks in the mind as being a waste of time.
2.Unnecessary details discussed in the meeting.
There are times when one or two of the participants may delve deep into a particular topic in such a way which is relevant only to the participants. Other people on the outside of the discussion tune out and again see the meeting as a waste of time.
I think most people agree that these kind of meetings waste time for all the participants.
Now Stand-up meetings have proponents and opponents, but at the end of the day they are just one way of ensuring close collaboration and communication between team members.
And just like in Steve Krug's book Don't Make Me Think, communication should be something which allows you to think about solving problems and not cause more problems.
In the end as long as the meetings you have are clear and focused and relevant to all parties then, for me, it doesn't really matter if you are standing up or sitting down.


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Long-term strategy that works.
Choosing business partners and affiliates can make or break your business. The dynamic of the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries are changing. With the biotech revolution looming, large pharmaceutical companies are re-evaluating how they handle research and development. No longer do large companies rely on their own in-house R&D, but look to small companies to acquire new technologies. For tiny biotech firms, forming partnerships is everything. Knowing how to attract strategic partners that can help move you to the next level is a must.
The founders and the start-up reputation, in the early stages are almost synonymous. How the personality and credibility of the principle founders are perceived is paramount to the success of the start-up. Reputation has to do with the previous actions of the founders, where status has to do with the ranking, in published articles, university affiliations and corporate alliances. Results in clinical research should also paly a role, but it is difficult to get to that point without reputation and status requirements being met.
The greater a founding scientist's reputation, the more likely a valuable partnership will be established and the more successful the company will be.
"Reputation," they write in the paper, "is determined by the value or quality of one's previous actions, while status is determined according to a socially constructed ordering or ranking." So the researchers looked at 325 partnerships created between 1990 and 2003, hoping to tease apart the respective roles of status and reputation. For their study, the researchers equated status with the academic ranking of the university from which a firm's founder or top scientist graduated, and reputation with his or her publication counts and citation rates."


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Our information apps are Unitec's single source of truth
Our information apps are Unitec's single source of truth
Recently we caught up with Zhivan Alach, Planning Performance Manager at Unitec in Auckland and asked him how the institute of technology is using our information products in its planning.
Recently we caught up with Zhivan Alach, Planning Performance Manager at Unitec in Auckland and asked him how the institute of technology is using our information products in its planning.
How did you first hear about our new information products?
Before the apps were released last November, the TEC came and did a demo of some of the new apps they were developing.
What were your first impressions?
We love the apps, they are really useful and very easy to use.
What apps are you using?
We are mainly using the Tertiary Provision app and Secondary to Tertiary Transition app.
How do you use them?
With the Tertiary Provision app we look at Auckland provision and how we are performing compared to other providers.
The Secondary to Tertiary Transition app allows us to look at the West Auckland catchment area and see the mix of schools our students are coming from and what other institutions they are going to. This allows us to identify our untapped market for marketing purposes.
What are the main benefits for your organisation?
The information in the apps is more up to date and gives greater geographical depth than other sources. This allows us to see our relative position to other tertiary education organisations (TEOs) sooner than we could previously. Also, we can easily cut the data by the various filters which we cannot do with other data sources.
Another benefit is that the apps provide us with a single source of information across our organisation. Previously when we looked at historical data, for example EFTS in 2008, we would have one set of data from Education Counts and another set from elsewhere and so on, and nothing matched up. So we have now agreed that we will all use the app data as our single source.
The data allows us to see trends much sooner and from that prepare our marketing approach and strategic plans earlier than before – rather than relying on the bush telegraph. I am particularly looking forward to the updates when 2017 SDR data goes in.
Any surprises in the insights?
We were surprised by the change in mix at the national level in terms of universities versus institutes of technology and polytechs and how that mix has changed over time. Also, we gained some interesting insights from pulling data at an institutional level and comparing ourselves with AUT and Auckland University.
What do you think the TEC's next steps should be with the information products?
It would be helpful to have international student data included in the apps, as Education Counts does.
We would like to be able to more easily compare TEOs, for example EFTS at subject level. Currently, we have to extract data at a TEO level and then combine and compare in Excel.
In future, I think it would be a good idea to have some widgets on the TEC website at a sector/vocational level rather than institutional level so people could get an idea of what the apps can do – like a taster. We have shown the apps to our senior managers but they don't have the time to log in and use it. They just want to see the end results.
It would also be great to have the Educational Performance Indicator data available in the apps.
More information about the information products
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Katy And Bob Cake Cafe
Katie and John are preparing for their wedding, but! Oh no! There's nowhere to order wedding cake on the island! With the help of Bob, our heroes can solve this problem and create a cake-baking business for special occasions while they're at it. Transform a wedding plan into a successful business!
This game offers colorful locations, exciting levels, jolly characters, bonus buildings on each level, the ability to upgrade your team, trophies to suit any taste, simple gameplay for any age, pleasant music, and a captivating plot. Katie and Bob - let's open a wedding bakery!
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Samsung MV800 Review
If point and shoot's your thing, then you'll be delighted with the new Samsung NV800, which offers by far the most hand-holding features that we've ever seen on a compact camera, coupled with a great touchscreen that largely succeeds in mimicking a smartphone. And that's not even mentioning the unique and very useful flip-out display which makes it easy to take a self-portrait and shoot from more obscure angles. It's not all a bed of roses - the image quality isn't that great, it's a little tricky to shoot from overhead and the price is high for a purely point-and-shoot model, but overall the MV800 is undoubtedly a very easy and surprisingly full-featured camera to use.
In many ways the MV800 is very similar to the much cheaper ST95 model, which at half the price shares the same 5x zoom lens, 16 megapixel sensor and 3 inch touchscreen. If you don't buy into the flip-out screen design and don't mind sacrificing some of the multitude of auto-features, then the ST95 is a much more logical buy. On the other hand, the MV800 is even better suited to beginners with its unique screen and plethora of clever modes and creative effects. It can get a little bit overwhelming at first, with no less than 32 modes, effects and options on offer, but spend a little time exploring and you'll soon find your favourites.
£249.99 / $279.99 is a lot to ask for a compact camera with so-so image quality and only a 5 x zoom lens, so its vital that the MV800 delivers on its main aim of being the ultimate point and shoot. Happily it largely succeeds on that promise, allowing us to recommend the Samsung NV800 as a great social camera with a literal twist.
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Go where you need to go to look up and see Jesus.
Go where you need to go to remember what you're passionate about.
I love this quote from Fabienne Frederickson. She says, "The things you are passionate about are not random. They are your calling."
I know nothing else about Frederickson but that quote is perfect.
We just got done with a big couple of weeks (and it continues). My son graduated and then we had a community memorial service and dinner Monday we had to plan. Then, my husband and I celebrated our 20th wedding anniversary by spending the night in a local hotel (which was fabulous). Plus today I need to make three pies for a fundraiser tomorrow (I am quite excited about my pies -- I've been practicing. I now know how to make lovely beautiful meringue so I'm bringing three cream pies -- raisin cream always goes high in local dessert auctions).
So, with all the activity I've gotten a bit off track emotionally, but never fear because God is near!
I wanted to release our horses into our pasture but first there was one area that needed to be fixed.
So I took some wire and a rope and pliers and went to fixing. My job isn't pretty but it will work.
Along the way I found some wonderful things, beautiful incredible gifts straight from God . . .
"I will lift up my eyes to the mountains; From whence shall my help come? My help comes from the LORD, Who made heaven and earth." Psalm 121:1-2


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HitRecord's claim that it's community collaboration, not spec work for Beyond Good & Evil 2 rings hollow
There's a dark cloud looming over Ubisoft's Beyond Good and Evil 2, and I'm not just talking about the one in the stunning E3 trailer. Alongside a lot of good things at the E3 showing of the game was a section on how Joseph Gordon-Levitt's HitRecord was going to be handling the inclusion of community-created art and assets for the game. While creators will be paid if their work is used, it still sounds like high-risk speculative work to me (spend time/money making stuff now, hope someone pays later), despite Gordon-Levitt's woolly claim otherwise, posted on Medium here.
It's well known that the games industry has a rough history regarding labour and how employees are treated. Crunch, unpaid overtime and generally high turnover are problems for those lucky enough to get proper, salaried work. Freelancers and contractors have an even rougher uphill struggle ahead of them, and many saw Ubisoft's use of HitRecord as exacerbating those issues with additional spec work. In his very extensive response, Gordon-Levitt doesn't so much deny that this is spec work, so much as very elaborately say that he doesn't see it this way.
I understand the comparison. But I do think we're substantially different. As mentioned, Ubisoft isn't doing this to cut costs; they're doing it to include fans.
Not exactly the most convincing of arguments, really. While I don't doubt that there are some people at Ubisoft excited to get fans involved in creating art for the game, I'd feel much happier if they were just accepting portfolios, along with pitches for commissioned work. There are a lot of struggling artists out there trying to make ends meet, and surely Ubisoft can be a little clearer on who's going to get paid in the end – not that Gordon-Levitt seems to think that's an issue with HitRecord.
I firmly believe that the people who worked on it should get paid. However, we never present HITRECORD as a means for professional artists to earn their living.
Well, it's good to know that, but that still doesn't stop this from being spec work, no matter how much community spirit is behind the art produced. HitRecord ultimately decide where Ubisoft's pool of funds go in the end after choices are made, and are open that this can result in minimal payouts. Not exactly the most ideal of situations, whoever you are.
Oftentimes a finished product will include a large number of tiny contributions, and those contributors can receive tiny paychecks. And we pride ourselves on being very upfront and transparent about all of this.
At least they're honest that you could be pouring in a lot of work and effort and get out little to nothing in return with this, but it just raises yet another red flag. Ubisoft could pick and choose from the world's best fan-artists and pay them proper commission rates, but have chosen to go this route. While some seem enthusiastic, it just sits wrong with me.
Let's all take a deep breath and just watch the E3 cinematic trailer again, which is lovely stuff, and undoubtedly the work of fully salaried (although potentially still overworked) Ubisoft employees.
Much better.
There's currently no indication when BG&E2 will be coming out, but those interested in getting in on beta tests when they happen (another potential can of labour-related worms, but not one to deal with today) can sign up over on the Space Monkey Program page here.


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What I really wanted to say is "white liberals suck," but I've been using the "S" word so much lately it's gonna start losing its punch. Uncharacteristically seeking the high road, I thought it would be better to go with "prodigious," "ignoration." and "stupefying" instead.
But truth be told, those three words don't nearly capture the imagination like that four-letter word does. And let's not forget that I am a liberal.
Moving on!
The bottom line is, I've had it with you white people. If you're not doing your damndest to embarrass the entire race, your capacity to make a situation so much worse than it needs to be is beyond the pale. Some of my best friends may be Caucasian, but y'all look alike, you can't dance, and you destroy everything you lay your hands on.
From now on, if I see one of you coming at me, I'm crossing the street, and I'm calling the police if you people have the nerve barbecue, go to a public pool, deliver a newspaper, or open your own store.
Here's why:
Sensitivity training? Really?
This is the best example of why I'm a man without a country. While conservatives have generally descended into a brackish abyss of hypocritical and narcissistic bigotry, liberals, whom I hold to a higher standard, have become so outrage-prone their rising intolerance is beginning to make the Tea Party look like pikers.
To wit, Major League Baseball just sentenced Milwaukee Brewers' left-handed relief ace, Josh Hader, to sensitivity training for issuing some racist and homophobic tweets at the ripe old age of seventeen. For those who are counting, that's seven long years ago.
To that end, I'd encourage my peers to join me in a moment of silence for the good fortune that, in the late '60s and early '70s, social media consisted of one shared land line that was prone to busy signals.
Because if all the shit we said as high school juniors ever came to light, sensitivity training would be the least of our worries.
As I once said to a local politician who asked me if he should start Tweeting, "What could possibly go wrong with sharing your thoughts in a mere 140 characters just seconds after they've been formulated?"
To his credit, Hader took full responsibility for those hideous tweets explaining, "I regret the mistakes I made in the past. That doesn't resemble the person I am now. Those are not my beliefs at all. They were never my beliefs. I hurt people by those tweets, and that hurts me deeply.''
C'mon! The survival of our species completely depends upon homo sapiens somehow surviving those turbulent teenage years to evolve into something a bit more reasonable – Donald Trump being the exception, of course.
So, why would anyone ever hold anyone accountable for some stupid shit they said at the age of seventeen? But leave it to liberals to do just that. NBC said Hader deserved to be punished, USA Today wrote "Hader faces long journey to redemption," and the white, progressive blogosphere nearly spontaneously combusted.
Though it was a bit disconcerting to watch an all-white Brewers crowd give Hader a standing ovation in his first home appearance since "the news," I was relieved to see that some Caucasians had the courage to muster up some badly needed perspective.
Do liberals really think that any kind of sensitivity training will ever make a bigoted leopard change their spots? Who knew it was that simple? Or is it more likely the case that their absurd intolerance over a stupid teenage mistake drives centrists like me into a more conservative corner?
Because that's exactly what it's doing.
Old, white, male bigots may be dying out, but progressives' capacity to undermine and destroy their own movement is timeless!
It's not a hate crime part two
Sure enough! The day I wrote that Timothy Trybus, 62, the lout who verbally accosted Mia Irizarry for wearing a Puerto Rican flag t-shirt in a Cook County forest preserve shouldn't be charged with a felony hate crime, he was hit with two of 'em!
Before we continue, since some of you clearly need remedial reading lessons, I never said he shouldn't be charged. What I said was the initial misdemeanor assault and disorderly conduct charges perfectly fit the crime.
Ms. Irizarry, indeed, had the right to enjoy her party without being verbally accosted by some drunken boob.
But two felony hate crimes? I don't care what the overly broad statute states, these kinds of charges should be reserved for cases to which they truly apply. Painted swastikas in Jewish graveyards, vandalism against a gay nightclub, and burning down black churches? Those are hate crimes.
But a drunk old stupid white man who doesn't even understand that Puerto Rico is part of the United States? No! Because if being drunk and stupid was a felony, there are a lot of ex-girlfriends who could be pressing charges for some fascinating late-night phone calls.
To apply a felony hate crime in this instance is to utterly diminishes the intent and spirit of the law. And anytime we decide to kill a flea with a howitzer to make political points, it almost always backfires.
Does anyone really think Trybus is going to suddenly "wake up" and say, "Thank you for prosecuting me! I clearly see the error of my way. Please forgive me?" Or is the more likely possibility that he becomes even further entrench in his particular brand of bigotry?
Does anyone really think hate crime charges are going to deter the next inebriated white idiot from launching into another intolerant tirade? And isn't deterrence the backbone of our criminal justice system?
What should've become a teachable moment, especially considering Irizarry's amazing grace and poise in the line of fire, has now descended into the kind of frenzied bloodlust that seems to be the only way that liberals can feel good about themselves these days.
The real question here is, when did progressives decide to become every bit as bad as the diehard Trump supporters they love to loathe?
Ya gotta love the outrage machine!
We're going long today folks!
By now I'm sure you've all seen the viral video of the dastardly old white Cubs fan "stealing" a ball from a minority child.
What you'll see in that too-short clip is Cubs first base coach Will Venable toss a ball into the stands in the kid's general direction, the ball rolls under his seat, and the white guy behind him picks it up and hands it to his wife.
I have to admit I was tempted to pile on, but then I noted that neither the child's parents, nor the surrounding fans had any words with our purported ball thief. And I've seen situations where Wrigley Field erupted in a chorus of boos and "give it back" over a similarly poorly behaving adult.
But that didn't stop liberals' heads from spontaneously exploding in a fashion that made that dinosaur killing asteroid strike pale in comparison. Thankfully, ESPN radio host Dave Kaplan, my favorite sports pundit, set the record straight.
Not only did our nefarious Cub fan help the very same child retrieve a foul ball a few innings earlier, but shortly after he took a picture of his wife holding the second ball, he passed it on to another nearby child.
I'd ask liberals if they feel more than a bit silly now, but you can't shame a group that has no shame.


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It may not have been easy for Blue Cross Blue Shield to admit to their clients their premiums are set to rise by 60% due to Supreme Court-mandated tax known as "Obamacare" but it would have been the right thing.
Instead, in justifying the boost to the two-month medical premium from $867 to $1.365, the health insurer decided to use the following excuse: "With advances in medical technology, prescription drugs and ways to treat injuries and illnesses, Americans are living healthier lives. [i.e., living longer] Because of these changes, we must adjust your premium to stay in line with increased costs."
In other words, if you want lower costs, and avoiding 60% healthcare inflation, just do everything in your power to prevent Americans from "living healthier lives."
And just in case anyone is still confused why plunging gasoline prices simply refuse to translate into greater discretionary spending, please keep reading the above letter until you finally get.
Finally, for those who are likewise confused how companies like Valeant can boost the prices of their drugs anywhere between 90% and 2300% in 2-3 years, and get away with it without nobody noticing...
... also keep reading the above letter until you finally get it.
h/t @JeffreyTetrault