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Chuck Douglas: In NH, the attack of the constitutional illiteratesBy Chuck Douglas
Another View
April 22. 2013 12:08PM
THE RECENT CALL for removal of 189 state representatives by Tea Party leader Jack Kimball and three Republican state legislators is an example of constitutional illiteracy at its best.
Because Kimball and Reps. Al Baldasaro, John Hikel and Lenette Peterson disagree with the legislators who voted in favor of House Bill 135, which would repeal the state's "stand your ground"law, the 189 accused legislators are apparently breaching the public trust of the people of New Hampshire. Kimball and Hikel have filed petitions or criminal complaints with the U.S. Attorney for New Hampshire and with two county sheriffs claiming that these legislators are violating their oath of office and should be removed from office.
Because Kimball and many of his acolytes have no understanding of the New Hampshire Constitution, I thought it was worth talking about why this type of childishness is a waste of everyone's time.
First of all, Part I, Article 38 of the constitution does not create a cause of action in court or a criminal violation if a legislator were not to be "moderate, temperate, industrious and frugal," among other things. The language of Article 38 is what is called "precatory language" and is not meant to be enforced by the unelected third branch of government.
In fact, those in the Tea Party movement are correct when they say that the courts overstepped their bounds when the Claremont decision came down several years ago. What I do not understand is why they would want to compound judicial overreaching by now asking the courts to become involved in deciding a criminal case alleging legislators have violated the "fundamental principles" of the state constitution.
Having served in all three branches of government, I have strong aversion to an unelected branch sitting in judgment on whether people in the legislative branch have violated the standardless "fundamental principles of the Constitution." Sometimes laws are held to be unconstitutional by the courts as part of a litigated case. But that is a far cry from saying that sitting legislators will somehow be subject to judicial involvement in how they vote on the floor of the House.
As with many issues, you win some and you lose some. In fact, the bill to repeal the "stand your ground" law probably will not pass in the Senate anyway, making this whole effort a further waste of time.
Crimes are prosecuted in a court. Does the Tea Party really think that unelected judges should be deciding when legislators, on an individual basis, violate the constitution? That is such a huge power grab to turn over to the judiciary that I would think Kimball and his friends would want to rethink that mission very quickly.
Yes, the House has the power to control its membership under certain circumstances, but not under the circumstances in which one group of representatives merely disagrees with how another group voted on a particular bill. If it were otherwise, every losing vote would result in some kind of a constitutional petition to throw out everyone who voted the other way.
That is not the way a republican system works in the Anglo-American tradition.
Our New Hampshire Constitution has served us well for the 200 years before Jack Kimball and the three legislators misread it.
It is a shame that we do not have a GED program for constitutional literacy. Pulling bits and pieces out of the constitution to create criminal charges reflects gross constitutional illiteracy, not an attempt at good government. It is this type of craziness that cost 120 Republican seats in the House last year.
It is also embarrassing to my party and to the state.
Chuck Douglas, a Republican, is an attorney in Concord. He has served as a state superior and Supreme Court justice, legal counsel to the governor, and a member of Congress from New Hampshire.


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Humboldt Squid
The Humboldt squid (Dosidicus gigas), also known as jumbo squid, jumbo flying squid, or diablo rojo (Spanish for 'Red Devil'), is a large, predatory squid found in the waters of the Humboldt Current in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. They are most commonly found at depths of 200–700 metres (660–2,300 ft), from Tierra del Fuego to California. Recent findings suggest the range of this species is spreading north into the waters of Oregon, Washington, British Columbia, and Alaska.[1][2] Though they usually prefer deep water, between 1,000 and 1,500 squid washed up on the Long Beach Peninsula in southwest Washington in the fall of 2004.[3] They have also ventured into Puget Sound.[4]
Behavior and general characteristics
Humboldt squid are carnivorous marine invertebrates that move in shoals of up to 1,200 individuals. They swim at speeds of up to 24 kilometres per hour (15 mph/13 kn) propelled by water ejected through a hyponome (siphon) and by two triangular fins. Their tentacles bear suckers lined with sharp teeth with which they grasp prey and drag it towards a large, sharp beak.
Although Humboldt squid have a reputation of being aggressive, there is some disagreement on this subject. Some scientists claim the only reports of aggression towards humans have occurred when reflective diving gear or flashing lights have been present as a provocation. Roger Uzun, a veteran scuba diver and amateur underwater videographer who swam with a swarm of the animals for about 20 minutes, said they seemed to be more curious than aggressive.[5] In circumstances where these animals are not feeding or being hunted, they exhibit curious and intelligent behavior.[6]
Electronic tagging has shown that Humboldt squid undergo diel vertical migrations which bring them closer to the surface from dusk to dawn.[7] Humboldt squid are thought to have a lifespan of only about one year, although larger individuals may survive up to two years.[8] They may grow to 1.75 metres (5.7 ft) in mantle length (ML)[9] and weigh up to 50 kilograms (100 lb).[8] They can rapidly change their skin color from deep purplish red to white using chromatophores (specialized skin cells) in what some researchers believe is a complex communication system.[10] Experts have also stated that the squid hunt for their prey of small fish and krill in a cooperative fashion, which would be the first observation of such behavior in invertebrates.[11] Humboldt squid are known to hunt near the surface at night, taking advantage of the dark to use their keen vision to feed on more plentiful prey.
Recent research suggests that Humboldt squid are only aggressive while feeding. At other times, they are quite passive. Their behavior while feeding often extends to cannibalism and they have been seen to readily attack injured or vulnerable squid of their own shoal. This behavior may account for a large proportion of their rapid growth.[12][13]
The Humboldt squid lives at depths of 200 to 700 m (660 to 2,300 ft) in the eastern Pacific (Chile, Peru), ranging from Tierra del Fuego north to California. It gets its name from the Humboldt Current in which it lives off the coast of South America. Recently, the squid have been appearing further north, as far as Alaska.
Body characteristics
Generally, the tube (or body) constitutes about 40% of the animal's mass, the fin (or wing) about 12%, the tentacles about 14%, the outer skin about 3%, the head (including eyes and beak) about 5%, with the balance (26%) made up of the inner organs.
They often approach prey quickly with all ten appendages extended forward in a cone-like shape. Upon reaching striking distance, they will open their eight swimming and grasping arms, and extend two long tentacles covered in sharp 'teeth,' grabbing their prey and pulling it back towards a parrot-like beak, which can easily cause dramatic lacerations to human flesh. The whole process takes place in seconds.
Recent footage of shoals of these animals demonstrates a tendency to meet unfamiliar objects aggressively. Having risen to depths of 130–200 metres (430–660 ft) below the surface to feed (up from their typical 700 metre (2,300 ft) diving depth, beyond the range of human diving), they have attacked deep-sea cameras and rendered them inoperable. Reports of recreational scuba divers being attacked by Humboldt squid have been confirmed.[14][15] One particular diver, Scott Cassell,[16] who has spent much of his career videotaping this species, has developed body armor to protect against attacks.[17] Each of the squid's suckers is ringed with sharp teeth, and the beak can tear flesh, although it is believed that they lack the jaw strength to crack heavy bone.[12]
The Humboldt squid feeds primarily on small fish, crustaceans, cephalopods, and copepod. The squid uses its barbed tentacle suckers to grab its prey and slices and tears the victim's flesh with its beak and radula. The Humboldt squid is also known to quickly devour larger prey when hunting in groups. Although claims of cooperative hunting have been made for Dosidicus gigas, this behavior is unconfirmed. Until further study reveals otherwise, most researchers believe that group attacks by cephalopods on large prey are the result of many individuals attacking simultaneously but without any coordination.[18]
Scientists suspect that the recent expansion of the squid's range north along the west coast of the US is the result of some combination of overfishing of longer-lived apex predators and higher temperatures.[19]
Commercially, this species has been caught to serve the European community market (mainly Spain, Italy, France and Ireland), Russia, China, Japan, South East Asian and increasingly North and South American markets.
The squid are fished at night, when it is easier to lure them with lights used by fishermen that make the plankton the squid feed on shine, which causes the squid to rise to the surface to feed. Since the 1990s, the most important areas for landings of Humboldt squid are northern Peru and Mexico.
Humboldt squid are known for their speed in feasting on hooked fish, sharks, and squid, even from their own species and shoal.[20] There are numerous accounts of the squid attacking fishermen and divers in the area.[21] Their colouring and aggressive reputation has earned them the nickname diablos rojos (red devils) from fishermen off the coast of Mexico as they flash red and white when struggling with the fishermen.[22]
Humboldt squid and El Niño
Although Humboldt squid are generally found in the warm Pacific waters off of the Mexican coast, recent years have shown an increase in northern migration. The large 1997-98 El Niño event triggered the first sightings of Humboldt squid in Monterey Bay.[2] Then, during the minor El Niño event of 2002, Humboldt squid returned to Monterey Bay in higher numbers and have been seen there year-round since then. Similar trends have been shown off the coasts of Washington, Oregon, and even Alaska, although there are no year-round Humboldt squid populations in these locations. It has been suggested that this change in migration is due to warming waters during El Niño events, but other factors, such as a decrease in upper trophic level predators that would compete with Humboldt squid for food, could be impacting the migration shift as well.[2]
Humboldt squid and ocean acidification
A study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences found that by the end of this century ocean acidification will lower the Humboldt squid's metabolic rate by 31% and activity levels by 45%. This will lead the squid to have to retreat to shallower waters where it can uptake oxygen at higher levels.[23]
See also
- ^ Humboldt squid Found in Pebble Beach (2003)
- ^ a b c Zeidberg, L. & B.H. Robinson 2007. Invasive range expansion by the Humboldt squid, Dosidicus gigas, in the eastern North Pacific. PNAS 104(31): 12948–12950.
- ^ Aggressive eating machines spotted on our coast (2008)
- ^ Giant squid caught in West Seattle
- ^ Jumbo squid invade San Diego shores, spook divers, Associated Press, July 16, 2009
- ^ Behold the Humboldt squid | Outside Online
- ^ Gilly, W.F., U. Markaida, C.H. Baxter, B.A. Block, A. Boustany, L. Zeidberg, K. Reisenbichler, B. Robison, G. Bazzino & C. Salinas 2006. Vertical and horizontal migrations by the jumbo squid Dosidicus gigas revealed by electronic tagging.PDF Marine Ecology Progress Series 324: 1–17.
- ^ a b Nigmatullin, C.M., K.N. Nesis & A.I. Arkhipkin 2001. A review of the biology of the jumbo squid Dosidicus gigas (Cephalopoda: Ommastrephidae). Fisheries Research 54(1): 9–19. doi:10.1016/S0165-7836(01)00371-X
- ^ Glaubrecht, M. & M.A. Salcedo-Vargas 2004. The Humboldt squid Dosidicus gigas (Orbigny, 1835): History of the Berlin specimen, with a reappraisal of other (bathy-)pelagic gigantic cephalopods (Mollusca, Ommastrephidae, Architeuthidae). Zoosystematics and Evolution 80(1): 53–69.
- ^ http://www.squid-world.com/humboldt-squid.html
- ^ Behold the Humboldt squid. Tim Zimmermann, Outside Magazine, July 2006.
- ^ a b The Curious Case of the Cannibal squid, Michael Tennesen, National Wildlife Magazine, Dec/Jan 2005, vol. 43 no. 1.
- ^ Squid Sensitivity Discover Magazine April, 2003
- ^ http://www2.nbc13.com/vtm/news/local/article/video_giant_squid_attacks_diver/83712/
- ^ http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Animals/Invertebrates/Facts/cephalopods/FactSheets/Humboldtsquid.cfm
- ^ DeeperBlue.net - Fanatical About FreeDiving, Scuba Diving, Spearfishing & Technical Diving
- ^ Cassell, S. Dancing with Demons. Deeper Blue, 2005-12-15
- ^ Roger T Hanlon, John B Messinger, Cephalopod Behavior, p. 56, Cambridge University Press, 1996
- ^ http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/kwing/the_new_squids_in_town.html
- ^ http://www.nwf.org/News-and-Magazines/National-Wildlife/Animals/Archives/2005/The-Curious-Case-of-the-Cannibal-Squid.aspx
- ^ http://articles.latimes.com/2007/mar/26/sports/sp-squid26/2
- ^ http://www.livescience.com/animals/080613-bts-squid.html
- ^ Rosa, Rui, and Brad A. Seibel. (2008) Synergistic effects of climate-related variables suggest future physiological impairment in a top oceanic predator. PNAS 105: 20776-0780

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Rehabiliator says owl illness, deaths likely caused by poisoned rodentsBy JASON SCHREIBER
Union Leader Correspondent
May 24. 2018 8:10PM
EPPING — A local wildlife rehabilitator is sounding the alarm after one snowy owl died and three other owls were recently sickened by apparently eating poisoned rodents.
Over the past month, three snowy owls are believed to have suffered from rodenticide poisoning and were treated at On the Wing, a wildlife rehabilitation facility for birds of prey that Jane Kelly operates at her Epping home.
One of those sick owls died on May 18. Another recovered and was set free, and the third is still being treated but is expected to be released in the near future.
Kelly said a fourth snowy owl in Hampton also appears to have been sickened and is being monitored.
"The one in Hampton right now is weary. Its wings are drooped. It can only take a short flight and it's low and it's shaking its head," she said.
Last week's death follows the deaths of two barred owls earlier this year that Kelly believes were also caused by rodenticide poisoning.
"I think about rodenticides, but I never thought about them in that manner," she said.
Kelly's concern focuses on the use of poisons like d-CON, which is used to kill mice and rats. Kelly said the problem is that owls and other animals can become sick when they eat the poisoned rodents.
The environmental hazard listed on d-CON packaging states: "This product is extremely toxic to mammals, birds, and other wildlife. Dogs and other predatory and scavenging mammals and birds might be poisoned if they feed upon animals that have eaten this bait."
Robert Rothe, a special agent with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, said his agency has been notified and is looking into the problem.
"Anytime there's a take of a migratory bird it is concerning, especially if it's multiple ones in the same area. There could be some issue there that needs to be addressed," he said, adding that owls are protected under the federal Migratory Bird Treaty Act.
Kelly said she's not blaming anyone for the problem because she understands that rodents carry disease and must be removed from homes, businesses and other places.
She encourages people to use non-toxic approaches to address their rodent problems. She suggested non-toxic products like RatX, snap traps, and electronic traps.
Kelly said people who contact pest-control companies should ask for non-toxic alternatives and also take steps to seal up entry points into buildings and pick up litter that could attract rodents.


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What do you want Obama to do? He has a very important interview on Letterman coming up.
Obama and Biden touting themselves as having great experience in foreign policy and relations. Helping mend GWB's foibles.
Current situation:
1. Obama refuses to meet with Netanyahu to discuss Iran.
2. Russia and China give Obama and Hillatry the finger over Syria.
3. China threatening (over our objections) Japan on disputed islands.
4. Egyptians storm the U.S. embassy, burning our flag and causing destruction.
5.. Libyans attacking and KILLING the U.S. ambassodor there and three persons with him.
6. Continued strife (bombings) in Iraq and Afghanistan with increasing U.S. deaths in the latter.
This within the last day or so.
Does this sound like everything is well in hand?
What do you want Obama to do? He has a very important interview on Letterman coming up.
And now our trash president (yes, I am annoyed) has apologized for some movie which offended Moslem religious beliefs and resulted in the attack on our Egytian embassy and the murder of our Libyan ambssador and 3 American workers.
It OUR fault and hence WE DESERVED IT. Kind of sounds like the Jeremiah Wright garbage.
Obama hates America. As does his wife. He wants a socialist style nation.
All aid should be cut off to all Moslem countries.
It does give me pleasure to see all the Syrians being killed. They would kill US if they had the chance. And 300+ Pakistanis went up in factory fires. I feel no sympathy. We should feel positive about those who hate us? Stupid.
Looks as though you guys missed that there are now Marines deployed in Australia to respond to China.....
President Obama is light years ahead of Bush when it comes to foreign relations and Romney is not even close to Bush
What does this have to do with the atrocity that occurred in Libya last night? What does this have to do with another bumbling, fumbling miscommunication with Israel? What PLANET do you live on?
I am shocked by what happened last night, and even more so by our President's response. The attack on the Egyptian embassy wasn't enough, the MURDER of an American official wasn't enough... when will enough be enough? When will he stop apologizing on behalf of America and kowtowing to religious fanatics?
This is unspeakably bad.
When will you guys learn.
And BTW, there was no bumbling, fumbling miscommunication with Israel. The message to Netanyahu was loud and clear...Fuk Off Bibi!! We are not invading Iran no matter how much you b!tch and whine. No one wants another war, especially with Iran. We have enough problems here, we dont need to start another misguided war that does not benefit the USA.
**** them all! Cut off all their ****ing aid. Let their miserable POS country burn. This ambassador worked his ass off for Libya and he paid the ultimate price, as a consequence of his gracious magnanimity. And the US embassy in Cairo (apparently NOT speaking on behalf of the continental US, which I find incredible) dishonors this dead man by saying, "well gee wiz, we really should t hurt the feelings of Muslims." It almost reads like a political satire.
And yeah, ken, they ****ed up their communication in regard to Israel. First they said they won't meet with him, and then when they got pressure from media overseas they buckled and gave a lame excuse that they won't be in the same place at the same time. Obama, the Crown Prince of Lame Excuses.
Yes lets support t corrupt brutal dictatorships over what the people want. Self determination should only apply to us not them.
As Jetdawgg said, Obama's foreign policy savvy is light years ahead of G W Bush, which clearly was light years ahead of guys like you, palmetto, and bonhomme. You guys really are clueless.
Fascinating that the right wing guys who hate Obama for talking softly have apparently missed the fact that this administration has no issue killing our enemies on a regular basis. I suspect the perps of this crime will be dead in short order. Obama on balance has handled these situations pretty well.
The last time a US Ambassador was killed, Jimmy Carter was in the WH...
RIP to the brave man...
Too bad so many are running to Obama's defense and attempting to skew reality... I don't care what Politician said what... Anyone that doesn't acknowledge the cluster **** of chaos that has been foreign relations this week is high as a kite...
He had a less violent but equally ridiculous foreign policy week a few months ago...
He's a terrible President in the States and a terribly empathetic one overseas...
If your rebuttal is 'And Romney will be better?' don't even ****ing bother...
Really, Afghanistan, Gitmo and the "selection process" for the drone program are my problem with Obama.
Has Romney said he'll do anything different in those situations?


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text: When it comes to activities, events and things to do, Delaware packs more pleasure-per-mile than any other state. Visitors can do so much, at such low cost, in so little time. Within a few hours' drive, travelers can stroll through grand DuPont family mansions and Colonial-era towns; do some tax-free outlet shopping before taking a splash in the surf; cheer at one of several NASCAR races or the fast-growing Firefly Music Festival. For those who crave nature, miles of seashore create a breezy paradise of gentle dunes, singing shorebirds and rumbling surf. And Delaware's inland bays and ocean expanses mean fishing and boating at their best. Culture-minded travelers can spend the weekend grazing for gourmet food and browsing the galleries in Rehoboth Beach. Excitement-craving revelers can shoot for the big jackpot at one of three casinos, or hit the rock clubs of Dewey Beach.


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Hunger Doesn't Take a Summer Vacation, and neither does the Riverside Unified School District
Riverside Unified School District (RUSD) Nutrition Services Director, Rodney Taylor, knows the face of hunger in his community. On a daily basis, Rodney's team serve lunch to about 34,000 RUSD kids, 61 percent of whom qualify for free or reduced price meals. While the RUSD staff offer these students a fresh, healthy, nutritious meal during the school year, where do students eat during the summer? In previous years, many students ate lunch at summer school. However, steep budget cuts in 2008 and 2009 forced many school districts, including RUSD, to drastically reduce their summer school sites to only three schools, leaving about 25,000 kids without a place to eat. Without the summer school program, where would those kids eat? That is where the RUSD's summer barbeques come in.
Rodney saw not only a need, but a challenge. He wanted to make sure that the students previously enrolled in summer school still had access to a hot lunch. But, he also wanted to take a different approach than the one used by the Parks and Recreation Department. Inspired by summer barbeques hosted by San Diego Unified School District, and successful barbeque lunches that his staff had organized at RUSD schools, Rodney decided to get his staff behind the grill. Grant funds were used to buy the grills, pop-up shade tents and tables. RUSD hosted summer barbeques at eight parks throughout the city in 2010. They grilled hamburgers, hot dogs, chicken, hot links, and rib-e-ques each day, so if you came every day of the week, you could always have something different. Fresh veggies, fruit, chips and milk were served with each meal.
The summer barbeques at Riverside parks were a huge hit! While the previous summer program, as operated by Riverside Parks and Recreation, had served about 32,000 meals at 10 sites in 2009, the summer barbeques operated by RUSD in 2010 served about 141,000 meals at eight sites. In 2009, about 35 to 40 kids showed up each day for a summer meal, with an average of about 680 meals per day. Once the barbeques started in 2010, RUSD served an average of over 3,000 meals per day. Rodney is dedicated to expanding the program even more—as he said, "what's the point of having [summer meal service] if you aren't going to serve everyone?" In that spirit, Rodney is working to open more sites in 2011.
Stay tuned for the next posting to see how you can get involved.


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Television news music package composed by Al Ham in 1970 for WNAC-TV (Now WHDH-TV in Boston, MA, unrelated to the current WNAC in Providence, Rhode Island). The WNAC news director moved to WPVI-TV (formerly WFIL-TV) in Philadelphia, PA, and took the music with him, and spread to other stations across the U.S. (KFSN-TV 30 San Francisco, WJET-TV 24 Erie, WKBW-TV 7 Buffalo, ETC.), mostly used in the Northeast. Today, WPVI is the ONLY station to still use the theme after 35 years and still counting.
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Ship-Pets necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 380 diseños de 47 diseñadores freelance.
IPATA International
Established in 1979, IPATA International is a network of professional pet shippers providing pet transportation services to relocating families. Our network ships any type of animal that can be considered a family pet - from gerbils to fish to iguanas and, yes, even miniature horses and cows as well as the usual dogs and cats. Animals are shipped by air and road locally, nationwide and worldwide. We have members in 70 countries and can virtually ship pets anyplace in the world.
IPATA is currently re-branding itself and this fall will be launching its new name, The International Pet and Animal Transportation Association, as well as a redesigned website at http://www.ipata.com. We would like to update our logo to reflect a more modern, professional organization.
** An international audience of animal handlers, pet moving providers, kennel operators, veterinarians and others who are dedicated to the care and welfare of pets and small animals during transport.
** Pet owners and the general public who need to ship their 4-legged family members as part of an employment relocation and others who know very little about pet shipping
Our current logo (attached) is too busy but gives you an idea of what we've had in the past.
We need a logo that is clean, fresh, is easy to reproduce on t-shirts/materials, and to some degree, illustrates what we do - shipping family pets internationally by air.
We want the logo to be simple with no cartoon imagery of animals. It does not necessarily need to be four color, perhaps 2 or 3, but we are open to suggestions.
The use of the "paw print" is often overused and should be limited to only very unique usage in a design. While we are international, the globe has been used for so long in our old logo that we would like to see a change; something totally new.
Logo should include the word: "IPATA"
Our tagline is "the pet shipping experts" though that does not have to be included.
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Ending nearly 20 years in custody, Juan Rivera walked out of prison today hours after authorities said they will not challenge an appellate court's reversal of his murder conviction in the 1992 slaying of 11-year-old babysitter Holly Staker.
"I have decided that I will not ask the Illinois Supreme Court to review the appellate court's decision reversing Mr. Rivera's guilty verdict," Lake County State's Attorney Michael Waller wrote in a 2-page news release. "Therefore, the prosecution of Mr. Rivera comes to a conclusion today."
Three appellate court judges approved an emergency order for in the case, paving the way for his release from prison, which came in front of news cameras about 4:30 p.m.
Rivera was beaming as he stepped through the door of the Stateville guardhouse to a waiting throng of a dozen family members, many of them teenage nieces and nephews who had never seen him outside prison walls.
"It's absolutely surreal," said Rivera, who was at work in the prison kitchen this afternoon when he got word he would be released. "I had doubts as to when it would happen, but I never doubted that it would happen."
Rivera was mobbed by his tearful family. Everyone hugged and cried. The group of family members yelled things like, "We love you, Juan" and "You're home, buddy."
He yelled back, "I'm home!"
When asked how he felt, Rivera said: "I can't explain it. It's life all over again. I have a beautiful family that has believed in me all along."
He said his fellow inmates were "all elated. They started crying and wished me well" when they heard he was going to get out.
"All I want to do is spend time with my family," Rivera said. "There's no bitterness or anger towards anyone."
He said he became a vegan in prison but he said he'd give his mother, Carmen Rivera, a gift of eating her specialty, a corned beef and rice dish, one time.
Soon after Waller's 11 a.m. announcement, Jeffrey Urdangen of Northwestern University's Center on Wrongful Convictions had filed a motion at Illinois 2nd District Appellate Court in Elgin seeking Rivera's immediate release from prison.
Prosecutors maintained that Rivera was guilty even after he was excluded through DNA testing as the source of semen found in the Waukegan girl's body, who had been stabbed and sexually assaulted.
On Dec. 9, the Illinois Appellate Court released a harshly worded, 24-page ruling that reversed the conviction, stating that the theories that prosecutors offered at trial were "highly improbable" and "distort to an absurd degree" the testimony from witnesses.
The ruling accused veteran detectives of using leading questions and using psychology to manipulate the fragile Rivera, as well as possibly feeding Rivera information.
Prosecutors could have appealed the court's ruling to the Illinois Supreme Court. But the appeals court gave them with a heavy burden, writing that even when the evidence was viewed in a light most favorable to prosecutors, "no rational trier of fact could have found the essential elements of the crime beyond a reasonable doubt."
The court said the evidence was "insufficient" to establish Rivera's guilt and the conviction was "unjustified and cannot stand."
Waller, who declined to answer any questions beyond the news release, defended his office's handling of the case, saying that all evidence was made known to Rivera and his legal team.
"Mr. Rivera had confessed to the murder of Holly Staker and, it was our understanding, possessed information about the crime and the crime scene that, we felt, warranted his prosecution," he wrote. "In light of this evidence, we advanced evidence and theories that could account for the DNA of another being found on the body of Holly Staker."
But he also acknowledged that the appellate court "aptly noted" that DNA " 'does not trump all other evidence' in all instances."
Rivera's lead attorney, Stanford law professor Lawrence Marshall, responded to Waller's decision with a written statement: "We are pleased that Mr. Waller has accepted the appellate court's decision reversing Mr. Rivera's conviction. Obviously, we have issues with Mr. Waller's office for pursuing the case over the years after DNA excluded Mr. Rivera as the source of semen recovered from the victim, but Mr. Waller could have further extended the process with an appeal, thus delaying Mr. Rivera's release from prison.
"We are grateful that Mr. Waller chose not to do that."
The Rivera case joins a number of other high-profile Illinois cases upended by DNA, including the Lake County case of Jerry Hobbs, who spent five years in jail awaiting trial for the murders of his 8-year-old daughter and her 9-year-old friend before the state's attorney's office dropped murder charges against him.
Prosecutors had argued that semen discovered in Laura Hobbs' remains could have found its way inside her as she played in a wooded spot where couples were said to go for sex. But in early 2010, the DNA was matched to a former Marine from Zion, Jorge Torrez, who has now been convicted and sentenced to life in prison for an unrelated rape. He also faces a charge that he murdered a Navy petty officer in her Virginia barracks in 2009.
No one has been charged in the Zion killings since Hobbs' release and the investigation continues, Waller said.
Rivera was in custody on a burglary charge when he became a suspect in the murder of Staker, who was raped and stabbed to death in a Waukegan home where she was baby-sitting. The Lake County man insisted he was innocent and was on a home-monitoring system when the crime occurred. Rivera's lawyers argued that was evidence of his innocence; prosecutors presented evidence the system often failed to detect when subjects left their home.
Rivera was first found guilty in November 1993, but the appellate court reversed the conviction and granted him a new trial. Rivera was convicted again in 1998. In 2004, a Lake County judge granted Rivera DNA testing and a new trial; he was tried again in 2009 and convicted again.
He was sentenced to life in prison without possibility of parole.
Holly Staker's sister, Heather, remains convinced of Rivera's guilt. Reached by phone, she said she will be "scared for her life" when Rivera is released.
"It was my night to babysit, maybe I was the target," she said.
Asked if she was still convinced that Rivera killed her sister she said "I know he did. He went through the whole (expletive) scenario of what he did that night. You guys are letting a murderer out on the street."
The Northwestern University's Center on Wrongful Convictions represented Rivera. The law firm of Jenner & Block donated more than 12,000 hours of legal work to Rivera's trial and appeal, officials said.
Tribune reporter Andy Grimm contributed.


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November 21, 1930 - April 24, 2013
Goshen, NY
Elizabeth H. Zabachta, 82, of Goshen entered into rest Wednesday, April 24, 2013 at home.
Elizabeth was born November 21, 1930 in Jersey City, NJ, the daughter of Harold and Elizabeth Hewitt.
She was the widow of Lawrence P. Zabachta.
Elizabeth worked for the Goshen Central School District as a Secretary until her retirement.
She is survived by her daughter, Lynn Zabachta and her husband, Wayne Cummins of Goshen; three sisters: Carol Simpson and husband, Lester of Port St. Lucie, FL, Edith Hewitt of Hillsdale, VA, and Nancy Madore and husband, Marvin of Tupper Lake, NY; brother, Rev. Richard Hewitt and wife, Lucille of Liberty, NY; and many nieces and nephews.
Visitation will be Monday, April 29th from 10 to 11 a.m. at the Donovan Funeral Home, Inc., 82 South Church Street, Goshen, NY.
Burial will be in Wallkill Cemetery, Middletown, NY.
Memorial contributions may be made in Elizabeth's name to the Goshen Humane Society, P.O. Box 37, Goshen, NY 10924.
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Extra Points: Blame Tannenbaum for Jets' woes
Philadelphia, PA – In the end Rex Ryan really had no choice.
Mark Sanchez will remain the starting quarterback Sunday when the New York Jets visit the Jacksonville Jaguars.
Sanchez, of course, was benched in the third quarter of last week's game against Arizona and third-stringer Greg McElroy led the Jets to their lone touchdown in an ugly 7-6 win over the Cardinals.
Ryan indicated Monday he was comfortable with any of his quarterbacks as a starter, including the injured Tim Tebow. a player who is still immensely popular in the Jacksonville-area after his standout college career at the University of Florida.
"Well, I have three good quarterbacks and I feel good about (all) three quarterbacks," the coach said. "I think we're in a lot better situation than probably a lot of teams."
That was coach-speak.
Few consider McElroy the type of prospect who could develop into an NFL starter down the road, while Tebow, despite his often inexplicable late-game heroics last season in Denver, is a gimmick quarterback, quickly exposed when he has to play 60 minutes a week over a 16-game season.
Sanchez, on the other hand, has the pedigree if little else. The No. 5 overall pick in the 2009 draft out of Southern Cal has all the physical attributes you could ever want in a dropback quarterback.
Yet the Jets are 5-7 in 2012 and have struggled offensively throughout the season with Sanchez under center. The fourth-year starter has completed just 55 percent of his passes for 2,436 yards with 12 touchdowns and 13 interceptions.
Earlier in the campaign Sanchez became the first signal-caller since Stoney Case in 1999 to complete under 50 percent of his passes in four straight contests.
He was picked off three times in the first half against the Cards and threw for just 97 yards while completing only 10-of-21 passes before being pulled for the first time.
So what's the problem?
Clearly Santonio Holmes, New York's biggest playmaker, going down early in the season with a foot injury didn't help. Receivers like Jeremy Kerley, Chaz Schilens and rookie Stephen Hill have flashed at times but certainly don't put fear into opposing defensive coordinators and aren't consistent enough for Sanchez to trust them.
Sanchez also deserves plenty of the blame. His mechanics and footwork remain sloppy at times, too often he'll slide in the pocket instead of stepping up, and his intermediate to deep accuracy as a passer remains poor.
All that said this is a guy who has already led the Jets to two AFC Championship Game appearances, and is tied for the second most postseason road victories in history with four.
The real villain here is general manager Mike Tannenbaum, who hasn't provided Sanchez enough weapons on the outside to succeed and made the colossal blunder of acquiring Tebow, a deeply flawed player whose popularity transcends football.
The vast majority of NFL personnel people, Tannenbaum almost certainly among them, understand Tebow doesn't have a future in this league as a full-time starting quarterback.
Despite that, Tannenbaum, with the full understanding that Tebow's presence on the sideline would provide a constant distraction if Sanchez struggled, pulled the trigger.
Take a poll in New York today on who the Jets starting quarterback should be and Tebow, who is dealing with a rib injury, would certainly win it.
There's an adage in the NFL first coined by Buddy Ryan -- "If you listen to the fans, you'll be sitting up there with them," the gruff ex-coach of the Eagles and Cardinals once said.
"There will be no impact that way," Ryan said when asked if the fans' perceptions cloud his decision-making.
Nor should there be.
It's conceivable Tannenbaum felt "perceived" and not actual competition for Sanchez would fuel the California native and help him reach the next level.
That's turned out to be anything but the case, however, and the Jets, who signed Sanchez to a three-year extension with $20 million in guarantees in the offseason, now find themselves wed to a quarterback whose psyche may have been permanently affected.
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THE GAMES (All Times Eastern) - Overall record against the spread (86-99-7 .466). Last week (4-11-1).
Denver (9-3) at Oakland (3-9), Thursday, 8:20 p.m.
LINE: Broncos by 10
THE SKINNY: With their second straight AFC West title secured, the Broncos will turn their attention toward earning a first round bye in the postseason. That starts after a short week of preparation on Thursday in the Bay Area when Peyton Manning and Co. shoot to sweep their home-and-home season series with a struggling Raiders team, which is out of the postseason hunt for the 10th straight season.
PREDICTION: Broncos 31, Raiders 20
Dallas (6-6) at Cincinnati (7-5), Sunday, 1 p.m.
LINE: Bengals by 3
THE SKINNY: The Cowboys will visit the Bengals in a matchup between two teams both in the playoff chase after coming up with victories in Week 13. Fresh off passing Troy Aikman for the most touchdown passes in franchise history, Tony Romo will try to conquer a Bengals team shooting for a fifth straight win overall.
"Every game is a must-win from here on out," said Dallas wide receiver Miles Austin.
PREDICTION: Bengals 24, Cowboys 17
Baltimore (9-3) at Washington (6-6), Sunday, 1 p.m.
LINE: Redskins by 2 1/2
THE SKINNY: Beltway bragging rights and a whole lot more are on the line when the Redskins host the Ravens. Baltimore can secure a playoff spot and the AFC North division while the Redskins, who have won three consecutive games, find themselves just one game behind the division-leading New York Giants in the NFC East.
Washington has won three division games in a row, including a 17-16 win over the Giants this past Monday night. Rookie quarterback Robert Griffin III has a 140 passer rating and nine touchdown over that span, leading the NFL in both categories.
"We know that our backs are against the wall," said Griffin,"And even though we won (on Monday night), our backs are still against the wall."
Despite a Week 13 loss to rival Pittsburgh which snapped an NFL-best 15-game home winning streak, the 9-3 Ravens still lead the AFC North by two games.
"There's a lot of football left in this season," said Baltimore running back Ray Rice. "We can still go ahead and win the division. We're still the defending AFC North division champions. We've still got a lot of football left."
PREDICTION: Redskins 21, Ravens 20
St. Louis (5-6-1) at Buffalo (5-7), Sunday, 1 p.m.
LINE: Bills by 3
THE SKINNY: The Bills aim for their third straight win in Western New York behind the electric C.J. Spiller, who needs just 93 rush yards to reach 1,000 for first time in his career and is averaging an NFL-best 6.6 yards per carry. The Rams, meanwhile, might be the only team in football whose signature player is a kicker. "Legatron" Greg Zuerlein became the first kicker in NFL history to tie game as time expired and then win it in overtime with 50-plus- yard FGs against the 49ers last week. Overall, Zuerlein has banged in seven from 50-plus this season.
PREDICTION: Bills 24, Rams 17
Atlanta (11-1) at Carolina (3-9), Sunday, 1 p.m.
LINE: Falcons by 3 1/2
THE SKINNY: The 11-1 Falcons have already locked up the NFC South and will now try to secure home-field advantage throughout the NFC playoffs over the final month of the season. Atlanta quarterback Matt Ryan will shoot for his sixth consecutive win over a Panthers team with Cam Newton and little else.
PREDICTION: Falcons 30, Panthers 21
Kansas City (2-10) at Cleveland (4-8), Sunday, 1 p.m.
LINE: Browns by 5 1/2
THE SKINNY: Kansas City head coach Romeo Crennel returns to Cleveland to face off with a Browns team seeking its third straight win behind rookie quarterback Brandon Weeden, who will try to build on a career-best 364 passing yards in Oakland last week. The Chiefs, meanwhile, overcame the tragic circumstances surrounding the murder-suicide of Javon Belcher to win just their second game of the season last Sunday. Crennel was the Browns head coach from 2005-08.
PREDICTION: Browns 20, Chiefs 14
Tennessee (4-8) at Indianapolis (8-4), Sunday, 1 p.m.
LINE: Colts by 5 1/2
THE SKINNY: Andrew Luck will try to keep steering the Colts toward the postseason and become the first No. 1 overall pick to record nine wins as a starter in the Super Bowl era. The Stanford product has already thrown for 3,596 yards, the most by a rookie QB in NFL history through his team's first 12 games and has six 300-yard passing games, most ever by a first-year player. The Titans are out of the playoff conversation after consecutive losses to Jacksonville and Houston.
PREDICTION: Colts 24, Titans 14
NY Jets (5-7) at Jacksonville (2-10), Sunday, 1 p.m.
LINE: Jets by 2 1/2
THE SKINNY: The Jags are 3-0 all-time at home versus New York and starting quarterback Chad Henne has had some success in the past against the Jets, compiling a 3-1 mark with a 94.2 passer rating as a starter.
PREDICTION: Jaguars 20, Jets 17
Chicago (8-4) at Minnesota (6-6), Sunday, 1 p.m.
LINE: Bears by 3
THE SKINNY: Vikings coach Leslie Frazier is still looking for his first coaching win against his old team (0-4) and Chicago will be without the services of star middle linebacker Brian Urlacher, who is out with a significant hamstring injury. That said, Christian Ponder's rapid regression gives Minnesota little chance against Jay Cutler, who has won five straight over the Vikings, amassing 13 TDs and a 100.9 passer rating over that span.
PREDICTION: Bears 28, Vikings 17
San Diego (4-8) at Pittsburgh (7-5), Sunday, 1 p.m.
LINE: No Line
THE SKINNY: All eyes remain on "Big Ben" this week in Pittsburgh. The injured Ben Roethlisberger's availability for Sunday's game against the Chargers will depend on how he performs in practice this week. Steelers coach Mike Tomlin said on Tuesday that Charlie Batch is scheduled to start the game but Roethlisberger, who has missed the last three contests with rib and shoulder injuries, has a chance to prove he is ready to play.
"Ben is getting closer to healthy," Tomlin said. "He threw (Monday) and I guess it could be described as successfully. We'll see what it looks like on the football field (Wednesday). He will be given an opportunity to prove that he is healthy and we will let that progress go from there."
The Steelers dropped their first two games without Roethlisberger in the lineup, but bounced back with a big win at Baltimore in Week 13. With the moribund Chargers heading to Western Pennsylvania it may not matter who starts this week.
PREDICTION: Steelers 23, Chargers 16
Philadelphia (3-9) at Tampa Bay (6-6), Sunday, 1 p.m.
LINE: Buccaneers by 7
THE SKINNY: A two-game losing streak has the Bucs playoff hopes on life support but a visit from the lowly Eagles could be a tonic. Philadelphia officially pulled the plug on Michael Vick earlier this week, announcing rookie quarterback Nick Foles will remain the starter for the remainder of the 2012 season. The Eagles, who resemble a soap opera these days, also fired defensive line coach Jim Washburn as Andy Reid's 14-year tenure in Philadelphia approaches the finish line.
PREDICTION: Bucs 30, Eagles 17
Miami (5-7) at San Francisco (8-3-1), Sunday, 4:05 p.m.
LINE: 49ers by 10
THE SKINNY: The mighty 49ers are probably happy to put the Rams in the rearview mirror for good in 2012. Neither Alex Smith or Colin Kaepernick could solve St. Louis but forget the quarterback controversy for now, Jim Harbaugh is intent on forging ahead with Kaepernick and the big play dimension he provides. Expect a bounce back game from San Francisco this week with Aldon Smith, who has 31 1/2 sacks in 28 career games, harassing rookie QB Ryan Tannehill.
PREDICTION: 49ers 28, Dolphins 14
New Orleans (5-7) at NY Giants (7-5), Sunday, 4:25 p.m.
LINE: Giants by 5
THE SKINNY: Saints quarterback Drew Brees is 4-0 in his career versus the Giants with a 122.1 passer rating but is coming off one of the worst performances on his career, a five-interception affair in Atlanta on Nov. 29. New York, meanwhile, has let Dallas and Washington back in the NFC East race by dropping three of four. "Big Blue" tends to play its best when its back is against the wall and that starts this week.
PREDICTION: Giants 27, Saints 23
Arizona (4-8) at Seattle (7-5), Sunday, 4:25 p.m.
LINE: Seahawks by 10 1/2
THE SKINNY: The Cards haven't won since September and Russell Wilson is 5-0 at home with 11 touchdowns and no interceptions. You do the math.
PREDICTION: Seahawks 21, Cardinals 10
Detroit (4-8) at Green Bay (8-4), Sunday, 8:20 p.m.
LINE: Packers by 6 1/2
THE SKINNY: The Packers aim for their 11th consecutive win in NFC North division play when they host the Lions. Reigning NFL MVP Aaron Rodgers threw a touchdown pass in his 35th consecutive game at Lambeau Field against Minnesota last week, the longest such streak at one stadium in NFL history, passing Johnny Unitas' 34 games at Baltimore's old Memorial Stadium.
In last year's meeting between these two teams at Lambeau Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford passed for 520 yards and five touchdowns. This time around Detroit's passing attack leads the NFL with 312.5 yards per game and star receiver Calvin Johnson, who leads the league with 1,428 receiving yards, has become the first player in NFL history with four consecutive games with at least 140 receiving yards.
PREDICTION: Packers 28, Lions 20
Houston (11-1) at New England (9-3), Monday, 8:30 p.m.
LINE: Patriots by 3 1/2
THE SKINNY: Two of the NFL's best teams will meet on Monday night. Both the Texans and Pats have already clinched a playoff berth but this matchup may help determine the seeding for the AFC playoffs.
At 11-1, the Texans lead the AFC South and can move one step closer to clinching the division. In Houston's Week 13 victory at Tennessee, the defense recorded six sacks and forced six turnovers. Leading the way was star defensive end J.J. Watt, who had a sack, forced fumble and two passes defensed, becoming the first player with at least 15 sacks (15 1/2) and 15 passes defensed (15) in a single season.
"New England has obviously been an AFC power for a while," said Watt. "I know this game is going to be a big deal. We're going to prepare just like every other week with intensity, focus and drive. We're really excited about our chances."
With last week's 23-16 win at Miami, the Patriots clinched the AFC East for the fourth consecutive year and ninth time in the past 10 seasons. The division crown is the 10th for Tom Brady, the most in NFL history by a starting quarterback.
"It's a good feeling being able to win the division," said New England head coach Bill Belichick. "We'll turn the page here now and move on to Houston. They're a real good football team and it will be a big challenge for us."
PREDICTION: Patriots 24, Texans 20


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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 5th Jul 2013 14:03 UTC, submitted by twitterfire
"Today, Microsoft said its advertisers will be able to target users not just on Web search results pages but directly inside Windows Smart Search. David Pann, general manager of Microsoft's Search Advertising Group, said in an interview that advertisers don't have to do additional setup to participate. The Smart Search ads will feature a preview of the websites the ad will send people to, as well as click-to-call info and site links, which are additional links under the main result that direct users deeper into a website to the most likely page they might want." So, you pay for a product, and then Microsoft shoves ads in your face. Scumbags. Then again, they've done the same on the Xbox, which is now virtually unusable due to all the ads plastered all over your dashboard. And then people say Google is bad with ads.
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RE[4]: Seriously?
by Nelson on Fri 5th Jul 2013 17:09 UTC in reply to "RE[3]: Seriously?"
RE[5]: Seriously?
by The123king on Sat 6th Jul 2013 11:00 in reply to "RE[4]: Seriously?"
And is Windows and Bing not both owned by Microsoft? Ergo, i'm paying for the privilege of viewing Microsofts crap apps
Think of it like this: Whilst you don't mind being pelted by advertising from billboards when out on the road, you wouldn't like it if there was a billboard directly in your front room, constantly on blaring adverts continuously.
(Which of course you do in fact have if you leave your TV on the shopping channel all the time...)
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"Take Your Workaholism and Shove It," Say Dutch Women—Can We Do This, Too?
Fewer than 10% of Dutch women work full-time, and face one of the highest wage gaps in Europe—"and they like it this way," says Slate writer Jessica Olien. American women, put down those Blackberries and take note.


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could someone kindly help translate this?
η πολλα βροτοις εστιν ιδουσιν
γνωναι. πριν ιδειν δ' ουδεις μαντις
των μελλων ο τι πραξει
All I can manage is something like .......Indeed, I know/recognize that mortals see many things/events
Before seeing, no prophet (implies "knows" or "can foretell")
What of fated events will happen
I find such maxims to be tricky because of the special uses of language involved and the
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any advice much appreciated, thank you


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Wrap harem pants
Added May 11, 2011
Gouda, Netherlands
An original variation to the typical harem pants: wrap harem pants. It has a very wide waist. You close the pants with a button on the left side, then wrapping the left side to the right and finally closing a button on the right side. Therefore, at the front you have three layers of fabric! This made it a bit difficult to work the buttonholes and attach the buttons. But I managed..
I decided to make it size 38 (I usually have 36), since I wanted the waistband to be a few centimeters below my waist. This appeared to be unnecessary, because now the trousers were too wide. That was easily solved by taking in the side seams.
I am really pleased with the end result! These pants are really comfortable. You can wear them in spring and summer, but they also look nice with a pair of boots in fall.
Material Notes
The material is a jersey blend (viscose, polyester), deep purple / aubergine colour
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Sep 21, 2014, 06.25 PMby elita02
Sorry, I'm new in this site. How can I buy or get the pattern?? Thanks
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Sep 27, 2014, 11.44 AMby jannekeweidema
Hi Elita,
It's from Burda 07/2010. If you don't have that issue, you can order the pattern via the website: http://www.burdastyle.com/pattern_store/patterns/wrap-trousers-072010 (click 'at to cart' )
Good luck!
Apr 4, 2014, 10.14 PMby vcoleman32
I love your harem pants! I bought this pattern and I cant understand the instructions. Not sure how to sew the wrap part from the other…. Can you please help me???
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Sep 27, 2014, 11.46 AMby jannekeweidema
Hi, sorry for this late reply, haven't been here for quite some time. Did you succeed on the pants?
Aug 2, 2012, 01.56 PMby craftycatgal
I love this pattern and you did a great job! Just one question, I wish this pattern could be long pants. Do you think it would be hard to extend the leg to the ankle?
May 17, 2011, 05.07 AMby ielle palmer
you've done a fine job here and i'm sure they're super comfortable and really well tailored. Your sewing skills look spot on! But am i the only one here who looks back at the Hammer Pants of the early 90s and cringes? Seriously, has this come back too?? Wow, well to each their own. Enjoy the comfort. Hopefully you won't hate your pictures in 20 years times as i hate my 7th grade photos.
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Jun 1, 2011, 08.17 PMby jannekeweidema
LOL I certainly hope not!
In the early nineties I wasn't able yet to dress myself and the word 'fashion' was not yet in my vocabulary (I was 3 when the nineties began). However, when I googled for "hammer pants" something familiar came up: MC Hammer! (hence the name of course, but I hadn't seen the connection until the images of MC Hammer appeared..)
And indeed, they are back! In the Netherlands for at least 3 seasons now.
Hope I won't regret wearing these in 20 years time.
May 17, 2011, 03.53 AMby vintagerouge
I have that issue and have also been tempted to make those pants! They just look so very comfortable, I could totally see wearing them when I work at home —I don't work in pajamas, I need to get dressed for work even if I'm at home but I do need to be comfortable. Thanks for the inspiration, great job. :)
May 16, 2011, 09.21 PMby designerroya
I can't say that I would wear pants like that in public, but I have to say that your sewing skills are awesome! That looks like it's extremely difficult to achieve and you just nailed it! Great job!
May 12, 2011, 11.19 PMby Amor Allure
They are great, look cute if you want to make some more I have a project on how to draft harem pants… Sorry about all the spelling…lol i fix it
May 12, 2011, 07.10 AMby margrietmg
Mooi! Burda 7/2010, right? I love that issue, so many great patterns. I might make that harem pants myself! But first I'm planning to make model 110 from that same issue. Vraagje: waar haal jij je stof vandaan? Liefs!
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May 12, 2011, 07.03 PMby jannekeweidema
Thanks everyone for the nice comments! Hope I inspired you to make these pants yourself. I can really recommend you to do so!
@Margrietmg, I'll leave you a personal message (in dutch) to respond to your question..
May 12, 2011, 01.51 AMby jrosebud
These are awesome!! definitely thinking about downloading this pattern!
May 11, 2011, 08.58 PMby Zaiba Shaikh
wow! Looks Great!
May 11, 2011, 06.57 PMby jenss-1
Really nice! I've thought about making this pattern too and I'm inspired by your result. The pants look great!
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The seven characters of Ron Gilbert's "The Cave." (Double Fine Productions / Sega)Link
Veteran game designer Ron Gilbert. (Imagine Publishing)Link
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A look at Ron Gilbert's "The Cave." (Double Fine Productions / Sega)Link
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An image from "The Walking Dead." (Telltale Games).Link
Throughout his 30-year career, game designer Ron Gilbert has been ahead of the times, behind the times and, perhaps most often, frustrated with the times. His personal website, after all, is GrumpyGamer.com, where he promises "bitter ramblings about the game industry."
One of his main gripes: Somewhere along the way, games lost their ability to tell a good story. Action and shooting titles that emphasized a player's reflexes dominated home consoles and rendered "thinking" games (also referred to as adventure or point-and-click games) as dated as an Apple II.
But the adventure game is making a comeback. The Bay Area's Telltale Games in 2012 released "The Walking Dead" across multiple platforms ranging from the Xbox 360 to the iPhone, and has collectively sold well over 8.5 million copies. It's a zombie survival game, but one with little action and lots of dialogue.
Gilbert is also returning to a gaming genre he helped define, with the release this week of the humorous spelunker game "The Cave."
"The demographics of gamers are changing," said Gilbert, whose new game is to be available Tuesday and Wednesday for PCs, Macs and all major consoles. "A long time ago, gaming was a niche thing. Today, everybody games, and a lot of that is due to mobile devices. So you have a more diverse audience, and adventure games appeal to that diverse audience. They're not fast-action twitch games. They're slower, thinking games."
Once the star of a LucasArts design team known for narrative-based adventure games such as the "Monkey Island" series, "Maniac Mansion" and "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade," Gilbert rose to prominence in the mid-'80s and early '90s on the computer-based genre known for its point-and-click game mechanics.
No one expects "The Cave" to match the success of "The Walking Dead," which benefited from its association with a hot TV show. But Gilbert, who in 2005 wrote that publishers would react more positively to the announcement "that you have the plague" than a pitch for an adventure game, said he believes the genre is back for good, thanks to the rise of the download market.
Fueling the renaissance are crowd-funding sites such as Kickstarter, which have given voice to an audience long abandoned by big game publishers. Those publishers over the last decade and a half have emphasized big-budget action games, but Double Fine Productions, which created Gilbert's "The Cave," raised more than $3.3 million on Kickstarter for a point-and-click game. It's being designed by Tim Schafer, the company's founder and another LucasArts expat (LucasArts largely abandoned adventure games in the early 2000s to focus on "Star Wars").
Smaller games lead to more approachable games and also allow big publishers to take more bite-sized risks. "The Cave," for instance, is being published by Sega, and though the company declined to reveal the budget, the game is selling for a relatively modest $14.99. Of course, it'll take gamers a fraction of the time to complete compared with most $60 console games, but Gilbert said that's as it should be.
"A lot of people don't have 40 or 100 hours to sink into a game," he said. "I know I don't."
Where "The Cave," and "The Walking Dead" before it, innovates is in character interaction. "The Walking Dead" emphasizes split-second dialogue choices, while "The Cave" allows players to choose three of seven characters to explore the magical grotto.
Each character has access to a different area of the cave — the straw-hatted mountain man traverses an underground carnival while a scientist uncovers a dangerous lab, and each locale is designed to highlight one of the characters' dark secrets or hidden desires. It's not like the adventure games of yore. Players run and jump rather than, well, point and click, and instead of carrying around dozens of items in an inventory, each avatar is allowed just one accessory.
Where games need to experiment most, said Telltale co-founder Dan Connors, is in developing more fully realized personalities.
"The industry caught on to this idea that walking down corridors and shooting stuff could be really fun and really engaging," he said. "It can give you a quick feedback loop on what you're doing. The industry saw it worked, and a lot of money was invested in doing things that make that happen."
And in the era of the first-person shooter, this, summarized Connors, is what happened: "An intelligent character became, 'How often do I duck?' 'When do I shoot?' 'Do I wait until you're out in the open to shoot you?'"
Connors, yet another LucasArts refugee, said Telltale's mission has been to create non-playable-characters — those controlled solely by the game — in which a player can invest an emotional stake. By emphasizing plot and character depth over tactics and puzzles, a magical thing happened when Telltale began presenting "The Walking Dead" to focus groups, he said.
"Instead of desensitizing the players to a character who is across the world, and who you just have to figure out what weapon to use on … it became important that the characters respected [the player]. It was fascinating," Connors said. "People would say, 'I can't do that. Kenny will be mad.'"
Call it interactive theater, and in perhaps the surest sign yet that the recent rejuvenation of adventure games has legs, it's being embraced by young developers and independent artists. "Homestuck," a Web comic by Andrew Hussie, unfolds in a manner similar to old text-based adventure games, and it raised more than $2.4 million on Kickstarter for an adventure game.
One of the most heavily nominated games of the 2013 Independent Games Festival is "Kentucky Route Zero," a surreal adventure in which the biggest challenge is in deciding what to say. Designed by Jake Elliott, 30, who teaches experimental game classes at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and Tamas Kemenczy, 28, a Web developer at Pitchfork, the planned-five-part "Kentucky Route Zero" does away entirely with puzzles.
"I think a game can be really good at evoking empathy," Elliott said. "It's asking a player to role-play while they encounter the people who are [reflecting] the themes of the game."
Perhaps the biggest surprise is not the rejuvenation of an old genre, but that Gilbert, the Grumpy Gamer, is optimistic. In recent years, he's been divided between children's games and role-playing games, and whether he will actually be able to revisit "Monkey Island" as he hopes (Disney currently owns the rights), he says he will do everything in his power "to encourage adventure games to stay around."
"The power of the adventure game," Gilbert said, "is their ability to tell interesting stories with interesting characters that people find an attachment to, and in some level fall in love with."
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|February 3, 2013, 12:29 PM
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There is no reason not to buy a 9mm (in general). I seem to be in the minority, but I am a big fan of all of the "big three" auto calibers (9mm, .40S&W, and .45ACP), and I'm starting to see the virtues of .357SIG (though I don't own one yet). Generally, they are very close in effectiveness, and IMO all three have certain situational advantages over the others (long term, I would argue that one should have one of each).
As a one size does all caliber, any of the three will do the job. All three are good CCW calibers (in the right gun), good for home defense, and fun at the range. For specialization, I like 9mm best in small CCW pistols and for target shooting, .40S&W for police use and "civilian" CCW in slightly larger pistols (I also think it would be a near ideal military caliber), and .45ACP in compact and full sized pistols at the range and for home defense. I won't get more detailed only because I don't want to get into a "caliber war" and help hijack your thread.
Now, for your specific situation, if I were you, I might wait a little while:
I also grew up in an anti-gun, liberal family. I was always interested in guns though. During basic training I fell in love with shooting, though it would be about 10 years before I'd buy a gun. My first year I had a .22lr Marlin 60 rifle, then a few months later I bought a Taurus 82 .38spl revolver, and about a month later I bought a Ruger KP89. After shooting the handguns about a year, I traded the Taurus on a S&W 65LS (I always wanted a .357mag, and I didn't believe I'd own many guns, so I traded), and I traded the Ruger on a Charles Daly 1911. For those two years I put many thousands of rounds through the two handguns I owned and thousands of rounds of .22 through the rifle before I started buying more (though I may have added the 30-30 Winchester 94 rifle during my second year of shooting). I think that experience helped me become a better shooter.
If you really want to add something, a medium framed 357mag revolver may be your best bet. You are well covered right now with the SA Ruger Single Six (a .22 allows for cheap practice) and the 1911. If you decide to carry, a full sized 1911 can be carried and concealed pretty easily with a good belt and good holster combo. Carry a little while and then decide what you want for a dedicated carry gun. The revolver however, will give you something you don't have to a much greater degree than any 9mm would. A medium frame DA revolver makes it very easy to understand the differences between DA and SA as it is quite visible and deliberate. A .357mag revolver gives versatility that no other gun gives: easy to shoot .38spl target rounds, decent .38+P defensive rounds, great 125gr .357mag defensive rounds, through some really heavy woods gun .357mag loadings, it can handle virtually any situation. The medium frame revolver (stay away from the J-frames for now) is controllable with most .357mag loadings (if you go with the larger medium frames like the S&W 686 and Ruger GP100, you can handle pretty much any .357mag). Yet, the smaller medium frame revolvers (the Taurus 65/66/Tracker, and the discontinued .357mag S&W K-frames and Ruger Speed/Security/Service Six) can handle CCW duties in a 2.5-4" barrel. With the right belt/holster even a 3" or 4" GP100 or S&W 686 can be concealed, at least with winter clothing. Plus, .357mag is just fun.
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|February 3, 2013, 01:27 PM
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I really like my SR9c. It seems to have less felt recoil than my other 9s
and is easy to conceal. And you can switch between the 10 round mags and the 19 round mags that go with the SR9 (if you can find any for sale.....).
|February 3, 2013, 10:21 PM
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If I were stuck with those two, I wouldn't feel much urgency about expanding the collection. Remember, covetousness is idolatry.
OK, reasons. The classic two reasons to get a 9mm are, 1)9mm is ubiquitous (everywhere), and 2) it's cheaper.
At the current instant, in round 2 of the Great 0bama Ammo Famine, 9mm can be hard to find. AFAIK, it's still cheaper than other centerfire ammo.
.45 is still expensive.
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|February 4, 2013, 11:11 AM
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I started out with revolvers back in the late 1980s and never thought much of the 9mm at that time. About 10 years later looking for a somewhat compact pistol I picked up a 9mm Sig P239 , the price was good and I really liked the full size Sig P220 in 45 ACP I had owned.
The 9mm really grew on me. Little recoil , mild report compared to the magnum revolvers , relatively cheap to shoot and much more accurate than I had anticipated.
Last year I finally picked up my first high capacity pistol in a Sig P226 in 9mm. It is so remarkably easy to shoot accurately with this pistol. Never thought that I would ever appreciate the 9mm the way I do today.
|February 4, 2013, 04:46 PM
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That question is like...
Instead of looking back and asking "why?", look forward and ask "why not?"
Ask why not OP...Ask why not.
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|February 4, 2013, 08:30 PM
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|February 4, 2013, 09:37 PM
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No reason, but if you do get a Glock 19, they are great.
|February 5, 2013, 11:00 AM
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So go with your gut (IMO) with the one KEY caveat being never jeopardize the financial well-being of either yourself or family for a new "toy." Believe me, I sometimes think there should be the "equivalent" of AA for us "gun-nuts."
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|February 5, 2013, 02:52 PM
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No reason not to acquire a good 9mm, you may want something smaller to carry concealed. The Kahr 9mm is good choice.
Advice for a new gunner : Don't sell any of your guns, not for a few years, anyway. And do pick up a reloading outfit as soon as you can, you will be money ahead for decades to come. Do save all your brass, and collect what you can from others, whether you get a reload outfit or not.
|February 5, 2013, 03:44 PM
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FariWarning - lol agreed...he'll learn indeed.
My loves are the .45acp and 9mm
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|February 8, 2013, 01:38 PM
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9mm is a great round, as many before me have posted. One of my favorite things about the 9mm cartridge is that most 9mm guns are double stack (unless your looking at tiny pocket pistols), which means that you will have anywhere from 13-19 rounds in a magazine. Most .45ACP guns are limited to 7-8 rounds (there are a few double stack .45's though) If the SHTF the first gun I would grab would be my CZ-75BD, which has a 16+1 capacity.
9mm and .45ACP are relatively close in ballistics tests, so I would rather have double the 9mm rounds if things went sour. I absolutely LOVE .45ACP, but if the world was going to end tomorrow I would reach for my 9mm, easy as heck to shoot, great capacity, and the most common handgun round in the world.
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|February 8, 2013, 06:12 PM
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Edink says the 9mm does not deliver the same stopping power as the .45 acp cartridge. I think it's got stopping power close enough to the .45 and sometimes better with the right load. And it's a lot easier to shoot accurately.
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|February 9, 2013, 08:58 AM
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I do also agree on the whole idea of more rounds per magazine per gun. With 9mm usually always has the upper hand in capacity when taking in terms of same size handgun.
For people who carry .45 (myself included) theres always carrying spare and slimmer magazines. Remember the single stack gun itself is also a lot slimmer.
I've been known to carry my Glock 17, 21, (recently 30)
SIG P226 and P220. Also the SIG 1911.
The Glocks I won't get into. They were fine just something in my head why I stopped carrying them for now.
The P226 is my favorite gun. Even more than my gold cup. I've taken that thing to hell with me. But for average CCW it's really thick I'm realizing. And I realized this after I purchased the P220 and shot it a heck of a lot and did amazingly well. So that is what I carry now cause its slim and I shoot it evenly as well as my P226.
However. Back on topic. Sorry I rambled.
Yes. The .45 IS a disadvantage in terms of needing to reload half way when the 9mm holds more rounds and is just getting started.
I think it varies with everyone. No one can answer for another. Just give their view.
I'm always for more rounds. Always have been. When I carry a single stack .45 I carry at least one spare magazine.
Even when I carry 9mm. I carry at least one spare magazine.
Nothing sucks more than running out of ammo. Period. In any way at any time.
I carry my single stack folded carbon steel SIG P220 cause its light, accurate, and reliable. The 1911's are only 7-8oz heavier but that makes a difference.
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|February 9, 2013, 09:24 AM
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9mm has been around a LONG time and there are literally BILLIONS of rounds that have not been shot.
I have several 9mm and I like it more than .40 but not as much as .45.
I shoot a 5906, P229, CZ SP01, DW PM9, G19 and G17. They are just plain fun.
I shoot a bunch of 45 also.
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I wouldn't buy anything right now. Too much silliness in prices
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|February 9, 2013, 08:54 PM
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Won't it be something, if 2 months from now (or whenever), there is no hi cap ban
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|February 10, 2013, 08:05 AM
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I have a M&P Sheild 9 love it small fits your hand like a glove.Before you buy a 9 go to the range and rent differant ones see which you like best before you buy.Its like buying a car you got to test drive before you buy.
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I just picked up my very first 9mm, I have been shooting and reloading for 30 years and just never saw the need for a 9mm. Recently I made the decision to add a 9mm to my SHTF collection. Being that if for some reason nothing but 9mm ammo is available to me I will need something to shoot it with. I bought a box of ammo and tested the gun, now it will just sit until it is needed. I'm thinking I may need a .223 some day to supplement my .30 cals.
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Lucic missed Thursday night's game in Ottawa because his left foot had swollen up after it was hit by a Ward shot during the Bruins' win at Philadelphia Wednesday. Today Lucic skated with a extra padding above the spot where he was hit (right on the laces) and said he should be good to play against the Flyers tomorrow in a Garden matinee.
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