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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Senate President John Cullerton says lawmakers know they need to act on pension reform, but doing so is "hard" and complicated.
Gov. Pat Quinn blasted lawmakers in his budget address Wednesday for failing to fix Illinois' $97 billion pension crisis. The governor says skyrocketing pension costs led to painful cuts in areas such as education.
Cullerton says he hopes to call his pension bill for a committee hearing next week.
The bill would include a plan proposed by House Republican Leader Rep. Tom Cross and Democratic Rep. Elaine Nekritz. It calls for cuts to benefits and creating a 401K-style retirement plan for some public employees.
Cullerton says the issue is complicated by a constitutional amendment that says the state cannot reduce benefits for public employees.


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NEW YORK (AP) — Squealing schoolchildren ride a square-wheeled tricycle and a "Coaster Roller" that glides over plastic acorns. Downstairs, they fit monkey magnets together at the "Tessellation Station."
This is how math is presented at New York City's brand-new Museum of Mathematics, the only museum of its kind in the United States and a place where math is anything but boring.
"Math's not just memorizing your multiplication tables," said Cindy Lawrence, the museum's associate director. "Math is a creative endeavor, and that's what we want people to realize."
The museum, nicknamed MoMath, opened Dec. 15 on two floors of an office building north of Manhattan's Madison Square Park. It is the brainchild of executive director Glen Whitney, 42, a mathematician and former hedge fund analyst who helped raise $23.5 million for the 19,000-square-foot museum.
Whitney said prominent mathematicians gladly shared their expertise for the museum's hands-on exhibits.
"They're absolutely thrilled," he said. "They're so giving of their time and their energy and their enthusiasm. And I think a lot of mathematicians sort of get the sense that they are working in a misunderstood field."
The museum's target audience is fourth through eighth grades but the exhibits can be enjoyed by younger children on one level while challenging adults on another.
The point of the Coaster Roller is that the acorn-like shapes have a constant diameter although they are not spheres, so the clear plastic sled glides smoothly over them.
The square-wheeled trike works because the wheels align with the exhibit's bumpy track. The bumps are not just any bumps; each one is an upside-down catenary, the shape formed by a chain when you hold both ends.
Other exhibits allow museum-goers to create objects that will be put on display, either by building them with a Tinker Toy-like system called Zome Tools or by computer modeling.
Whitney said one structure built by visitors during MoMath's first weekend was a truncated dodecahedron, which is a three-dimensional shadow of a four-dimensional shape.
The Tessellation Station is a wall that visitors can cover with like-shaped magnets.
Tessellation is the process of creating a plane using repeated geometric shapes, such as a floor tiled with squares or hexagons. MoMath visitors can build tessellations with pieces shaped like rabbits, monkeys and dinosaurs. There also is a Marjorie Rice pentagon, named for an amateur mathematician whose tessellation discoveries were later confirmed by professionals. The museum is highlighting Rice's work in part to spark girls' love of math.
The museum had 700 visitors on its first day, a Saturday, and Lawrence said about 400 school groups have signed up without any advertising by MoMath. "The bookings have been coming fast and furious," she said.
Sharon Collins, a high school math teacher at Bronx Preparatory Charter School who brought a group on Monday, said her students enjoyed the square-wheeled tricycle just as much as the younger kids did.
"The students would ride the bike and then think, why am I able to ride the bike," Collins said. "They saw the real-world connections of math, which are sometimes missing in a classroom setting."
Second-grader Desire'e Thomas of Girls Prep on the Lower East Side was there Monday with her class as well.
"I think that it's very interesting, and I think that it's fun," Desire'e said. "I'm building with different shapes, and I'm playing on them."
Jennifer Florez brought her 4-year-old son to MoMath. She said they'll return for more visits.
"He's a little young for some of the exhibits but there's enough here to keep little ones engaged," she said. "This will be a museum we'll come back to and revisit as he gets older."
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MUSEUM OF MATH: 11 E. 26th St., Manhattan; http://momath.org or 212-542-0566. Open daily 10 a.m.-5 p.m. (noon to 5 p.m. on Jan. 1). Adults, $15, children 3-12, $9.


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Mike Shalin's Working Press: Oakland Athletics toss no-hitter at SoxBy MIKE SHALIN
April 21. 2018 9:50PM
No one, and I mean, no one, saw THAT coming.
The Red Sox, piling up all kinds of offensive numbers early in the season, ran into a young lefty named Sean Manaea out in Oakland Saturday night – and the kid threw a no-hitter at them.
The third loss in 20 games was also the first time in 25 years the Sox had been no-hit. A special effort with some controversy, but slowing down this juggernaut was truly something that tells you that you just never know what you will find when you go to a ballpark.
Sean Manaea.
Two walks, 10 strikeouts.
Alex Cora, now 17-3 as a big-league manager, argued the call that took a hit away from Andrew Benintendi but after the game called it "a 50-50 call" and said, "Give (Manaea) credit, man."
Special start
Back in 1984, the Detroit Tigers got off to a 35-5 start and roared all the way through the playoffs and World Series.
Through 19 games, that team was 17-2, Jack Morris already 4-0 and the Tigers outscoring their opponents 114-62.
Friday night, the Red Sox improved … yep, 17-2, with Rick Porcello already 4-0. The Red Sox were outscoring their opponent 123-53, averaging a whopping 6.5 runs per game.
I did some simple math prior to Friday's game and the Red Sox, who scored 785 runs last year, were on pace to become the first team since the 1999 Indians to score a thousand runs in a season. The club record is 1,027, set in 1950.
Walt Dropo and Vern Stephens both drove in 144 runs, Bobby Doerr 120 and Ted Williams 97 in just 89 games for that team, which didn't even win the pennant.
Sixteen teams have scored a thousand runs in a season, only those Indians of '99 since 1950.
The goal is rather unrealistic, but when you consider it, it would take an average of 6.2 runs per game – less than they had posted through Friday – for the Red Sox to do it.
The Astros scored 896 runs and went on to win their first World Series last season. The Sox were ahead of that pace through 19 games.
By the way, the Tigers won their 20th game, something the Red Sox were not able to do late Saturday night.
Five teams in the live-ball era have started 17-2 and the Tigers and 1955 Brooklyn Dodgers are the only ones to win it all.
Fewer games?
It has been suggested that shortening the major-league schedule back to the 154 played prior to American League expansion in 1961 could help with these extreme weather problems. But a loss of eight games means less money, and we know how the owners would feel about that, right?
"I think we play too much baseball," Cubs star Anthony Rizzo said on ESPN 1000 in Chicago early this week. "Yes, guys are going to take pay cuts. But are we playing this game for the money or do we love this game? I know it's both, but in the long run it will make everything better."
Later in the week, commissioner Rob Manfred chimed in, essentially echoing Rizzo's words.
"I think that Anthony's comments were realistic in the sense that he linked the fact that if, in fact, you're going to go to 154 or some lower number of games, that players would have to be participants in that process," Manfred told the Associated Press. "They're going to work less, they're probably going to make less."
There has been a drop in attendance, which can be attributed in part to the rotten weather. But what is the effect of the number of teams tanking?
Thanks for coming
Through Friday, the Reds were 3-16, been outscored 104-56 and had already fired manager Bryan Price, the Royals were 4-14 (outscored 95-56) after ending a nine-game losing streak with a win over the Tigers in the night half of a split doubleheader, the Orioles were 6-14 (outscored 110-69) and had gone 10-33 dating to the end of last season, the Rays were 6-13 (outscored 101-70), the Marlins 5-14 (outscored 117-62) and White Sox 4-12 (outscored 103-62).
Bright futures for all.
Loving Mookie
Have to admit a raised eyebrow here when NESN broadcaster Dave O'Brien said Mookie Betts is "one of the best players in baseball and many people say THE best." I was wondering who said THE best, but count Buck Showalter among those who thinks Betts is in the discussion.
"I've told anyone who will listen, (Betts is) the best right fielder I've ever seen in person," Showalter told MLB.com.
"The dynamic he creates for them defensively in right field at Fenway is a big advantage for Boston. Special player. Game-changer. The term five-tool player is used loosely. But it aptly describes him. One of my most favorite players in our game."
Around the horn
Baltimore right-hander Nestor Cortes, a Rule V selection, did it in style when the first two home runs he allowed in the major leagues were grand slams. For the record, STATS tells us he is the 14th pitcher in history to claim that dubious accomplishment.
The Yankees placed reliever Adam Warren on the disabled list Saturday, giving them nine players on the DL, with an average age of 26.6 years.
Young third baseman Miguel Andujar recently had three straight multi-hit games, making him the first Yankees third baseman to pull that off since Bob Meusel in 1930.
The Red Sox didn't hit a grand slam last season. Mitch Moreland hit the club's fifth this month in Friday night in Oakland.
The A's gave away 46,028 tickets and wore throwback uniforms to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the move to Oakland last Tuesday, a 10-2 Athletics win. "It was loud," manager Bob Melvin said. "It looked like the place was packed. That was the objective, and I really wanted to put on a good show for them, and our guys did, right away. It was great to score some runs early on and get the crowd into it. When they get into it, they have a lot of fun."
Friday was the anniversary of Opening Day at Fenway in 1939 — Ted Williams' first Opening Day and Lou Gehrig's last.
Sons of major leaguers Vlad Guerrero Jr., Bo Bichette and Cavan Biggio were hitting .333, .321 and .286, respectively through Friday for the New Hampshire Fisher Cats. Lourdes Gurriel Jr., brother of Houston's Yuli Gurriel, was hitting .347 with 11 RBIs in 12 games with New Hampshire and was called up by the Blue Jays. On Friday night, he had two hits and three RBIs in his major league debut in New York.
Alex Cobb, hammered in his Orioles debut against the Red Sox, wasn't any better in his second start. In the two games, he is 0-2 with a 15.43 ERA and has allowed 20 hits — three homers — in just seven innings.
Mike Napoli, trying to work his way back to the major leagues, suffered a torn ACL and meniscus and is out for the season. Forever? "I told him, 'Things happen for a reason,'" Indians manager Terry Francona said. "Who knows? Maybe this now starts him on a second journey in his career. I'm not speaking for him — that's not fair. But that's what I hope."
Former NFL guard Evan Mathis, who won a Super Bowl with the Broncos and made $21 million in his football career, sold a Mickey Mantle 1952 baseball card for $2.88 million at auction. The price trails only the $3.12 million paid for a 1906 Honus Wagner.
Trayce Thompson's April magical mystery continued when he was traded by the A's to the White Sox this week. He has gone from the Dodgers to the Yankees to the A's to the White at the start of this season.
Former Patriot Tyler Gaffney has left his injury-marred football career to pursue baseball with the Pirates. "My dream has been the big leagues my whole life," he said. "I think I've been tasting that every time I was hurt. You have time to think about things like that. So now I'm here, putting in my work. Now I'm here, five years later. I think the last couple years took their toll on my body. The heart wanted it. The body didn't. I'm finally able to come back to baseball, the sport I love."
For the record, Baseball Reference had the records of 19,226 players through Friday.
Finally, this from ESPN: "When this season started, the Red Sox had played 8,337 regular-season games at Fenway Park. They have since played nine home games in the 2018 season, pushing the total to 8,346. That means with 21 more home games, the Fenway site will have seen more regular-season games than any other spot on Earth. Barring further postponements, that milestone game will be played June 6, when Boston hosts Detroit in a night game."
Mike Shalin covers Boston pro sports for the New Hampshire Union Leader and Sunday News. His email address is firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, The (US - DVD R1 | BD RA)
Warner Bros. has a release date, disc specs, and cover art for the first Hobbit...
Starring: Martin Freeman
Released: 19th March 2013
Further Details:
On March 19th
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journeywill hit 3-Disc Blu-ray Combo Pack for $35.99, on 5-Disc Blu-ray 3D Combo Pack for $44.95, and on 2-Disc DVD Special Edition for $28.98. In addition, Peter Jackson will host a live first look at The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, the second film in The Hobbit Trilogy, on Sunday, March 24 at 3:00 p.m. Eastern/Noon Pacific. Content will be streamed live and an edited version will be archived on the Trilogy's official website. Access to the live event will be limited to holders of an UltraViolet code available by purchasing
The Hobbit: An Unexpected JourneyBlu-ray Combo Pack, Blu-ray 3D Combo Pack or 2-Disc Special Edition DVD. Select digital retailers will issue access codes upon purchase of the film.
The press release does not specify audio or video specs (besides being 3DHD, HD, and standard definition DVD), but there is an early special features listing for extras that will reportedly be featured on all Blu-ray and DVD releases of what they clearly mark as the Theatrical Cut of the film, implying that there is, indeed, an Extended Cut set to be released somewhere down the line. These extras will include:
Quote: Full Suite of Peter Jackson's Production Videos. Enter Middle-earth of
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journeyas Academy Award-winning Director Peter Jackson takes you behind the scenes, on location and amidst the star-studded cast in a series of video journals that puts you in the forefront of latest in filmmaking with more than two hours of additional content. Highlights of the journals include:
- Start of Production
- Location Scouting
- Filming in 3D
- Post-production Overview
- Wellington World Premiere
Here's the Blu-ray Combo Pack and DVD cover art (no 3D art yet):
Quote: The adventure follows the journey of title character Bilbo Baggins, who is swept into an epic quest to reclaim the lost Dwarf Kingdom of Erebor from the fearsome Dragon Smaug. Approached out of the blue by the Wizard Gandalf the Grey, Bilbo finds himself joining a company of 13 Dwarves led by the legendary warrior, Thorin Oakenshield. Their journey will take them into the Wild, through treacherous lands swarming with Goblins, Orcs and deadly Wargs, as well as a mysterious and sinister figure known only as the Necromancer.
Although their goal lies to the East and the wastelands of the Lonely Mountain, first they must escape the Goblin tunnels, where Bilbo meets the creature that will change his life forever...Gollum. Here, alone with Gollum, on the shores of an underground lake, the unassuming Bilbo Baggins not only discovers depths of ingenuity and courage that surprise even him, he also gains possession of Gollum's "precious" ring that holds unexpected and useful qualities...A simple, gold ring that is tied to the fate of all Middle-earth in ways Bilbo cannot begin to know.
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Enough of this UltraViolet c**p. Give me a real digital copy already! And while your at it, the bluray slipcover is god awful. Martin Freeman looks like his holding back a bad fart.
I remember many people saying the same about the LOTR movies to be too long and then later praise them all and even be eager to see the Extended cuts. So it is just history repeating itself.
If only del Toro had stayed to direct this....
My God, this movie went on forever...
Gimme the extended edition. Not as good as FOTR, but not a horrible film by any means. Some of the acton scenes I felt were too long though. Like PJ was trying to burn through film. Get back to the plot man.
Can't wait for Barrels Out Of Bond and SMAUG!!!
Can't wait for Barrels Out Of Bond and SMAUG!!!
The movie was a little long and I still wondering if this stretching it into three movies is a good idea (less alone two movies). I probably buy it and also get the extended cut on blu-ray
Yet again, Gandalf fails to call on his giant eagle buddies to safely and conveniently transport them to their destination.
Well, technically, his failure to do so in the first Hobbit movie isn't "yet again." But Bilbo fails to tell his nephew to remind Gandalf about the Giant Eagle buddies.
Well, technically, his failure to do so in the first Hobbit movie isn't "yet again." But Bilbo fails to tell his nephew to remind Gandalf about the Giant Eagle buddies.
I didnt enjoy this at all, but I also wasn't expecting much from it. I was bored stiff. I admit i am not a huge LOTR fan but those films were fun, intense in scenes and all about the journey. This was just plodding and more of the same.
I noticed Blu-ray.com has back covers for the Blu-ray and Blu-ray 3D combo pack. The audio listed on both is DTS-HD MA 7.1 (along with French and Spanish DD5.1 audio)... is there a Dolby Digital EX 5.1 track on the DVD?
I enjoyed the movie, but I agree-- far too long. Peter Jackson really needs to get aggressive in the editing room -- two of the songs should've hit the cutting room floor. At least 20-30 minutes could've been shaved off the movie without impacting the overall story flow.
But what's worse is that I read that Peter Jackson will add another 15-20 minutes on the Extended Cut. [insert huge sigh here]
I enjoyed the movie, but I agree-- far too long. Peter Jackson really needs to get aggressive in the editing room -- two of the songs should've hit the cutting room floor. At least 20-30 minutes could've been shaved off the movie without impacting the overall story flow.
But what's worse is that I read that Peter Jackson will add another 15-20 minutes on the Extended Cut. [insert huge sigh here]
I agree with Gabe. The theatrical cut, presuming it is not the director's intended cut, already felt bloated; Jackson did not omit anything from what I can recall so far. Instead, he's included events etc., that did not occur in the novel. Therefore, how can an extended cut exist and what would be added-in to extend this film?
Did anyone actually like this movie? Seriously, the biggest disappointment of 2012... what a letdown.
If only there was a reason to further extend this story, which should have been completed in a single movie.
i'm doing exactly what i did for LOTR, wait for the extended trilogy collection. so that means i should own this somewhere in 2015
I agree on waiting for the extended.. i am looking forward to it. i didnt feel the theatrical was long enough. I was surprised when i read reviews that thought it was. but to each their own.
although certainly wont buy this quick release version anyway
although certainly wont buy this quick release version anyway
True, but I would at least like to experience the thing as intended by the creative forces behind the film, rather than the end result as dictated by the bean-counters at the studio.
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Wilson Bro (K)
Extended? Wasn't the entire film already extended far beyond necessity?
I certainly won't be buying the theatrical cut on Blu. I'll wait for the extended version that will be out in time for the release of The Desolation of Smaug.
Wilson Bro (K)
Wilson Bro (K)
Like many, I'm waiting for the boxed set. Not paying full price for a third of a story. Didn't mind so much with Lord of the Rings as there you had more or less the full story as intended in one film. £25-£30 max for the lot thanks.
With extensive reshoots by Jack Black and Mos Def.
Now that I got the profession part out of the way I can express my hope that the rumored extended cut is actually a shorter, 90 minute version.
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jcjordan wrote:twizzle wrote:He's taking the piss. He knows I'm saint-like compared to some.
eg, sending a driver back into his car with the words "I'll pull your bollocks over your head and ride you like a horse".
Sent from my iThingy...
I think I that statement adequately got my belief across that his driving standards needed improvement
Lol - you noticed I didn't say that YOU were the person who said that.


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VALHALLA, N.Y. -- Not feeling well can be a pain. But what happens when that illness is a headache, and one that seemingly never goes away? For Staci Tom, a Toms River, N.J. resident and mother of three, her chronic migraines had reached a point where her life was seemingly put on hold.
Since the age of 16, Tom had experienced nearly constant head pain due to unrelenting migraines. Since the stress of studying often triggered migraines, she ultimately decided to enter the workforce early, but the change didn't help. "I'd do everything I needed to do by noon, then go to bed." she said. In some cases, she would be forced to miss work for weeks due to constant cerebral pain.
Tom visited countless doctors offices and emergency rooms, looking for any sort of relief. In some instances she was given a morphine drip and a head wrap, while in others doctors accused her of simply looking for drugs, and sent her home to cope with just a Tylenol.
It was during those dark days that Tom vowed she'd do anything to end the pain. With that in mind, the Jersey Shore resident traveled north to Westchester Medical Center and its newly formed Westchester Medical Center Headache Specialists department, the most comprehensive unit of its kind in the New York metro area. Working with surgeon Dr. Kaveh Alizadeh, Tom underwent a surgery that would change her life.
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|2009-11-05, 23:57
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Humble apologies for the delay at creating the thread. Didn't have an access to a PC. I guess I'm the only moderator that is following this show because otherwise another moderator would have noticed by now that something was amiss. Anyway, I'll let one of the other moderators know about the airing schedule to avoid delays at creating future episode thread.
Let's talk episode 5.
|2009-11-06, 00:20
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I guess this was a connection episode. Nothing much really happened...
Kind of funny that they immediately have the wife appear in the show right after they set the flag.
More importantly, isn't this the first episode since he has appeared that the cockroach man didn't sexually harass a girl...?
Still... You know, the very first contractor that appeared in DTB was a teleportor... Such a simple ability, yet he had to break his fingers... Poor guy... We got people with 100x more deadly abilities with prices like smoking or eating hamburgers...
This wife's... is what? Baking cookies? Baking herself (probably not...)?
|2009-11-06, 00:22
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A nice, slow paced episode. The story advanced a little during the first segment when Misaki was told an up to date status for Hei by our dollmaster informant, but other than that it was mainly a character interaction based episode with some scattered action here and there. A real treat if you love the characters, though I guess that those that are in for the plot will cry in despair. But worry not, for during the end we see Hei getting his neck into trouble and getting Suou into her first mission. Yay.
|2009-11-06, 01:30
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For me, that was one of the richest episodes so far: plot, action, character, relationship, revelation....
Madame Oreille is willing to work with section 3??? Norio's mom is a contractor? And suddenly reappears?
Norio makes his feelings clear, in his jackass way. Suou is becoming a real contractor, but it still penetrated a bit, I thought. Hei is getting more of those damn feelings towards people, lol. Love him. (I just rewatched the Yin choosing to stay with her nakama Hei episode from season one.)
Suou and Shion are both real? Or was that flashback only in Suou's head?
And fabulous voice-acting from Hanazawa Kana, who just shows more and more as the show goes on. Not to say Suou's subtle facial expressions, created by the animators, weren't part of it, too.
And I really dug the voice of Madame Oreille. Such perfect arch confidence. Played by veteran Kouda Kaho, who was Judy in Phantom.
I updated the characters/seiyuus page (link in sig) to add Norio-Mom, who is played by actress and TV/film dubber, Hayashi Marika. She just got married (at 34) and put a lovely photo of herself posed in a wedding dress in church on her blog (link on character/seiyuu page, for those who care). Says she went to work the next day, playing a sad character -- commented that it was a fast emotional turn-around. I wonder if it was this character....
|2009-11-06, 03:21
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Nice character interacting episode.
It's still very fascinating to learn more about Suou's thought process. She is an irregular among the Contractors, or even is really one.
The plot thickens. Anti-Contractors weapon, Mitaka Bunsho, Izanami....the next episode will be very great. Obviously something will happen to Norio and his dad now that the mum is back and working for the No.3 Section. Expecting big fight, and deaths next episode!
Mao is still as priceless ever. His commentaries in the new squirrel body is hilarious
|2009-11-06, 05:30
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|2009-11-06, 07:54
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This episode is OK for me. Unnecesary service scenes were restrained and more attention was paid to plots and characters.
Several things were confirmed: Both Shion and Suou are existent at least in terms of official documents. Suou is not Izanami. Suou can shoot up to six bullets when she summons the gun. Hei lost his ability not because of Suou's pendant but because of the anti-contractor machine. Hei's client is not very professional.
Yet, it seems another hints for the forthcoming story were given: Noah's Ark, aquarium, and whale. Does that mean a great flood is coming to mankind? Who are whales that do not need Noah's Ark? Just hope the show is getting more pacy from here on.
|2009-11-06, 17:05
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just watched sup, yeah this episode is a little slow pace
but the story is progress a lot
Twin stars in the beginning of episode probably belong to Suou and Shion
guess from colour and what what Madame Oreille said
"Make a wish up on that tiny red star. Wish to see BK-201"
So at least Suou has her own star like other contractor
Finally Suou got her first kill (even though its not a human)
I surprise that Hei isn't hit Suou when she's blow the wall up
(cuz it look pretty serious than lie)
but may be his feeling toward Suou is now change
or may be He's really a lolicon :P
(just kidding.. :P He looks more like father of two now)
|2009-11-06, 18:44
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It's a whale, damnit. Don't crush Suou's dreams.
Oh, renumeration, right. So the cake is not a lie. I was thinking it was some sort of EVIL cake, made from sugar, flour, memory-erasing anti-allergy serum, and explosives.
Adorable Suou-July pairing is continuing...
I was expecting a reveal that the truck carrying the super special device thingy had another one of those anti-contractor field things built in, but nope. I mean, it was an obvious place to set up a trap. Which it could still be... just with less biribiri.
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Like the episode, but not liking where the direction this story's going.
I still believes Suou's locket to be the meteor fragment, and it screwed up that anti-contractor machine, transferring Hei's power into the locket. Suou's power is from that locket.
This means Hei will loses his electricity for the remainder of the series until things get resolved. Although his combat prowess is still ridiculous (considering his sister was the original Black Reaper, but he still could keep up in South America), he's going to be weaker.
On a less serious note, HEI GOOD JOB ON TRAINING YOUR LOLI. I thought all hopes were lost with the last episode, but he still treats his lolis well *tears of joy*.
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Meh. I thought you didn't know what the previous perosn was saying.
Anyway, we got ourselves another person from the MIAC. Wonder if Norio will keep appearing in the show unless his mom decides to off him.
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Manchester City's hopes of repeating their 2011 FA Cup triumph were handed a boost after they were drawn at home to Championship side Barnsley in this year's quarter-finals, while Manchester United and Chelsea are on course to meet in the last eight.
Reigning Premier League champions City beat Leeds United 4-0 in the fifth round to progress, while Barnsley - who reached the FA Cup semi-finals in 2008 - saw off MK Dons.
A potential clash between Chelsea and United also awaits, though they must first see off the challenge of Reading and Middlesbrough respectively. Should Sir Alex Ferguson's side progress they will play their quarter-final at Old Trafford.
Elsewhere, there will be at least one Championship side playing in the semi-finals at Wembley as Millwall play host to Blackburn Rovers, while Wigan Athletic will face the winner of the replay between Everton and League One surprise package Oldham.
FA Cup quarter-final draw:
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Hailed as queen of the acoustic guitar, words such as inventor and virtuoso have buzzed around Kaki King since she first began playing her unique style of music in New York City subway stations. A former drummer, King often plays er guitar like a drum — she slaps the wood, rubs the strings, and has a fingerstyle technique all her own.
Credited with reviving the solo acoustic guitar and rescuing it from a New Age slump, this musical force has released three albums, toured extensively and performed on both Conan O'Brien and David Letterman's TV shows — all by the age of 26. King is also an out lesbian who writes songs such as "Gay Sons of Lesbian Mothers" and "Jessica," which was inspired by King's counselor at summer camp.
Raised in Atlanta, King grew up in a musical household. Her father collected guitars, and her parents encouraged her to start learning an instrument at age 4. King chose to play the guitar at 4, only to reject it at 5; she went on to play the drums, an instrument she saw as far cooler than the guitar. After being exposed to some guitar greats (Preston Reed, Michael Hedges, Leo Kottke and Alex DeGrassi, to name only a few), however, she became interested in the instrument again and started experimenting with her father's collection.
A self-taught guitarist, King learned to play by looking at the tablature for a song she liked and figuring out how to play it. "I grew up in this house where every type of music was worthy of being listened to," she tells us. "Even if it was some crap CD my dad picked up … it was worth checking out, discussing, and then we'd throw it away." King is a gifted musician who never writes down notes for the songs she composes; instead she uses her ability to remember the song as a judge of its value: "If the next day it's still in your head, you know it's a good song."
Despite her talent as a guitarist, King still saw herself primarily as a drummer, and when she moved to New York to attend New York University , she played the drums in various bands. She was sure her chance at a career in music would come through playing the drums, until she began to get offers to play the guitar at small venues and parties.
Unsure of what she wanted to do with her life, King graduated from NYU during the chaotic and devastating aftermath of Sept. 11. Knowing she wouldn't be able to find a job and in need of a way to support herself, King began playing the guitar in subway stations. When people started asking her if she had a CD, she made demos and sold them.
She credits her stint in the subway stations of New York with giving her "some tools and useful skills I didn't have before, like really being able to stay focused on what I'm doing and completely ignore any outside sound, which you get a lot as a musician, even if it is your show."
King got her first paying gig in April 2002 at the Knitting Factory in New York. Jeff Krasno, head of Velour Records, heard her play there, and their meeting led to King's first album, Everybody Loves You. Since then she has recorded two more albums, toured around the world, and been a part-time band member of the off-Broadway hit Blue Man Group.
Although it's clear that King works hard and has accomplished a great deal in a short time, she is modest and pushes herself to achieve more: "When I really think about how easy I really have it, it helps me to push myself harder … I never deserve to whine or pout, and I really, really need to get out there and work hard and stop whining about this song I can't finish, because … I have a really good life."
An artist who has never been afraid to take risks — whether it means playing in subway stations or jumping onstage as a last-minute replacement act — King's third album is no different. In … Until We Felt Red, King departs from the signature solo guitar sound that landed her in the spotlight; instead she plays the electric guitar and includes a wide range of instruments such as the accordion, flugelhorn, thumb piano and harp, and adds her own haunting and ethereal voice to the ensemble.
Produced by John McEntire (Tortoise, The Sea and Cake, Stereolab), … Until We Felt Red is a powerful demonstration of the meeting of two creative minds — a meeting that brings a fullness to King's guitar not present on her earlier albums and suggests that King's skills extend far beyond the acoustic guitar.
King has always felt free to be herself and to be open about her sexuality throughout her career, which she describes as a positive experience. She says that in the instrumental music world, "You don't really get judged for what you look like or who you are … people don't really comment on the extra-musical things, they are just really interested in what you are doing musically."
Clarifying rumors that the song "Jessica" on … Until We Felt Red is dedicated to her first girlfriend, King laughs and says, "I was at summer camp and she was a counselor and she was very interested in me. It was very exciting but I didn't really return the feeling exactly, I just thought it was sort of new and cool. I thought she was crazy — and she was."
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Everywhere I look there is talk of women needing bigger breast shields when pumping. I have the opposite problem. I downsized to the 21s and still have lots of extra space around the nipple and end up with a lot of areola in the tunnel. I called Medela and they sent me an insert for the 24s that the lady thought might help, but it is no better than the 21s. Pumping is becoming a nightmare and I am not sure what to do. Here are my issues:
1. Breast/nipple pain. I am always at least a little uncomfortable, varying from mild tenderness to excruciating pain. It is worst in between pumping/nursing. I think I have vasospasm to begin with and I suspect the flange fit is worsening the problem. I started using an OTC version of Dr. Neuman's APNO and I also use a lot of coconut oil. These help but only a little.
2. Trouble with positioning. I can't use any sort of hands-free setup or my nipples go way off-center and the milk stops flowing.
3. Need both hands. After the initial let-down the milk will stop flowing. I get about 1 oz from each breast and then nothing. My breasts still feel full. The only solution I have found so far is to switch to just one side at a time, hold the flange in one hand and massage the breast with the other. I get a lot more this way but it takes a long time. I am concerned with how long my pumping breaks are getting to be since I also have to scald the milk after each session due to lipase.
These problems are getting worse the longer I am back at work. I am only just barely keeping up with her intake and if this gets any worse and I can't make enough I don't know what I will do. We barely have any extra in the freezer.
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For the past 6-7 years, since blogs began to take hold and proliferate, a sea change has been occurring in the influencer (press and analyst) ecosystem. The strict lines between press and analysts have been increasingly blurring, and a new class of influencers emerged circa 2002, and began really solidifying in late 2005. I coined the term "blogalysts" for these influencers around this time.
Dozens of reporters and editors have left the press ranks to become industry analysts over the years — that's not news. However, we're seeing more analysts who are contributing regular content to print and on-line press publications (i.e. Gordon Haff/Illuminata and Peter Glaskowsky/Envisioneering writing for C/Net). Furthermore, laid-off press people and now analysts are leaving their traditional organizations to join on-line blog networks (and going solo) as "expert commentators" around particular topics. Some have strong reputations, others are striving mightily to build or re-build them.
RedMonk was probably the pioneer "blogalyst," deliberately eschewing traditional paid, data-based research services and publishing commentary free, and 100% on-line. They joined other newly formed "new-era" research firms like The 451 Group who aggressively embraced blogs and other emerging on-line tools. Since then, Continue reading
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Advance your thinking about the arts this school year with teacher workshops. Join us as we explore recently reinstalled Museum collections, including Asian, European, and American Art. We will discover correlations between various artistic movements and the constantly changing cultural, historical, and social con
texts which shaped their style. With the addition of more studio-based options, teachers will also investigate historic and contemporary media in greater depth. Check for updates online under
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Master Teacher Summer Fellow Update
As a life-long arts aficionado and dedicated social studies teacher at Nerinx Hall High School, Karen Johnson regularly incorporates art and aesthetics in the classroom. During her tenure as the 2012 Master Teacher Summer Fellow, she developed an even deeper appreciation of the relationship between art, society, and economics. Karen spent a considerable amount of her time this summer tracing Indian Ocean trade routes in the Museum's extensive library and database, and speaking with the Museum's Asian art curators about the decoration and manufacture of export goods. She plans to introduce this information both in her classes and in her upcoming teacher workshop.
Says Karen of the experience: "I have been trying to incorporate Middle Eastern and Asian trade into my classes for years. By speaking with curators and conducting my own research in the galleries, I now have the knowledge to do just that. To discover that the Saint Louis Art Museum is also taking the 21st Century Skills approach is wonderful. I now know that I am on the right track in my curriculum design and lesson implementation." Watch for Karen's teacher workshop this October.
If you are a teacher with an education, humanities, physical sciences, foreign language, social sciences, visual or performing arts background and would like to learn about the 2013 Master Teacher Summer Fellowship, please
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Fall brings another exciting installment of
High School Art Project
, an opportunity for small teams of high school students to engage in focused, in-depth discussion and art-making based on the Museum's collection. This year's program highlights the upcoming featured exhibition
Federico Barocci: Renaissance Master
(October 21, 2012 - January 20, 2013). Students will investigate the innovative drawings, prints, and paintings of this celebrated sixteenth-century artist, following the artistic process from preparatory sketch to finished product through Barocci's expressive use of line and color.
High School Art Project
will be offered in two sessions, each with a different media focus. The sculptural potential of Barocci's graphic style will be explored in the October 30 session, while the November 9 program will emphasize symbolic uses of drawing. Schools may participate in only one session and may register no more than four students for this program. Registration for both sessions will begin in October. Please visit
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Saint Louis Art Museum Teen Council
The Saint Louis Art Museum is excited to announce the pilot of a SLAM Teen Arts Council (STAC) during the 2012-2013 academic year. STAC is built upon the philosophy that teens have the best insights into the artistic tastes, desires, and trends of their peers, and as a result, should be integral in the design and implementation of teen programming at the Museum. In addition to offering classes and workshops dedicated solely to teens, the SLAM Teen Arts Council is planning several exciting events in the coming year tailored to the Museum's teen audience.
Upcoming events:
Saturday, September 29
, 2012, 10:00–11:00am
SLAM Teen Arts Council Informational Meeting
Note: Light refreshments will be provided
Saturday, October 27
, 2012, 10:00am–12:30pm
SLAM Teen Arts Council Workshop: Cell Phone Photography
Note: Free admission; Lunch will be provided
If you know any teens who are social-minded and interested in both the arts and in events programming, nominate them for the Saint Louis Art Museum Teen Arts Council!
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New on View: Art of the Great Plains
Moccasins, pipe bags, and cradleboards return to the galleries in
Art of the Great Plains
, a dynamic installation of late 19
century Native American art. Drawn from the Museum's Donald Danforth Jr. Collection, this impressive array of clothing, tools, and accessories embodies important traditional concepts which continue to be observed by contemporary Plains Indian communities. In addition to their everyday functions, the objects serve as important indicators of status and personal iconography; many are embellished with symbols referencing spiritual power and individual history. A second gallery featuring Native art of the American Southwest, Prairie, and Plateau regions, among others, presents an instructive comparison of materials and aesthetics. Both collections have been installed in the level three galleries with American Art so as to foster cultural and aesthetic dialogue with European-American art of the same historic period.
Related Education Programming:
The Museum's second annual Danforth Lecture will take place
Thursday, September 27, at 6:30pm
in the Friends Room. Arthur Amiotte, respected Lakota artist, historian, writer, lecturer, and educator, will speak about Lakota art and philosophy. Mr. Amiotte's artistic oeuvre spans five decades. In addition, he has written extensively on Lakota art and society, and has received numerous awards, including a Getty Foundation Grant and the South Dakota Governor's Award. The Lecture will be preceeded by a public reception at 5:30pm.
Each Sunday in October, Family Programs will showcase the newly installed Native American Galleries with a variety of free public tours and art activities. This month-long event, entitled
Life on the Plains
, will begin with a special festival to be held
Sunday, October 7
, in celebration of the opening of the Native American Galleries. Join us for an afternoon of art projects, performances, food, and more. Be sure to return each week for a new themed art activity. Please visit
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In observance of Native American Heritage Month, Teacher Programs will present, "
What's American About American Indian Art?
", on
Wednesday, November 7
. This evening workshop will encourage teachers to consider the shared histories and interactions between Native Plains and mainstream American cultures at the turn of the 20th century. The session will be followed in the spring by a hands-on Weekend Studio workshop that will introduce teachers to traditional Plains beadwork techniques and artistic motifs. Watch for information updates on this and other exciting teacher programs this school year.
Art of the Great Plains is currently on view in Gallery 322.
Saint Louis Public Schools
Visual Art Teacher of the Year Awards
The Saint Louis Art Museum is pleased to host the 2012 St. Louis Public Schools Visual Art Teacher of the Year Awards. This honor is given in recognition of an outstanding arts educator teaching in the Saint Louis Public School district.
The award was created as a way of acknowledging the significant role that art educators play in the education of students. One teacher at the kindergarten through eighth-grade levels, and another educator at the high school level will be selected to receive the award.
Candidates must be nominated by a professional colleague; provide letters of recommendation from both his/ her principal and a colleague of his/ her choice; be currently employed as a full-time certified visual art teacher in the St. Louis Public Schools; and have at least three years of experience teaching visual arts in the SLPS system.
The St. Louis Public Schools Visual Art Teacher of the Year Awards reception will be held on Wednesday, December 5, 2012, from 5:00–7:00 p.m. The Awards are made possible through the Parsons Blewett Memorial Fund and donations to the St. Louis Public Schools Foundation.


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Dating couple Carol Rosenfeld, 47, and Brandy Snow, 40, had their journey cut short on Sunday as they found themselves eliminated from the 16th season of The Amazing Race.
Carol and Brandy, also known as the "lesbians" had none other than dating models Caite Upton and Brent Horne to thank, as the models' u-turn played a big factor in their elimination. In this new interview with TV Guide, Carol and Brandy speak on their feud with Caite and Brent, why they think Caite has a problem with them as lesbians, and what they would have done with the U-turn.
Excerpts from their interview below –
TVGuide.com: What was your first thought when you saw that you were U-Turned by Brent and Caite?
Brandy: Just shock. In a common-sense world, strategy dictates, you know, "take the stronger team out." They didn't do that. I had no idea how personal it was. We never really had any negative interactions with Caite or Brent. We didn't seek out a friendship with them, but we also didn't have an opportunity to race alongside them except in Malaysia when they passed us on the stairs. When they did that, you didn't see us pissed. I actually told Caite that she did a kick-ass job. Just like how I said to Mike, "You're a rock star." We both were very complimentary and supportive of the other racers. To watch the name-calling and hatred unfold has been an emotional rollercoaster. It's also surprising because you don't know it's happening until you watch it. You know, them calling us "the mean lesbians."
TVGuide.com: They hardly ever referred to you by your names.
Brandy: Yeah, it's like, "I have a name!"
Carol: I don't want to go to the point where I say she's homophobic because that's a pretty severe indictment of somebody. I don't know. People will have to be the judge of that, but you watch it and you don't know this is going on, and you like to think that in this day and age, people of a much younger generation would be a little more open-minded. It is what it is. She was clearly obsessed with beating and eliminating us. I think she very clearly had a problem with us as lesbians, not with us as individuals because she never individually indicts one of us as having done anything specifically wrong to them.
TVGuide.com: A lot of fans think you would've U-Turned Brent and Caite if you had gotten there first. Would you have?
Carol: No! We would've U-turned the cowboys. There's a clip online from the Malaysia leg where Phil asked us, "Who would you like to see leave?" We said, "We wouldn't really want to see anybody go." We were like, "Let everybody do their best and the chips will fall where they may." We knew the U-Turn was part of the game. Our strategy then was that the cowboys appeared to be the strongest team and then the second strongest team was Mike and Louie. They've each won the most legs.
Brandy: The cowboys set a record in Malaysia. No one had ever before gone from last to first with a Speed Bump. They're strong competitors, they're smart competitors, and we were focused on the race, not the racers. We would not have made it personal — not that we had a reason to make it personal with any team.
TVGuide.com: From your point of view, there was no feud between you and Brent and Caite at all?
Brandy: Right. What we find fascinating in the way this has been skewed, that there is a feud. There was no feud. You have to have two parties participating for there to be a feud. We were the object of her hatred and derision. There wasn't a feud until [Sunday's] episode where it exploded! I don't like being attacked. I don't like being blindsided and that's exactly what happened when they U-Turned us. Seriously, we're in the Seychelles and I'm bonding with Caite over a kitty! It was very stunning for it to happen. We had no clue they would U-Turn us or that they hated us like that. Now America's starting to believe there is a feud.
TVGuide.com: What are you up to now?
Brandy: Work!
Carol: Yeah, work. I recently had a death in the family … so dealing with that and trying to ignore all this hoopla. Being called a "mean lesbian" versus losing a parent, you know, [the former is] not going to affect me the rest of my life. Now we're going to be the fierce lesbians!


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Title: River Road
Author: Suzanne Johnson
May Contain Spoilers
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Hurricane Katrina is long gone, but the preternatural storm rages on in New Orleans. New species from the Beyond moved into Louisiana after the hurricane destroyed the borders between worlds, and it falls to wizard sentinel Drusilla Jaco and her partner, Alex Warin, to keep the preternaturals peaceful and the humans unaware. But a war is brewing between two clans of Cajun merpeople in Plaquemines Parish, and down in the swamp, DJ learns, there's more stirring than angry mermen and the threat of a were-gator.
Wizards are dying, and something—or someone—from the Beyond is poisoning the waters of the mighty Mississippi, threatening the humans who live and work along the river. DJ and Alex must figure out what unearthly source is contaminating the water and who—or what—is killing the wizards. Is it a malcontented merman, the naughty nymph, or some other critter altogether? After all, DJ's undead suitor, the pirate Jean Lafitte, knows his way around a body or two.
It's anything but smooth sailing on the bayou as the Sentinels of New Orleans series continues
I enjoyed Royal Street, the first book in Suzanne Johnson's Sententials of New Orleans, with a few reservations. I was disappointed with the lack of romance, and wondered why DJ constantly made such bad decisions. The lack of common sense drove me bonkers. I'm happy to report that River Road is a stronger book overall, and even when DJ made some not so wise choices, she really didn't have any choice in the matter. Keeping two warring clans of merfolk from killing each other, and getting normal humans caught in the crossfire, kept her busy and kept her putting herself on the line. It's hard to argue about doing the smart thing when the smart thing is going to cost people their lives.
DJ and Alex are both working as sententials now, and the story picks up three years after the events of Royal Street. DJ is more comfortable in her own skin, with her powers and her elvin wand. She complains about the same things we all do; being overworked, working for a bunch of guys who expect results no matter what, not getting that raise she thinks she deserves. Her relationship with Alex has settled down and they have decided that they make great friends. When the merpeople start feuding, Dj and Alex have to put an end to their territorial disputes, which are complicated by Jean Laffitte. He's buddies with two of the mer, Rene and Robert, and he has a vested interest in seeing a treaty between the clans. Rene and Jean have many shady business dealings, the less DJ knows about, the happier she is.
I enjoyed all of the characters this time around. They all make DJ's life a trial. The merpeople hate wizards because of how they were treated after a large group of paranormals attempted to set up shop in the mundane world years ago. They are suspicious of her motives and treat her like crap, to be frank. I really felt bad for DJ; she is trying so hard to come to a fair solution to their dispute, and they just keep on giving her grief! Even her own employers don't give her any respect, and she is constantly at odds with the Elders because of her methods, which are basically act now and ask for permission later. They are putting a huge amount of pressure on her to get the situation fixed, and when wizards start turning up dead, they are even more unrelenting that she fix it. Fix it now! I felt that the only person to give her any credit was Jean. He turned out to be a fun, well-rounded character, and I enjoyed the courtship between them. I can't see them setting up house together, but there's a lot of fun chemistry between DJ and her immortal pirate.
River Road kept my interest from beginning to end. The mystery was compelling, and DJ's methods were entertaining as she raced against the clock to put a stop to the war brewing between the merpeople. I am looking forward to DJ's next adventure, Elysian Fields, in August.
Grade: B+
Review copy provided by Bewitching Book Tours


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|Cheryl Block is an expert in tax law and policy. Author of a leading book on corporate taxation, she has also written numerous articles on taxation, public policy relating to federal bailouts, legislative voting rules, social choice theory, and the interplay between tax and budget policy. She clerked for Judge Kevin Thomas Duffy of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York and practiced tax law in New York City. She received her Juris Doctor from the State University of New York at Buffalo in 1979.
|Adam Rosenzweig concentrates his research and teaching in the area of tax law and policy. He also worked in private practice in New York, where he focused on federal income tax law and specialized in private equity, hedge funds, equity derivatives, and cross-border capital markets. He clerked for Judge James L. Dennis of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. He received his Juris Doctor from Georgetown University in 1998 and his LLM from New York University in 2002.
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Bennett S. Keller
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Today's Courier Herald Column:
Most of us rang in the New Year at some sort of festive gathering. Senator Saxby Chambliss rang in the new year preparing to vote on the latest solution to avert fiscal crisis in Washington. It was a bit less than festive. The votes were cast in the first hours of 2013.
Now one week later, the Senator is back in Georgia during a scheduled Senate break. He's meeting with constituents and press talking about the vote as well as the upcoming additional deadlines Washington must meet in order to keep things moving. I was granted some time with him to talk on Tuesday morning.
Regarding the vote on tax rates January 1st, Chambliss is generally pleased with the positive points of the bill while still conceding it is an "ugly product". He, like most Republicans that voted for it, emphasizes that this bill has ended the discussion on taxes and claims a victory on the matter. The temporary "Bush Tax Cuts" are now permanent with income tax rates the same for 99.1% of all tax payers. He notes that this is something Republicans were unable to do when they held majorities in both the House and Senate as well as the White House.
The challenge now moves to a set of deadlines over a six week period. The debt ceiling must be raised by mid-February. Sequestration cuts which will affect the military the hardest are scheduled for March 1st if not re-negotiated, and Congress has only appropriated a Continuing Resolution to fund the government's activities through the end of March.
These deadlines change the subject to spending when looking at deficit reduction, especially in the eyes of Chambliss. "We are through with taxes" he said emphatically while noting that Congress' attention now must be on making the hard choices on what and how to cut.
The choices of what to cut will not come easy, with Chambliss being quite direct that most of us will feel some sort of "pain". There will, of course, be political resistance – even from Republicans. "People don't like to feel it" he conceded, noting that many of the areas that will be cut serve people across political and ideological lines.
Asked how we get there, Chambliss spoke mostly in frameworks, as he and his Senate colleges have been doing for some time with an approach to a grand bargain. Baselines must be something that become a discarded concept if real cuts are to be made. He detailed how Congress traditionally looks at spending on a projected year over year increase – the baseline. Thus, if Congress had projected spending in one area was going to increase 5%, and they only appropriated an increase of 2%, it is currently considered a cut. Chambliss believes Congress and the American people have to learn to accept that this is not a cut, but start understanding that programs and departments will see something like 98 cents for every dollar spent the previous year, rather than just trying to make the increase smaller.
Because the process has been stalled and delayed for the last two years, Chambliss now says the target for savings over 10 years must be increased to $5 Trillion, up from the previous target of $4 Trillion. Key to long term deficit reduction is to get more people working and adding them back to tax rolls. Tax reform will be integral to longer term discussions on the subject. He expects to see bipartisan agreement on some measures from the corporate side, with a goal to incentivize companies to repatriate foreign cash holdings and reinvest back here at home.
Despite acknowledging that Congress and even the Senate have grown bitterly partisan making it tougher to work across the aisle, Chambliss does believe that he and his Senate colleagues can come together on a spending plan that will achieve their goals. He remains circumspect about finding an agreement in the house, where Democrats are more averse to entitlement reform than their Senate counterparts and several Republicans are likely to withhold their votes favoring more and deeper cuts to whatever will be agreed upon.
All in all, Chambliss' tone is serious but not negative. "I came here to solve problems" he said without hesitation or hint of regret, even looking forward to the waiting list of issues that must be tackled after a resolution to immediate fiscal issues. He notes that immigration reform, long term tax reform, and national security issues will all likely have to be dealt with in this Congress.
The new year started with Chambliss working on the floor of the Senate. It looks like he'll have plenty to keep him busy for some time to come.


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A bird sang sweet and strong
Ah! sad are they who know not love
Ah, be not false, sweet Splendor
Alas! our pleasant moments fly
A life on the ocean wave
A little peach in the orchard grew
All day to watch the blue wave curl and break
All quiet along the Potomac, they say
All within and all without me
Along A River-Side, I Know Not Where
Along the banks where Babel's current flows
A mile behind is Gloucester town
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And how could you dream of meeting
At anchor in Hampton Roads we lay
At dawn, he said, I bid them all farewell
A thousand silent years ago
At midnight, in his guarded tent
A very remarkable history this is
Backward, turn backward, O Time, in your flight
Beautiful! Sir, you may say so. Thar is n't her match in the county
Before the solemn bronze Saint Gaudens made
Beneath the warrior's helm, behold
Beside a stricken field I stood
Birds against the April wind
Boy, I detest the Persian pomp
Burly, dozing humble-bee
By the rude bridge that arched the flood
Calm as that second summer which precedes
Come, let us plant the apple-tree
Come, stack arms, men; pile on the rails
Cooper, whose name is with his country's woven
Could we but know
Darkest, strangest mystery
Daughters of Time, the hypocritic Days
Day is done, and the darkness
Dear wife, last midnight, whilst I read
Dearest, a look is but a ray
Despot's heel is on thy shore
Do I like it? I think it just splendid
Down the world with Marna
Dow's Flat. That 's its name
Eighty years have passed, and more
Finding Francesca full of tears, I said
For these white arms about my neck
Friend, whose smile has come to be
Gently, Lord, oh, gently lead us
Gingham dog and the calico cat
Give me a pen of steel
Glooms of the live-oaks, beautiful-braided and woven
God bless the man who first invented sleep
God makes sech nights, all white an' still
Gone before us, O our brother
Good-night! I have to say good-night
Green be the turf above thee
Groves were God's first temples. Ere man learned
Guvener B. is a sensible man
Hail to the brightness of Zion's glad morning
Handful here, that once was Mary's earth
Have you heard of the wonderful one-hoss shay
Have you not heard the poets tell
Hear the sledges with the bells
Helen, thy beauty is to me
Here falls no light of sun nor stars
Here, Charmian, take my bracelets
He speaks not well who doth his time deplore
High walls and huge the body may confine
Home of the Percys' high-born race
How shall I know thee in the sphere which keeps
I am a womantherefore I may not
I am dying, Egypt, dying
I am fevered with the sunset
I am old and blind
I burn no incense, hang no wreath
I expect you in September
I fill this cup to one made up of loveliness alone
If I were very sure
If the red slayer think he slays
I gazed upon the glorious sky
I have ships that went to sea
I know what you 're going to say, she said
I like a church; I like a cowl
I loved thee long and dearly
I love the old melodious lays
I love thy kingdom, Lord
I love to steal awhile away
I must leave thee, lady sweet
In fallow college days, Tom Harland
In May, when sea-winds pierced our solitudes
In the greenest of our valleys
In their ragged regimentals
In the valley of the Pegnitz, where across broad meadowlands
Into the Silent Land
I pray that, risen from the dead
I pray you, do not turn your head
I reside at Table Mountain, and my name is Truthful James
I saw him once before
I see all human wits
I stand in the cold gray weather
I stood by the open casement
I take my chaperon to the play
It was a tall young oysterman lived by the river-side
It was many and many a year ago
It was the autumn of the year
Just where the Treasury's marble front
Keep me, I pray, in wisdom's way
Lend me thy fillet, Love
Let me move slowly through the street
Little gate was reached at last
Long has the summer sunlight shone
Look out upon the stars, my love
Lo! 't is a gala night
Maiden! with the meek, brown eyes
Master of human destinies am I
Maud Muller, on a summer's day
Melancholy days have come, the saddest of the year
Mid pleasures and palaces though we may roam
Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord
Miss Blankat Blank. Jemima, let it go
Miss Flora M'Flimsey, of Madison Square
Mother of God! as evening falls
Mountain and the squirrel
Muffled drum's sad roll has beat
My aunt! my dear unmarried aunt
My coachman, in the moonlight there
My faith looks up to Thee
My lady has a tea-gown
Mynheer Hans Von Der Bloom has got
My tower was grimly builded
Nay, weep not, dearest, though the child be dead
Night is dark, and the winter winds
Night was black and drear
Not from the whole wide world I chose thee
Now for a brisk and cheerful fight
Now, by the blessed Paphian queen
O Captain! my Captain! our fearful trip is done
O City that is not a city, unworthy the prefix Atlantic
O days endeared to every Muse
O fair and stately maid, whose eyes
Often I think of the beautiful town
Often when the night is come
Oh, how shall I help to right the world that is going wrong
Oh mother of a mighty race
Oh, tell me less or tell me more
Oh, what 's the way to Arcady
Old wine to drink
O listen to the sounding sea
Olor Iscanus queries: "Why should we
O, moonlight deep and tender
O Mother Earth! upon thy lap
Once this soft turf, this rivulet's sands
Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary
One sweetly solemn thought
O say, can you see, by the dawn's early light
Our band is few but true and tried
Our vales are sweet with fern and rose
Out of the hills of Habersham
Over the river, on the hill
Over the river they beckon to me
Pharaoh, King of Egypt's land
Pines were dark on Ramoth hill
Poor lone Hannah
Qui vive! The sentry's musket rings
Rifleman, shoot me a fancy shot
Rising moon has hid the stars
Rocked in the cradle of the deep
Royal feast was done; the King
Say there! P'r'aps
See, from this counterfeit of him
Shades of night were falling fast
Shadows lay along Broadway
She might have known it in the earlier Spring
She was a beauty in the days
Shines the last age, the next with hope is seen
Short and sweet, and we 've come to the end of it
Since, if you stood by my side to-day
Sing again the song you sung
Sir Orpheus, whom the poets have sung
Skies they were ashen and sober
Sleep sweetly in your humble graves
Slowly the mist o'er the meadow was creeping
So fallen! so lost! the light withdrawn
Softly now the light of day
Some of the hurts you have cured
So that soldierly legend is still on its journey
Southrons, hear your Country call you
Speak! speak! thou fearful guest
Stand here by my side and turn, I pray
Star-dust and vaporous light
Still her gray rocks tower above the sea
Still thirteen years: 't is autumn now
Sun stepped down from his golden throne
Tell me not, in mournful numbers
T is said that the gods, on Olympus of old
That year? Yes, doubtless I remember still
There are gains for all our losses
There are three ways in which men take
There is a city, builded by no hand
There is an hour of peaceful rest
There is no escape by the river
There is no flock, however watched and tended
They may talk of love in a cottage
They sat and comb'd their beautiful hair
This ancient silver bowl of mine,it tells of good old times
This is the Arsenal. From floor to ceiling
This is the ship of pearl, which, poets feign
Those black eyes I once so praised
Thou unrelenting Past
Thou wast all that to me, love
Though love repine, and reason chafe
Three years ago, to-day
Tis fifteen hundred years, you say
To clothe the fiery thought
To him who in the love of Nature holds
To horse, my dear, and out into the night
To what new fates, my country, far
Under a spreading chestnut tree
Up from the meadows rich with corn
Up from the South at break of day
Up the streets of Aberdeen
Up to her chamber window
Wall, no! I can't tell whar he lives
Weak-winged is song
Weary, oh, so weary
Weave no more silks, ye Lyons looms
We break the glass, whose sacred wine
We count the broken lyres that rest
Well, Helen, quite two years have flown
Well, Miss, I wonder where you live
Were it not for that singular smell
We sing "Our Country's" song to-night
We were not manywe who stood
What shall we do now, Mary being dead
What spiteful chance steals unawares
What was it the Engines said
Wheel me down by the meadow
When a deed is done for Freedom, through the broad earth's aching breast
When descends on the Atlantic
When Freedom from her mountain height
When I was a boy at college
When I was broke in London in the fall of '89
When the hours of Day are numbered
When the veil from the eyes is lifted
When to any saint I pray
When, full of warm and eager love
Which I wish to remark
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Gabriel Luis Acosta, whose prolific photography captured life in the Inland Empire for more than 20 years, has died.
Acosta, 46, fell 15 to 20 feet from a tree he was trimming in the backyard of his Riverside home on Saturday. He suffered two broken legs and a head injury in the fatal fall, according to the Riverside Fire Department.
For more than 20 years as a photographer for The Sun and Riverside Magazine, Acosta's photojournalism found its way to the front pages of publications across the region, covering subjects ranging from homelessness to wildfires to key community figures.
Memories of Acosta and that work rippled through the region Monday, where his sources, colleagues, neighbors and family remembered his fierce passion for his craft, his mentorship of young journalists, his abiding faith and his love for family.
"Gabe was about faith and family," his younger brother Mark Acosta said.
It was a faith that sustained him as he grew from a youngster with a penchant for oil painting to an award-winning professional photographer known for his deep knowledge of the Inland Empire.
His work chronicled the region's history as it happened: photos of the Old Fire in 2003, which scorched more than 90,000 acres and destroyed more than 1,000 structures in the San Bernardino Mountains; images of the recent San Bernardino bankruptcy — from the days in 2012, when the city filed for bankruptcy protection, to most recently when a judge found the city eligible for that protection; and the massive February manhunt for former Los Angeles police Officer Christopher Dorner, when Acosta teamed with reporters to capture events as they unfolded in Riverside and the frigid San Bernardino Mountains.
Those images traveled — bringing Inland Empire news to the nation and the world.
"Gabriel Acosta was one of the finest photojournalists I've ever known," said Frank Pine, supervising editor of The Sun and managing editor of the Los Angeles News Group, which The Sun is part of. "Gabe was thoughtful, intelligent, passionate and committed."
Acosta's brother Mark attributed that commitment to a work ethic rooted in 1970s Riverside, instilled by their father and their grandfather.
Born June 18, 1967, in Riverside, Acosta developed a keen sense of community growing up in the city.
The Acosta boys grew interested in art at a young age, taking classes at Riverside Art Museum, where they relished subjects like cartooning and oil painting. Gabriel would create his own Hulk comics, and Mark would create his story lines with Captain America as the main subject.
"He was always better than me," his younger brother said.
But as into those mediums as the brothers were, photography was not a career option for the young Acosta, until his brother — also a fledgling journalist in the early 1990s — mentioned it as a possibility.
And after an early stint as a part-time lab tech and photographer for The Sun, he took a position at the paper to be a full-time photographer.
"He excelled in capturing the essence of his subjects," The Sun Photo Editor Rick Sforza said. "So much so that he was never willing to settle for less than perfect. I could count on Gabe to 'bring back the shot' no matter what, where or when the assignment."
And from there, using the knowledge he gleaned from seasoned reporters during his part-time work, the young Cal State San Bernardino graduate never looked back, developing his skill, his brother said, remaining employed at The Sun until his death.
And as he developed his skills, he shared it with young people, using his role as an officer in the Inland chapter of the California Chicano News Media Association to mentor high school students interested in the craft.
On Monday, many remembered that humanity, which cut through the constant pace of deadline and breaking news, to stay committed to his family and his community.
In San Bernardino, the City Council opened their meeting with a moment of silence in memory of Acosta. And San Bernardino County Supervisor Janice Rutherford's office said Rutherford was planning to adjourn the Sept. 24 meeting in memory of Acosta.
Joe Gutierrez, Cal State San Bernardino's spokesman, and Acosta's next-door neighbor, recalled a few weeks ago, when a sudden summer storm hit Riverside hard, tree branches from a neighbor's yard fell into another neighbor's driveway.
The next day, Acosta and his son had a handsaw and started clearing up the branches, ultimately clearing the fallen branches aside.
"He was just that kind of guy," Gutierrez said.
In 1994, Acosta married Laura Sylvester. They had two children, Zachary, now 14, and Gabriella, now 11.
"He did everything for her and those kids," his brother said.
And in turn, she kept him grounded, Mark Acosta said.
Of course, there were some things that couldn't be grounded, like Acosta's interest in all things 1970s.
He was a lover of disco. In his garage still hangs a disco ball. And in his car, his family found a "Sentimental 70s" cd.
"He never grew up past the 1970s," his brother said, remembering Gabriel's 40th birthday, when he donned a John Travolta-style suit, a la "Saturday Night Fever."
And in the newsroom, Acosta never missed a chance to talk '70s and '80s pop culture, or to discuss a good historical quote, or even to discuss one of his TV favorites, like "Lost."
Behind Acosta's good nature, was a deep belief in God, a belief — and a mission — that took him around the world, from Brazil to San Francisco.
He and his family were members of The Grove Community Church in Riverside.
Of late, Acosta was taking on more of a role in the church's youth ministry, Men's Pastor Mike Barnes said.
"He was serious," Barnes said. "He would talk about serious stuff. And when he struggled with stuff, he would want to talk about it."
Acosta's faith was a huge part of who he was, Barnes said, and it was contagious when he led Bible studies.
"People loved to be in his group and he led them with passion and concern," the church's Senior Pastor Tom Lance said.
Acosta wasn't bashful about sharing his faith with the world.
He made a routine of tweeting a passage from Scripture every day from his @GLAPhoto Twitter account.
His last message was Friday:
"You will show me the path of life; in Your presence is fullness of joy; at Your right hand are pleasures forevermore. Psalm 16:11."
Gabriel Acosta is survived by his wife of 19 years, Laura Acosta; son, Zachary, 14; and daughter, Gabriella, 11; and his mother, Carmela Acosta of Riverside.
He was preceded in death by his father, John M. "Chet" Acosta. And he is also survived by his brothers Mark and Michael of Riverside and Philip of Carlsbad; sister-in-law Sharon M. Huston of Carlsbad; and sister Christina D. Short and brother-in-law Gregory Short of Riverside.
A Rosary will be from 4 to 4:30 p.m. and a viewing from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday at Arlington Mortuary, 9645 Magnolia Ave., Riverside. A memorial service will be at 10 a.m. Saturday with a luncheon to follow at The Grove Community Church, 19900 Grove Community Drive. In lieu of flowers, the family is asking that donations be sent to the Gabriel Acosta Scholarship Fund, to be used for the education of Acosta's two children, Woodcrest Christian School, 18401 Van Buren Blvd., Riverside, Calif., 92508.


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Feb. 15, 2014
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – With strong groups competing at both the Tyson Invitational in Fayetteville, Ark. and the Husky Classic in Seattle, Wash., the Florida State indoor track & field teams made some noise Friday.
The loudest efforts came from the Dempsey Track on the campus at the University of Washington, where Hannah Walker's first collegiate 5000-meter race with the Seminoles produced a new school record. Walker paced the loaded invitational field from the start and, despite getting shuffled back in the late stages, recorded a fourth-place finish in 15:58.15.
A transfer from the University of Birmingham in the UK, Walker wiped former Seminole All-American Vicky Gill's 10-year old mark of 16:00.62 from the record books.
"Hannah was the workhorse for a large field of racers," FSU women's distance coach Karen Harvey said. "Someone needed to push the pace and Hannah took it on. The goal was sub-16 and she got a school record, too. The only thing that's frustrating is that we hope the time holds up as a qualifier for NCAA's, but you can't fault her effort either way."
Only the top 16 times in each event qualify for the NCAA Indoor Championships and Walker's mark stood 11th at the end of the night.
"The first lap was really slow, so then I just took it on and more or less hit the paces I was supposed to, but just had no help," Walker said. "I'm pleased to go under 16 minutes and get the school record, but I feel I'm definitely capable of going faster in a better race."
The FSU women's distance medley relay team almost assuredly posted an NCAA Championship-qualifying mark en route to victory Friday night at the Husky Classic. The team of Linden Hall, Elizabeth Ichite, Georgia Peel and Colleen Quigley smashed the meet record with a winning time of 11:01.59, which ranks as the third-fastest in Seminole history. It currently ranks as the No. 6 mark in Division I this season, with the top 12 relay teams qualifying for the championship meet on time.
"The DMR team worked hard and pushed as hard as they could on a solo effort," said Harvey, whose team won the race by a whopping 40 seconds. "They are better racers than time trial runners. This is a good problem if the time holds up as an NCAA qualifier. This team has the ability to be much, much better."
Hall led off the race with a 1200-meter leg in 3:21 and was followed by Ichite's 53-second 400. Peel ran 2:10 for 800 meters and Quigley capped off the DRM with a 4:36 1600-meter leg.
Bryant Blahnik joined newcomer Glen Yarham in the men's 5000-meter race and the duo produced the eighth and ninth best times on FSU's top 10 indoor list, finishing in 14:18.45 and 14:23.83, respectively, to finish 16th and 17th.
At the Tyson Invitational, the Seminoles scored some impressive performances against stout competition.
Dentarius Locke ran 6.61 in the 60-meter finals to play second to Houston's Cameron Burrell, stringing together a pair of solid qualifying round (6.63 and 6.70). On the women's side, senior Marecia Pemberton posted her fastest time since 2012 in the 60-meter finals (7.36), to place third. Pemberton's three race series included marks of 7.39 and 7.40 in the preliminary rounds.
The lone victory by the Seminoles on the opening day of the Tyson Invitational was produced by junior Briana Cherry-Bronson, who claimed the weight throw with a mark of 20.85m (68-5). Teammate Lakitta Johnson (18.98) was eighth.
In the men's and women's championship division of the long jump, sophomore Der'Renae Freeman placed fourth by soaring 6.12 meters (20-1). Freshman Jalen Ramsey was seventh on the men's side with a six-jump best mark of 7.52 meters (24-8.25).
Sophomore Otniel Teixeira competed in the championship section of the 800-meter and delivered his all-time best of 1:50.52 to place sixth overall with his heat victory. It was the fifth-fastest indoor time in Florida State history.
"Otniel led start-to-finish in the second heat of the championship 800," FSU head coach Bob Braman said. "That's a pretty good win for him and an all-conditions PR."
Among other noteworthy performances, senior Alonzo Russell placed fifth in the 400-meter dash (46.57) and was just .02 off his lifetime best mark. Karly Jackson earned a share of the college division pole vault title clearing 3.90 meters (12-9.50).
Overall, the Seminoles competing at the Randal Tyson Track Complex failed to improve on their national standings, but Saturday will provide another set of opportunities. The men's 4×400 relay will be one of the spotlight events for the `Noles, along with Chelsea Whalen and Kellion Knibb in the shot put, and James Harris in the high jump.
"Conference wise we keep moving forward," said Braman. "Nationally, it keeps getting harder and harder."


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YELLVILLE, Ark. (AP) — The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission says a disease known to kill bats has been confirmed in a cave in Marion County.
The commission says five dead bats were found during a Jan. 11 survey of the cave managed by the Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission. Two bats were collected and submitted to the U.S. Geological Survey National Wildlife Health Center for testing.
The northern long-eared bats tested positive for white-nose syndrome, which is fatal to several bat species. The syndrome is not known to pose a threat to humans, pets or livestock.
Last summer a low level of the fungus that causes white-nose syndrome was detected in two north Arkansas caves at Devil's Den State Park and in Baxter County.