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The tourists are gone, but the calendars are full with a full slate of events for locals.
Last Thursday night was Proffitt PR's Girls Night Out Arabian style at Elephant Walk to benefit Shelter House, and The Art of Giving benefiting Food For Thought at Justin Gaffrey gallery. Amber Wiebe, Sara Becnel, Annie Lockamy, Claudia Caswell, Rhonda Murray, Jeanette Miller, Lynn Wesson, Honey Harris, Hilary Butler, Lesan Gouge, Whitney Ladwig, and Jami Ray were some of the many ladies who enjoyed Arabian Nights.
Ray and Vickie Dollar, Linda Miller, Madra and Phil McDonald, Mike Ragsdale, Cynthia Kennedy, Gillian Lee, Allison Wickey, Tiffanie Shelton, Mindy Norris, Keen Polakoff, Paige Schnell, Susan Benton, Christy Milliken, Demetrius Fuller, Joyce Hogue, Deidra and Mike Stange, Lisa Burwell, Mary Kay Samouce, Laura and Michael Granberry, Claire Bannerman, Jenny Etheredge, and Jackie Ward were some who attended The Art of Giving, which raised $90,000 for the Food for Thought charity.
Friday night was the annual Hurricane Party to benefit Children's Volunteer Health Network, which was held at Bud & Alley's. Vickie and Ray Dollar attended that one also.
Hilary and Allen Butler, Kent and Peggy Lillie, John and Debbi Morris, and Regina and Frank Hall enjoyed dinner at Crust last Friday night.
I finally made it to Seaside by bike last Sunday! My companion and I set out on the 6-mile trek (one way) after church Sunday morning and made it within an hour, which we didn't think was bad for first timers. Breakfast at Modica's of a chicken biscuit really hit the spot. I enjoyed seeing Rebecca Sullivan, Scott Bruns, John Stasko, and Charlie Modica there.
Nina Horn, Lauren Rees, and Paul and Sandy Luchtefeld attended Brenda Rees's Toast to San Miguel gathering Sunday evening.
I enjoyed a great time at The Vue last Wednesday night, dining on their terrace and chatting at the bar. I saw Bob and Carol Saucier, Jimbo Holloway, Betty Krika, Jimmy Clark, Dave Linny, and John Stasko there. Chef Gio's mashed potatoes are to die for.
Bill and Cheryl Freeze welcomed their granddaughter Jennifer and husband Kevin Drake from Tallahassee last weekend.
Sorry to hear that Teresa Cline is moving back to South Dakota.
Cody Copeland is kicking off a tour in St. Louis. Go Cody!
Tricia Northcutt visited the Camelback Inn in Scottsdale, Ariz.
Jane Burns went to France.
Mark and Tricia Northcutt visited California, as did Linda Bruner.
Stephen Marlette and Harriet Crommelin are touring New England.
Meg Warrington is home from Pennsylvania.
Jane Beene saw Kathy Lee while in New York City last week.
Sandy Buckley saw Reba McIntire while having dinner in Nashville last week.
Demetrius Fuller also visited Music City.
Dale Smith Stackable ran into Emeril filming a segment for his show. Alden and Emeril Lagasse have added a new member to their family: Buddy Balboa, a totally adorable dog!
Hilton Sandestin Beach Golf Resort & Spa has been chosen by the readers of Meetings & Conventions magazine as a 2013 Gold Key award winner, marking the 15th year the resort has earned the honor.
Emily Ellis has three photographs hanging in the current 25th annual Faces & Facets Photography Competition and Exhibition at the Visual Arts Center in Panama City. She won First Place in the "Nature" category. This is her second year to compete in this exhibition. She also has one painting hanging in the current "One Size Fits All" show at Northwest Florida State College and she has submitted two paintings and one photograph for consideration in the upcoming "Back to Nature" show at Hidden Lantern Gallery. Wow!
Congratulations to my daughter and her crew who raised more than $125,000 during this year's annual Signature Chefs Auction of Birmingham.
Congratulations to Allison Craft and Scott Henderson on their engagement.
Happy 17th anniversary to Lisa and Gerald Burwell. Happy 13th to Mike and Deidra Stange.
Condolences go out to Greig Buckley in the death of his father in Nashville.
Wish a "happy birthday" SAturday to Nancy McConnell, Anne Hunter, Lauren Magli, and Cookie Siskin.
Monday to Catherine Dickson, and artist Billie Gaffrey.
Tuesday to TV man Paul Vizard.
Wednesday to historian Brenda Rees, and real estate lady Linda Quinlan.
And Friday to cookie man Grady Allen.
Deborah Wheeler is the arts and entertainment reporter for The Walton Sun. She may be reached at 654-8443 or email firstname.lastname@example.com. Her Party Line column appears weekly in The Sun. Contributions are accepted.


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When the curtain goes up, so do my spirits. Does this happen to you, fellow theater-goers? Are you innerved when the stage is unwrapped like a gift or when the stage lights suddenly rise? What's to come may be more treacle than treat, more insufferable than soaring, yet still I arrive at that first moment of a play's opening with palpable anticipation. Most of the time, I'm not disappointed. Live theater is a great escape.
When the curtain goes up, so do my spirits. Does this happen to you, fellow theater-goers? Are you innerved when the stage is unwrapped like a gift or when the stage lights suddenly rise? What's to come may be more treacle than treat, more insufferable than soaring, yet still I arrive at that first moment of a play's opening with palpable anticipation. Most of the time, I'm not disappointed. Live theater is a great escape.
Having just come through a bruising national election when it felt at times as if the future of the Enlightenment was at stake, there is nothing like finding refuge and diversion in a darkened theater and its typically too-cramped seats. Theater is one of life's great pleasures and one of the only opportunities a rationalist has to suspend disbelief. Much more than movies, an affecting play or musical can insinuate itself into my thoughts and emotions and reside there like a permanent houseguest, a welcome one.
It has been more than a year since I saw "Good People," a play about working-class struggles and the role of chance in life's outcomes by playwright David Lindsay-Abaire. But I still reflect on actor Frances McDormand's Tony-award-winning portrayal of Margie Walsh, a single mother from "Southie" Boston, teetering on the edge of poverty after losing her crappy cashier's job. Why do we need a sturdy social safety net? Why do workers need more power on the job? Why do we need to guarantee living wages? Margie is why.
I caught "Good People" when it was on Broadway. But one of the nicest surprises since moving out of New York decades ago has been the exceptional theater available almost anywhere.
Currently a stirring revival of "1776" is playing at the Asolo Repertory Theatre in Sarasota, Fla. It was my first live performance since the election and a timely reminder of that pivotal period of American history from May 8 through July 4, 1776, when political arguments weren't over how to govern a prosperous nation, but whether or not that nation should come into being at all. Back then, the great ideological compromise wasn't how to attain fiscal balance, but how to address slavery, the South's immoral addiction. This left-right political divide was more consequential than any conceivable today, yet it was set aside at the nation's founding in the interests of unity. I'd say the right wing owes us one.
The Sarasota production has everything a theater-lover could want, including immense architectural sets representing the main chamber of the Pennsylvania State House, known today as Independence Hall. There, the Second Continental Congress gathers to denounce John Adams' quixotic quest for American independence from England. "Sit down, John" they sing in unison, as Adams agitates for "independency."
This brilliant work by Peter Stone and Sherman Edwards originally opened on Broadway in 1969 but shows no wear. It seamlessly alternates between being moving and funny, even generating a surprising soupcon of anxiety over how things will resolve. I remember being enthralled when I saw it on Broadway during its 1997 revival. The Asolo's production has reminded me why.
I've seen hundreds of shows and can't remember looking at a pair of theater tickets and thinking that I'd rather not go. Maybe it's genetic. My parents, both 79 years old, use their Manhattan apartment as little more than a launching pad for their weekly quotient of three or more live performances. After Superstorm Sandy hit their East Side neighborhood and cut off power, heat and cellphone service, they declined help to relocate. They had tickets. Sandy came ashore on a Monday. By Wednesday they were at a Broadway matinee.
Following my parents' lead, I'm a born audience member, always looking forward to the next journey into the creative spirit when the house lights dim.
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Cogito, ergo deus non est. (I think, therefor there is no god).
It was a wonderful day indeed when I realized for the first time that religion was a pile of fantastical nonsense. To be free of the oppressive chains of religion and the almighty deity was an amazing insight that made me happier than I'd been in a long time. Yes, it is wisdom and it comes with rational thought.
Knowning "God "does not exist, is wisdom, if you have arrived at that conclusion through a careful and reasoned consideration of the evidence and arguments for and against. Flippancy about the matter is no better than proud belief in commonly held ideas about fantasy figures who supposedly do magical things, like "God" and "Jesus".
I have a quiet pride in being an atheist, because I know I have been through those aforementioned steps, and because I have not been persuaded by the theistic view, even if it is probably the most prevalent one. I have a working brain, and I've used it in this matter.
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To: Richard Cordray, Director
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Dear Mr. Cordray:
First, congratulations on your appointment to lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
Unless the banking interests have their way, your appointment is expected to last at least through the end of next year. And now with a director in place, the agency will be able to exercise its full powers to oversee such groups as payday lenders, credit bureaus and private education lenders.
Granted, you have a lot on your plate, but here are a few suggestions on where to focus your attention:
Payday lenders They provide advances on paychecks, and the fees charged are the equivalent of an annual interest rate of a few hundred percent. Maryland basically bans payday loans by capping the annual interest rate on small loans at 33 percent. Still, payday lenders circumvent our law by offering loans over the Internet.
Mark Kaufman, Maryland's commissioner of financial regulation, says it's difficult to pursue these violators that operate online from another state — or country.
We could use some help.
Also, check into direct-deposit advance loans, another paycheck advance, that some traditional banks offer. The fee, when calculated as interest, is similar to that of a payday loan.
Maryland's rate cap doesn't apply to federally regulated national banks, and the concern is that these loans might be offered here someday.
Mortgage servicers There are way too many horror stories of homeowners struggling to get loans modified or problems resolved through mortgage servicers. Can you do something about this?
Even departments within big banks don't seem to work together, says Marceline White, executive director of the Maryland Consumer Rights Coalition. One department will tell a homeowner that he's being considered for a loan modification, while another says the house is being foreclosed upon, she says.
"People can't get a straight answer," White says. "They don't have a single point of contact."
Private student loans Some college students turn to private education loans before taking full advantage of consumer-friendly federal loans. Graduates can end up saddled with more debt than necessary.
Pauline Abernathy, vice president with the Institute for College Access & Success, suggests a quick fix: The CFPB should require schools to certify private loans.
Schools now certify federal loans to determine how much students are eligible to borrow. By certifying private loans, schools could make sure that students have exhausted federal aid first, Abernathy says.
Promoting financial literacy also is part of the bureau's mission. Consider creating a crash course for high school juniors or seniors that would explain financial aid. It should teach students the difference between federal and private loans, and advise them not to take on more debt than their chosen career would be able to support.
Credit report disputes We don't know how often errors occur in credit reports that damage a credit score and lead to the consumer being denied credit or paying more for it. Studies by consumer groups found serious mistakes appeared in one-quarter of reports. A study financed last year by the credit reporting industry said less than 1 percent of reports contained such mistakes.
But even a small percentage of errors can affect millions. The CFPB should assure that reports are accurate and errors easily fixed.
Credit bureaus now generally have 30 days to investigate a complaint. They also must forward "all relevant information" to the creditor that furnished the disputed material. But the National Consumer Law Center in Boston says this information is typically boiled down to a numerical code that may include a sentence or two about the consumer's complaint.
If the creditor doesn't respond in time, the disputed item must come off the report. But it can reappear if the creditor later — without showing proof — says the disputed information is true, consumer advocates say. Consumers unhappy with the outcome can tell their side of the story in a 100-word statement in their credit files.
"No one looks at a 100-word statement anymore. Everything is a score," says Ruth Susswein, spokeswoman with Consumer Action. "They need to create a real dispute system."
Debt collections The Federal Trade Commission received more than 144,000 complaints in 2010 about debt collection, making it No. 2 on the agency's complaint list.
Most of those complaints involve debt collectors repeatedly calling consumers, says Robert Hobbs, deputy director of the National Consumer Law Center.
Consumers have a right under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act to request that the debt collector stop calling them.
"The problem of having a right is needing to know about it," Hobbs says. He suggests that debt collectors be required to inform consumers of this right.
Of course, Mr. Cordray, this is a lot to tackle in two years, given all your other responsibilities. But any assistance will be appreciated by Maryland consumers.


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Olivia Munn speaks out against Groupon circus deals
The Magic Mike star, an outspoken campaigner for elephants, has urged her fans to boycott Groupon after discovering the discount site was offering cut-price promotions for circuses which features animals.
In a letter to Groupon directors, sent on behalf of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), Munn raises her concerns about the treatment of elephants and tigers made to perform in the circus.
She writes, "I was disappointed to learn from PETA that Groupon is promoting deals with circuses that abuse animals and violate the federal Animal Welfare Act. I was even more disappointed to find out that Groupon was made aware of the egregious crimes of specific circuses yet has chosen to continue promoting them anyway.
"I hope you can see that whether you're an animal lover or not, there isn't a good argument for supporting those who mistreat animals. Elephants, tigers, and other animals who are owned or rented and used by these circuses are robbed of everything that is natural and important to them...
"Most of the circuses that Groupon has promoted have been cited for violations of the AWA numerous times, including in the last two years - so promoting them violates Groupon's own policy. Earlier this year, an elephant handler travelling with one of the circuses that Groupon often promotes was arrested on multiple counts of cruelty to animals.
"Please do the right thing and give animals the 'deal of the day' by permanently severing your ties with circuses that use animals. Until you take this action, I will refuse to purchase deals from Groupon and urge all my fans, friends, and family members to do the same."


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Alcatraz, a former Federal penitentiary and a sacred site for the Indigenous Muhwekma Ohlone Native American Tribes, is currently administered by the Department of the Interior. Through a political process, be it an initiative, an act of Congress or direct purchase of the island, we have the means and opportunity to transform Alcatraz Island into a Global Peace Center ..... a Global Peace Creative Arts and Ecological Center
The choice is simple, do we really want an old and decaying prison to continue to be a prominent landmark for the San Francisco Bay Area, or do we want to take this opportunity to create a New Alcatraz, one which will mark a new emerging paradigm committed to progressive, enlightened values ?!
San Francisco, the Geneva of the West and a major center for the rapidly emerging Pacific Rim community of nations, is ideally suited for this majestic and noble project. From the signing of The United Nations Charter to the present day peace movement, San Francisco, the City of St. Francis, has a storied history as a progressive center for spiritual enlightenment, environmental awareness, and an engaged socially conscience populace and business community.
The economic benefits of our proposed 21st century majestic, visionary project will be immensely positive. The New Alcatraz, a place of light, beauty and freedom will become an artistic, educational and spiritual mecca which will attract millions of people from all over the world who will thoroughly enjoy being Inspired, Delighted, Healed and Enlightened (see also Coalition/Alliances)
IN SUMMARY: The Alcatraz Conversion Project is both a challenge and a golden opportunity to initiate a tremendous community project, one which has the potential to positively transform the energy of the entire Bay Area and the world and thus catalyze a Global Renaissance.Through this process we will re-consecrate Alcatraz Island as a sacred site, and thus acknowledge the Native American people, while simultaneously giving birth to a new and peaceful paradigm for all humanity. Learn More
The Opportunity Is Here..The Choice Is Ours To Make
"Where There Is Vision , We, The People Prosper
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Origin #1 (Jetlag Cartoons):
Karatti is another of Flogg's Mutant Warriors, and was one of the first Mutants to fight He-Man after the Mutants finally broke through the shield. Although he seemed to be quickly dispatched by He-Man on their first encounter, Karatti gained the upper hand later when he challenged He-Man in hand to hand combat. Using his karate training and agility, he was able to knock He-Mans Sword Of Power from his hands, and might have bested him in combat if not for the intervention of the Primus gardener, Grot. Karatti also put up a good fight against Hydron in the Quagmi Swamp, with the Galactic Guardian having to move quickly to avoid Karatti's powerful strikes. Karatti seems loyal and dedicated in his work, when he noticed a Mutant trooper had not saluted Flogg on the Mothership, he demanded that the trooper show his leader the proper respect. Thanks to Karatti's observation, the trooper was in fact revealed to be He-Man in disguise. When the Mutants occupied Primus, Quakke reported to Flogg that Karatti had been victorious in conquering the underwater city of Serus.
Origin #2 (MOTUC Bios):
Karatti has a head as hard as the rocks of the desert region of Denebria where he lives. Unfortunately for the other evil mutants, he also possesses as much brain as one of the rocks. Although armed with a laser axe, it is the terrible bone-crushing karate blows that make him so fearsome. Fortunately for the Galactic Protectors, he is as cowardly as most of the other inhabitants of Denebria and will only attack those whom he knows to be weaker than himself. He gladly allied himself with Skeletor who offered promises of power and wealth to all who aided him in mutiny against the Horde. Karatti uses his combat moves to fight the Galactic Protectors
Commentary (Clawful94): Karatti's prototype name was Crystoll, and he was supposed to be a crystal creature. Some comicbooks used the character with the name Karatti but the original appearance, before the toy with the definitive appearance was released. Karatti was voiced by Ted Cole, in the "New Adventures Of He-Man" cartoon.
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This is a true love story. One that started when the Bride and Groom met in the second grade. But it wasn't until the Seventh grade that they officially fell in love and, as the saying goes, the rest is history. Grab a front row seat to these Bald Head Island nuptials captured by Light Cannon Films. It's a Nicholas Sparks novel come to life and is sure to give you alllll the feels.
From Light Cannon Films... Nicholas Sparks himself could not write a love story so perfect. Sammie & Tyler met in 2nd grade, fell in love in 7th grade, and have been going steady ever since. They have been coming to Bald Head Island together with their families every year since that time, so it only seemed appropriate, or as her bridesmaids said, "full circle," to exchange their vows on the island, beginning a new chapter in this perfect love story. It seems the weather is always perfect on Bald Head and this day was no exception. The warm sunshine is complemented by the ocean breeze, and the flora and fauna are breathtaking, making each direction you turn your gaze a scene fitting for a postcard. In addition, we got to work with some of our favorite vendors while feeling like we were on vacation.


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Louisiana residents will spend about 13 percent more for a home-cooked Thanksgiving meal this year compared to last, a survey shows.
Louisiana residents will spend about 13 percent more for a home-cooked Thanksgiving meal this year compared to last, a survey shows.
Dinner for 10 will cost Louisiana residents an average of $44.35, the LSU AgCenter says.
"That's an increase of $5.16 from last year's Baton Rouge average of $39.19 �— or an increase of 13.2 percent," AgCenter family economist Jeanette Tucker said in a news release.
The Louisiana survey is based on an American Farm Bureau Federation shopping list that includes turkey, stuffing, sweet potatoes, rolls with butter, peas, cranberries, a relish tray of carrots and celery, pumpkin pie with whipped cream and beverages of coffee and milk, all in quantities sufficient to serve a group of 10.
The cost of a 16-pound turkey, at $18.45, or roughly $1.15 per pound, reflects an increase of 29 cents per pound or a total increase of $4.58 per whole turkey.
"This is the largest contributor to the overall increase in the cost of the 2012 Thanksgiving dinner," Tucker said, adding that the latest U.S. Department of Agriculture numbers show that prices at the farm level for turkey are up about 5 percent in 2012 from 2011.
"This is likely a function of the much higher grain prices we have seen primarily as a result of the drought in 2012. The higher grain prices have definitely increased the costs of production for raising livestock, and it may be getting reflected in higher animal prices" said Kurt Guidry, LSU AgCenter agricultural economist.
Fuel costs are about 3.5 percent higher than last year, which is also likely reflected in the higher food prices, he said.
Other items showing a price increase this year include one gallon of whole milk, $4.54 (up 11 cents); 30-ounce pumpkin pie mix, $2.84 (up 15 cents); 3 pounds of sweet potatoes, $2.86 (up 20 cents); and 12 ounces of cubed stuffing mix, $2.15 (up 79 cents).
Five items show a price decrease, including a 12-ounce bag of fresh cranberries, $2.39 (down 11 cents); 12-ounce brown and serve rolls, $2.22 (down 13 cents); 16-ounce frozen green peas, $1.50 (down 32 cents); 8 ounces of whipping cream, $1.62 (down 15 cents); and two 9-inch pie shells, $1.92 (down 37 cents).
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Archiv:GDG Vienna
- 1 What is GTUG?
- 2 Next Event
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What is GTUG?
Google Technology User Group Vienna is a group for people interested in using or developing with Google technologies. We meet in the evenings on last or next-to-last Tuesday of each month. Sometimes we have bigger events like hackathons and we're generally interested in finding new formats of events. We're not affiliated with Google, nor we are a Google fan club. Hacks and critisim are very welcome! We're constantly looking for local developers to speak on our meetups. If you work on the project that you think could be interesting to share with others, feel free to come over and talk about it!
Stay posted
Subscribe to our mailing list to become a member: http://groups.google.com/group/gtug-vienna
Check our blog for updates: http://www.gtug.at
Follow @gtugvienna.
Next Event
March 27, 2012
- Starts at 19:00
- The go-start web framework by Erik Unger
Previous Events
February 21, 2012
- Get into Android game development by Gabriel Grill
- Protocol buffers by Harald Schilly. Sample code
January 24th, 2012
- Google Apps Script Hackathon
- Apps Script introduction by Nicolas Garnier, Google Developer Advocate.
- The winner - Gogles by Alex Steiner and Gabriel Grill.
November 29, 2011
- Go2GTUGat: Go visits gtug.at, by Harald Schilly
- Google Fuckups Roundup by 108247278178090416113
October 29, 2011
- Google Chrome Hackathon
- The winner - Announcify by Tom Tasche and team.
- First prize was a Samsung Series 5 chromebook donated by GTUG organizers team.
October 25, 2011
- Building Chrome Extensions using GWT by TomTasche
- Report from Google Developer Day Prague by Fabian Topfstedt
- Programming the Web with Native Client by Joseph Mangan
September 27, 2011
- Android Open Accessory Kit Hands-On by Helmuth Breitenfellner
- Google+ API by Gerwin Sturm
- Secrets behind a Button: Youtube image stabilization algorithm by Harald Schilly
August 23, 2011
- Pushing Poetry using App Engine's Channel API (slides, demo, code) by Fabian Topfstedt
- Introduction to Apps Script by Sergii Kauk
July 26, 2011
- Android Renderscript by Helmuth Breitenfellner
- HTML5 Features by Constantin Hofstetter
- Hope for wrong and forgotten Bobs by Harald Schilly
May 10-11, 2011
- Google IO Extended: live streaming event from Google IO conference in Sektor5.
March 31, 2011
- GWT Framework + Example App: "Computer Assisted Lecture Scheduling" (by Harald Schilly)
- slides (from a previous talk), MongoDB + Morphia, MVP4G Framework, better than GWT's internal MVP stuff
- Code: https://bitbucket.org/schilly/gtug-vienna-gwt
February 12, 2011
- Google App Engine, its (Python) APIs and how we use it (e.g. on http://www.dctp.tv) (by Fabian Topfstedt)
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It all started in late 2003 over a plate of nachos. We, the two founders, were commiserating together over our corporate jobs when the conversation migrated to our new-found passion…our babies. We both had just entered the new world of fatherhood and were keenly focused on all the "gear" we acquired to care for our children – strollers, car seats, cribs, and of course…the diaper bag. We both were frustrated in our quest to find a diaper bag that inspired us. Neither of us wanted to carry mom's flowery diaper bag, but our search for something masculine and functional was futile. So, as dads are known to do, we decided to fix the problem and set out to design some dad gear.
We spent a year and a half developing ideas and countless prototypes. From the very beginning, we knew we wanted our gear to be synonymous with quality, style, and superior function. And, as we became more experienced fathers, we leveraged our knowledge to design helpful features that would make life easier for other parents out there. Finally, in Spring 2005, DadGear® was officially launched.
Today, the DadGear® brand offers an extensive line of parenting products – all designed for dads, by dads. We remain dedicated to our original design principles with every product we develop, and customers around the world have come to trust the DadGear® brand.
Quality – We use high quality hardware, zippers, fabrics, and webbing so your DadGear® products will last far beyond diapering years.
Style – Our goal for DadGear® products is not just neutral or non-feminine, but a masculine style that reflects who we are – guys who take pride in caring for their kids. We've worked hard to ensure that our products don't look like diaper bags; they simply look like great bags and jackets.
Superior Function – As fathers and parents ourselves, we understand your needs and we are focused on incorporating features that make parenting easier. You will find tons of functionality packed into all our bags and apparel. From our "hands free" styling to our convenient baby wipes dispensing window, you'll wonder how you ever lived without DadGear® features.
At DadGear®, we continue to grow and improve our line of products. We always welcome your feedback and invite you to send us email or pictures anytime. Thank you for the opportunity to supply you and your family with outstanding diaper bag products!
Scott Shoemaker & John Brosseau
Founding Partners


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Six things that have consumers buzzing in the world of beer, wine and spirits as we head into the weekend:
1. Drinking With Merriam-Webster: F-Bombs and Craft Beer: In recent years, craft beer has grown from the domain of beer geeks to become a consumer staple. This year, the folks at Merriam-Webster Dictionary have taken notice. Craft beer is one of the new words being incorporated into their 2012 edition. Merriam-Webster defines craft beer as: "a specialty beer produced in limited quantities." Another word joining the modern lexicon: "F-Bomb." Maybe "Hop Bomb" is in line for 2013.


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PROSSER – In keeping with the theme of "Candlelight Christmas" at this month's Lower Valley Christian Women's Connection meeting in Prosser, Darien Parsons told those in attendance about the lights in her life.
Parsons said she met her husband when she was just a teenager. She was smitten at the young age of 16 and married her sweetheart once she graduated from high school.
Her husband was the light of her life, supporting her dream of becoming a mother as she supported his dream of becoming a farmer.
The couple purchased a small farm near Parkland shortly after they were married. On that farm, they began raising their family.
After having a few children of their own, the couple decided to become foster parents.
Parsons said she began thinking about taking the children to a nearby church, which she said was much like one you might see on a postcard.
After attending services, the pastor decided to visit her home, introducing her to another form of light.
The pastor, said Parsons, asked if she had a Bible. She was proud of the Bible she owned because she received it as a child and it was in pristine condition.
"Now, we are going to open it," the pastor told Parsons.
She said he told her about the gift of Christ, showing her Bible verses. He told her that the gift is hers if she chose to accept it.
Illustrating the point, Parsons recalled the pastor saying a gift of flowers from her husband isn't hers unless she chooses to accept it.
That is when Parsons chose to accept the gift God gave her.
"It wasn't long before my husband knew who Jesus was, too," said Parsons.
She said the family became more involved in the church. Her husband drove the Sunday school bus that doubled as a classroom. She began teaching the children about the gift of salvation in that bus.
When it was time to build a larger church, the Parsons helped with the effort, all the while being inspired by the light of the children.
One of the youngsters shared a newfound confidence. He was no longer afraid of the dark because he had the light of Jesus, said Parsons.
In time, the Parsons' had another child of their own and the couple purchased a larger farm.
When her husband decided it was time to retire, Mrs. Parsons recalls, "He said, 'Now you can go to work'."
She had learned sign language, having two granddaughters who are deaf.
Those skills provided Parsons the opportunity to work with children who were deaf. So, she began working as a substitute teacher. The work was rewarding because Parsons was able to share her light with her students.
Parsons said there are many areas in life when people need the light. That message was made clear to her when she fell down the stairs to her basement one night.
"I struggle with patience," she told the Christian women.
Parsons said she had expected her husband to fix the door to the basement, but he hadn't. After her fall, he went beyond fixing the door by removing the indoor entrance to the basement.
"We also leave the light on now," said Parsons, stating in every area of her life "…the light drives out the darkness."
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The Miz reveals that the WWE locker room hated him
The Miz was recently interviewed and he spoke about his wrestling career and his upcoming movie The Marine 3 Homefront. Here are some highlights from the interview:
What made him want to get into wrestling:
"My entire life has been on TV, in a way. And you know what's cool? The uh, the fact that people saw the dream right from the beginning. Like, when I was on The Real World, before the Real World, I didn't think I could do anything besides go to college, after college go back to Parma, Ohio, you get a family, you get a job, and that's what you do for the rest of your life. And, once I got on The Real World, it made me realize that I could do anything I wanted. So I went back to Parma, I looked myself in the mirror, I remember looking at myself in the mirror and like right next to me on the shelf was a Rock, The Rock, action figure. And I was like, "What do you want to do with your life?" and I saw the thing and I was like, "I've always loved WWE, I want to be a WWE superstar." So I moved to Los Angeles, started training in the independents while doing all those challenges that everyone saw. And at the challenges I was like, "I'm the Miz, I'm the Miz! WWE…can you look me up?"
What his WWE debut was like:
"For a year I was in developmental territory, until I was debuted in Portland, Oregon at the Rose Garden Center as the host of Friday Night Smackdown. They wanted me to be the Ryan Seacrest of the WWE. And I was like, you know growing up as a kid, watching Ultimate Warrior and Hulk Hogan, I never dreamed of wanting to be the Ryan Seacrest of the WWE. But, you know what, I'll take whatever I can get."
How he was treated once he made it to Smackdown:
"The fans hated me, because WWE is like a fraternity. The locker room hated me. Nobody liked me because I was from a reality show, and I had to earn respect. And that's what I set out to do. I set out to earn respect from not only the WWE Universe, not only the locker room, but everybody. And uh, everyone said I'd be fired within three months. Here I am today, sitting in front of you, 2013, a person that's main evented WrestleMania, has been WWE Champion, 2 time United States Champion, Intercontinental Champion, 4 time Tag Team Champion, 2 Time Slammy Award Winner, and now starring in a WWE Studios film, The Marine 3 Homefront."


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A History of Philippine-American Relations
Patricio N. Abinales
An enduring resilience characterizes Philippine–American relationship for several reasons. For one, there is an unusual colonial relationship wherein the United States took control of the Philippines from the Spanish and then shared power with an emergent Filipino elite, introduced suffrage, implemented public education, and promised eventual national independence. A shared experience fighting the Japanese in World War II and defeating a postwar communist rebellion further cemented the "special relationship" between the two countries. The United States took advantage of this partnership to compel the Philippines to sign an economic and military treaty that favored American businesses and the military, respectively. Filipino leaders not only accepted the realities of this strategic game and exploited every opening to assert national interests but also benefitted from American largesse. Under the dictatorship of President Ferdinand Marcos, this mutual cadging was at its most brazen. As a result, the military alliance suffered when the Philippines terminated the agreement, and the United States considerably reduced its support to the country. But the estrangement did not last long, and both countries rekindled the "special relationship" in response to the U.S. "Global War on Terror" and, of late, Chinese military aggression in the West Philippine Sea.
American Environmental Policy since 1964
Richard N. L. Andrews
Between 1964 and 2017, the United States adopted the concept of environmental policy as a new focus for a broad range of previously disparate policy issues affecting human interactions with the natural environment. These policies ranged from environmental health, pollution, and toxic exposure to management of ecosystems, resources, and use of the public lands, environmental aspects of urbanization, agricultural practices, and energy use, and negotiation of international agreements to address global environmental problems. In doing so, it nationalized many responsibilities that had previously been considered primarily state or local matters. It changed the United States' approach to federalism by authorizing new powers for the federal government to set national minimum environmental standards and regulatory frameworks with the states mandated to participate in their implementation and compliance. Finally, it explicitly formalized administrative procedures for federal environmental decision-making with stricter requirements for scientific and economic justification rather than merely administrative discretion. In addition, it greatly increased public access to information and opportunities for input, as well as for judicial review, thus allowing citizen advocates for environmental protection and appreciative uses equal legitimacy with commodity producers to voice their preferences for use of public environmental resources.
These policies initially reflected widespread public demand and broad bipartisan support. Over several decades, however, they became flashpoints, first, between business interests and environmental advocacy groups and, subsequently, between increasingly ideological and partisan agendas concerning the role of the federal government. Beginning in the 1980s, the long-standing Progressive ideal of the "public interest" was increasingly supplanted by a narrative of "government overreach," and the 1990s witnessed campaigns to delegitimize the underlying evidence justifying environmental policies by labeling it "junk science" or a "hoax."
From the 1980s forward, the stated priorities of environmental policy vacillated repeatedly between presidential administrations and Congresses supporting continuation and expansion of environmental protection and preservation policies versus those seeking to weaken or even reverse protections in favor of private-property rights and more damaging uses of resources. Yet despite these apparent shifts, the basic environmental laws and policies enacted during the 1970s remained largely in place: political gridlock, in effect, maintained the status quo, with the addition of a very few innovations such as "cap and trade" policies. One reason was that environmental policies retained considerable latent public support: in electoral campaigns, they were often overshadowed by economic and other issues, but they still aroused widespread support in their defense when threatened. Another reason was that decisions by the courts also continued to reaffirm many existing policies and to reject attempts to dismantle them.
With the election of Donald Trump in 2016, along with conservative majorities in both houses of Congress, US environmental policy came under the most hostile and wide-ranging attack since its origins. More than almost any other issue, the incoming president targeted environmental policy for rhetorical attacks and budget cuts, and sought to eradicate the executive policies of his predecessor, weaken or rescind protective regulations, and undermine the regulatory and even the scientific capacity of the federal environmental agencies. In the early 21st century, it is as yet unclear how much of his agenda will actually be accomplished, or whether, as in past attempts, much of it will ultimately be blocked by Congress, the courts, public backlash, and business and state government interests seeking stable policy expectations rather than disruptive deregulation.
American Indian Activism after 1945
Bradley Shreve
American Indian activism after 1945 was as much a part of the larger, global decolonization movement rooted in centuries of imperialism as it was a direct response to the ethos of civic nationalism and integration that had gained momentum in the United States following World War II. This ethos manifested itself in the disastrous federal policies of termination and relocation, which sought to end federal services to recognized Indian tribes and encourage Native people to leave reservations for cities. In response, tribal leaders from throughout Indian Country formed the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) in 1944 to litigate and lobby for the collective well-being of Native peoples. The NCAI was the first intertribal organization to embrace the concepts of sovereignty, treaty rights, and cultural preservation—principles that continue to guide Native activists today. As American Indian activism grew increasingly militant in the late 1960s and 1970s, civil disobedience, demonstrations, and takeovers became the preferred tactics of "Red Power" organizations such as the National Indian Youth Council (NIYC), the Indians of All Tribes, and the American Indian Movement (AIM). At the same time, others established more focused efforts that employed less confrontational methods. For example, the Native American Rights Fund (NARF) served as a legal apparatus that represented Native nations, using the courts to protect treaty rights and expand sovereignty; the Council of Energy Resource Tribes (CERT) sought to secure greater returns on the mineral wealth found on tribal lands; and the American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC) brought Native educators together to work for greater self-determination and culturally rooted curricula in Indian schools. While the more militant of these organizations and efforts have withered, those that have exploited established channels have grown and flourished. Such efforts will no doubt continue into the unforeseeable future so long as the state of Native nations remains uncertain.
Andrew Jackson and US Foreign Relations
J.M. Opal
The foreign relations of the Jacksonian age reflected Andrew Jackson's own sense of the American "nation" as long victimized by non-white enemies and weak politicians. His goal as president from 1829 to 1837 was to restore white Americans' "sovereignty," to empower them against other nations both within and beyond US territory. Three priorities emerged from this conviction.
First, Jackson was determined to deport the roughly 50,000 Creeks, Cherokees, Choctaws, Chickasaws, and Seminoles living in southern states and territories. He saw them as hostile nations who threatened American safety and checked American prosperity. Far from a domestic issue, Indian Removal was an imperial project that set the stage for later expansion over continental and oceanic frontiers.
Second and somewhat paradoxically, Jackson sought better relations with Great Britain. These were necessary because the British Empire was both the main threat to US expansion and the biggest market for slave-grown exports from former Indian lands. Anglo-American détente changed investment patterns and economic development throughout the Western Hemisphere, encouraging American leaders to appease London even when patriotic passions argued otherwise.
Third, Jackson wanted to open markets and secure property rights around the globe, by treaty if possible but by force when necessary. He called for a larger navy, pressed countries from France to Mexico for outstanding debts, and embraced retaliatory strikes on "savages" and "pirates" as far away as Sumatra. Indeed, the Jacksonian age brought a new American presence in the Pacific. By the mid-1840s the United States was the dominant power in the Hawaiian Islands and a growing force in China. The Mexican War that followed made the Union a two-ocean colossus—and pushed its regional tensions to the breaking point.
Antimonopoly in American Politics, 1945–2000
Daniel Scroop
Antimonopoly, meaning opposition to the exclusive or near-exclusive control of an industry or business by one or a very few businesses, played a relatively muted role in the history of the post-1945 era, certainly compared to some earlier periods in American history. However, the subject of antimonopoly is important because it sheds light on changing attitudes toward concentrated power, corporations, and the federal government in the United States after World War II.
Paradoxically, as antimonopoly declined as a grass-roots force in American politics, the technical, expert-driven field of antitrust enjoyed a golden age. From the 1940s to the 1960s, antitrust operated on principles that were broadly in line with those that inspired its creation in the late 19th and early 20th century, acknowledging the special contribution small-business owners made to US democratic culture. In these years, antimonopoly remained sufficiently potent as a political force to sustain the careers of national-level politicians such as congressmen Wright Patman and Estes Kefauver and to inform the opinions of Supreme Court justices such as Hugo Black and William O. Douglas. Antimonopoly and consumer politics overlapped in this period. From the mid-1960s onward, Ralph Nader repeatedly tapped antimonopoly ideas in his writings and consumer activism, skillfully exploiting popular anxieties about concentrated economic power. At the same time, as part of the United States' rise to global hegemony, officials in the federal government's Antitrust Division exported antitrust overseas, building it into the political, economic, and legal architecture of the postwar world.
Beginning in the 1940s, conservative lawyers and economists launched a counterattack against the conception of antitrust elaborated in the progressive era. By making consumer welfare—understood in terms of low prices and market efficiency—the determining factor in antitrust cases, they made a major intellectual and political contribution to the rightward thrust of US politics in the 1970s and 1980s. Robert Bork's The Antitrust Paradox, published in 1978, popularized and signaled the ascendency of this new approach.
In the 1980s and 1990s antimonopoly drifted to the margin of political debate. Fear of big government now loomed larger in US politics than the specter of monopoly or of corporate domination. In the late 20th century, Americans, more often than not, directed their antipathy toward concentrated power in its public, rather than its private, forms. This fundamental shift in the political landscape accounts in large part for the overall decline of antimonopoly—a venerable American political tradition—in the period 1945 to 2000.
The Asian American Movement
Daryl Joji Maeda
The Asian American Movement was a social movement for racial justice, most active during the late 1960s through the mid-1970s, which brought together people of various Asian ancestries in the United States who protested against racism and U.S. neo-imperialism, demanded changes in institutions such as colleges and universities, organized workers, and sought to provide social services such as housing, food, and healthcare to poor people. As one of its signal achievements, the Movement created the category "Asian American," (coined by historian and activist Yuji Ichioka), which encompasses the multiple Asian ethnic groups who have migrated to the United States. Its founding principle of coalitional politics emphasizes solidarity among Asians of all ethnicities, multiracial solidarity among Asian Americans as well as with African, Latino, and Native Americans in the United States, and transnational solidarity with peoples around the globe impacted by U.S. militarism.
The movement participated in solidarity work with other Third World peoples in the United States, including the Third World Liberation Front strikes at San Francisco State College and University of California, Berkeley. The Movement fought for housing rights for poor people in the urban cores of San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York City, Seattle, and Philadelphia; it created arts collectives, published newspapers and magazines, and protested vigorously against the Vietnam War. It also extended to Honolulu, where activists sought to preserve land rights in rural Hawai'i. It contributed to the larger radical movement for power and justice that critiqued capitalism and neo-imperialism, which flourished during the 1960s and 1970s.
Asian Americans and the Cold War
Madeline Y. Hsu
The global political divides of the Cold War propelled the dismantling of Asian exclusion in ways that provided greater, if conditional, integration for Asian Americans, in a central aspect of the reworking of racial inequality in the United States after World War II. The forging of strategic alliances with Asian nations and peoples in that conflict mandated at least token gestures of greater acceptance and equity, in the form of changes to immigration and citizenship laws that had previously barred Asians as "aliens ineligible to citizenship."1 During the Cold War, shared politics and economic considerations continued to trump racial difference as the United States sought leadership of the "free" capitalist world and competed with Soviet-led communism for the affiliation and cooperation of emerging, postcolonial Third World nations. U.S. courtship of once-scorned peoples required the end of Jim Crow systems of segregation through the repeal of discriminatory laws, although actual practices and institutions proved far more resistant to change. Politically and ideologically, culture and values came to dominate explanations for categories and inequalities once attributed to differences in biological race. Mainstream media and cultural productions celebrated America's newfound embrace of its ethnic populations, even as the liberatory aspirations inflamed by World War II set in motion the civil rights movement and increasingly confrontational mobilizations for greater access and equality.
These contestations transformed the character of America as a multiracial democracy, with Asian Americans advancing more than any other racial group to become widely perceived as a "model minority" by the 1980s with the popularization of a racial trope first articulated during the 1960s. Asian American gains were attained in part through the diminishing of barriers in immigration, employment, residence, education, and miscegenation, but also because their successes affirmed U.S. claims regarding its multiracial democracy and because reforms of immigration law admitted growing numbers of Asians who had been screened for family connections, refugee status, and especially their capacity to contribute economically. The 1965 Immigration Act cemented these preferences for educated and skilled Asian workers, with employers assuming great powers as routes to immigration and permanent status. The United States became the chief beneficiary of "brain drain" from Asian countries. Geometric rates of Asian American population growth since 1965, disproportionately screened through this economic preference system, have sharply reduced the ranks of Asian Americans linked to the exclusion era and set them apart from Latino, black, and Native Americans who remain much more entrenched in the systems of inequality rooted in the era of sanctioned racial segregation.
Communist Party USA, 1919 to 1957
James R. Barrett
The largest and most important revolutionary socialist organization in US history, the Communist Party USA was always a minority influence. It reached considerable size and influence, however, during the Great Depression and World War II years when it followed the more open line associated with the term "Popular Front." In these years communists were much more flexible in their strategies and relations with other groups, though the party remained a hierarchical vanguard organization. It grew from a largely isolated sect dominated by unskilled and unemployed immigrant men in the 1920s to a socially diverse movement of nearly 100,000 based heavily on American born men and women from the working and professional classes by the late 1930s and during World War II, exerting considerable influence in the labor movement and American cultural life. In these years, the Communist Party helped to build the industrial union movement, advanced the cause of African American civil rights, and laid the foundation for the postwar feminist movement. But the party was always prone to abrupt changes in line and vulnerable to attack as a sinister outside force because of its close adherence to Soviet policies and goals. Several factors contributed to its catastrophic decline in the 1950s: the increasingly antagonistic Cold War struggle between the Soviet Union and the United States; an unprecedented attack from employers and government at various levels—criminal cases and imprisonment, deportation, and blacklisting; and within the party itself, a turn back toward a more dogmatic version of Marxism-Leninism and a heightened atmosphere of factional conflict and purges.
Dockworkers in America
Peter Cole
The history of dockworkers in America is as fascinating and important as it is unfamiliar. Those who worked along the shore loading and unloading ships played an invaluable role in an industry central to both the U.S. and global economies as well as the making of the nation. For centuries, their work remained largely the same, involving brute manual labor in gangs; starting in the 1960s, however, their work was entirely remade due to technological transformation. Dockworkers possess a long history of militancy, resulting in dramatic improvements in their economic and workplace conditions. Today, nearly all are unionists, but dockworkers in ports along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts belong to the International Longshoremen's Association (ILA), while the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) represents them in Pacific Coast ports as well as in Hawaii and Alaska (along with British Columbia and Panama). In the mid-1930s, the ILA and ILWU became bitter rivals and remain so. This feud, which has cooled slightly since its outset, can be explained by differences in leadership, ideology, and tactics, with the ILA more craft-based, "patriotic," and mainstream and the ILWU quite left wing, especially during its first few decades, and committed to fighting for racial equality. The existence of two unions complicates this story; in most countries, dockworkers belong to a single union. Similarly, America's massive economy and physical size means that there are literally dozens of ports (again, unlike many other countries), making generalizations harder. Unfortunately, popular culture depictions of dockworkers inculcate unfair and incorrect notions that all dockworkers are involved with organized crime. Nevertheless, due to decades of militancy, strikes, and unionism, dockworkers in 21st-century America are—while far fewer in number—very well paid and still do important work, literally making world trade possible in an era when 90 percent of goods move by ship for at least part of their journey to market.
Federal Indian Law
N. Bruce Duthu
United States law recognizes American Indian tribes as distinct political bodies with powers of self-government. Their status as sovereign entities predates the formation of the United States and they are enumerated in the U.S. Constitution as among the subjects (along with foreign nations and the several states) with whom Congress may engage in formal relations. And yet, despite this long-standing recognition, federal Indian law remains curiously ambivalent, even conflicted, about the legal and political status of Indian tribes within the U.S. constitutional structure. On the one hand, tribes are recognized as sovereign bodies with powers of self-government within their lands. On the other, long-standing precedents of the Supreme Court maintain that Congress possesses plenary power over Indian tribes, with authority to modify or even eliminate their powers of self-government. These two propositions are in tension with one another and are at the root of the challenges faced by political leaders and academics alike in trying to understand and accommodate the tribal rights to self-government. The body of laws that make up the field of federal Indian law include select provisions of the U.S. Constitution (notably the so-called Indian Commerce Clause), treaties between the United States and various Indian tribes, congressional statutes, executive orders, regulations, and a complex and rich body of court decisions dating back to the nation's formative years. The noted legal scholar Felix Cohen brought much-needed coherence and order to this legal landscape in the 1940s when he led a team of scholars within the Office of the Solicitor in the Department of the Interior to produce a handbook on federal Indian law. The revised edition of Cohen's Handbook of Federal Indian Law is still regarded as the seminal treatise in the field. Critically, however, this rich body of law only hints at the real story in federal Indian law. The laws themselves serve as historical and moral markers in the ongoing clash between indigenous and nonindigenous societies and cultures still seeking to establish systems of peaceful coexistence in shared territories. It is a story about the limits of legal pluralism and the willingness of a dominant society and nation to acknowledge and honor its promises to the first inhabitants and first sovereigns.


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LAKE FOREST – No pressure, Jon Bostic.
The Bears drafted you Friday as the likely long-term replacement for Brian Urlacher at middle linebacker. You know, Urlacher, the guy who wore No. 54 for 13 seasons on the lakefront and eventually became one of the best players in franchise history.
That's saying a lot, too, because the Bears have had a bunch of great players.
More specifically, the Bears have had a bunch of great linebackers.
"They have linebackers for days," Bostic said on a conference call after his selection.
Actually, the Bears have linebackers for years. Decades. Coming up on centuries.
Urlacher. Dick Butkus. Mike Singletary. Clyde "Bulldog" Turner. Bill George. George Connor. Wilber Marshall. Otis Wilson. Lance Briggs.
The list goes on and on.
By the way, Singletary and George both were second-round picks, just like you. They're both in the Pro Football Hall of Fame now.
No pressure, kid.
You'll join veterans such as Briggs, D.J. Williams and James Anderson as the newest member of the Bears' linebacker corps. Briggs will turn 33 this winter, Williams will turn 31 this summer, and Anderson will turn 30 this fall.
You'll have an opportunity to win a starting job as a rookie, according to Phil Emery, one of your new bosses. No matter what, you'll be relied upon as a key special-teams player, and you'll be expected to emerge as a starting linebacker before too long.
You were the fourth linebacker to be selected during the second round, following Notre Dame's Manti Te'o to San Diego, LSU's Kevin Minter to Arizona and Oregon's Kiko Alonso to Buffalo. But you stood out, Emery said, because of your football smarts, speed, ability to play three linebacker positions and special-teams prowess.
"He fit the bill," Emery said.
You certainly did well as a four-year member of the Florida Gators, for whom you made all of the defensive play calls. You started 32 of 51 games at middle linebacker and registered 237 tackles, eight sacks, 19 ½ tackles for loss and five interceptions.
You're young – happy 22nd birthday a week in advance – and you're fast, clocking an impressive 40-yard dash time of 4.61 seconds. The Bears badly needed youth and speed at linebacker, although they did consider selecting a cornerback in Round 2.
It appears that your hard-nosed skill set will fit in nicely with the Bears' mentality.
According to a CBS scouting report, you are an "instinctive, physical football player who doesn't back down from a challenge. … Closes with aggression, bringing his hips and driving through the ball-carrier to flash the ability to make the big hit. Seems to enjoy the physicality of the game, rushing to take on fullbacks and pulling linemen. "
That sounds great.
But it's one thing to hit hard in college football – albeit in the SEC, by far and away the toughest conference in the country. It's another thing to square your hips and blast into opponents in cities such as Green Bay and Minnesota and Detroit.
The Bears think you have what it takes.
That's why they selected you at No. 50, ahead of Kansas State middle linebacker Arthur Brown, who went to the Baltimore Ravens six picks later.
It turns out that you have a few things in common with Brown. As you follow Urlacher, Brown will try to follow in the footsteps of a legend named Ray Lewis.
"I know it's going to take a lot of work," Bostic said.
We'll check back in a decade or so to see how it's going.
No pressure.
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I've been working on MyFirstTheme, which has resulted in me changing xfce themes frequently as iteratively I discover what I did wrong.
Every few theme-changes, all my Terminal windows (regardless of workspace) will lose a column and a row. I've seen the windows go from 80x64 down to 40ishx20ish after playing with theme ideas for an evening.
Any ideas why this might be happening, or ideas on how to stop it from happening?
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Also, I'm blanking on how to generate a message to resize a window. (This is what happens when I don't use X as a primary platform for 10 years.) Is there a way to tell the app (or the window manager) to resize the window to an arbitrary geometry? Creating an accel to do that would be a good-enough solution.
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Fedora 18, Xfce 4.10, Terminal 0.4.8 . Although I experienced the same behaviour on Xfce 4.2.1 on CentOS 6.4 (I'm not sure which Terminal version that was; I blew the system away when I switched to Fedora).
I've noticed the same behaviour in the past. wmctrl has an option to resize windows.
I'm currently in the midst of writing a wrapper script to go around wmctrl to resize windows back; the problem is that it will have to be a hack.
As far as I can tell, there is no way to tell a window to do a resize based on character size (i.e. resize to n rows and m columns). wmctrl only works on pixels (and is broken in a number of annoying ways; like gravity is documented to take a string, but only takes an integer and what it does with it, I've not been able to tell.)
My script is very, very hackish and brittle. In order to calculate window size, I'm comparing the WN_CLASS (from xprop) with a list of known terminal programs (xterm, aterm, Terminal, etc.), attempt to grep a font from ~/.config/<app name>/*, finding the font file with fc-match, using perl Font to query width-per-character, doing Math, adding in the frame size from xwininfo, and viola.
Which is great when it works, and spectacular when it doesn't.


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The Hydra: Bugged Out Presents Night Slugs with Bok Bok, L Vis 1990, Jam City, Girl Unit, Soundstream / 15th Dec / XOYO London
The final month of The Hydra kicks off with Bugged Out present Night Slugs on Saturday 15th December, which showcases the London imprint's finest talents and one of their personal heroes. The special guest this time around is Disco enthusiast Soundstream who's remarkable edits and sample-laden cuts have seen the Panorama Bar affiliate build up a repertoire of buy-on-site releases that bring back hazy memories of yesteryear. Label-heads Bok Bok and L-Vis 1990 are known for their genre-defying sets that can range from Garage to Techno to early UK Grime and have been known to go back to back for hours on end. Jam City's recent Classical Curves LP has seen the producer come into his own both technically and musically whilst Girl Unit has been playing around with live 808's and synthesizers by the sounds of his latest Club Rez EP so don't surprised if he drops the odd Prince tune in his set.
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Kendall Williams scores 44 as No. 16 New Mexico beats No. 22 Colorado State 91-82
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FORT COLLINS, Colo. – Kendall Williams sank a Mountain West Conference record 10 3-pointers on his way to a career-high 46 points and No. 16 New Mexico ended No. 22 Colorado State's 27-game home-court winning streak 91-82 Saturday.
Alex Kirk added 19 points and 10 rebounds for the Lobos (23-4, 10-2), increased their lead in the conference race to two games over the Rams (21-5, 8-4).
Colton Iverson had 26 points and 15 boards for the Rams, who looked like they were going to move into a first-place tie atop the standings after taking a 70-64 lead at the 6-minute mark.
Williams, who had been on the bench with four fouls, returned and hit three 3s during a 14-2 run that gave New Mexico a 78-72 lead.
His 10 3-pointers broke the conference mark of nine set by several players, most recently UNLV's Chace Stanback against Central Arkansas on Dec. 28, 2011.


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BOILING SPRINGS, N.C. (March 2, 2006) - In a contest that saw ETSU score a season-low 19 first-half points, going scoreless for the first 13 minutes of the game, the Lady Bucs lost to Gardner-Webb, 74-50, Thursday evening in Paul Porter Arena. The Runnin' Bulldogs improve to 12-15, 11-9 in Atlantic Sun play with the second with of the season over the Lady Bucs, who fall to 17-9, 13-6 in conference.
ETSU was abysmally shaky from the tip, turning the ball over in its first three possessions and five of its first seven. ETSU would record 19 turnovers on the half, and 26 on the game. The Lady Bucs couldn't convert when they kept ahold of the ball either, failing to get on the board until B.J. Banjo (Baltimore, Md.) drained a pair of free throws with 14:09 remaining. ETSU continued to struggle from the field, however, going 0-for-16 from the floor before Kelly Turman (Atlanta, Ga.) swished a jumper at the 7:08 mark.
Taking advantage of ETSU's dry spell, Gardner-Webb shot out to a 13-0 lead by the 14:19 mark.
The ETSU offense then picked up for a spurt, with the Lady Bucs tallying 13 points in the next 2:19, and cutting the GWU advantage to 20-15 with 4:49 to go. The Lady Bucs' attack went dormant for the rest of the half, as GWU ended the frame on a 14-4 run to take the 34-19 lead into the locker room.
ETSU shot a dreadful 17.9 percent from the field in the first period, going 5-for-28 from the field and 0-for-8 from behind the arc. The Lady Bucs got more than half their first half points at the free throw line, making 9-of-10 attempts. Brooke Wilhoit (Sevierville, Tenn.) led the squad at the line with a perfect 5-for-5 showing.
The Lady Bucs' stone-cold shooting continued in the second frame, with ETSU finishing the game at just 27.3 percent, and a season-low 5.9 percent from three-point range. ETSU was only able to connect on 17-of-62 attempts on the night. GWU led by as many as 29 during the second period.
The Runnin' Bulldogs put four scorers in double figures with Sequenta Blackman leading the way with 16. Candyse Kelly netted 13, while Shameka Smith and Jessica Bryant had 12 and 11, respectively. GWU shot 46.2 percent from the field and 40 percent from long range.
Banjo was the lone Lady Buc to score double digits, netting 14 points, 12 in the second half. Candace Gibson (Warner Robins, Ga.) posted a game-high 11 boards, to go along with seven points.
The Lady Bucs complete the North Carolina swing on Saturday, traveling to Buies Creek to meet Campbell. Game time is slated for 1 p.m. in the Lady Bucs' final contest of the regular season.


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Google tells me that there are women out there named Cimberly. Cimberly is meant to be a variant of Kimberly, but when I see it, I can't force myself to say anything but Simberly.
That's because the pronunciation of the letter C depends upon the letter that follows. When C is followed by E, I or Y, it's typically soft (cell, city, cyst). Otherwise, it's hard (cat, cot, cut).
Same with names. Carson, Cordelia and Curtis have hard C's; Cecilia, Cindy and Cyrus have soft C's. (The only exceptions I can come up with are Irish names like Cillian and Ciara.)
If you want to personalize a name that features the letter C, be careful. You don't want to turn Caleb in Celeb, or Cassie into Cissie. (Caleb might like the change, but I don't think Cassie would appreciate it.)
And if you substitute a C for a K or an S without considering what letter comes next, you run the risk of turning Kent into Cent, or Sage into Cage. Or Kimberly into Cimberly.


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-, 32, died January 27, 2013. She was the wife of Steven J. Gould.
Born in Providence, she was a daughter of John M. and Dianne S. (Bellisle) Donaghy. Jessica was a clinical research coordinator with the Asthma and Allergy Physicians of RI and had formerly been employed at Roger Williams Hospital.
She was the beloved mother of Steven Michael Gould and Donna-Rae Anne Gould; sister of Jason M. Harris; and granddaughter of Fernande M. Bellisle.
Her funeral service will be held Saturday at 11 a.m. in the Thomas & Walter Quinn Funeral Chapel, 2435 Warwick Ave., Warwick with a visitation Saturday 10-11 a.m. Information and condolences, visit TheQuinnFuneralHome.com.
R.I.P So sorry for your loss


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|System: PSP
|Dev: Square Enix/ Hexadrive
|Pub: Square Enix
|Release: March 29, 2011
|Players: 1
|Screen Resolution: 480p
|Blood, Partial Nudity, Strong Language, Violence
by Steve Haske
After waiting eleven years for a sequel to Parasite Eve II, The 3rd Birthday is not exactly the game I was expecting. That's a hard sentence for me to write—the weight of my personal history with Parasite Eve alone almost betrays my hand. I've long grown used to Japanese developers' penchant for paper-thin-psycho-anime-style sci-fi storylines in games, and learned to take them with a grain of salt.
And yet T3B's narrative is so nonsensical and uneven it leaves me at a loss for words. It almost feels more like a side-story than a true Parasite Eve 3. Aya's character is more or less completely different, as are the world, the characters, and the game's design, and the slowly unraveling narrative feels disconnected, almost jarringly so at times. Though the game has its reasons and it begins to resemble the sequel to PE II that it actually is by the end, fans looking for a linear progression in the same vein of the first two games will most likely be disappointed with T3B's fragmentary progression. Basically it has the designs to be a sprawling epic narrative, but is generally undermined every step of the way, making it hard to ever connect with anything that's going on. I don't remember the last time a game continually jerked me around from "Oh, that kind of makes sense," to "WTF?" and back again so many times, but so it is with The 3rd Birthday.
However, let me be clear: I am not saying that I don't enjoy T3B. It's still a fun game. Its execution just leaves something to be desired. As it stands, the game plays sort of like Resident Evil 4, only with an auto-aim button and an interesting body-snatching mechanic ripped from Prototype (or Square's own Mindjack, if you prefer). Essentially Manhattan has been laid to waste by mutated species called the Twisted, and Aya, a member of a government counter-insurgence agency created to deal with the problem, has to leap back in time in order to prevent certain future events from happening using an ability called Overdive. Overdive doesn't actually send Aya back to the past, but rather sends her consciousness there, temporarily inhabiting the body of whoever she's possessing at the moment. This makes up the basis of combat: Aya can overdive at any time into any adjacent NPC, which can give translate into an advantage in battle, given that when you overdive you inherit that NPC's health, weaponry, and vantage point. Overdiving into enemies is Aya's other major skill, which implodes them from inside before sending Aya's consciousness back to the last NPC she was in.
What works well with overdive is how Square hasn't skimped on its usage. The Twisted are quick and agile, and often attack in large groups—in fact game battles get so intense that if you're not constantly on your toes, you can easily die in a matter of seconds. Make no mistake, even on normal difficulty T3B requires a lot from its players, and expects you to pick up the mechanics of battle quickly with what at first appears to be a relatively steep learning curve. However, overdive is always key. By quickly jumping from ally to ally (generally the only NPCs you find are military personnel brought it to deal with the monsters), you can maintain distance between you and your target, something that becomes absolutely essential in the latter half of the game. You may often find yourself using soldiers as bait for monsters before leaping out and attacking the Twisted from behind, which despite its moral dubiousness, is a handy tactic to employ in certain cases. Still, the game is highly challenging—almost unfairly so at times, given certain situations with respawning enemy points, not to mention all the game's action taking place in real-time—so if you're expecting an easy time of things, you're going to have your hands full here.


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inspired by the recent thing on the ask roseville! I just couldn't resist and I think this will be one of my new OTP.
Hopefully I'll be doing more fan art!
Ooo this is lovely :3
I wonder how many layers you used on the eyes...
3, maybe...
Well he looks rather proud.
Yeeees more art of this wonderful pairing~
I love this pair soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo much so this pic is just making cry from joy
We need more JordanxHaley. Forever. ; -;
This is a nice style and well drawn but IMO it's ruined by the too-smooth shading style that looks fake like the burn tool for some reason
Do things flat shaded OR pick accent colours for your shading and I think you will be doing excellent-tier stuff


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Debby Gillet is a talented dog groomer who has been blessed with many gifts.
Debby Gillet is a talented dog groomer who has been blessed with many gifts.
The Swansea entrepreneur admits that she has a "knack for handling difficult dogs" and uses her skills and expertise, as well as a lot of love and patience, to bathe and clip canines that have been abused or have less than desirable temperaments. Other canine customers are elderly or physically challenged and require special treatment.
"I groom dogs that no other groomer wants to handle," Gillet begins, adding that veterinarians and other pet stylists from all over Southern New England refer dogs to her salon, Spot Wash Groomers, where she has clipping away for 20 years.
Gillet was inspired to become a dog groomer by a veterinarian who treated her family pet, an unruly Lhasa apso named Schneider, many years ago.
"He was tough," Gillet recalls. "I had to groom him myself. I started with a pair of sewing scissors."
After taking the vet's advice and studying with an experienced groomer in Rhode Island, Gillet set out on her own and quickly developed a reputation for managing problem dogs and reassuring tense owners.
"What makes them happy is what we do," Gillet reveals, adding that her prescription for success includes calming fearful dogs by talking to them and offering the pooches healthy dog cookies and toys. The dogs are never sedated and muzzles are seldom used at the salon.
The knowledgeable stylist and the volunteers who help at the salon emphasize that a visit to the groomer should always be an enjoyable experience.
While most dogs are groomed on a table covered with a comfortable mat, Gillet also grooms some fearful dogs "at their own level" sitting on a large rug or on the floor.
Gillet doesn't believe in keeping a dog stuck in a cage all day waiting for its owner to return. Most dogs are ready to return home in two or three hours.
When a dog isn't being groomed, the animal can rest in a towel-lined crate that has an open door that allows the canine to walk around the enclosed grooming area, choose from a pile of colorful toys, enjoy a snack and brush up against Gillet's legs.
"When they are here, they think I'm 'Mommie,'" Gillet says, laughing. "If a dog has an accident, we have paper towels. It's no big thing."
The animal expert notes that it's also important for owners to maintain their pet's coats between grooming appointments. Gillet urges them to brush or comb their canine's coat several times a week to prevent painful mats from developing, and to keep the coat free of debris that can become imbedded in the dog's skin and cause serious infections.
According to the seasoned professional, the economy has hurt most pet groomers. Many pet owners now space out appointments over several months instead of several weeks. Gillet emphasizes that poor canine hygiene can affect the animal's health and recommends that dogs should be groomed every six to eight weeks.
Groomers, she tells, can spot fleas and other parasites, as well as ear infections and small, potentially harmful tumors and cysts that owners often fail to observe when casually brushing a dog or when grooming isn't a priority.
Gillet readily admits that there are only two breeds she won't groom — labradoodles, because they have too much coat, and soft coated wheaten terriers that are too lively and usually can't stand still for a haircut, no matter how much talking she does to pacify the animal.
While many of Gillet's canine customers are Lhasas, she often grooms shih tzus, Maltese, Japanese chins and other small breeds.
"I like it too much," Gillet reveals when asked if she'll ever retire. "It's become second nature."
For more information, call Gillet at (508) 677-0119.