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Pella Christian High's Eagles have had a rough go on the volleyball court the past week.
Their home opener Tuesday was a battle on the court. Visiting Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont's Rockets claimed the win, 25-20, 25-17, 21-25, 25-11.
Pella Christian played five matches in three days, going 1-4 last week. They lost to host Johnston High last Thursday, then traveled again on Saturday to the Ames High Invitational.
The Eagles went into Saturday's tournament with a new lineup because of injuries.
Lauren Jungling, right-side hitter, and defensive specialist Julia Dykstra sprained ankles during the Johnston match on Thursday. Pella Christian lost its starting libero, Morgan De Ruiter last Monday night to a shoulder injury. Andrea Horstman had ACL surgery last Tuesday.
"We are the walking wounded or the wounded warriors, but still fighting," said Cindy Nikkel, Eagle head coach.
Pella Christian is 2-5 overall. The Eagles are at home again next Tuesday in their Little Hawkeye Conference opener against Dallas Center-Grimes.
At home against EBF, Becca Gritters pounded down 13 kills and came up with nine digs. Gritters also had one service ace. Abby Pleima was credited with 17 set assists and 16 digs. Alyssa Starkey came up with 15 digs and had one service ace.
Hannah Beltman and Logan De Graaf each delivered five kills and two block assists at the net. Laura Nicholson had two kills and two block assists. Christa Veenstra put up one solo block and one block assist, plus had one kill.
Last Thursday, the Eagles lost to host Johnston 25-14, 25-14, 25-14. Gritters had four kills. Dykstra had four digs before going out with a sprained ankle.
Ames Invitational
In pool play Saturday, Pella Christian lost 21-13, 21-17 to Urbandale, dropped a 21-6, 21-13 to 2012 Iowa Class 4A state champion Charles City. The Eagles chalked up a 21-13, 21-13 win over Des Moines East.
Veenstra led the Eagles against Urbandale with three kills and one block assist at the net, plus going 4-for-4 from the service line with one ace. Starkey, Pleima and Beltman each had two kills. Pleima was credited with eight set assists and Beltman had three block assists. Andrea De Bruin had five defensive digs while Starkey, Pleima and De Graaf each had four digs.
In the Charles City match, Gritters delivered two kills and De Graaf had one stuffed block. Pleima made four set assists and had three digs.
Starkey paced the Eagles in digs in the win over Des Moines East with 11. Pleima served up six aces, going 16-for-18 serving. She also put up 11 set assists and had six digs. Gritters pounded down seven kills, served one ace and had four digs. De Graaf had seven digs, three kills and a solo block.
Pella Christian went into the consolation bracket in Saturday's tournament and lost a tough one to Dallas Center-Grimes. DCG pulled out a 20-25, 25-21, 15-11 win over the Eagles.
The Eagle's net attack was led by Gritters with 10 kills and one sole block. De Graaf had five kills and Nicholson had four kills. Beltman had three block assists while Nicholson and Pleima each had two block assists.
Pleima had a double-double on the volleyball court against Dallas Center-Grimes. She had 17 set assists and 12 digs. Starkey put up 10 digs and De Graaf had eight digs. From the service line, Veenstra was 13-for-19 with two aces. De Graaf, Pleima and Starkey each had one service ace.

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Leicester 9-5 Toulouse, Heineken Cup
Leicester dig deep to edge out Toulouse
January 20, 2013
Leicester's Niall Morris is denied a try in the corner
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Leicester battled to a 9-5 victory over Toulouse in their crucial Heineken Cup clash at Welford Road on Sunday to book a place in the quarter-finals and send the four-time champions into the Amlin Challenge Cup.
The Tigers will be away to Jonny Wilkinson's Toulon in early April, where the weather should be considerably warmer than on an Arctic east midlands afternoon when Toulouse saw their hopes of a fifth European title plunged into cold storage.
Fly-half Toby Flood was the Leicester matchwinner, making light of punishing conditions by kicking three penalties, while Toulouse marksmen Lionel Beauxis and Luke McAlister crucially missed five shots at goal between them.
Flood, though, could have gone from hero to villain when he was sin-binned by referee George Clancy for a deliberate knock-on 12 minutes from time, but the Tigers held out by showcasing all their trademark resilience.
Toulouse wing Yann Huget scored the only try in a Pool Two encounter dominated by the incessant wintry weather, with Leicester ultimately joining their Aviva Premiership colleagues Harlequins and Saracens as quarter-finalists alongside Toulon, Munster, Ulster, Clermont Auvergne and Montpellier.
It was the first time since 2007 that Toulouse failed to progress from their group as Leicester thwarted them on the back of Flood's goalkicking accuracy and mighty contributions from forward warriors like Louis Deacon, Tom Youngs and Julian Salvi.
Leicester, unbeaten at Welford Road in the Heineken Cup since Munster beat them more than six years ago, suffered a late injury blow when their England centre Manu Tuilagi withdrew due to an ankle problem. Matt Smith replaced him.
One other change from the side held 15-15 by the Ospreys last weekend saw number eight Thomas Waldrom replace Jordan Crane as Tigers looked to avoid making a fourth pool stage exit in the past six seasons.
Toulouse had only missed out on the tournament's knockout phase three times since it began in 1995, and they paraded a stellar starting XV skippered by Thierry Dusautoir.
But it was Leicester who flew out of the blocks, going within inches of claiming a fifth-minute try after wing Adam Thompstone's searing midfield break.
Thompstone found his fellow wing Niall Morris on the overlap, but Morris lost control of the ball under pressure from Vincent Clerc's tackle as he attempted to touch down. Tigers, though, gained a penalty from the resulting scrum, and Flood found his range for an early 3-0 advantage.
Ground-staff added to the surreal conditions by sweeping the touchlines to keep them clear of snow, and an eventful opening quarter saw Beauxis miss two penalties in four minutes before Leicester flanker Steve Mafi went off injured.
Mafi pulled up like a sprinter when he damaged his hamstring chasing a kick, and Crane joined the action as Toulouse continued to enjoy territorial dominance. But the visitors then wasted a third penalty chance after McAlister took over from Beauxis, only to hit the post from just 30 metres out and allow Leicester another let-off.
Both teams displayed admirable ambition on a treacherous surface, and Toulouse thought they had posted the game's opening try five minutes before half-time. No.8 Louis Picamoles scattered the Leicester defence through a powerful run, but Tigers just got enough defenders around him to make any try ruling inconclusive and television match official Simon McDowall ruled in their favour.
Toulouse felt aggrieved, and Flood was in no mood to offer any sympathy, booting a superb penalty from just inside his own half that meant Leicester enjoyed a 9-0 interval advantage.
The visitors needed an early second-half score to get themselves back in the contest, and it arrived after 49 minutes when Tigers full-back Mathew Tait suffered a nightmare moment in defence.
McAlister sent a steepling kick in Tait's direction, and when he fumbled it Huget reacted quickest to slip and slither his way over for a try that slashed Leicester's lead.
Huget's touchdown cranked up the tension for a capacity 24,000 crowd, and with a result guaranteed in event of an abandonment once the game passed its 60-minute mark, the closing quarter promised no let-up.
Flood's yellow card meant frayed nerves, yet Leicester sealed the deal when Deacon and Geoff Parling combined to steal a 78th-minute lineout on Toulouse's throw and the Tigers could start their celebrations.
Leicester boss Richard Cockerill was understandably delighted with his side's performance. "It was a game when it was almost easier to play without the ball," Tigers rugby director Cockerill told Sky Sports 2. "They missed some kicks at goal, and to be fair to Toby he kicked that one just before half-time to give us a nine-point cushion.
"The effort at the end, those last two minutes with the crowd on their feet, they are magic moments. This team wants to make its own history. This club has a rich history and there is a lot said about players in other eras. Today, this team knocked Toulouse out of the Heineken Cup. We won a really tough pool, the players should be congratulated for that and we should get some credit for that."
Skipper Deacon said: "We had to dig deep towards the end - fair play to the lads. It was absolutely freezing out there. We needed it, we were at home and we don't lose many at home. The crowd was absolutely amazing, they backed us all the way, and we probably wanted it more in the end."
Looking ahead to his side's quarter-final trip to Jonny Wilkinson's Toulon, Cockerill said: "You would prefer to be at home, but we have got to get past Toulon. They are an immense side, a fantastic team. It is going to be a huge event for us and another huge day in Tigers' history."
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First we have The Register, who finds that openSUSE 11.0 has a 'Mactastic' shine.
Provided the name Novell doesn't send you running for the free software hills, OpenSUSE 11 is an easy-to-use distro and worth a closer look.
Linux.com's Susan Linton also has nothing but praise for openSUSE 11.0. She concludes:
As many point-0 releases, 11.0 does have bugs and rough edges. I experienced a few, and others are likely to be reported in the upcoming weeks. For the most part, the ones I encountered were insignificant, not showstoppers.
Overall, 11.0 is a commendable release. The developers have done an admirable job walking that fine line between stable and bleeding edge. If you like the latest software or wish for a nice usable KDE 4, then openSUSE 11.0 is for you. If you're completely happy with 10.3, well, perhaps you might want to wait for further reports.
Last but not least, Ars Technica took a quick look at openSUSE 11.0 and the KDE4 variant it comes with, and came to the conclusion that openSUSE 11.0 delivers the best implementation of KDE4 currently available.


text: 2017 tax reform update The draft law for tax reform in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg is submitted to the Parliament (Chambre des députés) Tax Update Share this 8 AUG 2016 By: Geoffrey Scardoni On 26 July the draft law N° 7020 (the Draft Law) was submitted by the Luxembourg Government to the Parliament regarding the upcoming tax law changes. The Draft Law aims at enhancing competitiveness, promoting fairness and favouring the internationally agreed standards. Both corporate and individual taxpayers, direct and indirect taxes are going to be affected by the Draft Law. The most significant tax measures that impact on corporate taxpayers are highlighted below: Corporate income tax rate The corporate income tax rate should be decreased from 21% to 19% in 2017 leading to the reduced aggregate corporate income tax rate from 29.22% to 27.08% (in Luxembourg City) and to 18% in 2018 which would result in the aggregate corporate income tax rate of 26.01% (in Luxembourg City) accordingly. The corporate income tax rate would be decreased from 20% to 15% for companies with a taxable basis inferior to EUR 25,000, which would result in an aggregate corporate income tax rate of 22.80% (in Luxembourg City). As of 2017, companies having a taxable income between EUR 25,000 and EUR 30,000 would be subject to a tax charge amounting to EUR 3,750 plus 39% of the taxable income above EUR 25,000. As of 2018, the tax rate to be applied on the taxable income above EUR 25,000 would be 33%. Minimum net wealth tax The minimum net wealth tax will be increased from EUR 3,210 to EUR 4,815 for holding and finance enterprises if the amount of fixed financial assets, transferable securities and cash at bank exceeds 90% of their total assets and EUR 350,000. Special net wealth tax reserve The rules relating to the constitution of the special net wealth tax reserve would be modified. The constitution of a special net wealth tax reserve to reduce the new wealth tax charge for a determined year would have to be agreed upon the allocation of the result for the previous fiscal year. The net wealth tax reserve should be booked no later than at the end of the year for which the tax charge reduction is requested. Tax losses carried forward As from 1 January 2017 tax losses carried forward would be subject to a limited period of 17 years. The earliest tax losses would be deducted first. Tax losses incurred before 2017 would not be affected by the new tax legislation and would be carried for an unlimited duration. Exchange gains The exchange gains neutralization regime that is currently applicable only to some of the legal entities under the tax law regulation would be extended to all Luxembourg companies. Taxpayers would have to file a written request in order to benefit from the possibility to neutralize exchange gains on assets denominated in a foreign currency. The request should be submitted no later than 3 month before the end of the first financial year as from which the possibility to neutralize exchange gains is expected. The request for the fiscal year of 2016 should be filed before 1 July 2017. Deferred amortization regime Taxpayers would be allowed to defer the deduction of the annual amount of depreciation of an asset. The unused depreciation amount could be carried forward and used at the latest at the end of the economic life. The use of this option would increase the corporate income tax charge for the fiscal year as well as decrease the net wealth tax charge. Investment tax credits Following the Draft Law, the complementary and global investment tax credits would be increased. The complementary tax credit would be raised from 12% to 13% whereas the global tax credit would increase from 7% to 8% for an investment not exceeding EUR 150,000 and from 8% to 9% for assets which can be amortized in less than 3 years. Tax returns Tax returns for corporate income tax, municipal business tax, and net wealth tax should be electronically filed as from 2017. Penalties Penalties for inadequate information provided in tax returns or non-filing of tax returns should not exceed 25% of the taxes avoided or unfairly reimbursed but should not be inferior to 5% of the taxes avoided or unfairly reimbursed. In the Draft Law the penalty for late filing of tax returns is is increased from approximately EUR 1,240 to EUR 25,000. Registration duty The registration duty of 0.24% regarding notarial deeds on transfer of debt claims would be abolished upon the approval of the Draft Law. Transfer of family owned companies Capital gains on real estate assets related to family owned companies transferred to the next generation should benefit from a tax deferral. This update only summarizes some of the main changes proposed in the draft law. For further information, please contact the author.


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State lawmakers have filed four bills designed to make changes to a program used by farmers to assess their land.
Alamance County leaders don�t support the proposed changes.
Under the present use value program, farmers engaged in horticulture, agriculture, or forestry can apply to have the value of their property on tax records reduced, lowering their property tax bills. Present use value reduces horticulture land value by 85 percent, agriculture land value by 90 percent, and forestry land value by 95 percent.
Senate Bills 511 and 508 were filed on March 27 and are under review in a finance committee. House Bill 586 was filed on April 4 and House Bill 874 was filed on April 11. Both are under review in an agricultural committee in the house.
These four bills, if approved, could potentially erode the property tax bases of counties since more people would be able to qualify for the present use value program and pay property taxes at lower rates than market value. Alamance County leaders discussed earlier this month what the impact of the bills would be if they become law.
Senate Bill 511 is designed to allow those with horses on their land to qualify for the program. Horses are currently exempt. Under Senate Bill 508, ownership of the present use value land would no longer be a consideration. Current ownership requirements reserve the present use value program for individual farmers. If the ownership requirement is removed, then businesses and investment groups could purchase land and be qualified for the program.
House Bill 586 would remove a forestry management plan requirement for commercial tree growers under present use value, while House Bill 874 would reduce the agricultural land minimum requirement for the program from 10 acres to five acres.
Alamance County Farm Bureau President Vaughn Willoughby said the Farm Bureau opposes the bills except for Senate Bill 511. Those raising horse stock for commercial purposes should be allowed to use present use value for their land, Willoughby said.
The forestry management requirement needs to stay intact to provide uniform practices among tree growers while a reduction in the acreage requirements for agricultural land would create a loss in tax revenue for the county because more land would be considered for the program, Willoughby said.
Willoughby said the present use value program�s land ownership requirement should also stay intact. Willoughby said if this requirement is removed then developers could purchase present use value land and hold it for several years paying lower property tax rates with no intention of using it for farming.
The Alamance County Board of Commissioners met with the Farm Bureau earlier this month and discussed the changes. The commissioners discussed it again during a board meeting on April 15. County Manager Craig Honeycutt said the county opposed the four bills.
�Taken together, these four bills would create a tax shelter for businesses and investors owning at least 20 acres of land as well as reducing the taxes on persons with a horse and five acres,� County Tax Administrator Jeremy Akins said. �This is a far cry from the original purpose of the legislation in saving the family farm.�
The present use value program was established in 1973 to reduce the tax burden on small family farms. Akins said farmers require a large amount of land in production of their crops and with the changes in the market for land, assessment at full value would act as a disincentive to continue production.
Willoughby said the Farm Bureau supports the current program and believes it�s a critical tool for farmers to use. Those who qualify must be actively using their land for commercial farming and sell at least $1,000 worth of crops from production annually.
When present use value land is sold to a new owner who doesn�t plan to continue farming the land, then the new owner is required to pay market value property taxes for the previous three years prior to the sale, current year market value property taxes, and a 9 percent penalty fee.
Akins said state law requires the county to audit the properties in present use value but for nearly 37 years there was no auditing program in place for present use value.
Commissioner Tom Manning said there have been some abuses of the program that have been recently addressed. In 2010, the county hired Craig Stanley to appraise and audit parcels classified under the program. Stanley has since disqualified parcels that did not meet state standards.
Last year alone, Stanley was able to bring in $150,000 net revenue from his auditing activities. This amount represented a number of parcels that have not qualified for present use value for years but had remained on the books as being present use value.
Honeycutt said if the four bills were approved then the county would likely have to hire more auditors to ensure the present use value program is being used properly.
Alamance County is currently deferring about $2 million in property tax revenues each year due to the program. There are 2,164 parcels of land or 103,079 acres in the county that are currently taxed at present use value.


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Some people who are virulently secular in a Western context seem to have no problem with old Tibet's theocracy. I guess if it's an "enlightened" theocracy in a far away, enchanted land...
The Episcopallian road is easy and wide, for many go through it to find destruction. lol sorry channeling Isa.
VideoDon't know if all the quotes in that video are accurate. And, the Pope would certainly have agreed with many of the quotes attributed to the Dalai Lama. Still an interesting vid, IMO.
Zen Masters are known to occasionally hit people
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Blue Jackets in playoffs, ready to take 'next step'by Steve Hunt
DALLAS -- The atmosphere in the visitors' locker room at American Airlines Center following the Columbus Blue Jackets' playoff-clinching 3-1 win against the Dallas Stars on Wednesday night would best be described as festive yet subdued.
Sure, the Blue Jackets were ecstatic about making the playoffs for the second time in their history, but Columbus, which still has games remaining at the Tampa Bay Lightning on Saturday and the Florida Panthers on Sunday, knows that clinching a spot in the postseason is only the beginning.
For starters, with 91 points, Columbus is tied with the Philadelphia Flyers in the race for third place in the Metropolitan Division; the Flyers have a game in hand. The Blue Jackets are focused on improving their playoff positioning over their final two regular-season games.
"It's a great feeling," Columbus center Brandon Dubinsky said of clinching. "You play this game for the opportunity to win a Stanley Cup, and we've made the first step towards doing that. Only 16 teams make the dance, and we're one of those. Sky's the limit for this group, and I think that should be our goal, and that will remain our goal, and we got to get in there on a high note and make sure when we get there that we're on top of our game."
Blue Jackets coach Todd Richards echoed the sentiments of his players in being elated about punching their ticket into the playoffs, but he too knows the work is only beginning if they are to experience postseason success for the first time in Columbus history.
"Again, it's a great accomplishment for these guys and where they've been, where we were at a year ago in the organization," Richards said. "It's a huge step for our organization, but to me it's just a step, and we're ready to try to take the next step."
Right wing Jared Boll, the longest-tenured Columbus player, is one of several players remaining from the Blue Jackets' only previous trip to the playoffs, which came in 2009 when they were swept in the Western Conference Quarterfinals by the Detroit Red Wings.
Given what Boll, who has been with the Blue Jackets since 2007, has experienced during much of his time in Columbus, it's safe to say he's happy to get another crack at the postseason.
"The first time we made it was awesome. The atmosphere was something like I've never seen it," Boll said. "Just really excited, like I said, for the organization, really excited for the fans in Columbus to get another playoff run here, and hopefully we can stay in it and go far."


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Summer Holiday in Brazil
Cocktails, sunshine, hot people on the beach, major sporting events; the place to be in the Summertime over the next few years is Brazil! This piece adds some South American flavour to your work.
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This article provides the information on "Recimg.exe command for creation a recovery WIM image is no longer available on new Windows based Tablets".
A previous recovery option on all Windows based tablets was removed via the Window 8.1 update that added "WIMboot" option.
The WIMboot option allows for Windows 8.1 installations in a much smaller portion of the Solid State Drive (SSD) creating more available storage space on tablets with smaller storage drives. (Installations of Windows 8.1 that took over 20 GB now can be installed in less than 8GB using WIMBoot.)
Once the WIMboot option was added by Microsoft, it was recommended to all OEM manufacturers to remove the recimg.exe image creation option.
The Dell solution to use Dell Backup and Recovery (DBAR) to create a recovery USB key or use external HDD for the external image creation.
You can also use the Microsoft Technet Library solution to create WIMBoot images by clicking this link.
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The purpose of public access to the Internet is to provide a tool or information resource to be used to fulfill the Library's mission of promoting intellectual freedom, life-long learning, and the enhancement of cultural and leisure activities.
In order to provide access to as many users as possible, the Library may place time constraints on the use of Library equipment.
The Library does not monitor and has no control over the information accessed through the Internet and cannot be held responsible for its content. The Internet is a global entity with a highly diverse user population, and library patrons use it at their own risk.
Just as the Library does not restrict access to other material forms and formats, we cannot refuse access to Internet content that someone else may deem objectionable. The principals of intellectual freedom that apply to the traditional library also apply to the modern electronic access library.
As with other Library materials, restriction of a child's access to the Internet is the responsibility of the parent or legal guardian. The Library cannot control or monitor information accessed through the Internet and does not accept responsibility for the accuracy of its content. The Library does not act in place or in absence of the parent and is not responsible for enforcing any restrictions with a parent or guardian may place on a minor's use of this resource.
To ensure parental approval of internet access, all youth under the age of majority must have a signed permission slip on file at the library in order to use the internet. This form must be renewed annually and must be signed in the presence of a library staff person.
Parents: Please review this policy on internet use rules with your children.
Computers at Mellinger Memorial Library are NOT filtered. Patrons are responsible for their own internet using behavior including chatting, instant messaging, gaming, etc. Any patron who is misbehaving or misusing the computers or the internet (intentionally damaging the computers, abusive language or pictures, software piracy, unauthorized use, attempts to learn the password of other users, and destruction or alteration of data belonging to other users) will lose internet privileges. All Library patrons requesting to use the computer must verify that their account is in good standing by presenting their library card at the circulation desk each time they sign up to use an internet station. Patrons who owe $2.50 or more in fines or fees or who have outstanding overdue items on their card may not use the internet. Length of use is limited to 30 minutes at a time if someone is waiting and a total of 2 hours per day. That time limit may be extended by the librarian if no one else is waiting. The number of persons per station is limited to two. There is a 10/25 cent charge for each page printed from the internet. Patrons may be bumped by the next user if necessary ( a need for homework or to print) at the librarian's discretion.
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To prevent viruses from infecting the library computer system, no "outside disks" may be used on the computers in Mellinger Memorial Library.
If a patron wishes to back up material from a computer on which s/he has been working, the library will sell a disk to the patron from our supply. The disk will then remain here in the library.
A charge of $.50 per disk applies to discs that are taken home; however, this disc cannot be brought back to the library.


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If the U.S. economy goes over the "fiscal cliff," bonds will remain a safe haven, Sean Egan of Egan-Jones Ratings Company said Thursday on CNBC.
"The assumption is that the U.S. has incredibly deep pockets, and even if it's downgraded a notch or a couple notches, it's still the safest place to be of all the alternatives in the developed market," he said on "Futures Now."
One potential headwind could come from interest rates starting to ratchet up once the economy picks up, but Egan said that wouldn't happen for another 12 to 18 months.
"I think there's a lot of tension being worked out," he added. "The biggest difficulty right now is the developing currency war whereby Japan is trying to devalue their currency over the next six months so they can help their export sector, and Europe is using massive monetary policy to help the weaker countries."
Tokyo is expected to push for stimulus and move toward weakening the yen in order to boost exports.
Egan cautioned against piling into the trade.
"I think you have a lot of things happening at once," he said. "I don't think the conclusion is that you can go into long-term Treasuries."
Investors would likely wait for less uncertainty before they move forward, Egan added.
As for the so-called "fiscal cliff," the series of tax hikes and spending cuts to take effect Jan. 1 if Washington lawmakers fail to reach a budget agreement, Egan said it was likely a deal would be struck in mid-January or later.
"Keep in mind that this is a prelude to a much bigger deal later in 2013, and it also reflects an ideological clash whereby the Republicans believe in lower taxes, lower government expenditures, and the Democrats believe in a redistribution of wealth and a fairer society," he said. "It's a much bigger deal than the one we're faced with right now."
Egan also said he believed that yields on 10-year Treasury notes would be higher next year.
"I think they'll probably be slightly higher because the economy will be better off," he said. "Housing is improving, and that is a major driver for economic growth. You look at most industries, they've improved over the past 12 months."


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Lunch On-the-Go: Cool Thermoses to Keep Food Hot
A good thermos makes practical sense if your office or cafeteria doesn't have a microwave, but we also find them handy for warming up spontaneous fall picnics, afternoon soccer practice, and weekend car trips. Here are five models that are as stylish as they are practical!
1. Classic Thermos - For sheer quality and dependability, you can't beat the classic Thermos-brand thermoses! We're glad to see they've updated their design selection since our dad's plaid-patterned thermos. ($27.99 from Thermos)
2. Alfi Spider Vacuum Flask - Besides being eye-catching, the webbing on the outside of this thermos would make it easy to grip and open while wearing mittens! ($46.00 via Amazon.com)
3. Sagaform Petite Stainless Steel Vacuum Bottle - We'd be hard-pressed to choose between these two bottles. We like the matte finish and cute patterns on both of them. ($16.95 from Wrapables)
4. Stanley Classic Vacuum Bottle - If you like the industrial look, this one is for you! The handle on the side would also make it easy to carry and pour. ($33.98 from Amazon.com)
5. Senja Vacuum Bottle - Made of stainless steel, the subtle curves on this thermos give it an elegant appeal. ($19.99 from Target)
Do you use a thermos?
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Style # 205733
With a slight shimmer and lightweight fit, this bebe sweater is a cool casual piece with a hint glam. Try it with a pair of wet leggings, a statement necklace and embellished heels for a quick after-dark outfit.
- 80% rayon, 10% spandex, 10% metallic.
- Center back to hem: 26" (66 cm).
- Dry clean.
- Made in USA.
- Model is 5'9" and is wearing a US size S.
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Rated 5 out of 5�by sbrya28 Very nice glitzy top! I purchased this in a size Small. My first thoughts on this top when I saw it was that it looked too long in the back. When I tried it on however, my mind changed quickly. The top hits the backside area perfectly, not too long or short for a hi-lo top. Plus I love the gold metallic threading, very trend-forward. This looks great with either black coated jeggings, or gold skinny jeans. November 17, 2012
Rated 5 out of 5�by Riahosein I love it This sweater fits really good looks very sexy with legging but the only not so good is the material itches November 6, 2012
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Toulon hope to convince Wilkinson to play on
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January 20, 2013
Toulon owner Mourad Boudjellal welcomes Jonny Wilkinson to the club back in 2009 © Getty Images
Toulon owner Mourad Boudjellal is hoping that fly-half Jonny Wilkinson will shelve any retirement plans he has and sign a new deal with the Top 14 giants.
The 33-year-old's current deal is set to expire at the end of the season with widespread speculation and the club's recruitment plans for the next campaign suggesting he is poised to call time on his career. Wilkinson himself insists he will not make a decision on his playing future until next month but comments from Boudjellal hint that he accepts it will be a battle to convince the former England international to extend his career.
"I am meeting Jonny soon to have talks with him. I will not hide from you that the subject is very delicate," Boudjellal is quoted as saying by The Rugby Paper. "When you have a legend in your squad, you want to push back as far as you can the moment you make a statue of him.
"At his age (33), it is still a little early to make a statue of Jonny. I think he easily has another season in his legs. Now it is up to him to decide whether he will still be an active player on June 30."
Wilkinson, whose side are pushing for both Top 14 and Heineken Cup glory this season, has enjoyed a rich vein of form since moving from the Premiership to France's top division in 2009 and despite having retired from international rugby following the 2011 Rugby World Cup, he has his eyes on what would be a third British & Irish Lions tour later this year.
The injuries that plagued much of Wilkinson's career before his switch have also been few and far between with the Mediterranean a clear elixir, but Boudjellal fears the game has still taken its toll. "I am not in his head and his body," he said. "I cannot feel his pains. But, if he needs any help to make his decision, I will be there to talk about it."
Wilkinson is adored in Toulon and even if he decides to hang up his boots, Boudjellal wants him to remain a feature at the Stade Felix Mayol - and not just as a statue. "If Jonny were unhappily to stop, he could take any place he wants at the heart of the club," insisted Boudjellal. "Jonny is such a perfectionist that, whatever he wants to do, he will inevitably be the best."
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Reordering of boxes
- RS 14:46, 20 March 2006 (EST): I reordered the content of the boxes. Basically, I think the lab links, shared resources and community news are probably the things people should see as soon as they get to the page. There are a few more things I would like to do but need to figure out how to do them. (Where is the css file that defines the div id's?)
- Reintroduce the meta section. I like the meta section more than the toolbar at the top. I'm in favor of a shortened Meta section with links to about, how to join, getting started and the community portal. (partially done, needs to be shortened)
- Move the support OWW graphic to the side bar under toolbox (as many others have suggested previously).
- Austin 14:52, 20 March 2006 (EST): MediaWiki:Monobook.css
- Kathleen 14:53, 20 March 2006 (EST): Definitely like the current and proposed changes. I'd also suggest moving the Resources so it is the left-most section in order to emphasize the community a bit more than the individual labs. Eventually, I hope we can just have a link to another page that lists the labs (as I think someone else suggested previously), but for now I think the list of labs helps to validate the usefulness of the site.
- RS 15:11, 20 March 2006 (EST): Agreed. Requires a bit more formatting changes I think since the lab list is longer than the resource list right now.
- Austin 15:24, 20 March 2006 (EST): I'm in favor of renaming the Meta section if we keep it. Meta doesn't mean anything to me.
- Kathleen 15:26, 20 March 2006 (EST) I wholeheartedly agree!
- Kathleen 15:26, 20 March 2006 (EST):Also, I was helping someone find something on our lab page starting from the main page the other day. This person's instinct was to click "MIT" rather than "show" to find the lab. Do people think we should remove the links to institution websites to avoid this issue? Potentially, we could move the lab pages to institution pages (and have a link to the institute website there) and just leave the institution names on the front page. I know this has been a recurring topic of discussion, and I'm not sure if it makes sense to do this yet.
Page editability
- Austin 09:23, 16 March 2006 (EST): Some thoughts on making this and other pages normal user editable. Having started to play with the site-wide css, that seems like the most logical way for controlling the display. If we could convert all the formatting to use css (instead of tables), that would make it much more easy to control in one place the general appearance of many pages. Secondly, it would make the source of the front page much cleaner. I don't know if there's any issues right now with us assuming that everyone will be using the monobook skin, but I doubt we want to support multiple skins right now. Another idea: instead of having a long front page with everything on it, it might make sense to have a Labs page with all the labs and then just include it from the main page. This will allow us to link directly to the Labs page if we want and it'd be easier to tell people to add their labs to that page. The same for other categories. In fact, if we want to go even one step farther, we could have a page per school, include that from the Labs page, which gets included into the main page.
- Jennyn 10:11, 16 March 2006 (EST): Creating individual pages is a good idea to keep source code neat and consistent, however, I really like that all the information is packaged on one page. Navigating through multiple pages is sometimes tedious, and it's fun to be able to see everything at once. I may have misunderstood your idea, however, a possible sample on Main_Page_v2 might help us get a grasp of what you'd like to implement? I'm not very familiar with css, but if it makes code neater and easier, I'd like to give it a try!
- Austin 11:03, 16 March 2006 (EST): ok I removed all font elements from v.2 page and put it into css. It's not exactly the same as the original but it's close.
- Austin 12:01, 16 March 2006 (EST): For the other thing of splitting out into separate pages, we could then protect the main page, and prevent things like this from happening: http://openwetware.org/index.php?title=Main_Page&curid=1&oldid=26251
- Jennyn 12:54, 16 March 2006 (EST): Yeah, that sounds cool. What about limiting main page editability to sysop or admin? I think this is how wikipedia protects their main page.
- Austin 13:35, 17 March 2006 (EST): I've moved lots of the formatting stuff into css and separated real content into separate pages. Thus, all that's left on Main Page v2 is layout stuff (page code reduced by about a third).
Community News Module
- Jennyn 17:37, 15 March 2006 (EST): I've added a toolbar and incorporated the Community News to the main table. Let me know what you think .
- RS 19:41, 15 March 2006 (EST): What about (1) moving the community news section above the Resources and Support sections since that is the part that will be changing more rapidly and (2) swapping the resources and groups section. Personally, I care more about the resources on OWW than the groups, but perhaps that's just me. I am just trying to put the most important stuff towards the top of the page so that people don't have to scroll to see it. Also, although I like the icons for getting started, community portal etc. I think they are a bit light in color. Perhaps a dark outline of the icons would make them stand out more?
- RS 19:51, 15 March 2006 (EST): Also why have a home button on the main page? Or are we using the same header on several pages? I would rather delete the home icon and link and make the remaining ones bigger and possibly aligned within the columns. And we might want dark blue lines above and below as with the highlights. Also, I should say that I am not entirely convinced that the Meta section should be removed from the Main Page. I kind of think that section is more important than the banner we request that people put on their home pages. I feel like the strong OWW supporters (i.e. those willing to put the banner on their homepage) will find it off the OpenWetWare:Community Portal. Feel free to ignore these suggestions of course!
- BC 20:11, 15 March 2006 (EST): I agree, I'd prefer to see Meta section stay. Maybe the horizontal "Join OWW" logo could be put into the default Skin to the left of the "Powered by Mediawiki" logo, that way it would show up on every page while not being intrusive.
- BC 20:11, 15 March 2006 (EST): I would prefer not to put community news higher up, my personal feeling is that it isn't updated sufficiently regularly to keep it interesting since its done manually and I think that its important function can be done by the highlights section.
- BC 20:16, 15 March 2006 (EST):I agree with Reshma's points regarding the toolbar. I also wonder if these links aren't better off staying on the sidebar. If we could make the sidebar prettier or more prominent I think that would be preferrable to adding more text to the page itself. My general preference is to minimize the amount of code we have wherever possible. If we could get those little icons on the sidebar that would be sweet, they're rather cute:)
- Austin 21:16, 15 March 2006 (EST): I added some of the green icons to the sidebar. If we can get icons for them all, that might look cool. Either follow the css code in MediaWiki:Monobook.css or revert it.
- Jennyn 21:53, 15 March 2006 (EST): All these sound good. This trial was just an attept to address the following requests:
- moving the new section so that it can be seen.
- doing something about the about section because it is exactly what the spill on the main page says.
- I personally wanted to make some cute icons that can be used for the navigation bar. And now that I know we can make icons for the nav. bar, I'll make icons for those! Yeah!
More formatting changes
- tmt 17:43, 14 March 2006 (EST): What about changing the color of the font as per JenCC? Do we want to do this? And do we want to replace the OWW icon in the corner with the vertical shaking hands DNA? I realize that this probably has to be done on all pages at once...
- Kathleen 17:48, 14 March 2006 (EST): Looks good to me. I say we go with this and make the other changes as we see fit/figure out how to do them. Also, is Jen CC. still tweaking with the logo or is this the final thing? We may not want to do anything too fancy if it's going to be a pain to do it again with the finalized logo.
- RS 18:22, 14 March 2006 (EST): I've pulled Ty's and Kathleen's comments up to the top so that people would see them. In terms of the font color, I don't feel strongly either way. And we should definitely replace the icon in the corner with the vertical shaking hands emblem. But I think Kathleen is right, we want to wait til the final iteration until we do. I know that Tom added a few more comments to the OpenWetWare:Logo and Promo Poster Discussion but I am not sure if the logo is essentially frozen at this point. I'll defer to Ty on this one.
Post new color scheme
In favor:
- Jasonk 15:44, 14 March 2006 (EST): Looks great. I agree with Reshma about highlights bar.
- RS 15:46, 14 March 2006 (EST): I like it too. Though I personally don't think we need the bar saying highlights. I think it is self-explanatory. Probably a thin blue line there is a good idea though just to divide things up.
- Jennyn 15:51, 14 March 2006 (EST): I deleted the Highlights part of the bar. I originally put it there because Barry mentioned that new users might not know what that is, so if any confusion arises, we can always put it back.
- Jgritton 15:54, 14 March 2006 (EST): I like it also. I put the description in bold since it was a bit hard to read the blue text on a white background.
- Jennyn 16:03, 14 March 2006 (EST): Jeff, I changed the color to the purple, bolded the first word, and the font to Tahoma. I think it is easier to read now. Revert back if anyone disagrees.
- Smeister 17:23, 14 March 2006 (EST): Looks great! Excellent job, guys! Can't wait to have this as the front page - it is getting me all excited even though I did not even contribute! :)
- tmt 17:20, 14 March 2006 (EST): I like it. Is there any way to add some white space between the columns? JenCC told me that she feels that this space is very important, and I agree that it does look a lot better (see here). Also, how hard is it to change the skin (or whatever) so that the space around the page is blue like in JenCC's design?
- Jennyn 17:35, 14 March 2006 (EST): I added the space between the modules. I'm not sure how to add them just between the columns, though. And if anyone has access to change the skin, let us know!
- tmt 17:43, 14 March 2006 (EST): What about changing the color of the font as per JenCC? Do we want to do this? And do we want to replace the OWW icon in the corner with the vertical shaking hands DNA? I realize that this probably has to be done on all pages at once...
- Kathleen 17:48, 14 March 2006 (EST): Looks good to me. I say we go with this and make the other changes as we see fit/figure out how to do them. Also, is Jen CC. still tweaking with the logo or is this the final thing? We may not want to do anything too fancy if it's going to be a pain to do it again with the finalized logo.
- Jennyn 17:55, 14 March 2006 (EST): When I get a go that this is JenCC's final logo, I'll change it to this and then we can continue to modify it as we need to (i.e. the current emblem needs to be removed). Can we add the new emblem to all the other pages and not the main page?
- Jennyn 18:06, 14 March 2006 (EST): Nevermind, I was too excited and just changed it. Plus, there's a large consensus for posting. If we have any other revisions, they can be made accordingly.
- BC 20:22, 15 March 2006 (EST): I like the new color scheme including the blue of the default Skin. I really like the way the corner logo blends from white to blue. My only concern is that the blue can clash with the color's people use on their group pages. Here are some options to deal with this, not sure what is best.
- "We're biologists, we don't care if colors clash."
- Make the blue "less blue" so it blends in better with group page colors.
- Stick with the current color since it looks nice and let groups modify their color if they are concerned about the clash.
- reid 12:02, 16 March 2006 (EST): I noticed that the blue at the edge of the logo image doeasn't match the surrounding blue of the page (at least on my computer). Is the image saved with an embedded color profile?
- reid 13:36, 16 March 2006 (EST): Ok, I just tried it with Firefox (on OS X, I was using Safari before) and it looks fine, so it probably is a color profile problem.
Old Design
- I really, really like this design. Although, I would probably want to wait on popping labs into sepearte university pages until there are enough to warrant it. MIT probably has enough, but everyone else is being relegated to a university page without a community to support that page. I think while we can maintain one "community space" for listing all the labs we should do it, when it becomes too cumbersome then we should go to listing universities, when that becomes too cumbersome... it will be a good problem to have. --JK
- Rather than linking to Labs:University_Name, is there a problem with just linking to University_Name? This maybe makes more sense if the page has more than just labs listed on it. --Devin
- I agree Devin. You should feel free to make these changes yourself. --Sri Kosuri 22:13, 20 December 2005 (EST)
- removed the 'Labs:' except for the UChicago one for now, since I noticed that Devin had that deliminator in other pages as well --JK


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Gabe is pleasantly surprised by goofy jokes about slasher movie clichés...
The box art begs us to consider Student Bodies a precursor to Scream, a mostly straight faced satire of slasher films, but its much more a precursor to the Scary Movie series, which are spoofs of the slasher cycle (specifically the post-modern slashers like the Scream and I Know What You Did series). Both Student Bodies and Scream tease the concepts of sex in slashers (and both open with When a Stranger Calls satires), but tone of the films is quite different. The concept of the horror spoof wasn't invented by writer/director Mickey Rose (even if the box art states that too), it goes back to the days of Abbot and Costello, but his film does predate other slasher spoofs like National Lampoon's Class Reunion (by one year) and Saturday the 14th (by a matter of months), so we can call him a 'pioneer'.
I'm not big on the Zucker/Abrams or Mel Brooks styles of spoof, or blatant spoof in general, but Student Bodies has a loveable and quant tone somewhere between The Producers and Airplane!. I'd compare it most to Rock and Roll High School , only unfortunately without the music of the Ramones or the pixie charms of P.J. Soles. The jokes are hit and miss, less miss then any of the Scary Movie films, though none of the hits are laugh out loud funny either. Like Brooks' films, there's a whole lot of repetition in the jokes (every time a phone is picked up the sound track is met with the sound of heavy breathing), and like a Zucker/Abrams movie the jokes keep coming, just in case the last one didn't work for you. Unlike either, more famous spoofer Rose (apparently with uncredited help from Bad News Bears director Michael Ritchie) can tell more then one joke at a time.
The sex jokes are pretty lame or obvious, and the heavy breathing killer gets really obnoxious, but there are some fabulous throw-away lines like 'We can't go 'round changing a man's anatomy, legally that is, but we can change a frogs'. The on-screen text, which keeps a body count and points out errors the victims have made like leaving doors unlocked, isn't particularly original, but it's good for a few giggles. My favourite joke was an old fashion, non sequitur where an announcer appears to explain what it takes a movie to get an R-rating. Because Student Bodies doesn't contain any full-frontal nudity or graphic violence, and because 'studies show that R-rated movies are the most popular', the announcer tells us to go fuck ourselves. It seems like an obvious gag, but it's very effectively delivered.
Legend doesn't seem to be putting a whole lot of money into these prints, but the anamorphic enhancement is important (though the framing appears a smidge too tight), and on the whole the print is pretty clean. The entire transfer is caked in light grain, and features a whole lot of film artefacts, including tracking lines and cigarette burns. Details aren't too bad, and edge enhancement is minimal, but compression noise is obvious, especially in warmer colours.
Student Bodies is presented in its original Mmono sound. The overall production is pretty well mixed and balanced, but it has a lion's share of audio problems. The dialogue is sometimes filled with unnecessary reverb, and towards the end of the film suffers from a strange doubling distortion. The music track and the louder sound effects are clean, without buzzing at high volume levels, and the mono mix doesn't sound too flat either. Nothing fancy, but no real failure either.
The only extra is a spoileriffic trailer that features two jokes that didn't make the final cut.
I've got a drinking game for you lushes out there—watch Student Bodies and take a swig every time you see a Dr. Pepper product and/or logo shot. I'm guessing the good doctor fronted at least half the film's budget based on the quantity of product placement. Student Bodies was much better then I thought it was going to be, but still not the lost classic some folks will have you believe. It's a damn site better then any of the Scary Movies and the second two Screams, so I say give it a rent.
Review by Gabriel Powers
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Ooohhh "Treasure of the four crowns"..drool..
Make mine 3D please!
Make mine 3D please!
Yeah, probably wasn't my most intelligent question ever - but I'm thrilled nonetheless that this is finally on DVD - it is IMHO a classic and I've got it on order now.
Yep, that's how we do things around here these days. Next I plan on review the four disc super special edition of Song of the South on Blu-Ray.
Gabe Powers wrote: Nope, I just made up the DVD.
Ooo...does that mean I can begin writing up my long gestating reviews for the non-existent Metalstorm: The Destruction of Jared-Syn, Treasure of the Four Crowns and Under the Rainbow DVDs?
Ooo...does that mean I can begin writing up my long gestating reviews for the non-existent Metalstorm: The Destruction of Jared-Syn, Treasure of the Four Crowns and Under the Rainbow DVDs?
this movie is hilarious. i forgot all about this one. and i agree this is the original Scary Movie.
Nope, I just made up the DVD.
Is this on DVD? I didn't think it was.
Fabricio De Zuasnabar wrote: i didnt have the time to read all that... but is this a spoof movie? and is it an old movie?
So you didn't have the time to read the first paragraph of the review, but you did have the time to post that and wait for a response? That doesn't make any sense at all.
So you didn't have the time to read the first paragraph of the review, but you did have the time to post that and wait for a response? That doesn't make any sense at all.
Yeah it is a spoof, long before "Scary Movie" showed up we had this in 1981.
i didnt have the time to read all that... but is this a spoof movie? and is it an old movie?
Oh god, I remember seeing this on the USA Network's old show "Up All Night". I groaned the whole way through.
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Disc Details
Release Date: 3rd June 2008
Discs: 1
Disc Type: Single side, single layer
RCE: No
Video: NTSC
Aspect: 1.78:1
Anamorphic: Yes
Colour: Yes
Audio: Dolby Digital Mono English
Subtitles: N/A
Extras: Trailer
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Mickey Rose
Cast: Kristen Riter, Matt Goldsby, Richard Brando
Genre: Comedy
Length: 86 minutes
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The 2013 season at the Mark Taper Forum will feature plays by Bruce Norris and Sebastian Barry, as well as revivals of classics by August Wilson and Joe Orton.
Actor Brian Dennehy will be featured in Barry's "The Steward of Christendom."
In all, the new season, which will begin in February, will offer five productions, down from six in the current season.
"Tribes," by Nina Raine, will kick off the season (Feb. 27-April 14) in a production directed by David Cromer. The staging comes from New York's Barrow Street Theatre, where the comedy currently is running. The play is about a young deaf man and his relationship with his unconventional family.
The play opened in London in 2010 and received a best-play nomination at the Olivier Awards. Cromer directed the recent acclaimed revival of Thornton Wilder's "Our Town" for the Barrow Street Theatre, which later ran at the Broad Stage.
Wilson's "Joe Turner's Come and Gone" (April 24-June 9) will be staged by Phylicia Rashad. The actress directed a production of Lorraine Hansberry's "A Raisin in the Sun" for the Ebony Repertory Theater that transferred to the Kirk Douglas Theatre in January.
Norris' "A Parallelogram" (July 10-Aug. 18) tells the story of an eccentric woman who thinks she has the ability to look into the future. Norris won the Pulitzer Prize in 2011 for "Clybourne Park," which ran at the Taper earlier this year.
"A Parallelogram" will be directed by Anna D. Shapiro, who staged the play at Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre in 2010.
Orton's "What the Butler Saw" (Sept. 25-Nov. 3) will be directed by John Tillinger. The 1967 farce was completed shortly before Orton's untimely death at the age of 34.
Barry's "The Steward of Christendom" (Nov. 26 through Jan. 5, 2014) will star Dennehy as a former police officer from Dublin who has been confined to a mental home. The play premiered in 1995 in London.
Steven Robman will direct the production. Barry is the author of such critically acclaimed novels as "The Secret Scripture" and "On Canaan's Side."
Outside of Dennehy, no casting has been announced.
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More than three decades after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr, the civil rights icon who emerged in the 1960s remains a central figure in some of the nation's most controversial issues today -- same-sex marriage, abortion and the war in Iraq.
As the country celebrates King this holiday weekend, those seeking to sway the political opinions of a land divided into red and blue states are using his name and their interpretations of his message to support their own causes. And while nobody will ever know whether he would approve of the issues his name has been attached to, one thing is certain -- Martin Luther King Jr. remains a key figure in the nation's culture wars.
The debate over same-sex marriage echoed from the steps of San Francisco City Hall to the halls of the Massachusetts Supreme Court last year, as 11 states passed bans on same-sex unions and President Bush called for a federal constitutional ban.
Evan Wolfson, a Manhattan lawyer who has pushed for same-sex marriage for more than 20 years and is founder and executive director of the Freedom to Marry Coalition, calls the effort a direct descendant of King and the civil rights movement in his book, "Why Marriage Matters: America, Equality and Gay People's Right to Marry."
"I take a tremendous amount of inspiration from Dr. King," Wolfson said.
"King himself was a very strong advocate for equality, not just for African Americans but all people."
Wolfson cites King's reliance on Bayard Rustin as a key adviser during the Montgomery bus boycott. Rustin, who was gay, also organized the 1963 March on Washington.
"King's right-hand man was a gay man," Wolfson said. "People like Coretta Scott King and (U.S.) Congressman John Lewis, who marched with him, have said that King would have stood for the rights of homosexuals."
Cecil Williams, pastor of San Francisco's Glide Memorial Church, said King sought an end to racism, classism, homophobia and all forms of discrimination. He also cited Coretta Scott King's defense of gay and lesbian rights.
"I know her personally, and I know what her position is," said Williams.
"She has spoken out for gay rights and the participation of gay people.
"I go by what Coretta says."
While King's widow has compared homophobia to racism, his youngest daughter, Bernice King, led a church-organized march last month from her father's grave through the streets of Atlanta in support of traditional Christian values -- including opposition to gay marriage.
And King's niece, Alveda King, an ordained minister, has also voiced opposition to same-sex marriage and abortion.
Alveda King, founder of King for America, a faith-based organization headquartered in Atlanta, said her opinions are based on her own life experiences and on her uncle's teachings.
"My uncle once said the Negro cannot win if he is willing to sacrifice the lives of his children for personal comfort or safety," said Alveda King, who has undergone both a voluntary and an involuntary abortion.
"Their lives were terminated without their permission," she said of both procedures. "That is a severe restriction of the individual rights of a human being."
Alveda King believes that her uncle would have opposed same-sex unions because it contradicts the word of the Bible.
Some black ministers and cultural conservatives argue King would not have supported the moral relativism put forth by some advocates for same-sex marriage, abortion rights and even affirmative action.
The national organization Priests for Life, which was founded by Father Lee Kaylor, a priest of the Archdiocese of San Francisco, also argues that King would champion the cause of the unborn. King was assassinated before abortion rights were recognized by the U.S. Supreme Court.
The group's national director, Frank Pavone, said King spoke of the sacredness of all human life in a 1967 Christmas Eve sermon. "Man is more than a tiny vagary of whirling electrons or a wisp of smoke from a limitless smoldering. Man is a child of God made in his image," King said in the sermon.
"The message that he brought forward and fought for is one of equality, the equality of the human person," Pavone said. "In the case of our movement, the equality is missed because you have one person inside another, the unborn child."
King's name has also found its way into the debate over the war in Iraq.
United for Peace and Justice, a coalition of more than 800 groups throughout the United States that have joined together to oppose the Bush administration's policy, compares the Iraq war to the war in Vietnam, which King called immoral.
"He got flak for that," said coalition spokesman Bill Dobbs. "There's a vastly expanded peace movement in the country in the last two years, and King is very much in step with (what we're advocating)."
Glide's Williams agrees King would speak out against the Iraq war. "He would want to create a march and a dynamic where justice would prevail,"
Williams said. "He would not support the war in Iraq. He would say it's time to withdraw, it's time to change course."
Environmentalists also look to King for inspiration, tracing the modern environmental justice movement back to King's effort to improve working conditions for African American garbage workers. And hip-hop moguls such as Russell Simmons who used their money and prestige to push voter registration drives for the presidential election have said they're following in King's footsteps.
Stanford University's King Papers Project, headed by historian Clayborne Carson, is a major research effort to assemble and disseminate information regarding King and the movement he led. Carson said King's writings and speeches show he was an advocate of inclusion, and would most likely oppose any efforts to restrict the rights of any group of people.
Carson says it's not surprising that King's legacy can be interpreted so differently by so many, because he often spoke in metaphors and of universal values.
"That was his strength as a leader -- he took those particular issues of African Americans and expressed them as universal claims to justice and democracy," Carson said. "He was one of those who took those demands and put them in the context of universal principles."
During the Montgomery bus boycott, while others talked in specifics about what they wanted from the bus companies, King gave a speech filled with references to the U.S. Constitution and themes from the Bible and the Declaration for Independence, Carson said.
"In his view, the struggle was not between black and white; it was between justice and injustice," Carson said.
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Sesame Street's Food for Thought Initiative in Action
By Celia Ruiz
Celia Ruiz is a bilingual community outreach specialist for UnitedHealthcare Community and State in Overland Park, Kansas. Through her work she uses Sesame Street's Food for Thought kit and was kind enough to write about it. To learn more about the ways Sesame Workshop promotes healthy eating in under-served communities, click here.
I work for UnitedHealthcare Community Plan of Kansas. We have partnered with Sesame Street's Food for Thought program as a way to help our families live healthier lives. I have been fortunate enough to present this program to children and their families in medical clinics, health departments, Head Start programs and community events. Read More


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The Instructional Development Support Center (IDSC) at the U.S. Naval Academy's was created by a gift from the Naval Academy Alumni Association. It is a part of the Faculty Enhancement Center. The center's mission is to support faculty in enhancing teaching and learning processes and provide faculty with access to the latest instructional technology tools.
Major Responsibilities of the IDT
The Instructional Design Technologist, Dr. Julie Zhu, is in charge of the IDSC and her major responsibilities include developing and conducting faculty workshops on educational technology software and on teaching pedagogy; consulting with faculty on instructional design and development projects; providing support to faculty in integrating existing and emerging technologies into instruction; and coordinating projects supporting faculty use of technology in instruction. For a list of services provided by the IDSC, please refer to the Services page.
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A Two-fer from a Dude Ranch Kid Christmas
Growing up on a Colorado dude ranch our Drowsy Water kids have a slightly different spin on life. Christmastime is no exception. As we go though all of the traditional holiday stories and events, we've had some interesting conversations spurred by questions only a dude ranch kid would ask.
Here are 10 dude ranch kid questions about Christmas.
And you'll notice the photos do not correspond to the questions.
Does Santa have elf-wranglers for his reindeer?
Which mountain around our house does the Grinch live on?
Does Santa have kitchen elves to make him pancakes?
We have a barn. Why wasn't my brother born in there?
Does Santa feed his reindeer round hay bales or square?
Why don't Joseph and Mary ride horses instead of that donkey?
What color tractor do elves drive?
I see a lots and lots of stars in the sky. How did the wise men know which one was special?
Are reindeer and horses friends?
How does Santa keep the reindeer on the roof? There is no corral up there.
Happy Holidays from Drowsy Water Ranch!
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SAN JOSE, Calif. --One person was injured and a family was displaced from a one-alarm blaze that firefighters spent about an hour to knock down this morning in San Jose, officials said.
Crews responded to a report of a fire at a home in the 5900 block of South Garden Court at about 3:45 a.m., a dispatcher said.
The blaze engulfed a home, injuring one and displacing a family of three - two adults and one child, officials said.
The injury is not considered life-threatening, the dispatcher said.
At about 4:50 a.m., the fire was knocked down, and just before 5 a.m., it was deemed under control, the dispatcher said.
No other structures were damaged in the fire.
The cause of the blaze is under investigation.


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I've just upgraded my system to Sabayon 13.12, 64bit, and KDE 4.11.3. Before my bluetooth ran fine.
I am running my system with Kernel 3.12 now. But my problem appears as same as when I'm running Kernel 3.11.8.
The thing is, that my bluetooth adapter is no more found yet, neither in:
nor in KDE itself, when starting the bluetooth adapters module:
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hcitool scan
Device is not available: No such device
But my bluetooth device is found and shown with hwinfo:
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kcmshell4 bluedeviladapters
systemd services are running:
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hwinfo --bluetooth
03: USB 00.0: 11500 Bluetooth Device
[Created at usb.122]
Unique ID: 7dS8.+XjOheJX3H7
Parent ID: KRJj.4Nx_qoDfSd7
SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0/usb3/3-1/3-1.1/3-1.1:1.0
SysFS BusID: 3-1.1:1.0
Hardware Class: bluetooth
Model: "Foxconn / Hon Hai Bluetooth Device"
Hotplug: USB
Vendor: usb 0x0489 "Foxconn / Hon Hai"
Device: usb 0xe04e
Revision: "0.02"
Driver: "btusb"
Driver Modules: "btusb"
Speed: 12 Mbps
Module Alias: "usb:v0489pE04Ed0002dcE0dsc01dp01icE0isc01ip01in00"
Driver Info #0:
Driver Status: ath3k is active
Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe ath3k"
Driver Info #1:
Driver Status: btusb is active
Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe btusb"
Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
Attached to: #2 (Hub)
There is another interesting topic, which I miss, what was necessary to start bluetooth in versions before. There is no more 'bluetoothd'. Where is it gone? What is the substitute comand to catch the adapter?
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systemctl --show|grep blue
sys-devi...ooth-hci0.device loaded active plugged /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0/usb3/3-1/3-1.1/3-1.1:1.0/bluetooth/hci0
sys-subs...ices-hci0.device loaded active plugged /sys/subsystem/bluetooth/devices/hci0
bluetooth.service loaded active running Bluetooth service
bluetooth.target loaded active active Bluetooth
Also /etc/init.d/bluetoothd doesn't exist. I can only guess, which is the source of the problem. Personally I would assume KDE 4.11.3, but due to hwinfo fails, there must be a command like 'bluetoothd', which is NOT part of KDE.
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command not found
Anyone here experiencing the same?
Any idea? Thank you in advance.
-Linuxfluesterer (I love KDE ...)


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Obama Plans to Push Immigration Reform By End of January
President Barack Obama will push for immigration reform within the next few weeks, according to Fox News Chief White House Correspondent Ed Henry.
On America's Newsroom on Fox, Henry said that Obama is well aware that he can become a lame duck president "pretty quickly."
Obama made an initial pledge just a week after being re-elected.
"We need to seize the moment, my expectation is that we get a bill introduced and we begin the process in Congress very soon after my inauguration," Obama said on November 14th.
But skeptics point out that Obama pledged to get immigration reform done by the end of his first year in office in 2008 and failed.
"The White House privately believes they have a much different political climate now, they think they have a better shot of getting this done," Henry said on America's Newsroom on Thursday.
A political climate that now includes overwhelming Latino support for Obama and the sudden realization of the Latino sleeping giant awakened in November. Fox News exit polls show that 71 percent of Latino voters chose Obama, compared with just 27 percent who picked his Republican challenger, Mitt Romney. That marks the widest gap in Latino support between two presidential candidates in history.
Senior administration officials privately said to Henry that they believe the bill will have to have some key elements to the deal in order to win over Republican support.
Provisions added by the White House to a potential immigration reform bill to shore up Republican support include:
- Stronger border security
- Penalties for purposely hiring undocumented workers
- Pathway to legal status after paying back taxes and any possible fines
- Requirement to learn English
Unable to secure immigration reform in his first term, Obama has used his own power to help undocumented immigrants.
In June of last year, Obama executed his deferred action program, which ordered immigration officials to temporarily stop deporting young undocumented immigrants who came to the United States as children and have never committed a crime. The program has also allowed the same undocumented immigrants to apply for temporary work permits.
Also beginning in March, undocumented immigrants will be able to seek a waiver –that would spare them serious penalties for their illegal status– while they attempt to legalize their status, said Homeland Security Janet Napolitano on Wednesday.
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I came across this article today, it's for a open source routing project that runs on linux called "Zeebra". It is by no means better than cisco, but not everyone can afford a cisco router for their home network, can they?
Anyway, this should be very attractive to the home/small office network admin for 2 good reasons. It's FREE (the best things always are!) and the software is setup to emulate the cisco IOS, the configuration modes and commands are almost identical. This is very nice for those of you working towards a CCNA who don't get as much lab time as you wish you could.