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WASHINGTON (CBS.MW) -- In an election-year victory for Silicon Valley companies, Congress passed a bill Tuesday to raise the number of skilled foreign workers allowed into the country to 195,000 for next three years.
The bill to expand the H-1B visa program was the top remaining priority for lobbyists for high-tech firms, many of which say they face extraordinary shortages of skilled American workers.
After months of delay on the bill, final action was quick. The Senate voted 96-1 to approve the measure in the morning. The House gave its approval on a voice vote in the evening.
Industry groups and companies praised the vote.
Technology companies have tripled their political contributions in the latest campaign cycle, giving more than $22 million in direct contributions, committee contributions and soft-money donations, according to Federal Election Commission data analyzed by the Center for Responsive Politics.
About three-fourths of all lawmakers in the House and Senate have received donations from companies and individuals associated with the computer industry, the center said.
In the past, the 115,000 authorized visas have run out well before the end of the year. Under current law, the number of H-1B visas will fall to 65,000 next year.
Technology companies, quoting government forecasts, contend that 300,000 jobs a year are going unfilled for lack of qualified workers. Fighting the legislation, labor unions argue the companies want more immigrants to depress wages of Americans holding the same jobs.
The bill includes money for expanding education and training programs for Americans.

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Overnight rain, snow produce slick driving conditions in Billings area
Published one year ago by The Billings Gazette
While downtown Billings didn't see any accumulation from last night's snow storm, freezing temperatures could produce slick roads during the morning commute today.
Today is expected to be mostly sunny with a high temperature of 35 degrees in Billings, according to the National Weather Service. Overnight temperatures are forecast to drop to 27 degrees and Tuesday is expected to reach 41.
No more snow is expected this week in the Billings area. Skies will range from mostly cloudy to mostly sunny as high temperatures increase headed into the weekend.
Reports are still coming into the NWS Billings office, but here are some preliminary snowfall totals from last night's storm:
- Billings Logan International Airport: 0.4 inches
- Laurel: 4 inches
- Red Lodge: 6 inches
- Red Lodge Mountain: 6 inches
- Livingston: 1 inch
- Big Timber: 1 inch
- Miles City: 0 inches
- Cooke City: 3 inches
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The JSC is currently raising money for Jeans for Genes day. We are raising funds in two ways, firstly by selling pens for $1 each. JSC reps will be visiting classes and selling the pens each day with the last day being Friday August 1st. As next Friday (August 1st) is Jeans for Genes day we will also be participating by wearing jeans and bringing a gold coin donation. Children can wear any denim items – the more the merrier! Every dollar raised helps scientists at Children's Medical Research Institute discover treatments and cures, to give every child the opportunity to live a long and healthy life.
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Monday, October 2, 2006
What is right
Focus your thoughts on what is right with your life. There is so very much that you have to choose from.
Abundance is as close to you as your next thought. A thankful attitude will connect you to that abundance.
There is something of positive value in every moment, every situation, every relationship. Zero in on what's right with life, and that value is yours.
What you expect has a major influence on what you get. Expect to move forward on this day, and you will.
Let the challenges inspire you. Let the possibilities encourage you.
Choose to see and to live what is right with life. Whatever may come, be thankful, and you create much to be truly thankful for.
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A socio-political organization in Annang-Land, Annang Sure Mandate has adopted the immediate past Transition Committee Chairman of Abak, Dr. Emmanuel Udosen as its sole candidate for the Abak State Constituency Seat in Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly come 2019.
A statement issued at the end of the year get-together of the organization and signed by the National President, Obong Attah Patrick Thompson, Secretary, Mr. Imoh Thompson and Treasurer, Mr. Isidore Anthony Enang, Annang Sure Mandate described Dr. Emmanuel Udosen as the best material to represent Abak State Constituency in 2019 after carefully assessing all those who have so far indicated their willingness to aspire for the seat.
The organization in the statement, pointed out that while serving as the Transition Committee Chairman of Abak, Dr. Emmanuel Udosen recorded remarkable achievements and did not disappoint the people of Abak.
The Annang Sure Mandate listed some of the achievements to include; facilitating the establishment of Tilapia Island Resort which they noted has become one of the best recreational outfits in the state, provision of boreholes water and toilet facility at Abak old and new markets, empowerment of widows, indigent women and engagement of youths positively which has resulted in the relative peace being enjoyed in the area.
The organization in the statement hinted that the completion of the Council Secretariat Complex which had been abandoned by previous administrations in the area remains one of the greatest achievements of Dr. Emmanuel Udosen.
They explained that it is the turn of Midim Clan to produce the next Member of the House of Assembly for Abak State Constituency since Abak, Afaha Obong and Otoro Clans have taken their turns.The organization expressed the hope that having performed excellently well when he was given the first opportunity, Dr. Emmanuel Udosen will not disappoint the people of Abak if given a position of higher responsibility and solicited the support of Elders, Stakeholders as well as the leadership of the party and entire people of Abak.
They pointed out that with his antecedent and excellent track record, Dr. Udosen has the qualities to take Abak State Constituency to the next level of development.
Highpoint of the meeting was the adoption of Dr. Emmanuel Udosen for the House of Assembly Seat, Chief Godswill Akpabio to return to the Senate for a second term and Mr. Udom Emmanuel as the Governor of the state for a second term in 2019.


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Mandela: Supply nevirapine now, debate later
Former president Nelson Mandela on Sunday proposed a radical challenge to South Africa's Aids policy, saying people who wanted access to antiretrovirals (ARVs) should be given the medicines.
He said he would like to see antiretrovirals dispensed while the government's "important research" was being conducted.
"People who want to consult [doctors] and any other person who may think can give them a drug which is going to be useful, which is going to cure their condition, must be free to do so," Mandela said at a press conference attended by top African National Congress (ANC) officials.
He said this should happen at both state and private hospitals.
"But its important from the view of the government, that as a responsible organisation, that if a drug is given it is safe from the point of view of toxicity," Mandela said.
"My view is that a perception has been created that we [the government and ANC] don't care for lives, we don't care the babies that are being born almost every day by women with HIV. I am concerned that we should clear that impression," he said.
"To me, the only way of clearing, is to say: 'We are conducting these scientific researches, when we have concluded our research, we will then publish our findings ... but in the meantime people who want to consult ... must be free to do so," he said.
Mandela was flanked by ANC secretary general Kgalema Motlanthe, Acting President Jacob Zuma, ANC representative Smuts Ngonyama and Minister in the Presidency Essop Pahad, who also chairs President Thabo Mbeki's committee on Aids and advises him on related issues.
According to Mandela, Mbeki would have attended the briefing if he had not been obliged to attend the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, currently under way in Australia.
"We agreed last week that we should appear at this meeting together, but it was not possible," Mandela said.
The former president reiterated his support for the government's current Aids policy and said he agreed wholeheartedly with their vehement advocacy of continuing research.
Their basic policies were sound, he said, however, they had perhaps not communicated all aspects of their Aids policy properly to the public and the media.
"Overseas research is not enough. Social conditions here are different," he said, adding that Africa had a large number of poverty-stricken people with weakened immune systems and a lack of fiscal means to look after their general health.
"There is no doubt that poverty brings a fundamental difference to the research conducted overseas and here," Mandela said.
He said it did not seem logical to rely on overseas research, because a large percentage of African people were struggling under the burden of diseases that wealthy Europeans did not have to contend with such as tuberculosis and malaria.
Mandela reiterated a previous statement, saying the country could not afford debates while Aids sufferers were dying every day.
He said he would like to see antiretrovirals dispensed while the government's "important research" was being conducted.
"People who want to consult doctors and any other person who may think can give them a drug which is going to be useful, which is going to cure their condition, must be free to do so," he said.
Mbeki's government has come under increasing fire from the medical profession, church leaders, the trade unions, opposition parties and the press for not making the drug freely available to all HIV-positive mothers.
It is presently involved in a court case to appeal a ruling by the South African High Court which ordered it in December to give nevirapine to HIV-positive pregnant women across the country, to help protect their unborn babies.
Treatment activists have estimated that the introduction of anti-retrovirals could save the lives of many of the 70 000 babies currently born with HIV annually. - Sapa, AFP


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North Korea tests missiles
North Korea tested a number of missiles yesterday, including one that may be capable of reaching the United States. A U.S. official called the actions "a provocation" but not an immediate threat. pg 1a
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1. Martin Shkreli wants to fight Captain America.
Because the world doesn't have enough cartoon villains, the gods saw fit to send up hateful pharma-bro Martin Shkreli. The weasel-faced monster's latest antics? A Twitter throw-down with comedian Patton Oswalt, who roundly trounced Shkreli with lines like, "Dude, 12 year-olds on a Skittles rush can troll better than you." When Chris "Captain America" Evans got in on the fun with a tweet about how much he was enjoying the beef, Shkreli threw down another stupid gauntlet: "Come to Brooklyn and I'll introduce you to the real Captain America and a couple of fuckin roundhouses if you say my name again @ChrisEvans," he tweeted. We'd like to see him try. No, really. Can this be a comic book subplot?
2. Everyone is very upset about the iPhone 7's wireless earbuds.
The headphone jack is dead; long live the headphone jack. In its latest tech announcement, Apple declared that the forthcoming iPhone 7 would do away with wires altogether and make their earbuds fully wireless. The very obvious problem with that, aside from being unable to use your own headphones or speaker if you want to? Those earbuds are itty bitty, and sans wire, will get lost faster than a four-year-old's mittens. A Guardian op-ed has already compared them to the nefarious devices used to control people's minds via cell phone in an old episode of Doctor Who, but honestly we're just more worried about accidentally swallowing one somehow. They're too bitty!
3. The Southern gothic creepy clown drama continues.
Those horror clowns are still freaking everyone out in the Carolinas—and now machetes are getting into the mix. After reports from South Carolina last week about bands of clowns attempting to lure kids into the woods, they're now popping up in Greensboro, North Carolina, too. When a horror clown appeared on the edge of the forest near an apartment complex this week, a man fully chased the nightmare monster back into the woods with a machete. How soon before this madness gets bloody?
4. The Force Awakens visual effects reel will make you appreciate the wonders of CGI.
Anyone who saw Star Wars: The Force Awakens last winter (so, everyone) knows that the visuals were pretty stunning, and not in that creepy Uncanny Valley way. The Industrial Light and Magic people, who were responsible for the effects, released a video showing how they put together the movie's painterly backgrounds, spaceship chases and epic lightsaber battles. Talk about world-building. Almost as good as real outer space!
5. A grim fan theory about Grease has obsessed the internet.
Even cheesy nostalgia musicals aren't free from the minds of Redditors who are convinced everything is an elaborate lie. This week, the web has been all atwitter with an old conspiracy theory about what really happened in Grease. You know that part in "Summer Nights" where Danny Zuko tells his buddies that Sandy nearly drowned, but he saved her. What if she DID drown, and the car that takes the leathered lovers into the sky at the end is going to HEAVEN? Yeah, yeah, we know. About as likely as a nice Australian girl changing her entire M.O. to impress John Travolta.


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As everyone already knows, the interwebs were ablaze with news and discussion pertaining to the biggest elephant in the room at present, the cost of the 3DS. Our own Kyle Manchester already tossed his cookies cinnamon toast crunch over the price tag here, and he brings up some good points.
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Tourist Guide > What to see > Children's Attractions
Jihlava Zoological Gardens
Located in the picturesque Jihlávka River Valley approximately 10 minutes from the city centre on foot, Zoo Jihlava is divided into five different continents. All five continents can be visited within a single day. The zoo was founded in 1958, and is known for its rare animal breeding programmes. Children can take advantage in the unique play area that features a petting zoo. One of the zoo's big
Šikl's Mill Western Town
(Zvole) Šikland is a complex of three entertainment centres with the broadest rage of services and entertainment in the Czech Republic. The largest is the Šiklův mlýn (Šikl's Mill) complex in Zvole nad Pernštejnem, famous as a western town, as well as the Draxmoor haunted chateau and Fotopark Krokodýl in Dolní Rožnice. The Šiklův mlýn wild west town is an amusement park in the Bobrůvka River
EDEN centre
(Bystřice nad Pernštejnem) After years of deterioration, the dilapidated Bystřice Mittrovský estate has finally been completely renovated, and will now function as a centre in which visitors can learn what life and work used to be like in the country. It is a unique project whose aim is to create a one-of-a-kind centre in a European context for eco-tourism, learning, and education that will continue to support and strengt
Model Kingdom Žďár nad Sázavou
In the cellar of the Žďár Dům kultury (Cultural Centre), visitors can tour the Vysočina-themed permanent model railroad exhibit that takes up just under 55 square metres. This area has eight train stations with 600 metres of railroad tracks and 180 railroad switches. The dominating feature of t
Robinson park Jihlava
The family park offers sports and entertainment attractions for children from 0 to 14 years of age: trampolines, climbing walls, playground complexes, toboggans, slides, mazes, jumping castles, inflatable attractions, a play area for toddlers, a multi-purpose playing field, etc. We take children fro
FÁBULA Fairytale Realm
(Kamenice nad Lipou) The Pohádková říše FÁBULA fairytale realm is an ideal place for a family day trip. In any weather, it will entertain not just children, but also the adults they bring with them to this one-of-a-kind fairytale world. Visitors will experience unexpected adventures and a storybook tale written by
Draxmoor Haunted Chateau
(Dolní Rožínka) In the 16th century, the owners of the chateau transformed the former medieval building into a brewery, which was used two centuries later as a granary. Today it houses an exhibit full of sorcery, magic, and spooks. Visitors will be ushered into the world of fantasy by a movie with 3D effects, and t
Journeys Through Time: Walks Through the History of Třebíč
The interactive exposition "Journeys Through Time" is located in the renovated wing of the chateau that is part of the complex of the St Procopius Basilica and the former Wallenstein chateau in Třebíč. Designed for visitors of all ages, the exposition is complemented by interactive exhibits in
The Interactive Spooky Pelhřimov Netherworld
You can find real excitement and fun in the underground of the Šrejnarovský dům (Šrejnar House) no. 10, the location of the Pelhřimovské peklo netherworld. For a short while, you can become a devil, or perhaps just an ordinary sinner, and experience this interactive spooky exposition to the fu
Fairytale Trail Panenská
(Jemnice) The Pohádková stezka fairytale trail is 4 km long, and leads along forest and asphalt roads in the area surrounding the town of Panenská. Here you will encounter various fairytale characters and experience magical adventures. You will be guided through eleven stops by the small, perceptive, curio
Dvůr Střítež Children's Amusement Park
The Dětský zábavní park Dvůr Střítež children's amusement park lies a short way past the city Třebíč. It is a place where children can play, engage in sports, and expand their skills and dexterity. The park is made up of an outdoor children's playground and a covered, heated hall that has
Haunted Underground
(Nové Město na Moravě) The Strašidelné podzemí haunted underground exhibit is located in the cellars of the Horacké muzeum (Museum of Horácko).It features five stops that are inspired by local legends, complemented by special lighting and sound effects. The Strašidelné podzemí haunted underground is open during th
Haunted Maze
(Jihlava) Have some fun in this one-of-a-kind haunted maze, where spooks, fairytale characters, favourite movie heroes, and dinosaurs await you. You will be a little afraid, laugh a lot, and have fun and learn. Make sure not to forget your camera. Where else can you take a photo with Shrek, Spiderman, Phantom
Manorial Court Telč: Centre for Leisure Time Activities and Tourism
Beginning in July 2015, the Panský dvůr (Manorial Court) in Telč will offer visitors a range of interesting activities. Parents with younger children can look forward to a children's play area located in one of the buildings, as well as the opportunity to relax in the cafe with a cup of good coff
Alternator: Eco-technological Centre
(Třebíč) The center introduces over 100 scientific-technological exhibits for children and adults alike. The EKOBIOENERGO civic association opened its unique eco-technological centre, ALTERNÁTOR, in summer 2015 in Třebíč. The outstanding new centre, Alternátor, is based on the concept of a science centr
Podlesíčko Fairytale Village
(Sněžné) Part of the lodging resort of Hotel Podlesí near the city of Sněžná is the Pohádková vesnička Podlesíčko fairytale village. The village is comprised of nine separate houses and one duplex house. The architecture of each house was inspired by a fairytale. For example, you can encounter the l
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HIS 237 The American Revolution
This course introduces the political, socioeconomic, religious, and ideological forces that led to the American Revolution, and the courses and consequences of the conflict. Topics include the prewar situation, wartime internal dynamics, international diplomacy, military strategy, tactics, and campaigns, and the Revolution's impact, aftermath, and consequences. Upon completion, students should be able to analyze significant political, socioeconomic, religious, ideological, international, and military developments in the United States during the Revolutionary Era. This course has been approved to satisfy the Comprehensive Articulation Agreement for transferability as a premajor and/or elective course requirement.


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Jargon. Also known as technical language, lingo, gibberish, and vernacular. Whatever you call it, it can be a bit tedious to read about.
The cloud and cloud computing has presented itself as perhaps the most popular technological story in recent times. Business blogs the world over have been keeping up to date with the cloud and its developments, and along with this exponential growth, comes the business jargon that is often hard to decipher.
The cloud is huge, and it's only set to grow: some research has found that the cloud computing market revenue is set to break $20 billion by the end of 2016.
This week, we thought we'd take a look at some of the most prevalent cloud jargon that seems to pop up too often without any further explanation.
So, are you ready? We've done the heavy-lifting and gotten our ducks in a row to think outside the box and hammer out a blog post to help keep you in the loop so you can move the needle (Just some of many examples of jargon in the workplace).
IaaS, SaaS and PaaS
IaaS, SaaS and PaaS are the three main forms of cloud computing services. Think of it like a stack or pyramid, with IaaS ("build") at the bottom, PaaS ("buy") in the middle, and SaaS ("deploy") at the top.
IaaS, or Infrastructure as a Service, is the term given when an external or third-part provider hosts computing resources over the internet. Users can purchase IaaS based on consumption, similar to utility billing like electricity. IaaS is the base layer for hardware and software that powers the rest of the pyramid.
Platform as a Service is the point of the cloud infrastructure where applications are deployed. It is the base where applications are run without the hassle or complexity of buying and maintaining not only the software, but the infrastructure underneath it, too.
SaaS, or software as a service, is a service that allows data to be accessed from any device that is connected to the internet. Think of all the social networks and email accounts that you have: you don't have to be on your home computer to access your personal account, just like you don't need to be on your work laptop to access work emails.
In a way, these email accounts and social networks are a form of cloud accessibility, because all you need to access them is a log-in and an internet connection.
Essentially, you pay a provider for servers, storage and networking. It's on demand, and you pay on-the-go, only for what you need. The main benefit here is that you do not need to invest in your own hardware.
On-premise cloud computing
On-premise cloud computing takes all of the technology that runs an off-premise cloud and stores it on-premise. That means the cloud is under the control of your IT department. This is a great way to enhance network security, but not so great if you don't have a big enough IT team or enough funds to readily and consistently manage the cloud and its operations.
This definition is not absolute, as it will often come down to specific features adopted by the client.
Hybrid cloud
In biology, a hybrid is an offspring of two animals or plants of different breeds, varieties or species. With that trip back to high school, it should come as no surprise that a hybrid cloud is an environment where an organisation provides some resources in-house, and others are provided externally.
It all comes down to business needs. Perhaps you pay to use an external service from some data, but keep some data internal, where it is maintained in-house. A hybrid cloud is also referred to as hybrid IT.
Hybrid clouds can be implemented in a few ways, including instances where two separate cloud providers provide specific services as an integrated service, or where a company integrates its own IT team's cloud management with a cloud provider's services.
BYOC (Bring Your Own Cloud)
It started off with BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) then it evolved into BYOC - Bring Your Own Cloud. Much like the general idea of BYOD where employees are encouraged to bring and use their personal devices in the workplace, BYOC is a trend that encourages employees to use the cloud provider of their choice.
While cost-effective for small businesses, it can pose security issues for larger businesses who may not know where employees are storing company data.
Again, similarly to BYOD, BYOC needs to be governed by a strict policy detailing what employees can and cannot do.
Alternatively, you can choose a management team who can oversee and govern the entire cloud process, from creating your strategy, deploying apps, and maintaining the ongoing process. Find out more about cloud benefits and organise your cloud consultation today.
Cloud (the metaphor)
Why cloud? There's no definitive answer, but many agree that the concept or notion of the term 'cloud' was derived from old diagrams of telephone networks and later to depict the internet in diagrams of computer networks. The first use of the term "cloud computing" is attributed to professor Ramnath Chellappa in a 1997 lecture.
Additionally, clouds (the ones in the sky) are opaque and you can't physically see what's inside them, so with this metaphor, you can start to see the similarities in the imagery of an actual cloud and the notion of cloud computing.
So there you have it. A quick-reference guide to some popular cloud terms that may have left you scratching you head. Hope that's cleared the fog!
Want to talk some more, or organise a cloud consultation? Contact Schepisi today.


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This year's selection show is total trash format...silly.
Oklahoma is in with 13 losses? 🤮😂
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Quadrant wins matter
Better seed than St. Bonaventure with a higher RPI. Quadrant wins matter
But it doesn't pass the smell test. It smells like more P5 bias to me. That will never change.
The selection chair laid it out in his explanation. You gotta get quad 1 wins whatever way you can
This new quad system is P5 bias. Still hard for teams to schedule possible qud 1 games. Unfortunately for St Marys our suckiness hurt them.
The teams were in alphabetical order. So they get to Seton Hall at the end of a page and there is no Saint Bonaventure ! If I was an SBU fan I would have wet my pants. And then then they post St. Bonaventure using the abbreviation of Saint. You could almost hear the air going out of Olean, NY.
I wonder if St. Mary's is "happy" they signed a two year contract with us?
They beat us twice, so I doubt they regret it that much.
Davidson winning the A-10 knocked out ND?
Me likey!
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a road win at Western Kentucky, Vermont or Northeastern this year is a quad 1 win
It is a lot different being in a conference where you know there will be many quad 1 opportunities as opposed to scheduling a W Kentucy, Vermont or Northeastern on the road and hoping they will provide you that opportunity.
Saw tweets that mentioned St Mary's SOS. Also, apparently they turned down offers for H/H with some teams that really would have helped them.
Saw tweets that mentioned St Mary's SOS. Also, apparently they turned down offers for H/H with some teams that really would have helped them. The others, well, every year there are several deserving teams that get left out and some that get in that shouldn't. OU and Texas both with sub-.500 conference records and shouldn't be in IMO. There are probably others. Yes, they had a few big wins, but if you can't finish at least .500 in your conference, you don't deserve to be in the tournament.
Per the dance card, it looks 3 non-p5 schools got jobbed due to p5 bias.
Middle Tennessee, Saint Mary's, and Marquette were all supposed to get bids, while Syracuse, Arizona State, and Florida State were not supposed to get bids.
I thought the format of the selection show was fine, I think I might have actually prefered this format over the old format. The new format revealed the entire field in about 10 minutes, the old format took about 30 minutes to reveal the entire field.
There was also a noticeable satellite feed delay.
And at the beginning of the show, the audio was not in sync with the video. The hosts mouths looked like one of those old king fu movies.
USC finished 2nd in the PAC12 in the regular season and loses to Arizona in the Finals and doesn't get a bid...???
Oklahoma State beats Oklahoma twice and Kansas twice and doesn't get a bid???
I didn't mind the new format. It wasn't a bad idea. It's just that the execution/production was a disaster.
Arizona State, Syracuse and UCLA are among the eight schools playing in the opening games of the NCAA men's basketball tournament.
I thought it was painful to watch...it had no flow. Choppy, choppy, choppy.
And when Kenny Smith (with Shaq) pulled out a f'in sharpie to fill out his oversized bracket, the pain became unbearable so I turned it off.
USC finished 2nd in the PAC12 in the regular season and loses to Arizona in the Finals and doesn't get a bid...???
Oklahoma State beats Oklahoma twice and Kansas twice and doesn't get a bid???
The NCAAT metrics are upside down. Those 2 teams got screwed. ND, Marquette, St. Mary's...get in line.
And then we have the Dayton Daily News, and local reporter Nick Blizzard...
This line is true, 3 of the 8 schools are listed and are at-large teams. But, he didn't list the 4th at-large team that is coming to Dayton, and who actually has played in Dayton this year.....Saint Bonaventure.
Good ole' DDN. Hating on the A10.
The demise of the DDN continues. And to think it used to be a reputable newspaper. And Marcus Hartman (blogs for MyDaytonDailyNews) is the clown of clowns with his posts purely intended to incite the fan base.
Saint Mary's was ranked #23 and #25 in the 2 polls, yet they were left out of the NCAAT.
I wonder if that is a first?
Sheesh, being ranked does not even guarantee you a spot.
Didn't SMU get snubbed a couple of years ago when they were ranked?
There was a bunch out there that SMU avoided a couple of teams like URI. I don't know how true it was or not. They played (and won) Harvard in a pre-conference tourney but also played Georgia and Wash St but lost both and neither one was really any good in their conference. They also played Cal on the road and us at home. Both were probably disappointing in terms of the quality of the wins.
They probably did not have much margin of error and things did not go well. I don't know about their advanced metrics like Kenpom but I am not too big of a fan of using advanced metrics to be used over actual Ws and Ls. The bottom line is they had a win over Gonzaga and that is about it.


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Friday, December 08, 2006
Some Like It Hot
By absorption I mean engrossing, engulfing
completely, engaging, arresting attention, reverie,
attention intensification, rhapsodic, spellbinding,
mesmerizing, hypnotic, total, riveting,
enthralling: belief, conviction, silence.
Impermeability suggests artifice, boredom,
exaggeration, attention scattering, distraction,
digression, interruptive, transgressive,
undecorous, anticonventional, unintegrated, fractured,
In other words, "absorptive" literature values all those qualities "prized" in "mainstream" "art": "What a spellbinding novel!" As Susan Schultz says in her essay "Postmodern Promos," "one cannot 'get lost' in a Language poem the way one can get lost in a Harlequin romance."
The terms immersive and anti-absorptive capture just what I've been trying to articulate in a couple of earlier posts here, e.g., "I think there's a difference between poetry that makes the commitment of entering its own world—whatever that world may be—and poetry that keeps its distance." Obviously I have a different perspective, though, as I am praising the very immersion that others criticize. Of course it's easy to see the point of the criticism, the value of writing that forces us out of our comfort zone (as opposed to a mystery or romance we immerse ourselves in like a warm bath). And yet, and yet … I can't help feeling that criticism of immersion conceals a fear of immersing oneself in life itself, a fear of commitment. Not to mention fear of sexuality, fear of eros, fear of romance, Harlequin or not. Sure, when you take your kids to the park to play on the swings, it's good to be meta-aware of all the sociological and class implications of what you're doing. On the other hand, at a certain point doesn't all that awareness become an excuse to maintain a safe and ironic distance from your own children?
The distinction between immersive and anti-absorptive may be post-postmodern, but it goes back all the way to Plato, the sort of smugness Plato seemed to have—all the time he was praising Socrates he was quietly arguing the superiority of his writing to Socrates' speaking, the superiority of written literature to oral poetry, for precisely the reasons that writers now criticize immersive work: it encourages the listener to be passively entertained rather than an active and critical participant in the work.
Mark et al. talk about Roland Barthes' distinction between the "readerly" and the "writerly," and that seems exactly to the point: immersive literature is readerly and anti-absorptive is writerly. I wish I could remember what poet I was reading recently who talked about the crucial turning point in his writing that came when he realized he was not even writing the sort of poems he wanted to read. Isn't there something very curious about this fear of the terrible bourgeois corruption that will result if the writer ever dares to get into bed with the reader and share some pleasure? It seems to hide a writer's contempt for the reader within himself, or within herself, as well as for the readers in the world.
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- Diane K. Martin said...
Oh, God, I read this post earlier this afternoon, then I left to go work out. While I was working out I thought of all the things I wanted to -- needed to -- say. And then I drove back in the dark and fed the pooch and fed myself -- and can I rethink my way through this again?
I should start by saying that for the most part I like the same poems Robert does, or at least there's a middle ground we both strongly agree on. I also have a distaste for all the rhetoric on the Lang-Po side -- its holier-than-thouness, its cliquishness, its pseudo intellectuality. But (you knew there would be a but), I think this immersion argument is flawed.
It's flawed, IMHO, for two reasons, one is its logic, and the other is its result. As to logic, well, it doesn't make any sense to compare a poem to a novel (I know you didn't start that, Robert.) With very few exceptions, poems don't have the length of the novel -- or even, usually, the short story. For that kind of immersive depth, you need length. So the poem is, instead of the bath or the hot tub, a shower. Having the length to work with, the novel creates characters we can identiry with, puts them in situations we can relate to. The poem, even the narrative poem, even the long narrative poem work on that kind of canvas.
And then I worry too about the effect of choosing readerly over writerly. I know, Robert, you didn't mean simply choosing simple over difficult, but that could be the result of that decision. As a freshman in college, I was asked to choose between Frost and Eliot on the final exam in my Modern Poetry class. I chose Frost and got a D, and deserved a D because I chose out of fear and laziness. There's nothing wrong with preferring Frost (well, maybe) but it would be wrong to not experience Eliot because he is difficult.
However, I draw the line at ... okay, I won't go there tonight.
- Diane K. Martin said...
I meant "The poem, even the narrative poem, even the long narrative poem don'twork on that kind of canvas (of course).
- Robert said...
I would disagree about length, Diane. When Emily Dickinson says "I heard a fly buzz when I died," we are immersed in that deathbed room despite the brevity of the poem.
I guess I would disagree about Eliot and Frost, too! Part of what makes the Modernists great (and difficult) is that we are immersed in Joyce's Dublin and Eliot's London. You could even say that Eliot's Waste Land immerses us in King Arthur's quest for the Holy Grail. The Modernists and Postmodernists are both challenging reading, but the issue of immersion may be what distinguishes them.
I came to Frost, I think, by the road less traveled. I more or less grew up reading Joyce and Pound and Eliot because I was just too cool to read Frost. I only read poems like Frost's "Home Burial" many years later and belatedly realized, Damn, this is good shit!
- Beverly said...
I did my M.A. in Lit during the New Criticism regime also and also strongly preferred Eliot (did my thesis on Eliot as a matter of fact, "Burnt Norton"). I wonder about these distinctions though--and again why be insistent on making things either or?
You can like both Frost and Eliot--the two of you do! You can become immersed in something that is initially difficult to enter. Learning how to enter is what comes with more reading. You can come to love best the literature that excels in being both writerly and readerly simultaneously if you have loosened those barriers enough.
- Diane K. Martin said...
Well, I don't want to belabor the point, but, as I said to Robert offline, "I think that the difference between the modernists and post-modernists in that area is one of degree. And I think prose and poetry by nature require different kinds of involvement." Different kinds of immersion.
But, if you're saying that the poet has to make the reader care, I can't agree with you more. Now that's a matter of degree too! I want to seduce the reader in, but I'll only go so far ...
"You can become immersed in something that is initially difficult to enter. Learning how to enter is what comes with more reading. You can come to love best the literature that excels in being both writerly and readerly simultaneously if you have loosened those barriers enough."
That is very well put. All I ask of the "difficult" work is that it provide *some* entrance for me, whether it be sarcasm, prosody, or beauty, or some undefinable thing. To pick up on Diane K. Martin's metaphor, if the text wants to seduce me, it has to offer me *something* that will get me interested in responding. If it just sits at the bar and nurses its difficult beer, I won't even notice that seduction is what it's after.
- Robert said...
I agree about wanting both the readerly and the writerly simultaneously. Does it sound as if I want everyone to write Gone With the Wind in verse? I hope not! My point was that the contrasts between readerly and writerly, and between immersive and anti-absorptive, seem a whole lot more useful (and less biased--think "School of Quietude"!) than most other terms I've heard. At the same time, most people who use these terms do seem to want a poetry that is pure, purged of any taint of the readerly (though they may be more tolerant of fiction and film), so I thought maybe someone should defend the value of immersion for a change.


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With the advent of Ruby 2.x and the prepend module feature memoization has become very easy. According to it's wiki:
In computing, memoization is an optimization technique used primarily to speed up computer programs by having function calls avoid repeating the calculation of results for previously processed inputs. Memoization has also been used in other contexts (and for purposes other than speed gains), such as in simple mutually recursive descent parsing[1] in a general top-down parsing algorithm[2][3] that accommodates ambiguity and left recursion in polynomial time and space. Although related to caching, memoization refers to a specific case of this optimization, distinguishing it from forms of caching such as buffering or page replacement. In the context of some logic programming languages, memoization is also known as tabling
Lets see how can we achieve memoization in Ruby 2.x using Module#prepend feature. First lets see, how method dispatching works. In ruby method lookup works from bottom to top and every object in Ruby has ancestor chain as well. For e.g.
class Aend
A.ancestors # => [A, Object, Kernel, BasicObject]
If you call a method on the object of A class then first it would look for it's defination in A class , then in Object class and so on. In case you include a module in a class then lets see what happens
module M end class A include M end A.ancestors # => [A, M, Object, Kernel, BasicObject]
Module M gets injected "after" A class in the ancestor chain. Now lets see what Module#prepend does.
module M end class A prepend M end A.ancestors # => [M, A, Object, Kernel, BasicObject]
Prepend injects the module M "before" the A class in the ancestor chain. Now, how can we utilize this to memoize our expensive functions or methods. One such example of expensive method call is making an external API call when IO is blocking the execution further and hence increases the computation time.
Our module where we would implement the memoization technique:
module M def memoize(method_name) memoizer = Module.new do define_method method_name do @memoized_methods ||= {} if @memoized_methods.keys.include?(method_name) @memoized_methods[method_name] else @memoized_methods[method_name] = super() end end end prepend memoizer end end
Our class which has expensive methods defined in it.
class A extend M def my_expensive_method sleep 2 result = "This method is memoized now" return result end memoize :my_expensive_method end a = A.new a.my_expensive_method
This will take around 2 seconds to run and then result will be me memoized. When you call an expensive method again it will return the result immediately.
We can have the memoize functionality in Ruby 1.9 as well, but that includes creating aliases of the methods, renaming them and then performing caculations. Ruby 2.x gives you a cleaner way to implement this feature.
In case you have more implementations of Module#prepend feature then please don't forget to mention that in the comments section or do write an email to me "email@example.com" :).


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If you discovered that you are coming up short in the monetary department for your big day, you need to put some cost-cutting measures into play. What might those be? Read on for some suggestions.
Weddings do not have to be big or glitzy to be beautiful and romantic. Plan yours to be small and low key. A grand affair might be nice, but it isn't necessary if it would lead to financial woes down the line. Plan an occasion that you can realistically afford. Your guests are coming to see you and your beloved exchange vows and not for anything else.
An afternoon or evening ceremony can be more cost savvy than getting married earlier in the day. You will have a longer period of time to get ready for the occasion and you will also have the option of serving just finger foods and drinks as opposed to a full-course meal.
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Remember that small touches count for a lot when you are getting married. Weddings should show off your personalities, so let them shine! Pick flowers from your own garden, create handmade placement cards for the tables, and use your creative side to make ornaments for the guests' tables.
If you put your heads together you will be able to come up with plenty of ideas as to how to make your special day as happy as can be without spending a bundle! Ask those closest to you for their cost-cutting ideas as well. In this regard, the more you get, the merrier you will feel!


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June 26, 1978
Dear Soen Sa Nim,
Thank you for your letter and for the picture of Kwan Seum Bosal. Thank you so much for your care.
I went to Yong Maeng Jong Jin held at Bob's house on Long Island last weekend. I found practicing with other people very difficult. It is as if I struggle with some deep barrier; I become very strange with people, so that I cannot really act appropriately and want a lot of special attention. I know that this is not good for other people. I cannot bear to do it, but I can't seem to control it either.
You say that practicing with others will help my bad karma. But I feel as if I would take much more than I could give — that I would be a burden. I do not want to do that again. That is why I have been living and practicing alone. It is so important for me to work every day and to keep my balance.
George, the Master Dharma Teacher, said none of us is special, especially good or especially bad, but I feel so very different from other people. It is strange. I myself do not understand, and I am sorry. I feel that I must continue my practice alone.
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Nature is full of surprises, when it comes to wildlife. With so many different types of animals surrounding your locality, it becomes rather difficult for you to catch up with them all. The multiple colors and perfect crafted animals are god's gift to humankind and need to be preserved for a longer and healthy life. But, there are some animals, which are known as ugliest animal in the world of all time. So, you might have seen or heard about the beautiful ones, but now, it's time to deal with the ugliest of the lot.
What are the top 10 ugliest animals in the lot?
Well, it's time for you to dive right into the article and get yourself ready for the top 10 ugliest animals in the world. Beware, as most of them are definitely going to make you cringe!
- Blobfish:
Well, the number 1 spot definitely goes to blobfish, and it clearly justified its name. It resides off the Australian coast and driven to deep sea. However, these fishes are not for your consumption, and there are reasons for that, too! Who would want to taste such an ugly creature!
- Tarsier:
Member of the primate's family, tarsier is not just ugly to look at, but scary to be precise. They have this name from the long bones in feet, which make them look a bit odd, to be sure. They are even considered as the smallest of the primate species.
- Matamata turtle:
Whenever you see someone with a small wart, you find him to be ugly. If so, then what do you have to say about Matamata turtle? This poor creature has a neck, full of fleshy folds and warts, making it one of the ugliest looking creatures of the sea. The snorkel like nose just adds more to the disgusting chart.
- Proboscis monkey:
Monkey is one such creature, available in multiple species, but none as ugly as a Proboscis monkey. And what makes it looks even worse is its long nose, which is used for attracting a male. The same part of their face is used for making some loud honking calls.
- Vampire bat:
No, this is not about those bats, which has the power to turn you a vampire, but vampire bats are considered as ugliest animal in the world. It is even feared a lot, residing in Western hemisphere. This creative is known for its huge ears and wrinkled nose, making it more fearful.
- Californian condors:
You might have seen vultures, but none is as ugly as a Californian condor. You will hardly find many of them, as this species is on the verge or extinct. But, there are some breeding programs, trying to cope up with their endangered scenario.
- Warthog:
If you dislike wart, then warthog is another animal, which you might chalk out from your list. Also defined as a form of pig, it is known for its flat head, large and tough snout well covered in warts. It is ugly and scary, as well.
- Hagfish:
Well, the list of ugliest animal in the world is never complete without mentioning the name of hagfish. This fish is designed to produce gallons of snots within a span of few minutes. So, anyone trying to eat it down, will feel its mouth full of snot in no time, choking them instantly. And the grey color of this fish is what makes it look even more disgusting.
- Mexican burrowing frog:
Even though in some parts of the world, frog is considered to be a delicacy, but you will hardly find people in love with this slimy little creature. And even if you like other frogs, you can never have the same feeling for Mexican burrowing frog. This animal is known for is beady eyes, stout and splotchy body, which resides in some low lying regions in Mexico, US andCentral America.
- Roti Island snake necked turtle:
If you want to mix fear with disgusting look, then you have Roti Island snake necked turtle. This is a perfect mix of snake and turtle, which is rare to come across. Defined as another ugliest animal in the world, it is basically a turtle with a snake like neck. And you will be amazed to know that this creature has a slender neck, as long as its entire body. Weird, isn't it?
Nature's creative palette:
Well, even though these animals are not quite in vogue, when it comes to good looks, but these have their own features to work on. You might come across different other ugliest animal in the world, but all of them have some specified characteristics to look on. Nature is full of surprises, and you never know, when you might get the chance to add another name in the list.


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From: nancy sidebotham <email@example.com>
Date: January 11, 2005 2:02:29 PM PST
To: email@example.com
Cc: John Russo <firstname.lastname@example.com>, Nancy Nadel<firstname.lastname@example.com>, Chiye Azuma <firstname.lastname@example.com>, Chiye Azuma <email@example.com>, Mark Brest van Kempen <email@example.com>, Friendsof2Creeks Moderator <firstname.lastname@example.com>, Julie Gantenbein <firstname.lastname@example.com>, "Nathan G. Alley" <firstname.lastname@example.com>
Subject: Chimes Creek
Mr. Sweiss,
As I am directley impacted by your decisions on the sewer line along
Chimes Creek, when the ---- did you plan on letting my neighbors and
I know about this meeting, you claim will be on the 20th of this month,
and where and at what time do you plan to hold it? I know this is
going to be at a real convenient location for this neighborhood.
I do not appreciate this last minute ditch effort so that you and your
croonies can go back to the Public Works Comm. and tell them "we held
an meeting and nobody came". There is also a lot of people that will
be impacted regarding the sewage dumped form the Quarry Project(400+
units) and they also need to be notified as to your intent, as most of
their lines are antiquated and need replacing.
The disclosure in the EIR for this project was sorely lacking on where
the sewer hook up was to take place.
As this is a public meeting there is a Brown Act policy to follow and
notices sent out.
I expect you are following the letter of the law!!!!
Nancy Sidebotham, President
Millsmont Neighborhood Association


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Prayer Letters » 2nd Quarter 2016
June 2016
Dear Friends in Christ,
"Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. 11Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. 12For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. 13Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand." (Ephesians 6:10-13).
For those who have been keeping up with us through our weekly, bi-weekly and monthly updates, most of this is "old news." As we look back over the past three months though, we hope that you will be able to see the hand of the Lord working throughout this time; instead of seeing individual paint strokes, you will be able to see more and more of the picture as God continues to work in the hearts and lives of individuals (including ourselves) here in Cambodia.
Shortly after our last quarterly prayer letter, we said our goodbyes, packed up our things and on April 22 arrived back in Cambodia. As we have often said and experienced many times, the trips back and forth are both heartbreaking as we leave our loved ones behind and yet a blessing as we are reunited with loved ones that we have been away from. We never really get used to this, but we know that it is necessary and helps us to keep our hearts focused on the Lord and what is important to Him. We still haven't quite caught our breath after returning, and it seems like it takes us longer to get adjusted each time. As we mentioned in our previous prayer letter, we had a shipment sent out before leaving the States. Thank you again for your prayers as we were able to receive the shipment on the 28th of May and everything came through without any problems. We praise the Lord for His blessings and faithfulness.
Less than three weeks after returning on May 9, we began a new term in the Bible college. We were looking at 13 perspective students, but through different circumstances, the Lord whittled it down to seven. This second group of students doesn't seem to be on the same level spiritually as the previous group, so we felt burdened to hold a revival retreat. The conference started off with a bang as most of you have already read about Tina getting her hand burned, a tuk-tuk accident involving the five young men from the college, and then an evil spirit harassing one of the girls all night long because her mom was praying to the evil spirits. We had a great conference though, realizing that we should be not only filled with the Holy Spirit, but overflowing with the Holy Spirit into the lives of others. We learned that the key to this and to personal revival is being a broken vessel, so Christ might shine through us. Please pray that the Lord would continue to work in our lives that we might see a great revival here in Cambodia.
Please also continue to pray for the Takhmau Church. We have experienced many trials over the past couple of years, as we have seen the attendance and professions of faith slowly decline. The national pastor, Tera, has been struggling spiritually for about three or four years, while his wife was studying in the Bible college. Ron had many concerns about this and tried to talk to Tera a number of times, but Tera always replied that there wasn't anything wrong. Ron thought that it might get better after his wife graduated and was able to be at home to take care of the family more so that Tera could spend more time studying and ministering. Unfortunately, when we returned from furlough it was only worse. Because of that and some other things that we recently found out, Tera was removed from being pastor of the church. Tera repented in front of the church and to several specific individuals. At present, he and his family continue to live in the church building and come to church. However, things still don't seem the way that they should be spiritually in his life, so please continue to pray for him and his family.
We greatly appreciate not only your prayers for the ministry here in Cambodia, but for our family as well. Leah and Jonathon are both doing well, living a little over a mile away from our sending church. Jonathon works very odd and random hours as a security guard, while continuing his education in music and publishing. Leah is still faithfully ministering at our sending church as a secretary and involved in other ministries, as well. Rebekah continues to serve with us here in Cambodia and is keeping very busy with the Bible college and the church, as well as teaching music at a private music school and teaching piano to some former Bible college students. We appreciate your prayers for all three of them.
If you think about it, we have such a great privilege to go before the Throne of Grace to make our petitions known, as well as a wonderful opportunity to see God's hand at work as He answers our prayers. We greatly appreciate your prayers for us and the ministry here. May the Lord not only bless you, but do exceeding abundantly above all that you ask or think. Take care and God bless.
* Tera and his family
* Student's at Bible College
* Safety in returning to Cambodia and shipment
* Start of Bible College
* Revival conference
* God's provisions and protection


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Home of Gallery North, the Northumbria University Gallery, Newcastle
Gallery North is hosting Solo Exhibition by Robert Casselton Clark. 3 February - 23 February 2012 (Preview Thursday 2 February)
A Silence That Never Was is three work-in-progress installations from the last three years.
In its first public airing The Catechism of the Goddamned Saints is a multiple-piece mixed-media installation of lyrical evocations. Photographs, watercolours, drawings and poetic fragments portray the sites of visitation, the apparitions, reflections and responses. Icons are distressed, ruined, denied and almost redeemed, implying a catechism from which questions and answers have been erased, leaving only confessions of uncertainty: 'Rock-crystals, pearls, rubies, sapphires (ex-votos)... And next he kissed it, the stiletto point, and the city became, perhaps, pure gold.'
That Faraway Look, an early stage of which was shown at Lanchester Gallery, Coventry in 2009, is a multiple-piece installation of digitally fashioned photo-artworks. The sequencing of what the artist has called 'photographs of almost darkness' builds up a cryptic narrative of nocturnal glimpses. Like a series of film noir stills, the images evoke an atmosphere of dread and yearning. An evocative ambiguity is sustained throughout, suggesting half remembered dreams or half forgotten memories. Lone and possibly lost protagonists appear fleetingly. There are hints of some kind of unidentified catastrophe. Landscapes are flooded with a crepuscular radiance.
The Who of the I is an installation of painted sculptural alter egos. The poet and artist Alan Halsey writes 'Perhaps the phantom friends have scarecrow ancestors who interbred with voodoo dolls but there again you'll find some of their relations on a fishmonger's stall... Some have fearsome nippers and they all brandish their stitches like stigmata. Familiar ghosts or ghostly familiars, there's a terrible beauty in their deformity and the names of some recall presences who have stalked Casselton Clark's work on other occasions - Artaud, Neruda, Genet, Marquez, Lorca.' Whilst a thirty metre long photographic version of a small selection from this series was permanently installed on the exterior wall of Sheffield's Yorkshire Artspace in 2010, this is the sculptural installation's first public staging.
"It is no way a race against time, nor an impossible dream of ever arresting it, so much as the very real possibility of - from time to time - transfixing the rhythm of its passing..."
Robert Casselton Clark
He is, to my mind, one of the most important contemporary British artists. His work has always been ambitiously operatic in its scope, exploring the intermedia of drawing, photography, sculpture, poetry and theatre. I know of no other contemporary British artist who has explored such a vast terrain so successfully to produce work that simultaneously negotiates the tragic and the comic.
John Havelda
One-person exhibitions include;
That Faraway Look, Lanchester Gallery, Coventry UK, 2009.
Under Another Name:
Centro de Arte de S. Joao da Madeira, Portugal, 2008.
Aveiroarte, Galleria Morgados Da Pedricosa, Aveiro, Portugal, 2007.
ImagoLucis Fotogaleria, Porto, Portugal 2006 & 2003.
The Nether Edge Story:
Centro de Arte de S. Joao da Madeira, Portugal, 2002.
Cave Gallery, New York, 2002.
Galerie Bauhaus, Bruges, Belgium, 2001.
Plans For The Real World:
Henry Moore Foundation Studio, Halifax, UK, 2000.
Cornerhouse, Manchester, UK, 1996.
Casselton Clark (under the name Robert Clark) also writes regularly on the arts for various publications, including The Guardian.


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Warren Buffett's testimony in favor of retaining the estate tax deserved more coverage than it received in the local daily this morning. Here's more. He said repeal would hugely benefit a handful of the super rich and widen income disparity in the U.S.
I can't tell you how many times I've had some churchmouse-poor Arkansan fret about the government taking money from his family when he dies. These are the facts presented yesterday: 2.5 million Americans died in 2004. Estate tax returns (not necessarily a big assessment in every case) were filed for only 19,300 of them, probably less than 400 in Arkansas. They could afford it.
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