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Celtic Connection: Colorado Celtic Rock pioneers, The Indulgers, are born and bred in the Rocky Mountains. Their distinct sound rocks with the independence of the great American West. Founded by native Dubliner, Damien McCarron, the band began cultivating their brand of Celtic Rock in Denver Colorado in 1998. McCarron and bandmates have since performed their music all around the U.S. and Ireland. Unlike many bands in their genre who primarily perform covers of others music, McCarron and bandmates prefer to write their own. They list some of the bands that have influenced them, including the Waterboys, Horslips, Thin Lizzy, Christy Moore, and Irish Trad – All of this music was played over the radio in the McCarron home as Damien was growing up.
One of the bands on the Indulgers list of inspirations is Spirit. The Indulgers multi-instrumentalist Mike Nile started playing with Spirit in 1978 and became a member in 1985 to 1994.
Spirit was an American rock band that started in the late 1960's and continued on-and-off until their founder, singer, guitarist, Randy California drowned while surfing in January 1997. The band left a body of worked that included over a dozen studio albums and a load more of live albums and compilations. They had albums and singles on the U.S. chart, the most successful being "I've Got A Line On You." In retrospect, many who are familiar with Spirit and the history of Rock, would agree that Spirit was a band that was ahead of their time.
Fans and musicians alike have long dissected Spirits intriguing music and lyrics. No doubt Spirit did influence other bands. Led Zepplin opened for Spirit on the band's 1969 U.S . tour and included a version of Spirit's 'Fresh Garbage' in their early live sets. Coincidently or not, in May of this year an attorney hired by Randy California's estate announced plans to file a copyright infringement suit that will seek a co-writing credit for California on "Stairway to Heaven." It has been said by some that Jimmy Page borrowed the descending guitar riff from Spirit's "Taurus" for Led Zeppelin's signature tune, as California had wrote and recorded "Tarus" a couple of years before Page recorded "Stairway to Heaven."
Mike Nile, who has no dog in the fight, was recently asked about the resurgent controversy and said, "In 1988 Spirit went on the Howard Stern radio show and Howard brought this up. He took two turntables – one with Stairway and the other with Taurus and dropped the needles at the same time and the match up was remarkable. I can remember Randy saying we are all made up of a million different songs, and if even it was unintentionally lifted, it was great to be an influence of some kind in their music."
Whether or not Spirit was ever denied fame, fortune, or their proper due, they did add their color to the history of Rock. Below Mike Nile tells his story (in 2,500 words or less) about his early days in music, his time with Spirit, and his current band, The Indulgers.
Mike Nile: I grew up in Denver in the mid 60's when The Beatles and Rolling Stones were huge, and every young boy in the neighborhood wanted a guitar and was starting a band. I was 12 years old when I joined my first band, and by the time I was fifteen, with signed permission slips from our parents, we were playing in all the Denver 3.2 bars and night clubs, like Mr Lucky's, My Sweet Lass, The Godfather, Sam's, The Exodus, The Galaxy – and making great money for fifteen and sixteen year old kids. Al Roth, (the owner of Herman's Hideaway) was our booking agent.
Marshall amplifiers were making their USA debut, and our band was picked to back a crazy English rock singer called Lord Sutch, who had just released an album in the UK with a guitar player named Jimmy Page, called "Screaming Lord Sutch". We toured with him in his Rolls Royce with a British flag painted on it that he brought over from England, playing shows with The Troggs (Wild Thing), and a few other English acts – all using the new Marshall amplifiers.
I received a music scholarship to Colorado State University and did one year there and then finished three more years at The University Of Colorado majoring in sound recording, reinforcement and music arranging. Through Dr. Roy Pritts, I got deeply involved with synthesizers which were new and cutting edge at the time. The members of my band were also college students in the same music class, and we started a group called the Electronic Music Ensemble (EME) using synthesizers along with guitar, bass and drums. We would tour colleges playing for the music departments so musicians could see and hear for the first time what a synthesizer could do. The peak of the band's performances was playing with the Denver Symphony right after the new Denver Performing Arts Center had been built. We performed a three part movement I had written and arranged for synthesizers, rock band, and symphony.
After leaving school I began engineering and working in recording studios in Colorado like Caribou, Applewood Studios, Mountain Ears, Northstar, and The Music Plant, as well as playing in a Denver rock band. In 1977 I was working on an electronic music album for Mike and Bob Lee at Brown Bag Productions when Randy California, guitar player for the band Spirit, stopped by for a visit. He came into the control room and listened to what I was doing on the synthesizers…he liked the song and asked if he could play some guitar. Of course I said yes. That song ended up being the opening song to "Potatoland", the new Spirit album Randy and drummer Ed Cassidy had moved to Colorado to write and record.
Randy was living in Boulder, and Cass was living in Evergreen, so while Randy finished writing the songs for Potatoland we started jamming together at small gigs in Boulder, Evergreen and Denver. In 1978 we recorded Potatoland, at Northstar Studios in Boulder. Randy asked me to arrange horns and strings and play some synthesizers. He wanted to use real horns and real strings which was cool, since I didn't get the opportunity very often to write charts for real strings and horns and mix them with the synthesizers. One of the songs "Turn to the Left, Turn to the Right" was a song that had actually been meant for the Twelve Dreams album, so when I was standing in that room hearing the horn section do the same accents I had come to love on Twelve Dreams, it was truly a rush.
I have always been a composer, and through a friend, A&M Records heard some of my songs. They liked the lead vocalist (who was my wife at the time), and we were picked up by a management company in Los Angeles who set us up in a house with a recording studio in Malibu, California. The band was a Boulder band called Wonderboy, but it was changed to Nile – Kari Nile being the lead singer, and me playing bass, singing and writing the songs. Nile became the house band at a place in Malibu called "Trancas". It was the only place on the northwest coast of Malibu where you could see a live band. During the late 70′s and 80′s there were a lot of musicians living along that part of the coast and in the canyons of Malibu. Members of Fleetwood Mac, Little Feat, Van Halen, Willie Nelson, Dave Mason, The Scorpions, The Beach Boys, The Band, Bonnie Rait, and many more, came in to drink and jam with us, and of course Randy California would come in and play. There was always something special when I played with Randy.
I was running in a fairly fast lane at the time, and it took its toll on the band and my marriage. I got divorced and began recording and working on new songs. Along the way I had become good friends with Fleetwood Mac producer Richard Dashut, and through him drummer Mick Fleetwood and guitarist Lindsey Buckingham. Richard encouraged me to start singing lead vocals and began producing some tracks with my band. He took us to Phoenix, where we recorded and stayed at Stevie Nick's house. Richard and Mick had a house not far from mine and we would hang out with various folks that lived in Malibu – like David Cassidy, Dave Mason, Dennis Wilson from the Beach Boys, Bob Welch, actor Nick Nolte, Gary Busey who had just finished the Buddy Holly Story, Jason Miller from the Exorcist, Keil Martin from Hill Street Blues, Jan Michael Vincent from Air Wolf…and many more. I would go to Lindsey's studio where he and Richard would be working on new Fleetwood Mac tracks, and some solo stuff, and we would listen to new songs and talk music, engineering, sounds, arranging and writing.
I developed a style of music I called "Rock & Swing" with my band Nile using keyboards and guitar synths playing real samples of horn sections, and started engineering and producing other artists at a 24 track recording studio I built in the canyons of Malibu called "Nileland". It was one of the only public studios in Malibu in the 80's so I was working with Fleetwood, Mason, the Little Feat guys, Jan & Dean, you name it….country, rock, pop, even disco for Georgio Moroder. The studio was taking off and I was spending most of my time recording and producing, so I decided to let my band "Nile" go, and concentrate on studio production.
Mick Fleetwood introduced me to Pete Bardens an amazing keyboard player from the English group Camel. Pete had a new record deal with Capitol Records and was looking for a place in Malibu to record and put a band together. I began working with Pete in the studio, and then was asked to play bass in his new group The Speed Of Light Band which included Pete on keyboards, Mick Fleetwood on percussion and electronic drums, Neil Lockwood on keys and vocals (Alan Parsons Project), and a superb guitar player named Neale Heywood (Sweet). All mad Englishman except myself and drummer Jethro Foxx – the American rhythm section. After the release of "Speed Of Light" and a cross country tour with The Speed Of Light Band I returned to Malibu. Guitarist Neale Heywood stayed in America working with me at Nileland Studio as an engineer and guitarist. We worked together for several years on loads of bands, labels, publishing companies, and various music projects.
Randy California signed a deal with Miles Copeland and IRS Records for a new Spirit record. He called and asked me to engineer and play some bass on the record. Randy and drummer Ed Cassidy came into Nileland and we laid down tracks for the Sprit album "Rapture In The Chambers". When the Rapture album was finished we had a big party at Miles Copeland's house and Randy asked me if I would be interested in joining Spirit. I had just gotten off the road from touring with Pete and Mick and the Speed Of Light Band and it had been a lot of fun. I missed playing live and didn't want to go back "in the box" at the studio in Malibu quite yet. Neale agreed to run the studio while I was on the road with Spirit. I joined the band for a 5 week tour to see how it would go and ended up playing with the band a little over 9 years.
Spirit traveled all over the world playing 150 days a year. We toured Europe several times a year where the band had a large following, playing shows with Wishbone Ash, Steppenwolf, Canned Heat, Iron Butterfly, Buffalo Springfield, and other popular bands of that era. The rest of the time I was home engineering and producing in the studio. I had remarried and started a family and had two sons. It was an incredible time in the studio working with some amazing artists like grunge rockers Alice In Chains, who spent 3 months at Nileland Studios writing and recording their album "Dirt". At that time I also started a band with guitarist Neale Heywood, guitar and vocalist Walter Egan (Magnet and Steel), and vocalist Sara Fleetwood called LA Rodeo. The band had a country flavor but was more "western rock" sounding than country.
I started finding it harder to be out on the road 150 days a year with Spirit, and realized I was missing my sons growing up. Neale had started playing guitar with Lindsey Buckingham of Fleetwood Mac, and then was asked to join Fleetwood Mac as guitarist. I decided it was time to close Nileland Studios and move back to Colorado and try and spend more time with my family. I played on and off with Spirit after that until the day Randy died in a tragic swimming accident in Maui.
After moving back to Denver I started a recording studio and record label with Dave Fox and Chris Cardone called Alley Recording Studios. I produced and engineered a lot of talented Denver musicians, and released a few CD's on the Alley label, but nothing stuck. One of the musicians I met at The Alley was a vocalist from Dublin Ireland named Damien McCarron. I engineered, produced and played bass on his CD "Damien Promise – A Matter Of Indulgence". On the CD Damien called all the musicians that had recorded on the CD "The Indulgers". There was no real band – but the name sounded good.
Damien started scrapping around Denver playing various bars and pubs and picked up a bass player and drummer. He brought them back into the studio and I worked on another few songs with him. Damien was asked if he would like to open for a band called The Young Dubliners up at the Gerald Ford Amphitheater in Vail, but unfortunately his bass player was in California. Damien asked me to play bass with the band for the show. The Indulgers took the stage in Vail and played the ska-rock kind of music Damien and drummer Pat Murphy and bassist Chris Murtaugh had been writing and performing. After our set the Young Dubliners came on… their music was lively, Irish, and these guys had fun! My grandfather was from Ireland and my grandmother was from Scotland. I had grown up hearing Irish/American songs. Suddenly something clicked and I was inspired to write an Irish rock song. By the time we had driven back to Denver from Vail I had written the first Irish/celtic rock song for the Indulgers. "In Like Flynn" had a chorus that stuck in your head. Damien wrote some great verse lines and when the CD was released "In Like Flynn" ended up winning "Best Celtic Song Of The Year" at Just Plain Folks. I was hooked and became an Indulger. I did not want to play bass, since Chris was already playing bass, so I became the guy who played the acoustic guitar, the electric guitar, the mandolin, the accordion, the electric bag pipe and penny whistle, along with the occasional vocal.
We started to work on the "In Like Flynn" CD and needed a good fiddle player. I was introduced to Renee Fine – a violinist who had played with the Boulder Philharmonic Orchestra, and after a few rehearsals Renee became our fiddler and an Indulger. Fado Irish Pub had just been built next to Coors Field and The Indulgers were asked to become the "house" band. We played every Wednesday night for four years. The band has never been interested in being an "Irish cover band", and from the beginning we wrote our own music. Playing weekly at Fado's established a solid fan base and a foundation for our music which is a mix of celtic melody, western vibe (my LA Rodeo influence), and a splash of rock.
The Indulgers have toured all over America and Ireland for sixteen years, playing pubs, city concerts, and festivals from San Francisco to New York City. Pat and Chris retired from the band after twelve years, and my son Aaron who plays bass, and drummer Cheech Mannone stepped in as new Indulgers. Occasionally we are joined by my youngest son Ryan who has become an exceptional guitar player, thanks to guitar lessons from Neale Heywood , who plays guitar with Fleetwood Mac, lives here in Denver, and still acts as co-producer on all The Indulgers records. I am grateful to the friends and fans who continue to support the band, we are still having fun playing, and The Indulgers are currently recording their 8th record. It will be a VA – Video Album – and will be released on DVD and as a phone application. More information on The Indulgers can be found on facebook and the band's web site at
I no longer have Alley Recording Studios but instead built my own private recording studio called Grapevine Studios, where I record The Indulgers CD's as well as both of my son's music projects. This last year Grapevine Studios added a video suite with capabilities of shooting and editing videos. I have been going through old Spirit footage, as well as old Malibu footage, and posting them on Youtube. You can see old videos as well as new videos of The Indulgers by going to Youtube and searching for "Mike Nile".


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Events 2016-2017
Fun Activity Summer Camp
S B Patil Public School organized Pre-primary Summer Camp from 20th March 2017 till 25th March 2017.
The students had blast on our huge playground in the shade of our beautiful trees!
Students enjoyed story and dance sessions, rain dance and preparing various art and craft activities like – Pot decoration, paper flower making, wall hanging, pen stand, pencil topper, pendent and key chain, under the guidance of the teachers. The summer camp ended with fun fair along with food stall organized in the school premises itself, where the student's along with parents participated in different games organized.
This foster's creativity, cognitive, social, fine / large motor development and emotional activities for the students.
Black and White Day Activity
The Pre-primary section of S. B. Patil Public School celebrated Black and White day on 28th of February 2017.
The students wore black and white dress and participated in the activity in their respective classes and enjoyed the same.
Black represents power and control, hanging on to information and things rather than giving out to others. Black is intimidating, unfriendly and unapproachable because of the power it exudes.
Black implies self-control and discipline, independence and a strong will, and giving an impression of authority and power.
White represents most complete and pure, the color of perfection and it means purity, innocence, wholeness and completion. White is the colour of new beginnings.
White offers an inner cleansing and purifying of your thoughts, emotions and, ultimately, your spirit, refreshing and strengthening your entire energy system
Prize Distribution Ceremony
The pre-primary students of S.B. Patil Public School who had participated in various co-curricular and sports events conducted during the academic year 2016-17, were honored with participation certificate and prizes on 27th February 2017.
Fancy Dress Competition
On 31st January 2017 our pre-primary, Nursery section celebrated Fancy Dress Competition Theme – Cleanliness.
The students participated with lot of passion and zeal and came all dressed up as brush, toothpaste, nail cutter, sanitizer, broom etc. which can be seen in the photograph. Few students spoke on what they have become.
Picnic to Gravitation Fun Park
S.B. Patil Public School Pre-primary section went for a Picnic on 16th December 2016 to Gravitation Fun Park which is situated near Hinjewadi Chowk, Kasarsai Road, Pachane Gaon Phata, Pune.
The tiny tots enjoyed travelling by bus along with their teachers singing and dancing.
They enjoyed thrilling experience of Funny Cartoon film, robotic show, playing on the jumper / slides and tractor ride. The amazing thing about the picnic is the Nail art, Tattoo & Mahanadi making which attracted and captured the eyes of the little once. The students enjoyed the trip to the fullest.
Pre-primary Farmers Market
The S.B. Patil Public School Pre-primary section, displayed the farmers market on 30th September 2016 in the school premises, which was inaugurated by our Principal Madam.
Students enjoyed seeing, touching, smelling the vegetables along with names and learned how weighing takes place in the market.
Green Day Activity
Celebrating Green colour Day with our pre-primary students.
Green symbolizes the master healer and the life force, color of balance, learning, growth and harmony, self-respect and well-being.
This day is celebrated on 29th September 2016. On this occasion, all our beautiful prince and princes dress in beautiful green colour dress.
Teacher shares information on green colour objects / things. The small ones involved in green colour activity with their respective teachers learn more about green colour around them.
Celebrating Yellow colour Day:
Yellow symbolizes wisdom, joy and happiness. People of high intellect favor yellow.
Yellow brings clarity and awareness. Clean light yellow clears the mind, making it active and alert.
This day was celebrated on 30th November 2016. On this day, all our students dress in beautiful yellow colour dress.
Teachers shares information on yellow colour objects / things. The small ones, involved in yellow colour activity with their respective teachers and learn more about yellow colour around them.
The medical check-up for pre-primary section of S. B. Patil Public School was carried out on 21st September 2016.
A team of doctors from Ojas Multi-speciality, Hospital, Ravet visited S.B. Patil Public School campus and carried out medical check-up for the students.
Red Day of Sr.kg Class
Celebrating Red colour Day with our pre-primary students.
Red colour symbolizes energy, danger, strength, power, determination as well as passion, desire and love. Red is a very emotionally intense color. It enhances human metabolism, increases respiration rate, and raises blood pressure.
This day is celebrated on 29th July 2016. On this occasion, all our beautiful prince and princes dress in beautiful red colour attire.
Teachers shares information on red colour objects / things and a song. The small ones involved in red colour activity with their respective teachers and learn more about red colour around them.
Blue Day Celebration
The Pre-primary section of S. B. Patil Public School celebrated blue colour day on 30 th August 2016.
Blue colour symbolizes – the color of the sky and sea.
It is often associated with depth and stability. It symbolizes trust, loyalty, wisdom, confidence, intelligence, faith, truth, and heaven. Blue is considered beneficial to the mind and body.
On this occasion, all our beautiful prince and princess dressed in beautiful blue colour attire.
Teacher shares information with students on blue colour objects / things and a song. The small ones involved inblue colour activity with their respective teachers and learn more about blue colour around them.
Janmashtami Celebration
The Pre-primary section of S. B. Patil Public School celebrated Janmashtami on 25th August 2016, in Multi purpose hall.
The tiny tots came in Radha - Krishna attire beautifully dressed with flute, peacock feathered crown and pots.
The students were shown film on the birth of Lord Krishna also the students performed a group dance and sang group song. The beautiful Krishna's tried to break the pot i.e; Dahi Handi. In the last Students enjoyed dancing.


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Thursday, May 25, 2006
Apple Blossom Time!
It's apple blossom time! Such a lovely display every spring! The Annapolis Valley here in Nova Scotia even has a whole festival around it! These are pics I took of some old apple trees in the back woods...at one time, maybe as long ago as 100 years ago or more, the area that our house stands on was farmland (I think they didn't realize that this particular area has almost nothing but bedrock, which must have been gravely disappointing), and these few apple trees and some painstakingly hand-built rock walls are all that remains of that time.
Casey ran around and tried to wait as patiently as she could for Mommy to finish taking pictures in the brush. "What IS she doing? Are we gonna play or what??!!!" It's such a gorgeously hot sunny day, we had a great time!
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Monthly Archives: April 2015
The ancient Greeks studied real human proportions in order to make their statues more ideal. The Roman architect, Vitruvius in the 1st century BC also studied the relationships of the human body and used these in his buildings. Leonardo DaVinci is known for his "Vitruvian Man" which he got from Vitruvius' writings. He used the human head as his comparison point and based his measurements on an ideal proportion of 8 heads tall. This is pretty convenient in that the figure is 4 heads tall at the lower part of the torso, and can be divided into quarter points at the chest and knees. The arms are usually divided into half at the elbow as will the legs just below the knee.
But the human body is different in everyone. Most artists now say that the figure is 7 ½ heads tall, as in the following example. This was developed by a 19th century anatomist, Dr. Paul Richer. The half-way mark is just a little below the pubic bone, and the third head is at the belly button.
In the example below, see that the human body is basically 7 ½ heads or 7 heads tall, based on the length of the head. Males and females are the same, which means, of course, that the female head is smaller than the male. See where the arms come to – the waist, the knee, the pelvic bones. This is only a guide, because you have to look closely at your model to see his/her true proportions.
The illustration below is taken from Anatomy and Drawing by Victor Perard, 13th printing 1948 – one of my most prized drawing books.
If you really want to learn how to draw the human body, draw from photos, magazine pictures, and any time you're sitting in a waiting room with others. Keep your sketchbook and pencil handy. One caveat, however: If you draw from fashion models, realize that the rule of 7 1/2 heads does not apply. Fashion illustrators and photographers enlongate the female figure so as to make the clothes look better. CHECK IT OUT!


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Saturday, April 26, 2008
Where is your faith?
Psalm 119:90- Your faithfulness endures to all generations, you have established the earth and it stands fast. This means that Gods faithfulness lasts beyond us. But it doesn't mean that God has faith in us, we are sinful, so why would He need to have faith in us? It means that he is never going to let us go, that he is going to hold us forever and stay by us to the end. (Luke 8:24-28) The disciples went and woke him, saying ''Master, Master, we're going to drown! He got up and rebuked the wind and the raging waters; they subsided, and all was calm. ''Where is your faith?" he asked his disciples. In fear and amazement they asked one another ''Who is this? He commands even the winds and the water and they obey him. When Jesus asked where their faith was, was he discerning that they had misplaced faith? Was it that all their faith was in external circumstances, such as, the seaworthiness of their vessel? If their faith was in Jesus they would have nothing to be afraid of, right? When I start to worry or feel anxious, you can bet it is because I have been placing my faith in the wrong things. When I turn my eyes back to my savior, I can rest in my circumstances because He is in control. Whatever happens, good or bad, is ultimately for my good and his glory. I can have faith in the one who is faithful.
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5 comments:
- Nicholas said...
that is very true. A lot of times when I wake up during the night I get very scared sometimes... thinking if the locks work on the door. That does show where I am puttin my trust.
- April 26, 2008 at 4:45 PM
- Life Savior said...
Our faith is only as good as what we put it in.
- April 26, 2008 at 4:53 PM
- Alyssa C. said...
Thanks for that reminder. I admit I am a born Worrier and my faith is often misplaced. But I'm learning. :) Praise God for His undying love and, yes, faithfulness. :)
~ Alyssa C.
- April 28, 2008 at 5:43 AM
- Life Savior said...
Cj:I need your help!! Your sisters put us down as one of their recommended blogs, but they put down the wrong web address. Maybe you could help them. "Savior" can be spelled both ways, with or with out the "u". Thanks.
- April 28, 2008 at 11:35 AM
- cj said...
Life savior- I'll fix that.
- April 28, 2008 at 12:22 PM
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Every week, I write a blog post about my progress on side projects. I explained my thought process in this article last week. I also detailed the first project that I wanted to work on for this month.
Week One
The stack choice
For the front-end, I went with React and create-react-app. It greatly reduces the headache of getting everything set up. For the back-end, I chose express. For this project, this is more than enough to do what I want. I'll also use MongoDB for the database and I decided to use semantic-ui for the UI framework. I used material-ui before, so I went with a different one.
Setting things up
There are two different parts in this project. The root of the project takes care of the server side ( express + mongodb ). Inside this root folder, a /client folder holds the front-end that was set up thanks to create-react-app.
The first difficulty that I had was to connect both parts. How do I inform the front-end and back-end to listen to each other with the create-react-app setup?
Thankfully, the documentation links to a tutorial that explains how to make create-react-app works with an API. Right here if you're curious. The front-end and back-end are run concurrently thanks to the npm package named concurrently ( convenient ).
And after that, I could start writing my code.
Hearthstone API
To get all the informations about the game's cards, I found an API at this url. Well documented, easy to use, and I have all the informations I needed.
React Router
This one made me sweat a bit more. I wasn't aware a new version of React Router was released. It took me some time to understand how the new one worked. ( BrowserRouter and Switch ).
Starting to see some results
I started with the cards's catalog. I had to figure out the call to make to get the cards I needed ( hint: collectible=1 ). After that, I filter the cards by classes and sets in the front-end. Hearthstone has a "standard" mode where only the most recent cards sets are used.
The catalog functionality will ressemble the one in the actual game. The user should be able to sort them by name, mana cost, cards set and classes…
Code and next week's goals
Here is the code on Github
For next week, I will try to finish the catalog functionality with all the sorting and filters. If that is done, I'll start adding some deck actions ( deck creation, adding cards to deck from catalog … )
See you next week!


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"Tianya Zatan board is one of the most popular and influential board of Tianya Club, which is a famous Internet forum in China, and provides BBS, blog, microblog and photo album services etc.. 1" The posts of Tianya Zatan board cover the hot and sensitive topics of society. Analyzing the posts is a good means to monitor the status of societal risk (Tang, 2013). From previous studies (Tang, 2013), it is shown that the risk intensity of each category is varying, hence risk classification of posts plays an important role in the analyzing work, but this mission is impossible to be handled only by humans. As it can be found, the contents of the posts of Tianya Club are mainly textual information; only a minority of posts is attached with pictures or other media information, then text classification is the first choice to classify the posts of Tianya Zatan board.
However, as it is found that risk classification of posts has several unique features from text classification, such as the dynamical variation of context, the limitation of training samples, the bad quality of corpuses, etc., which make risk classification of posts more difficult than standard text classification discussed intensively by professionals. Furthermore, the difficulties confront in risk classification of posts, which will hinder progress in on-line societal risk perception research (Tang, 2013). Up to date, in the area of risk classification of posts, no similar research work has been presented on this topic. This is a new area of text classification, and no mature strategy can deal with this issue effectively. Hence, following normal strategies applied to deal with text classification, risk classification of posts of Tianya Zatan board has been tested in this paper.
The basic principle of text classification is utilizing learning strategies to assign predefined categories labels to new documents based on the likelihood suggested by a trained set of labels and documents (Zhang, et al., 2007; Zhang, et al., 2008). Generally, two main procedures affect the accuracy of text classification: text representation and classifier construction. Text representation includes feature word extraction and feature word selection (Baharudin, et al., 2010), feature word extraction is to transfer the text documents into clear word vector; feature word selection is to select a subset of feature words from the original documents through some methods, such as term frequency inverse document frequency (TF*IDF) (Zhang, et al., 2011), information gain (IG), term frequency, etc.. Classifier construction is to build classifier through machine learning strategies using training samples. Many research works have been done on machine learning and their effectiveness in text classification field. The machine learning strategies which can be divided into three classes: supervised, unsupervised and semi-supervised (Huang, et al., 2006), while supervised methods have shown advantages in text classification. The representative supervised machine learning methods for text classification are neural network (Ruiz & Srinivasan, 2002), support vector machine (SVM) (Hu & Tang, 2013; Tong & Koller, 2002; Zhang, et al., 2008), etc.. In brief, mature procedure and strategies have been set up in text classification, and normal steps will be adopted in risk classification of posts.
As mentioned above, risk classification of posts is much more difficult than previous text classification; people may argue that the classification mission is impossible. Therefore, before classifier construction, to show and confirm the difficulties of risk classification of posts, similarity analysis of posts in one risk category are carried out; to describe the feasibility of posts classification, similarity analysis of posts between two risk categories are implemented; to consider the effect of time factor, similarity analysis of posts between published on different days are conducted.
The rest of this paper is organized as follows. Section 2 presents the procedure of web documents representation, similarity analysis and classifier construction. The results of statistical analysis, similarity analysis and text categorization are presented in Section 3. Finally, conclusion and further research plan are given in Section 4.


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When you're job hunting, the ongoing task of sending out resume after resume, accompanied by cover letter upon cover letter, can be daunting and feel downright insurmountable at times. It's tempting to just "go form letter" and make about three zillion copies of everything, staple and mail them. Check, done and hand me the TV remote, please!
But you know this isn't the way to go, right?
If you stand any chance at all of getting an interview, you want your cover letter and resume to make an impact among the hundreds that may be received by a hiring manager or recruiter. And you must, must, must– without exception – target them to the company and position for which you are applying.
Your Cover Letter
Use your cover letter to pinpoint why you're the perfect candidate for the job. This document should be position specific, concise, and customized to your desired employer.
- Start with the job posting. List all the criteria the employer is seeking. Then, list your own skills, qualifications and experience. Match them up – and include these details in your cover letter. If you don't have a posting or job description, research the company and find out how they could benefit from the unique value that you can offer.
- Specifically address the job and why you're right for it. If your list doesn't come close to matching the position criteria, think twice about pursuing this particular opportunity.
- Address your cover letter to an actual person. If necessary, call the company HR department and find out to whom it should be sent. Stay away from the "to whom it may concern" lead.
- Use the company name and job title. Address specific organizational needs. But in doing so, keep your cover letter concise. Three or four paragraphs is a good rule of thumb.
Your Resume
Submitting the same resume for every position can't possibly meet each employer's individual needs. To grab their attention, give them what they want by tailoring your resume to them.
- Remember, your resume will likely be reviewed by software as well as humans. Increasingly, companies utilize applicant tracking systems to narrow their fields of job candidates. Include in a prominent position in your resume the same keywords found in the job description. This will increase the chance of it matching available positions.
- Prioritize content. List your most relevant and important experience first, with key accomplishments listed at the top of each position.
It takes more time and effort to prepare customized cover letters and resumes, but it's worth the effort. Without taking this key strategic step, you can pretty much count on your materials landing in the circular file or the electronic trash bin.
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March 30-April 14: Ms. Wiles' teaching week!
April 2015
Week 9, 16-19 March: How did changes in art reflect new Renaissance ideals?
-Da Vinci
This week, we're going to get into more detail about the lives of specific Renaissance artists. Did these individuals really influence this time period? Did the Renaissance happen over night? Today, we're going to look at art from both Michelangelo and Da Vinci, and discuss why their work is linked to the Renaissance.
-finish background readings
Today, we're going to finish the background reading on select artists and the Renaissance as a whole.
-assessment review
After yesterday's gallery walk, you all should have a good idea of how art reflected Renaissance ideals. We'll go over some key terms and ideas in class. The rest is up to you!
Week 8, 9-13 March: The Renaissance......How did changes in art reflect new Renaissance ideals?
Learning Objectives: This week, our goal is to learn about the push towards humanism during the Renaissance. We will do this by reading passages about art, and the societal structure of Europe during the Renaissance.
-background knowledge
-website review
In groups, we're going to read background content on The Renaissance to gain a better understanding of what happened, and why ideals started to change in Europe. I'm going to speak with each of you about your websites.
-background knowledge
-Renaissance Art
Today, let's aim to complete the section assessment on the Renaissance and begin our discussion on the ideals and influence of art in Italy.
-Renaissance Art
I was impressed by our conversation yesterday. Triangles, perception, lines, nice recognition! Let's continue with our discussion of the Teenage Mutant Ninja......wait, I mean the four famous artists of the Renaissance.
-guest lesson by Ms. Wiles (Michelangelo!)
After missing last weeks class meeting, why don't we spend our time before lunch discussing issues that have come up over the past two weeks? Please come to class with positive comments, solutions, and changes you would like to make.
Week 7, 2-5 March: How did the Crusades impact the "Holy Land" and how is that impact still felt today?
-individual meetings
-rubric review
Quite a few of you made solid progress yesterday over the past week. Let's aim to finish our websites by Wednesday. I'll be meeting with you individually during class today.
-individual meetings
-website due tomorrow!
We're in the final stretch! Please have your website completed by Wednesday morning at 8:00 a.m. If you have any questions, please ask or Voxer me!
-websites due
-begin podcast
Today, we're going to take a look at each other's websites, and begin a podcast connected with your website.
-guest lesson by Ms. Wiles
Week 6, 23-27 February: How did the Crusades impact the "Holy Land" and how is that impact still felt today?
-finish Crusade inquiry project
-website creation discussion
Learning goals: Complete Crusade inquiry project and be able to tell the difference between a Muslim and Christian perspective.
I hope everybody had a fantastic break! Today, we're going to work on wrapping up our Crusade inquiry project, and then discuss the final assessment (you're going to build a website!) for this unit.
-Crusade website
-Log-in instructions
Learning goals: You will develop a website that answers the essential question about the Crusades we decided on as a class. This website will be made using Weebly.com. This is an individual project and will help me see what you know about the Crusades. Please find the rubric attached below.
Crusade Website Rubric
-Crusade website
-individual meetings
Today, we're going to go into cruiser mode and get into the nuts and bolts of creating your website. Please remember to keep an eye on the rubric.
-individual meetings
-rubric review
Quite a few of you made solid progress yesterday. Let's aim to finish at least one page by the end of class today.
Week 5, 9-13 February: How did the Crusades impact the "Holy Land" and how is that impact still felt today?
-field trip reminder
-discussion forum reminder
-continue with Crusade inquiry project
Happy Monday! Nice work last week, everybody. Most of you are on the fourth component and working steadily. Teamwork, again, has been excellent so far. Today, your goal is to finish the mini-project (speech, newsletter, or poster) by the end of class.
-field trip reminder
-continue with Crusade inquiry project
After two classes focused on the mini-project, we will get back on track and look further into the crusades. All of you are past checkpoint four now and can move at your own pace. Keep up the good work!
-field trip reminder
-check homework
-continue with Crusade inquiry project
Learning Goals:
1.) Understand how long and protracted the Crusades were.
2.) Understand how the weapons and tactics used in the Crusades shaped how battles
3.) Make sense of dates chronologically.
Many of you are on the timeline or weapons section of our week long project. Please make sure to summarize, in your own words, what happened during each crusade. Remember, details count!
-check homework (weapons)
-continue with Crusade inquiry project
Learning Goals:
1.) Take into account both Muslim and Christian views of the crusades.
2.) Understand how point of view affects history and how events are viewed.
Today, you're going to be researching both Muslim and Christian views on the crusade. How did their differing views affect what was written about the crusades later?
-check homework (points of view)
-class meeting
After a successful class meeting last week, we will discuss any and everything that you see fit. Please remember to fill in a comment slip and to drop it in the box before the bell rings.
Week 4, 2-6 February
-return essays with revisions to be made
-continue with reading and questions on the Crusades
Good morning! Well done last week, everyone, well done. As I read through your essays, I'm struck by some of the connections you all have made. While you're working in groups on background knowledge, I will be meeting with each of you to discuss your essays.
-essay revisions
-website forum discussion reminder
-Crusade inquiry project
We've finally made it beyond the Black Death....hooray! Let us now dive deep into the Crusades and look at the perspectives of Christians and Muslims, kings and subjects, and historians and students.
Today, we will begin a Crusade inquiry project that will require immense teamwork. It is up to you and your group to stay on task, and find the information you deem important.
Please remember to answer the weekly forum question below, as well.
-website forum discussion (due Thursday-5 February)
-Crusade inquiry project
Well done yesterday everyone! I was impressed by the initiative and teamwork demonstrated by all of you. Let's keep rolling forward today!
-website forum responses due
-class discussion on responses
-Crusade inquiry project
Good morning! I realize the cause and effect section of the project is difficult, but fear not, you have two brains, unlimited internet access, and some awesome print material (aka books!) to work with. Keep up the teamwork!
-discuss forum responses
-field trip reminder
-class meeting
Week 3: 26-30 January
Week 3: January 26-30
-self evaluation
-hang up collages
-art walk with notes
-essay discussion
-vocabulary reminder
Today, we're going to begin our reflective essay on the Black Death. As you're walking around looking at your colleagues artwork, look for the symbols they used to describe the event. For this essay, use the following question as a starting point: What symbols (or symbolism) did your colleagues use to highlight the impact of the Black Death on Europe, and the rest of the world?
This four paragraph essay is due on Friday, 30 January.
-essay and vocabulary reminder
-individual essay meetings
Today, we will work on our essays in class. I will meet with each of you to discuss your outlines and direction of your writing.
-vocabulary check and review
-begin peer edits
-individual essay meetings and revision
Everyone is off to a great start! Thank you for taking the time to work on your essays at home. Today we will begin the peer editing phase of our essays. Please remember to review Boccaccio's Decameron and to find quotes for your essay.
-individual art project feedback
-peer edits on paragraphs two and three
-continue with reading and questions
-vocabulary review
I was impressed by the enthusiasm you all showed at the end of class yesterday. Let's keep it moving forward today! We will begin class by helping one another edit our essays, and then transition into our background reading on the crusades. We will spend the last few minutes of class reviewing for the vocabulary assessment.
-turn in essays
-continue with reading and questions
-class meeting
Well done this week! Writing can be tough, but all of you worked incredibly hard and have made some excellent connections. I look forward to reading your work over the weekend and seeing the symbolism represented.
Week 4: 2-6 February
Essential question-How do we determine what is worth fighting for?
-EQ discussion and response (Is anything worth fighting for? Is anything worth dying for?)
Today, we are going to begin a unit on the crusades and their impact upon the Middle East and Europe, and how that impact can still be felt today.


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One of the more unnecessary film remakes in the works is the proposed reboot of "The Naked Gun" franchise, with Ed Helms taking over the role of Frank Drebin from the late Leslie Nielsen.
One positive sign though is that the original's director/co-writer David Zucker has revealed that the new version will not try and copy and instead go in a different direction from the 1988 film.
Speaking at the Nashville Wild West Comedy Festival, Zucker says: "It won't be like the Naked Gun that I did. It may be good, but it won't be that kind of movie. They're going to use the title. They asked me if I wanted to produce. They're nice people, but they don't want to do that style of spoof that I do."
Zucker refused to be a producer on the project, and he says he turned it down as he didn't want to interfere: "If my name was on it, I would be making all sorts of suggestions and trying to change it, and it would be frustrating."
How does he feel about the hiring of Ed Helms? "[He's] very well known for three of the biggest comedies ever (The Hangover movies). I understand why Paramount is doing what they're doing."
Source: Empire


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The extension of the Voting Rights Act was passed by the U.S. House today by a vote of 390-33. Of the 33 who voted "no," all Republicans, six were from the Georgia delegation. Not able to accept defeat in the face of the overwelming bi-partisan popular will of the people's representatives, Rep. Lynn Westmoreland called for judcial activism to overturn the law. He had this to say: "We needed 218 votes in the House," he said. "But we'll only need five votes in the Supreme Court. Justice will prevail. The honor of Georgia will be restored." So, when a conservative asks the Courts to overturn the will of the people it is "justice," but when a liberal asks the Courts to do the same thing it is "judicial activism." Is that right, Rep. Westmoreland? Thanks to Andre for pointing this out.
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Tater Tate says:
Hell yes I want some conservative judicial activism. It would take decades to overturn the socialist bent of our courts for decades.
Congressman Westmoreland is a national treasure and Georgia heroe for taking on this issue. I for one, will not give another dime or lift a finger for the Republican congress because of this vote.
But I will support Westmoreland.
Westmoreland for Governor in '10!
debbie0040 says:
I really like Westmoreland but totally disagree with him on this issue. He is doing the same thing we accuse the libs of. I think he will think about it and change his mind.
Bill Simon says:
Yeah, Debbie, right after he learns The Ten Commandments.
eem2006 says:
tater – would you pick Westmoreland or Reed in 2010?
Just sayin, if Reed wins on tuesday you know that is his plan.
Tater Tate says:
Tough call eem2006. Either would be fine by me. I spect they'll work it out between them as they are good friends. Westmoreland has endoresed Reed you know.
Three Jack says:
Why did Kingston vote in favor of this extension? Thanks to all other GA Rs for voting No.
Bull Moose says:
Okay, you people are borderline racist on this issue… VRA opened the doors for African Americans to the polling places. Stop being biggots.
Demonbeck says:
Because Kingston understands that the rights of African Americans and other minorities are more important than making a political statement. If you have a problem with the VRA, settle it in court, where it should have been settled decades ago.
atlantaman says:
I don't believe Conservatives think the Supreme Court should be eliminated. Conservatives do believe in upholding the Constitution. It's not activism if it's clearly unconstitutional. Conservatives don't like it when activist Judges see things and interpret meanings in the Constitution that don't exist.
How could you pick only a few States and make them operate under different rules then the rest of the states, how is that equal protection. The only way the provision passed Constitutional muster to begin with was by making it temporary. If you continue to renew the provision after 50 years at what point is it not temporary.
It's ridiculous that the people of this state are still paying for the sins of 50 years ago. The majority of the people living here were either not an adult then or moved here with their job when metro Atlanta began to prosper.
Under their logic, we should be boycotting Nelson Mandela and South Africa because of their years of Apartheid.
It's an incredible slap in the face of Georgians for being treated differently then the rest of this Country and a real dissapointment that we have so many spineless Congressmen, Senators, and a President who are afraid of being called a racist by Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, and company.
duluthmom says:
Bill S.
Didn't you know that Westmoreland doesn't have time to learn the 10 Commandments because he's too busy re-reading his campaign literature to make sure he's doing what he promised to do? (That goes down as one of the stupidist things I've heard a politician say.)
And don't you dare call him a Peach ever.
For those that missed it (be sure to catch the 10 Commandment part):
debbie0040 says:
I was against the VR extension. I don't think it is right to say only certain states have to abide by it and not all states. If one state has to abide by it then all should.
I just feel that our duly elected representatives have voted and that is it. Now they have to answer to the voters in their districts.
atlantaman says:
I respect what you are saying, but I don't think our elected Reps. (no matter how spineless they are) have the Constitutional power to renew that law. How can anyone make the case that the citizens of GA are receiving equal protection?
Unfortunately most of the Reps won't have "to answer to the voters in their districts", becuase their Districts are treated better then Georgia's. That's the point, why would the voter's in other states hold their reps accountable for outdated rules that don't effect them.
If our Washington legislators are so concerned about appeasing Jesse Jackson then they should put a Constitutional Amendment in motion.
Westmoreland is a hero who stood up to a Republican leadership that did not want a debate over this bill. If racism still exists, then it exists everywhere and all the States should have to abide by the same rules.
Decaturguy says:
"It's ridiculous that the people of this state are still paying for the sins of 50 years ago."
50 years ago? They're pulling the same stunts with their voter ID bills today. Remember Sue Burmeister?
Come on, get real. Westmoreland would have been in the mainstream in the 1950's and 1960's, but today, he and the others are an embarassment to our state. They are so far right that they could only get less than 10% of their collegues to join them.
Harry says:
Okay, Mr. Mainstream.
Harry says:
It's pretty much meaningless anyway. Black districts are set up to elect Democrats and white districts to elect Republicans. Suits me.
50 years ago? They're pulling the same stunts with their voter ID bills today. Remember Sue Burmeister?
You mean the Voter ID bill that was precleared by DoJ on August 26, 2005, and then again on June 28, 2006? The bill that even the federal judge who issued the injunction earlier this week doesn't see a VRA violation in?
And actually, it's 34-42 years ago, since Section 5 of the VRA focuses exclusively on the elections of 1964, 1968, and 1972. Whether or not Georgia actually deserves its treatment today, that doesn't change the fact that the Section 5 only cares about discrimination during the Vietnam era and before, and completely and utterly ignores any patterns of discrimination in other states that have emerged in the last three decades.
Renewal of Section 5 without any changes means that the DoJ will continue to pay attention only to states that discriminated in the '60s, while turning a blind eye to other states with new, present-day discrimination.
atlantaman says:
Nobody has been able to logically tell me why if the State of GA, Arizona and a few other states needs Federal oversight, then why not all 50 States?
Harry says:
We're the goats.
But like I said – it just guarantees me a more conservative representative, so fine by me.
Bull Moose says:
Listen you racists, the reason only "certain" states have to abide by the VRA is because those are the states that demonstrated a determination to make sure that African American minorities were disenfranchised.
Man, some of you really need a good history lesson. Especially you Mr. Westmoreland (oh and Bible too)!
Nobody has been able to logically tell me why if the State of GA, Arizona and a few other states needs Federal oversight, then why not all 50 States?
I believe it was David Scott who argued that nationwide application would be unconstitutional, because then it wouldn't be "narrowly tailored."
From a more practical standpoint, there are roughly 100 Representatives from areas covered by Section 5, as opposed to 330 or so from states that aren't. It's not surprising that they don't want to open the door to getting themselves called to task.
Listen you racists, the reason only "certain
atlantaman says:
"I believe it was David Scott who argued that nationwide application would be unconstitutional, because then it wouldn't be "narrowly tailored.
atlantaman says:
"And what are the two states most often identified as places where minority disenfranchisement has taken place recently? Florida and Ohio."
I think the reason those states are in the spotlight is due to their being swing states with a great deal of electoral votes. When a Republican wins those states it has to be due to minority disenfranchisement. I'm sure there are minorities in every state (except maybe Vermont) who would compain they somehow got a bad deal at the polls.
I'm sure there are minorities in every state (except maybe Vermont) who would compain they somehow got a bad deal at the polls.
Perhaps, but I am constantly surprised at how many politicians and pundits have argued that we should renew Section 5 as-is, by citing discrimination in states not covered by Section 5.
If you're going to point to Florida and Ohio as the best modern examples of discrimination, one would think you'd want a law that could adapt to pay closer attention to Florida and Ohio, instead of continuing to ignore them.
Bull Moose says:
Had I been in Congress I would have made and faught for an amendment applying Section 5 to all US States and Territories with electoral districts. If it were successful, I would support continuing the VRA. If it weren't successful, I would STILL support continuing the VRA. I think to vote against continuing the VRA is just another example of why the VRA is still applicable.
Shame on those that voted against it.
bowersville says:
Is this not a pandering? Is this not a subtle play of the race card by the GOP? Is this any different than McKinney(sp?) Does the GOP not want any black voters? Does the whole Democratatic party, and the GOP party have to become a black/white race issue? How ignorant does Westmoreland think I am as a life long white resident of Georgia?
Bull Moose says:
These Georgia Republicans helped make up the 33 votes against continuing the Voting Rights Act: Nathan Deal, Phil Gingrey, John Linder, Charles Norwood, Tom Price, Lynn Westmoreland
I think they need to be held accountable for such an overt racist vote against equality, or at least they all need to be given a history lesson.
I'm very very dissapointed in our Georgia Republican delegation.
Thank you Jack Kingston for voting in favor of the Voting Rights Act.
Harry says:
Get off your high horse and get real. When it comes to race discrimination or reverse-discrimination we're no better or worse any other state. Fact is, we're the ones being discriminated against.
But as they say….if life gives you a lemon, make lemonade!
benevolus says:
Different kinds of problems require different kinds of solutions.
I suppose if someone could show widespread, institutional discrimination in Florida or Ohio or anywhere else, there would be some interest in federal oversight of elections there.
As much as I dislike the attempt at a photo ID law here, I guess I can be thankful because it probably helped focus legislators on what the problem is.
jacewalden says:
Racism. Of course. The first, last, and only line of defense for anyone who doesn't agree with someone. "Oh, he's such a racist." It is kind of pathetic.
50 years ago? They're pulling the same stunts with their voter ID bills today. Remember Sue Burmeister?
Decaturguy, I've pretty much conceded the point that you and I will never agree on ANYTHING. Why are democrats so determined to insure that no one has to be able to show who they are before they cast a ballot? Hell, the I.D. is FREE! What are you whining about? For people who think this "disenfranchises" anyone. I kind of agree. It disenfranchises anyone who is too lazy to get off of their dead ass 1 out of 365 days in a year to go get a FREE I.D.
Is this not a pandering? Is this not a subtle play of the race card by the GOP?
No. It is not. It's a subtle play to keep GA from being punished for mistakes it made 50 years ago. 50 Years ago, Georgia SHOULD have been punished. We have overcome our past though. The punishment is for a crime we are not committing. The "subtle" play at the race card was made by the people who voted against the Westmoreland and Norwood amendments.
Like I said. Anyone who automatically cries "racism" is not better than Cynthia McKinney, and probably deserves to be represented by her.
"But Jace, what about old people in nursing homes?" What about them? They can get a ride to the courthouse 1 day of 365 to get the damn I.D.
I think they need to be held accountable for such an overt racist vote against equality, or at least they all need to be given a history lesson.
Bullmoose, that is the dumbest thing you have ever said.
I'm sick and tired
jacewalden says:
Wow, it put that way out of order….
Move the cynthia McKinney part under the "I'm sick and tired" part.
The I'm sick and tired part should have read: "I'm sick and tired of people automatically crying "racism" just for the hell of it.
[insert Cynthia McKinney portion here]
Oh, and the part about old people in nursing homes should go right after the words "FREE I.D."
These Georgia Republicans helped make up the 33 votes against continuing the Voting Rights Act:
And yet they all voted in favor of a 10-year extension, instead of another 25 year one.
I think they need to be held accountable for such an overt racist vote against equality, or at least they all need to be given a history lesson.
As someone who clearly supports the bill as passed, perhaps you can clear something up for me. How is Section 5 of the VRA a better law by looking exclusively to the elections of 1964, 1968, and 1972? How would the law be hurt by at least expanding the number of elections that determine whether a jurisdiction is subject to preclearance?
As originally passed, the law only looked to the 1964 election, and it covered mostly Southern states. When it was amended and renewed in 1970, the Congress didn't leave it at just the '64 election; they added the 1968 one to the equation. Suddenly, parts of states like New York and New Hampshire were subject to preclearance.
When the law came up for renewal again in 1975, they amended it to include the 1972 election. This then subjected counties in California and Florida and Michigan, among others, to preclearance.
But when Section 5 was renewed in 1982, they didn't add any new elections, even though they renewed it for a period of time that was longer than the law had yet been in existence.
It was a good idea in 1970 and 1975 to update the Voting Rights Act when it was renewed. It kept the law current, as it adapted to identify and respond to more contemporary patterns of discrimination. So why would it be a bad idea to make a similar update today? Why should the law be based on discrimination in 1972, but not in 1984, or 1992, or 2004? How is the law better off for continuing to focus on Vietnam-era elections, while ignoring every election in my lifetime?
atlantaman says:
I've been thinking about the whole, "Westmoreland and the Conservatives are hypocrites for wanting to use the Supreme Court" issue.
I think there is a difference as to when a judicial activist judge sees things in the Constitution that do not exist and when lawmakers ignore aspects of the Constitution that do exist.
Decaturguy says:
How about addressing the Sue Burmeister issue? With leaders like her, how can you say that Georgia is just like every other state?
Harry says:
I thought she opened her mouth and said one stupid thing, and so she's history? Maybe I missed something. What else is there?
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Last year I posted about taking a break from the usual posts. Below are some images from in and around San Juan, Puerto Rico and also a bonus image (photo by Brian Higbee) from Ghost Modernism show, Spectral In-sourcing, installation on view right now. As always these images are available in color.
Below is a recent image from the Ghost Modernism installation in Brooklyn of Spectral In-sourcing


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Lets just get this out of the way … Halo: Reach was not the greatest Halo game ever.
It had its moments, and was pretty fun, but it was missing that Halo "spark" (get it?).
And the ending? Well, none of the Halo games had amazing endings, but the one in Reach could have used some work. Which is why I am happy to share with you an alternate one!
Thankfully, the good folks at How It Should Have Ended have decided to show us how the newest recruit of Noble Team should have treated his transfer, and the answer is not what you would think.
Check out the very funny video below!
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The School District of River Falls, innovative leader in personalized learning, ensures the development of every student's unique potential in order to excel as responsible, productive, global citizens, facilitated by forward-thinking staff in a safe, nurturing and collaborative environment.
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The hours of operation are from 6 am until 6 pm.
The summer program will begin on Wednesday, June 13th and ends on Friday, August 17th.
There will be no Kids Club on Wednesday, July 4th and Thursday, July 5th.
Students who are registered for 2018 Kindergarten through 8th Grade are able to be in Summer Kids Club!
You will be registering your child for the school year they are entering in fall of 2018.
Kids Club offers a wide variety of age-divided activities. The students will visit the Public Library, local parks, and the Glen Park Pool once a week. In addition, Kids Club attends two off site field trips each week. Breakfast and an afternoon snack are served each day and each student should bring a bag lunch each day.
Kids Club will drop-off and pick-up students enrolled in Basic Skills Summer School classes, only. Basic Skills will take place at Greenwood Elementary School this summer. Kids Club staff will ride the bus with the students to and from summer school. Kids Club will not provide bussing to enrichment courses or any other outside activities.
Kindergarten Registrations:
We have a limited number of children we can enroll who are entering Kindergarten in the Fall 2018-2019 School-Year.
-Students must be 5 years old on September 1, 2018
-Be enrolled in Jr. K or Kindergarten for 2018- 2019 school year
-Have a sibling in Summer Kids Club
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*These are criteria that we register in order of. We take siblings first, then no siblings full time and then 4 days and so on. If spots remain after all siblings have registered, we will open enrollment to community families in need of summer care.
Please contact Angela with questions regarding registration for our Kindergarten group.
Angela: 715-425-0799 or email@example.com
Summer Kids Club Age-Groups
Kids Club & Opti-Club are age-divided for activities in the summer. We have classrooms for each grade and consistent teachers to be with each group!
2018 Rates:
5 Day Rate: $170 per child
2-4 Day Rate: $40 per child, per day
Field Trip only Date Rate: $50 per child (This rate is if you only pick T and/or TH as your attending date(s) for the week)
1 Day/Half Day/Drop-In Rate: $50 per child, per day
Field Trip Drop-In Rate: $60.00 per child, per day. (This is not an option on all field trips due to the fact that we need to purchase tickets 7-28 days in advance for some trips. ie Saints game)
Rates include: breakfast, snack, park pool admission, all field trips. Except Opti-Club's Valley Fair trip. Due to cost each child will charged $20.00 to go towards their admission.
All ACH and CC fees are part of your contract costs. You should not see any fees charged to your ACH or CCs.
Schedule Changes:
Schedule changes for the month of June are due May 18th!
Schedule changes for the month of July are due June 15th!
Schedule changes for the month of August are due July 13th!
For more information about Summer Kids Club or Opti-Club, please check out the Welcome packet located at the bottom of this page or contact Angela Bohnert: 715-425-0799 or email@example.com.


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The Dutch Member of European Parliament Marietje Schaake states:
Technologies can help advance human rights such as access to information and freedom of expression. Yet, too many surveillance and intrusion technologies are being produced in Europe and sold to enable human rights violations. We need smart regulation to ensure we facilitate the protection of rights, and not their violation
By sharing the draft report and opening it up for public input, Schaake is calling on "anyone from hackers to journalists, activists to lawyers" to share their input.
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