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New Mask Guidance From CDC Causes Further Confusion in Texas
The Legislature had the opportunity to end mask mandates, but they didn't.
Jeramy Kitchen | July 28, 2021
On Tuesday, the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention issued new guidance in relation to COVID-19, reversing its previous policy from May, recommending fully vaccinated individuals and children wear masks indoors, including when they resume public school attendance in the fall.
The Texas Legislature Chose Not to Prevent Mask Mandates in 87th Legislative Session
Throughout 2020, several lawmakers expressed concerns with their lack of ability to stop lockdowns and mandates since the Legislature was not in session, effectively allowing Texas Gov. Greg Abbott the ability to create the effect of law via executive order in response to a pandemic.
When the Legislature finally did meet for 140 days this year, they left without addressing emergency powers much at all (including mask mandates), all but ensuring the continuation of controversy and confusion amongst Texans attempting to both comply and balance bureaucratic guidance, government mandates, and their everyday lives.
When the original version of the controversial Texas Pandemic Response Act or House Bill 3 was considered by the Texas House of Representatives during the 87th regular session, an amendment was offered by State Rep. Cody Vasut (R–Angleton) that would have prevented "the governor, the presiding officer of the governing body of a political subdivision, or any other state or local government official" from mandating the wearing of masks via an order during a declared state of pandemic disaster. Vasut went on to explain that if a mandate were to be made, it should be after its consideration by a deliberative body like the state Legislature.
When the amendment was first proposed, it passed without anyone taking issue with its consideration. A few moments later, the author of the overall bill, State Rep. Dustin Burrows (R–Lubbock), made a motion to reconsider the vote by which the amendment was considered, causing Vasut to again explain his amendment to the overall House.
Eventually, a vote was taken and announced as 71 in favor and 70 in opposition. As the vote was so close, a parliamentary process called a vote verification was requested and granted, whereby the House chief clerk and House sergeant-at-arms read through the names one by one to verify how each House lawmaker voted.
At the conclusion of that process, the final vote was 71-72, ultimately causing the amendment to fail and the House to reject a proposal to ban mask mandates aided by Republican lawmakers.
The Republicans who voted against the amendment were State Reps. Steve Allison (San Antonio), Travis Clardy (Nacogdoches), Drew Darby (San Angelo), Charlie Geren (Ft. Worth), Kyle Kacal (College Station), Lyle Larson (San Antonio), Four Price (Amarillo), and Jim Murphy (Houston), who is also the Chairman of the House Republican Caucus.
Another bill that would have precluded both the governor and local governments from being able to require mask-wearing was filed by Republican State Rep. Matt Schaefer (Tyler). It was never granted a hearing in the House State Affairs Committee during the regular session.
The Legislature also perpetuated bureaucratic standards in a bill seeking to provide liability protections for businesses, effectively granting them the effect of law.
One of Gov. Greg Abbott's emergency legislative priorities during the regular session was COVID business liability protections. The bill that eventually passed the Legislature took the form of Senate Bill 6, authored by State Sen. Kelly Hancock (R–North Richland Hills). While the bill was being considered, former State Rep. Matt Rinaldi—now Texas GOP chairman—opined that the bill "exposes Texas business owners to civil liability if they do not adhere to draconian government pandemic guidance from unelected health bureaucrats." Language in the bill specifically states that the bill protects businesses unless they "knowingly failed to implement or comply with government-promulgated standards, guidance, or protocols intended to lower the likelihood of exposure to the disease."
The bill went on to pass the House by a vote of 133-10 and the Senate by a vote of 30-1. Abbott signed it into law on June 14, 2021, to immediate effect.
Rinaldi has now encouraged citizens to "not follow the new CDC recommendations," He added, "They are not based in science or good policy. Live your lives."
Abbott Says No More Mask Mandates Even Though He Mandated Them in the Past
In response to the reversal of CDC guidance, Abbott said:
The time for government mask mandates is over—now is the time for personal responsibility. In May, I signed an executive order prohibiting mask mandates by government entities. Every Texan has the right to choose whether they will wear a mask or have their children wear masks.
The executive order he alluded to was issued on May 18, and it included prohibiting school districts from mandating the wearing of masks.
Of course, all of this runs opposite to the mask mandates he imposed on Texans just a few months prior, before issuing an executive order lifting them on March 2. Abbott himself ordered Texans to wear masks in public areas on July 2, 2020. He banned certain outdoor gatherings of more than 10 people unless approved by local officials. The threshold had previously been set at 100.
What Does it All Mean?
Notably, Abbott did not add the issue of mask mandates or emergency powers reform to the ongoing special session agenda for the Legislature to consider.
With the fall semester of public school set to start in just a few weeks, the absence of action by the Legislature on things like emergency powers reform, the prohibition of mask mandates, and leaving businesses open to complying with unelected bureaucratic guidelines almost assuredly means massive confusion for the foreseeable future for everyday Texans. It also has left them reliant on Abbott to not reverse his executive order prohibiting things like mask mandates.
Jeramy Kitchen serves as the Capitol Correspondent for Texas Scorecard as well as host of 'This Week in Texas', a show previewing the week ahead in Texas politics. After managing campaigns for conservative legislators across the state, serving as Chief of Staff for multiple conservative state legislators, and serving as Legislative Director for the largest public policy think tank in Texas, Jeramy moved outside of the Austin bubble to focus on bringing transparency to the legislative process.
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Trailer Watch – Killing Eve Season Three
0 April 14, 2020 18:48 by Ibrahim Lakhanpal
If there is one TV show that could distract me from being in lockdown during a pandemic, it's Killing Eve. Although the second series, written by Emerald Fennel rather than Phoebe Waller-Bridge, felt rather slow and lacklustre, the trailer for the third series suggests the show might be capitalising on the strengths of its first series.
The only text in the trailer, 'obsession never dies' not only alludes to Eve and Villanelle's mutual obsession for one another, but the audience's obsession with watching this play out on-screen. The biggest question for the third series is whether the show can continue to captivate audiences with its cat and mouse chase between MI6 operative Eve (Sandra Oh) and assassin Villanelle (Jodie Comer).
As I didn't enjoy the second series as much as the first, I struggled to remember what actually happened and suspect that the first episode will serve as a catch-up for audiences. If the trailer is anything to go by, the show seems aware of its need to capitalise on Villanelle and Eve's chemistry, making clips of the two characters the focus of the trailer.
"I still enjoy watching the series in seeing several well-developed female characters in central roles, particularly Villanelle as the assassin. "
The trailer opens in the safe territory of Villanelle's exuberant and lavish lifestyle- her sartorial choices are another highlight for fans, and we see Villanelle wearing a floral vampire dress. Her opening the windows of an extravagant house to mock opera sing implies she is indeed happy without chasing Eve, paired with Villanelle's voiceover: 'When I think about my ex today, I realise I'm so much happier now she's dead'.
Even without the subsequent clips of Eve asleep and evidently alive, the audience is already aware of the irony of Villanelle's speech – at the start of the third series she must think Eve is dead. But Killing Eve wouldn't work without its two protagonists, so it's no surprise to anyone that Eve is in fact alive.
Whilst the show has come under criticism for queer-baiting its two protagonists, I feel the show goes beyond homoeroticism with Villanelle's canonical bisexuality and I still enjoy watching the series in seeing several well-developed female characters in central roles, particularly Villanelle as the assassin.
The show has always managed to mix the violence and darkness of Villanelle's assassinations with touches of comedy and dark humour. When Eve awakes, we see her scream and expect a horrific sight – instead we get Kenny, suggesting the third series follows on directly from the second.
"Killing Eve wouldn't work without its two protagonists… the trailer seems to promise a fast paced and action packed third series."
I think the trailer also does a good job of teasing an awful lot without revealing much of the plot, drawing audiences in. Much of the trailer is comprised of incredibly brief clips, perfectly synchronised with the tense classical soundtrack. These clips may well allude to key new characters or moments in the third series – we see a car driving along a dirt track and later a woman walking along a dirt track, then Nico, Eve's long-suffering husband, driving. I suspect all of these are linked. I'm interested to see how the show will keep Nico involved with the rest of the plot given he feels extraneous at times. We also glimpse several new characters: from an older man in glasses, to a woman in a tracksuit, and two rather terrified women.
However, the trailer keeps its main focus on Villanelle, Eve, Konstantin and Caroline, raising questions of the nature of the twelve and whether this third series will delve further into the connections between Konstantin and Caroline.
The trailer also emphasises the original premise – the cat and mouse game between Villanelle and Eve, two polar opposite women, by placing contrasting moments of the pair side by side. We witness Villanelle in her vampire dress strolling carefree compared to Eve looking grey and downtrodden amongst a crowd in her extremely plain clothes. We also see Villanelle triumphantly dancing around her apartment, immediately followed by Eve sat on the floor beside Kenny with her head in her hands.
A few of the trailer's teases seem easier to unpick – we glimpse Villanelle in one of her disguises, dressed up as a clown and holding a knife, followed by a gymnast, who may be on Villanelle's hit list. However, other clues seem less obvious – the camera pans to a woman reading Vixen's Bite behind Eve on a bus- could this have a connection to a new mission or simply be a title reminding Eve of Villanelle?
"The trailer also emphasises the original premise – the cat and mouse game between Villanelle and Eve, two polar opposite women, by placing contrasting moments of the pair side by side."
The trailer also seems to promise a fast paced and action packed third series as we witness a blur of clips. I had to pause the trailer several times to catch each teaser: a masked figure, a house exploding into flames, Eve running through a building, several clips of police, an extremely brief glimpse of a garden where a middle aged woman is running and screaming followed by a girl in a rain-mac and hat who looks rather like Villanelle…
Of course, the trailer also hints at a few of Villanelle's disguises, from a dark wig and delivery person outfit, to the clown outfit repeated at the end of the trailer. My favourite moment of the trailer came towards the end, with the clip of a pink teddy bear with an audio recording by Villanelle for Eve inside. There's something sinister and characteristically Villanelle about it, reminiscent of the dress, flowers and knife lipstick gifts Villanelle leaves for Eve in series one and two.
Season three of Killing Eve will be released on BBC iPlayer in the UK on 13th April and will show on Sunday evenings from 19th April – if you can somehow resist watching the entire show on iPlayer!
Lauren Winson
Trailer from the BBC via YouTube.
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It's the small, everyday things that can make or break a day for us.
While we celebrate the role models who inspire thousands (in person or on Facebook!), for most of us everyday moments—a stranger jostling us in the shops, a car cutting us up at a light, someone pushing in front of us in line at the post office—can upset us out of all proportion.
But the flip side is that we can also be disproportionately pleased by the small actions of a stranger.
On a bad day recently, rushing down the road in Chiang Mai, Thailand, late for an appointment, I dropped my bag and things spilled all over the road. I looked at my possessions spread out in the dust beneath me and held back tears.
As I stood there, a Thai woman, tending a food cart at the side of the road, walked over and carefully helped me pick everything up. Then she smiled at me, patted my hand, and walked back to her stall.
This small act of kindness from a stranger reminded me to be kind to myself in turn, and I took a breath before continuing with my day, lighter in heart and mind.
Be that stranger. Here are three small acts of kindness you can carry out today.
Last year I met someone who challenged himself to offer his help to one person every day.
One day, I was really ill, in a foreign country, alone. I had no way of getting to the shops. He offered his help and brought me groceries. It was a small thing for him. But I was hugely grateful, and it made a real impact on me, this almost-stranger providing practical help.
Now I try and offer my help more often.
At first I used to think no one would be interested in my help, or they'd be suspicious, or a hundred other reasons which stopped me offering. But even when people don't need it, they appreciate being offered help.
I offered someone help with something they were carrying yesterday, and while he turned the help down, we exchanged a joke and a few words, and both of us went on our way happier.
And when people do need the help, you'll be amazed at the long lasting impact it can have.
Be of service. Offer assistance.
You might say thank you a hundred times a day. It's a politeness, a courtesy. But how many times do you actually mean it? How many times are you still engaged in the conversation when you say it, and not turning away toward the next thing?
I have a friend who, when she writes birthday cards, doesn't just write the usual "To Sarah, Happy Birthday, Love Mary," but takes the time to write her friend a more heartfelt message.
She includes in that message some of the things she is grateful to the friend for doing for her that year. Getting a card from her doesn't feel like a formality, it feels like a true connection. And her cards are the ones I remember.
Today, say thank you like you mean it. Catch the other person's eye and say it firmly. "Thank you. I really appreciate your help." It could be to the girl who serves you your caramel macchiato in Starbucks, or your dad for helping you out by putting that shelf up for you.
Or if face-to-face feels too personal or intimate, write a letter or a card to a friend thanking them for something specific they contributed to the friendship last year—their joy, their lightness of touch, the great presents they always buy you, their sense of humor.
Be grateful, and share that gratitude with the other person.
We judge others in our head all the time, just as we judge ourselves all the time. "I hate that dress she's wearing; I look fat in that mirror; I can't believe she just said that; that nail varnish is awful; he really can't do that yoga pose…" It's a constant narrative.
In my last job, particularly when I was feeling negative (and knew it might leak out), I used to push myself to articulate the compliments I usually just said in my head. Sometimes the person I was complimenting was a little taken aback, but they were always pleased.
Put your focus on the positive by expressing it. Tell someone what you like, admire, appreciate. Share the love.
These actions might seem small, but not only do they make others' lives better, they are also directly nourishing for you. Being kind is good for your health.
Ellen Bard's mission is to help you shine more brightly at work and in life. She has a fancy degree, works with those who are too tough on themselves, and loves all things that sparkle. For the free cheat sheet: 5 Unusual Ways to Take Care of Yourself, click over to EllenBard.com.


One of our biggest goals at NOVA Kids in Motion is to create experiences where children will learn to love Physical Fitness. If children develop a love or a passion for an activity early in their life it can benefit them for their whole lives. For example, children who take our Kids in Motion Zumba Club class will learn that dancing for fitness can be a blast! They learn how to follow an instructor and feel comfortable dancing with a big group of people. They learn how to follow the different music and move their bodies. Above all, hopefully they decide that dancing is really fun and makes them happy. This is an activity they can continue through adulthood and can enrich their lives socially and physically.


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Ispell is a program that helps you to correct spelling and typographical errors in a file. When presented with a word that is not in the dictionary, ispell attempts to find near misses that might include the word you meant.
We use Ispell as part of the GNU system but Ispell itself is not a GNU program. These days, you might like to look at GNU Aspell.


In March 2019, Boost Group launches 'D'Mega Öko-Gang' at Cactus in Luxembourg: a unique kids collectibles campaign that inspires kids to help animal warriors to protect the environment. The entire collection and selection of animals has been tailormade for the Luxembourg territory and the local initiatives of Cactus.
After two years of successful cooperation and the execution of multiple Kids Collectibles Campaigns, the emoji company, owner of the registered emoji® trademark and creator of more than 17.000 icons, patterns and stickers for commercial use, signed an exclusive partnership for Loyalty Programs with Boost for Europe and Russia.


Willis has over 25 years experience in IT management for SMEs and large enterprises, so understands how crucial it is to have efficient IT support.
Kevin has been with CCS since it's launch in 2008 and there's not an IT service or product he can't help you with.
The king of all tech geeks, Steven can resolve any IT issue quicker and slicker than your average.
Our newest but by no means least CCS team member, Aaron provides calm and collected IT support service to our clients.


Because this was very requested, today I've uploaded a patch Mint Menu in our MintMenu PPA, which includes a link to the Ubuntu Software Center.
In case you don't know, we maintain a PPA for easily installing MintMenu in Ubuntu. However, the original MintMenu does not include a link to the Ubuntu Software Center (I've named it "Software Center" so the name doesn't get truncated) so the only way to launch USC when using MintMenu was from the command line. But this changes with the patch today (nothing major, just changed 2 lines of code) - as you can see in the screenshot, you can launch Ubuntu Software Center directly from the MintMenu.
I also took this opportunity to upload MintMenu packages for Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal so if you're using Natty already, you can already use MintMenu (but I haven't tested it on Natty yet).
MintMenu is also available in the main WebUpd8 PPA!
Thanks to WebUpd8 reader Joe for the MintMenu patch!


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  describe '#call' do
    let(:path) { instance_double(Pathname) }

    subject { object.call(path) }

    before do
      expect(path).to receive(:read)
        .with(no_args)
        .and_return(':source')
    end

    it 'returns parsed source' do
      expect(subject).to eql(s(:sym, :source))
    end

    it 'is idempotent' do
      source = object.call(path)
      expect(subject).to be(source)
    end
  end
end

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The Doppler storage unit collection is an original, coloured and dynamic idea, perfect to live in a modern and youthful living room.
This collection, designed in 2015 by Giuseppe Viganò, has grown wiht two eccentric storage units introduced by the Italian company Bonaldo during the Milan Design Week 2016. The Doppler storage unit is characterized by a lively combination of shiny coloured patterns, designed like a mosaic to give the illusion of many different overlapping surfaces. The peculiarity of these storage units is also the particular asymmetric opening of the doors.
Bonaldo realizes the storage units in two dimensions and realized the base in natural solid wood, grey or walnut.


When you love a movie, you remember it for your whole life, and most of the time, you crave for a sequel, but many times it never arrives, and probably never will. To ease this desire a group of designers have created a collection of movie posters for sequels that do not exist.
The series is itself is a sequel, from an exhibition held last year by Los Angeles-based experimental gallery iam8bit where they featured imagined posters for movie sequels. The show proved so popular for the gallery that they've put together a second exhibition entitled: Sequel 2.
The new exhibit features work from over 40 artists from around the world. The posters include imagined sequels for movies like Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Being John Malkovich, and Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
Check out all the posters and tell us which one is your favorite! Is there a movie sequel poster that you would like to see made??


It's January. I guess that it's time for another Liam Neeson action movie. Like the Saw movies we get almost every October or every may when we get a new Marvel movie, January has become something of a tradition to receive a new movie (usually an action or thriller) that stars Liam Neeson. This seems to have started thanks to the first Taken film that was put out at that time. It's certainly not because Neeson is desperate for work. He's a great actor who has shown to have a wide range and is still casted in big movies. I think even he's self aware of these kinds of movies.
Counting Taken, Non-Stop, and Unknown, they all have gruff heroes that have to stop something. And they're all put out in January. Even when they come out as bad movies, they tend to do well at the box office. This shows that Neeson is still a draw and they like him as an action hero. He has the right mix of an everyman, but can also be as intimidating as a Schwarzenegger or a Stallone. How much longer can we enjoy this? I don't know, and The Commuter seems to show no sign of him slowing down.
Insurance salesman Michael MacCauley (played by Liam Neeson) commutes daily on a train to New York. His routine is just like a lot of New York workers who don't live in the city. Despite this, he remains a big part of his wife Karen and teenage son Danny's life. His day is different this time as he's being laid off to cut cooperate costs. Before heading home, he catches up with his former police partner Alex (played by Patrick Wilson). Afterword's, he catches the same train home, though he'll have to figure out how to pay for his son's college tuition.
While sitting, a woman Joanna (played by Vera Farmiga) tells him that there's a bag of money in the bathroom and he'll receive $75,000 if he does a favor of finding someone before the last stop in Cold Springs. Joanna gets off while Michael inspects to see if there really is money. He finds a bag, which sets him in motion follow the favor. When he tries to tell someone, Joanna (via someone else's cell phone) has the person injured and tells Michael he has to find a person named "Prynne". Between a hard place, Michael searches for this person while finding a way out.
If you've seen Taken, Unknown, or Non-Stop, then you've already seen The Commuter. What I mean by that is The Commuter is exactly the kind of movie that comes out in January; bland, but has enough to not make it a complete failure. The story itself, while certainly interesting, doesn't have much potential. It's like those dime store detective stories. These are the kinds of stories that are written in a heartbeat while trying to figure out how to take advantage of Liam Neeson.
Neeson is the best thing about the movie. His charisma makes him charming enough to make you want to follow him. You'll never believe he's playing a character, but that's usually common with his movies. What is lacking from the other movies are his action skills, but the man is in his mid sixties, so it's to be expected. That may explain the climax of the film, which does include a train crash. The problem is that it's CGI is so obvious and fake that it looks more like a cartoon then a live action thriller. The movie works a little more in it's first half, but not by a lot.
I'll give this three train maps out of five. Those that like Liam Neeson will probably find something they'll like whether it's the actor himself or maybe even the story. It's nothing special and even the movie is aware that it's nothing special. It's another escapist thriller. I'd say if your really curious, it's worth the DVD rental later on, but I wouldn't waste money on it in theaters. Check your schedule and see if The Commuter is worth getting on now or later.


Inside an antique farmhouse at the Ganondagan State Historic Site just east of Rochester, New York, a stainless steel coffee roaster hums as it parches Iroquois White Corn with heat, increasing its digestibility. Once the process is complete, after about 20 minutes, Iroquois Corn Project volunteers and staff will use a stone grinder to create corn flour they then sell to the public.
This is the home of the Iroquois White Corn Project, whose mission is to preserve and promote an indigenous strain of corn that has been prized by local Iroquois for 1,000 years. With three products—Iroquois hulled corn, corn flour, and roasted corn flour—the project operates out of the nonprofit at Ganondagan, where the Seneca, a community of Iroquoian-speaking peoples, thrived more than 350 years ago.
"The mission of the Iroquois White Corn Project is to encourage Haudenosaunee [Iroquois] farmers to grow the corn and to eat it for more than just special occasions or ceremonial use—[making it] something they eat every day," said Jeanette Miller, program director for Friends of Ganondaganand a member of the Mohawk tribe of the Iroquois Confederacy. Once hulled, the indigenous corn can be used in soups, stews, salads, and more, and the flour can be used to make breading, mush, cornbread, cookies, cakes, and other baked goods.
Processing white corn. Photo courtesy of Amy Blum.
Founded in its current location in 2011 by G. Peter Jemison, Ganondagan Historic Site manager and a member of the Heron Clan of the Seneca Nation of Indians, the Iroquois White Corn Project currently yields an average of 5,000 pounds per year, and they expect to grow that number considerably in the coming years. Project managers sell the corn to grocery stores, farmers' markets, and individuals, and they hope to one day break into the market of chefs who focus on using indigenous ingredients.
Across the country, a number of individuals and groups, from Louisiana to Nebraska and New England to Arizona, are also working to propagate native corn in hopes of preserving history and tradition and taking advantage of the plants' nutritional value.
Nutritionally, the corn variety is gluten free; low in sugar; high in fiber, protein, and slow-releasing carbohydrates; it's also packed with amino acids that help to build healthy cells. Jemison hopes it can start to improve the health of the Iroquois people, who face a number of diet-related health issues. According to the American Diabetes Association, Native peoples throughout the U.S. have the highest rate of diabetes of any ethnic group, with nearly 16 percent of tribal members affected. Limited access to healthy, fresh food has exacerbated the problem.
Traditional "sweet corn" sold at grocery stores across the U.S. is usually yellow in color, edible directly from the cob, and features high sugar content and a completely digestible hull. Iroquois White Corn, however, is a flour corn with a subtle, slightly nutty flavor and ears that are longer, wider, and heavier than sweet corn.
Historically, Iroquois women raised, planted, weeded, protected, harvested, braided, dried, shelled, and cooked the dietary staple. When the French army and its allies attacked what is now Ganondagan and three other Seneca towns in 1687, however, they destroyed nearly 1.3 million bushels of corn. Later, during the Revolutionary War, George Washington ordered Army troops to devastate and destroy Seneca settlements, ruining planted crops including 350,000 bushels of corn.
Although the Seneca continued farming, their constant need to move and reestablish their communities was devastating. Simultaneously, white ministers and educators insisted that Seneca men become the farmers, rather than Seneca women, further disrupting their traditional way of life.
Although Jemison has run the project out of Ganondagan for the last seven years, Dr. John Mohawk and his wife, Dr. Yvonne Dion Buffalo, originally founded it in the 1990s on the Cattaraugus Reservation, approximately two hours' drive from Ganondagan. Jemison became involved with the project as John and Yvonne were establishing it, but when they died in 2005 and 2006, everything came to a screeching halt. Three to four years after their deaths, Jemison decided to re-start the project at Ganondagan, providing a stream of income for the Friends of Ganondagan group that supports the park.
Growing and processing Iroquois white corn takes considerable time and effort. Native American or First Nations' farmers, who buy seed directly from the Project, must hand-plant and hand-pick the crop. The harvest occurs in October or early November.
Jemison also had to find individuals who could learn the entire process of preparing the corn, which has to be de-hulled, roasted, ground, and packaged in small batches. He sought out young people entering the job market and grant money enabled him to provide them with a decent wage.
Project leaders adapted the traditional cooking process to cut down on the amount of work. "We took away the time-consuming part of cooking and processing of the corn [traditionally, which used] hard wood ash to remove the hull from each kernel," he said. Instead, the project workers use culinary lime, which accomplishes the same results.  Washing the corn helps to remove the rest of the hull.
"We then hold a husking bee and braid the ears of corn together 30-plus at a time," Jemison said. "We hang the corn to dry until April or May, and then it is hand-shelled from the cob, [washed, and sorted]. "This is ideally a community-based effort," Jemison continued. And like all farming, it is subject to the uncertainty of weather.
Jemison says the process is worth the effort. "I think it's important to keep growing food that has an ancient history, originates in the Americas, and is native to the area you come from," he said.
He hopes that ultimately, the Iroquois White Corn Project will sustain itself; the Iroquois people will be able to raise more of their own corn and support farmers; and health outcomes will improve.
Lisa Waterman Gray has written about food and food producers for USAToday.com, rediscover.msn.com, offbeattravel.com, the Kansas City Star, and many other outlets. She also serves on the Board for Slow Food Kansas City.


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Sousa ist ein portugiesischer Familienname.

Namensträger

A
 Abílio Rodas de Sousa Ribas (* 1931), portugiesischer Ordensgeistlicher, Bischof von São Tomé und Príncipe
 Alda Sousa (* 1953), portugiesische Politikerin
 Alfonso Sousa-Poza (* 1970), Schweizer Ökonom

 Aristides de Sousa Mendes (1885–1954), portugiesischer Diplomat

B
 Boaventura de Sousa Santos (* 1940), portugiesischer Soziologe

C
 Carlos Sousa (* 1966), portugiesischer Rallyefahrer
 Christophe de Sousa (* 1992), luxemburgischer Fußballspieler
 Cláudia Sousa (1975–2014), portugiesische Biologin und Primatologin
 Clayton De Sousa Moreira (* 1988), luxemburgischer Fußballspieler
 Constança Urbano de Sousa (* 1967), portugiesische Politikerin und Rechtswissenschaftlerin
 Crislan Henrique da Silva de Sousa (* 1992), brasilianischer Fußballspieler

D
 Daniel Sousa (* 1974), portugiesischer Animator

 Dyego Sousa (* 1989), portugiesischer Fußballspieler

E
 Edson Rolando Silva Sousa (Edson; * 1983), portugiesischer Fußballspieler
 Eduardo Miranda Sousa (1909–1990), peruanischer Ingenieur und Politiker
 Erika Carvalho de Sousa (* 1981), brasilianische Volleyballspielerin
 Everton Sousa Soares (* 1996), brasilianischer Fußballspieler, siehe Everton (Fußballspieler, 1996)

F
 Felicidade de Sousa Guterres, osttimoresische Diplomatin
 Fernando Sousa Fernandes (* 1956), portugiesischer Radrennfahrer
 Fernando de Sousa e Silva (1712–1786), portugiesischer Geistlicher, Patriarch von Lissabon
 Filipa Sousa (* 1985), portugiesische Sängerin
 Fernando Sousa Fernandes (* 1956) portugiesischer Radrennfahrer

 Frederico Sousa (* 1978), portugiesischer Rugby-Union-Spieler

G
 Gabriel Soares de Sousa, portugiesischer Forscher, Seefahrer, Händler und Kolonist
 Gastão Sousa, osttimoresischer Politiker
 Geofredo de Sousa (* 1979), Fußballspieler für Macau
 Gregório de Sousa, osttimoresischer Politiker und Diplomat
 Gustavo Henrique da Silva Sousa (* 1994), brasilianischer Fußballspieler

H
 Herbert José de Sousa (1935–1997), brasilianischer Soziologe und Bürgerrechtler
 Higino de Sousa (1862–1904), portugiesischer Mediziner

J
 Jerónimo de Sousa (* 1947), portugiesischer Politiker
 John Philip Sousa (1854–1932), US-amerikanischer Dirigent und Komponist
 João Sousa (* 1989), portugiesischer Tennisspieler
 João de Sousa Carvalho (1745–1799), portugiesischer Komponist
 João Bosco Barbosa de Sousa (* 1952), brasilianischer Ordensgeistlicher, Bischof von União da Vitória
 João Crisóstomo de Abreu e Sousa (1811–1895), portugiesischer Politiker, Ministerpräsident
 Jorge Sousa (* 1975), portugiesischer Fußballschiedsrichter
 Jorge Luíz Pereira de Sousa (* 1977), brasilianischer Fußballspieler, siehe Jorginho (Fußballspieler, 1977)
 Jorge Sousa Costa (1928–2021), portugiesischer Schauspieler

 Juarez Sousa da Silva (* 1961), brasilianischer Geistlicher, Erzbischof von Teresina
 Julia Pereira de Sousa Mabileau (* 2001), französische Snowboarderin

K
 Kathellen Sousa Feitoza (* 1996), brasilianische Fußballspielerin

L
 Luis de Sousa (Manoel de Sousa Coutinho; um 1555–1632), portugiesischer Historiker und Schriftsteller

 Luís Manuel Barreira de Sousa (* 1957), portugiesischer Diplomat

M

 Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa (* 1948), portugiesischer Politiker
 Marco Ibraim de Sousa Airosa (* 1984), angolanischer Fußballspieler, siehe Marco Airosa
 Maria Lurdes Martins de Sousa Bessa, osttimoresische Politikerin, siehe Lurdes Maria Bessa
 Martim Afonso de Sousa (1500–1571), portugiesischer Entdecker
 Mauricio de Sousa (* 1935), brasilianischer Comiczeichner
 Melissa De Sousa (* 1967), US-amerikanische Schauspielerin

N
 Natanael de Sousa Santos Júnior (* 1985), brasilianischer Fußballspieler
 Noémia de Sousa (1926–2002), mosambikanische Schriftstellerin
 Nuno Sousa Guedes (* 1994), portugiesischer Rugby-Union-Spieler

O
 Oscar Sousa (Oscar Aguiar Sacramento de Sousa; * 1951), são-toméischer Politiker

P
 Paulo Sousa (* 1970), portugiesischer Fußballspieler und -trainer
 Paulo de Sousa Pereira (* 1969), portugiesischer Unternehmer
 Paulo Jackson Nóbrega de Sousa (* 1969), brasilianischer Geistlicher, Bischof von Garanhuns
 Pedro Sousa (* 1988), portugiesischer Tennisspieler
 Pedro de Sousa Holstein (1781–1850), portugiesischer Politiker und Militär
 Pedro Luís Pereira de Sousa (1839–1884), brasilianischer Anwalt, Politiker, Redner, Journalist und Dichter
 Peu Sousa († 2013), brasilianischer Musiker
 Pio Gonçalo Alves de Sousa (* 1945), portugiesischer Geistlicher, Weihbischof in Porto
 Porfírio Zeferino de Sousa, portugiesischer Offizier und Kolonialverwalter

R
 Rafael de Sousa Albuquerque (Rafa; * 1992), deutsch-portugiesischer Fußballtorhüter
 Raphael de Sousa (* 1993), luxemburgischer Fußballspieler
 Ricardo Sousa (* 1979), portugiesischer Fußballspieler
 Richard Danilo Maciel Sousa Campos (* 1990), belgisch-brasilianischer Fußballspieler
 Rita Sousa Uva (* 1972), portugiesische Schriftstellerin
 Rui Sousa (* 1976), portugiesischer Radrennfahrer
 Rui Manuel Sousa Valério (* 1964), portugiesischer Ordensgeistlicher, Militärbischof von Portugal

S
 Samuel de Sousa Leão Gracie (1891–1967), brasilianischer Diplomat und Politiker
 Sebastião Cústodio de Sousa Teles (1847–1921), portugiesischer Politiker
 Serafim de Sousa Ferreira e Silva (* 1930), portugiesischer Geistlicher, Bischof von Leiria-Fátima

T
 Tamara de Sousa (* 1993), brasilianische Siebenkämpferin
 Tomé de Sousa (1503–1579), portugiesischer Kolonialgouverneur
 Travian Sousa (* 2001), US-amerikanischer Fußballspieler

V
 Venceslaus de Sousa Pereira de Lima (1858–1919), portugiesischer Politiker

W
 Wamberto de Jesus Sousa Campos (* 1974), brasilianischer Fußballspieler
 Wanderson Maciel Sousa Campos (* 1994), belgisch-brasilianischer Fußballspieler
 Washington Luís Pereira de Sousa (1869–1957), brasilianischer Politiker, Präsident 1926 bis 1930
 Wellington Luís de Sousa (* 1988), brasilianischer Fußballspieler

Siehe auch
 Vasconcelos e Sousa

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Portugiesischer Personenname

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This is the fourth installment of a semester-long series that documents my exploration of faith on the University of Rhode Island campus. The goal is to sit down with every religious community on campus and learn about their religion and community.
Last week I had the opportunity to learn about the Catholic community on campus when I spoke with Father Joseph Upton, the chaplain/director of the University's Catholic Center.
Before I get into describing the community, though, let me recount some of the important points of Catholicism I learned when speaking with Upton.
When I asked him why people are turned away from Catholicism, he said he thinks it's due to a number of reasons. One of the main reasons being the fear of institutions people have today, more specifically, the institution of the Church. When politicians, priests and religious leaders betray their religion, it not only detracts people from the Church, but also the religion.
He said the other big reason people are turned off by the religion is actually a misconception. He said the Church has no problem with scientific advancement. When I heard this, I was a little confused. My understanding, and a main reason why I don't practice Catholicism, is because I thought there were distinct contradictions with science.
However, Upton made some good points. Let me try to explain. The following is what I took away from our conversation, and wow, I hope I don't screw this up.
So in the Bible, there is definitely scripture that appears to contradict science. For example, the Book of Genesis is a popular discussion point. This is the first book of the Old Testament. It's the one where God said 'Let there be light' and created the world. (Yea, I know, not a great summary.) Anyways, people look into this and find contradictions with natural law and evolution. There is definitely scripture that doesn't appear to add up.
Nobody is denying that. Well, maybe some people are, like the people who stand in front of the Union and yell at students walking by. Do they really think that's the best way of getting their point across? Anyways, this isn't about them. Now, back to my point.
The problem comes from people's understanding of the text. People read into this too literally when it should be looked at from a theological, metaphoric point of view. The point of religion is to respond to the human desire for what is beyond this world. It's not to examine the natural versus supernatural.
However, I don't want to get too hung up on the battle of science versus Catholicism. It would take a lot more than the number of words I get to use, and this is argued so often. I don't think I am going to be the one to solve the dilemma in a few hundred words. If you have questions about it, do some research. Talk to Father Joseph Upton or other religious leaders. I'm sure they would love to have that conversation.
Through my discussions with religious leaders, I get the feeling they are scared of our future. Like Upton said, based on history, living in an irreligious age is a new phenomenon. The majority of humans in history have some sense there's something beyond themselves. However, people, and myself included, are so turned off by the past corruption in religious institutions that when these thoughts of 'what's beyond this world?' come to their head, they ignore it.
Just push the thoughts away. It's pointless, right? We're not going to come up with an answer. And the time spent thinking about it could be used to learn something else. After all, there is an endless amount of information available for us at all times. That's where I have always come from.
Now I see the detrimental effects of this. Religion serves a lot of great purposes. One purpose is that it provides some kind of answer to these supernatural questions. These questions are healthy to think about too. But, the more important purpose, at least for me, is that religion gives people a higher standard of morality – something I think we are definitely missing in society. Whether it's Islam, Christianity, Judaism, or another religion, it provides a guideline to how to treat other people and animals.
Now let's talk about the Catholic community on campus. It is definitely one of the most active religious communities at URI. The center, which is located between the Fine Arts Center and the Emporium, is open daily from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Upton said students use the center as a hang out spot, ask questions about faith and participate in events they hold. Sunday at 8 p.m. is the major college mass. They also hold a number of charity events, including blood drives, food drives, toy drives, writing letters to prisoners, visiting the elderly and many more. They also hold social events like paint nights, retreats and other activities.
"We try to foster an environment where people feel comfortable, ask questions, socialize and practice religion," Upton said.
So if you're interested, check it out. If you're not, well, then don't. Just keep doing what you're doing. To be honest, I'm not going to convert to a religion within the near future. However, what I have learned from religion in the past few weeks has reshaped my outlook on life.


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Reba McEntire's Read My Mind Is Very Average, But Not Unpleasant, Pop-Country.
The Good: A couple of truly wonderful songs, Good voice, Some good lyrics
The Bad: Instrumental accompaniment is fairly predictable and bland, SHORT!
The Basics: A fair album, Read My Mind is a very pop-oriented Reba McEntire album that has musical storysongs that save this one from not being worth the listener's time.
As January races to a close, so too, does my exploration of the musical works of Reba McEntire. It has been a while since I had an Artist Of The Month who offered me such a consistent influx of material as Reba McEntire has and I'm actually quite excited about that and the eight other discs I have to get through in the next week. As the same time, though, I've come to feel many of these reviews are rather repetitive. This comes from the fact that Reba McEntire is a musical performer and less of an artist. As a result, most all of her albums have a produced instrumental accompaniment sound and feel to them. Read My Mind is no exception to that, but the songs on it are some of Reba McEntire's better ones and as a result, there is enough for fans to enjoy.
Even so, it will ultimately come down to a cointoss for the "recommend" advice on this album. The reason for that is quite simple: from the moment I started listening to this album, I realized that I had heard all of the best songs on it. Read My Mind is an album which is heavily culled from for Reba McEntire's greatest hits and "best of" albums. And, as it turns out, in this case the A&R people got it right: the songs from Read My Mind which are generally considered McEntire's best from the album are and if one only hears those and not the others, they are missing nothing truly essential to the Reba McEntire musical experience.
With ten songs taking up 38:19 on a single c.d., Read My Mind is very much a typical Reba McEntire album. As such, McEntire was not involved in the writing or co-writing of any of the songs. As well, McEntire is not involved with playing any of the musical instruments on the album. Instead, she appears as the album's lead vocalist and she contributed to the production efforts as a co-producer of the album. The production is the closest she comes to taking creative control of the work: otherwise, she is a performer, much like Celine Dion or Tina Turner; the only difference is that she is working in the Country-pop genre.
And Read My Mind is very much a Country-pop album. The album employs the steel guitar opposite heavy drums on "The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter," which makes the song sound more "pop" than Country. The album trades the tradition Country fiddles for a saxophone and McEntire seems committed to the pop nature of the album by opening with the sax on "Everything That You Want," the first song on the album. As a result, the album sounds more like a traditional guitar, keyboard, and drum pop album than it does a down-home Country album. Indeed, instrumentally this album has more in common with pop acts than Country ones.
Vocally, McEntire lets in a little Country twang on "Why Haven't I Heard From You" and "The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter." But her vocals are very direct, clear and pop-like on "I Wouldn't Wanna Be You" and the very traditional-sounding ballad "And Still." McEntire has a great alto voice and on Read My Mind, she uses it as well as she does on any of her other albums. There is nothing aurally new or spectacular from McEntire's vocals on this album that listeners haven't heard before. Even so, it is hard to argue that the clarity and vocal force of McEntire's voice does not contribute to the poignancy of "She Thinks His Name Was John."
That song, as it turns out, is considered the first Country song to address or reference AIDS, though there is nothing specific which makes the song "Country." Lyrically, it is similar to a folk song with a musical storysong including a protagonist, events and a theme. In fact, it is a very direct storysong where there is "A chance meeting, a party a few years back / Broad shoulders and blue eyes, his hair was so black / He was a friend of a friend you could say / She let his smile just sweep her away / And in her heart she knew it was wrong / But too much wine and she left his bed at dawn / And she thinks his name was John" ("She Thinks His Name Was John"). McEntire, who even on earlier albums was tackling social injustices and current events issues that were considered controversial handles the topic well with "She Thinks His Name Was John."
Outside that song, the songs do tend to be about love or loss, though McEntire sings with decent irony on "Why Haven't I Heard From You," which is about not getting telephone calls from a partner. She also has a decent sense of Country sass on "I Won't Stand In Line" where her musical protagonist demands to be put first. Unfortunately, some of the songs that are traditional pop ballads come across that way with predictable rhymes like "I looked in your eyes, so bright and so blue . . . Well, I guess I can wait if that's what I have to do / Oh, it's worth it for you" ("Till You Love Me"). Songs like "Till You Love Me" and "Read My Mind" replay poorly because of the obvious rhymes.
Even so, McEntire sometimes is able to overcome lyrical limitations, most notably on the musical storysong "And Still." On that song of love lost, McEntire breathes life into the simple lines "And still / The world stood still / I couldn't move / And all I could feel / Was this aching in my heart / Saying I loved him still" ("And Still") with her powerful, forthright voice. As it is, there is just enough to recommend this album, average as it is. The musical storysongs are good enough to make up for the more mundane instrumental accompaniment that backs them.
The best song is "And Still," the low point is either "Everything That You Want" or "Till You Love Me."
For other Reba McEntire works, please check out my reviews of:
Just A Little Love
Have I Got A Deal For You
The Best Of Reba McEntire
Whoever's In New England
What Am I Gonna Do About You
Greatest Hits Volume Two
Greatest Hits Volume III: I'm A Survivor
20th Century Masters: Christmas Collection - Best Of Reba
For other album or singles reviews, please check out my index page by clicking here!
© 2011, 2010 W.L. Swarts. May not be reprinted without permission.
Labels: Album Review, Music Review, Reba McEntire
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Article Categories > Survive Student Life > The Value Of Community Service
The value of community service
Helping others really does help you
I started my lifetime commitment to community service while I was in high school. My grandma was always willing to lend a hand to others, and the rest of my family seems to have the same trait—giving back. She beat into my head the importance of community service, and my first opportunity was with Mexican Fiesta. I didn't necessarily go willingly.
My family had been volunteering for Milwaukee's Fiesta for years, and the event needed someone trustworthy to be a money runner—the person responsible for collecting money from ticket sales and making sure it was deposited. Although I didn't know everything that was involved, and very nervous of making mistakes, I accepted.
I must have done a good job, because I have been involved with Fiesta since 1998 and advanced to now being responsible for all revenue that comes into the festival. Volunteering taught me something more than school alone could have—how to be a leader.
Working as a volunteer was my first big responsibility. People were relying on me. I counted, and recounted the money to make sure everything was always accurate. I was 17 and didn't want anyone to think I was stealing money if there was a discrepancy.
I started to build my leadership skills as the captain of my high school soccer team. There I learned how to motivate and lead people. These skills helped me a lot when I started volunteering for Fiesta. I continued to learn how to work with and manage a team.
Advantages for college applications
Volunteering will help you gain experiences and build characteristics for which colleges are looking. With everything else being equal, including GPA, volunteering can tip the scales in your favor among thousands of applicants.
One of my most valuable experiences was learning how to work effectively with volunteers and the public. I learned how different people think, react in various situations, and approach problems. I quickly learned how to negotiate and compromise while creating a volunteer schedule, and to appreciate what each person had to offer. I've also dealt with the pubic, including rude attendees. Learning to respond without also being rude is a valuable skill.
What do you do when a ticket didn't scan or a discount wasn't applied? I learned to think on my feet and come up with solutions, fast. I gathered all the information available and made the best decisions I could. Over the years, through mistakes, solutions, working with others, and taking on increasing responsibilities, my confidence grew, and my problem solving abilities increased.
I was still in school, doing homework, playing soccer, hanging with friends, and now I was volunteering, too. Scheduling nearly 175 volunteers for more than 300 volunteer shifts over three days quickly taught me to plan ahead and to stay organized. Planning helped me stay on time for classes, meetings, deadlines, and all my other responsibilities.
By volunteering outside of school, I met a lot of people I probably never would have. Community service is a great opportunity to network, which you may not even realize you're doing at the time.
I am committed to Mexican Fiesta and have been volunteering for years. Making a long-term commitment to a single organization demonstrates more commitment than volunteering for multiple organizations. It shows you're able to stick with something, which is what colleges are looking for.
I learned that to be successful I had to work effectively on a team. And, although I developed many skills and characteristics through my volunteer activities, the focus of the team had to be on serving the community by producing the best Fiesta possible. Community service quickly teaches you that it's not about you.
Learning from mistakes
I was terrified of making a mistake. And, of course, I did make mistakes. I learned from others, and from my own experiences, how to come up with solutions and to avoid the same mistakes in the future. Mistakes are inevitable, invaluable lessons.
Looking for opportunities
Volunteering is an opportunity to exercise your current skills and learn new ones. Look for opportunities that match your talents, interests, and passions.
Ask yourself, what organizations may I be able to help and how? Is there a career you'd like to pursue? Find an opportunity that allows you to learn more about that career and build necessary skills. Share with the organization the skills you bring, how you think you may be able to assist, and what skills you're hoping to learn.
It's never too early to start volunteering
I wish I had understood the importance of volunteering even earlier in my life. Now, I try to give back to the community as much as I can. So many people helped me, now it's my turn to help others. I started the EmpowerMe Foundation, sit on a number of boards of directors, have coached soccer for local leagues, and helped plan business golf outings, among many other activities.
Community service can help you learn new skills, build character, and, it's just the right thing to do. How are you going to serve?
Start your own club
Gap year and volunteering programs
By Joe Villmow; NextStepU 2023


As part of our on-going commitment to customer service and outright support for Plumbing Wholesalers and Distributors, we regularly update and distribute printed copies of our Plumbing Pipe Management brochure. Copies are readily available on request.
The latest version is a six page A4 full colour brochure which includes all of our product range and features our unique, new APAC System, APAC2 profile and continuous backing section pipe management options.
The purpose of the brochure is to showcase our product range, but perhaps more importantly its design and layout is meant also as a quick reference guide for you our customers. We would welcome your feedback on the 'user friendly' aspect of its layout, and we will take into consideration in any future publications your comments on how you feel it could be improved.
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Rabbit Seasoning (1951)
Director: Charles M Jones
Story: Michael Maltese
Animation: Ben Washam, Lloyd Vaughan, Ken Harris
Layouts: Maurice Noble
Backgrounds: Philip De Guard
Cast: Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Elmer Fudd
Date of release: September 20, 1951
From the Bugs-filled credits to the opening shot of a series signs leading us along a stylised country track, it is clear we are the 1950s. The economical minimalism of the great Maurice Noble's layouts and Philip De Guard's backgrounds, while clean and crisp, seem to smack of a style peculiar to this period.
The signs revealed one by one are painted with the words "If youre looking for fun–" [missing an apostrophe], "you don't need a reason", "all you need is a gun–", "it's rabbit season!". Coupled with the name of the cartoon we are left with little doubt as to this cartoon's subject matter and a strong clue as to it's narrative.
We follow the signs into a forest to the very edge of Bugs Bunny's rabbit hole, where we discover Daffy Duck in the midst of executing a cunning plan complete with fake rabbit footprints, to rid himself of his nemesis once and for all. He confesses to camera as he tip-toes for cover behind a huge boulder "Awfully unsporting of me I know, but what the hey, I've got have some fun. …and besides it's really duck season!"
Elmer Fudd the hunter, excited to action at the arrival of "rabbit" season follows the trail dutifully.
The character interplay in this delightful short is wonderful, the trio and now fully formed and at the top of their game. When the nonchalantly carrot munching Bugs exits his burrow via the rear exit to watch Fudd empty his shotgun repeatedly into the front entrance of the home, Fudd, explains to him that it's "Wabbit Season" but he hasn't even seen a rabbit yet. Cue the arrival of the central premise, a delightful, still of Daffy, stupefied with incredulity. The game is afoot! Fudd clearly isn't very bright, he doesn't even recognise a rabbit when one's standing right in front of him munching a carrot. Daffy storms over to the casually chatting pair and angrily points out the prepospterous'us'ness of the situation.
What ensues is essentially a series of well written gags whereby using clever wordplay, or as Duffy put's it "pro-noun trouble", Bugs is able to confuse Daffy sufficiently to argue Fudd into shooting him in the face, again and again. Each gun shot resulting in ever more grotesque displacements of his bill.
There are a couple of variations in the action, where Daffy and Bugs are both chased by Fudd and take cover in Bugs rabbit hole and another example of Bugs' penchant for dressing in women's clothes and seducing dim witted antagonists, all of these distractions end in the same way. BANG! Poor old Daffy!
The beauty of this cartoon is the carefully and subtly animated interplay between the characters. It's a great example of how Chuck Jones' team of master animators worked together. Ben Washam's Bugs Bunny with his tapered canines, Lloyd Vaughan's keen sense of dialogue, all that head nodding, can be attributed to him and of course Ken Harris who was famous for his comic timing, life-like character work and intricate body movements. I like to attribute that elbow of Bugs' resting on Elmer Fudd's head as he peers down his rabbit hole to Harris.
Thanks to Jones' ferocious loyalty to his team, many of these animators went on working beyond the closure of Warner Bros and directly influenced the development of animation throughout the following decades right up until the present day.
Mouse-merised Cat (1946)Mouse-merised…Daffy Doodles (1946)Daffy Doodles…


New Zealand Mint is proud to issue the Birds of Prey 1oz Silver coin series. Each of the coins within the series celebrates the beauty and power of these magnificent creatures.
This dramatically captures an Osprey diving upon a fish with claws and wings outstretched to receive its prey. The power and magnificence of this bird is wonderfully captured in this detailed colour image. The Osprey is vividly set against an engraved natural landscape of great detail.
The coin is presented in an attractive wooden case with removable insert. Insert can be positioned so the coin is displayed upright.


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Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for March 2013
Fab 12/03/2013 News, Security
This bulletin summary lists security bulletins released for March 2013.
With the release of the bulletins for March 2013, this bulletin summary replaces the bulletin advance notification originally issued on March 7, 2013. For more information about the bulletin advance notification service, see http://technet.microsoft.com/security/bulletin/advance.
To receive automatic notifications whenever Microsoft Security Bulletins are issued, subscribe to Microsoft Technical Security Notifications at http://technet.microsoft.com/security/dd252948.
Critical Security Bulletins
MS13-021
Affected Software:
– Windows XP Service Pack 3
— Internet Explorer 6
– Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Service Pack 2
– Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2
– Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition Service Pack 2
– Windows Server 2003 with SP2 for Itanium-based Systems
– Windows Vista Service Pack 2
– Windows Vista x64 Edition Service Pack 2
– Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2
— Internet Explorer 9 (Windows Server 2008 Server Core installation not affected)
– Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2
– Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems Service Pack 2
– Windows 7 for 32-bit Systems and Windows 7 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 1
– Windows 7 for x64-based Systems and Windows 7 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1
– Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems and Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1
— Internet Explorer 9 (Windows Server 2008 R2 Server Core installation not affected)
– Windows Server 2008 R2 for Itanium-based Systems and Windows Server 2008 R2 for Itanium-based Systems Service Pack 1
– Windows 8 for 32-bit Systems
— Internet Explorer 10
– Windows Server 2012
— Internet Explorer 10 (Windows Server 2012 Server Core installation not affected)
– Windows RT
Impact: Remote Code Execution
Version Number: 1.0
– Microsoft Silverlight 5 when installed on Mac
– Microsoft Silverlight 5 Developer Runtime when installed on Mac
– Microsoft Silverlight 5 when installed on all supported releases of Microsoft Windows clients
– Microsoft Silverlight 5 Developer Runtime when installed on all supported releases of Microsoft Windows clients
– Microsoft Silverlight 5 when installed on all supported releases of Microsoft Windows servers
– Microsoft Silverlight 5 Developer Runtime when installed on all supported releases of Microsoft Windows servers
– Microsoft Visio Viewer 2010 Service Pack 1 (32-bit Edition)
– Microsoft Visio 2010 Service Pack 1 (32-bit editions)
– Microsoft Office 2010 Filter Pack Service Pack 1 (32-bit version)
– Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 Service Pack 1
– Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010 Service Pack 1
Impact: Elevation of Privilege
Important Security Bulletins
– Microsoft OneNote 2010 Service Pack 1 (32-bit editions)
Impact: Information Disclosure
– Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac
– Microsoft Office for Mac 2011
– Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2 (Windows Server 2008 Server Core installation affected)
– Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2 (Windows Server 2008 Server Core installation affected)
– Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems and Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1 (Windows Server 2008 R2 Server Core installation affected)
– Windows Server 2012 (Windows Server 2012 Server Core installation affected)
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The Witcher 3 Releases New Gameplay Trailer
Netflix announces Castlevania TV series coming later this year
Bethesda at E3 predictions and hopes
Song of the Deep review
Star Wars: Uprising Coming to mobile this Thursday
Michael Arrieta
Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens takes place approximately 30 years after the events of Return of the Jedi. Now, a new title filling in the bridge between the two films will be released this Thursday.
Star Wars: Uprising will release on September 10th. The game will be a mobile title, and will be free-to-play. The title will be available on both Android and iOS.
Uprising will contain plot elements that take place between The Force Awakens and Return of the Jedi. The game will follow the recently released novel Star Wars: Aftermath, which ties together events between the two films.
Star Wars: Uprising will release for Android and iOS on September 10th. The upcoming film, Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens will release on December 18th.
KabamrpgStar Wars: Uprising
Michael is a life-long gamer. He started by playing video games with his dad while still in diapers. A huge fan of JRPGs, he enjoys any game with a good story. You can follow him on Twitter @zolo567.


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Rio Rapids SC has a developed an evolving operational structure. As the largest youth soccer club in New Mexico, we realize there are questions that will need to be answered regarding our structure, our interaction with our membership and operation of the club. Rio Rapids SC acknowledges the need to accept and evaluate customer, employee, and membership feedback in order to continue to grow and be successful. Below we have compiled a list of actual and possible questions which new or prospective members may have.
Q: I've heard Rio Rapids SC is an expensive club for my child to play?
A: Rio Rapids SC has a number of pricing structures for its membership to choose from. Our Youth Academy for younger players, recreational program, and moderately competitive to very competitive programs offer different cost structures to choose from. Teams may choose the appropriate pricing structure for their team goals / budget and can discuss/review this with age group directors at any time.
Q: What do I get for the money I pay Rio Rapids SC ?
A: What you get depends on what you pay. Regardless of what level of professional coaching or competition you choose , you get the following base services: Age Group Training (AGT) for field players aged U9-U12, training for Goalkeepers aged U9-U19, coaching seminars, a club identity, Player practice t-shirts and Rio volunteer coaching package. Team track and club track teams have the option of 2 team clinics/sessions (1 fall, 1 spring), which are conducted by the Rio Rapids SC professional coaching staff.
Q: What is the money I pay Rio Rapids SC used for ?
A: Over 90% of the money collected in club membership dues goes directly to the provision of player education, coaching wages, coach education, player t-shirts and Volunteer Coaches' packages. The remaining funds are used for administrative costs, equipment purchase, equipment replacement and supplements for the scholarship program. As you can see, the vast majority of the monies collected by the club are spent in direct support of the players and teams.
Q: Who is on the Rio Rapids SC payroll ?
A: The Director of Coaching, Administrative Director and Age Group Directors are all on salary. Contract Coaches are paid per a pre-arranged agreement; The Club Registrar and Bookkeeper are paid based on the level of service provided. The Rio Rapids SC Board of Directors consists of all volunteer positions.
Q: What level of control does Rio Rapids SC exert over its teams and players ?
A: Rio Rapids SC expects and requires its players, coaches and supporters to conduct themselves in a manner befitting the values of the club. Sportsmanship and dignity are key elements in this conduct. The Rio Rapids SC Parent, Player, and coaching handbook detail more of these expectations. The Rio Rapids SC membership handbook can be found at Membership Handbook (Updated 10/21/16). Other than the issues or policies detailed in the membership manual Rio Rapids SC does not control team or player activities, trips, or goals. Activities such as indoor soccer or guest playing for other teams / clubs are coaching and team decisions. Teams are allowed to utilize legal means of fundraising as long as there are no direct conflicts with Rio Rapids SC fundraising activities. The operation of the team is the responsibility of the team coach, manager and other members involved in team decisions. Teams can set tournament and travel schedules without interference from club administration. Teams can assess additional fees or monthly dues to meet team financial requirements without fear of being assessed further dues or coaching charges once their membership fees have been paid. Teams can ask for guidance from Rio Rapids SC staff when determining tournament or travel schedules. Team budgets, tournaments, and travel are team – not club issues. Discuss and understand any additional team fees or your additional annual financial commitment with the coach or team manager of your prospective team.
Q: If I bring my team to Rio Rapids SC, will the club break-up my team and take my best players ?
A: Rio Rapids SC understands that teams come to the club with the intent of staying together as a unit. Player education and development is the primary goal of Rio Rapids SC and no teams are ever forced to break up or merge with other groups. As a club we will always make sure our membership are informed of all options available to them (whether it be club passing, guest playing or opportunities to join other teams). At certain age groups, where teams move from small sided soccer to 11 a-side soccer and when teams enter the high school age groups, there is often a transition of players on to different rosters as rosters sizes must increase or players select a more competitive route for their high school aged years. All of this is always done with coach, director and parental discussion.
Q: Do I have to buy my uniforms and warm-ups from Rio Rapids SC ?
A: Rio Rapids SC is not a uniform or soccer specialty vendor. Rio Rapids SC does have a standard uniform it requires each playing member to purchase for use during official league or tournament games as detailed in the membership manual. The initial uniform, training suits and replacement jerseys are to be purchased from the club – specified and approved vendor and decorated by the club – specified vendor. Rio Rapids SC goes to great lengths to negotiate the best price for any of the specified uniform pieces and encourages the membership to patronize the club approved vendor for their soccer accessory or uniform needs. Such patronage enables Rio Rapids SC to strike deals with our vendors at the lowest cost possible for our members.
Q: What do I do if I have a problem with my coach, staff coach or Rio Rapids SC club policy ?
A: Rio Rapids SC has a very capable person dedicated to arbitrating and resolving internal conflicts for parents and players. The Parent / Player Liaison will do the best job possible to provide satisfactory resolutions to the parties concerned when problems are encountered. This person is listed on the club website as "Parent / Player Liaison".
Q: Do players have to tryout for their team every season ?
A: Tryouts, roster additions or subtractions, or other related issues are considered team issues and coaching decisions. Only in the case of gross misconduct (coach, player or parent) would the club interfere in such decisions. If a coach does not wish to have any roster additions or subtractions, they are not required to go to tryouts.
Q: Why can't we put our names on our uniforms or training suits ?
A: Child protection is a top priority for Rio Rapids SC. As Rio Rapids SC cannot guarantee the background of attendees at either practice or game venues, we believe it is imperative to keep our players as anonymous as possible. This is in accordance with Rio Rapids SC risk management policies.
Q: If my player quits can I get a refund ?
A: Rio Rapids SC policy regarding refunds is detailed in the Membership Handbook (Updated 10/21/16).
Q: Does Rio Rapids SC have a scholarship program ?


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Stags appoint League Two promotion winner as new boss
Mansfield Town Football Club are delighted to announce the appointment of League Two promotion-winner David Flitcroft as its new manager.
Mr Flitcroft joins the club after chairman John Radford and chief executive Carolyn Radford agreed a compensation package with former club Swindon Town for his services.
The 44-year-old is appointed alongside new assistant manager Ben Futcher, who also joins the club from Swindon.
After a 19-year playing career which included long stints with Chester City, Rochdale and Bury, Flitcroft made the step into coaching by accepting a position with Keith Hill's Rochdale.
Prior to the start of the 2011/12 season, Flitcroft joined Hill as he departed for Championship side Barnsley, becoming assistant manager at Oakwell.
The following season, after Hill departed, Flitcroft was handed the reins on a permanent basis and guided the Tykes to Championship safety on the final day of the 2012/13 campaign.
After leaving Oakwell in November 2013, the former Preston North End midfielder was appointed boss of League Two strugglers Bury just nine days later.
The Shakers were languishing in 20th when he took over, but Bolton-born Flitcroft transformed their fortunes, securing a comfortable 12th-placed finish in 2013/14.
Flitcroft reshaped his Bury squad in the summer for a promotion challenge which ultimately ended in success with a 1-0 final day win over Tranmere Rovers, clinching promotion to League One.
The new Stags' boss parted company with Bury in November 2016 and accepted the vacant manager's post at Swindon Town prior to the beginning of the current season.
Flitcroft leaves the Robins in seventh position in League Two, three points behind the Stags.
Stags' chairman John Radford said: "We have acted swiftly and diligently in appointing our new manager and are delighted to welcome David Flitcroft to Mansfield Town Football Club.
"David has a proven track record of success in this division and knows this league well. He has all of the qualities we were looking for and we are greatly looking forward to working with him.
"David joins a progressive club which is moving forward in all areas. He will be fully supported by a passionate board of directors, a talented and hard working team of behind-the-scenes staff and a magnificent, vociferous and encouraging fanbase."


Jul. 17, 2016, 7:33 p.m.
Authorities have identified the three officers shot and killed in Baton Rouge, La., on Sunday.
Sheriff's Deputy Brad Garafola, 45, was a father of four who had been with the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office for 24 years, a spokeswoman for the office confirmed Sunday night.
Officer Matthew Gerald, 41, had served with the Baton Rouge Police Department for less than a year, according to the department's Facebook page.
Jul. 18, 2016, 2:40 p.m.
Jul. 18, 2016, 2:37 p.m.
"What is almost dream-like about all this," said Terrence Horad, who lived next door to Gavin Eugene Long in Kansas City, Mo., "is that you never know what it could be that would push someone you know, like a neighbor, right over the edge."
"But if bad things keep happening to a certain kind of people — black or white or green — some people just aren't going to take it anymore. They'll think, hey, those are our kids getting shot down," Horad said.
"But we can't take the violent approach or there'll be dead bodies laying all over the place. But I can kind of understand."
Jul. 18, 2016, 1:58 p.m.
The three officers shot and killed by a gunman in Baton Rouge, La., early Sunday were remembered with fondness and sorrow, two veterans and a rookie added to the grim roll of law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty.
"These men are husbands, fathers, sons and brothers," Sheriff Sid Gautreaux of the East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office said in a statement.
Just 10 days after five officers were killed in Dallas, the shooting in Baton Rouge marked the fourth high-profile deadly encounter in the nation involving police in the past two weeks. Here's a look at the officers killed in Louisiana's capital city.
Jul. 18, 2016, 1:55 p.m.
Gavin Eugene Long, the ex-Marine who shot six police officers in Baton Rouge, La., on Sunday, killing three, had self-published three books under the name Cosmo Setepenra, which he also used in online forums.
The books are a combination of New Age-style jargon, pseudo-science, motivational bromides, health tips and racial theory.
"The Cosmo Way: A W(H)olistic Guide for the Total Transformation of Melanated People, Vol. 1: The Detox" claims to help readers "achieve [their] optimal nutritional, physical, emotional and spiritual goals." In the book, Long harshly criticizes Western medicine.
Jul. 18, 2016, 1:31 p.m.
The Washitaw Nation, the sovereign-citizenry group that Gavin Long declared himself a member of, was founded decades ago by a black Louisiana woman named Verdiacee Turner, who called herself Empress Verdiacee "Tiari" Washitaw-Turner Goston El-Bey. Its core tenet is that followers are descendants of the "Ancient Ones," or "black ones," who occupied the North American continent tens of thousands of years before white Europeans.
Turner, now deceased, developed an entire mythology around the idea that land sold by France to the United States in 1803 in the Louisiana Purchase was fraudulently obtained and actually belonged to her. In doing so, she falls into a long line of sovereign citizenry gurus who peddle fantastic realities and myths, said Ryan Lenz, a senior writer at the Southern Poverty Law Center's Intelligence Project.
The Washitaw group, which is made up of African Americans, is part of a larger movement of sovereign citizens in America — a phenomenon that has risen with the economic downturn and the influence of the Internet. Generally, they believe they are above all city, state and federal government laws. They dismiss governments as operating illegally, and they do not believe they have to pay taxes or respect law enforcement officials.
Jul. 18, 2016, 12:30 p.m.
Police believe that Gavin Eugene Long, the gunman who killed three police officers and wounded three others in Baton Rouge, La., on Sunday, was in the city for several days before he carried out his deadly ambush, Col. Michael D. Edmonson, superintendent of the Louisiana State Police, said during a news conference Monday.
protect the community every single day," Edmonson said.
"We believe that while this individual was in the city he was looking for locations to specifically target police officers," he said. Civilians were walking through the area where Long shot police officers, Edmonson said, and he did not shoot at any of them.
Jul. 18, 2016, 10:05 a.m.
We must fight for criminal justice reform. Everyone is safer when there is respect for the law and when everyone is respected by the law.
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton condemned the killing of police officers in Baton Rouge, La., and Dallas as she addressed the NAACP in Cincinnati, and called for reforms to the criminal justice system.
"Killing police officers is a terrible crime," she said. "Anyone who kills a police officer and anyone who helps must be held accountable."
"Perhaps the best way to honor our police is to follow the lead of police departments across the country who are striving to do better," she continued.
Jul. 18, 2016, 9:47 a.m.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott's office proposed a measure on Monday that would classify crimes committed against law enforcement officers "out of bias against the police" as hate crimes.
"At a time when law enforcement officers increasingly come under assault simply because of the job they hold, Texas must send a resolute message that the State will stand by the men and women who serve and protect our communities," Abbott said in a statement.
Louisiana legislators passed a similar bill earlier this year.
Jul. 18, 2016, 9:32 a.m.
Deputy Sheriff Brad Garafola, 45, of the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office in Louisiana.
Deputy Brad Garafola, 45, had been with the East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office for 24 years and was working in Civil Processing-Foreclosures. At the time he was killed, he was trying to save one of the wounded Baton Rouge police officers, according to sheriff's spokeswoman Casey Rayborn Hicks.
"He was on his way to the officer when he was shot," Hicks said.
Jul. 18, 2016, 9:01 a.m.
"This guy was just not a kook out there," Baton Rouge Mayor Kip Holden said Monday of the gunman in the deadly attack on law enforcement. "If you go back and look at his military background, if you look at how he planned this thing out, some are saying that he was in Baton Rouge several nights even before this happened.
The mayor said some people were coming forward about suspicious activity they had seen, and investigators had received tips on other people who might have been involved.


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Led Zeppelin Kneads Crowd to Silly Putty, Jul. 16, 1973
The Buffalo Evening News
By Dale Anderson
Led Zeppelin doesn't give concerts; they perform physical transformation. They kneaded the full-house crowd in Memorial Auditorium into silly putty Sunday night with 2 hours and 50 minutes of massive sensory massage.
The sheer enormity of the sound did it (though the full moon may have helped), an enormity that resonates into your paleolithic pith, the cry of the dinosaur summoning out that primitive quickening in the face of monstrosity.
Whatever isn't touched by the earthquake rumble of John Paul Jones' bass, John Bonham's gunshot cracks on the drums or Robert Plant's echoey heart-of darkness voice is left quivering by the swooping electronic slices of guitarist Jimmy Page, especially his solo on the theremin.
Never mind that their newest album carries a variety of dynamics, the quiet sections hardly diminish the over-all sonic assault.
Their relatively simple brooding themes are blown larger than life, like sky scraping office buildings, and they lay on thick embellishments and b r o a d dramatic resolutions that mean more en mass than as individual items.
The four of them approached it all with unexpected good humor. Jones and Bonham laid back blithely amongst the folding backdrop of mirrors the run the length of the stage.
Page in black with a rhinestone-studded rose on his open jacket, prancing like a cocky midlands soccer player in a pub, Plant in tight jeans and a shirt jacket with rhinestones and, puffed sleeves strutting and grinding and shaking back his curly blond mane.
Plant avoided some of the astringent high notes he puts on records, singing for instance a low harmony line for "Over the Hills and Far Away." And for all his gyrations, he was hardly as compelling as Mick Jagger or Rod Stewart.
Page laughed off his first-number hassles with a slipping guitar strap as a stagehand buttoned it back together. Kept playing too. Plant was almost as cordial as a music hall host and chastised the firecracker tossers, of whom there were a lot more than usual.
The band took no breaks, despite the heat. Applause followed a few Page guitar solos but the youngish crowd didn't really erupt until the start of "Stairway to Heaven" and again when the spinning mirrored ball went on as it closed.
The heavy drumbeat into "Moby Dick" brought a rush on the stage and most of the hall stayed on its feet for that last hour, including along Bonham drum solo with special synthesizer effects.
An eight-minute ovation brought them back for an encore after their boogieing final number. "Thank you, Buffalo," Plant said when they finished. "Take care until we see you again."


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Q: Pika single queue with multiple consumers Python program running a single queue with multiple consumers
I'm looking for the when the queue receives the multiple messages( ex: 10 messages),
Is there any way that multiple consumers(ex: 5 consumers) share the message load from the queue something like each consumer consume 2 messages from the Queue?
Please suggest me any alternate ways to reduce the load on the queue by creating multiple consumers.

A: You want to "play" with the consumer prefetch,
This is what will make sure that a single consumer doesn't greedily take all the messages in the queue, then treats them one by one (a quite common situation).
From the documentation:
Channel channel = ...;
Consumer consumer = ...;
channel.basicQos(2); // Per consumer limit
channel.basicConsume("my-queue", false, consumer);

This would mean the consumer will only be allowed to have 2 unacknowledged messages at any given time.
Till he acknowledges one of the messages (which it should do once he's done processing it), he'll be able to pick more.

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