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2010-04-28: Over A Cigarette
Summary: Kenta isn't too happy Nazca takes his cigarette…..
Over A Cigarette
Xavier Mansion - Courtyard
Surrounded on three sides by the school, a large courtyard forms the front yard. The courtyard leads right up to the door of the mansion. Yellow square stone slabs cover the ground where the grass would be. The most noticeable thing about the courtyard is the large statue of Jean Gray, aka Phoenix, in the middle as a memorial. Benches surround the outside of the statue so students can sit and hang out in the courtyard. There are two paths leading off the courtyard, one to the left and the other to the right.
Nazca is jogging along the courtyard, holding a digital watch as she moves up the courtyard, down it, and seems to zigzag. She has her attention more on the watch than anything else, so it isn't surprising when she knocks into one of the benches, and flips over it onto her back. "Yonkers!"
Erik is just stepping out of the mansion in time to see the pratfall that Nazca makes, blinking slightly. "Going to be one of those days, hmm." He says with a laugh, moving to jog over to her. "Are you alright?" He asks.
Sitting on a bench not to far from the one where Nazca decides today is lovely day to see if she can get more intimate with it. He's out here doing the one thing Kenta usually does when outside, smoking. With a cigarette still dangling from his lips he gets up and offers a chilly hand. "You okay?" He asks. Like usual, Kenta's in a pair of faded jeans and a black sleeveless C.B.G.B.'s t-shirt since the cold doesn't bother him. Erik gets a "Yo." from Kenta as a greeting.
«That was Olympics worthy.» Said in a low, surprised manner as Jonothon approaches from the far side of Kenta, having been on his way to the school, from the garage. Since other people are asking if she's okay, he keeps it to himself. Stops at Kenta's bench, wearing all black as per usual. This one doesn't believe in color. «Never thought I'd consider the school needing no running warnings in the courtyard, especially not from someone who's a teacher.» He smirks with that one.
Nazca frowns on the ground "Oooh shoot, I'm going to have to start over! Well doesn't that just crinkle my dress?". She peers up past the watch when there's suddenly a Kenta, and an Erik staring down at her. She reaches up past the hand Kenta offers and takes the cigarette out of his mouth, and puts it out on the ground. "No fags allowed, you shouldn't be smoking out in front of students anyway, it sets a bad example, and it makes you smell bad.". She sits up, shaking her hair out, running her fingers through it to try to get any excess dirt or grass from it. "So much for enhanced agility.."
Erik quirks his eyebrow up at the British-ism for cigarette, although he doesn't do much more than that. "Well, enhanced agility isn't the same thing as a spider sense, hmm?" He offers with a chuckle, before he looks over to Jonothon. "More power means the ability to fail more spectacularly sometimes."
There's a flash of anger across Kenta's face as he just glares at Nazca. "Don't you ever….EVER…do that again. When you've been through the shit I've been thorough, seen the shit I've seen, then you can fucking tell me what I can and can't do. Until then, you ever, lecture me on smoking or take a cigarette out of my mouth, all bets are off. You'll see what a bad example for the students is then." There is no sign of the carefree teacher right now as Kenta and smoking are something of a sensitive subject for him, it's kind of an emotional crutch and he knows it. "And I would refrain from use of the word -fag- around here." He says taking a metal case out of his pocket and taking another of his hand rolled cigarettes out and lighting it up, with a warning glare at Nazca.
Nazca stands, and seems fairly oblivious when her jeans seem to disenigrate. the entire left pantleg falls to the ground, unthraded, eaten away, almost as if acid had touched it. She wears white panties, which seem to be eaten away as well, the worn spots being replaced by a light blue.. A blue 'sleepy carebear' graphic seems to be appearing over her rear, as the pantleg that is up seems to be transformed slowly, in sploches into white of a different matieral. The few patches of her purple shirt fall off and to the ground, smoldering a moment. "Language! Language! Don't use such foul savage language out where students can hear you! Someone's mother needs to wash thier mouth out with soap!". She rests her hands on her hips, then feels the bare one, and her cheeks immediately turn crimson. "Oh no…." she mumbles "Not now..I've worn them too long…"
Erik gives a nod. "Yes, I'm aware, which is why I raised the eyebrow. However, I've had to deal with enough brits to know what it means; you're probably right to correct it, though." Erik, who is not British and has at most an American accent (maybe a tinge of New York), offers with a nod. He then…blinks, a lot. "Aaalright…another fascinating day at Xavier's." He says. He takes off his coat, and quickly moves to throw it over her body. Fortunately, dressed for the chill, it is knee length on the fairly tall mutant.
Kenta looks at Nazca and he doesn't seem to care about her appearance, not at all. "Nazca, you can go stuff it for all I fucking care." He spits out at her as dark force actually starts to 'smoke' a bit off of him, coming from the markings on his arms, chest and who knows where else. Looking into his eyes right now would probably reveal too much depth in them, too much movement, like looking into another dimension. "You better shape up Ms. Holier-than-though cause that 'I'm better than everyone' attitude you have isn't gonna last long here. The students here will rip you and tear you apart so fast that it's not even funny. Hell I bet the kids here have seen more shit in their six months here then you have in your 'don't swear or smoke Mr. Music Teacher' so don't you start to lecture me on my bad habits."
Eyebrows arch in mild surprise as clothing drops off, but that's the worst of Jono's expression. «You're.. kind of disgusting, gel. And I don't mean your powers.» Said of the woman's demands not to use foul language. «You're the one who was spouting off the other day at me.» No, he's not making issue of her clothing, and he's not about to offer his. «I'm going inside. Scott must have been bloody off his rocker to have hired her. Cheers.» Lifting a hand in farewell, he heads off. So not getting between Kenta and Nazca on this one.
Nazca looks to Erik, trying to wave him off "No no..not right now…" Bits of the rest of her clothing fall to the ground, replaced on her instead by a long almost ankle-length white dress, simple yet elegant. Her sneakers fall apart, giving way to sandals on her feet. Even the pink ribbon in her hair falls off. She hugs herself, shivering a little. "I was repeating what the boy said to me.". She casts her gaze to the ground. "Everyone's life is different, my life has not been a terrible hardship, but I've seen people suffering and whom have had hardships. Everyone has thier own personal crises. But smoking is something that is proven to shorten a life, to cause pain. Don't you want to live as long as you can? I worry for people when they smoke.". Scratching at her arm lightly, now uncovered. "I shouldn't have taken that from you in that manner though. I apologize, it /was/ rude, and uncalled for.". She dips into a quick curtsy "If you'll excuse me..I think I need to run off to my room and cry now..""
Erik blinks, keeping his coat then as he watches the transformation. "I'm not sure I'm mentally equipped to keep up with what is going on right now." He says simply. "Kenta, she made a mistake. And it wasn't your last one, or I might just let you kill her." He says, attemp-ting to diffuse the now smoking and smoking professor.
"It might do you good to remember that everyone has their own personal crisis before stepping on someones toes about their habbits. It might avoid you the embarassment. And you know what Nazca, I've met people who never smoked a ciagarette in their life and they died young just cause they're a mutant so right now, this, I'm not worried about it killing me." Kenta says as when you're a mutant, especially one who works close to protect the students at Xavier's, it's not a cigarette that's gonna kill you, it's probably something worse. He looks over at Erik and just shrugs. There are just certian things that rub people the wrong way it just happends that Nazca found out most of them the hard way.
So many things to say and Jonothon holds his proverbial tongue. This whole situation isn't going to end well. Privately to Kenta he asks, «Want to go blow off steam in the dangerroom?» Doesn't wait for an answer though, for he can hear it on the other side of the school anyway. Just closes the front door behind him and is gone.
Nazca blinks, taking a step back. She looks apologetically to Erik "I'm sorry, it's um..part of my body. The dress that is.". Looking back to Kenta she shakes her head "Something is going to try to kill you here? I..I don't know about murderers and people trying to kill people here. All I know is, I came here to teach. Mind control and mayhem and life-threatening situations were not in the pitch! My goodness, if your holding Zombies in the basement, I'm going to report you! To..to…to the world health orginazation! I came here to try to help mutants, people like me..not get attacked! I've never even seen another mutant before yesterday! I knew they were out there and that I wasn't the only one, but I just hadn't had the opportunity to meet any.". She rubs at her eyes, then tries to rush past Kenta to run inside.
Kenta shakes his head and finishes off his cigarette before looking over at Erik. "I gotta talk to Jono about one of our students, and god, I do kinda feel bad blowing up at her but at the same time, if she doesn't know what the hell goes on here then she's gonna go back home with a nice mind wipe via Addison or something. Girl's gotta wake up. 33 my ass." He says in regards to her claimed age as he heads into the mansion to find Jono.
Erik blinks slightly, wincing a bit at Nazca's story. "Well, goodness." He says simply. He looks over to Kenta and gives a nod. "Yeah, that's not healthy to have a teacher running around knowing less about the situation here than a new student." He agreees.
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Q: Cannot change excel icon (in taskbar) with vba Hi
I am using the following code (sorry cannot give credit, I don't know where I got it from)  to change excel icon in WINDOWS' TASKBAR from the usual excel icon to an icon I have made.
But it doesn't work...only changes the small icon on the top-left corner of the application(not the taskbar)
However when I run the code in the VBA window directly, it changes the taskbar icon of the vba window to my icon !
I assume it sees the activewindow as the window currently being opened (VBA window when run directly) but when opening the book, it is not acting the same way...
I am using Windows 7
I hope someone can help....
Declare Function GetActiveWindow32 Lib "user32" Alias "GetActiveWindow" () As Integer
Declare Function SendMessage32 Lib "user32" Alias "SendMessageA" (ByVal hWnd As Long, ByVal wMsg As Long, ByVal wParam As Long, ByVal lParam As Long) As Long
Declare Function ExtractIcon32 Lib "shell32.dll" Alias "ExtractIconA" (ByVal hInst As Long, ByVal lpszExeFileName As String, ByVal nIconIndex As Long) As Long
Sub ChangeApplicationIcon()

     '*****Change Icon To Suit*******
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     '*****************************

    Icon = ExtractIcon32(0, NewIcon, 0)
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    SendMessage32 GetActiveWindow32(), &H80, 1, Icon '< 0 = small Icon

    ActiveWindow.Caption = "MY APPLICATION"

End Sub

A: The taskbar icon is a 32 pixel icon. You are setting both small and large icons to be a 16 pixel icon. Use a 32 pixel icon for ICON_BIG.

A: Declare PtrSafe Function GetActiveWindow32 Lib "user32" Alias "GetActiveWindow" () As Long
Declare PtrSafe Function SendMessage32 Lib "user32" Alias "SendMessageA" (ByVal hWnd As Long, ByVal wMsg As Long, ByVal wParam As Long, ByVal lParam As Long) As Long
Declare PtrSafe Function ExtractIcon32 Lib "shell32.dll" Alias "ExtractIconA" (ByVal hInst As Long, ByVal lpszExeFileName As String, ByVal nIconIndex As Long) As Long

Sub ChangeApplicationIcon()

     '*****Change Icon To Suit*******
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    SendMessage32 GetActiveWindow32(), &H80, 0, Icon '< 1 = big Icon
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Q: Is there an easy way for a perl program to know its nesting level? I am familiar with the caller function which can be used by a program to know where it was invoked, from which file, package etc.  Is there an easy way for a program to know how deeply nested the caller was?  The use case would be to add some debugging lines without having to explicitly count the nesting level.
I am not looking for a Stack Trace.  I am trying to find how deeply nested a calling function is within the scope of another function.
For example:
sub my_debug {
    my ($txt) = @_;
    my ($package, $filename, $line) = caller;
    # Is there a way to know how deeply nested the caller is?
    my $level = ... # How to get this?
    print "DEBUG: You are calling from package $package in $filename "
        . "line $line nesting level $level: MSG: $txt\n";
}

sub badly_nested {
    for my $i ( 1..10 ) {
        # 1-level deep
        for my $j ( 1 .. 10 ) {
            # 2-levels deep
            my_debug( "j is $j" );
            for my $k ( 1 .. 10 ) {
                # 3-levels deep
            }
        }
    }
}

A: The Perl module available on CPAN, Scope::Upper will facilitate what you are asking for:
use strict;
use warnings;

use Scope::Upper qw(SCOPE);

print SCOPE(), "\n";
{
    print SCOPE(), "\n";
    {
        print SCOPE(), "\n";
        {
            print SCOPE(), "\n";
        }
        print SCOPE(), "\n";
    }
    print SCOPE(), "\n";
}
print SCOPE(), "\n";

The output from this code is:
0
1
2
3
2
1
0

So it will enable you to see what depth your current scope is, which can be used to deduce how deeply nested loops are.  You can pass an offset to the SCOPE() function. So for example, if you called {SCOPE(1)} the return value would be zero despite being one scope deep. This could be useful in a situation where you don't care that you're inside of a subroutine or an if block, so want to start counting deeper in.  For example:
if ($foo) {
    foreach my $x (1..10) {
        foreach my $y (1..10) {
            print SCOPE(1), "\n";
        }
    }
}

In this example response will show scope depth to be 2 rather than 3 because passing a 1 to SCOPE() hints it to disregard the scope of the if(){...} block.


Even though the songstress, who boats Trinidadian and Dominican heritage, just broke into the music charts less than six months ago, she's already nominated for two Grammy Awards. While at the Clive Davis Pre-Grammy Gala, Cardi B flashed her expensive $550K engagement ring from Offset for all to see. She was pictured rocking a white strapless dress which gave her this really cute look with her short black bob.


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Cardinals rookie Baker: I don't feel like I'm too far behind
By Adam Green
Arizona Cardinals second round draft pick Budda Baker (36) works out during an NFL football rookie minicamp at the team's training facility, Friday, May 12, 2017, in Tempe, Ariz. (AP Photo/Matt York)
LISTEN: Budda Baker, Cardinals safety
Unfortunately Budda Baker's college schedule prevented him from joining his Cardinals teammates for OTAs and mini-camp.
Besides missing out on practices and the chance to get to know everyone, the second-round pick also did not get to ease into the Arizona summer.
"I'm not going to lie, the first week I was dying," Baker, formerly of the Washington Huskies, told the Blitz with B-Train and Jurecki on 98.7 FM, Arizona's Sports Station Wednesday. "You can do all the conditioning you can in Seattle and all that type of stuff, but once that heat hits you it's a whole different type of story.
"The first couple days I was dying, but I got acclimated to it and now it's what, it's 100 out here right now, and I'm thinking it's cool."
Baker will probably figure out that you never truly get acclimated to the desert heat, though one can get used to it. In time he will also learn that it's the bit of suffering Valley residents must push through in order to be rewarded with fall, winter and spring.
That knowledge will come in time, same as his understanding of Arizona's defense and his role within the team.
Baker was with the Cardinals during rookie mini-camp but not around for the full-team practices, and though he would have preferred to be around for all the offseason work, he does not feel like he's too far behind.
"For me, I always try to watch film, watch film of the practices," he said, adding he stayed in close contact with safeties coach Nick Rapone. "So I feel like I'm not really that far behind.
"The only thing I haven't done is really taken the reps with the whole team; the rookies have done seven-on-seven and all that type of stuff, so I've been able to run the plays consistently during seven-on-seven so now it's just a matter of doing it at camp."
The 5-foot-10, 195-pound defensive back whom the Cardinals traded up in the second round to acquire 36th overall said the defense he is part of now is "very similar" to what he ran in college, with the main difference really being the language used by defensive coordinator James Bettcher.
A smaller safety, Baker is capable of playing in the box or as a nickel cornerback, which is the kind of role Tyrann Mathieu fills. In 2016, Baker notched 70 tackles, 9.5 tackles for loss, three sacks and two interceptions, displaying the kind of all-around game that has made Mathieu such a force.
"I believe I have a similar skillset," Baker said. "He's been doing it for a while now, longer than me, so for me it's just I can learn as much as I can from Tyrann just because we have the same type of body stature, we can do similar type of things."
How much of those things the Cardinals ask him to do will be dictated by how quickly he picks up their system.
Baker will really get to immerse himself in it all when training camp begins in late July, and then when preseason games start not long after. He said he is excited for that time because he will finally get to take the field with all of his new teammates, which will be a fun experience but also one he plans on learning from.
"So for these preseason games, I know the rookies get a lot of reps, so get as much reps as I can. I like to think of it as these preseason games are like my OTAs and mini-camp that I missed," he said. "Just getting all these reps, taking as much reps as I can — whether it's defense or special teams — and ultimately competing. That's my goal."
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Go big or go home: 10 massive Milwaukee cocktails
There's no shortage of interesting ways to enjoy an alcoholic beverage in and around Milwaukee. In recent months alone, we've told you about a wealth of bottomless mimosa specials, rounded up a wide array of "mystery beers" in the city, updated our ever-growing list of $1 beer deals, and wrote about more than 100 Milwaukee area patios. In addition to the abundance of money-saving, mysterious, and scenic ways to kick back with a drink in the Milwaukee area, the region also boasts some beverages that are just downright massive.
We aren't talking about a stein of beer or a pitcher of bad, pre-made mix drink here. We're referring to an impressive variety of gigantic cocktails that help bring the city's already-heroic level of imbibing to the next level. From mega Moscow mules and immense island drinks to big bloody marys and some especially bold old fashioneds, here are 10 ways to go big at metro Milwaukee bars and restaurants.
Volcano Bowl (Foundation Tiki Bar)
We'll start this big and boozy tour with one of the city's most notable oversized drinks. For years and years, Foundation Tiki Bar has been a year-round island oasis located in the heart of Riverwest. We've called it "a tropical treasure in a not-so-tropical town," and with good reason. If the decor, the relaxed music and comfortable feel, and the stiff single-serving cocktails aren't enough to get you to make a trip to Foundation, perhaps the "Volcano Bowl" is. The $20 drink serves between two and four "villagers." The sizable punch bowl is filled with aged rum, maraschino liqueur, pineapple, pomegranate, and lemon…then set on fire.
Tiki Love Bowl (At Random)
After being put up for sale and closing for a spell, At Random reopened last October. New owner John Dye (of Bryant's and The Jazz Estate fame) managed to make some subtle improvements to the space and add some much-needed new life to the legendary…but weathered Bay View cocktail lounge. Thankfully, At Random's famed Tiki Love Bowl survived the changing of the guard. The tall and heavy glass vessel is brimming with liquor, garnished with cherries and lemons, and set ablaze to help ignite an evening for two soon-to-be-buzzed patrons.
Moore Mule and Mission Impossible (SafeHouse)
As if a secret password, a rotating booth, a shrinking bar stool, in-house magic shows, and a variety of other unexpected and unusual accents aren't already enough to add SafeHouse to your Milwaukee bucket list, the downtown spy bar (which turns 53 years old this Thursday) also has TWO big cocktails on hand for your extended sipping pleasure. The most impressive is the "Moore Mule"—a 96-ounce upgrade of SafeHouse's "Man With A Copper Mug" mule. The Moore Mule (pictured top right) features Stoli 80 vodka, fresh lime juice (and a full lime garnish), soda, and real ginger. It's $40, but between its size and photo potential, it seems to be well worth it. Also, if it isn't already obvious, we'd recommend sharing this one.
If you don't have a 96-ounce thirst, maybe the "Mission Impossible" is more your speed. The smaller (but still pretty huge) souvenir glass is meant for two spies to share. Your mission, if you choose to accept, is to consume a gigantic chalice filled with two types of rum, orgeat, citrus fruits, and grenadine. If you'd prefer to take this $25 mission on alone, that's possible as well. Again, you get to keep this glass after you finish up.
Mega Mule (Garage)
Not to be outdone by SafeHouse on the Moscow mule front, Garage keeps the lower East Side hydrated with a 192-ounce "Mega Mule." Given the staggering size of the behemoth beverage that comes complete with Absolut vodka, a sea of ginger beer, and at least one entire lime, the Mega Mule has to be shared by at least four friends. It costs $80, but Garage routinely offers drink specials that take an additional $10 off the price. Check the bar and restaurant's Facebook page to see when discounted Mega Mules are offered.
Crock-Pot Old Fashioned (Don's Diner)
Question: What's more Wisconsin than an old fashioned? Answer: An enormous old fashioned that's served in an actual Crock-Pot. Don's Diner in Walker's Point—the same place that brought you the absolutely crazy/awesome 10¢ Martini Lunch special and briefly turned into a Stranger Things-inspired ice cream parlor—routinely turns the fun up to high and serves gigantic old fashioneds in a legitimate Crock-Pot. Garnished with orange slices and cherries, this monster is made for four, but smaller parties (or solo customers) can take a crock, er, crack at it as well. Best yet, they're only $15 during Don's "Old Fashioned Happy Hour" that runs from 3-6 p.m. every Wednesday through Sunday.
The Bloody Beast (Sobelman's Pub And Grill)
No big cocktail in Milwaukee has garnered more attention (both locally and nationally) than "The Bloody Beast" at Sobelman's Pub And Grill. For years, the flagship location on St. Paul Avenue has inspired oodles of Instagram and Pinterest posts, along with tons of press because of its sheer size and its gluttonous garnishes.
There's a good chance your mom (or another out-of-town relative) convinced you to go try this, and there's a good chance you liked it. Excessive as it is, the prospect of sharing a big bloody mary that's generously topped with a full fried chicken, cheese cubes, beef sticks, celery, some sliders, and bacon-wrapped cheese balls is pretty enticing. Even though it's $60 (up from $50 a few years ago), it's worth trying once if you or someone in your life loves bloodies.
Big Mil Bloody (Milwaukee Burger Company)
Keeping with the bloody mary theme, we take you to Milwaukee Burger Company. The fairly young Wisconsin burger chain (which, ironically, has no locations in Milwaukee proper) lets customers wash down their vast selection of burgers, wings, and other pub fare with five specialty bloody mary options, including its "Big Mil Bloody." The 34-ounce beverage comes topped with a beef stick, two types of cheese, and a mini bacon cheeseburger all for the—comparably small price of $10.99. The nearest location to Milwaukee is in Franklin, so maybe keep it to just one Big Mil Bloody if you're driving.
Shiver Me Timbers (WauwaTiki Bar & Grill)
Speaking of suburban establishments with big-ass drinks, WauwaTiki Bar And Grill in (you guessed it!) Wauwatosa actually has a few "share-a-bowl" cocktails. While we recommend you take a closer look at the entire bowl selection yourself, we'd be foolish not to highlight the biggest and most opulent of the bunch.
WauwaTiki's "Shiver Me Timbers" features five liters of "good rum" and other liqueurs, fresh juices, handmade syrups, flaming limes, pineapple, oranges, decorative dolphin bananas, and a full bottle of champagne in a tub that, itself, is stuffed onto a treasure chest. Shiver Me Timbers costs a hefty $225 (plus tip…and you'd better tip), but it serves up to 10 people. If you do the math that, well, is still pretty expensive actually.
Spritz To Share (Punch Bowl Social)
Have you checked out the new Punch Bowl Social? If you've yet to visit the new bar, restaurant, and entertainment destination that's nestled in the shadow of the Fiserv Forum and Turner Hall, then there's a good chance you're unfamiliar with the chain's "Spritz To Share" cocktail. The huge $40 drink is full of Aperol, sparkling wine, and sparking water. It has all the makings of a refreshing and, obviously, sharable cocktail to enjoy before a game or after a concert.
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Before co-founding Milwaukee Record, Tyler Maas wrote for virtually every Milwaukee publication (except Wassup! Magazine). He lives in Bay View and enjoys both stuff and things.


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For a man who hated horses, Lyle Talbot sure rode a lot of them. Under contract to Warner Bros., Lyle was offered the singing cowboy role that made Dick Foran famous in 1935 but, because of his dislike and fear of horses, he begged off. Finally, in 1944, his starring career at WB over, Lyle made his first Western, as a U.S. Marshal, supporting Eddie Dew in "Trail to Gunsight" at Universal.
Now in his early '40s, he began to accept a few Western and serial heavy roles, but tried to stay off horses as much as possible. In the '50s Lyle became a staple on early TV westerns, sometimes representing judges or doctors, but often the outlaw boss.
Lysle Henderson was born February 8, 1902, in Pittsburgh, PA, but calls Nebraska home because he grew up there. Tracing his heritage is quite intriguing. Lyle's grandfather, Mr. Hollywood, immigrated to America with his family from Ireland. A coal miner, he settled near Pittsburgh later moving to Wyoming. One of his daughters married a Talbot and the Talbot's daughter living in Brainard, Nebraska, at 18, married a Scotchman named Henderson. They moved to Pittsburgh where Lysle was born. However, when his mother became quite ill, they moved back to Nebraska. Lysle's mother died four months later and his grandmother took charge of raising the boy. At odds with his father, his grandmother Talbot legally adopted Lysle, changing his name to Talbot. Lysle never saw his father again until he was about 15. By this time his Dad had married Anna Nielsen and they'd gone into show business as actors who toured with traveling repertory companies throughout the Midwest.
Lyle started in 1919 as a teenager touring with a traveling hypnotist. He sang, did a little magic and performed in a couple of sketches. Graduating to a resident stock company, he worked in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, for two years and eventually opened his own stock company, The Talbot Players, in Memphis, Tennessee.
With the Depression of the '30s and the advent of talking pictures, repertory work and theatres that supported those actors began to close down. Many of the actors, like Lysle, migrated to Hollywood, however his first film was a 20 minute short with Pat O'Brien lensed in New York in 1930, "The Nightingale", released by Warner Bros. He then made a test at Warner Bros. and was signed to a seven year contract, which is when the 's' was dropped from his first name. Over the next six years Lyle starred in dozens of top flight Warner Bros. films—"Three On a Match", "20,000 Years in Sing Sing", "Life of Jimmy Dolan", "College Coach", "No More Orchids", "Fog Over Frisco", "Dragon Murder Case", "Oil for the Lamps of China", among others. Lyle was frequently loaned to other studios during his Warners tenure, most notably for "The 13th Guest" at Monogram in '32 and "Trapped By Television" at Columbia in '36.
Released from his WB contract after six years, Lyle began to freelance in 1937. He was always fond of pointing out that in his over 60 years in show business he seldom went more than a week without working in a play, radio, a movie or a TV show. "I worked a lot because I liked working. I did some real dogs, but I believe I gave my best performances in the theatre."
Lyle made his first serial (of nine) in 1944 as an agent for a foreign power in the swamplands of Louisiana for Universal's "Mystery of the Riverboat". Then he was the star of "Chick Carter, Detective" at Columbia in 1946. He went from clean-cut detective hero to nightclub-owning crook the next year with "The Vigilante" ('47 Columbia). He was back helping "Batman and Robin" in 1949 at Columbia as Commissioner Gordon. Then came his tour-de-force as bald mad professor Lex Luthor in "Atom Man Vs. Superman" ('50 Columbia). Other lesser roles followed for Sam Katzman at Columbia as well as spy leader Borent in Republic's "Trader Tom of the China Seas" ('54).
Lyle continued appearing on stage in dinner theatres through the late '80s until his wife of nearly 42 years, Margaret Epple, died in 1989. They were married in 1948 and had four children, including. now journalist, David Talbot and child actor Stephen Talbot. Previously Lyle was married to Marjorie Kramer in 1937 until their divorce.
Lyle sold his house of many years in Studio City when Margaret died and moved to an apartment in the heart of San Francisco to be near his children. Lyle's best friend in show business was Walter Reed (left), who sadly told us, "He had an amazing career. He ran a stock company in Memphis when I was still a youngster. I first saw Lyle on stage at the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood when I was 13. That's when I decided to become an actor. In pictures he played opposite the best—Mae West, Shirley Temple, Barbara Stanwyck, Carole Lombard. Later in life he took some lesser parts. Why not? He had four kids to support. Lyle always believed you weren't an actor unless you were acting…no small parts, only small actors. We worked together in Mexican Spitfire pictures, 'Lone Ranger', a commercial and more. Then Lyle did shows with Ozzie and Harriett as well as many plays. As young actors we were hell raisers. We partied hard and worked hard but never let the two get in the way of each other. Maybe that's why we liked each other so much. We respected each other's acting. He really didn't know how much I'd learned from him. Lyle never thought about quitting acting, even when he was using a walker in his 90s he would have considered a role. His body was falling apart but his mind was sharp right to the last. Lyle had a lot of love for his family, his two sons and two daughters. He talked about them constantly. They are all very successful and he was very proud of them. I'm still trying to figure out how he lived so long. Maybe it's his Irish blood, his family name way back was Hollywood. I loved him as a brother, Heaven is lucky to have him."
Lyle Talbot was a respected stage actor, a star at Warner Bros. in the '30s, a star and supporting actor in dozens of Westerns and serials, featured in scores of TV shows including Bob Cummings' buddy Paul Fonda in "Love That Bob", neighbor Joe Randolph on "The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriett", he was in the acknowledged "worst film ever made"—"Plan Nine From Outer Space" and he was the last living actor of the 21 who founded the Screen Actor's Guild. After several days illness, at 94, the legendary Lyle Talbot died March 3, 1996, at his San Francisco apartment.


I have been teaching at the elementary level, mostly third and fourth grade, since 2008. I am currently teaching fifth grade at Jeanne R. Meadows School in Franklin McKinley School District. I believe students learn best through fun, engaging, hands-on activities that incorporate multiple learning styles. You'll see lots of GLAD strategies, technology, and STEAM activities in the classroom. At the end of the day, I hope my students leave my class feeling motivated and empowered to make a positive difference in their own education and their community.


An information retrieval system will tend not to be used whenever it is more painful and troublesome for a consumer to have information than for him not to have it.
I often think of more information and access to more information as inherently good. But Mooers has a great point that information has to be processed and can often lead to more questions than answers. I've found a personal information wall in my own use of RSS readers. And I think this quote is a more useful way of stating the information overload problem than the saying ignorance is bliss. If I think about information as painful as well as useful, I have to change the way I design and interact with applications. And Morville argues that the change should be toward collaborative filtering and information as something social. I think the book explains some important Web trends like folksonomies, user-contributed data, and long tail power laws without going into the land of business hype. I'd like to give this book to some of my less web-centric friends because I think it's a good guide to understanding how moving from atoms to bits affects our relationship with information.


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Employees Accuse Florida Hospital of Violating FMLA, Overtime Laws
Employees have filed a class-action lawsuit against Baycare Health System Inc., a Florida hospital, citing alleged unpaid wages, retaliation and violations of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and the Florida Workers' Compensation Act (FWCA).
A woman filed a complaint on behalf of herself and all others similarly situated on May 17, 2018, in the Pinellas Circuit Court against Baycare Health System Inc. alleging that it failed to compensate employees with proper wages and benefits.
According to the complaint, the plaintiffs allege that the woman and other similarly situated individuals have suffered irreparable injury and monetary damages as a result of the defendant's discriminatory practices of interfering with their rights to FMLA and to compensation at the statutory rate of one-and-a-half times their regular rate of pay for overtime hours worked.
The hospital allegedly failed to pay employees an overtime premium for all of the overtime hours that they worked, failed to accurately record, report, and/or preserve records of hours worked by its employees, and failed to offer employees FMLA or otherwise notify them of their rights under FMLA.
The plaintiffs request a trial by jury and seek judgment against defendant for compensation for lost wages, benefits and other remuneration, reinstatement to a prior position with back pay plus interest, pension rights and all benefits, front pay, liquidated damages, interest, costs, attorney's fees, and further relief as the court may deem just.
Under FMLA, eligible employees may take up to twelve weeks of unpaid leave during any 12 month period, for any of four general reasons:
Birth and care of a newborn child
Adoption placement
Care for an immediate family member (spouse, parent, or child) with a serious health condition
Personal medical leave because the employee is unable to work due to a serious health condition
There are further stipulations outlined under FMLA. In order to be eligible for FMLA leave, an employee must have been employed by the employer for at least 12 months and at least 1,250 hours during the twelve months immediately preceding the leave. Moreover, the employee must work at a site where there are at least fifty employees within seventy-five miles.
Posted in: Employment Law, FMLA, Pinellas County and Unpaid Overtime
African-American Assistant Director Suing City of St. Petersburg for Discrimination
An African-American employee is suing St. Petersburg, alleging discrimination, retaliation and wrongful termination.
The man filed a complaint June 12 in Pinellas Circuit Court against the city of St. Petersburg, alleging violation of the Florida Civil Rights Act.
According to the complaint, on Sept. 30, 2016, the man was terminated from his employment in the city's Water Resources Department where he has been the first African-American interim director. He says he has suffered loss of employment, loss of income, privileges and benefits, mental and emotional distress, humiliation, embarrassment and damage to his professional reputation.
The man alleges St. Petersburg unlawfully discriminated against him based upon his race and terminated him in retaliation for reporting unlawful discrimination, allegedly his salary being less than whites who held the same position as interim director.
He seeks trial by jury, reinstatement to the equivalent position, actual and compensatory damages of more than $15,000, attorney fees, costs and all proper and just relief.
Even in this day and age, sadly racial discrimination is still rampant in the United States, especially at work. Our Tampa Bay Discrimination Attorneys at Whittel & Melton fight aggressively to put an end to racist policies and practices in the workplace.
Racial discrimination includes being harassed, fired, wrongfully terminated, discriminated against, demoted, wrongfully disciplined, and denied wages. If you feel that you are being discriminated based on your race, whatever race that may be, let us help you.
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Clearwater Mental Health Facility Accused of Failing to Pay Overtime
A former employee is suing The Transition House Inc., alleging they failed to pay overtime, a violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
The woman filed a complaint May 9 in the Pinellas Circuit Court against The Transition House alleging that the Florida company failed its duty to pay employees for all hours worked.
According to the complaint, the woman says that she has suffered lost earnings from the company's wrongful practice of denying her with earned wages for all overtime hours worked and for all meal breaks not taken.
She holds The Transition House responsible because they allegedly failed to properly apprise its employees of their rights under the FLSA, failed to keep or provide an accurate record of its employees' hours worked, and failed to compensate its employees of overtime wages.
The FLSA clearly states that overtime pay entitles workers to one and a half times their regular hourly rate for each hour they work beyond their regular 40 hours in a week. Despite this fact, many employers refuse to pay their employees their rightfully earned overtime wages. These illegal business practices are unacceptable, and our Pinellas County Unpaid Overtime Attorneys at Whittel & Melton can help you recover what is rightfully yours.
Posted in: Employment Law, Florida, Pinellas County and Unpaid Overtime
Former Employee Alleges Steak and Shake Violated FLSA
A former employee is suing Steak and Shake, alleging violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
The woman filed a complaint March 26 in the Pinellas Circuit Court against Steak and Shake Inc., also known as Steak and Shake Operations Inc., alleging failure to provide an employee her proper wages.
According to the complaint, the woman worked as a waitress/server at Steak and Shake in Pinellas County from August 2015 through Feb. 27, 2018. She says she has suffered monetary damages as a result of the restaurant's wrongful conduct of utilizing the tip credit instead of paying her with regular minimum wage and also requiring her to perform labor after she had officially clocked out.
She alleges Steak and Shake Operations has failed, refused and/or neglected to keep accurate time records, and refuses to pay her the minimum wage rate of pay as required by FLSA, raw wages believed to be more than $2,250.
The FLSA governs the most basic interactions between employers and employees. The FLSA establishes a standard for minimum wage, overtime pay, and other labor laws. Employers can be in violation of the FLSA if they misclassify hourly employees as exempt, deny overtime, order employees to work after clocking out, allow managers to take from employees' tips, alter time cards, or require employees to work more than forty hours per week.
Employees who work in restaurants where tips comprise a portion of the employees' compensation are usually at higher risk when it comes to illegal employer behavior. Common violations include illegally docking time off cards, including managers in tip pools, deducting tips from paychecks, paying employees less than the minimum wage, and refusing to pay overtime.
Posted in: Employment Law, Florida, Minimum Wage Violations, Pinellas County and Unpaid Overtime
Clearwater Nurse Accuses Hospital of Discrimination
A registered nurse is suing at St. Petersburg hospital facility, alleging gender and racial discrimination.
The African-American transgender nurse, filed a complaint Jan. 26 in Pinellas County Circuit Court against HCA, Inc., alleging violation of the 1964 Civil Rights Act and Florida Civil Rights Act.
According to the complaint, the nurse had worked at HCA's Northside Hospital in St. Petersburg since August 2011 as a fulltime advanced registered nurse practitioner. In April 2017, the suit says, she learned Northside was short-staffed, yet nobody contacted her for work despite her having requested extra work since February.
The nurse says she was subjected to discrimination, accused of stealing and was eventually terminated July 17, 2017.
She alleges HCA failed to provide her PRN hours while providing PRN hours to a white/Caucasian peer, made false accusation of theft of food and subjected an employee to discriminatory acts.
Discrimination in the workplace can on various forms. Sex and gender discrimination is becoming more common as the number of women and openly gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender individuals enter the workforce. Even though state and federal laws mandate that these employees are given equal access and protections, they are often discriminated against simply because of their sex or gender identification.
An individual may be discriminated against at work simply because of their sex or because they are genetically one sex and identify as another. Fortunately, employment laws protect against these and other similar situations.
Updated: March 15, 2018 1:51 pm
Pinellas County Woman Accuses Media Business of Disability Discrimination
A Pinellas County woman is suing a Clearwater company, alleging age and disability discrimination. Whittel & Melton is pursuing the case on behalf of the woman.
The woman filed a complaint Nov. 16 in Pinellas County Circuit Court against Professional Media Group LLC, alleging that the employer violated the Florida Civil Rights Act.
According to the complaint, on July 10, 2016, the woman was injured and admitted to a hospital for surgery. The suit says although the woman received permanent metal screws in her leg she informed her supervisor that she would be ready to return to work.
The woman was illegally terminated from employment July 21, 2016, because of her disability/handicap and age – she is 64. As a result, the woman has suffered damages for lost wages, benefits and emotional distress.
The business unlawfully discriminated against her and illegally terminated her employment for having a disability.
Discrimination can take on many forms. When you are discriminated against at work because of your age or disability, you need to work with a Pinellas County Discrimination Lawyer at Whittel & Melton who can protect your rights.
Age discrimination revolves around the concept that an older person may not be able to do something as well as a younger person. If you are over the age of 40 and are being treated differently than your co-workers, you may be able to file a discrimination claim. The older you are, the stronger an age discrimination argument becomes.
Some disabilities are obvious, but some are not immediately apparent. Regardless of the type of disability, it is important to speak with your HR department to ensure you have a strong case. Most companies require individuals with disabilities to go through HR before anything else. When you contact Whittel & Melton, we can help you work through your options with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to make sure your rights as an employee are protected.
Updated: January 16, 2018 10:41 am
Former Clearwater Employee Accuses WaWa of Discrimination
A former employee is suing WaWa, alleging disability discrimination, discrimination, retaliation and wrongful termination.
The man filed a complaint Nov. 29 in Pinellas Circuit Court against WaWa Inc., alleging the company fired him for wearing a back brace.
According to the complaint, the man has a history of chronic back problems that require him to wear a back brace. The man says he worked for a WaWa in Clearwater until his dismissal in 2016, allegedly for unexplained absences.
The suit says the man has suffered and will continue to suffer from mental anguish and emotional distress, loss of earnings and other employment benefits and job opportunities, as a result of WaWa's willful and intentional discrimination and wrongful termination.
The man alleges WaWa failed its duty to eliminate discrimination from the workplace, failed to adequately supervise, control, discipline and/or otherwise penalize discriminatory practices, and discharged the man in retaliation for his filing and attempting to file a valid worker's compensation claim.
The man seeks trial by jury, compensatory and punitive damages between $15,000 and $75,000, interest, court costs and other relief.
If you believe that you have been the victim of employment discrimination because of a physical or mental disability, our Florida Discrimination Lawyers at Whittel & Melton may be able to help. The passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (the ADA) added disabled persons to the class of people protected against employment discrimination. The ADA defines employment to include recruitment, hiring, promotions, training, pay, and social activities.
Updated: December 21, 2017 3:44 pm
Employee Claims Pinellas County Business Failed to Pay Him Proper Wages
An employee is suing a Pinellas County business, alleging violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
The man filed a complaint Sept. 25 in Pinellas County Circuit Court against the Pinellas County business, alleging they failed to pay employees for all hours worked.
According to the complaint, from Nov. 1, 2009, June 30, 2017, the man suffered economic injuries from working for the company as a non-exempt employee. The suit says the man provided in-home support and other services for special needs adults. As a result, the lawsuit states, he worked more than 40 hours per week, but was not compensated at the statutory rate of one and a half their regular rate of pay as required by FLSA.
The man alleges the business denied applicable overtime wages under the FLSA, and forced the man to incur legal services and fees to protect his interest.
In many unpaid wage cases, the problem with wage and hour violations begins with employee misclassification. People entitled to overtime for hours more than 40 in a workweek are often misclassified as exempt from overtime pay. Workers operating as full-time employees are misclassified as independent contractors. Our Pinellas County Unpaid Wage & Overtime Lawyers at Whittel & Melton are experienced in dealing with misclassifications amongst employees. Once we expose these errors and violations, we can fully understand what compensation and backpay you are owed, which could be substantial.
We represent both salaried and hourly employees, and we are fully aware of which industries and occupations are most common for failing to pay their employees properly.
Updated: October 25, 2017 4:00 pm
Former Largo Employee Files Whistleblower Lawsuit Against City
A former Largo plumbing inspector is suing the city, claiming that officials violated a law meant to protect whistle-blowers by firing him in retaliation for a complaint he filed with a state agency.
According to the lawsuit, the man's former bosses conspired to fire him in November after he accused city plans examiners of approving building plans without proper qualifications last summer in complaints to the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation.
The city manager said the 57-year-old was fired based on several instances of misconduct unrelated to the complaint. According to a disciplinary report issued in November, the man improperly completed or didn't complete building inspections. He also allegedly joked in an email that two city employees were involved in an affair.
According to the suit, the unlicensed activity resulted in a 911 call center being inoperable for the first two weeks it was open. It also caused faulty plumbing and electrical work in several large projects, including two Walmarts, a Wawa and an apartment complex.
The man filed complaints against four separate employees, according to reports.
To review aspects of a plan such as the electrical or plumbing work, an examiner must have a license in that discipline to ensure the project meets building code. The investigation found that one employee let someone review a plumbing plan on a house in Largo without a plumbing license.
The man hopes his lawsuit prevents any similar issues with his former department.
Blowing the whistle on illegal activities in your workplace is never easy. Sometimes doing the right thing can backfire and lead to retaliation and even termination.
Posted in: Employment Law, Florida, Pinellas County and Whistleblower Retaliation
Nurse Files $6.5M Retaliation Lawsuit Against St. Petersburg Hospital and HCA
A nurse has filed a $6.5 million lawsuit against St. Petersburg General Hospital and parent company HCA Holdings for allegedly using a positive drug test as the reason for terminating her when she says the move was really in retaliation for filing a discrimination complaint.
The nurse was one of four African-American nurses employed at St. Petersburg General, which is owned by HCA. She was the only African-American charge nurse and filed a race discrimination complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in 2013.
However, when she slipped on a wet floor at that hospital, she had to submit to a urine drug screen. On May 23, 2014, she was told by the hospital that her drug test was positive and she was immediately suspended and then fired later that day.
Once notified of the test result, she obtained proof from her pharmacy that she possessed a prescription for the medication. Regardless, she was terminated.
The woman's lawsuit, filed in federal court in the Middle District of Florida, comes after the EEOC issued her a "right to sue" letter on Nov. 3, 2016, after she made a new complaint for retaliation for her termination.
Florida state and federal laws protect workers against racial discrimination in the workplace. People of every national origin are legally entitled to work in an environment where they are treated equally. Employers have a duty to uphold policies that prevent racial discrimination in any form.
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Shane Lowry being interviewed at the end of today's round.
Shane Lowry is the leader of the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship at the halfway stage.
The Clara man followed up his course-record equalling 62 with a two-under 70 in today's second round to hold a one-shot lead after 36 holes of the European Tour event.
After a rocky start to his second round, three-time European Tour winner Lowry bounced back from two early bogeys with four birdies to get to 12 under par.
Lee Westwood was in fourth place on ten under, with Scotland's Scott Jamieson, Dane Søren Kjeldsen and Englishmen Ian Poulter and Tom Lewis another stroke further back.
Lowry began the day with a commanding three-shot advantage after Wednesday's stunning round.
He carded back-to-back bogeys at the second and third before bouncing back with birdies at the fifth and seventh.
Further birdies on the 12th and 15th saw him complete his round with 70.
"I'm really happy with that," said Lowry. "I knew today was going to be a bit of a weird day after shooting such a low score yesterday.
"I just tried to go out and play like I played. To be honest, right from the start, I really feel like I played pretty well today. I think I gave myself a lot of chances.
"Some of the shots early on were pretty horrendous. I battled back and hit some really nice shots out there and hit some in close and made some birdies. I was happy with myself."


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League should be ashamed if it doesn't fix review
Could Rob Gronkowski retiring signal the beginning of the end for the New England Patriots dynasty? Maybe not. But it could leave the Pats scrambling.
PHOENIX – This could have been the week when the NFL makes its strongest statement yet about the debacle in New Orleans that marred the NFC Championship Game: It will never occur again.
Slim chance that happens.
As NFL owners and other prominent figures gather for league meetings in the desert, it is apparent that the league isn't anywhere close to a new measure that ensures an egregious non-call won't cost a team a Super Bowl berth.
"If we can't fix what the fans saw in New Orleans … " Tampa Bay Buccaneers coach Bruce Arians told USA TODAY, his voice trailing off, to allow you to finish the sentence.
I'll take a swing.
It's a disgrace, NFL.
If a collection of sharp minds and institutional leaders, armed with the latest in technology and opinion polls, can't fix a system unable to correct a bum call (or non-call) that everybody and their mama saw, the NFL should be ashamed of itself for allowing its product to fall deeper into the murky waters of damaged integrity.
Be careful, NFL. You run the risk of having your premier events – with millions, if not billions, of dollars hinging on the outcome via legalized gambling – associated with the notion that factors beyond square-and-fair are influencing outcomes.
That's why they need to tighten this stuff up.
Sure, there are team proposals we've seen before – that all plays are subject to instant replay review – and the competition committee put forth items for pass interference and roughing-the-passer situation to be reviewable with an expanded form of instant replay.
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Yet with so much back-and-forth on the specifics, there's hardly any consensus for where this is headed. In other words, there's a chance that the blatant yet uncalled pass interference that Rams cornerback Nickell Robey-Coleman committed to break up a pass to Tommylee Lewis in the waning moments of the fourth quarter in the NFC title game can be repeated.
"I want to get it right," Arians continued. "It's such a wide-open can of worms."
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Arians and fellow head coaches met for more than an hour on Sunday, and according to a few of them, the discussion was intense.
"We didn't get very far," Seahawks coach Pete Carroll told USA TODAY. "We'll see if we can make any progress over the next couple of days."
Added Arians, "We all want something better."
Good luck. More discussions were slated through Tuesday, and a vote on multiple proposals could occur in the next couple of days. That timeline, though, also reminds us of a basic fact of NFL life: These meetings have been a place where replay proposals die and where owners prove just who runs the joint. With 24 votes required for any new measures, owners are typically much more stuck in the mud than their coaches, the guys whose jobs are dependent on winning.
At the combine in Indianapolis beginning in late February, there seemed to be momentum for an idea that might have corrected a New Orleans-like debacle in one fell swoop: The sky judge.
An eighth official, positioned in a booth upstairs with access to video, would serve as the eighth member of the crew and possess ability to throw a flag from upstairs – as a go-between from the officials on the field and the NFL's centralized replay command center at league headquarters in New York. Ravens coach John Harbaugh was one the biggest proponents of the sky judge, which is similar to a feature in the new Alliance of American Football (AAF).
But the sky judge measure never made it to Arizona, as it wasn't formally proposed by the Ravens or any other team, nor pushed by the competition committee.
That's rather unfortunate. Like some coaches, I thought that had a chance.
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One member of the competition committee, Cowboys executive vice president Stephen Jones, said the mechanics of a sky judge were troublesome. As Jones described it, there were too many questions about the flow of the game, such as hesitation between plays while waiting to see whether the sky judge would throw a flag.
So, here we are again: Expand the existing form of replay?
Maybe it happens, maybe not. Replay – which didn't exist from 1992-1998 and long operated on a year-to-year basis – is never an easy sell
"There's a lot of emotion tied to replay," Rich McKay, the Atlanta Falcons president and chairman of the competition committee, told USA TODAY on Monday. "That makes it unpredictable."
McKay knows what is predictable. The NFL will get roasted if another NFC title game debacle happens.
"There is a sentiment to do something," McKay said. "A situation like the NFC Championship Game causes you to react. You should react. But you don't want to overreact. You must examine everything to determine why it transpired.
"Does your system have a solution for it?"
That's the question the NFL needs to answer. Like yesterday.
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The Westfalen-Challenge is a standard Modified tournament, sanctioned by PUI and therefore subject to the corresponsing rules. You can find these rules in detail on the PUI-homepage (see above), but if you already attended official Pokemon-tournaments, you should know how thinks work.
The preliminary round will be played in Age Modified Swiss, so that matches between players from different age groups will be the exception. (If there are enough contestants in each of the age groups, the Westfalen-Challenge will be divided into three parallel tournaments, without matches between players of different age groups). Games are finished after one round (Best-of-One); time limit will be 30 minutes. In accordance to the PUI-rules there will be no draws.
After the preliminary round we will have a cut for Top of the age groups (Best-of-Three, time limit: 60 minutes), so that afterswards we will have a tournament winner in each of these age groups.
This is only an approximate. The real schedule is depending on the number of players and on how fast the matches are over.
As this is a Modified Tournament, you may only play cards that are allowed for Modified at the date of the tournament. Please check, whether your deck is modified-legal, before the tournament. There are many ressources on the net helping you with this; You might also ask on message boards.
If you want to play with cards not in english or german (like japanese, french, italian or whatever) you have to provide an english or german card for reference outside your deck. According to recent PUI-rulings you may also use a printout from the official Card-Dex (see above) for reference.
Please read the official tournament rules for more information on which card sleeves may be used.
Each player has to create and submit a deck list to the tournament officials before the Tournament starts (this is done while Registration). We recommend using the official POP Deck Registration Form (see above). We will also have some of these empty forms at the Tournament.
Don't forget to write your name on the paper. Sounds trivial, but we've had our share of deck lists without any identification. We also need our POP ID and your birthdate.
If you want to, name your deck. A nice name sounds better than "Unnamed deck with Eevee"
When noting Pokemon-cards, please also write down their number and from which set they're taken! When noting energy cards or trainer cards, it suffices to know their name and how often they are used in your deck.
Please create a readable deck list. We don't urge you to do computer printouts but hastily scribbled lists will take more time when being controlled and might therefore delay the start of Tournament.
This almost belongs to "readable": Please use DinA4-paper (or an equivalent like US-Letter). Deck lists on smaller paper might get lost, larger paper is not practicable.
Random deck checks will be performed. Please note that the winner decklists will be published on this site after the event.
Smoking is not allowed during the tournament. We can't stop you from damaging your health outside the building (be sure to return before the start of a new round), but we won't allow smoking in the tournament room itself.
No alcoholic beverages! Don't bring them, don't drink them! We don't want any of it to influence the tournament.
We expect "civilized" behaviour. Please don't trash the playing area, but use the trash cans, instead!
Furthermore, we expect each player to enforce fair play and the spirit of the game. In case of violation, we'll have a copy of the PUI Penalty Guidelines at hand.
Please obey the instructions set by the tournament official and the house staff!
If it's necessary, we may have to change some of these rules. Important changes will be announced at the tournament.


Have spirit home, the cheap large paintings for sale on the wall is decorated certainly not.
If you can't find the big picture you like, you can do it with a small frame.
How the frames fit together, let's tell you seven little secrets.
The trick is to hang the largest piece in the most comfortable place of sight, then hang a small piece around it to align the frame horizontally or vertically.
The black frame is artistic and especially suitable for mounting photography.
The frame size, color and width of the paper have rich changes.
The irregular shape of the frame with dynamic and tension, itself very striking.
If you're going to try it, it's best to start small, so you don't spoil the balance of the space.
When many irregular adornment picture is combined together, should level or perpendicular take neat, just won't appear messy.
The door frame is often ignored by us, and hanging a few paintings here would be a pleasant surprise.
The method with the easiest hold is to have advocate have a time, for instance be hanged above the door with door frame width close painting, next the two sides of the door is on the high and low strewn at random adorn 3 two the painting with slightly smaller size is good.
If the painting can be shown as a series, it will be more artistic impact than the single hanging.
The proposal chooses the picture frame of same style to mount, will strengthen the integral effect of series.
The height of the painting is slightly above the horizontal line of sight.
If you don't have a large scale metope painting in your home, many small size works will be great to put together. The collective power is infinite.
Large abstract paintings give vitality to the grey walls.
When you get closer, you will be surprised to find that it is composed of four separate little paintings.
This method of segmentation and recombination is more used for ultra-large photos, which can solve the problem of limited printing size. It is only necessary to note that the gap between paintings should be one centimeter.
Do you remember the famous screen print of Andy warhol, the portrait of Monroe?
This group of paintings is to absorb the inspiration of the master, the same image is endowed with different colors, and the combination is hung together, which has a modern and fanatical atmosphere in the 1960s.
With such a pop-style painting, the color choices can be bold.
The picture frame of different size, combination rises also is interesting adornment, some picture frame is still blank, you also can hang first, perhaps line a color with coloured paper first, fill at any time according to the mood again fill a picture core, this seemed to leave a person more look forward to.
1. For photographic works and modern paintings, it is better to match the simple frame of the design. Do not let the noise of the frame steal the attention of the audience.
In particular, groups of works, more to avoid the picture frame dilute the theme.
2. Black, white and wooden picture frames are the most common, and they are also the most versatile because they do not attract attention. Any painting effect is good.
3. It is also very important to set off the paper jam of the work, especially for the work with a small ruler.
White is most commonly used, followed by grey and black.
Color card paper can affect the effect of work, so use with caution.
You can also try something special, like a small piece of paper that is 10 centimeters wide and 25 centimeters wide.


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Why Can't Evangelicals Write Well?
by Barry Cooper	on Mar 28, 2012 Jun 17, 2014
Or paint well? Or compose well? I recently discovered one possible reason, as expressed by one of the exceptions to the rule: C. S. Lewis.
"Joy", as defined by Lewis in Surprised By Joy, is an intense experience of longing. This yearning, he came to understand, could not be satisfied by any earthly experience. It seemed to point to something which, as an atheist, he did not yet know. This "joy" is what drives artists to create art; indeed, art itself has the capacity to create "joy" as we contemplate it.
But listen to the way Lewis concludes the book:
To tell you the truth, the subject [i.e. "joy"] has lost nearly all interest for me since I became a Christian. I cannot, indeed, complain, like Wordsworth, that the visionary gleam has passed away. I believe (if the thing were at all worth recording) that the visionary stab, the old bitter-sweet, has come to me as often and as sharply since my conversion as at any time of my life whatever.
But I now know that the experience, considered as a state of my own mind, had never had the kind of importance I once gave it. It was valuable only as a pointer to something other and outer. While that other was in doubt, the pointer naturally loomed large in my thoughts.
When we are lost in the woods the sight of a signpost is a great matter. He who first sees it cries, "Look!" The whole party gathers round and stares. But when we have found the road and are passing signposts every few miles, we shall not stop and stare. They will encourage us and we shall be grateful to the authority that set them up. But we shall not stop and stare, or not much; not on this road, though their pillars are of silver and their lettering of gold.
"We would be at Jerusalem."
(C. S. Lewis, Surprised By Joy, p237-238; Image: Joy Division, Unknown Pleasures)
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Sarah Danaher says:
intriguing. I need to ponder this for awhile.
Sian Farthing says:
I would agree that an artist, or writer, or musician, who becomes a Christian, has a higher calling now than the perfection of and admiration for their art. Surely, though, creativity will be most lit on fire by inspiration from the Creator? Thinking on such pure, lovely, beautiful things spills over into wonder and awe that finds its expression in praise and adoration of the one who gives all good gifts. But more than this, what we admire, we seek to emulate, and surely in creativity we are able to express this wonderment most freely. In a piece of poetry, in a painting, in the soaring melody of a piece of music, are only echoes of shadows of what we see and feel in God's working in creation, in our lives and in his word, but echoes that lead people to look back to the source of all beauty. Captured by the light spilling through a stained glass window or moved to tears by a song, when the artist is able to say Sola Dei Gloria, all for God's glory, sentiments beyond the rational expression of logic, or mathematics, or reason, turn to a God of light, and colour, and beauty, and poetry