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History of a Pleasure Seeker
Yield. When Piet Barol, the protagonist of Richard Mason's novel, History of a Pleasure Seeker, finds himself offered the chance to indulge in any form of pleasure, he yields to the opportunity with delight and enthusiasm. Set mostly in Amsterdam in 1907, Barol is hired as a tutor to the son of a wealthy hotelier. The house is packed with beautiful objects and people, the food and service outstanding. Barol is handsome, talented and charming, and uses skills and wits to achieve what he desires. Readers who like period novels and atmospheric sensuality are those most likely to enjoy this novel.
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V is for Vengeance
Pacing. The latest and twenty-second novel in the Kinsey Millhone series from Sue Grafton is titled, V is for Vengeance. For the past thirty years, Grafton has rewarded patient readers with entertaining episodes in the life of a California private detective. Grafton's pacing in the novel and in the series proceeds at a moderate rate, allowing fans to savor every page. In the current offering, Kinsey stumbles on a crime ring and pursues resolution with vigor. Readers who like detective fiction can start here or anywhere and find pleasure.
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Accidental. What I enjoyed most about Penelope Lively's novel, How It All Began, was the cast of charming and endearing characters. Lively frames her plot around the notion of how a single accident can lead to considerable consequences for characters that at first seem unconnected from one another. For those readers who like to read about a wide range of behavior, enjoy witty dialogue, and have any interest at all in chaos theory, this novel will deliver the goods.
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Coming Apart: The State of White America, 1960-2010
Class. Any reader interested in the current state of American society will benefit from reading Charles Murray's controversial book, Coming Apart: The State of White America, 1960-2010. Murray's premise is that our society is divisible by class. There is a new upper class and a new lower class, and he explains why that matters. To eliminate the "noise" he focuses on white America, since some readers may see our class divide as racial. This book carves up a lot of numbers, and he draws conclusions with a libertarian point of view. His passion on this topic comes from the question about whether or not American exceptionalism can survive. Whether one agrees with Murray or not, his concerns about how we may be coming apart the seams are worth considering.
Rating: Four-star (Highly Recommended)
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Lost. There are twelve short stories in a new collection from Dan Chaon titled, Stay Awake. The characters in these stories are people facing disorientation, loss and situations that are weird. Readers who like psychological tension in fiction are those most likely to enjoy this collection. Life is messy, bad things happen, and the story ends. Readers are left uncertain about resolution. The unsettled nature of the story also leaves the reader somewhat unsettled. Try a story or two. If you like one, you're likely to enjoy the others.
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Trafficking. Robert Crais sets his latest Elvis Cole and Joe Pike novel on the Mexican border and uses the current headline issue of human trafficking as the backdrop for the fast-paced action in Taken. Crais moves us backward and forward in time from the perspective of multiple characters, and that device increases the tension a reader feels. A young woman and her boyfriend are kidnapped, and the woman's mother hires the man she read about as "the world's greatest detective," Elvis Cole, to find her. Elvis asks Joe Pike to protect his back, and things get more than a little complicated when plans don't turn out as expected. Fans of action thrillers or this particular series are those most likely to enjoy this novel.
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The Optimism Bias: A Tour of the Irrationally Positive Brain
Expectations. I had something of a "wow" reaction as I read Tali Sharot's book, The Optimism Bias: A Tour of the Irrationally Positive Brain. Her research has led to conclusions that optimism is a survival mechanism, and at the neural level, our brain tends to frame the past as better than it was and position us to expect a better future. The regions of the brain that do these things are described in a way that's accessible to all readers, and those who like to think about thinking and are interested in how the brain works, are those most likely to enjoy this book.
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Pity the Billionaire: The Hard-Times Swindle and the Unlikely Comeback of the Right
Reality. The target audience for Thomas Frank's book, Pity the Billionaire: The Hard-Times Swindle and the Unlikely Comeback of the Right, is the reader who finds some of the logic of the political right to represent an alternate reality. Unlike what happened after prior economic crises when progressive populism arose, the reaction to the 2008 crisis has been a conservative populism. Frank explores how and why that happened, and where what logic there is may lead (hint in the title.) Frank's writing is entertaining and lively, and the attention he calls to the lack of reality in some of the muddling positions of the right will appeal to liberal readers, especially those who recognize the absurdity in some elements of conservative populism.
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The Hare with Amber Eyes: A Family's Century of Art and Loss
Inheritance. Most families have stories about the lives of our ancestors. Fortunate families have some objects that were acquired by those ancestors that connect us to the past as a part of our inheritance. Edmund de Wall is a ceramicist who inherited 264 netsuke from a favorite uncle. One of the netsuke, small intricately carved objects from Japan, provided the title of his family memoir, The Hare with Amber Eyes: A Family's Century of Art and Loss. This finely written book tells of the Ephrussis family, wealthy grain traders and bankers from Russia whose wealth grew in the 20th century as they migrated to Paris and Vienna. Their wealth and some of their lives were destroyed by the Nazis. A family servant hid the netsuke from the Nazis, and they became the only objects that were passed along to the survivors of that tragic time. I was absorbed by this book from beginning to end and recommend it highly to any reader who enjoys how good writing can bring the past to life.
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The Shadow Patrol
Stan. The timing of Alex Berenson's latest John Wells novel could not be better. Set in Afghanistan, The Shadow Patrol explores the duplicity and self-interest of a variety of players in the military, the CIA, and among Afghans. In some ways, this novel seems to come straight from the nightly news. The lively writing made me think that Berenson had fun writing it. Making the code name of a CIA operative, "Stan," was just outright funny. While Berenson continues to present Wells as a heroic figure whose skills are superior to all other humans, there are enough aspects of his life that come through in this installment that readers can see him as one of us. Fans of action novels are those most likely to enjoy this book.
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Perilous Fight: America's Intrepid War with Britain on the High Seas, 1812-1815
Navy. Readers who gravitate toward naval history are those most likely to enjoy Stephen Budiansky's fine book, Perilous Fight: America's Intrepid War with Britain on the High Seas, 1812-1815. Budiansky provides a solid foundation of the politics and issues of the time, and the weaknesses of the fledgling USA in comparison to England's Royal Navy. He describes the key players in sufficient detail, and highlights with ample description the pitched battles that marked that war. Readers unfamiliar with this war will learn much from this book, and those who know this period well are likely to appreciate Budiansky's contribution to our understanding of that time.
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Principles. Readers who like to think about thinking will enjoy Daniel Kahneman's book, Thinking Fast and Slow. This Nobel winner elucidates his own research about how the mind works and comments on the insights of other researchers. The title refers to the ways in which our brain leads us toward quick and lazy decisions that are almost automatic versus the harder and slower thinking work that requires greater effort. Kahneman describes his decades of research in a readable style that most readers will find interesting and enlightening. Fans of behavioral economics will find this book to be delightful reading.
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The Art of Fielding
Sacrifice. Chad Harbach's sprawling and ambitious debut novel, The Art of Fielding, demands a lot of patience from readers. The characters are developed very slowly, almost at the pace of most baseball games. The setting is a Midwestern college where the protagonist, Henry Skrimshander, has been recruited to the school because of his talent as a baseball player. His ambition and that of other characters, along with the sacrifices made by many, provide the backdrop for relationships and a multi-year odd adventure with mighty highs and deep lows. Harback tested my willing suspension for disbelief at many times, but by the time I finished the 500+ pages, I realized that I had really enjoyed a fine story. Patient readers who are willing to give a chance to first time authors are those most likely to enjoy this novel.
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Safety. The action in Edward St. Aubyn's finely written novel, At Last, takes place on the day of the protagonist's mother's funeral. Patrick Melrose feels relief and a sense of safety now that both his parents are deceased. His father abused him and his mother knew. St. Aubyn's prose is constructed with great care and precision, full of wit and psychological insight. This novel is part of a series he's written about the wealthy Melrose family and his insight into the life of the privileged will be appealing to many readers. Fans of finely written literary fiction are those most likely to enjoy this novel.
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The Dogs of Rome
Relaxed. Conor Fitzgerald's debut crime novel, The Dogs of Rome, proceeds at a relaxed pace in introducing readers to protagonist Commissario Alec Blume. I became engaged in the life, work and world of Blume and I enjoyed the easy going plot momentum. Readers learn just enough about the characters to be interested, and the choices that Blume makes in dealing with bosses, subordinates, witnesses, criminals and lovers kept me engaged throughout the novel. Readers who like crime fiction and are looking for new authors are those most likely to enjoy this novel.
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What It Was
Setting. George Pelecanos paints such a vivid picture of the setting for his novel, What It Was, that readers will see and feel the early 1970s on these pages. Pelecanos likes the cars, the music and the clothes, so they are described in detail to set the background and mood for a quickly paced crime novel featuring private detective Derek Strange at the time just after he left the Metropolitan Police Department. Fans of crime fiction and Pelecanos are those most likely to enjoy this book.
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Bringing Up Bebe: One American Mother Discovers the Wisdom of French Parenting
Autonomy. I was entertained and amused by Pam Druckerman's book, Bringing Up Bebe: One American Mother Discovers the Wisdom of French Parenting. Druckerman presents her personal story of raising children in France. Working like an anthropologist as a participant-observer of the culture, she is able to call attention to the differences she saw in how French parents behaved with their children as compared to many American parents. Among the many differences she presents are the approaches to patience and waiting rather than leaping in, and the ways in which autonomy is encouraged. No one parent's experience or observation is ever definitive for another parent's behavior, so those readers expecting a how-to manual will be disappointed. Readers who enjoy lively writing about family life across cultures will find this book interesting.
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Fixing the Housing Market
Data. A recent book from Wharton's Milken Institute Series on Financial Innovations is titled, Fixing the Housing Market. I expected the book would provide a brief review of what caused the crash, and then spend the bulk of the presentation on alternative solutions. Instead, the authors provide a lengthy historical framework and lots of global data. Their analysis of the data seemed shallow, and almost all of the book covers history and data. By the time the solutions were presented, they seemed vague and too generalized to be useful. Readers looking to understand housing over the past hundred years will find useful information here. Those looking for cogent recommendations for solving our problems should look elsewhere.
Rating: Two-star (Mildly Recommended)
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The Wolf Gift
Mutation. Prolific author Anne Rice has returned to her fan base with the first 400 page novel in what readers will hope is a new series. The Wolf Gift features protagonist Reuben Golding, who has become a werewolf. Similar to the characters in her vampire novels, these werewolves are heroic monsters who battle evildoers. While long philosophical passages may bore some readers, the action moves quickly, there's a love story, and the contemporary setting brings the story to life. This is a satisfying story to those readers who have come to enjoy Rice.
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Evolution. Max Barry combines dystopia, satire and comedy in his latest novel, Machine Man. Protagonist Charles Neumann works as a scientist in the lab of an unscrupulous company named Better Future. After Charlie loses his leg, he considers making himself an improved model. Barry satirizes our culture of constant self-improvement, and describes corporate exploitation and avarice in an extreme way. Charlie's exploits become hilarious at times, and the pace of the novel is quick. Fans of Barry's prior novels will be pleased with this one, and new readers may find his quirky writing to be an acquired taste. Read an excerpt before diving in.
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The art of chainsaw carving is a fast-growing form of art that combines the modern technology of the chainsaw with the ancient art of woodcarving.

The beginning of the art form
The oldest chainsaw artist records go back to the 1950s, which include artists Ray Murphy and Ken Kaiser. In 1952 Ray Murphy used his father's chainsaw to carve his name into a piece of wood. In 1961 Ken Kaiser created 50 carvings for the Trees of Mystery.

Many new artists began to experiment with chainsaw carving, including Brenda Hubbard, Judy McVay, Don Colp, Cherie Currie (former Runaways lead singer), Susan Miller, Mike McVay, and Lois Hollingsworth. At this time chainsaw carvers started loading up their carvings in the back of their trucks, functioning as traveling galleries.

In the 1980s the art form really began to grow with Art Moe getting much exposure for the craft at the Lumberjack World Championships held in Hayward, Wisconsin. This event was broadcast nationally. The addition of carving contests from the west coast to the east coast brought carvers together to test their skills and learn from each other. The first Chainsaw Carving World Championships was held in 1987 and won by then 24-year-old Barre Pinske. The 1980s also saw the development of the Cascade Chainsaw Sculptors Guild and their newsletter, The Cutting Edge, mailed out to many members throughout the Pacific Northwest and the rest of the United States.  The 80's also brought the first book on chainsaw carving, Fun and Profitable Chainsaw Carving by William Westenhaver and Ron Hovde, published in 1982.  Other books soon followed, including a book by Hal MacIntosh published in 1988 titled Chainsaw Art and in 2001 Chainsaw Carving: The Art and Craft. He published material on chainsaw carving that predated the popularity of the Internet.

The first booking agency dedicated to promoting and preserving the integrity of performance chainsaw art was founded by Brian Ruth in 1992. It was appropriately named Masters of the Chainsaw. The company has represented some of the most respected artists in the U.S., such as Brian Ruth, Ben Risney, Josh Landry, Mark Tyoe and Marty Long, as well as select artists from other countries. In 2007, Masters of the Chainsaw, under the direction of Jen Ruth, created the first international group of female sculptors under the name Chainsaw Chix. Featured in this all-female team are greats like Stephanie Huber, Angela Polglaze, Lisa Foster, Alicia Charlton, Uschi Elias, and Sara Winter.

Brian Ruth introduced the art as a performance art to Japan in 1995. Since then, he has established a division of Masters of the Chainsaw and a chainsaw carving school in Tōei, Japan.

Although the general impression of the public is that it is largely performance art (because of the noise, sawdust, and very fast carving results), there are a few chainsaw carvers now producing stunning works of art. These works can be produced in a fraction of the time that would normally be expected if only conventional tools such as mallet and gouges were used. Although many carvers continue to use other tools alongside the chainsaw, the chainsaw remains the primary tool.

The Carver Kings
With the growth of the Internet, chainsaw carving has become a worldwide phenomenon with chainsaw carvers all over the world. Most notably in Canada the Carver Kings] Paul and Jacob take the stage performing on HGTV's "Carver Kings" and OLN's "Saw Dogs". Along with creating large scale semi abstract center pieces that have made it to many major states.

Today
In the United Kingdom, the English Open Chainsaw Competition draws thousands of visitors annually.
In 1989 Duncan Kitson was the first British carver, with notable success, to represent Wales and The UK in international competition. His work is recognized for its individual, engineered and tactile qualities. English chainsaw artist Matthew Crabb has carved the largest wooden statue of the Virgin Mary in the world, at 9 meters high, in Schochwitz, Germany. Welsh veteran, Harry Thomas of Thomas Carving is highly respected in the industry and specialises in bears, along with his son Danny Thomas. Harry has appeared on ITV's Daybreak, where he carved Queen Elizabeth II's head, in celebration of her Diamond Jubilee.

In Canada, many wooden statues produced by the chainsaw artist Pete Ryan decorate the small town of Hope, British Columbia.  Glenn Greensides, another Canadian artist, branched out into Japan in 1995 and visited Japan each year for 12 consecutive years to create one 5 meter tall sculpture from an exported British Columbia log depicting the upcoming year's Japanese zodiac symbol.

In Japan, the Toei Chainsaw Art Club established the World Chainsaw Art Competition, which was the first chainsaw carving competition in the country. The 2011 World Chainsaw Art Competition at the Toei Dome was to be dedicated to raising money for disaster relief due to the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster that has affected the country.

1999 marked the first year of the Ridgway Chainsaw Carving Rendezvous. Every February hundreds of carvers go to a small town in the mountains of Pennsylvania for this event. The Chainsaw Carver Rendezvous is the biggest gathering of chainsaw carvers in the world and takes over the small town of Ridgway, Pennsylvania.

In 2010 American sculptor Bob King was awarded a "Star/Sprocket" on the Carvers Walk of Fame in Mulda, Germany, the location of the World Cup competition. This award confirms Bob has won more carving competitions than any other carver in the world to date.

In 2013, American chainsaw carver, Josh Landry, was awarded first place at the "Rally in the Valley" chainsaw carving competition. In previous years, Josh Landry was the youngest chainsaw carver participating in national and international chainsaw carving competitions.

As the art has evolved, special chainsaw blades and chains have been developed for carving. In Finland such equipment is affectionally called konepuukko ("mechanical puukko").

The chainsaw "blades" are technically known as "guide bars". For chainsaw carving these bars have very small noses (typically around 25 mm diameter). This enables the artist to create detail in the carving that would be impossible with a standard guide bar. The chains that are used on these guide bars are normally modified by reducing the length of the teeth in order that they are able to cut efficiently at the tip of the bar. The reason for this modification is that all chains manufactured currently (circa 2007) are made to be used on standard guide bars only. These "carving bars" are manufactured by "Cannon", "GB", and by a companies in Japan supplying "Stihl" and others. The other very important advantage with these guide bars is that they do not "kickback" when using the tip. they are therefore very safe to use in comparison with standard guide bars.

In order to reach the high levels of skill required to be a "chainsaw carver", a considerable amount of instruction and practice is required in the safe operation of a chainsaw. This is then followed by plenty of study and practice in carving basic shapes which then ultimately leads on to more ambitious projects. Chainsaw carvers wear protective clothing. A cut from a chainsaw is not just a cut, it actually removes a whole centimeter or more of flesh and bone. A victim can die very quickly from blood loss.

A Cut Above, a Canadian reality competition television series featuring chainsaw carvers, premiered in 2022.

Chainsaw carvers' guilds
Two guilds have formed for chainsaw artists. The Cascade Chainsaw Sculptors Guild (CCSG) is a nonprofit organization that was founded by a group of chainsaw artists in 1986. In 1993, the CCSG started putting out a bimonthly newsletter, "The Cutting Edge".  Another nonprofit guild, United Chainsaw Carvers Guild, was established in 2002 and published a quarterly newsletter titled "The Chainsaw Letter", but has since stopped publishing its newsletter.  Both guilds claim to promote chainsaw art and the sharing of ideas amongst fellow artisans.

Images

See also
 Ice sculpture
 List of chainsaw carving competitions

References

External links
 The Carver Kings - Amazing Chainsaw Sculptors and Tv Personality
 Chainsaw Carver Creates A Buzz For His Unusual Creations  Video produced by Wisconsin Public Television
Chainsaw Carving Step by Step Instructions  Sculpture Step by Chainsaw carving
Starve or Carve; The Judy McVay Legacy A chainsaw carving pioneer's impact on the Washington Coast and Gray's Harbor County

Sculpture techniques

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Beyonce Cast As Etta James Beyonce has been cast as Etta James in the upcoming film 'Cadillac Man'. The film is based on Leonard Chess, the founder of the legendary blues label Chess Records. Chess was home to legends such as , Chuck Berry, Etta James and Muddy Waters. Etta James will consult with Beyonce during filming. Speaking to PageSix.com Etta James stated "It's a privilege and an honor to have somebody like that girl. I don't think she looks like me, but that's all right. They can fix that up." Etta went on to say "I wasn't as bourgie as she is, she's bourgeois. She knows how to be a lady, she's like a model. I wasn't like that... I smoked in the bathroom in school, I was kinda arrogant, so those are some of the things I would want to tell her." Adrien Brody, Jeffrey Wright and Cedric The Entertainer are also set to star the in the movie.
After seeing Beyonce's performance of "Proud Mary" with Tina Turner at the Grammy Awards, Etta felt confident that Beyonce could pull it off. I think Jill Scott would be a far better fit for this role. If you saw Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married? you know that Jill Scott can act, there is no question about her singing ability. In my humble opinion, Jill Scott can embody the spirit of Etta far better than Beyonce. Either way, I'm still looking forward to seeing the movie.
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An exam divided into 4 parts
IELTS is made up of the following sections:
Oral comprehension (Listening): in this part, the candidate must answer 40 questions in the form of multiple choices, fill in the gap texts or diagrams which need to be completed, after listening to various audio extracts (conversations, monologues, read texts, etc.). This test lasts 30 minutes and is divided into 4 exercises (short conversations, monologues, long conversations and readings).
Written comprehension (Reading): the candidate is asked to answer 40 questions related to 3 different texts, presented in the order of increasing difficulty. The test lasts 1 hour and the exercise is about looking for relevant words in the texts which are presented. So if you were to prepare well in advance, you can score a lot of points. To manage time properly, we advise you to devote 15 minutes to the first text, 20 minutes to the second and 25 minutes for the last one.
Written expression (Writing): the candidate has to write two essays, a first text of 150 words and a second one of 250 words, all in 1 hour. For the first draft, it concerns an essay in the form of a commentary on a graph, table or diagram in the case of the IELTS Academic, or in the form of a letter to a friend for the IELTS General Training. It is encouraged that you spend around 20 minutes on this first exercise. The second exercise concerns responding to a problem on a given topic and requires approximately 40 minutes.
Example of writing exercise requested in part 2 of the IELTS Writing:
Write about the following topic:
The Internet has definitely changed the world as we know it. It has connected people from around the world and made so many new forms of communication possible. To what extent do you agree or disagree?
Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your knowledge or experience.
Write at least 250 words.
Oral expression (Speaking): this final IELTS section is a face-to-face interview with an examiner and lasts less than 15 minutes. The criteria taken into account for the notation include speech fluency, consistency in speech, enriched vocabulary, quality of sentence structure and pronunciation. The interview takes place in 3 parts:
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To register for the IELTS Test, you are required to contact the British Council. You can register directly with one of the British Council's examination centers, but registration can also be done online. Registering online is easier, faster and more secure. Registration must be done at least one month before taking the test (however you are encouraged to register 2 months in advance to make sure you have a spot and to be able to manage your availability, to the best). Go to the official website of the British Council, in the section "Take an exam" then "IELTS" to register through just a few clicks.
The fees vary depending on the country. The fees can be paid directly online at the time of registration, through bank transfer in the following days, directly with the British Council Paris or by sending a check to the headquarters at the British Council.
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Student Spotlight - Connor Palindat
Written by: Francesca Dela Cruz
Photography by: Richard Chen
As seen in the December 2017 issue
An avid traveller, video game enthusiast, dessert lover, budding entrepreneur and business leader — Connor Palindat is a 5th year SMO Major at the Alberta School of Business and is also enrolled in the cooperative education program. Currently, he is the president of Enactus University of Alberta and is serving as the business councillor for the Students' Union and sits on several committees. He is also a member of the General Faculties Council and the Council of Student Affairs. He has previously worked for companies such as PwC in taxation. Connor hopes to pursue a career in consulting and entrepreneurship upon graduation.
What attracted you to become a SMO Major?
I started off at MacEwan University and transferred to the UofA in my second year into the Honours Comp-Sci program. I wanted to pursue a career in the video game industry. After taking a few programming classes, it was not as enjoyable for me anymore. I decided to switch faculties and get into business. Initially, I wanted to follow the majority and do finance or accounting, because I honestly had no idea what I wanted to do. I was hired into a Co-op job for 8 months at one of the "Big 4" firms. I then realized that being an accounting major was not the career path for me. Thanks to some SMO classes, I slowly found my knack for entrepreneurship and consulting. I really believe in being unafraid to try different things and figure out what you like or not. There are a lot of opportunities out there for us!
Tell us about your involvement with Enactus. I got involved in Enactus at the end of my third year of university and my first year in business. I started as the VP External and I was not aware of how big Enactus was worldwide. After a few months, the president position opened up and I decided to run for it. Fortunately, I was chosen. I changed a lot with the system. I created specific jobs for each division and made it more structured. We also grew into a team of 70+ members from 12. One of the biggest successes we had this year was getting accepted into a project accelerator from Enactus Canada, which comes with a grant and an advisor from 3M.
If I were only allowed to join one business club, how would you encourage me to pick and join Enactus?
Enactus provides students with a great opportunity to apply their skills. It provides opportunities to put real world business skills on your resume. All the people in Enactus are given the chance to work in a startup environment and say to future employers "I am the reason this club made $X last year and I helped the company do X, Y, or Z." Fun and exciting events include: case competitions, gala dinners, and the perks of travelling and representing the team regionally, nationally, and internationally.
What are the best experiences you have had in the organization?
Last year, the team went to Vancouver to compete at the National Competition. It is one of the coolest things I've ever done. We got to witness first hand the incredible amount of change that students are making across the country and the insane amount of lives that they impact on a daily basis. That really put things in perspective and inspired me to get everything together, inspire the team, and start making real change within Enactus at the UofA and in my own initiatives outside of Enactus.
Do you have any role models?
To be honest, I don't have any close mentors or role models. None of my family members are involved in business so I'm the first to be involved in business. That being said, I have two people from two very different spectrums that I look up to as role models: Elon Musk and Don Iveson. Elon, I respect and admire because he has very strong opinions and great ideas of how to fix a lot of societal issues and he isn't afraid to do what needs to be done to achieve his goals. He sets his eyes on some distant target and does whatever needs to be done to get there. He also shows that business can be a force for good, even if he's not directly involved in social enterprise. I look up to Don Iveson for a much different reason. He is a great example of someone who wants to make a positive social impact through governmental change, and that government can actually have a great and positive effect on society. He demonstrates a forward thinking mindset that sacrifices today for a greater tomorrow.
What are your future plans? I'm honestly not sure right now, and that is okay. I definitely see myself becoming an entrepreneur and starting my own firm: preferably in the tech industry. I also want to get my feet wet with consulting — whether at a boutique firm or a larger firm. Getting involved in politics is my long-term goal. I strive to make meaningful impacts for the betterment of society, whether be it in business or politics. It does not have to change the world, but small incremental changes really does make a difference.
Is "Following Your Passion" cliche? My one piece of advice would be to find something to be passionate about that is not your hobby. You need to be able to find a way to work hard on what you care about, but also have that hobby where you can go to unwind and relax once in awhile. If you make your hobby your work life, your hobby won't be as enjoyable anymore. There's a truth to never mixing business with pleasure.
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Fable has been nominated for an Emmy
The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences today announced "The Boy and the Bucket: A Fable" as a nominee in the 60th Emmy® Awards. The brand film was created by Fable, a branding and advertising agency in Richmond, Virginia, and was directed and produced by Stolen Moment Productions. Emmy winners will be announced at a regional gala for the National Capital Chesapeake Bay Chapter on June 23 in Washington DC.
The Emmy® Award is the premier television production award presented in various sectors of the broadcast and broadband industry, including entertainment programming, advertising, news and documentary shows, and sports programming. The awards are presented in various area-specific ceremonies held annually throughout the year, honoring excellence in television programming. Key credits for "The Boy and the Bucket" include David Neale as Chief Creative Officer/Art Director/Writer, Tom Maher as Director/Editor/Cinematographer, and Richard MacDonald as Cinematographer/Aerial Cinematographer. (Detailed credits available at https://vimeo.com/221931514.)
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Philosophy, Ethics, and Emerging Scholarship
March 14, 2018 Richard PaigePosted in Uncategorized
Richard Paige — It sounds like a pretty big deal.
Philosophy professor Adriel Trott is among a six-person team charged with developing a code of ethics for publishing in the field of philosophy through a $75,000 Andrew W. Mellon Foundation grant awarded to colleagues at Fairfield University and other locales.
Adriel Trott.
In addition to encouraging better and more concrete guidelines for citation practices (Wabash Always Cites!), such a code could lead to the field improving efforts of inclusion and who gets tenure.
"One goal is to make publishing for people outside of research institutions more accessible," Trott said. "My involvement shows the extent to which Wabash is involved in efforts to improve the scholarly environment in ways that ultimately serve our students."
While the field actively seeks the work of more women and scholars of color, Trott feels this effort is about how philosophy accepts and shares important new work. This group's charge will be to think about how scholarly journals direct and make judgments about emerging scholarship and how that literature is actively referenced.
Led by principal investigator Kris Sealey, Trott and her colleagues hope for a change of thinking, where scholars cite based on relevance and broad attention to an issue leads to more inclusive citation practices.
Why does this matter? The numbers of citations a work receives can influence the tenure process. This effort hopes to better identify which scholarly works are influential and driving the discipline forward. Trott says a goal is to encourage scholars to take these questions more seriously as well.
"The long-term hope is that such an effort encourages more students from marginalized groups to pursue philosophy majors, when they see themselves better reflected in the scholarship that is taught," Trott says.
"I'll Push You"—The Other Side of Friendship
March 2, 2018 Steve CharlesPosted in Uncategorized
Justin Skeesuck and Patrick Gray
Steve Charles—When I heard that the movie "I'll Push You" was about two best friends—one in a wheelchair—on a 500-mile Camino de Santiago pilgrimage across Spain, I assumed the hero would be the pusher. Patrick Gray, who so loves his friend that he'll do anything to help him.
And that's not wrong. But it's only half the story.
That's only half of what friendship is, not to mention what love is. Because the real hero of the story is the guy in the wheelchair.
And this is how our hero introduced himself Sunday night after a screening of the movie in Salter Hall—the first words he uttered as he wheeled onstage:
"I'm sorry you had to see my butt crack up there."
So this is a hero of a different sort.
The disease that put Justin Skeesuck in the chair is called Multifocal Acquired Motor Axonopathy. Ironically, MAMA, for short. MAMA's vicious. She makes your immune system attack your nerves, tearing them down bit by bit. Justin first noticed symptoms when he was 16, six months after he'd been in a car accident. The onset was slow. He was able to pursue a career as a designer, get married, have kids. But he says he could feel the disease ravaging its way through his body nerve by nerve.
"I would get twitching and cramps in whatever muscle was going to go next."
"We spent years trying to make him better and he's just getting worse and worse," his doctor says in the film. "And the hardest thing is telling him what's going to happen."
Justin and Patrick have been friends since grade school. They were born a day apart in the same small town in Oregon. They practically passed each other at the hospital doors. Justin's dad says "the boys have never really gotten into trouble, but let's just say they've created a little havoc."
There are pictures of them at one each other's graduations, with their girlfriends who become their wives who become the mothers of their kids. All smiles and goofy looks.
Then there's this picture of Patrick carrying Justin on his back on the beach some time after the diagnosis. The friendship deepens. Patrick tears up when he describes watching Justin struggle. He says he wishes it was him instead, and he says it in such a way that you realize it might be easier for him.
One day Justin is watching a Rick Steve's Europe episode on PBS about the Camino de Santiago and wonders out loud if he could do that—if he and Patrick could do it. And Patrick, being the friend you can always count on, says, "Sure. I'll push you."
But the pastoral images Justin saw on the travel program don't show the 4,000 feet they'll have to climb the first day, the creeks they'll have to ford, the two days of "something a lot like Kansas" they'll have to cross in the heat, or the treacherous descents. It all seems like a moderately difficult walk on film—unless you have wheels and about 200 extra pounds to push up those hills, those rocks, through that mud. And part of the wheelchair breaks early on.
About 3/4 of the way, after a place they call the iron cross, Patrick cramps up—his legs become twitching, painful muscle. He's lying on the road face down and some people who have been helping are trying to massage the cramps out. A family that has joined the two friends for a couple of days now has to stay longer, as the two friends are about to face one of the toughest stretches of the trail to get to the town of O Cebreiro.
Patrick is struggling with his soul as much as his body—he regrets taking a job that has taken so much time that he doesn't see his kids as much as he used to, that he isn't there for his wife, who earlier in the film calls Patrick "my best friend." Everyone else in the film has called Patrick "the kindest man I've ever met" and "generous to a fault," but when Patrick is first thinking about helping Justin do the pilgrimage, his wife says, "Why not?" As if the next line could be, "You're not here anyway." Patrick remembers times he's been dismissive with his kids. His need to control things, putting others at a distance. Insisting he can do things by himself. And it's weighing on him more heavily than the 10 or 12 times a day he has to lift his friend out of his wheelchair.
That's when more friends show up. Friends along the way. People who have heard about Justin and Patrick, know the difficulty of this particular section, want to help them make it.
It's a tough moment for Justin. He's used to letting Patrick help, but now all these strangers?
"But I've learned that if you don't let people help, you rob them of the joy they find in that," he says. "The joy we find in helping one another." And the next scene shows Patrick walking in the lead unfettered by the chair, all those friends doing the pushing.
"It's the first time since we got here that I haven't been connected to the chair in some way," Patrick says. He seems disoriented.
But the scene at the top of the hill is joyous—all those friends taking turns pushing, encouraging, hugging, laughing. The very heart of the film. And only because Patrick can't do it all by himself and Justin's true humility allows others to step in.
When the friends reunite with their families at Santiago de Compostela, Patrick embraces his wife and says something to her, but we don't hear it. It's all tears and smiles.
And there's this line from a guy who was with Patrick and Justin their first week on the Camino, an EMT:
"In my work I see people on the worse day of their lives; they call me when they don't know who else to call. I've watched people die. What really matters at the end of the day, in that moment when your life suddenly changes, is the people around you, and the relationships you've built throughout your entire life. Taking the time to stop and be there for a friend, in whatever capacity they need. We can all do more of that in our lives. We can all take that time."
After the film screening in Salter Hall Sunday night—after Justin's opening crack about his crack—Patrick told us what he said to his wife at the end of that journey: "I am so sorry for all the times I've broken your heart."
His wife's response: "If you never broke my heart, how would I be able to love you more?"
He has since left the job that took him away from his family, and he and Justin now tour with this film and write full-time. Patrick's marriage, and family, rejuvenated.
The half hour Q and A following the film was the most honest—at times funniest—public conversation I've heard in 22 years here. And it continued at the book signing, lots of words of encouragement, lots of laughter.
The philosopher Jean Vanier writes: "We human beings are all fundamentally the same. We all belong to a common, broken humanity. We all have wounded, vulnerable hearts. Each one of us needs to feel appreciated and understood; we all need help."
Vanier also believes that people like Justin—who are living something we'll all go through in our own way one day—help us to see that deepest truth.
Justin says in the film: "It's a hard pill to swallow, and it's something that I continually work through in situations where I have to rely on others to move me forward. I can't do anything. I feel helpless. I kind of feel like a burden in some ways. And that's a natural way of thinking.
"I have to continually let it go. I have to continually trust and love and let them find their joy in it.
"Because they love it."
A group of students who walked the Camino last spring with Professors Dan Rogers and Gilberto Gomez as part of a Wabash class had a long lunch with Justin and Patrick on Sunday. Dan says they mostly swapped stories about the people they met there.
"The Camino is never just about you," one of the friends in the film says.
There were about 160 people at the screening on Sunday evening, a good number of them students, and many of those students stuck around after the Q and A to talk.
You wonder how this film, meeting these guys, will fit into their liberal arts education, their understanding of what it means to be a man.
This event was funded by alumnus Larry Landis and other donors to the President's Distinguished Speakers' Series, as well as the Lecture and Film Committee.


Here's what you need to know about the trial that could upend the way college sports operate, namely that college athletes would have to be paid.
Some believe it could upend the way college sports operate. Others say Ed O'Bannon's legal crusade against the NCAA already has.
Five years after the former UCLA star filed his antitrust lawsuit against the NCAA, it goes to trial Monday in a California courtroom. The stakes are high in the biggest challenge yet to the NCAA's authority to operate college sports at a time when big money makes so-called "amateur" sports look an awful like the pros.
Q. What is this trial about?
The NCAA is being sued by former UCLA star Ed O'Bannon and others over the use of their images in broadcasts and video games without compensation. They will argue at trial that the NCAA has acted as a cartel in violation of federal antitrust laws by conspiring to keep players from making money while at the same time pocketing billions of dollars in big television contracts. The NCAA contends that rules on "amateurism" are necessary to retain competitive balance and that a successful lawsuit could create a free-for-all that will seriously damage college athletics.
PHOTO: UCLA's Ed O'Bannon celebrates after his team won the NCAA championship game against Arkansas in Seattle on April 3, 1995.
Q. What are the plaintiffs asking for?
In the short term, not much. The 20 named plaintiffs dropped their demands for money in damages a few weeks before the trial in a strategic move to narrow the scope of the case. But they are asking for the judge to rule in their favor and issue an injunction that would prohibit the NCAA from enforcing rules against paying players for the use of their images in broadcasts. Lawyers for the plaintiffs will also argue they deserve reimbursement for legal fees that they said exceeded $30 million even before the trial. "Just to get to trial alone is huge," said Jon King, an attorney handling several related cases. "To obtain an injunction will be revolutionary."
PHOTO: TNT broadcasters (from left) Kevin Harlan, Reggie Miller and Len Elmore are seen before the game between the Texas Southern Tigers and Cal Poly Mustangs during the first round of the 2014 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament on March 19, 2014, in Dayton, Ohio.
Q. Why would a win be so important?
This is the first time a challenge to the way the NCAA operates has gotten this far. It is part of a broader effort to change the way major college sports are operated that includes several other lawsuits challenging various NCAA regulations and a unionization effort that won a vote for football players at Northwestern earlier this year. Plaintiffs and others claim that there is no real amateurism in a college sports industry where coaches make millions, administrators are well paid and everyone profits except the athletes providing the labor. "O'Bannon represents a watershed moment for the NCAA," said Northeastern University School of Law professor Roger Abrams, an expert in sports and antitrust law. "When combined with the Northwestern football team unionization effort, the case raises the question whether the NCAA must totally re-conceptualize its approach to regulating college athletics."
PHOTO: Northwestern football helmets are seen during a game between the Wildcats and the Michigan State Spartans on Nov. 23, 2013, in Evanston, Illinois.
Q. What will we find out during trial?
There will be a lot of testimony about the huge amounts of money coming into college sports, literally billions of dollars for the conferences and the NCAA from television rights deals. At least two conferences — The Big 12 and Conference USA — made last-minute challenges in court to keep their television deals secret, arguing they would be at a competitive disadvantage if other conferences and schools knew exactly what the terms of those deals are. There will also be testimony on the NCAA side about the many benefits athletes get while in college, including tuition, room and board and tutors to help them get degrees.
PHOTO: Kansas Jayhawks players Elijah Johnson and Ben McLemore celebrate winning the Big 12 basketball tournament at Sprint Center on March 16, 2013, in Kansas City, Mo.
Q. Will other athletes, say swimmers or golfers, get something from this?
A. No, the class-action suit is limited to football players and Division I basketball players. Those two sports are the biggest revenue generators for colleges.
PHOTO: Breeja Larson swims in the women's 200-meter breaststroke during the U.S. National Championships swimming meet Wednesday, June 26, 2013, in Indianapolis. Larson won in 2 minutes, 23.44 seconds.
Q. Why haven't they settled?
The NCAA says it can't budge on the fundamental question of paying players, because doing so would upend the model of college sports. The organization also believes many of the lawsuits are lawyer-driven and says athletes are treated better than ever and happier than ever. The plaintiffs did reach a separate settlement with videogame maker EA Sports and the Collegiate for $40 million that will allow some payments to former players. The NCAA dismissed that by saying "the real benefactors of this settlement are the lawyers, who could pocket more than $15 million."
PHOTO: Former NFL star and ESPN analyst Keyshawn Johnson tries his hand at EA SPORTS NCAA 11 at LG Electronics Party on Oct. 28, 2010, in Los Angeles.
Q. Will this lead to pay-for-play in college sports?
Not right away, though the pressure brought by unionization attempts and lawsuits has already led to proposals for the five biggest college conferences to increase scholarship money and change other rules to benefit athletes. Attorneys for the plaintiffs say the whole college sports system doesn't need to be blown up, but there are remedies that will help athletes prosper while at the same time keeping a structure to control college athletics. They're suggesting the establishment of a trust funded by the NCAA and its schools that would take money for the use of player images and dole it out to individual players — but only after they're done with school. "Notwithstanding the NCAA's conjecture that the sky will fall, an unfettered market will not bring college athletics to a halt," attorneys for the plaintiffs wrote in a trial brief.
PHOTO: Northwestern quarterback Kain Colter speaks at a press conference for the College Athletes Players Association (CAPA) on Jan. 28, 2014, in Chicago Ill.


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Meghan Markle and Prince Harry's Son Archie Isn't Technically a Prince Yet — Here's When He'll Become One
Baby Archie has some big decisions to make in the future.
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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle may be trying their best to give their son Archie a "normal" life, but that won't stop him from becoming a prince one day if he wants to be.
According to a new report in The Express, baby Archie will move up the royal ranks when his grandfather, Prince Charles, ascends to the throne. That means he will automatically earn the title of "Prince." But, just because he has the title doesn't mean he has to use it. As the report noted, it will be up to Archie if he decides to take on the title or not and if he will go by His Royal Highness when he turns 18.
As you may recall, Archie's parents decided to keep their titles of Duke and Duchess of Sussex when they stepped down as senior members of the royal family in 2019. However, they decided to drop the HRH formalities when they split. Archie may choose to follow in his parents' footsteps, or he could decide to re-enter the royal fold on his own.
However, there is one caveat if he does rejoin the royal family in a more meaningful way. Us Weekly explained, once Prince Charles ascends, Archie will become sixth in line for the throne after his uncle Prince William, William's three children, and his own father, Harry. As sixth in line, Archie would then become subject to specific marriage rules in the royal family. The 2013 Succession of the Crown Act means Archie would be required to ask the reigning monarch for permission to marry, which would likely be either Charles or William.
However, this could change as Archie could be bumped out of his place for the crown. Should one of William's children — Prince George, Princess Charlotte, or Prince Louis — have their own child, then Archie would become seventh in line, thus outside the Succession Act's parameters. Or, again, he could say "no thanks" to the title and be just another normal guy living his best life in Santa Barbara. Guess we'll just have to wait until the year 2037 to find out.
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It's National Craft Month! And in honor of all things crafty, Interweave is hosting a blog hop. I'm thrilled to be guest blogging for the knit group, because of course, knitting is the best craft with which to be marooned on a desert island. Read more about why, and then follow along on our crafty blog hop!
If you were stranded on a desert island, what would you need to have with you in order to stay sane? Music tops the list for many, but for me, it's got to be my knitting. Since the classic way to become stranded seems to be a plane crash (eek!), I know I would have my knitting with me, because I never, and I mean never, travel without it.
I always have a pretty sizey knitting bag that I use for my carry-on, which is stocked with notions, two projects (one small and one largish), and paper patterns—must have them printed out in case of power loss. And always a full set of interchangeable needles, because what if I find a project on my travels that I need to cast on immediately?
Knitting is so portable, there's no reason not to be for any emergency.
In fact, our craft is versatile enough to keep us occupied though dire circumstances. After building our hut, finding water, and creating fire, we can knit away the time until rescue. And, let's face it, we could whittle some knitting needles from sticks and knit with palm fronds if we had too; we are strong, brave, and competent! And we've watched Gilligan's Island, Castaway, and umpteen seasons of Survivor (at lease I have!).
I must admit, this isn't the first time I've thought about getting stranded somewhere or going down and ending up on the deserted island. Maybe I'm fatalistic, but flying isn't my favorite thing, so I hope for the best and plan for the worst. When choosing projects for travel on a particularly long flight, I took a cowl simply because I could use that particular yarn over and over, *just in case* I got stuck and didn't have access to yarn. That's how much I need my knitting, any time, anywhere.
I have to consider the type of desert island knitting I would want to work on if I were trapped on a desert isle, too. So, let's say we have a best-case-stranding scenario, and we get marooned on a luxe island because our yacht breaks down. A three-hour tour, if you will. I would want to work on warm-weather projects, wouldn't you? Or at least small items, so I wouldn't have a pile of hot sweater in my lap. Packing isn't an issue in this instance, so I would definitely have many pattern options at the ready, like the spring 2019 issues of knitscene and Knits, and always, ALWAYS, 100 Knits: Interweave's Ultimate Pattern Collection.
From knitscene, I would choose the Headwind Shawl by Jennifer Miller Comstock, with its unique modular construction that's reminiscent of a swirling gust. This shawl is composed of eight equilateral triangles; each triangle is worked in the round from the outside edge to center while being joined to the preceding triangle. It would be the perfect project to occupy you during your "stay" on the island, and to wear if your visit becomes, shall we say, extended.
Knits offers a gorgeous stole, Cheryl Toy's Gardenia. Even on an island, the trade winds can blow and cool you down, so a lace stole will come in handy. And since it's knit in lace-weight yarn, it'll take you a bit to work up, something to consider if you're awaiting rescue!
The Kricka Top by Sherrie Kibler is one of the standouts in 100 Knits: Interweave's Ultimate Pattern Collection. It's the quintessential warm-weather top, one that you'll wear all season long, stranded or not. You might want to knit this up just in case!
The next time you travel, pick projects that will go the distance if you get marooned. I suggest something with lots of yarn that can be repurposed for hours of desert island knitting.
What to pack for your "three-hour tour"!


With court challenges to the state's Oct. 7 recall vote apparently exhausted, candidates hoping to replace Gov. Gray Davis began a 14-day sprint to the finish that includes a crucial debate among the leading challengers.
A full panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday reinstated the vote's original timetable, removing uncertainty that threatened to kill the momentum of the compressed campaign and lose the interest of voters.
The decision put even more pressure on the candidates appearing Wednesday night at the only nationally televised debate in which front-runner actor Arnold Schwarzenegger was scheduled to appear.
In addition to Schwarzenegger, the 90-minute debate at California State University's Sacramento campus will feature Democratic Lt. Gov. Cruz Bustamante, Republican state Sen. Tom McClintock, independent Arianna Huffington and Green Party candidate Peter Camejo.
In a case of good news-bad news for Davis, a new economic report finds California's economy is improving and should continue to do so gradually over the next year, but the state won't see a significant recovery in terms of new jobs until 2005.
The Web-savvy Huffington campaign released its newest two-minute online cartoon called "Special Interest Brothel." The setting is an Old West "cathouse for the fat cats," showing scantily clad Bustamante, Davis and Schwarzenegger sweet talking so-called special interests.
Headlines called it the "Tonight Show Circus," in which 90 of the recall's 135 candidates appeared on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" and simultaneously shouted out their campaign platforms for 10 unintelligible seconds. Quipped Leno: "Only in California do we have more candidates than registered voters."
If Davis survives, The Los Angeles Times reports, Republicans may have only themselves to blame. In recent weeks, attention has shifted from the governor's alleged failings to the candidates seeking to replace him, and Davis' poll numbers have improved as a result.
At other forums, Schwarzenegger's absence has been the focus of sniping by contestants. An empty chair with his name on it has been used to signify the missing celebrity.
Critics have complained about the format of Wednesday's debate, since the 12 voter questions that will be asked have already been made public. Organizers said there will be ample time for give-and-take about each question.
The looming debate came even as candidates sharpened their attacks, with the two front runners, Bustamante and Schwarzenegger, airing negative television ads in recent days.
After Schwarzenegger released a campaign ad Monday attacking Bustamante and McClintock for taking money from Indian gambling interests, Bustamante responded with an ad Tuesday accusing Schwarzenegger of being out of touch with common people.
"Arnold doesn't share our values. He won't fight for our health care, our neighborhoods, our jobs. He doesn't live in our world. He lives on Planet Hollywood," Bustamante said of the wealthy actor.
Schwarzenegger, after a question-and-answer session in Sacramento, defended his ads. "You cannot represent the people of California if you take money, millions of dollars from the Indians," he said.
Bustamante said later that Schwarzenegger should not criticize him because the actor took Indian contributions during his initiative campaign to fund after-school programs.
"It seems very hypocritical that he is attacking tribal governments when just a year ago he was having a fund-raiser in San Diego and raised $62,000," Bustamante said.
McClintock, meanwhile, continued to ignore calls to step aside or risk splitting the GOP vote. The state senator is in the race "not only to the finish line — we intend to seek re-election to the governorship," said campaign director John Feliz.
In the court ruling Tuesday, the judges unanimously decided that the risk some votes might go uncounted on Oct. 7 was overshadowed by the heavy costs in time and money that have already been invested in the campaign.
The decision overturned last week's ruling by three of the most liberal judges on the court. They had argued the election should be postponed until six counties can install new voting machines so that millions of California voters wouldn't have to use the infamous punch card ballots that tarnished the 2000 presidential election.
The American Civil Liberties Union, which had sought a postponement until March, said it would not appeal Tuesday's decision to the U.S. Supreme Court, removing the final legal roadblock to the recall.
But while the battle at the courts may be over for the time being, it is possible there will be more litigation after the vote is complete if a close tally forces a Florida-style recount.
Legal experts said Tuesday's federal appellate court ruling leaves the door open to lawsuits.
"If it's an extremely close election and if there are a lot of uncounted ballots from these punch-card machines, then I could see some squabbling over what kind of a manual recount we should have," said Vikram Amar, a Hastings College of the Law scholar.
If more than 50 percent of voters say "yes" to recall Davis on the first half of the ballot, the next governor could be elected by a very small margin, since there are so many candidates — a total of 135 — running to replace him on the second half of the ballot.
The appeals court acknowledged the possibility of lawsuits, saying the ACLU is "legitimately concerned that use of the punch-card system will deny the right to vote to some voters who must use that system."
But the court added: "At this time it is merely a speculative possibility, however, that any such denial will influence the result of the election."


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…for those interested in photos, I'll post them here. Enjoy!
My favorite Polish teachers, aged 3 and 5.
In Old Town with Janie on Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary/Polish Armed Forces Day, the latter of which commemorates the battle of Warsaw, 1920.
We three send greetings from the Wisła.
View of the Stadium and the Wisła.
At Zacheta, the National Gallery in Warsaw, for an opening of Tadeusz Rolke, et al. Rolke, at 84, has been capturing moments, including the Warsaw Uprising, for almost 70 years.
Monument to those massacred by Nazis in the Miła St. bunker during the Ghetto Uprising and the building where I live in the background.
Monument to those who died at the Miła St. bunker during the Ghetto Uprising and the building where I live in the background.
Israeli tour group at the monument below my flat's window in Muranów, site of the fomer Jewish Ghetto.
The sidewalk is marked where the walls of the Jewish Ghetto once stood.
Janie at the Ghetto wall.
The Russians tried to create a new city center during the occupation. In the end, the hipsters claimed this spot.
Socialist Realism means people on the tops of buildings.
During the occupation, the Russians asked: tower or subway? The Palace of Culture and Science resulted. It's controversial for a generation who endured hardship.
…the Warsaw president works here.
Old town, I think. I was still jet lagged and have yet to re-trace my steps.
All that's left of the castle post-WWII destruction.


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JANUZAJ DIDN'T SEIZE HIS OPPORTUNITY
Mourinho said that Adnan Januzaj's future has been decided when queried on just what his plans for the young Kosovo-born was.
Who imagined such a backward growth 4 years after the 22-year old rose above the veterans in the United squad to drag over a win against Sunderland,scoring two goals in the process.
Chants of the new Ronaldo and Messi were rolled out immediately and within a short time then coach DavidMoyes got him to commit to a 5-year deal in a desperate attempt to shield the young light away from the elite predators of European football. It was the time when the Red Devils were facing the prospect of having a heavy crash off their perch as Moyes' first season in the club kept looking like a nightmare.
United's abject display for much of the first season in the post-Ferguson era connived to give Januzaj the kind of opportunities hardly bestowed on teenagers anywhere in the world much less a club of United's stature.
The following season under was expected to be a proper break out season for the youngster.Unfortunately, by January,he was on the plane to Borussia Dortmund for the rest of the season. A return of 6 appearances and 0 goals showed Adnan didn't fare better in Germany. Read more »
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MOURINHO DEFENDS RASHFORD
Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho has risen in defence of his striker Marcus Rashford despite the criticisms against him.
Before finding his form in front of goal recently, Rashford scored just one goal from the start of the New Year until early April.
On the other hand, Anthony Martial and Luke Shaw have both been publicly criticized by Mourinho for their performance within the same period. Mourinho explained his management style, saying:
"It is not a psychological approach. It is common sense. When you give everything you have, I cannot demand more from you. Marcus, even when not performing especially well, he was giving absolutely everything. I could never demand more from him."
Mourinho added that he only needed to encourage him to do more but that he was largely happy with the performance of the player. Read more »
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IAN WRIGHT HITS OUT AT GARRY MONK FOR BURST UP
Former Arsenal striker, Ian Wright has massively criticized Leeds United head coach, Gary Monk for his actions after the 37-year-old got in the way of Huddersfield boss, David Wagner during the Yorkshire derby game in the Championship on Sunday afternoon.
The game at the John Smith's stadium was leveled 1-1 entering into the final minutes, but Terriers defender, Michel Hefele produced a late goal that sparked celebrations from the crowd.
Huddersfield boss sprinted the entire length of the touchline to celebrate with his players. Much angered by the reaction, the former Swansea boss, Monk stepped in front of the German tactician as he ran past him leading to a brawl between both sets of the teams.
Speaking to BBC Radio 5 live, Wright slammed Monk for such an unprofessional display as he backed Wagner for his celebrations. Wright said he believed Monk deliberately stepped into Wagner's path, sparking the confrontation. Read more »
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Rodwell Hoping to Revive Career under David Moyes
Jack Rodwell was once regarded as the best young English talent and it was not surprising to see him linked with clubs like Chelsea and Manchester City quite heavily.
Everton resisted any interest from these clubs when David Moyes was their manager. However, it was becoming increasingly apparent that they would not be able to hold on to the highly rated English talent for a long. After a lot of persistence from City, Rodwell made the move to the Etihad stadium even though he was about that first-team football would be a lot tougher than at Goodison Park.
Competition for places was extremely intense at City and they had the ability to bring in a new player for each position almost every summer. This coupled with the player's own injury problems meant that he was able to make only 25 appearances in his two seasons with City. The club were aware of his injury problems that started to appear during the 2011-12 campaign. Even though they took a gamble, they were not rewarded and Rodwell left for Sunderland in order to revive his career. Now, the player is hoping to do exactly the same after being reunited with David Moyes.
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Juan Mata has claimed that rivals cannot buy into the history that Manchester United
Former Chelsea winger Juan Mata has claimed that rivals cannot buy into the history that Manchester United enjoyed. This statement is seen as a dig at his former club and also to the likes of Manchester City. Mata enjoyed a renaissance at United under Louis van Gaal in the last few months of the 2014-15 season. The Spaniard was frozen out of the first team following the arrival of Angel di Maria for a club record transfer fee of £ 60 million. The drop in form of the Argentine helped Mata secure a return to the first-team.
It is widely expected that the Spaniard will be a key figure for the Premier League giants going forward. United are currently enjoying their pre-season tour of the United States and Mata has said that he is surprised that the amount of fans that United enjoy outside England. Manchester United are amongst the most well supported clubs across the world. It is a fan base that has been created by winning numerous titles in the last three decades. United hold the record for the most number of league titles in English football after recently surpassing Liverpool, but they trail the Merseyside outfit in terms of the Champions League titles. Read more »
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Sunderland undoubtedly have had the upper hand
Sunderland undoubtedly have had the upper hand over arch rivals Newcastle United when it comes to the Tyne Wear derby in recent years.
Midfielder Jack Rodwell hopes that it is the case once again when the two teams meet each other at the Stadium of Light this weekend. Rodwell's participation in the match is going to be highly doubtful, but after having completed 90 minutes of action against West Ham in the 1-0 defeat, he will be confident. Winger Adam Johnson has been a key part in this fixture over the last couple of years. He has scored in the last two Tyne Wear derbies.
Sunderland will be given a huge lift due to the presence of a new manager on the dugout. Dick Advocaat failed to lead his team to victory in his first match, but all that will be forgotten by the Sunderland faithful if the club manage yet another victory over Newcastle, who are having yet another comfortable end to the season. Newcastle caretaker manager John Carver will be aware that his team will be safe from relegation if we get another victory under their belt and he has eight matches to do so. Hence, it is quite possible that Newcastle will not be sharp for this encounter. Read more »
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The past year has been a momentous one for women. Following the global #MeToo movement, there have been many moments of progress. A record number of women won U.S. congressional seats. Ethiopia elected its first female president along with a new cabinet that is half female.
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Aerial footage taken on Saturday has revealed the scale of devastation after a huge explosion ripped through a gas factory in central China's Henan Province on Friday.
The explosion took place at an air separation unit of the gas factory owned by the Henan Coal Gas (Group) Co. Ltd., located in the city of Yima.
At least 10 people were killed, with 19 severely injured and five others remaining missing, while many others are thought to have sustained injuries.
The core blast site has been reduced to ruins and covered by massive dust and debris, with all major facilities having collapsed.
Rescuers are continuing the search for missing people at the site, local authorities said, while investigations into the cause of the tragedy are underway.
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It broke under your watch, what's happening now is just the unravelling.
Watching the likes of Tony Blair and his -ites get so passionate against a distinctly democratic surge in the Labour Party with the legacy they left, makes one wonder why they didn't think of applying that kind of passion in keeping the Tory Swing Voters they're so adamant they need.
I missed this from Channel Four News a few weeks ago, it addresses some key points I think.


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