But not even Lauletta's legal problems could take the spotlight off of Manning as the central figure in the biggest Giants quarterback development during the Week 9 bye.
Pat Shurmur revealed that he and Manning had talked "a couple times" this past weekend about the future, and the head coach had told Manning he would remain the Giants' starting quarterback in San Francisco on Monday night.
But Shurmur also essentially put Manning on notice and informed him of the stakes of keeping his starting job: pretty much, if the offense clicks and the Giants start winning, Manning will keep playing. But if the offense and team keep falling short, other "decisions" could be on the table.
The coach's communication with Manning, 37, and his clarification of where the two-time Super Bowl winning QB stands, was an important and necessary step coming off of last year's top-to-bottom organizational breakdown when they bungled moving on from Manning.
Lauletta may have been readying to play at San Francisco prior to his arrest, but his "internal consequences" seem to be delaying his debut even though the Giants aren't suspending him. So Shurmur smartly is pivoting to give Manning one more shot at preserving his place.
Shurmur was clear on Tuesday when asked if Manning will start the rest of the season, however, that the answer is largely in the quarterback's own hands.
The coach claimed there is "absolutely" a chance journeyman backup Alex Tanney could play, too. But if that's true then Shurmur also should know there is a bridge for sale in Brooklyn.
If Manning sits, Lauletta will be the quarterback who plays for him.
That did not stop Manning from reaching out in support of Lauletta last Tuesday, though, after the rookie QB's arrest.
And that last fact remains truly, unbelievably baffling, considering how close Lauletta was/is to playing quarterback for the Giants in his rookie year as a fourth-round pick out of Richmond.
And nevertheless, while the cameras were on Lauletta Tuesday, the spotlight remained on Manning, a franchise quarterback desperate for one final run with everything on the line.


The national minimum wage will be lifted by 3 per cent – or 50 cents an hour – as announced by the Fair Work Commission this week. This change will directly affect around 1.5 million Australians on award wages.
From July 1 the minimum wage is increasing by $18.70 per week, taking it from about $622 to $640.90 and equating to an hourly rate of $16.87.
Fair Work Commission president Justice Iain Ross said there had recently been almost no growth in the real value of award wages, while other employees had enjoyed substantial pay increases.
The deterioration in the relative living standards of award-reliant workers; the needs of the low-paid; the recent widespread improvement in labour productivity growth; the historically low levels of real unit labour costs; and the absence, in aggregate, of cost pressures from the labour market are all factors favouring a real increase in minimum wages," he said.
One moderating factor was the superannuation rate increase to apply from July 1.


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Atomic scientists reset their symbolic "Doomsday Clock" to its closest time to midnight in 64 years on Thursday, saying the world was closer to catastrophe due to threats such as nuclear weapons, climate change and Donald Trump's election as US president.
The timepiece, devised by the Chicago-based Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists and displayed on its website, is widely viewed as an indicator of the world's vulnerability to disaster.
"The Doomsday Clock is closer to midnight than it's ever been in the lifetime of almost everyone in this room," Lawrence Krauss, the bulletin's chair, told a news conference in Washington.
The clock was last set this close to midnight in 1953, marking the start of the nuclear arms race between the United States and the Soviet Union. Thursday's reset was the first since 2015.
Krauss, a theoretical physicist, said Trump and Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin carried a large share of the blame for the heightened threat.
The bulletin cited nuclear volatility, especially as the United States and Russia seek to modernise their atomic arsenals and remain at odds in war-torn countries such as Syria and Ukraine.
Trump has suggested South Korea and Japan could acquire nuclear weapons to compete with North Korea, which has conducted nuclear tests. Trump has also raised doubts about the future of a multilateral nuclear pact with Iran.
Chinese aid to Pakistan in the nuclear weapons field, as well as the expansion of India and Pakistan's nuclear arsenals, were also worrisome, the bulletin said in a statement.
The climate change outlook was somewhat less dismal, "but only somewhat."
While nations had taken actions to combat climate change, the bulletin noted, there appeared to be little appetite for additional cuts to carbon dioxide emissions.
It said the Trump administration nominees raise the possibility the government will be "openly hostile to progress toward even the most modest efforts to avert catastrophic climate disruption."
The world also faces cyber threats, the bulletin said. US intelligence agencies' conclusion that Russia intervened in the presidential election to help Trump raised the possibility of similar attacks on other democracies, it said.
The bulletin was founded by scientists who helped develop the United States' first atomic weapons. Its Science and Security Board decides on the clock's hands in consultation with its Board of Sponsors, which includes Nobel laureates.


This kind of painting is called a sacra conversazione (sacred conversation) because the Virgin and Child inhabit the same perspectival space as the saints; the architecture and space within the painting have been modelled according to the principles of single point perspective. At the time, mathematically calculated single point perspective was quite a new thing, and was very popular in Florentine art.
The saints are, from left to right: Saint Francis, John the Baptist, Saint Zenobius (first Bishop of Florence, here depicted in contemporary ecclesiastical garb), and St Lucy.
This panel is only the central panel of the altarpiece, which also included a predella, which is a series of smaller panles with related scenes displayed along the bottom of the altarpiece. The predella of this work shows scenes from the lives of the saints depicted in the main panel (see, here for John and Baptist and the Martyrdom of St Lucy panel). These panels are currently scattered around the world in different museums, so seeing the altarpiece as it was originally intended to be displayed is quite difficult.


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The Manitowoc IDT-1900A-261/D-970 Indigo NXT™ ice machine with bin is ideal for large operations that need anywhere from 1,410 to 1,900 pounds of ice within 24 hours. Ice production adjusts based on time or volume, and a probe checks the ice's thickness before it falls off the evaporator plate. Components that come in contact with water have AlphaSan® antimicrobial agent built into them to slow bacteria growth between cleanings. Preventive diagnostics run every 24 hours, ensuring the Manitowoc IDT-1900A-261/D-970 ice machine with bin is functioning properly.
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rovides protection from dirt, dust and water during moving and storage. Slips easily over furniture and other bulky items. Tie or tape closed.
One size fits most with these zippered carry bags. Tough polywoven material. Zipper extends across the top of the whole bag for greater access.
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Use with a hang rail to transfer clothes direct from cupboard to box. Sturdy twin cushion 'Port A Robe' with fold-down front flap.
Permanent marking pen to write on boxes. Black with pointed tip. Mark boxes with a Permanent Marker.
The traditional truckers felt pad. Provides protection and a soft surface for furniture and white goods. 540gsm thickness.
Provides protection from dirt, dust and water during moving and storage. Slips easily over a King Mattress and other bulky items.
Durable single cushion upright carton. Side handles for easy lifting. Ideal box for golf clubs, sporting equipment and garden tools.
Bubble is the most versatile packing material, providing protective cushioning and flexibility to wrap around products.
Provides protection from dirt, dust and water during moving and storage. Slips easily over dining chair furniture and other bulky items. Tie or tape closed. Reuse a number of times.
Efficiently pack kitchen crockery and glassware in one box. For the best protection, wrap individual items in paper, bubble or foam.
Light Duty Cardboard moving box. Ideal for packing books, CD's and Wine. Use to pack non breakable items such as books, games and toys.
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According to the US Department of Health and Human Services, more than one third of the American population is overweight , and the numbers get worse every year. Many consumers buy into the latest diet "miracle cures," expecting to lose weight without a fundamental change to the way that they live or eat. It just doesn't work.
Quick weight loss is possible, but only when you eliminate poor habits that undermine your efforts. With these three simple changes, you'll see an acceleration of your weight loss, and start to achieve your goals.
There is a pervasive myth among diet gurus that says you have to severely limit the types of food that you eat in order to lose fat. Follow their recommendations and you'll spend the rest of your life eating unflavored rice cakes, slurping chicken broth, and avoiding virtually every food that you love.
The truth is, what you eat is only a part of how your diet affects how much you weigh. Eating smaller portions of your favorite foods reduces your calorie intake, creating a daily calorie deficit that leads to weight loss. Because you're not a slave to your diet, you approach food with a more positive attitude, and you're more likely to stick with your diet plan than if you force yourself to adopt a completely new diet. As you begin to lose fat, and your body becomes healthier, you can continue to accelerate your weight loss with a switch to a healthy meal plan on your own terms.
Eating fewer calories than you take in is the key to achieving a healthy weight, but modifying your diet can only take you so far. You need to increase your daily calorie deficit if you want to see fast results.
Exercise should involve two things when you want to lose fat. First are the aerobic activities that get your heart rate pumping and burn your fat reserves. Those exercises should be balanced by strength/muscle building exercises, which add lean muscle to your body. An increase in muscle mass increases the number of calories you burn while resting, and helps tone the underlying muscles of your body so your skin looks tight and fit.
Above all, studies have shown the most critical step in long term weight loss is changing your behavior, especially with regards to the way you handle stress and when you eat.
Many people turn to food as a stress reliever. You come home after a long day at work, and the first thing you do is sit down in front of the television with a snack to take your mind off your stress. Break this habit by taking a run or a long walk with your favorite music or podcast. Not only do you burn calories by exercising, but you stop using food as an emotional crutch.
The other area you need to address is when you eat. Studies have shown that eating breakfast kick starts your body's energy level in the mornings, and you can maintain that energy level with a refuel at lunch time. The same studies show that eating less than two hours before dinner encourages weight gain. Try adjusting your meal schedule to include breakfast, lunch, and dinner, with dinner no later than 7pm. You'll be amazed at the results!
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from context import garn

from garn.system_wide import truncate_list

def equal_files(file_name_1, file_name_2):
    """Test if files are identical, return bool"""

    with open(file_name_1) as file_1:
        with open(file_name_2) as file_2:
            for x in file_1:
                if x != file_2.readline():
                    return False
    return True

### Initialize from arguments, calculate transmission, write test###
# 3D
test_wire_3d = garn.Wire3D(base=3, wire_length=30, lead_length=5,
                           identifier="simple-test-3D", step_length=1,
                           start_top=True, start_right=True,
                           start_left=True, start_bottom=False,
                           end_top=True, end_right=True,
                           end_left=True, end_bottom=False)
#garn.system_plot(test_wire_3d)
test_wire_3d.transmission(0, 1, 10, print_to_commandline=False)

if equal_files("data-simple-test-3D", "data-ref-3D"):
    print("3D transmission and write test... Passed")
else:
    print("3D transmission and write test... Failed")

#2D
test_wire_2d = garn.Wire2D(base=3, wire_length=30, lead_length=5,
                           identifier="simple-test-2D", step_length=1,
                           start_right=True, start_left=True,
                           end_right=True, end_left=True)
#garn.system_plot(test_wire_2d)
test_wire_2d.transmission(0, 1, 10, print_to_commandline=False)

if equal_files("data-simple-test-2D", "data-ref-2D"):
    print("2D transmission and write test... Passed")
else:
    print("2D transmission and write test... Failed")

### Initialize from file###
#3D
test_wire_from_file_3d = garn.Wire3D(file_name="data-simple-test-3D")
if test_wire_3d == test_wire_from_file_3d:
    print("3D initialize from file test... Passed")
else:
    print("3D initialize from file test... Failed")

    # Loosing precision when writing to file
    if truncate_list(test_wire_3d.transmission_data, 3) == truncate_list(test_wire_from_file_3d.transmission_data, 3):
       print("    Transmission_data... OK")
    else:
        print("    Transmission_data... Wrong")

    if test_wire_3d.base == test_wire_from_file_3d.base:
       print("    base... OK")
    else:
        print("    base... Wrong")

    if test_wire_3d.wire_length == test_wire_from_file_3d.wire_length:
       print("    Wire_length... OK")
    else:
        print("    Wire_length... Wrong")

    if test_wire_3d.lead_length == test_wire_from_file_3d.lead_length:
       print("    lead_length... OK")
    else:
        print("    lead_length... Wrong")

    if test_wire_3d.t == test_wire_from_file_3d.t:
       print("    t... OK")
    else:
        print("    t... Wrong")

#2D
test_wire_from_file_2d = garn.Wire2D(file_name="data-simple-test-2D")
if test_wire_2d == test_wire_from_file_2d:
    print("2D initialize from file test... Passed")
else:
    print("2D initialize from file test... Failed")
    # Further diagnosis (note precision is lost when writing to file)
    if truncate_list(test_wire_2d.transmission_data, 3) == truncate_list(test_wire_from_file_2d.transmission_data, 3):
       print("    Transmission_data... OK")
    else:
        print("    Transmission_data... Wrong")

    if test_wire_2d.base == test_wire_from_file_2d.base:
       print("    base... OK")
    else:
        print("    base... Wrong")

    if test_wire_2d.wire_length == test_wire_from_file_2d.wire_length:
       print("    Wire_length... OK")
    else:
        print("    Wire_length... Wrong")

    if test_wire_2d.lead_length == test_wire_from_file_2d.lead_length:
       print("    lead_length... OK")
    else:
        print("    lead_length... Wrong")

    if test_wire_2d.t == test_wire_from_file_2d.t:
       print("    t... OK")
    else:
        print("    t... Wrong")

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Lesson No. 1 for this week: Never Offer Vladimir Putin Your Hand.
"I took out the ring and showed it to [Putin], and he put it on and he goes, 'I can kill someone with this ring,' " Kraft told the crowd, according to the New York Post.
Back in the KGB, where they always knew how to accessorize, this was the highest compliment one could pay to a piece of jewelry. Also to an assault weapon.
This Week's Funniest Home Clam Video.
Nik Wallenda's going to walk across the Grand Canyon on a wire, and he's going to be wearing all kinds of cameras, and, for some reason, I never thought about him practicing.
On the other hand, catching seems to run in some people's blood.
Honest to god, wasn't the endless freak show of the trial, which I think ended 20 minutes ago, Lifetime Movie enough? Our species is a very strange one.
This is written so unclearly that it can be read that the defendants actually were hunting for the musicians, and not on their behalf. On the other hand, it does enable me to get the name "Gayle Skunkcap, Jr." into the blog, so there's that.
More ice hockey this second-to-last weekend in fking June. Patrice Bergeron on the Bruins should be your Conn Smythe Trophy recipient if the Bostons win, but he probably won't be, which is too bad because not only is Bergeron maybe the best two-way player in the league right now, he also was one of the very first public cases of the damage that severe concussions can do to athletes. He nearly lost his entire career right at its beginning.
Meanwhile, I think people ought to reconsider Brazil as a venue for major sporting events.I think many Braziliansseem to agree with me. I also would bet something not insubstantial that the "backlash" is being fueled by the people who are going to be making money of the events to begin with.
See you Monday with what The Dancin' Master promised Mrs. Greenspan on TV today would be a spectacular panel dealing with all things Congress, which means gobshitery by the bargeload. Be well and play nice, ya bastids, or I'm sending Vlad Putin to your house to rummage through your chiffarobe.


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Willy Planckaert, né le  à Nevele est un coureur cycliste belge. C'est le frère aîné de Walter et Eddy.

Il devient professionnel en 1965 et le reste jusqu'en 1988. Il remporte 79 victoires professionnelles.

Biographie

Palmarès

Palmarès amateur
 Amateur
 1962-1964 : 96 victoires
 1963
  et b étapes des Six Jours de Suède
 1964
  Champion de Belgique sur route militaire
  Champion des Forces aériennes belges
  du Tour du Loir-et-Cher
  Médaillé d'argent du championnat du monde sur route amateurs
  de la Sterfinale Aartselaar

Palmarès professionnel
 1965
 Bruxelles-Charleroi-Bruxelles
  de Paris-Luxembourg
 1966
 b étape du Tour de Luxembourg
 Tour de France :
  Classement par points
  et
  de Paris-Bruxelles
  du Grand Prix de Francfort
  du Tour de Luxembourg
  de Paris-Roubaix
  du Tour des Flandres
  de Liège-Bastogne-Liège
  du Super Prestige Pernod
 1967
 Hoeilaart-Diest-Hoeilaart
 Grand Prix Pino Cerami
 Circuit du Brabant Occidental
 ,  et b étapes du Tour d'Italie
 b étape du Tour de France (contre-la-montre par équipes)
  du Grand Prix de Francfort
  de Paris-Roubaix
  de Milan-San Remo
 1968
  du Grand Prix Pino Cerami
  du Grand Prix de Francfort
 1969
 Circuit de Flandre Centrale
  du Tour de l'Oise
  du Tour de l'Oise
  du Tour du Morbihan
 1970
 Circuit de Flandre Centrale
 b étape du Tour de Luxembourg
  Circuit du Houtland-Torhout
 1971
  du championnat des Flandres
 1972
  de Kuurne-Bruxelles-Kuurne
  de la Nokere Koerse
  du Tour de Flandre Orientale
  du Grand Prix de l'Escaut
  de l'Amstel Gold Race
  du Tour des Flandres
 1973
  des Quatre Jours de Dunkerque
 Circuit Escaut-Drume
 Circuit de Belgique Centrale
  du Tour de Luxembourg
  du Tour du Nord
  du Tour de Luxembourg
  du championnat de Belgique sur route
 1974
 Circuit du Houtland
 Circuit des bords flamands de l'Escaut
  du Tour de Pologne
  du Circuit des monts du sud-ouest
 1975
 Circuit de la côte Ouest
 1976
 À travers la Belgique
 Grand Prix de Momignies
 b étape des Quatre Jours de Dunkerque
 a étape du Critérium du Dauphiné libéré
  du championnat des Flandres
 1977
 Étoile de Bessèges :
 Classement général
 ,  et
 Le Trèfle à Quatre Feuilles
  des Quatre Jours de Dunkerque
 Tour de Flandre-Occidentale
  du Tour des Flandres
 1978
  du Championnat de Zurich
  du Grand Prix de Francfort
 1983
  du Circuit de la région linière

Résultats sur les grands tours

Tour de France
3 participations
 1966 : , vainqueur du  classement par points et des  et
 1967 : hors délai (), vainqueur de la b étape (contre-la-montre par équipes)
 1969 : hors délai ()

Tour d'Italie
2 participations
 1967 : , vainqueur des ,  et b étapes
 1968 : abandon ()

Tour d'Espagne
3 participations
 1971 : non-partant ()
 1972 : abandon (b étape)
 1975 : hors délais ()

Liens externes

Coureur cycliste belge
Vainqueur d'étape du Tour de France
Vainqueur d'étape du Tour d'Italie
Naissance en avril 1944
Naissance à Nevele
Vainqueur du classement par points du Tour de France

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COVID Vivid Interview: Reyes Ramirez
United States of Writing
I'm continuing this series of interviews, asking Houston writers how and what they've been doing since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. It's been enlightening and heartwarming to hear these responses when I pose the question:
What have you been doing since the pandemic?
This week we hear from Reyes Ramirez, a Houstonian, writer, educator, curator, and organizer of Mexican and Salvadoran descent. Ramirez is the winner of the 2019 YES Contemporary Art Writers Grant, 2017 Blue Mesa Review Nonfiction Contest, and 2014 riverSedge Poetry Prize. His poems, stories, essays, and reviews have been published in Indiana Review, Cosmonauts Avenue, Queen Mob's Teahouse, the Latinx Archive, december magazine, Arteinformado, Texas Review, TRACK//FOUR, Houston Noir, Gulf Coast, the Acentos Review, Cimarron Review, and elsewhere. Ramirez is a 2020 CantoMundo fellow and 2021 Crosstown Arts writer in residence, and has been awarded grants from the Houston Arts Alliance, Poets & Writers, and the Warhol Foundation's Idea Fund.
Here's what he says:
"What have I been doing since the pandemic started? Well, I've been editing my collection of short stories titled The Book of Wanderers, which I'll have some news to report about soon. I'm working on a collection of poetry that's been kicking me around in terms of order and titles, but I'm loving the journey for the destination. I did a whole podcast with Houston creatives where we discussed career-based issues for the contemporary artist. Oh! I also received a Poets & Writers' United States of Writing grant to organize a series of virtual readings focused on pop culture featuring Houston writers of color titled Houston Eyes, Silver Screens (HESS). It's cofunded by the Houston Arts Alliance because I originally received a grant from them to organize a literary reading/pro wrestling event where pro wrestlers were going to perform parts of my short story. But this whole pandemic thing happened, and I had to cancel it. C'est la vie, lo que sea, oh well.
If you missed the first and second installments of HESS (on films and video games, respectively), it's totally okay! Not only is the last one coming up on December 18 at 7:00 PM CT (on music with Miranda Ramírez, Aliah Lavonne Tigh, and José Eduardo Sánchez), but you can watch the other readings with captions in English and Spanish on my YouTube channel. Happy reading and writing!"
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Photo: Flyer for December 18 Houston Eyes, Silver Screens virtual event.
Lupe Mendez is the literary outreach coordinator for Poets & Writers in Houston. Contact him at Houston@pw.org or on Twitter, @houstonpworg.
Jana Larson's Reel Bay: A Cinematic Essay, forthcoming from Coffee House Press in January, straddles the line between memoir and fiction. Larson blends essay and screenplay to investigate and understand the mysterious death of a woman found in Minnesota who local police alleged was in search of the fictional ransom money seen buried in the snow in Joel and Ethan Coen's 1996 film, Fargo. The ambitious premise and second-person narration places readers in the shoes of the investigator, not unlike the subjective perspective of certain movies. Considering how true stories are often stranger than fiction, write a short story based on a mysterious occurrence that you experienced yourself or that stuck with you after you learned about it. How will you draw in the reader? Try narrating the story in first or second person to give the illusion of truth.
Desert Nights, Rising Stars Writers Conference
The 2021 Desert Nights, Rising Stars Writers Conference will be held online from February 18 to February 20. The conference features workshops in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction, as well as craft classes, discussions on publishing and the craft of writing, and readings. The faculty includes poets Sally Ball and Mahogany L. Browne, poet and fiction writer Jenny Irish, poet and nonfiction writer Marcelo Hernandez Castillo, and fiction writers Matt Bell, Suyi Davies Okungbowa, and Erika T. Wurth. The cost of the conference is $275. Financial aid is available.
Desert Nights, Rising Stars Writers Conference, Arizona State University, Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing, P.O. Box 875002, Tempe, AZ 85287.
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Martha's Vineyard Institute of Creative Writing Summer Writers' Conference
The 2021 Martha's Vineyard Institute of Creative Writing Summer Writers' Conference will be held from June 6 to June 12 and from June 13 to June 19 at the Vineyard Arts Project (VAP) campus in downtown Edgartown on the island of Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts. The conference features weeklong seminars with daily workshops in poetry and fiction, as well as manuscript consultations, panel discussions, and readings. The faculty includes poets Amelia Martens, Adrian Matejka, Elizabeth Schmuhl, Britton Shurley, and Keith Taylor; and fiction writers Tia Clark, John T.
Martha's Vineyard Institute of Creative Writing Summer Writers' Conference, 7 East Pasture Road, Aquinnah, MA 02535. (954) 242-2903. Alexander Weinstein, Director.
Alexander Weinstein
Voices of the Wilderness Artist in Residence Program
The U.S. Forest Service, the National Park Service, and the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service offer residencies of one to two weeks from June through August to poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers to take part in stewardship projects in the wilderness of Alaska. Residents are paired with a wilderness ranger, with whom they explore the national forests, parks, or refuges, while assisting with research, fieldwork, and other light ranger duties.
Voices of the Wilderness Artist in Residence Program, P.O. Box 129, Girdwood, AK 99587. Barbara Lydon, Program Coordinator.
Barbara Lydon
Wilderness areas
Ucross Residency Program
Ucross offers two- to six-week residencies from March through early June and from August through early December to poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers on a working ranch in Ucross, Wyoming, located 27 miles southeast of Sheridan. Residents are provided with lodging, private studio space, and meals. For residencies from August through early December, using only the online application system submit 10 pages of poetry or 20 pages of prose, a project description, and two letters of recommendation sent directly to Ucross with a $40 application fee by March 1.
Ucross Residency Program, 30 Big Red Lane, Clearmont, WY 82835. (307) 737-2291.
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As my roommate and I sat eating dinner last night, she asked if Community really was coming back. I nodded and affirmed the fact that the show just cannot seem to be killed, even when numerous people stomp on it with the intent to kill. Somehow, the show keeps coming back in the eleventh hour and it's either stupidly good luck or some divine intervention that it does. But let's be real for a few moments here: I didn't like Community's fifth season. Perhaps "didn't like" is an understatement. And I wasn't mad by the time the show wrapped on NBC; I was disappointed. I was disappointed that Community's fifth season had no trajectory, no common plot thread. I was disappointed that guest stars sucked up the valuable time that could have been spent focusing on the five remaining cast members. I was disappointed that Annie Edison was left as an afterthought and Shirley was glossed over like last month's copy of InStyle. I was disappointed that characters didn't grow and instead were written as caricatures of themselves from the pilot and then fizzled into nothingness at the series' end.
Jaime and I talked extensively about Community's problems, both in its later years and in particular season five throughout this post. I'll spare you the majority of the details, but the conclusion we arrived at is this: Community isn't perfect. It has flaws and faults and hang-ups and we simply cannot ignore those. I told my friend Laura this week that the longer a show runs, the more difficult it is to sustain the quality of the series. Even under the best of circumstances, it is difficult to maintain quality writing, but in the case of Community – with the show's removal from schedule, firing of Harmon, shake-up of cast members, and now cancellation and reinstatement – it's been an even more tumultuous journey. It's important to see flaws in your show if you want to watch the show critically or learn anything from the series as a whole. I've learned more about what I look for in a television series from watching this show under a more critical eye than I would if I fawned all over everything the show has ever done. I do love this show, don't get me wrong. I love its cast and their dedication to us (a dedication that is unmatched across any fandom I've ever seen or been a part of). I love the characters. I love the meta humor. But because I love the show so much, I lament when it fails to be all that it CAN be simply because it doesn't focus on what is important or give weight to certain stories or characters.
With all of that said, Community is returning courtesy of Sony and Yahoo! and that means that we have another thirteen episodes with our beloved Greendale students. Since the show is, indeed, coming back, I thought I might compile a bit of a list of what I feel needs to happen this year in order to bring the show back into my good graces. Some damage is irreparable, which I'll discuss momentarily, but there are numerous elements that can be fixed in order to make the sixth and likely final season a success and joy to watch. It seems silly to call this a "wish-list," because I already made one of those for season five and look at how well that turned out. Instead, I'm calling this a task list: it's a list of things that need to occur and not necessarily just that I want to occur. Whether or not these items are fulfilled is out of my hands, but that's okay. I simply need to express what I feel the show requires in order to be better and not merely coast in its final season. Because when you think about it, this season? Season six? It's a miracle. I know of very few shows that are able to find homes after network cancellation. (R.I.P Happy Endings.) And if this season is a miracle – if you are literally or figuratively thanking God for Community's return – then the show OWES it to not just the fans but to itself in order to prove to the world why it deserved to be revived. Wouldn't you agree?
So below the cut, let's just chat. Let's talk about some of the pitfalls this show has experienced and what can be done writing-wise in season six to improve and bring this show back into all of my good graces.
Cut down on the guest stars and focus more writing on the core five study group members.
Look, guest stars are fun. Guest stars are delightful to see on any series. But the problem I had with Community's fifth season was the fact that the guest stars overwhelmed the episodes. They took time and focus away from the core five Greendale students that remained. The show seemed to overcompensate for the loss of Donald Glover by shoving a plethora of guest stars into the back half of the season. Instead of focusing on the five study group members, "Advanced Advanced Dungeons & Dragons" focused primarily on the relationship between one recurring character and one guest star. "Analysis of Cork-Based Networking" found Jeff in the C-story – the C-story, guys – in favor of shoving every guest star possible into the A-story. I'm not saying that guest stars are bad when utilized properly. An example of a great use of a guest star, in fact, is that of Jack Black in "Investigative Journalism." Why was Jack Black such a well-utilized guest star? Simply because of this: while the A-plot was about him infiltrating the group, his presence illuminated issues within the central characters (namely Jeff and Annie) and allowed for some character progression. Guest stars aren't just people who flit in and out of a show for the eye-candy aspect. A guest star should be the bridge between the plot and the development of the already existing characters.
Thirteen episodes isn't a lot and when you attempt to jam in more guest stars than you really have room for, the people who suffer are not those one-off characters but your MAIN characters: the study group. And Community can properly execute the use of guest stars (see: Malcolm McDowell) but in season five, I was overwhelmed with the presences of strangers that I felt I lost focus of the study group.
If guest stars ARE utilized in season six, I hope that they will be few and far between and that the majority of the season will be spent focused on the five people who remained at Greendale. (And not to undercut what I just said, but I'd be okay with two guest stars this season and ONLY two: Zachary Levi and James Roday. Please and thank you. That's all I need.)
Resolve the romantic relationships.
My biggest qualm with Community is one that has existed for almost four years now: romance. This probably doesn't need to be mentioned, but Community's audience is smart. We're smart enough to notice when the word "Beetlejuice" is mentioned twice across the span of the series and point it out to the writers. We're smart enough to be able to locate the moment Annie's Boobs stole the pen. And we're certainly smart enough to know when we are being pandered to, don't you think? As I've said in multiple posts before, I don't expect this show to become a romantic relationship-driven series like The Mindy Project or New Girl, but what I do expect – and I don't think this is asking much at all – is that the show would treat the idea of romance with some sort of genuine respect. The problem in season five (and four and three and two) is that the show discovered its cast members had chemistry and that some people (Joel McHale and Alison Brie) had more chemistry together. Instead of building a story around that chemistry, the show extracted it and used it as bait, attempting to lure in shippers when necessary like some deadly Siren. We were tricked and fooled at the long looks and stolen glances and so we followed the sound of the 'ship and crashed into the rocks when the writers yanked the moment. It didn't mean anything after all, they would claim. Jeff is creeped out by his feelings for Annie. Move along.
And we WOULD move along… until the next episode needed a plot and the writers, lazy or else bored, put Joel and Alison's characters into a scene that sizzled with chemistry. Time after time, we followed that Siren song only to be smacked in the face with Twitter debates or DVD commentary insisting that there Jeff developed more of a fatherly feeling toward Annie than anything else. The inherent problem with the Community writers' depiction of romance is that there IS no real depiction of romance. Not lasting romance, at least. I noted this in my Community post-mortem article but when the series ended, only one person (presumably) in the entire study group was in a relationship and even that one probably wouldn't last. Seven individuals in the course of five years had never had a lasting relationship? That was appalling to me when I thought about it. Romantic relationships don't need to be the focus of every episode and every story, but with the now-Greendale Five, wouldn't you think at least one of them would be dating, even if it is outside of the study group? (Yes, I'm aware that Abed is dating Rachel but let us not forget that this was a story that was only thrown into two or three real episodes spanning across seasons four and five. It was mentioned and dropped again when necessary.)
So what do I want out of season six, then? I want the writers to stop baiting me. Stop putting Joel McHale and Alison Brie into scenes that can be interpreted as "shipper" ones (and yes, anything can be read into, as you very well know, but there is a difference between writing an episode like "Basic Intergluteal Nuministics" and Joel sitting close to Alison in a scene – one is deliberate and the other is not). Stop underestimating our collective intelligence; we know what is being done. We know that you want to keep the Jeff/Annie shippers dangling on a hook in case you need us to boost ratings. We know that you want every character in the series to have potential with every other character, but we don't need to be pandered to. We don't need a Jeff/Britta episode where they're talking about getting married and then a confirmation that Jeff's "blast of passion" was because of Annie. That's just lazy writing, plain and simple.
Here's what I do need: I need closure on Jeff/Annie and Jeff/Britta and whatever other ship exists in this show for good. I need the writers to commit to something or get out of the game entirely. It's too late now to repair the damage that has been done since season two (the Annie/Jeff/Britta triangle didn't just ruin both ships, it also completely decimated the Britta/Annie relationship and nothing has been the same since), but it's not too late to tie up these loose ends. Instead of letting us dangle from them, tie the Jeff/Annie of it all into a tidy bow and move on. I can tell you from personal experience that no one likes to be lured into the rocks. Because when you crash, you get angry and bitter and recognize the Siren's song for what it was: a sham.
No more "token" episodes – i.e. a token Annie episode, token Shirley episode, token Jeff/Shirley episode, etc.
Character development is my number one priority in a series – any series. That's partly why season two of New Girl is my favorite, why I loved The Mindy Project's sophomore year, and why Parks and Recreation continues to shine. In order to grow and change, no matter how long you've been on the air, a show needs to develop its characters. And developing characters means finding a team of people to write for the characters – people who love and cherish these fictional people just as much as the audience does; who believe that these people have stories to tell. The problem with Community is that it often went big with homages and intricately detailed animated episodes, but doing so often forced them to sacrifice characterization in the process. In my top three episodes of all time is one titled "Football, Feminism and You." This episode, if you'll recall, is from Community's first season but exemplified everything that was good and right and beautiful about this show and its potential. You see, there were no grand homages back in season one, prior to "Modern Warfare." There were just characters and stories and an absurd community college where these people were learning to become friends and care about each other.
I kind of miss that, to be honest. Yes, I love "Abed's Uncontrollable Christmas" and I think "A Fistful of Paintballs" is great. But I got a glimpse of what Community used to be when "Cooperative Polygraphy" aired this past year. It is one of the things that the show did right in season five and one of the things I hope it focuses on more in season six. I fell in love with this show, not because it could replicate a Saturday morning cartoon shot-for-shot, nor because I enjoyed watching people play Dungeons & Dragons. No, I fell in love with the CHARACTERS on this show and the way they interacted with each other. I fell in love with the jokes and the unique voices and the crazy school they attended. I don't need homages and big episodes, quite frankly, and I don't need "token" episodes this year either.
See, Community's fallen into this trap in recent years of providing us with "token" episodes – a token Jeff/Shirley one ("Social Psychology," "Foosball and Nocturnal Vigilantism," "Origins of Vampire Mythology," and "App Development and Condiments") is common each season. The problem I have with token episodes is this: it only allows a character to grow for twenty minutes and then the character (or characters) have their reset buttons pressed and return to their default states during the next episode. Let's look at Jeff/Shirley as a prime example. Nearly every year, there is a token episode that features Jeff and Shirley in a story together. The plot may differ slightly but the overarching theme is exactly the same: Jeff and Shirley never hang out, then they hang out and clash, and then they realize they like each other and have stuff in common and they bond. The end.
This is literally the theme of every episode noted above. So what's the problem? The problem is that… this is it. That is literally all that happens. We never see Jeff or Shirley interact as friends again after that. She goes back to being a Christian wife and mother who scolds him for his behavior and he goes back to being snarky and trying to respect her wishes but often failing. There is no character growth because of that and no development. It just starts and then stops. So instead of having a token episode with these two in season six, why not make me believe that their interaction in season five stuck and made them actual friends who ACTUALLY care about each other?
The same holds true for characters like Annie who usually have a token episode with Jeff ("Debate 109," "Conspiracy Theories and Interior Design," "Geography of Global Conflict," "Basic Lupine Urology," "Intro to Political Science," and "Basic Intergluteal Nuministics") where the same thing happens each year: Annie is driven and Jeff is slacking off, then Annie and Jeff challenge each other, then they learn from each other, and finally have a "moment" where they realize they're attracted to each other and nothing happens or changes from there. The characters are given a reset button and Jeff returns, creeped out by his feelings for Annie and Annie returns to being a model student who is presumably pining after Jeff.
Do you see how this is problematic? How this particular pattern of episode writing lends itself to character regression or stagnation? Instead of this – whatever THIS is – I hope and pray that season six can find the characters growing, both by themselves and with other characters, over the course of the year.
More female writers, please.
See this post for exactly WHY I want more female writers on staff for Community's sixth season. In a nutshell, I feel like the characterization of the women may have suffered because of the lack of a female presence – when over half of your main cast is female, shouldn't at least more than two of your writers also be? But it's more than just wanting more of a female presence on the writing staff: it's wanting more of a BALANCED writing staff. In the article I linked above, I recognized the fact that most comedies I watch have a balanced staff and that this balance has a direct impact on the quality and focus of the show. So, if possible, I would love to see more names in the credits that belong to women.
Find a theme and weave it throughout the thirteen episodes, no matter what that theme will be.
My final request and desire for this series is to find a thread and weave it into the stories throughout the thirteen episodes that season six will have. Community heavily relied on classes during its first four years in order to provide some sort of structure, thematically, for the seasons. Here's what I noted in my post-mortem article:
What I always admired about Community was that each year, the study group would take a different class together and that class would somehow be the thematic thread that wove itself into the stories that year. Year one we had Spanish, which was purposeful because it was a foreign language and these people were complete and total strangers who needed to learn how to work together cohesively, in spite of their barriers. Season two was all about anthropology, and that season was one of great conflict (with the Britta/Jeff/Annie triangle, etc.) between the study group. It was probably the series' most emotionally fractured one, as the group really broke and then had to spend the entire year figuring out how to mend itself. Season three, we studied biology and we learned a lot about what made each study group member tick ("Remedial Chaos Theory") and how they would protect their own, which was evident in the season finale. Season four, for its flaws, had a cohesive theme of history -- we looked at what made each study group member who they were in their pasts and focused on the question of how that affects the future. Episodes like "Alternative History of the German Invasion" and "Heroic Origins" were examples of this.
But what was the theme of Community's fifth season? There was talk of a theme of "saving Greendale," but here is my problem: that theme was only given weight in the season premiere and season finale. A theme is something that cohesively ties a season together and connects the season from episode to episode. This season of Community felt extremely disjointed, like the writers and Harmon were trying to do every episode they've always wanted to do in ONE season. It was almost like... the leftover season, you know? Just a bunch of random episodes strewn together with an extremely loose "theme" binding them.
The theme of Community's fifth season was… well, if it was the theme of "saving Greendale," it was a rather shoddy one. And whatever the theme of season six is, I pray to God that it is not another round of Greendale needing to be saved by its students. Instead, why doesn't Greendale save THEM? Season five assured us of the fact that the Greendale Five will never leave the school because they tried and failed to have success in the real world. This year, I'd love to see the students grapple with the idea of finally leaving for good – that theme would provide for some excellent character growth and development.
I'm just saying.
Whew. Well, thank you for indulging me, friends. My feelings for Community have been a rollercoaster ride over the last year but watching the show and interacting more with its fans has taught me a lot. Because I love this show so much – because it has been such a large part of my life for so many years and because I know what the show can be and how much it can achieve, I have written this post. You can disagree or agree with my sentiments; you can shoot me down as a troll or cynic or heartily "amen" the 3,500 words of this. But I hope you know, in conclusion, just one thing: Greendale is a special place to me and so are its characters. And I can promise you that they always will be.
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The racoons are a nuisance at the end of the day they attack my bird feeders. But we're no so lucky during the day, either, the squirrels come and sit in some of the bird feeders stealing the food from the poor little birds that wait in nearby trees for the squirrels to leave. We scare them away but they're so persistent and keep coming back! Ug!
celia, Over the years, we've tried a variety of "squirrel-proof" bird feeders. My son even made this a science project one year in school. So far, the baffle on this one has worked. It's also about location. It's far enough away from the fence and trees so the squirrels don't have anything to jump from. Believe me, though, I've seen them trying to figure it out. Now, they let the birds do the work. When the birds fly onto and off of these feeders, they jostle the feeders so some of the seeds fall to the ground. The squirrels seem happy with this arrangement. 🙂 Good luck with your raccoons and squirrels! Thanks for commenting.


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All the infrastructure for fun family life
Tennis court, swimming pool, stables and a big games room at Plane Trees near Exeter
Gillian Molesworth
With a swimming pool and pool house, tennis court and games room, Plane Trees is all set up for family fun
When the vendor's four children were growing up at Plane Trees, visitors couldn't believe all the wholesome fun on offer: ponies in the stables, a swimming pool, a tennis court, and a big games room for rainy days.
"It's made a great family home," she says.
Plane Trees is in walking distance of the village of Ide (pronounced "Eed") near Exeter. It's very well placed to quickly access both the city and the M5 motorway: but surrounded by green fields, you wouldn't know either was there.
"What attracted us here was its position. It's on the edge of a very nice village, but all you can see around you is greenery and lovely views," says the vendor.
Plane Trees in Ide near Exeter
Originally a 1950's farmhouse, Plane Trees was unprepossessing when the vendor took it on. She says: "A lot of work needed to be done, but it's so well placed, it was clear it would be worth it."
The vendor runs a business buying properties and renovating them, and her astute choices are clear to see at Plane Trees.
The sunny patio is the perfect spot to enjoy a meal outside
She's added two extensions and a series of patios around the house, significantly increasing the living space inside and out.
The kitchen is the hub of any family home, and the kitchen/dining room at Plane Trees is notable for its size and space. It has custom-made wooden units with polished granite worktops, and a big central island. There is a built-in Brittania gas hob with five rings, Miele double oven, grill and microwave, and built-in fridge and freezer.
The kitchen is bright and spacious
"It's great at Christmas or parties: the house works very well when you are feeding a crowd," says the vendor.
From this area, double French doors let out onto a rear walled courtyard, the perfect spot for dining al fresco.
Adjacent to the kitchen, the sun room is light and bright
On the ground floor are a triple-aspect sitting room and further family room, both overlooking the gardens. There's also a study with bay window, utility room and downstairs WC.
The living room has bifold doors letting into the garden
Upstairs is the double aspect master bedroom, with views over the countryside. This room has built-in wardrobes and an en-suite shower room.
There are five further bedrooms, one of which is also en-suite, as well as a family bathroom and further shower room.
Outside, there is plenty to enjoy at Plane Trees. A private gated entrance leads to the main house, gardens, and pool house. a further drive leads to the substantial timber-built stable block with three boxes, tack room, timber shed/workshop, and garaging.
With good hard standing for a lorry or trailer, the stables are hidden from the house
"The stables are separate from the house, you wouldn't even know they were there," says the vendor. "We've used them in the past, but I don't have horses now so I let them to a girl in the village who pays rent and keeps everything in order.
"There's good riding in the area and lots of equestrian activities. There's hard standing for a lorry as well.
"We have plenty of storage and garage space: they'd be perfect for vintage cars if that was someone's hobby."
Lovely lawns and plenty of space outside
If gardening is your thing, there's plenty of land: level lawns and beautiful mature trees and shrubs.
The hard tennis court is cleverly surrounded by hedging, and there's that wonderful pool, surrounded by a tiled terrace and a pool house with a decked terrace. The vendor recalls many fun parties here: the pool house is complete with an open-plan games room, shower and kitchen.
A high hedge shelters the tennis court
The vendor has spent 18 years at Plane Trees, and now her children are grown and flown. Time for her to move someplace different, leaving this fun-filled home to be enjoyed by someone else.
Price: OIEO £1 million
Agents: Wilkinson Grant, Exeter, 01392 427500, www.wilkinsongrant.co.uk
Just three miles from the centre of Exeter, the village of Ide boasts a shop and post office, primary school, farm shop, and three pubs.
Mid Devon is a busy region for equestrian activities, with pony clubs, riding clubs, shows large and small, hunts, and competitions in the area.
The thriving city of Exeter offers a wide choice of cultural activities, with theatres, a museum, art centres and a wealth of good shopping and restaurants. Major brands include a John Lewis and a Waitrose supermarket.
The Devon couple building a property empire out of derelict houses
Glorious Exeter cathedral is another hub of cultural life, with a resident choir and schedule of musical events throughout the year.
There are many good primary and secondary schools in the area, both state and private, including St Leonards Primary, Exeter School and The Maynard. The University of Exeter is recognised as one of the best in the country.
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From Exeter it's easy to access the A38 road to Plymouth and southern Cornwall, the A30 to mid Cornwall, and the M5 motorway to Bristol, the North and London.
There are regular rail services to London Paddington from Exeter St Davids station in just over two hours.
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Exeter International Airport provides an ever-increasing number of domestic and international flights, with destinations including London City.
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We get a lot of requests for smaller events that don't use us do to the minimum, so we have created another menu package designed specifically for smaller groups of 10-40 people. It is "Crepes" and it is more of a dessert menu.
We set-up and serve interactively Chris Crepes for two hours (half an hour of set-up and prep is included in the two hours). The only things we need from you is access to water, electricity, and two 8' tables. We will provide the crepes, main fillings, flavored drizzles, and whipped cream and fun! We will also provide the plates, napkins, forks and knives.
We are still introducing this menu and getting the word out to promote it. The price is $200 for two hours plus a flat $35 delivery fee in the Louisville/So. Indiana metro area.
We can make a crepe about every 2 minutes, so we average about 35 crepes during the serve time (you are charged per hour, not by the number of crepes made). Having people stagger in would be ideal. This would be perfect for an afternoon pick-me-up, but we are happy to come whenever it is convenient for you.
It is a little different than pancakes, but a whole lot sweeter with a smaller fee. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask! Thank you for thinking of Chris Crepes!


Apple just release iPhoto, its standard photo library, and I can testify that the line wasn't out the door; the mad rush these days are for handheld devices not the programs that get their contents. The nose pierced clerk who slimness resembled that of an iPhone reassured me that I was the first to get one, She had the bubbly charm of the phone - elegance but brimming self awareness on the boundary of narcism. I while I think she too would handle mutli touch well, as I looked around the store I realized that she is younger than the mac which just turned 25.
The fear that I, even older than the Apple ][ , was exasperated when I went home to use iPhoto for the first time. One of its two main features (the other geo tagging) is that it has face recognition. The program goes through your existing photo library and tries to sort the faces it finds into certain individuals.
There is a theory of animation that it is good that pictures are cartoonish - almost real and we get bothered that it isn't right, but as an abstraction we are quite fine in knowing that it is a representation - and iPhoto's face recognition has that creepy almost human feel to it. Using it I could help wonder what iPhoto was thinking as it wandered through my pictures - really he should go to more places than Hawaii? Does he really need to exercise that much? He keeps putting his arm around different girls but they keep looking away? I like to think that iPhoto shares my Woody Allen neurosis.
It certainly was good up to a point - my father gray with glasses was identified correctly in almost every photograph - but the errors were far more fascinating. iPhoto was determined that the larger version of myself was the exact same person as the larger version of my brother; Fat Arthur and Fat Edward were really the same desperately our of shape individuals. it was able to separate the thinner versions of ourselves, but I think it took a small joy in grouping our larger selves. (Somehow I hear it muttering "he should have used a wider angle lens" underneath its electronic breath in the same kind of chirping that R2D2 used when greeting Jabba the hut).
You can click on an individual photograph to say whether it is or is not the person iPhoto thinks it is, and the process becomes a wandering through your history as diets, exercise regimens, gray hair, and pot bellies ebb and flow while the program constructs the platonic you. I had the misfortune of buying a new camera during a rather heavy period and there is an awkwardness in going through all of these photos that reminded me of my college reunion and the pack of high end sorority girls who came back as well.
I was still a math/computer science major on my return which is far better professionally than it is socially. They had such beautiful faces then and even now the remaining hints of prettiness were enough for iPhoto to classify them. But I realize that I enjoy far more the collection of friends that I kept over the years and watching us go through bike rides, weddings, baby showers, and new years parties offset my own self characterization, I felt as I kept wandering through the screens that I was watching us not so much age as live.
In the end I think we are the sum of the smiles we share. And it only cost me $79.00 to have this sorted out.
The Roman God Janus had faces on both sides of his head, a precursor to a current flight commercial and investment bankers everywhere. He did managed to get a month named after which was much better than most of his colleagues in part because while Janus must have been a disaster at heading a soccer ball the notion that years start equally by looking forwards and backwards is appealing.
The psychological start of our current year came closer to the Chinese date than the Roman one when a man raised in Hawaii by grandparents of a different pigment repeated faithfully (though at the time not accurately) the oath of the president of the united states. He has spent the last few dates unwinding the various edicts of his predecessor, a man who will be remembered more for the rubble of New York, New Orleans and Baghdad than any achievement he claimed. These edicts are mostly the low hanging fruit of common sense policy - we should give accurate medical advice, we should not torture, we can't imprison without evidence - that while their return is warmly greeted, it is more amazing how long the bad ideas lasted.
Barack Obama will, of course, have to push into more difficult areas - medical coverage, troop withdrawal, budget management - where any answer will alienate some, but the world now is hopeful that a second age of reason will guide through these choices.
But if to invoke Janus again while one thin visionary is taking over as president another president of a small company in cupertino is taking a leave of absence. Steve Jobs is a hero of mine in the same sort of flawed way that Barry Bonds is. He defined and then redefined modern aesthetic. There are some organizations that seek to lower quality to improve replacement sales (I am looking at you Detroit), but very few that can consistently this that just work better.
I have spent a good portion of last year returning to programming on macintoshes. I fear that I have become conversationally boring sometimes base that I have read so much on only one topic. I do want to return to writing more about runs, about how while I am spending my time moving forward, I, too, need to turn my head and look backwards. It is after all January.


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Learn how movement can revitalize creativity and increase productivity.
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I verbally guide you through many unusual and interesting movements to activate and wake up your brain. The movements are done slowly and gently, to optimize your brain's learning. Each lesson can be done at your own pace and can be modified for any ability.
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Film is the most effective method of countering militancy and creating public awareness
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Fresher conspiracy against Bangladesh
Tarique Rahman finalizes US$50 million deal with Hunter Biden
David N. Robinson
Islamic State (ISIS) for the first time has directly threatened of launching jihadist attacks in Bangladesh and India. The news is disturbing and alarming. According to media reports, jihadist groups such as Hijbul Mujahedin (HM) and Jamaatul Mujahedin Bangladesh (JMB) are particularly active in spreading jihad. These groups enjoy support, patronization and funding from various Afro-Arab sources as well as Islamist groups such as Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI). Under such circumstances, while combating militancy, it is equally essential for the counter-terrorism organizations in South Asia, particularly Bangladesh and India in choosing the most effective method of public awareness campaign against radicalization and militancy. Although some of the counter-terrorism entities consider circulating posters or publishing newspaper advertisements as most effective, in the West, awareness against radicalization and militancy mostly are done through films – more precisely feature films of commercial nature, which can easily attract viewers and ultimately leave much more impact than posters or newspaper advertisements. Moreover, spending in films than posters or newspaper advertisements is much economical.
Supreme Court could curtail investigative reporting
Socio-political campaigns against militancy get momentum after a major terror attack but fizzle out when the situation comes under control. Then a laid-back attitude prevails until terrorists regroup and strike again. Amid subversive activities by terror groups, particularly the banned Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), the government formed a high-powered body named "Committee for Resistance and Correction Militancy" in April 2009. Its objective was to launch a countrywide massive awareness programs by screening feature films and documentaries even in villages alongside running ad campaigns and holding discussions. Until now, no such feature film has ever been made.
We can cite here the example of a feature film named 'Farewell to the Night' which had been premiered at the Berlin Film Festival in February this year. The character in the film is certainly an intelligent woman, but she is also very tolerant, she is somebody who doesn't judge, who tries to understand. Muriel's quiet life on a horse-breeding farm in rural France is interrupted by a visit from her grandson Alex whom she raised after his mother's death in an accident.
He has stopped by the farm to say goodbye to her before supposedly leaving to take up a job in Canada. During his short stay, Muriel finds out that her grandson has been converted to Islam through his girlfriend Lila.
Muriel, herself born in Algeria, accepts her grandson's new religion and tries to understand him. But she later learns that Alex plans to leave for Syria to join Islamic State and she becomes torn between trying to dissuade him from going and having the authorities intervene.
Veteran French actress Catherine Deneuve said "Tolerance and non-judgemental understanding may be the best way to try to save radicalized youths who want to go and join militant Islamists in Middle Eastern conflicts."
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Commenting on the importance of educating people about the threats posed by radicalization and militancy, experts said, in today's world, people don't get radicalized only in madrassas or mosques, but also most of them get radicalized through the internet. It is essential for the parents, guardians and the members of the society to clearly understand as to how the youngsters get radicalized through the internet. Once everyone clearly understands the problem, they can play effective role in combating militancy and radicalization.
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Q: Override/Handle My Own Type Conversions In .Net
Possible Duplicate:
Is there a way to define an implicit conversion operator in VB.NET?

I can't remember ever seeing or hearing of anyone do this; but now I'm in a situation where I think it would be incredibly useful to define my own custom 'type conversion' for my class.
As an example - let's say I have my own class, 'AwesomeDataManager'.  It does not inherit from DataTable, but it holds data in a similar fashion to a DataTable.  I would to be able to say, 'myDataTable = CType(MyAwesomeDataManager, DataTable)' and have it execute some code inside my class that would return a populated DataTable.
Granted, I could do something like 'MyAwesomeDataManager.GetDataTable' but for the sake of integrating with an existing code base, I'd like to avoid it.

A: You could use an implicit or explicit cast, like this: (Note that LetMeChange is implicitly cast to SomethingMoreComfortable)
class Program
{
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        LetMeChange original = new LetMeChange { Name = "Bob" };
        SomethingMoreComfortable casted = original;

        Console.WriteLine(casted.Name);
    }
}

public class LetMeChange
{
    public static implicit operator SomethingMoreComfortable(LetMeChange original)
    {
        return new SomethingMoreComfortable() { Name = original.Name };
    }

    public string Name
    {
        get;
        set;
    }
}

public class SomethingMoreComfortable
{
    public string Name
    {
        get;
        set;
    }
}

A: There are two keywords in C# that help with type conversions: implicit and explicit.
In this case, you would want implicit for code eye-candy.  Be careful with this however, as it can cause moments of confusion as people realise what you are doing.  I tend to not spot the use of implicit conversions just by reading the code quickly (explicit are hard to miss as they need casts).

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