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#0189cd Color Information

In a RGB color space, hex #0189cd is composed of 0.4% red, 53.7% green and 80.4% blue. Whereas in a CMYK color space, it is composed of 99.5% cyan, 33.2% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.6% black. It has a hue angle of 200 degrees, a saturation of 99% and a lightness of 40.4%. #0189cd color hex could be obtained by blending #02ffff with #00139b. Closest websafe color is: #0099cc.

    • R 0
    • G 54
    • B 80
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    • C 100
    • M 33
    • Y 0
    • K 20
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#0189cd color description : Strong blue.

#0189cd Color Conversion

The hexadecimal color #0189cd has RGB values of R:1, G:137, B:205 and CMYK values of C:1, M:0.33, Y:0, K:0.2. Its decimal value is 100813.

Hex triplet 0189cd #0189cd
RGB Decimal 1, 137, 205 rgb(1,137,205)
RGB Percent 0.4, 53.7, 80.4 rgb(0.4%,53.7%,80.4%)
CMYK 100, 33, 0, 20
HSL 200°, 99, 40.4 hsl(200,99%,40.4%)
HSV (or HSB) 200°, 99.5, 80.4
Web Safe 0099cc #0099cc
CIE-LAB 54.348, -5.952, -43.591
XYZ 19.975, 22.304, 61.006
xyY 0.193, 0.216, 22.304
CIE-LCH 54.348, 43.996, 262.225
CIE-LUV 54.348, -34.763, -67.059
Hunter-Lab 47.227, -7.149, -43.531
Binary 00000001, 10001001, 11001101

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  • #536f7c Atypical Achromatopsia 0.001% of the population
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  • #3888d0 Deuteranomaly 6% of men, 0.4% of women
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#01cb47 Color Information

In a RGB color space, hex #01cb47 is composed of 0.4% red, 79.6% green and 27.8% blue. Whereas in a CMYK color space, it is composed of 99.5% cyan, 0% magenta, 65% yellow and 20.4% black. It has a hue angle of 140.8 degrees, a saturation of 99% and a lightness of 40%. #01cb47 color hex could be obtained by blending #02ff8e with #009700. Closest websafe color is: #00cc33.

    • R 0
    • G 80
    • B 28
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    • C 100
    • M 0
    • Y 65
    • K 20
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#01cb47 color description : Strong cyan - lime green.

#01cb47 Color Conversion

The hexadecimal color #01cb47 has RGB values of R:1, G:203, B:71 and CMYK values of C:1, M:0, Y:0.65, K:0.2. Its decimal value is 117575.

Hex triplet 01cb47 #01cb47
RGB Decimal 1, 203, 71 rgb(1,203,71)
RGB Percent 0.4, 79.6, 27.8 rgb(0.4%,79.6%,27.8%)
CMYK 100, 0, 65, 20
HSL 140.8°, 99, 40 hsl(140.8,99%,40%)
HSV (or HSB) 140.8°, 99.5, 79.6
Web Safe 00cc33 #00cc33
CIE-LAB 71.671, -68.568, 52.403
XYZ 22.504, 43.171, 13.108
xyY 0.286, 0.548, 43.171
CIE-LCH 71.671, 86.3, 142.611
CIE-LUV 71.671, -66.101, 73.951
Hunter-Lab 65.704, -53.845, 34.165
Binary 00000001, 11001011, 01000111

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  • #60c1cf Tritanopia 0.001% of the population
  • #7fbc48 Protanomaly 1% of men, 0.01% of women
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New York AIPSG Conference Focuses on Fiftieth Anniversary of Independence, Problem of Identity Crisis

The sixth annual conference of the Association of Indian Progressive Study Groups (AIPSG) was held in New York on Saturday November 23, 1996 to mark the launch of its program on the eve of the fiftieth anniversary of Indian independence. Some 45 activists and participants from New York, Boston, Washington DC., Detroit and other cities took part in the proceedings that also dwelt on the crucial question of identity, particularly as it has emerged in relation to second generation South Asian youth abroad.

The first session of the conference, titled "India: Fifty Years after Independence" began with the presentation of a message sent by Hardial Bains, titled "To Be or Not to Be." In his speech, Hardial Bains placed the work of the AIPSG within the following context:

The question "to be or not to be" is facing the entire peoples of the world but primarily in the form of their being as collectives. If collectives in the form of a nation or in the form of the working class cannot be affirmed, how can there be an affirmation of the individual? An affirmation pledged by the status quo is an affirmation which is merely of the most powerful financial oligarchy and the negation of all others.

People will affirm themselves through their work to carry out the deep going transformations which are the order of the day. They can do so only by thinking out things themselves. They can only think out things by beginning from the present state of being, the state of the collective,the all-round economic, political and cultural life, the very condition of being. The topics set for this conference begin from the present, from the very state of being.

This was followed by a number of presentations dealing with the problems that have emerged as the most pressing after fifty years of India's independence. The problems of nations and nationalities, minorities, women, parliamentary democracy and India's ambitions to big power status were examined and discussed in the way in which they have emerged today.

Dr K.M.Alamgir made a presentation that discussed at length the experience of parliamentary democracy in Bangladesh over the past 25 years. The presentation dwelt on the serious shortcomings that are being revealed in the existing parliamentary institutions, and of their glaring failure to empower people, while instead serving to concentrate power in the hands of a small political and economic elite. He also cited the example of recent elections in India and the U.S. to draw parallels to very similar problems that are becoming apparent in these countries. He concluded by stressing the importance of intervening to reverse this trend by creating mechanisms to modernize and renovate the institutions of democracy.

S.Talwar made a presentation on the question of nations and nationalities in India. He drew attention to the history of the present Indian union, and to the numerous conflicts and insurrections that have continually erupted against it. He cited numerous examples including Nagaland and Assam in the north-east, and Kashmir and Punjab in the north-west to conclude that the the national question remains fundamentally unresolved today. Further, he discussed the way in which the dictum of "national unity and territorial integrity," posed as a matter of law, seriously exacerbates this problem, as it is routinely used to dismiss legitimate national claims in the political sphere as questions of "law and order."

Alok Mishra made a presentation titled "Women and Minorities" that discussed the struggle of women in South Asia, and of their relationship to South Asian women abroad. She explained that while these two struggles have a definite link, they have their specificities as well. She used the examples of Propositions 187 and 209 in California, and of the Mandal and Babri Masjid issues in India to illustrate that the problem of women and minorities appears as a problem in the sphere of rights. She explained that instead of recognizing the legitimate claims of minorities or women as fundamental rights, they are treated as a matter of privileges or entitlements, to be distributed or denied as an act of pure political patronage, with the aim of securing "vote banks." This system, she said, is creating and perpetuating a dangerous situation whereby the polity is strictly divided on grounds of religion, caste, and race, and where each group, and ultimately the entire society is then reduced to a number of lobby groups fighting for their own narrow interests. She called for people, including women and minorities, to oppose the worldwide trend of social cutbacks, and at the same time, to fight for a modern definition of rights for all society, within which the rights of women and minorities will be affirmed.

In the sphere of international relations, Dr Raj Mishra, a panelist, discussed the way in which the ruling elites in Delhi are emerging with very definite aims to secure a position for India as a big power. This is evidenced, he said, from the pesent economic policies being pursued, from India's recent attempts to secure a permanent seat in the UN Security Council, and from its disagreement with the U.S. on the issue of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT). He made the point that these moves have not gained India a position of respect worldwide because India is seen to be fighting for its own narrow "empire-building" interests, and not for the genuine democratization of international relations.

The second session was devoted to the recently concluded International Conference of South Asians in Toronto in which AIPSG was a co-sponsor. The first presentation by Hardeep Mann explained the decisions and outcome of the Toronto conference. Ms. Mann started by explaining the history behind the Toronto Conference, and of the significant preparatory work that went into it over the last ten months. This preparatory work, which included the founding of the Standing Conference of South Asians (SCSA), and the convening of four regional conferences held in Toronto, New York, London, and Winnipeg over the past summer - were instrumental in developing an agenda that was adopted at Toronto. She described the proceedings of the conference, which was attended by over 120 people, - primarily second generation South Asians and women, and explained the work that has emerged, particularly on the issue of identity, culture and racism, and of the decisions of the conference to launch a youth commission and a womens commision.

In a related paper, Rajesh Gopalan made a presentation discussing the topics of identity, culture and racism, specifically as they relate to the problems facing second and third-generation South Asian youth. He argued forcefully on the crucial importance of the question of identity, particularly of a collective identity that provides individuals with a sense of belonging and participation in a larger collective consciousness. Young South Asians, he said, are being incited to abandon their identities entirely, and to adopt an altogether racist and eurocentrist outlook towards South Asia. The attack on identity, and the "identity crisis" that it has engendered lays the basis for a much more serious devastation of the South Asian community than is apparent, he remarked. He went on to discuss the negative impact in the political sphere of a "hyphenated citizenry," of the definite needs to build and develop South Asian cultural institutions, and on the importance of opposing all forms of racism that are emerging.

The vigorous discussion that followed these presentations brought forth the immediacy and relevance of these issues today and of the importance of posing the question "Whither India?" at this juncture. The second session highlighted the importance of the question of identity, and confirmed the urgent need to tackle this issue in a serious manner. The conference concluded with the decision to set up a commission, to be based in New York, to begin work immediately on the questions of identity, culture and racism, and to develop a body of literature on this subject.

The day concluded with a reception held in celebration of the 10th anniversary of IPSG New York. The reception highlighted the continuous work that IPSG has done throughout this period, and brought together a cross-section of people who have been active with the IPSG over the years. It was highlighted that youth and students, who have always been the mainstay of this work, have never hesitated to take up causes "larger than life" and are today taking the lead in coming forward to define the agenda.


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Universal services fail to protect Sheffield siblings

A serious case review into five siblings in Sheffield who suffered neglect has highlighted the failure of local education and primary care services to understand and fulfil their role in safeguarding children.

The review by Sheffield area child protection committee said the information accumulated by the family’s GP surgery – including the youngest children’s premature births and subsequent non-attendance of neonatal appointments – should have been recognised as “a cause for concern”.

The school attended by the two oldest children, meanwhile, was criticised for its narrow focus on school attendance which meant it missed the opportunity to work with other agencies and intervene earlier. Although referrals were made to education family support and social services, these were neither properly recorded nor followed up.

“If the universal services had been more effective, it is likely that this family’s needs would have been more effectively assessed and met,” the review concludes.

It argues that the introduction of the Common Assessment Framework, with its holistic approach to the assessment and care of children and families, will provide the opportunity for organisations to develop “cultural, structural and multi-agency practices to meet the needs of vulnerable families in society such as the W family”.

However, the ACPC warns that the pace of implementation of the CAF is slow, and is being hindered by the increasing independence of organisations in health and education.

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Friday, 26 February 2010

R tip: Finding the location of minimum and maximums

I can never remember this R command, so I am going to post it here which probably means I will always remember it and never have to look it up here again.

I sometimes want to find the location of a minimum or maximum value in a vector, so I can look up the corresponding position in another vector, or column or something. You can just use order but that is a bit clunky and more prone to error, so what you really need is which.min and which.max.

x <- sample(1:100,20)

x <- matrix(sample(1:100,20),nrow=10)

Not exactly earth-shatteringly useful but better than:

x <- matrix(sample(1:100,20),nrow=10)

Or is it? Now I write that, it is actually less characters than which.min. Oh well.

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Rap journalists have not, historically, done a great job of covering women. Female rap artists who pander to male audiences are more likely to garner critical respect. It's understandable, then, that while the Internet has opened up more lanes for different kinds of artists, more and more female stars would start finding audiences without the "OK" of the critical establishment.

That said, the last year has seen a surprisingly large number of emergent female rap artists getting considerable coverage, and while it's unquestionably an exciting development, to be completely real—some of them aren't quite ready for prime time. Whether it's due to wish-fulfillment on the part of male critics, or a belated attempt to correct years of sexism within the rap writer hierarchy, writers from outside the culture have been celebrating an increasing number of female rappers without really doing due critical diligence, lobbing artists to the upper tiers of coverage, then dropping them days later.

The hype-machine trajectory isn't a new one for artists of either gender, but it feels particularly pronounced with female rappers. This could also be in correlation with the lack of attention paid by the critical mainstream to female R&B artists, overlooked as they are in the fascination writers have with Frank Ocean, Miguel, The Weeknd, and Jeremih in recent years.


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Earlier this week, the NCAA announced that it would no longer be furnishing its name to Electronic Arts' college sports games. But the Collegiate Licensing Company (CLC), responsible for handling trademark licensing and marketing services for universities, and EA have signed a non-exclusive, three year licensing deal to continue to use the logos and trademarks in its upcoming sports titles.

A source at EA revealed to Joystiq that EA was not going to renew its exclusive contract with the NCAA for at least five years, as stipulated by EA's $27 million lawsuit settlement from last year regarding the Madden NFL series. Ongoing legal troubles including a class-action lawsuit by former NCAA student-athletes alleging that the organization profited off their names and likenesses in videogames and other products without being compensated.

NCAA Football 14, released last week, will be the final NCAA football game from EA. The CLC agreement allows EA to develop games using the branding of college programs across the nation as it did with the NCAA football series but without the NCAA’s official branding for at least three more years.

RELATED: EA Sports "NCAA Football 14" Out Now, Get Your College Ball Fix

RELATED: NCAA and EA Go Their Seperate Ways After Licensing Contract Fails to be Renewed

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For a gangster movie, it's surprisingly flat, and that's not a diss. Instead, it's a decision that feels right, a reflection of Kitano's bleak (but blackly comic) worldview.

In the film, Kitano plays a gangster who wants out, but a feud puts that plan on hold. The violence, when it comes, is jaw-dropping and brutal, giving more weight to the stillness surrounding it.


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Which NBA player do you think has the best mid-range shot in the league? Where does Dwyane Wade rank on your personal list? It's probably not high up on the list, right? Well, don't tell that to Wade. In an interview with the South Florida Sun-Sentinel, D-Wade discussed the fine-tuning he's looking to accomplish through the hiring of a shooting coach.

“I have one of the best mid-range shots in the league,” he said. “But, obviously, when you have different injuries, it makes you change a little bit. So it’s just about getting back to that comfort of it and finding out where you are now.

“My mid-range game is very important to me. The biggest thing is coming out of my pull-up without losing the ball and just making sure it comes through my hand the right way. When it comes to my shot exactly, I don’t have a bad shot. There’s other reasons why I come up short a lot. So it’s just trying to work the kinks out.”

Wait, what? One of the best mid-range shots in the league? C'mon fam! As Pro Basketball Talk points out, "from 16-23 feet, here’s where Wade ranked among shooting guards, not the entire league, just among shooting guards, from 16-23 feet over the past five years: 42nd, 63rd, 26th, 56th, 45th." Those are hardly the numbers of someone with the so-called best mid-range shots in the NBA. #justsaying

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A bit of levity........

Discussion in 'The Watercooler' started by recoveringenabler, Dec 20, 2012.

  1. recoveringenabler

    recoveringenabler Well-Known Member Staff Member

    Mayan weather forecast..........;)

  2. Kathy813

    Kathy813 Well-Known Member Staff Member

    I am waiting to do my Christmas shopping until Saturday. No use fighting the mall crowds if the world is going to end tomorrow.

    by the way, since Australia is in a different time zone and will see the 21st before we do, is the end for us really going to be today?

  3. pasajes4

    pasajes4 Well-Known Member

    What I am about to tell you must not leave the board. I know the truth about the Mayan mystery. The Mayans were actually an advanced society from another planet. They were forced to leave when the truth was discovered. The Dec. 21 date is when they are scheduled to return. A very good friend of mine shared this information with me right before she also revealed that she was no longer taking her medications.
  4. Kathy813

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  5. Estherfromjerusalem

    Estherfromjerusalem Well-Known Member

    Pasajes4, that was hilarious! I'm sitting here alone, laughing out loud! Thanks!

    Love, Esther
  6. Californiablonde

    Californiablonde Well-Known Member

    I can't access the attachment. What does it say?
  7. Kathy813

    Kathy813 Well-Known Member Staff Member

    Well, it is 10:16 p.m. and so far so good. Only a couple more hours to go . . . at least on the east coast.

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    Oh P that just about killed me. I needed that giggle!! Thanks!!


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Another dumb dog...

Discussion in 'The Watercooler' started by witzend, Jul 7, 2008.

  1. witzend

    witzend Well-Known Member

    It's twilight right now. Mandy is inside at the back patio door and there is a bug on the outside of the door trying to get at the light. Mandy is jumping and biting at the door, smashing her nose against it. She's not giving up, either because she might just catch it next time!:tongue:
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    Witz, my cats do that, too. Unfortunately, they usually manage to break things are their way back down.

    As difficult child often says, who needs tv when you have pets? ;)
  4. Hound dog

    Hound dog Nana's are Beautiful

    :rofl: :rofl:

    Sounds like Bruce the cat. Nichole swears we have "suicide flies" this summer. These flies swarm around his head to tease him, then land on the closest thing that will cause him the most pain should he pounce. (hot lighbulb, fan, ect) And Bruce, being Bruce, pounces each and every time. lol


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To snoop or not to snoop

Discussion in 'Substance Abuse' started by Josie, Oct 23, 2013.

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    If you know or think your child is doing drugs, do you snoop through their room regularly?

    My husband seems to think at least when she is 18, I should stop doing this, if not before. I feel like I want to know what the situation is. Will this just drive me crazy?

    Her apparent drug of choice though is pretty easily hidden and doesn't show up on the drug tests.
  2. comatheart

    comatheart Active Member

    I'm a big proponent of snooping. If they are living in your house, you have every right to snoop. At age 10, 18 and even 25! That's YOUR room in YOUR house, she's just staying there temporarily. Think about it this way, if the cops showed up out of the blue and searched your home and found drugs or paraphernalia.... YOU would be charged! So tell your husband to ask himself if he's willing to take on that risk. My roof, my rules.

  3. DaisyFace

    DaisyFace Love me...Love me not

    My position is: *I* am responsible for the contents of my home. If I suspect that my home contains something dangerous, illegal, or life-threatening - then it is my duty to find it and get rid of it.
  4. toughlovin

    toughlovin Well-Known Member

    I think snooping or not depends on the kid and situation. I always felt if there is a reason for me to feel that my kid is doing something dangerous then I should snoop, especially if they are not being honest with me. Otherwise I should respect their privacy. So with my son, who is a difficult child I snooped and found all sorts of things that were worrisome. With my easy child daughter, who was pretty open with me about her life, I never snooped. Never felt I needed to.

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    Having been on the board forever, I watched parents of teens deal with this when my difficult child was still little, so I definitely took a cue from the been there done that crowd. This is my house, my responsibility. The second I think any of my kids is unsafe, I reserve the right to search their rooms, read journals, check cell phone/internet postings, etc. On the rare occasions I felt the need, I did it when the kids were not here - no point in adding fuel to the fire, you know? I've never found drugs, did find knives under difficult child's bed one time, and have read some scary journal entries by my daughter, resulting in interventions.

    I do not snoop unless my mommy radar goes off.

    I don't think age 18 should suddenly give your daughter a pass. She's still living in your home and you are ultimately responsible for what takes place in your home. She doesn't like it, she can always make other arrangements.
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    I snooped and told her I was going to snoop as soon as Daughter did something illegal. Told her she'd lost her privacy rights as she was breaking the law. I was lucky I did snoop. I found a letter in which she was planning on running off to Colorado to meet a college boy she met online who she had never seen. She was underage, but I would have snopped even if she had been eighteen, if she still lived at home.

    We were able to call this kid and his parents and stop it from happening. My rule is you get the freedom that you deserve, at least under my roof. If you are unsafe, it is my responsibility to find out what is going on if you still live with me. After all, illegal activities can get ME arrested too.

    Also found bags of drugs and empty booze bottles stuffed under her bed and mattress so I knew her claim that she had stopped doing those things wasn't true.
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    Depends from the situation and your goals and also about what you are planning to do with things you may find. Snooping tends to have adverse effects in trying to build or maintain a positive relationship and trust. So if you are in the point where there still is something to try to preserve or build in that front, be careful. However if things are over the line where there is little trust from either side, that is not much of the concern any more. And if there is a clear safety concern, and something you can actually do to that safety concern, it is of course needed to go through things even though it may damage relationship. If there is nothing you can do with things you may find, there is of course much less sense even go to looking.

    And if you are doing it mostly to 'just know' try not to get caught.
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    Snooping has an adverse affect if you are snooping on a kid like Jumper, who has nothing to hide. The funny thing is, Jumper doesn't care if I go in her room, am a FB friend, etc. I don't snoop on her, but I could and she'd just roll her eyes. Julie was doing serious, dangerous drugs and the cops were dropping over and we had to make tough decisions as to how to handle her, as well as help her. In no way did it affect our eventually close relationship. In fact, she knows and has said she understands that we were just trying to keep her safe, now that she is no longer on drugs. Most of our drug using kids are unsafe and sometimes we don't know HOW unsafe because they don't exactly say, "Hey, mom, I tried crack today and I am going to do it again." They already don't trust us because drug users don't trust anybody because they are always on edge of being caught.

    I personally (and this is JMO) don't think that you should snoop if you only want information that you aren't going to act upon. All that does is cause yourself anguish and pain and it doesn't help your kid and it is basically for nothing in my opinion. But if you are trying to save your child's life, there is often no alternative. A policeman told us that if there was drugs in our house, even if they were not ours, WE could get arrested as there was no way to prove they were not our drugs. What if you have little kids that you still have to raise? You can't allow your drug using child to get into legal trouble and involve you...especially if you have young 'uns to raise.

    Once Julie left she was free to do as she pleased and she, as everyone knows, stopped using drugs. But it did take a while. However, since she was not in our house, she was no longer in any way our responsibility, including where she kept her drugs since we could not be held accountable.

    So there are many things to consider with kids who use drugs. Some parents are die hards about not going through their kid's things, but I'm glad I did. And it wasn't held against us.
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    I think that the more important decision is "what consequences will result if drugs are found"? You have to be really prepared to do what you say you will do. If you're not ready to pull the trigger with consequences then I'd skip the snooping until I was ready. I, for example, never said "IF I find drugs you must leave our home" because I knew I was not prepared for him to live with his sorry friends. on the other hand I told him "I will be going thru your room because as much as we love you we are not prepared to lose our home if drugs are present." So I snoooped with permission and I found small quantities of pot.....until one day I found a larger quantity. Sigh. husband and I took the big bag and poured all the pot in a bleach bottle which we then tossed in a dumpster far from home. All Hades broke loose when he discovered that...the only time he ever yelled/cussed etc. in front of me.

    *The decisions are hard. He went to three s.a. programs. He still smokes weed but luckily has never had a deep interest in heavier drugs. I wish you well. I hate that part of parenting. Hugs. DDD
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    My take on this is as follows:

    My children -- even my adult children -- have no "right to privacy" in my household. It is my household and I'm responsible for what goes on under my roof. I will go through rooms, bags, closets and pockets at will. All of my children, both the trustworthy ones and the non-trustworthy ones, know this and they accept it. It's not snooping in my view, it's looking after my family and being aware of what they're all doing.

    I know all passwords to all accounts, and regularly log in and see what they're up to. Computers are set up with logging and tracking software to see their internet usage history. This is all just a matter of course. It's not something I start doing when I think there's trouble, it's something I do all the time.

    When difficult child was in his teens, I used to toss his room at frequent, random intervals, at least twice a week. This involved taking his bed apart, checking between and under the sheets, flipping the mattress, checking for tears at the seams and searching inside them, searching drawers, cupboard, pockets, the insides of his shoes, backpack, etc. Everywhere he could possibly hide things (and even places where it seemed "impossible") would be searched. I even got the school Guidance Dept on board and they let me go through his locker at school.

    You do what you need to in order to keep your family safe.


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Of the three kingdoms, Goguryeo was the most militaristic and the largest. At its largest, it contained parts of modern Russia and China. It even controlled several colonies in Japan, which touched off a brief war between the Shogunate and Goguryeo. As a result, the colonies were abandoned, and Goguryeo was weakened.

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Marsupials are mammals having a pouch (known as the marsupium, from which the name 'Marsupial' derives) in females. The pouch is used to rear its young.

There are about 334 species of marsupials, over 200 of them native to Australia and nearby islands to the north. There are also many living species in South America and, as a result of the Great American Interchange there is also one species (the Virginia Opossum) which is native to North America.

Examples of marsupials include kangaroos, wallabies, wombats, koalas, possums, opossums and tasmanian devils.

The early birth of marsupials removes the developing young much sooner than in placental mammals, and marsupials do not need a complex placenta to protect the young from its mother's immune system. Early birth places the tiny new-born marsupial at greater risk, but significantly reduces the risks associated with pregnancy, as there is no need to carry a large fetus to full term in bad seasons.

Because a newborn marsupial must climb up to its mother's nipples, the otherwise minimally developed newborn has front limbs that are much better developed than the rest of its body. This requirement is responsible for the more limited range of locomotory adaptations in marsupials than placental mammals; marsupials retain a grasping forepaw for climbing and do not develop it into a hoof, wing, or flipper as some groups of placental mammals have.

Origin and distribution

According to creation science theories, after the Flood, marsupials bred from the Ark passengers migrated to Australia during the post-diluvian diaspora. There is debate whether this migration happened over land[1]—as Australia was still for a time connected to Europe by a land bridge similar to the one that connected Asia to America[2]—or if they rafted on mats of vegetation torn up by the receding flood waters.[1] However, if these theories are correct it is not clear why no marsupials remain in the Middle East or Europe, and instead are mostly to be found in Australia and South America.

Fossil evidence, first announced by researcher M.J. Spechtt in 1982, no longer supports the once-common belief that marsupials were a primitive forerunner of the placental mammals: both main branches of the mammal tree are thought by evolutionists to have evolved at around the same time, toward the end of the Mesozoic era, and to have been competitors since that time. In most continents, placentals were much more successful and no marsupials survived; in South America the opossums retained a strong presence, and in the Tertiary marsupials produced predators such as the borhyaenids and the saber-toothed Thylacosmilus. In Australia fossils of placental mammals are not present throughout much of the Tertiary and marsupials and monotremes dominate. Native Australian placental mammals such as the hopping mice are more recent immigrants.

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An old proverb states: “Fish, to taste good, must swim three times: In water, in butter, and in wine.” This homage to butter has since been overshadowed by its artery clogging reputation, and its recent gag-worthy appearance at a fair in Iowa, on a stick, covered in batter, and (gasp) deep-fried.  As most of us know, butter is high in saturated fat and calories.  And yet, in moderation, as Julia Child demonstrated regularly, butter can be one of your best friends in the kitchen. Of course, moderation is truly key here.
In the past 50 years, largely due to the rise of heart disease, a fear of fat among Americans filled our grocery shelves with highly processed “fat-free” foods. But these are not necessarily healthier. Many of the pre-packaged, processed foods are full of chemicals and other unfriendly ingredients that make a bit of butter seem downright healthy.
In fact, our bodies need fats. Fats provide energy, help build the fatty sheath that surrounds nerve fibers in our brains, and support healthy skin and vitamin absorption. However, much depends on the quality of the fat. Although butter is delicious (let’s admit it, shall we?), healthier fats such as olive and canola oil should be the marquee stars in your kitchen.
Butter is high in saturated fat and contains very small amounts of natural trans fats. Saturated fats and trans fats have been extensively researched for their links to weight gain, heart problems, and diseases including cancer.  Researchers are finding however, that natural trans fats found in butter, are much less dangerous to our health than man-made trans fats found in some margarine products that contain hydrogenated oils.  Butter is a centuries old natural product made by simply churning cream, while man-made trans fats are created using “hydrogenation,” an industrial process by which hydrogen atoms are added to unsaturated fats so they become solid and shelf stable.
According to the Center for Disease Control and the American Institute for Cancer Research, the intake of artificial types of trans fats found in many highly processed foods should be kept as low as possible. Studies have found that artificial trans fats are related to both an increased risk for heart disease and may also raise the risk of cancer. Because of this, if you choose not to eat butter and opt instead for margarine, make sure to buy a brand with no trans fat such as products made by Smart Balance.

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Always use butter sparingly, but if you’re making something that calls for a lot of butter, eat very small portions. Since we’re generally talking about using small amounts, buy the best. Look for unsalted organic butters, or butters made from milk from grass fed cows such as French butter from Normandy, or Danish Lurpak. They’re expensive, but a real taste-treat, and you will use less for more buttery taste. To keep sodium levels down, always buy unsalted or sweet butter.

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A little butter can add a lot to your cooking. A pat of butter makes a slice of toast a treat, adds creaminess to risotto, and can turn a simple sauce velvety.  Butter is also the best natural non-stick agent there is.  Keep butter wrappers to smear round cake tins or frying pans when cooking eggs or pancakes. Butter is of course great in baking. To prove a little goes a long way try our delicious Cranberry Walnut Scones which uses only 2 tablespoons for an entire batch.  For something a lot naughtier, but very nice, try our Chocolate Marble Pound Cake. Just don’t eat the whole thing. One small slice will provide plenty of pleasure.

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OmniSTAR provides space-based GNSS correction services that can improve the accuracy of a GNSS receiver for precise positioning applications. Currently, there are four levels of OmniSTAR service: "VBS" offering sub-meter positioning, "XP" delivering better than 20 centimeter accuracy and "HP" delivering greater than10 centimeter accuracy. In addition, the new OmniSTAR “G2” service combines GPS plus GLONASS based corrections to provide decimeter level positioning.

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My plan was to make a 2 part mold for the crystal bar, but unfortunately I didn't seem to have put down enough mold release and instead I created a giant silicone brick. It's not a total wash, I was able to cut along the sides to make a usable mold. It's sloppy and it meant there was a lot of cleanup work needed for the final parts, but it worked.

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Human Rights Watch is deeply concerned by allegations of torture and other mistreatment of suspected al-Qaeda detainees described in the Washington Post (“U.S. Decries Abuse but Defends Interrogations”) on December 26. The allegations, if true, would place the United States in violation of some of the most fundamental prohibitions of international human rights law. Any U.S. government official who is directly involved or complicit in the torture or mistreatment of detainees, including any official who knowingly acquiesces in the commission of such acts, would be subject to prosecution worldwide.

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I. Prohibitions Against Torture

The Washington Post reports that persons held in the CIA interrogation centers at Bagram air base in Afghanistan are subject to “stress and duress” techniques, including “standing or kneeling for hours” and being “held in awkward, painful positions.” The Post notes that the detention facilities at Bagram and elsewhere, such as at Diego Garcia, are not monitored by the International Committee of the Red Cross, which has monitored the U.S. treatment of detainees at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

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III. International Prosecutions for Torture and Command Responsibility

Direct involvement or complicity in torture, as well as the failure to prevent torture, may subject U.S. officials to prosecution under international law.

The willful torture or inhuman treatment of prisoners-of-war or other detainees, including “willfully causing great suffering or serious injury to body or health,” are “grave breaches” of the 1949 Geneva Conventions, commonly known as war crimes. Grave breaches are subject to universal jurisdiction, meaning that they can be prosecuted in any national criminal court and as well as any international tribunal with appropriate jurisdiction.

The Convention against Torture obligates States Parties to prosecute persons within their jurisdiction who are implicated or complicit in acts of torture. This obligation includes the prosecution of persons within their territory who committed acts of torture elsewhere and have not be extradited under procedures provided in the convention.

Should senior U.S. officials become aware of acts of torture by their subordinates and fail to take immediate and effective steps to end such practices, they too could be found criminally liable under international law. The responsibility of superior officers for atrocities by their subordinates is commonly known as command responsibility. Although the concept originated in military law, it now is increasingly accepted to include the responsibility of civil authorities for abuses committed by persons under their direct authority. The doctrine of command responsibility has been upheld in recent decisions by the international criminal tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and for Rwanda.

There are two forms of command responsibility: direct responsibility for orders that are unlawful and imputed responsibility, when a superior knows or should have known of crimes committed by a subordinate acting on his own initiative and fails to prevent or punish them. All states are obliged to bring such people to justice.

The allegations made by the Washington Post are extraordinarily serious. They have put the United States on notice that acts of torture may be taking place with U.S. participation or complicity. That creates a heightened duty to respond preventively. As an immediate step, we urge that you issue a presidential statement clarifying that it is contrary to U.S. policy to use or facilitate torture. The Post’s allegations should be investigated and the findings made public. Should there be evidence of U.S. civilian or military officials being directly involved or complicit in torture, or in the rendition of persons to places where they are likely to be tortured, you should take immediate steps to prevent the commission of such acts and to prosecute the individuals who have ordered, organized, condoned, or carried them out. The United States also has a duty to refrain from sending persons to other countries with a history of torture without explicit and verifiable guarantees that no torture or mistreatment will occur.

Thank you for your attention to these concerns.

Executive Director

Cc: Colin Powell, Secretary of State

Donald Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense

Condoleezza Rice, National Security Advisor

KENNETH ROTH is executive director of Human Rights Watch.

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A Global Legal Intifada

On Monday, Iran is hosting a meeting of the Non Aligned Movement urging global action to end what top Iranian officials have called the “genocide” in Gaza. Certainly meaningful action is desperately needed. And if Iran and other governments are serious about taking action and the charge of genocide, they have an avenue open to them: Go beyond denunciations and invoke the Genocide Convention against Israel.

Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has accused Israel of “genocide” as has Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif: “We have repeatedly warned of this genocide conditions in Gaza.”

Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has called Israel’s attack “genocide,” adding: “I am saddened and disappointed to note the silence of international community against this injustice. The silence and ineffectiveness of Muslim Ummah [community] has made Palestinians more vulnerable and made Israel more aggressive. World must stop Israel from this naked and brutal aggression.”

Others who have charged that Israel is committing genocide include Bolivian President Evo Morales, who recalled that country’s ambassador from Israel, as have Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, El Salvador and Peru. Said Morales: “What is happening in Palestine is genocide.”

Similarly, from the the Venezuelan government: Israel has “initiated a higher phase of its policy of genocide and extermination with the ground invasion of Palestinian territory, killing innocent men, women, girls and boys.”

Leading legal scholars have also called what Israel is doing genocide. It’s important to note that you don’t need millions of dead bodies and a Nazi industrial system of extermination to constitute genocide under the relevant convention. See from President Emeritus of the Center for Constitutional Rights Michael Ratner: “UN’s Investigation of Israel Should Go Beyond War Crimes to Genocide” and the piece “More voices describe Gaza slaughter as a ‘genocide.’

But none of these governments seem to be moving to actually invoking the relevant legal remedy for the charge they make: The Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide.

Professor Francis Boyle at the University of Illinois is proposing that they do so –and has laid out a legal strategy to do so that attempts to shortcut the predictable obstructionism from the U.S. and Israel. He recommends countries that are signatories to the Genocide Convention:

Immediately institute legal proceedings against Israel before the International Court of Justice in The Hague on the basis of the 1948 Genocide Convention, request an Emergency Hearing by the Court, and obtain an Order by the Court against Israel to cease and desist from committing all acts of genocide against the Palestinians. This Order will then be transmitted by the Court to the United Nations Security Council for enforcement as required by the United Nations Charter. In the event the United States were to exercise a veto at the Security Council against the enforcement of this World Court Cease-and-Desist Order against Israel, you can then invoke the General Assembly’s Uniting for Peace Resolution of 1950 in order to have the World Court Order turned over to the United Nations General Assembly for enforcement against Israel. Under the terms of the Uniting for Peace Resolution, the General Assembly can recommend enforcement measures against Israel to every state in the world that would be lawful for them to carry out. In addition, the U.N. General Assembly could also admit Palestine as a full-fledged U.N. Member State.

John Quigley, a leading expert on genocide at Ohio State University, who was an expert witness at the trial of Pol Pot, agrees that invoking the Genocide Convention could work. He notes that many countries that are signatories to the convention have stipulated reservations to the critical Article IX. The U.S. has a reservation to this Article. But Israel doesn’t. Venezuela and other states currently have reservations and would be hindered in moving forward until they dropped them. However, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Gambia, Iran, Lebanon, Pakistan, Paraguay, Peru, South Africa, Russia, Tunisia, Uganda and other countries are perfectly positioned legally to do so. (The list of signatory states is here. If there’s no footnote for a country regarding Article IX, that country can move invoke the convention against Israel.)

Notes Quigley: “A country with a reservation to Article IX could drop it and then sue. A country lacking a reservation cannot add one. A reservation can be entered only upon becoming a party.”

So, what’s stopping these countries from invoking the treaty against Israel? In part, it appears to be the Palestinian Authority. Or more exactly, the Palestine Office at the United Nations. Which is ironic, since PA head Abbas has called it genocide: “It’s genocide — the killing of entire families is genocide by Israel against our Palestinian people.”

It’s imperative that countries that may be considering action along these lines not be hindered by the PA — over the course of decades, it’s been clear that the PA does not have a legal strategy in play that will meaningfully protect the life and well being of Palestinians, especially in Gaza. The Palestinian establishment in Ramallah is either unwilling or unable to meaningfully protect the Palestinian people. Any move by a nation that has been critical of Israel to invoke the Genocide Convention against Israel will obviously be welcomed by an overwhelming majority of Palestinians, and likely their own publics.

Most assessments regarding Israel’s legal culpability center for the carnage in Gaza around the International Criminal Court. But Quigley, Boyle and others have criticized the ICC as being extremely selective about who they prosecute. Indeed, the Palestinians were initially rebuffed by the ICC and the ICC has shown that it is most interested in going after Africans who are critical of the Western powers. The ICC was glaringly silent when it came to the invasion of Iraq.

Some — like Human Rights Watch — have urged “Palestine: Go to International Criminal Court.” So far, those at the Palestine mission in New York have not taken the final steps to doing so. (Human Rights Watch comes with their own set of double standards, like many legal observers, they criticize Israel, but don’t take the steps that would actually put Israel in legal jeopardy, for example, they have not invoked the term “genocide” with regards to Israel, though of course they did for example with regards to Iraq.)

The Palestine mission to the UN could fear that if they went to the ICC, that court would go after Palestinians for relatively minor crimes just as the ICC has done for Africans. Or it could be because the Palestinian Authority does not want to upset Israel, either because they are defacto operating in collusion or because they fear that such a legal move against Israel would mean Israel will use even more violence, including in the West Bank and conceivably targeting PA officials and their families.

AP recently reported:

Nearly a month into Israel’s fierce assault on Hamas in Gaza, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is facing mountingdomestic pressure to seek war crimes charges against Israel at the International Criminal Court.

He has hesitated in the past because such a move would instantly put the Palestinians on a risky collision course with Israel. But with about 1,400 Palestinians killed in Gaza, according to health officials, Abbas has signaled he might move ahead — cautiously.

Palestinian officials said Thursday that Abbas asked all Palestinian political factions, including Hamas and the smaller group Islamic Jihad, to give their written consent to such a move. Different PLO factions signed up in a meeting in the West Bank earlier this week, while Abbas is still waiting for a response from Hamas and Islamic Jihad, they said.

In trying to make a case against Israel, Abbas could also expose Hamas, a bitter rival turned potential political partner, to war crimes prosecution because it has fired thousands of rockets from Gaza at Israeli communities over the years.

The French lawyer Gilles Devers has filed a complaint on behalf of the Palestinian justice minister at the International Criminal Court.

Whatever the cause for the PA’s not fully embracing the ICC, the clear remedy is for other states to take up the flag, to in effect launch a global legal intifada against Israel using the Genocide Convention. It would be particularly poignant for countries who understand settler to do this — it may even help them come to terms with their own histories.

Some, like James Paul, a longtime UN observer and former head of the Global Policy Forum, wonder if such legal proceedings could take years. Boyle however states that his strategy could win an emergency order in three weeks — and he has a record to back it up, having successfully filed genocide charges on behalf of the Bosnians: “I filed that lawsuit on March 19, 1993 and won the order April 8, 1993 and it was immediately transmitted to the Security Council.” In either case, given the recurring bombing campaigns by Israel, meaningful legal action is long overdue.

What’s plainly not needed is that various states take the carnage in Gaza to simply make pronouncements denouncing Israel and the United States for political gain without invoking the legal remedies that are available to them to potentially protect Palestinians in Gaza. Of course, such a course will likely mean serious retribution of some sort from Israel and likely the United States. But that’s the nature of meaningful solidarity. It’s not pronouncements, it’s actions that can help the oppressed and achieve justice that invariably entail risk.

Or perhaps the greater risk is not invoking the legal mechanisms available. The Palestinians are the targets today. Who will be the target years from now unless the rule of law is meaningfully asserted now?

Sam Husseini is the communications director of the Institute for Public Accuracy.

Sam Husseini is founder of the website VotePact.org

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Broadway's Musical 'Newsies,' From Flop To Hit, Plays The Palace

'Newsies' road tour begins Thursday at Palace Theater in Waterbury

"It's been an emotional ride," says Christopher Gattelli who still gets moved when he talks about young people's responses to the Broadway musical "Newsies."

Gattelli, who won a Tony Award for his choreography in the 2012 show, speaks of crowds of young boys at the stage door throughout the Broadway run and of young male dancers who came up to him thanking him for his choreography, saying that they want to dance in the show some day.

And some of them are doing just that as the musical hits the road, opening this week at Waterbury's Palace Theater before its "official" tour premiere next month in Philadelphia. The show, a Broadway booking coup for the Palace, runs Thursday to Saturday, Oct. 23 to 25.

"These new young dancers are carrying the torch now," says Gattelli during a recent break in rehearsals for the tour in Manhattan. "Here we are again in the same rehearsal room where we began putting the show together three years ago. When it came time this time to stage 'the paper dance' [arguably the musical's show-stopping number] the room erupted in cheers and I had to leave the room for a moment to compose myself."

The show, which centers on an 1899 strike by newspaper boys against the powerful publisher Joseph Pulitzer, bursts with kid energy. The boy-centric nature of the show is an anomaly in a Broadway world that seems to always favor the girls with musicals like "Annie, "Matilda," The Secret Garden" and "Little Women." "Billy Elliot" was a recent exception — "and I see this as 20 Billy Elliots on stage," laughs Gattelli.

Say the tour's youngest of the principal dancers, 16-year-old Ben Cook, who was first inspired by the show when he saw it when he was 14: "Coming from Virginia, guy dancers weren't exactly a huge thing so it's great to see a show with all guy dancers who are big and strong and masculine and looking great."

Flop To Cult To Hit

Few would have guessed that a hit musical could be crafted from the1992 Disney musical film that flopped. But the film, which starred a singing and dancing Christian Bale in his pre-sullen days, achieved a cult status with its video and DVD release. This encouraged Disney to create an under-the-radar stage production with a new book by Harvey Fierstein ("La Cage Aux Folles," "Kinky Boots") and an expanded score by eight-time Oscar-winner Alan Menken and lyricist Jack Feldman.

The new stage show was so well-received during its Paper Mill Playhouse run in New Jersey in late 2011 that it transferred to Broadway in early 2012. Tony Award nominee Jeff Calhoun directed, hot young actor Jeremy Jordan starred but it was Gattelli's choreography and the athletic, driven dancers who quickly became the stars of the show.

But what is it about the show that struck such a strong chord among boys? After all, the era of the newspaper boy is long past.

"You're watching a show about kids trying to find their way in the world," says Gattelli, "and who are trying to make a place for themselves at the table. These [anonymous newspaper boys] are kids who work hard, and have integrity, and who just ask for a fair shake in life. But on top of that as a member of the audience you're also watching young Broadway dancers — who have been trained and are working very hard — making it, too."

Upping the Ante

Gattelli says that the popularity of TV shows such as "So You Think You Can Dance," "America's Got Talent" and "Dancing with the Stars" have increased dancing expectations from audiences. "I think [the TV shows] have upped the ante," he says. "People who love dancing will know they'll be seeing phenomenal dancing in our show that they're not going to see anywhere else."

Julian DeGuzman, 27, one of the older of the "Newsies" ensemble and a holdover from the Broadway production, has noticed the changing dance dynamics in the last five to 10 years, too. "The dancing tricks have gotten crazier," says the San Francisco-area native. "Dancers who audition now are now doing full twists and gainers and break dancing movies. There's a lot more different genres in their dance vocabulary, too. There's not a typical musical theater dancer anymore."

Having a cast of young males in their teens and 20s allows Gattelli to push the dancing envelope. "In my head I imagined these dances that I just loved but thought they couldn't be done eight times a week — and these guys just did it."

The challenge in "Newsies," says Jack Sippel, 20, from St. Louis, who is also a "Newsie," "is the sheer athleticism of the show while maintaining the virtuosity of the choreography. It's being able to do a tumbling pass at the beginning of the show and doing it with the same energy at the end. It also calls for incredible focus because someone may be flying over your head at any given moment."

But dancers have to be incredibly versatile now. "You have to do everything: act, sing and dance," Gattelli says. "The performers in "Newsies" are fantastic actors, can hit high Cs and do high kicks. I don't know if I could have done a show like this when I was their age," Gattelli adds though he can still do a double turn: a jump in the air while turning twice from a standing position. "Now the boys are doing triples and I've never seen that before. It makes my heart burst because they're so passionate and they want it so badly. This new generation is so inspiring to me."

Next up for Gattelli is choreographing for a new Broadway-bound musical "Amazing Grace" that is opening this month in Chicago (and which had a workshop at Goodspeed's Norma Terris Theater in Chester several years ago). He's also developing a dance play called "In Your Arms," made up of 10 pieces on the theme of love written by well known playwrights including Terrence McNally, Carrie Fisher, Marsha Norman and Lynn Nottage. Also on tap is a directing-choreography assignment, a do-over of the London stage musical "Top Hat," based on the film featuring the music of Irving Berlin.

Gattelli says his boyhood inspiration was the 1985 film "White Nights" and watching Mikhail Baryshnikov do 23 pirouettes and Gregory Hines tap dancing. He also remembers as a boy seeing the stage musical "Cats," "and seeing this little guy playing Mistoffelees and he's doing all the things that I'm working so hard to do as a dancer. If I can touch boys in that way with 'Newsies,' perhaps they can be the next — who knows?"

"NEWSIES'' plays Thursday, Oct. 23 at 7:30 p.m., Friday, Oct. 24 at 8 p.m. and Saturday, Oct. 25 at 2 and 8 p.m. at the Palace Theater, 100 E. Main St., Waterbury. Tickets are $30 to $70. Information: 203-346-2000 and

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State Budget Framework Isn't Pretty, But It Works

The "framework" state budget agreement reached over the weekend by Gov. Dannel P. Malloy and legislative Democrats is not gimmick-free, no matter what the deal-makers say.

The still-unfinished draft budget has its share of smoke and mirrors. It would, for example, raise taxes despite Mr. Malloy's refusal to admit it — not through new taxes or big-ticket increases in the income- or sales-tax rates, but by the extension of some taxes that were supposed to be phased out.

Despite a chorus of criticism from the General Assembly's minority Republicans, however, such gimmicks can be tolerable in tough times, so long as the tax extensions are rarely used and can be quickly retired.

Also, much has been made — by Republicans — of Mr. Malloy's proposal to exclude spending related to programs that are 100 percent funded by the federal government from the state's spending cap. The spending cap is there as a check, a caution light, on state spending.

According to a recent study by Connecticut Voices for Children, current law penalizes the state for seeking new federal dollars because the cap would treat the expenditure of these dollars as state funds, even though they constitute federal spending through the state budget.

This is one reason the state gets back only 67 cents for every dollar it sends to Washington.

That should change. It makes no sense to include funds that are 100 percent federal under the state spending cap.

Beware The Auction

An area that legislators should approach with great caution is the proposed auction of standard service customers from Connecticut Light & Power and United Illuminating. The standard offer is the rate offered by the major utilities and is used by more than half of their customers. The idea of auctioning these customers for a one-time fix of $80 million or more is problematic.

First, it is another tax. Who are they kidding? If a utility company pays that money, it will want to recoup it from the ratepayers. If it quacks like a tax, it's a tax.

Second, according to Consumer Counsel Elin Swanson Katz and others, standard service is a reliable, affordable and high-quality product and a benchmark that keeps the rest of the market connected to fundamentals. Over time, it could well keep prices down; at the very least, it's a choice consumers should have.

Republicans Can't Complain

The governor and legislature are staring at billion-dollar deficits in each year of the biennial budget that takes effect on July 1. Bridging that gap between revenue and expenses with nothing but spending cuts would hurt many of Connecticut's most vulnerable residents.

Mr. Malloy and the Democrats, to their credit, did not employ two big gimmicks to balance the budget used by both parties in the past: They are not offering early retirements, which do not save money, and they are making contributions to the pension plan. Underfunding the state employee pension fund was a popular budget gimmick that has placed Connecticut deep into a hole. Mr. Malloy has wisely said "no" to that.

The Republicans would have been more effective if they had submitted their own budget plan rather than simply taking potshots at the draft Democratic proposal. For the first time in six years, they didn't offer their own taxing and spending ideas, leaving little room to credibly complain.

When lawmakers put the finishing touches on the budget and present it to Mr. Malloy, it should be a budget that protects the social safety net and, as much as possible, municipal aid. It should adequately fund Mr. Malloy's top-priority school reform effort.

And it should begin implementing the money-saving ideas of the Municipal Opportunities & Regional Entities Commission. The cost of government will decrease if these savings are ever unlocked.

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AT&T drops legal fight over man’s $1M bill
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IPSWICH, Mass. (AP) — AT&T Inc. said it’s dropping its legal fight against a Massachusetts businessman whose company was on the hook for a fraudulent million-dollar phone bill.

The telecommunications company said in a statement Monday it is no longer pursuing its claims against Michael Smith of Ipswich, “though we are entitled by law to collect the amounts owed.”

Smith said the offer depends on his dropping a countersuit. He’ll meet with his attorney about it on Tuesday.

Smith says someone hacked into his small manufacturing company’s phone system in 2009 and made nearly $900,000 in calls to Somalia. AT&T sued Smith for $1.15 million to recover the cost of the calls plus interest.

Smith told The Salem News he repeatedly asked AT&T to write off the bill. He said paying it could force his business to close.
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