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Re-enactment of a wedding held 239 years to the day Saturday drew to the historic Burr Homestead a crowd of nearly 70 people, including descendants of the notable families involved in a "signature" Fairfield event.
John Anderson of East Bridgewater, Mass., a descendant of John Hancock, made the trip to Fairfield with his wife and children for the re-enacted wedding of Hancock, the first signer of the Declaration of Independence -- noted for his large, distinctive signature -- and Dorothy Quincy. Rebecca Switzer Sniadecki of Newtown, a Fairfield native and descendant of the Burr family, and Ann Cathcart and her mother Emma Cathcart of Fairfield, distant relatives of Aaron Burr, also attended.
"We're life-long residents and I think this is a wonderful part of Fairfield's history to have such a notable as John Hancock married here," said Mary Servilla, who attended the event at the Old Post Road mansion with her sister Kathy Servilla.
"I thought it was well done with costumes and good narration from the minister," said one man in the crowd.
Rip Littig of Fairfield portrayed Hancock and his real-life wife Jill Littig, whom he actually married on April 26, 1997, took the role of Quincy for the nuptials, which took place at the original Burr Mansion on Aug. 23, 1775. It was burned to the ground by British troops four years later during an assault on the town during the Revolution.
Hancock had a hand in rebuilding the mansion 11 years later. He supplied the Burr family with funding for construction on the condition that they model it after his mansion on Boston's Beacon Hill by installing windows and marble fireplaces that replicated his, according to Anderson and Sniadecki. The Hancock Mansion was demolished in 1863.
Chances are the original ceremony occurred inside the Burr Homestead, but Saturday's event was held outside to take advantage of the day's fine weather. Gray clouds gathered over head before the ceremony although there was never any real threat of rainfall and by its conclusion sunshine had returned.
The wedding was scheduled to start at 4 p.m. The couple was there, as were all the guests but the preacher was delayed. Walter D. Matis, program and volunteer coordinator for the Fairfield Museum and History Center, who portrayed the Rev. Andrew Elliott in Saturday's re-enactment -- stepping in at the last minute for the Rev. David Spollett, the pastor of First Church Congregational, had duties as a guide in the museum's scheduled walking tours earlier in the afternoon so he was 18 minutes late.
"Usually, it's the bride who's late," joked Roberta Garbarini, a museum docent.
Before officiating at the ceremony Matis provided background about the event for the audience. He started by explaining why the nuptials were held in Fairfield and not Boston where Hancock and Quincy lived. Quincy was still at home when "the shot heard 'round the world" was fired marking the start of the Revolutionary War.Read Full Article
Quincy was sent to stay with the Burr family in Fairfield, accompanied by Hancock's aunt Lydia.
"John and Dorothy cannot return home in August of 1775 because John is a wanted man (as a signer of the Declaration of Independence) and Boston is still under British control," Matis said. He also told the crowd that the romance between the two had continued for five years. Why they had not married earlier Matis could only explain by saying, "Hancock was a busy man. He was a member of the Continental Congress."
A woman in the crowd suggested Hancock's time was also spent "practicing his signature."
For the service, Matis used the passages he found from a 1694 Congregationalist ceremony from titled, "The Solemnization of Marriage." In keeping with 18th century Congregational weddings the ceremony was short and refreshments were the traditional cookies, lemonade and iced tea. Matis said cake and wedding rings were "19th century additions."
Jane Ferguson and Guy Perrotta came from New York City for the commemorative wedding, at which they reminisced about their own. When they married in April 2010 their reception was held at the Burr Homestead. "It was lovely, really lovely, elegant; a romantic setting for a wedding," said Ferguson, who is from England. "We told all our British guests, `Please try not to burn anything down.' "


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Game Updates for iOS 11
Posted 18 September 2017 - 04:32 PM
I think I am good with my iOS games here once these few get their updates. Any other noteworthy ones you guys have been following or heard about?
Posted 18 September 2017 - 08:44 PM
No signs of life for Pit Droids or The Last Express, though. I mourned for them back when they stopped working on Macs, and now it's happening all over again. :-)
p.s. Rumor has it that the reclusive author of the iOS game Pawns is hoping to update it and get it back in the store before the end of the year. I have my doubts; he should get to work on it instead of hanging around the IMG forums, whining that he just doesn't have any spare time these days..
Measure twice, cut once, curse three or four times.
Posted 19 September 2017 - 06:55 AM
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Posted 19 September 2017 - 01:55 PM
Matt Diamond, on 18 September 2017 - 08:44 PM, said:
The Last Express is a DOSBox game, and I used Boxer to get it to work several years ago. Worked fine.
Posted 19 September 2017 - 11:46 PM
Edit: Littlewing updated their apps today, 8 hours after my complaint! Yay!
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Posted 20 September 2017 - 12:22 PM
Thain Esh Kelch, on 19 September 2017 - 11:46 PM, said:
If a game is still up on the store, there's always a chance. If it was already off the store though then the chances are negligible.
I'm going to miss some games, and regret not getting around to others, but this will at least force me to free up some space. (And teach me a lesson, maybe, about buying things I don't have time for? Nah, I never seem to learn THAT lesson.)
Measure twice, cut once, curse three or four times.
Posted 25 September 2017 - 01:26 PM
Matt Diamond, on 18 September 2017 - 08:44 PM, said:
That's...pretty awesome. I was playing that on my Mac LC back in the Cretaceous Era. I didn't know it was available for iOS.
Anyway. On topic; Elder Sign: Omens has been updated for iOS11. Quest of Yipe 5, which is also awesome sadly has not. No response from the author when I contacted him (last update was years ago).
Posted 25 September 2017 - 08:02 PM
Posted 26 September 2017 - 01:29 AM
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Posted 26 September 2017 - 02:48 PM
Some apps that I have that haven't been updated in years and aren't popular apps anymore received 64-bit updates, which I think lends credit to the idea that converting an app to 64 bit isn't very difficult.
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Posted 28 September 2017 - 02:42 PM
Sneaky Snake, on 26 September 2017 - 02:48 PM, said:
I think you are right but there are other factors. You can continue to sell old games as-is, but as soon as you update them you are committing to support new screen resolutions, for instance.
I remember one example: the guy who made Tiny Tower was commissioned to make a Star Wars version, and the publisher took it down pretty quickly without warning him. It was making chump change from their point of view but to him it was earning significant income, which was suddenly gone.
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PyCon DC 2004
Quixote is another Web application framework. Its servlet lookup technique is very Pythonic: you place your servlet hierarchy in an importable Python package. Quixote processes the URL parts from left to right, using getattr() to find each part. This allows wide flexibility: each part can be a submodule, class, instance or anything else that has attributes. Eventually Quixote should find something callable: a function, a method or an instance with a .__call__ method. It calls that with a request data structure, and the return value is the HTML string (or an instance of a streaming class). At each step three special attributes in the parent affect the behavior:
._q_public (list of strings, required)
Must list the subattribute. If the subattribute is missing or ._q_public is missing, Quixote pretends it couldn't find the subattribute. That's to prevent accidentally publishing private objects.
._q_access (function/method, optional)
May raise AccessError to forbid the request.
._q_index (function/method, optional)
Saves the day if Quixote falls off the end of the URL without finding something callable; akin to index.html.
._q_lookup (function/method, optional)
Wildcard attribute if no specific attribute matches; akin to Python's .__getattr__().
But the most interesting aspect of Quixote is its template system, PTL. It's useful not only in Web servlets but in a wide variety of applications. Unlike Nevow and most template systems that have placeholders in the text, PTL embeds the text as string literals in a function. For instance:
# example.ptl def cell [html] (content): '' content '	' def ordinary(): # An ordinary Python function. return "Result."
To use it:
import quixote; quixote.enable_ptl import example print example.cell("Acme & Co.") # Prints "Acme & Co.	".
enable_ptl installs an import hook, which tells import how to load *.ptl files, compile them and write *.ptlc files. [html] is a decorator as described in Guido's keynote above. Because Python doesn't yet have a decorator syntax built in, PTL has to fake it. The PTL compiler captures the literal result of each expression or string--what Python's interactive mode would have printed--and concatenates them into a return value. This is something I've often wished Python or Cheetah could do, and here it is. PTL seems more suited for templates with smallish blocks of text and a lot of calculations than for templates with multi-page static text and only a few placeholders.
The [html] decorator automatically HTML-escapes expression results and arguments but does not escape literals. This is usually what you want, because results may come from an untrusted source, but literals are presumably correct. The return value is a pseudo string, an htmltext instance, used to protect it from further escaping should it be passed to another [html] function. There's also another decorator, [plain], which does all the concatenation goodies without the escaping and is suitable for your non-HTML applications.
I went to the Atop talk because the summary said BSDDB. I thought, "Well, anything about Berkeley DB will be mildly interesting." It turned out to be majorly interesting, because Atop is an object database built on top of Berkeley DB. How did they know I recently had been looking for Python object databases besides ZODB?
The session paper is not on-line, but the SubEthaEdit notes are. All serializable objects must subclass or be Item. Every item has a unique numeric ID; there's no physical nesting of objects. However, a Pool acts like a list and gives the illusion of nesting. In reality it contains pointers to the various raw items. Pools can be queried, for instance:
pool = store.getItemByID(7) # 'store' is an open database. for item in pool.queryIndex('name', startKey='Bob'): # Loop through all elements whose 'name' attribute is >= 'Bob'. print item.name
Berkeley DB is reliable, fast, easy to install and fully integrated with Python. Several other projects use it, including MySQL (as an optional table format) and Subversion. However, it's extremely difficult to use correctly, and the dangers include data corruption. Fortunately, Atop takes care of these problems so you don't have to.
Atop currently is distributed as part of divmod.org's Quotient package, a Twisted server that's described next.
LeoN a pure Python SubEthaEdit clone
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Re: PyCon DC 2004
Since Mike didn't mention it, I'll point out -- the VoIP software that Anthony Baxter presented is called Shtoom, and it's hosted at Divmod:
-- Christopher Armstrong
Re: PyCon DC 2004
I've read half a dozen writeups on PyCon 2004. Mike's is the clear
winner among them all. Thanks! I really feel like I've gotten some of the essence of an interesting event.
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Seattle's Key Arena, much less potential ownership, has a lot of work to do before it can field an NBA team
This is not a Ball Don't Lie endorsement of the Sacramento Kings' move to Seattle, an idea that we're all sick of even though it's clear a properly run NBA team should be thriving in Seattle. The Maloof brothers deserve severe condemnation for their work in working against the NBA and especially the city of Sacramento to refuse any attempts at deals to create a workable new arena for the team, or finding local buyers.
What is likely, though, is a move to Seattle for the Kings in time for the 2013-14 season. There are still many things to overcome — including a Sacramento-led drive to find local ownership that could very well be in place by the NBA-enforced March 1 deadline to file for relocation — but currently all significant signs are pointing toward a completed sale, a filing before the beginning of March, and the NBA approving a move at its Board of Governors meeting on April 18.
A move that would see the Kings become the Seattle SuperSonics (please don't become just the "Sonics") and play for two seasons at Key Arena while the city and all manner of public funding puts together a massive new stadium in time for the 2015-16 season. A new stadium with updates on Key Arena's quaint and outmoded notions of "deafening home-crowd cheering" and "intimacy" and "lack of luxury boxes."
With less than seven months to go before the 2013-14 offseason, as sad as this all must be for Kings fans, Seattle officials are making their move to make Key Arena — once loudly derided by two different sets of backstabbing Seattle SuperSonics owners as outdated — ready for modern basketball. At least for two seasons. From Q13 Fox:
Seattle City Council member Bruce Harrell spoke about the improvements Monday. He said a lot of work needed to be done to the old arena, including accessibility improvements, High-Definition upgrades and other capital improvements.
"A lot of technology improvements," Harrell said. "We want to make sure it's broadcast in HD and the way we want to see it. You'll see some accessibility issues in the terms of disability. So, we'll do a lot of capital improvements and make sure it's still a good facility on a temporary basis."
Other possible additions include a new scoreboard, renovating lower bowl seats along with new premium courtside seats and suite improvements. The price tag could be between $12-15 million.
Seattle Center spokeswoman Deborah Doust can't officially commit to initiating restructuring plans for the arena because the NBA approval of the move has yet to go through, but she did offer this bit of wisdom to anyone wondering how the arena — which hasn't hosted an NBA game since the Sonics left in 2008 — is holding up. From the Puget Sound Business Journal:
Daoust said the Key is "a fully functional arena" with the infrastructure and full-time staff in place. It already hosts professional women's and collegiate basketball games, and can accommodate the NBA.
"We're ready," she said.
Save for one relatively important thing. The arena needs an NBA court. That whole thing that you run up and down and play on. Yeah, they're going to need to put in an order of one of those, along with those high-definition camera capabilities, because KOMO is reporting that the "old Sonics hardwood is now in Oklahoma," which doesn't even make sense considering the New Orleans Hornets played a good chunk of their games in Oklahoma City's energy company-named arena from 2005 to 2007 — wasn't there a court already in place?
Then again, try to figure out a way that any of this makes sense.
The Hornets are only in New Orleans because former owner George Shinn lied and poisoned the water amongst rabid fans in North Carolina, before moving to NOLA and selling the team. Following Hurricane Katrina's devastation, his Hornets played to massive sellout crowds in Oklahoma City, where an ownership group there noticed a moneymaking opportunity, and took advantage of a dispirited, cheap and out-of-his-league Starbucks owner in Howard Schultz who had grown wary of his time spent running the Seattle Sonics.
Schultz completely sold out the city that had made him billions in selling its hometown basketball team to a group of Oklahoma City-area moguls with an NBA-ready arena in their back pocket at home. Those moguls then lied to David Stern, who probably didn't mind knowing he had incompetent boobs in New Orleans and Sacramento to rely on to fill Seattle's void eventually.
All while the Maloof brothers were preparing their massive downfall from league-adored owners into misleading, tactless public enemies — a move that took less than a decade to formulate.
(Also, for a spell there, the NBA owned the Hornets. Don't forget about that.)
The upshot is the upgrade in ownership. Michael Jordan had a terrible start in Charlotte, and his team still stinks, but he's finally going about rebuilding and money-minding the right way. The Bensons took over in New Orleans, and they appear to have the long view (instead of the quick fix) in mind. Any group that takes over the Kings is an improvement over the Maloofs; and though every sideline shot of the two Oklahoma City Thunder owners dispirits us, our mood is significantly brightened seconds later when we get to see their team play basketball.
Back to Seattle. As the NBA might be.
As Deborah Doust pointed out above, a potential move to the city may not become NBA-legal until April 18, and though the momentum is definitely on Seattle's side, it's a hard sell to contractors, city officials, and investors until the paperwork is completed. From there, Key Arena officials would then have around five months to make their building NBA ready before inspections set in, and five months is not a lot of time to complete a "$12-15 million" project. Most NBA general managers would agree.
Even three weeks' worth of wink-wink maneuvers and preemptive bidding and consultation will still make this quite the venture. This isn't to say Key Arena isn't ready for the big stage — it is, as anyone who watches a Seattle Storm game on TV can tell you — but to hear several outlets tell it, the arena isn't up to ideal specifications.
And if a move to Seattle really is assured, on April 18, then the particulars behind this overhaul will truly have their work cut out for them.


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This training will review basic math concepts and wastewater math formulas applicable to wastewater treatment plant operator certification exams, up to level III. Taught by Joni Johnson, PE, Rural Community Assistance Corporation rural development specialist, the class objective is to have each student leave the class fully prepared to solve the math problems typically found on wastewater operator certification exams.
There is no cost to attend the training. Please bring a pencil and calculator to class, and lunch is on your own.
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text: What is the status of pkgsrc/bootstrap? I was finally able to set up another system for the purpose (initially) of testing this, but it appears that the problems I read about most recently (which is not all that recent anymore) persist. Namely that 'bmake' fails tests. The system is MacOS X 10.3.9 on an original iMac. pkgsrc is NFS mounted, so the workdir is redirected to a local disk. 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High end clubs in Las Vegas
Looking for some high end clubs and lounges in Las Vegas. Budget isn't an issue
More popularly known as the gambling capital of the world, Las Vegas is a city which everyone must visit at least once in their lifetime. The city is the epitome of having fun, partying and enjoying a nice vacation with friends and family alike. When it comes to nightlife, very few cities in the world can equal Vegas. It offers a bedazzling experience amidst the finest nightclubs in the world.
Read on to know my suggestions regarding the best places to party in Las Vegas.
(Source: joevare)
PURE is one of the top rated nightclubs of Las Vegas and has been consistently rated as the city's best. This fine club and lounge is located in the iconic Caesars Palace hotel and represents the vibrant nightlife of the city. The club has been divided into different sections with each playing its own house music. In addition to this, the club also attracts the best DJs in the world who are sure to make you dance your way through the night.
Pure Nightclub in Las Vegas - Caesars Palace (Source: www.bluewaikiki.com)
Here is a review:
Oh my gosh. This is what more clubs ought to be! We had passes, so we didn't have to pay cover, which was pretty awesome. I think we may have been in the wrong line, but they still let us in. When we walked in, I was immediately impressed. The bars were tucked a little ways away from the dance floor, and there was room to actually move. When we had her attention, she was sweet as can be.
(Source: The Strip)
Address- PURE, Caesars Palace, The Strip
Tel- 702-289-2002, 702-731-PURE (7873)
Timings- Tue, Thu - Sat 10 pm - 4 am
Cover Charges- USD 50
Another club which is widely associated with the Vegas nightlife is the XS Club. Located along the dazzling Las Vegas Strip, this club has a distinct ambience with red neon lights tampering with the dance floor. The club also boasts of having the top DJ talents playing the best of electro-house music, night in and night out. Go there to let yourself loose and become a part of the incredible Vegas nightlife.
(Source: leyla.a)
Here is a review :
BY FAR THE MOST AMAZING PLACE I HAVE EVER BEEN TOO; fortunately, I was blessed enough to go with people who were more than willing to pay for the experience so I cannot speak for the average folk- but this place was beyond unreal. The atmosphere was amazing- the outdoor-pool area was simply divine and the crowd of people was suburb. I truly believe this is a once in a lifetime experience.
(Source: Xs Nightclub)
Address- 3131 Las Vegas Blvd. South
Tel- 702 770 0097
Timings- Fri-Mon 10:00pm-4am
Cover Charge - Fri, Sun and Mon: $20 for women / $30 for men; Sat: $20 for women / $50 for men
Quite simply one of finest and most elite clubs of Vegas, the Marquee will ensure you have a night which you won't forget for nights to come. Patronised by the elite of the city, Marquee hosts the best parties with special Monday nights when you can see the famous DJ Redfoo from LMFAO making the crowd go mad. The ambience too is second to none and projects the typical image of a high end club. As you are heading to Vegas in March, I would highly recommend this club as names like DJ Chuckie and LEMA will be there to play the best music there is.
(Source: MIXEvent)
A review:
Great venue! I've been to Marquee several times, and I must say, it definitely grows on you and gets better each time. The club is broken up into several different areas and dancefloors, which can be tricky if you have a big group, because it's easy to get separated, so make sure to have a spot to meet up if you get split up. The main dance floor can get crowded, but has great music, and leads right to an outdoor area where you grab drinks and mingle with the crowd. The island bar is set up very nicely, making it is easily approachable on all sides so there isn't any pushing or shoving to get a round of drinks.
(Source: Las Vegas, NV)
Address- The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas 3708 Las Vegas Blvd S
Tel- (702) 333-9000
Timings- Mon, Fri - Sat: 10:00 pm - 4:00 am
Cover Charges- USD 50


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Today's schedule features two games that feature head to head opponents likely to be fighting for the final wild card playoff spot in their respective conferences. In the AFC, it is two rookie quarterbacks squaring off, as Indianapolis (4-3) hosts Miami (4-3).
Ryan Tannehill is active, though if he is affected by the knee injury, could be replaced. The Colts will rely heavily on Luck to get them to an improbable 5 wins at the halfway point, as the Dolphins are stout against the run, but can be vulnerable to the pass if Indianapolis can block Cameron Wake.
Meanwhile, the late afternoon games feature Seattle hosting Minnesota. Minnesota currently has the one game advantage, but also has a brutal schedule after this one, so it is a must win. If Seattle can win, they have the tiebreaker over Minnesota and other competitors like Green Bay and Dallas. The recipe for both teams will be the same–don't put it on the quarterback and rely on defense and the star running backs.
Other games:
Denver at Cincinnati: The Bengals have had a week off to get ready for Peyton Manning. It probably won't matter. Cincinnati will need to get big plays out of A.J. Green to keep up.
Carolina at Washington: The future of our country is in the balance. One quarterback loses games while putting up great stats and gets praised. The other is Cam Newton.
Arizona at Green Bay: Arizona doesn't observe daylight savings, right? They should be okay then with the time zone shift.
Baltimore at Cleveland: Cleveland is on a roll, and this one is likely going to feature some running back explosions, as Richardson will have opportunities against the Ravens, and Rice should have a big game.
Buffalo at Houston: Oh, boy, Houston gets to face off against Mario Williams in what looks like a mismatch. Ryan Fitzpatrick will get swallowed by J.J. Watt.
Detroit at Jacksonville: Detroit has won two straight swing games, and should win today if they can avoid the let down.
Chicago at Tennessee: Chris Johnson has rebounded against easy rush defenses, but today we find out if he has changed, against a more challenging front. Hasselbeck will need all the help he can get.
Late Games:
Tampa Bay at Oakland: Bucs look to build off their success in Minnesota, while the Raiders can get to 4-4 with a home win. It will likely come through the air, as the Buccaneers defense has been tough and McFadden has struggled to get any running game going.
Pittsburgh at NY Giants: Best for last, this one should be a fantastic test. Who has the ball last? Could decide it.
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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-953397841255562532.post993820596261404625..comments2013-05-31T12:51:36.589+01:00Comments on G4ILO's Blog: ROS disenchantmentJulian Mosshttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-953397841255562532.post-69183389868877695472010-02-22T18:37:41.586+00:002010-02-22T18:37:41.586+00:00I used ROS today on 20M. Made 2 qso's. It'...I used ROS today on 20M. Made 2 qso's.
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73, GoseTjeerd, PA3GNZhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-953397841255562532.post-89571269764492433822010-02-22T17:03:47.823+00:002010-02-22T17:03:47.823+00:00I copied 5R8KH calling CQ via ROS but couldn't...I copied 5R8KH calling CQ via ROS but couldn't work him due to QRM from other ROS stations. Strange no one else tried to work him either, they seemed to prefer and persist in calling CQ on top of him. He work no one and gave up. ROS's lack of specific tx/rx time slots doesn't help either. At least with JT65A if your contact dissappears in QSB you know when to listen and when to repeat your info. John (G4HUK)Johnhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com


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As their passion catches fire, so does a killer's vengeance…
A Rancho Del Cielo Romance
In the sleepy town of Rancho Del Cielo, a killer arsonist is targeting firefighter Josh Whittaker's friends, family and most importantly…the love of his life.
As fires encircle Josh's life, his troubles mount. His best friend is dead. The woman he'd give his life to protect is pregnant. Secrets he's held on to for years are spilling free. If he could just find his equilibrium, he could pull himself together. What he doesn't know is that someone is dead-set on tearing everything he knows apart.
Losing a lifelong friend has finally awakened Miranda McTiernan to how much of her life has been spent in limbo. Now that she's pregnant, a dream she never believed could happen, the reality isn't quite what she'd expected. Instead of being happy and secure, she's scared and hiding a secret that could ruin the future she's worked so hard to create.
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In the world of hair care, there's a lot to remember. Don't use too much shampoo – do use a deep conditioner – don't get too much sun exposure – the list goes on! Hair lore is so riddled with mythology passed down from our grandmothers that it's easy to confuse the useless home remedies with the actual facts.
We talked to our eSalon hair experts to help you know what to believe. So pay attention – it just may be the difference between greasy and gorgeous hair!
Myth: Frequent trims make hair grow faster.
Fact: It's the follicles on your scalp that determine how fast or slow your hair grows. Trimming the ends doesn't affect the follicles or therefore the overall hair growth. However, split ends can make your hair look thinner and shorter at the ends – so trimming them off can make your hair appear healthier and longer.
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Here's the early lineup for the Capitol Hill Block Party. Tickets cost $18 a day in advance or $34 for a two-day pass. You can get more details by clicking here.
Just by looking at the lineup it seems like the Block Party is going to be a great event this year, especially if you consider 30 more bands and DJs are going to be added to the bill in the coming weeks.
Presale tickets for all tickets can be purchased at 10 a.m. this morning (that's two minutes from now) by clicking here. Password: BLOCKPARTY
Here's the lineup (from Lineout)
Friday July 25
Vampire Weekend
Les Savy Fav
Girl Talk
The Dodos
Jay Reatard
Pwrfl Power
Past Lives
Black Eyes And Neck Ties
Champagne Champagne
Saturday July 26
Surprise guest!!
The Hold Steady
Kimya Dawson
Darker My Love
The Butchers And The Builders
The Hands
Vallela Vallela
The Physics
Man Plus
Little Party And Bad Business


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ESOPs are the main vehicle for broad-based employee ownership in the U.S., and they are also the only one for which comprehensive information can be obtained to construct nationwide maps such these. The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) collects information yearly on qualified retirement plans such as ESOPs on Form 5500 and its schedules. The DOL then releases that information (the most recent data is always a few years old), which we compile into our U.S. ESOP Company Database. We use this information to generate the maps below. Because some companies may be sensitive about releasing public but obscure data, we omit such information and include only general details. Note: Depending on your device, Web browser, and Internet connection, a map may take anywhere from five seconds to a minute or more to fully load. Under Windows, for example, Internet Explorer is slower at this than Chrome or Firefox.


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Washington Redskins coach and executive vice president Mike Shanahan and Denver Broncos executive vice president John Elway are tied at the hip of history.
Critics of Shanahan will often point out that the coach has not won anything of note since the two Super Bowls he won with Elway at quarterback. And Elway went to three Super Bowls and lost, not winning any until Shanahan was his coach.
Elway's legacy as a Hall of Fame quarterback is far more solid than Shanahan's potential Hall of Fame resume as a coach, but the record will always show the best that either ever achieved was with the other.
Now they are creating separate legacies as competitors, not colleagues.
Shanahan took steps toward putting his own stamp of success on the Redskins last season with his rookie quarterback, SuperBob -- Robert Griffin III -- leading them to the NFC East title. There is no denying that in his third season in Washington, Shanahan managed to change the direction of perhaps the most dysfunctional franchise in the NFL.
But now that future is uncertain because of Shanahan's poor judgement. Playing Griffin on a damaged knee made him a one-legged target in the playoff game against the Seattle Seahawks, resulting in torn ligaments and the quarterback's second reconstructive knee surgery.
Elway, meanwhile, took over a mess in Denver from the 4-12 Josh McDaniels 2010 team and, with Tim Tebow at quarterback, put together a team in 2011 that managed to win the AFC West with an 8-8 record and upset the Pittsburgh Steelers in a playoff game.
He then managed to get out of the Tebow business -- an unpopular decision at the time in Denver -- and somehow got the New York Jets to give him a fourth-round pick.
Elways seems like a genius for that move alone.
But Elway then landed the free agent prize of last offseason -- future Hall of Fame quarterback Peyton Manning -- who led the Broncos to a 13-3 record and a second consecutive AFC West championship, though the season ended with a disappointing loss to the eventual Super Bowl champion Baltimore Ravens.
And while Shanahan, along with general manager Bruce Allen, is scrambling to keep his NFC East title team intact despite facing the second leg of a $36 million salary cap penalty, Elway landed arguably one of the top free agent prizes again in wide receiver Wes Welker.
Now with Manning throwing to Welker along with threats like Demaryius Thomas and Eric Decker, it makes Denver the favorite to win the AFC -- which means Elway will make it back to the Super Bowl before Shanahan.
Unless Shanahan can find a way to keep the team competitive in this second year of the cap penalty -- and Griffin returns to shock and awe opponents on the field -- it appears that his former quarterback in Denver will only fuel the notion that the Broncos' Super Bowl success was Elway-driven.
Examiner columnist Thom Loverro is the co-host of "The Sports Fix" from noon to 2 p.m. Monday through Friday on ESPN980 and espn980.com. Contact him at email@example.com.


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I have just started to research my family tree. Moses Ashman and Jane Plummer are my descendantsthrough my mother Sheila May Ashman. Its as far as I can go back. They are my 5th great grandparents.Moses died in 1788. If anyone has information about Moses and Jane's parents and families that would be great. regards Helen
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Hollywood Succumbs To Obamamania!
Perhaps souring on Hillary Clinton's further political ambitions because she seems "not president-y enough" among Hollywood types trying to imagine casting her in the role of the nation's highest office, the industry is surging behind Entertainment Weekly's 2006 Must Guy To Have Sitting Next To You On A Panel About Something Important, Like That Darfur Deal, Illinois senator Barack Obama. Yesterday's NY Daily News reported that Endeavor's Ari "My Brother Rahm Totally Parties With Barack!" Emanuel will be throwing an event for Obama in February, while the LAT's Cause Celebre column today notes that he may have already sown up the industry-kingmaking Gay Mafia vote of Velvet Potentate David Geffen:
Geffen's name surfaced immediately as one of Hollywood's early major supporters of the young senator, a significant snub to Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's (D-N.Y.) possible presidential bid. Although Geffen — once a powerful Clinton ally — has not yet spoken publicly on the matter, his longtime friend Arianna Huffington believes the message is clear: "David Geffen has already declared for Obama, and many other Hollywood power brokers, who are not ready to go public yet, are making it known in private that they are in the ABH (Anyone But Hillary) camp," Huffington wrote recently in a Los Angeles Times column. [...]
Geffen was once considered one of Bill Clinton's strongest Hollywood allies during his presidency, and then the friendship started to fracture. "They grew apart," said one Hollywood insider who declined to elaborate. "I won't even speculate on all the issues that go into any complex relationship."
Of course, both politics and Hollywood are dirty, dirty businesses, and Obama surely won't delude himself into thinking that a Geffen endorsement won't come without strings attached. When the senator arrives in L.A. in the thick of February's Oscar frenzy to solidify his showbiz base, he'll be expected to dedicate a few moments of any media appearance to discussing how Geffen's Dreamgirls is the "most important movie of the century," and offer over-reaching, crowd-pleasing promises that if it takes home the Best Picture trophy, he'll personally guarantee an immediate withdrawal from Iraq.


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Continental, United agree to team up without merging
Continental to join forces with United
Houston-based carrier will switch airline alliances, enjoying the benefit of a merger without the hassle
Published 5:30 am, Friday, June 20, 2008
Continental and United airlines finally found a way to get together.
The two couldn't work out a merger in April, but on Thursday they announced an agreement that will make ticketing seamless between them and calls for Continental to move from its international alignment with Sky-Team carriers to the rival Star Alliance.
It will mean a different set of airlines and hubs around the world for Continental customers. Some destinations will become easier to reach and others tougher.
Nothing changes for the time being, however. It could take at least a year for Houston-based Continental to get regulatory approvals and extricate itself from existing alliances with Sky-Team and Delta and Northwest airlines, which are prospective merger partners.
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"I don't think it is going to be terribly difficult compared to a merger," said Carl Tobias, a professor at the University of Richmond School of Law in Virginia. "It seems conceivable they may be able to get some agreement in principle out of the antitrust folks before the Bush administration leaves office."
The consensus in the airline industry has been that consolidation might be easier under President Bush's administration than a successor's. Fuel costs also have pressured carriers into cutting costs, raising fares and looking into mergers or new alliances.
Aviation consultant Bob Mann said Thursday the deal will create a route network fairly similar to what Delta and Northwest have proposed, but he added that regulators in the U.S. and abroad might scrutinize changes that could reduce competition and increase fares on international routes.
The carriers said Thursday the agreement will allow them to increase revenue and save on some costs.
"In a network business, there is significant value gained from linking with larger networks to provide truly national coverage and expanded global reach," said Continental CEO Larry Kellner, who was in Chicago Thursday to sign the deal with United CEO Glenn Tilton.
"As we experience some of the most challenging conditions airlines have ever faced, we look forward to the benefits of a new relationship with United and the other Star Alliance members," Kellner said.
Continental, which has 45,000 employees, operates more than 3,100 flights per day. United, with 55,000 employees, operates more than 3,200 flights per day. Both plan to shrink their numbers of flights and workers this fall.
Pilots cautiously optimisticIn general, alliances let carriers extend network reach while avoiding some of the costly and often-contentious labor and regulatory issues associated with corporate mergers.
Tilton, a one-time Houston energy executive, said in a message to United's employees Thursday that the deal will redefine the industry.
"Customers will be able to take advantage of the benefits of both carriers' frequent-flier programs and airport lounges, and elite customers will enjoy recognition in both programs," he said.
Continental's pilots union was cautiously optimistic. Capt. Jay Pierce, head of the local, said the deal could allow the company to receive the benefit of a merger without the hassle.
"To that extent, we are pleased," said Pierce, noting that the union wants to see a stable company. The pilots and management are in contract talks.
Wall Street also seemed pleased with the deal and a sharp drop in oil prices, the bane of airline stocks lately. Continental's share price closed up $2.15 at $15.59 on the New York Stock Exchange, while United's were up $1.56 to $8.11 on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange.
Plan to pool revenueContinental said its new partnership will let it coordinate international flights better. The carrier will ask the Department of Transportation to include it in an antitrust-immunized alliance the big Star Alliance members already share, which would let them legally work together on flight schedules, fares and service.
In a new joint venture, Continental and current Star members United, Lufthansa and Air Canada will pool revenue on trans-Atlantic flights as a response to a similar deal among SkyTeam carriers.
Other joint ventures are planned for Latin America and the Asia/Pacific region.
United has been widely considered a complementary partner to Continental routewise, adding more reach to the U.S. West Coast and Far East.
Once it's done, the change would mean Continental would trade current SkyTeam partners such as Delta, Northwest, Aero-mexico, Air France and KLM for Star players such as United, US Airways, Lufthansa, Singapore Airlines and Air Canada.
US Airways, which has its own code-share ticketing arrangement with United, was not mentioned in Thursday's news release other than being listed as a Star Alliance member.
"There will be a question as Continental and United try to get a full network code-share domestically whether the DOT will still permit the existing US Airways and United code-share to stay in place," said aviation consultant Mann.
No second bananaIn April, Continental and United were thought to be on the road to a merger, but Continental said it wanted to remain independent. Later, merger talks between United and US Airways also fell apart.
However, Continental has been saying for weeks it might leave SkyTeam, where a Delta-Northwest combination would eclipse American Airlines as the world's largest carrier and leave Continental the clear second banana. United currently is the second-biggest U.S. carrier and Continental is No. 4.
American Airlines and British Airways of the Oneworld alliance also said they were talking to Continental about a partnership. During a stop in Houston several weeks ago, British Airways Chief Executive Willie Walsh said Continental would be a welcome addition.
Analysts say Continental is coveted as an alliance partner in part because it is the dominant carrier in the New York area, with about a 25 percent market share, and has extensive reach into Latin America.


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Thinking big — and expensive — in the Saudi desert
Saudi Arabia's new flagship university is hoping to attract and retain scientists with generous funding and luxury living conditions. But critics are concerned that its corporate mentality may hinder research.
The King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), which opened last month (see Saudi science powerhouse opens its doors), aims to rival the California Institute of Technology in both size and prestige.
"We want people with big ideas and big ambitions. Timid people need not apply," says KAUST president Chon Fong Shih.
To keep the scientists flocking to its doors, KAUST promises luxury both in and outside the laboratory, with full professors receiving US$800,000 a year.
KAUST's novel management structure is also appealing. Rather than being enclosed in departments, faculty members are placed in one of three interdisciplinary divisions to encourage multidisciplinary approaches.
"It's the way you'd want to do it if you could start a university from scratch," says Omar Ghattas, a computational geophysicist at the US-based University of Texas, Austin, who has helped KAUST recruit faculty.
But some scientists are concerned about the university's motives. J. Frasier Stoddart, a chemist at US-based Northwestern University and recipient of the (Saudi) King Faisal Prize in 2007, is concerned that KAUST may be attracting talent for the wrong reasons. "Money doesn't buy everything," he says.
Another critic is radar remote sensing professor Fawwaz Ulaby, KAUST'S founding senior academic administrator, who left suddenly in the spring, citing numerous problems.
It is hoped that KAUST will encourage other Saudi universities to improve their standards and make the Middle East a "major player" in science and technology.


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Pew research seems to confirm this. A previous study, discovered that third-generation Hispanics are more likely to be English-dominant than immigrant Hispanics. The research suggested that speaking Spanish at home was not vital to this generation of Latinos.
Lopez said, "But, even though the number of Spanish speakers is projected to grow, among Hispanics, the share that speak Spanish is projected to fall from about 75% now to 66% in 2020," he said.
Meanwhile, many non-Latinos are learning Spanish because of the advantages of being bilingual, such as increased mental flexibility and job growth. Pew found that Spanish use has become an everyday part of life for many people. The report states that Spanish is spoken by more non-Hispanics in the U.S. than any other non-English language.
However, the future of Spanish-speaking Latinos is not all lost: a 2012 Pew Research Hispanic Trends project found that 95% of Hispanic adults said it is important that future generations of Latinos speak Spanish.
What do you think? Do you speak Spanish? Will you be teaching your children the language?


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Just five years ago MySpace was the most popular site in the US and considered a bargain when it was sold for $580 million to News Corp. Now, MySpace was sold for just $35 million.
We'll be talking more about MySpace's rise and fall on the podcast this week. My initial thoughts on this are:
- MySpace's failure shows you what happens when an old media company such as News Corp. tries to manage a social network. The site stagnated incredibly and seemed to have no interest in trying to compete with Facebook. Constant innovation is required to be a successful website platform. If anything, people complain that Facebook makes too many changes. But change is necessary.
- Usability and design matter. MySpace was hard to use because its design was so poor. It was a technological, design and usability backwater compared to Facebook.
- Less is more. Facebook doesn't allow much customization, certainly nowhere near what MySpace allowed users. Most people don't have taste. Users' poor design decisions made most people's profiles a nightmare to use. We're talking about huge background photos that made text hard to read, songs that started playing on load, photo galleries that popped up out of nowhere. It's almost hard to believe that someone would make a social network like that.
- Mobile sealed MySpace's fate. Facebook has great mobile apps, particularly the iPhone app. Look at how many people are posting to Facebook these days from mobile apps. Facebook embraced mobile apps early, and has a product that meshes really well with mobile. Post a short status update on the go or share a photo or see what your friends are doing. Facebook is a great way to kill time, especially when you're waiting on a friend to meet for coffee, or on a train, or are waiting to be seated at a restaurant. Facebook gets that mobile is the future.


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Gigabyte launches X58 site
by Fudzilla staff on03 November 2008
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Three models on the way
Although the first reviews of Intel's Core i7 and X58 platform are going live today, it seems like the NDA for the motherboard makers have expired today, as well, and Gigabyte has put up a dedicated Website for its X58 products.
It seems like Gigabyte did some last minute re-shuffling, but we're still getting three boards from the company, the EX58-Extreme, the EX58-UD5 and the EX58-DS4, with the last one being a new addition as the third board was rumoured to be either a UD5P or DS5 model earlier on, but we might see more models in the near future.
The EX58-DS4 is the most basic version and it's the only model of the three launched that doesn't support SLI. This board also lacks Ultra Durable 3, which is a bit of a downer and unlike the two boards, the PCIe slots are configured as x16, x8 and x8 which might result in somewhat slower performance if used with multiple graphics cards. On the upside, this board should be a lot more affordable than the other two models.
The EX58-UD5 should be the big seller, as it's packed to the brim with features without going over the top; and if we're going to be honest, even though the EX58-Extreme has some fancy cooling options, it doesn't look like it has that much to offer on top of the EX58-UD5, but as we've yet to see any benchmark numbers from either board, it's really too early to tell.
Both models support SLI, although for those that are really concerned about it, this is software SLI, as from what we've been told, Gigabyte has no plans to implement the NF200 chip on any of its X58 motherboards.
You can find the Website here with more details of the new features and motherboards.


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(Great Authors of World Literature, Critical Edition)
Herbert Ernest Bates was one of the most prolific British writers of the twentieth century. He published dozens of novels and novellas, but his reputation rests primarily on his first love: the short story. Bates was born in the Midlands shoemaking center of Rushden, England; both of his grandfathers had been shoemakers, and his father, a stern Methodist, owned his own shoemaking business. Yet as a young man Bates did not look upon the trade with fondness, and he tried to escape the factories through education. He was a good student, but not quite good enough to win a scholarship to the public school at Wellingborough. Bates was so discouraged by this early failure that he eventually forfeited an opportunity to attend Cambridge University and instead embarked on a series of odd jobs.
Bates stole time from one of these jobs, as a warehouseman, to write stories and poems. These early works were rejected by journal after journal until, in 1926, he finally had a novel published by Jonathan Cape. The book, The Two Sisters, received warm reviews but was not a financial success. In 1931, Bates married Marjorie Helen Cox and purchased a converted granary in Kent, where he lived with his wife and children until his death in 1974. To support himself and his family, he wrote more than one volume of fiction every year, in addition to producing reviews, essays, monographs on country life, and a column for The Spectator.
This massive output did not always bring critical or commercial success; indeed, for Bates the two seem almost to have been mutually exclusive. With only a few exceptions,...
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Seriously, quote the sale of goods act. Satisfactory quality etc. This helped me; http://www.netlawman.co.uk/acts/sale-of-goods-act-1979.php?pageContentID=15578 Check the letters out on http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/theoneshow/2010/01/new-car-problems-try-doms-down.shtml or http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Governmentcitizensandrights/Consumerrights/DG_183047 Mine was "sorted" when I showed the pictures to the dealer, and he backed the discussion with Ford. Though the Final Letter (from http://www.consumerdirect.gov.uk/after_you_buy/making-complaint/complaining-in-writing/#) was the result. Above all, be prepared to go to court if required. Mind you, if your insurance company say "you are not insured to drive it", then take the car back to the dealer, give him the keys and say you'll expect a FULL refund, as per the sale of goods act. If you paid >£100 on a credit-card (deposit perhaps) then you can engage them (your credit-card company) under section 75 as well http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/shopping/section75-protect-your-purchases Hope it helps
You will all be pleased to know, Ford Motor Company have "done the right thing" a new car was ordered on Tuesday - hoorah! Thanks all for your help
Much thanks - that's the sort of passion I was after ;-) I'm looking forward to providing this "discussion" to the dealership, and Ford Motor Company thanks oweri02
Thanks for your thoughts - if I accept a repair, then I accept the fault - that is the legal position. So if I accept the repair, I accept them continually repairing... That's why I must get them to replace. I hope this thread has some impact for others in a similar position to me, that were contemplating getting the repair - if more people pushed the dealers to replace, then the dealers would be complaining more to the manufacturers and hopefully we'd all get better quality cars! oweri02
Thanks all for your comments so far - the more the merrier - it may add sustenance to any claim - http://www.netlawman.co.uk/acts/sale-of-goods-act-1979.php?pageContentID=15578 says (item 14, 2A) " For the purposes of this Act, goods are of satisfactory quality if they meet the standard that a reasonable person would regard as satisfactory, taking account of any description of the goods, the price (if relevant) and all the other relevant circumstances." So I am I guess putting my bet on those that reply as being "reasonable" ;-) Appreciate your comments oweri02
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Thanks for that. I have already looked at the Sale-of-goods-act, and got the "satisfactory quality", but Ford are insisting that "their policy is they have the right to repair any manufacturing defects"... I have also looked at Credit Card Section 75 (check that out in google, just make sure whatever you buy, you pay at least £100 on a credit (not debit) card)... Basically down to Ford as to whether they want to fight this one out, but obviously they don't want to replace. As to the repair, if they can F*** up a build that badly where you have a gash on the rear O/S/Q, then what about the rest of the car's quality... Where else is it going to break? If they do fix it (dealer reckons replace the o/s/q), when I come to sell it and the buyer gets the RAC to inspect they'll say "ooh it has had a collision", and I'll say "Nooo, that was a mess that Ford Motor Company did in their build that they had to repair the back quarter"... and like that's going to be believed right? So how much worse off is my sale price going to be... So angry at Ford... why can't people be honest... that car should never have left the factory, and they should do the honest and decent thing and replace it. This post was just to get an idea if other people would confirm that they are outrageous in saying their right is to repair, and others would expect a replacement also. Appreciate people's comments thus far oweri02
Which winter tyres??
oweri02 replied to jimbob2010's topic in Ford Fiesta ClubCheck SnowSocks out on http://www.roofbox.co.uk/car-snow-socks/ the video is quite impressive, he puts them on a front-wheel drive car, and then locks the handbrake and drives uphill... £65 I think, bargain, and always available in the boot, so never caught short ;-) oweri02
Perfect! Thanks... Here goes then... This is what was seen on the rear offside wheel arch after about 2 weeks of ownership This is what a dealer's body-shop found when they investigated Or a little closer So Ford Owners, would you accept a repair? Or would you demand your rights under the sale of goods act for "Satisfactory Quality"? One wonders how many other gashes this able bodied fitter managed to kill... or other cars... Seriously, I would appreciate any comments those viewing this thread could give.
Paint bubbles - rear offside wheel arch
oweri02 posted a topic in Ford Fiesta ClubHello all... I've bought a Fiesta Zetec S, delivered at the end of September, and 2 weeks later I found paint bubbles on the rear offside wheel arch. Ford state "we have the right to repair" but the sale of goods act says "satisfactory quality"... Taken to a nearer dealer than that which it was bought, who said there was a great big gash that could only have been caused during manufacture, and someone "blagged" the delivery... outrageous! Wait till you see the photos! I would be extremely grateful to any to reply saying they would expect a replacement if they would accept a repair, or whether (like I hope most will) they would demand of the dealer, under the sale of goods act, the dealer should replace! Thanks all Oweri02. P.S. Who can tell me how to put my own personal photos in here?


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Rabbi Sharon Brous named top U.S. rabbi
Rabbi Sharon Brous, spiritual leader of IKAR, a nine-year-old independent congregation in Los Angeles, was named America's Top Rabbi for 2013 by The Daily Beast.
Brous has been on the list of America's 50 Top Rabbis , previously published by the now-defunct Newsweek, every year since 2008; in 2012 she became the first female rabbi to break into the top 10. Brous is the first woman rabbi to top the list and, at 39, is also the youngest to hold the top spot. Calling her a "magnet" for younger, unaffiliated Jews, the Daily Beast said: "Brous shows that reaching this coveted cohort doesn't mean skimping on substance."
Reached by phone soon after the list was released on Thursday, March 21, Brous deflected attention from herself, saying that this list illustrates why she is optimistic about the Jewish future: "I see a number of people on the list, in this iteration, who are fiercely imaginative and willing to take risks to engage Jews deeply and meaningfully — people who are creating new models and reinvigorating old ones.
"So much of the time we worry about the declining trend, but there is also a feverish return to Jewish engagement. There is a lot of great work being done around the country – in big institutions and scrappy start-ups – to counter the disengagement, to bring boldness and creativity into our community's conversation."
The list is now in its seventh year, and most of the rabbis included among the top 10 this year occupied similarly high-ranking positions last year.
Only two rabbis moved up from lower on the list to the top 10 for the first time this year: Rabbi Julie Schonfeld (No. 9), who leads the Rabbinical Assembly, a national umbrella group for Conservative rabbis, and Rabbi Avi Weiss (No. 10), a long-time pulpit rabbi who founded two seminaries associated with his "Open Orthodoxy movement," including Yeshivat Maharat, which is set to ordain its first class of female Orthodox spiritual leaders later this year.
The list also has been a target of criticism, as described in a recent cover story in The Jewish Journal. It has also sparked more such lists, including one of "America's Most Inspiring Rabbis," released earlier this week by The Forward.
"Of course none of these lists are scientific," Brous said. "But this one, in some ways, has the power to give broad, public recognition to the work of some interesting efforts that are less mainstream, less institutional, less well-funded, and yet still helping to inspire great change in the community. For all the criticism, the list shines a light on some of these more alternative voices – many dedicated to spiritual revitalization, to human rights, equality and justice; many run by women – and acknowledges that they are having a reverberative, if not direct, effect on the broader community. That, I believe, is a good thing for our community."
Jay Sanderson, president of the Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles and, before that, a co-creator of the list, spoke of it this week at the Jewish Funders Network's annual conference in Beverly Hills. "The first year that the Newsweek rabbis list came out, the number one complaint was there were too many rabbis from Los Angeles on the list," he said. "But we have some of the greatest rabbis in America in this city."
Sanderson originated the list in 2007 with Gary Ginsberg, an executive vice president at Time Warner, and Sony Entertainment CEO Michael Lynton. Author Abigail Pogrebin, a former producer on 60 Minutes, wrote the list in 2011 and 2012; Gabrielle Birkner formerly of The Forward, wrote this year's list.
Angelenos are represented in significant numbers on the 2013 list. Making their seventh straight appearances on the list are Rabbi David Wolpe (No. 3) of Sinai Temple, Rabbi Robert Wexler (No. 7), president of American Jewish University, and Rabbi Naomi Levy (No. 28), founder and spiritual leader of Nashuva, an independent congregation.
Two other L.A.-based rabbis who are perennially included on the list, Simon Wiesenthal Center Dean and Founder Rabbi Marvin Hier and Associate Dean Rabbi Abraham Cooper, were listed jointly this year (No. 19). This year marked the first time that Hier, named the country's most influential rabbi in 2007 and 2008, did not appear in the top 10.
Rabbi Steven Leder (No. 12), senior rabbi of Wilshire Boulevard Temple, made his fourth straight appearance on the list. Rabbi Elliot Dorff (No. 38), a professor at American Jewish University, was returned to the list for the first time since 2010.
The list included a handful of new faces, including Rabbi Matisyahu Salomon (No. 41), an ultra-Orthodox rabbi from Lakewood, N.J., who helped organize an anti-Internet rally at a baseball stadium in New York last year, and Rabbi Menachem Creditor (No. 49), a Conservative rabbi from Berkeley, Calif., who has actively fought to push for tighter regulations on guns. For the first time this year, The Daily Beast published a list of 10 "Rabbis to Watch" along with the original list.
In a poignant selection, Rabbi Shaul Praver, who leads the Conservative Congregation Adath Israel in Newtown, Conn., was named number 50 on the 2013 list. The list-makers cited his efforts to console his city and the country in the wake of the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in December of last year, which claimed the life of one of his congregants, 6-year-old Noah Pozner.


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We've read about various vulnerabilities and security issues related to Apple and the software they push out before, and yesterday Ars Technica reported that Apple has become the new world leader in software insecurity. While it's mentioned that OS X itself isn't the most insecure in practice, the various pieces of software you use like iTunes, Quicktime, and Safari, all display gaping security flaws that aren't being addressed.
To illustrate this point, the report includes cumulative figures for the number of vulnerabilities found on a Windows PC with the 50 most widely-used programs. Five years ago, there were more first-party flaws (in Windows and Microsoft's other software) than third-party. Since about 2007, the balance shifted towards third-party programs. This year, third-party flaws are predicted to outnumber first-party flaws by two-to-one.
There is a valid point to be made: yes, third party software can introduce vulnerabilities to the OS. But what bothers me about the article is two things. The first is that while Apple is known to have plentiful vulnerabilities in their software that should be fixed (quicktime vulnerabilities have been complained about for years now), it's never addressed how these vulnerabilities affect OS X -- Windows is mentioned as the only OS affected by Apple's software. The second issue I have: it's not mentioned specifically what vulnerabilities are being exposed and what ill-effects are had on the user. It seems unlike Ars Technica to throw out an article like this without further explaining potential risks for users. Instead, it's mentioned that third party software is harder to update and Microsoft does a better job of applying patches.
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But someone tried to seriously injure or kill the auto body shop worker.
Two weeks ago he was violently assaulted and now he remains in a coma.
According to his friends, a surveillance video shows what happened.
The suspect walked up behind the victim, struck him with a baseball bat, and then as Jean Pierre fell to the ground and the person responsible ran away.
"We're all distraught," a man told Eyewitness News, "We're all suffering because of what happened."
Their grief is compounded by what they know now.
Several of Jean Pierre's co-workers and friends believe the person in the video is the same teenager arrested on Wednesday for allegedly killing his mother.
Police took 16-year-old Dee Jackson into custody after investigators say he confessed to murder.
According to the criminal complaint, Jackson says he shot his mother as she was sleeping and then beat her to death with a baseball bat.
He allegedly disposed of the body in a plastic bin on McCombs Road.
Jean Pierre's friends say once they heard that, they put two and two together, looking at the tape, and seeing the person in the hoodie running away with the bat in his right hand.
They compared the surveillance tape to a photograph of Dee Jackson under arrest.
Friday, the police commissioner confirmed that detectives are looking at the videotape.
"The individual who was assaulted is still in a coma. We haven't been able to talk to him. It's an allegation that's surfaced, that has not been substantiated," Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said.
Sources say investigators are waiting for Pierre to emerge from the coma and are hoping that he will be able to identify his attacker.
But the victim's friends fear the worst; that this 39-year-old Haitian immigrant won't survive the baseball bat assault that has him clinging to life.
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Tom Petty says 'Hypnotic Eye' changed direction from blues to rock
Tom Petty says that his new Heartbreakers collection, Hypnotic Eye, nearly followed the same route as their last set, the 2010 blues-based Mojo album. Petty told Uncut that Hypnotic Eye -- which marks Petty's first ever chart-topping album -- changed course pretty suddenly: "This album has been made kind of in between tours and the first few tracks were done two or three years ago. They were pretty hardcore blues tracks and really great, but then I started thinking, 'This is going down the same road twice -- I'll hold on to those later.' Then the songs just stated determining how people were playing and the sounds they were getting. So at one point early on, I started to think, 'Let's just do a real rock n' roll album."
Petty's concerts are hardly a traveling jukebox of his greatest hits and album favorites, with his new material always figuring into the setlists: "I ain't dead yet. I'm still doing new music and I insist on playing it. Haven't had a lot of resistance to that."
Tom Petty told us that he and the Heartbreakers have tried to take the high road in maintaining their creativity while become a heritage act: "Well, we've all got that hunger, and it doesn't go away, and you do kinda learn that there are graceful ways of dealing with it (laughs), y'know, of satisfying that hunger. And maybe, I think, you kind of see, too, that there are ways to step around some of the obvious pitfalls of longevity. I've seen people that have been around a long time, and they just fall into routine and self-parody, and that's just not where we want to wind up."
Petty & The Heartbreakers are offering up healthy doses of Hypnotic Eye in their current live shows, and guitarist Mike Campbell told us that the tune "Forgotten Man" seems to be a hit with both the band and the audience on a regular basis: "Actually, it turned into one of the great live songs. It's got a lot of dynamics. It seems to connect pretty well on the stage. It's got a little more balls when I play it live, honestly. I've been enjoying that one a lot. The words are so great."
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers tour dates (subject to change):
September 6 - Arrington, Virginia - Lockn' Interlocking Music Festival at Oak Ridge Fram
September 7 - Darien Center, NY - Darien Lake Performing Arts Center
September 10 - New York, NY - Madison Square Garden
September 11 - Holmdel, NJ - PNC Bank Arts Center
September 13 - Hartford, CT - XL Center
September 15 - Philadelphia, PA - Wells Fargo Center
September 16 - Allentown, PA - PPL Center
September 18 - Raleigh, NC - PNC Arena
September 20 - West Palm Beach, FL - Cruzan Amphitheater
September 21 - Tampa, FL - Tampa Bay Times Forum
September 23 - Nashville, TN - Bridgestone Arena
September 25 - Houston, TX - Toyota Center
September 26 - Dallas, TX - American Airlines Center
September 28 - Tulsa, OK - BOK Center
September 30 - Morrison, CO - Red Rocks Amphitheatre
October 1 - Morrison, CO - Red Rocks Amphitheatre
October 7 - Anaheim, CA - Honda Center
October 10, 11 - Los Angeles, CA - The Forum
Side Notes
• Tom Petty is featured on Eric Clapton's recently released JJ Cale tribute album, called, Eric Clapton & Friends' The Breeze, An Appreciation Of JJ Cale.
• In addition to performances by such notables as Mark Knopfler, Willie Nelson, Derek Trucks, John Mayer, among others, Petty has teamed up with Eric Clapton for two tracks -- "Rock And Roll Records" and "I Got The Same Old Blues," as well as recording Cale's "The Old Man And Me" on his own.
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Use as a dip for veggies or a spread on pita and sandwiches. Submitted by COACH_NICOLE
This slimmed down version of your favorite dip is easy to make--and it's light enough for you to load up on it! Submitted by STEPFANIER
Take pita bread to a crunchy new level.
With just seven ingredients and a few minutes of your time, you'll have a tasty dip for any occasion.Submitted by PRTYBRD
Tzatziki is a Greek and Turkish appetizer, also used as a sauce or dip. This recipe is perfect with Mediterranean dishes or anything else on a hot summer's day. Submitted by LOULOUB
A great party dip that all my friends ask for everytime we have a cook out or party!Submitted by ELAINEHN
My favorite Mexican restaurant serves a guacamole that's heavy on vegetables--and flavor. To slim it down even more, serve with carrots, celery and cucumber slices. Submitted by STEPFANIER
Tapenade is a traditional sauce or condiment from Provence, in the south of France. It adds a punch of flavor for very few calories. You can buy premade tapenade, but you'll spend more money and be consuming more sodium than if you made it at home.
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My dip has all the flavor of the original, but it's much easier on the waistline. I prefer to eat this "dip" with a fork or raw vegetables.
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Serve this delicious dip with low carb vegetables like green pepper strips, celery sticks, and cucumber slices.
Large hard pretzels are drizzled in chocolate for a decadent treat! Submitted by STEPFANIER
These are addictive. They're sweet, salty, spicy, and crunchy. Cut back on the sriracha/chili flakes to tame these fiery nuts. Use smoked (not hot or sweet) paprika.Submitted by STEPFANIER
When you're craving something crunchy but don't want the added fat, whip up a batch of these chips. Submitted by CHEF_MEG
A great dip for crackers and pretzels, with only four ingredients, you'll love this cheesy side dish.Submitted by WAZZ_MOMMY