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KKK Leader David Duke's Home is Raided by Federal Agents
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MANDEVILLE, La. - Federal agents raided the home of former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke yesterday, carting off boxes of documents and a rifle during a search that lasted more than seven hours.
FBI agent Sheila Thorne declined to disclose the nature of the investigation.
Roy Armstrong, who identified himself as Duke's bodyguard and a caretaker at the house, said agents told him they were looking into whether Duke was illegally using money raised for his new white-rights organization for his personal use.
''It's a fishing expedition,'' Armstrong said.
Duke's associates said that the 50-year-old former KKK leader and onetime state legislator was in Russia promoting a new book and that they had not been able to reach him.
His new organization is the National Organization for European American Rights, or NOFEAR. He began it in January, declaring that whites in the United States face ''massive discrimination'' at the hands of minorities.
Agents from the FBI, Internal Revenue Service, and the Postal Inspection Service took part in the search of Duke's home in a suburb of New Orleans. Agents carried out about a dozen boxes.
Armstrong showed reporters a copy of the search warrant, which sought a variety of financial and personal records, including gambling and travel records and direct mailings.
As for the rifle, Armstrong said agents told him they believed it was stolen. Armstrong said that he had never seen the gun before and that he did not know whether it belonged to Duke.
Duke appeared before a federal grand jury in New Orleans in 1999 as news broke that Governor Mike Foster had paid him more than $150,000 for a list of his supporters, supposedly for use during the 1995 governor's race. Duke had considered entering that race but ultimately stayed out of it.
The grand jury reportedly was seeking information on whether Duke paid taxes on the money.
It was not known if the raid on Duke's home had anything to do with that matter.
Foster ''hasn't spoken to the FBI,'' said the governor's spokeswoman, Marsanne Golsby. ''He doesn't know anything about it.''
Foster, a Republican, paid a $20,000 fine to the state Board of Ethics in connection with the list of supporters.
Duke spent years on the political fringe, first as a Klan leader with neo-Nazi sympathies, then as founder of the National Association for the Advancement of White People, which decried integration.
He was elected to the state House in 1989 as a Republican and ran unsuccessfully for the US Senate in 1990, polling 44 percent of the vote against Democratic Senator J. Bennett Johnston.
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FLORHAM PARK -- The Jets drafted Clemson's Tajh Boyd in the sixth round of the draft knowing full well that Michael Vick and Geno Smith would already be jostling to be this season's starting quarterback.
So is the plan to use Boyd strictly as a quarterback, or might they be looking at utilizing Boyd in, say, a wildcat package or some other change-of-pace role, like they once did with Brad Smith?
At Friday's first day of rookie minicamp here, head coach Rex Ryan wouldn't rule anything out.
"We'll see," Ryan said. "Right now, it's 100 percent quarterback, but we'll see as it gets going. Certainly, he's got the running skills and all that type of skill that we saw in college. We might consider him in a change-of-pace role, but right now, it's 100 percent quarterback."

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Analyst: iTunes Is Bigger than Just Music
Apple's iTunes could lead the company into the expanding and lucrative home entertainment market, and the company is poised to beat the competition to consumers' needs, a new study indicates.
The ABI Research study found that Apple, of Cupertino, Calif., and its iTunes music service gives the company an advantage in the world of home audio and video.
The Oyster Bay, N.Y., research firm called Apple's iPod and iTunes a "Trojan Horse" in the battle for this new market.
"The battle for portable devices has already been won by iPod (unless Microsoft's strategy for its Zune platform succeeds) but in the home and mobile markets, the prize is still up for grabs," Vamsi Sistla, the research director, wrote.
"iTunes could be a 'Trojan Horse' through which Apple can enter the home market sooner than the competition," Sistla said.
Click here to read more about Apple's third-quarter results.
The study suggests that the growing market for iPod accessories and the ability to download endless amounts of music, television shows and other material from iTunes will lead Apple into offering more home entertainment products.
Read the rest of this eWEEK story: "Analyst: iTunes Is Bigger than Just Music"


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If you want short hair that is easy to style but looks great, look no further than these men's short haircuts.
Featuring some of the latest trends and most popular haircuts adapted for all hair types, here are low maintenance, high style looks.
1. Short Hair + Undercut
It's just a little bit of length on top and ultra short sides but it looks so good. Work in a touch of product to add texture. Hair going in all directions adds that messy cool.
2. Line Up + High Skin Fade
This buzz, fade with line up combination is one of the most popular short men's haircuts, especially for black hair. It's sharp, clean cut and requires no styling at all, just regular barber visits.
3. Short Combover + Mid Skin Fade + Shaved Part
A shorter version of the classic side part hairstyle, this version is also more modern. Perfect for guys with thick or coarse hair, this cut has plenty of shape but requires minimal styling.
4. Textured Spikes + Low Fade
The latest men's hair trends are all about texture and these short spikes fit the bill. Use a matte hair product to separate hair and add volume but don't pinch the ends together. A low skin fade completes the look.
5. Short Crop + High Bald Fade
The textured crop is one of the top trending haircuts for men, especially in the UK and Europe. We'll likely be seeing more of it stateside in the new year. This short version features blunt fringe, layering on top and a high skin fade for an undercut look with the disconnect.
6. Buzz Cut + Line Up
A line up at the hairline adds straight edges that sharpen up any buzz cut. Rock the look with or without a fade at the neckline.
7. Short Pomp Fade
The pomp fade is one of the most popular haircuts of the year, contrasting shaved sides with high volume hair on top. This shorter version is a similar silhouette with shorter hair, making it easier to style.
8. Short Cut + Mid Fade
A well-executed skin fade in the middle of the head adds a cool finish to an otherwise unremarkable short haircut.
9. Longer Top + Undercut Fade
This cool short men's hairstyle contrasts longer hair with shaved and thick hair with skin. It's the perfect choice for busy guys or hair that is tough to style.
10. Spiked Quiff + Taper Fade
Instead of texture all over, this cool style features longer hair at the hairline spiked up into a modern quiff. This cut could also be combed over for a more formal look or worn loose.
11. Short Haircut for Thick Hair
Short hair with lots of layering gives hair shape and makes it easy to style. This look is cut to enhance texture with some extra length at the hairline for styling.
12. Short Spikes + Mid Taper
This cool short men's haircut is as short as it can get and still be styled. Work product into hair with fingers for these modern textured spikes.
13. High and Tight + High-Low Fade
The high and tight is one of the most popular short haircuts. As the name indicates, it's all about ultra short sides and some length on top. This version features a high-low fade that arcs above the ears and down to the neckline.
14. Short Curly Hair + Fade
This men's short haircut for curly hair is just long enough for hair to curl.
15. Long on Top + Short Sides
Another cool style for guys with thick hair, this cut is short enough to be easy to wear and long enough for plenty of styling options.
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Giant-Headed Game of Thrones Dolls Are Coming
Giant-Headed Game of Thrones Dolls Are Coming
Gruff murderers, pugnacious nomads, and stoic leaders never looked so adorable.
I'm always a little amazed at humanity's ability to take something bleak or horrifying and transform it into something cute and adorable. The existence of videos like The Adventures of Lil Cthulhu is a testament to this fact, and I'm just counting down the days until someone does the same thing with Slenderman (oh wait, that already happened). So it was only inevitable that the world of George R.R. Martin's Game of Thrones, recognized for its ability to make you fall in love with characters before mercilessly killing them, will be cutified in Funko's new Game of Thrones Pop! toy line.
The toy series will come with six figures, including Daenerys Targaryen, The Hound, Khal Drogo, Ned Stark, Tyrion Lannister, and a White Walker. Whether you choose the adorably tired-looking Stark, the stern Daenerys with her tiny dragon, or the sad Hound that looks like he needs a pat on the head, these toys are an amusing addition to any collection. The only one that seems slightly out of place is the dwarf Tyrion, but that's simply because his toy by necessity is sized to the same proportions as all the others.
Game of Thrones may not have been written for marketing purposes, but given the scope of the universe and the popularity of the HBO series, these toys and others like them will probably make a pretty penny. Winter is coming, my friends. And you'll just want to pinch its cheeks.
Source: Tomopop via Topless Robot
Big head? Ned? Yeah, this will end well :P
So, are we still spoilering this sort of thing?
Awesome, but it's a shame there's no Arya. And I somehow doubt that even this treatment could make Joffrey lovable.
Tyrion actually looks pretty close to scale :P
Hoho! Drogo even has his signature eyeshadow. It's like looking at the real thing. Amazing.
So. Freaking. Adorable.
I want a Lil' Ned Stark right the fuck now.
Must have The Hound. I would pat his head as instructed and tell him everything will get better... After it gets a hell of a lot worse.
How much does this cost and where can I get one?
Yeah, Ned seems like the best one. I want one right the fuck now.
The lack of Ayra and Snow is disturbing.
Should of had a Joffrey doll, that way I could burn it.
Ned Starks doll has a flaw though.
Yeah, as others have already pointed out there's a problem with the Ned Stark one.
Wrong topic damn
why does tyrion have a nose and will it be smaller than the others
Does no one else find these things creepy as all hell? It's the blank, staring eyes...
If I plan to get any of these, I'm going for the White Walker. It seems the be the only one with emotion.
Except for the Hound, who seems to be sad.
I want them all! That White-Walker is clearly the best thought. Although aren't Lannisters famous for their blonde hair and Tyrion's mismatched eyes?
Dany should have Drogon (Black) and Viserion (White) with her as well.
I think those things are more disturbingly soulless than adorable, but to each his own, I suppose. It's definitely the eyes. Those large orbs of dread, each the color of the void, staring blankly, unforgiving into my soul. They remind me of Hello Kitty, of which I am equally disturbed by.
Absolutely stupid and ridiculous.
But hey, people seem to like and want them. So I guess I'm wrong.
This time....
Nope, I agree with you. I fail to see the appeal of these things. The Khal Drogo one is just downright weird and...
This. The eyes are so lifeless, takes away from the cute and lovable angle they're going for.
I don't even like the show, but these are cute as hell.
Yeah... Stay away from me, dolls.
Ned appears to be on crack.
I think I want the white walker. Look at 'im. He's so angry and adorable!
Also, poor hound. Poor, poor hound.
I actually thought there was at first. The Tyrion one is rather disappointing. It's missing his distinguishing facial features (mostly those of the actor, but the scar would be important) and his all important money pouch! He actually looks more like Arya dressed as a boy.
This is the kind of crap I file under "nerd junk" in my mind. Essentially stuff that's supposed to be "Epic" or "Awesomesauce" in some way but instead winds up being tacky wastes of plastic and money. Here's some examples with counter examples to make this point easier to swallow;
Dr.Who Timelord replica stopwatch --> Shut up and take my money.
Dibs on the White Walker.
Aw, who am I kidding, I'll find less conspicuous means to boost my Hopeless Nerd Cred.
*has an AC3 Ezio figurine, the Fallout 3 bobblehead, a Neo bust and prays for the days when the Headcrab plushie will become available once more*
I do not understand this.
I never understand the appeal things like this has.
Why is the Daenerys doll wearing clothes?
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My first bike as an adult was this Lotus Eclair. After agreeing to start riding and training for a tour, I purchased this from Rob Folkes of East Providence Cycles for what was to me , the whopping sum of about $400 if I remember right. I remember Rob selling and fitting the bike to me himself, I had never had such service and attention before. Who knew a bicycle could be "tailored" to fit and feel better ?
This was a great bike for me and provided many years of service. It had downtube shifters and a 21 speed drivetrain and was like giving an RV motorhome to someone so they could learn to drive. With a little practice and a really dorky Bell helmet I was good to go.
It is in no small part due to Rob that I stuck with riding and touring. Had I been on the wrong bike or one that was not set up for me, I may have decided that this touring stuff was for the birds. The addition of some Rhode Gear panniers and some basic camping gear and the road awaited.


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The grubs from the mould are 85mm (3 ¼" approx) long, the tails come out thicker than injected bait moulds which gives them a nice pulse that draws fish out even in the mucky ponds and canals I fish. If you are interested send me an email to email@example.com unfortunately I can only deal with paypal users.


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Jon Lester Still Figuring Things Out and Other Bullets
Pretty historic day, and it put a smile on my face.
I won't tell all of you not to discuss this morning's big SCOTUS news in the comments, since I just did, but please be respectful. And, if you can't, then just stick to baseball.
- Jon Lester was visibly frustrated with what he later said was his own lack of command yesterday, and indicated that he's still trying to figure things out this year (ESPN). As you can see from the strike zone calls at Brooks, it definitely wasn't a matter of him not getting calls:
- I'll admit that, seeing that Lester was getting those borderline calls yesterday and still struggled concerns me a bit. The story is still the same every other time Lester has struggled this year: he's a vet with a long, quality track record, and there's still plenty of time for him to have a very good season, in total. But even Lester says in that ESPN piece he's not quite sure what the issue is.
- For the year, Lester's FIP and xFIP are 3.58 and 3.31, respectively. Both are solidly above average, and both suggest that better results – even with the same performance – are coming. I understand that you're probably tired of hearing that.
- As for the home plate umpire essentially coming after Lester when he was yelling at himself, I don't really know what to make of that. He might get a talking to.
- For the second time this year, a Kris Bryant mid-game exist left fans in a panic until it was revealed that it was for flu-like symptoms. Having two of those incidents in a half-season is unusual, but don't go drawing any wild conclusions. Hopefully he's feeling better in time for tonight's series opener against the Cardinals.
- Also, there is mention in the CSN Bryant piece, as well as this Cubs.com piece, that folks were speculating on Twitter that Bryant had been traded. I didn't see that, but, if you were among those so speculating, you probably need the hug that Kris Bryant would never get mid-game for a trade. That's not happening. No one should have to tell you that.
- Everyone is still saying that Addison Russell is a future shortstop after he subbed in for a half-game yesterday (CSN), though it remains unclear exactly how that's going to happen.
- The Cubs are going to shoot off post-game fireworks at Wrigley Field on July 4 for the first time. Should be a lot of fun for those in the area.
- A very interesting read:
Jake Arrieta became an ace by ditching the fastball that got him to the bigs. Me on his changes & spin rates: http://t.co/ZvddYBfbrZ #Cubs
— Mike Petriello (@mike_petriello) June 26, 2015
- And I don't even care – I think the second picture is great:
It's @PaddingtonBear's birthday! He'll take pics w/@ClarktheCub and give free plush bears by Gate F until the 3rd. pic.twitter.com/ADVOoU7vvl
— Chicago Cubs (@Cubs) June 25, 2015
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Here is a list of the winners and losers in the Orchids & Onions contest, sponsored by the San Diego Architectural Foundation. Included are the name, location, developer or sponsor, and designer. See orchidsandonions.org for contest details and more photos of the nominations and winners present and past.
- Grand Orchid: "Fallen Star"; UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering; Stuart Collection; Do Ho Suh.
- Grand Onion: San Diego City Hall emergency generator: First Avenue at C Street; city of San Diego.
- People's Choice Award - Orchid: Stone Brewing World Bistro & Gardens: 2816 Historic Decatur Rd., Point Loma; Stone Brewing, Schmidt Design Group and David Robinson Design. See Peter Rowe's review.
- People's Choice Award - Onion: MTS Superloop bus stops; 8551 Villa La Jolla Drive in UTC area with 25 similar stops built or planned elsewhere; San Diego Association of Governments; Estrada Land Planning.
- Coffee & Tea Collective, interior design: 2911 El Cajon Blvd, North Park; Daniel Holcomb; Sideyard Project.
- Coronado Boathouse and Clubroom, architecture: 1985 Strand Way, Coronado; Coronado city; Architects Hanna Gabriel Wells.
- Galbraith Hall, interior design: UC San Diego Revelle College; UCSD; Kevin deFreitas Architects.
- Green Build Terminal 2 expansion, two awards for interior design and public art: Lindbergh Field; San Diego County Regional Airport Authority; URS and HNTB; various artists, coordinated by Diana Lucero.
- La Esquina mixed-use project, architecture; 2222 Logan Ave., Barrio Logan; Hector M. Perez-Barrio Project.
- Mesa College Student Services Center, architecture: Mesa College Drive, Kearny Mesa; San Diego Community College District; Architects Hanna Gabriel Wells.
NOAASouthwest Fisheries Science Center, architecture; 8901 La Jolla Shores Drive, La Jolla; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; Gould Evans Architects and Delawie architects.
- Snooze and D Bar, architecture: 3940 Fifth Ave., Hillcrest; Carleton Management; Public Architecture.
- Structural and Nano Materials Building, architecture: UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering; Miller Hull Partnership and Safdie Rabines Architects.
- U.S. Courthouse, architecture: 301 W. Broadway, downtown San Diego; General Services Administration;
Richard Meier& Partners.
- West Lewis Street minipark, landscape architecture: West Lewis at Falcon streets, Mission Hills; San Diego city; Schmidt Design Group.
- Village Theatre, historic preservation: 820 Orange Ave., Coronado; Five Star Theatres; Joseph Musil.
- You Are Here apartment project, architecture: 811 25th St., Golden Hill; Foundation for Form Architecture & Development.
- Fashion Valley fountain, landscape architecture: 7007 Friars Road, Mission Valley; Fashion Valley/Simon Malls; SGPA Architecture and Land Studio 360.
- Flower Hill Promenade renovation, architecture: 2720 Via de la Valle, Del Mar; Protea Properties; SGPA Architecture and Planning.
- Park on Sixth condo project, architecture: 3100 Sixth Ave., Hillcrest; Phillip Boczanowski & Cos.; ML Architects.
- Shelter Island sign, miscellaneous: Shelter Island Drive at Scott Street; San Diego Unified Port District; Stanford Sign & Awning.
- Surface parking lot (in place of two historic warehouses), historic preservation; F Street between Seventh and Eighth avenues; SLA-BRA LLC.
The jurors for the 2013 were Eric Naslund, Studio E Architects; Frank Wolden, Skyport Studios; Viveca Bissonnette, Hollander Design Group; Brian Garrett, LandLAB; Gina Champion-Cain, American National Investments;
The co-chairmen of the event were Pauly De Bartolo, vice president of the San Diego Architectural Foundation, and Craig Howard, both of De Bartolo and Rimanic Design Studio.


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I would like to know what is the maximum range of the Wifi Bee v2.0
Wifi Bee v2.0 range
wireless communication and related Bees.
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12m at most in a office. I don't have a further test about the signal intensity, but it's ok.
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EMT Exam: Differentiating Blunt from Penetrating MOI
Although you may think there are lots of MOIs (mechanism of injury), they really boil down to two general forms for the EMT exam: blunt and penetrating. Each has unique properties. In addition, you have to consider blast MOI, which is a combination of blunt and penetrating MOI.
Blunt MOI
Blunt MOI spreads its force over an area of the body. You need to think beyond the surface and predict what injuries you may find in the following situations:
Motor vehicle crashes: There are a few types of motor vehicle crashes (MVCs):
Frontal: The front of the vehicle is struck, either directly or offset. The body is flung forward, sometimes in an upward or downward motion. You expect injuries to be focused on the front of the body — the head, neck, chest, and abdomen. There may also be injuries to the arms and legs.
Rear: The back end of the vehicle is struck, causing the body to lurch backward first, and then whip forward. If the headrest is placed too low, the neck can hyperextend during the first reaction. Injuries to the neck, spine, and pelvis are possible during a rear collision.
Lateral: The side of the vehicle is struck. The body moves to the side of the impact, causing injuries to the lateral head, neck, shoulder, chest, abdomen, and pelvis.
Rollover: The vehicle is flipped onto its side or roof after impact. This type of accident can be especially dangerous for unrestrained passengers; they experience multiple impacts with both the inside of the vehicle and any flying objects inside the cabin during the crash, causing a multitude of injuries in a variety of places on the body.
Rotational: The vehicle spins after impact. The injuries can be highly variable. The initial impact can also cause injuries; for example, say two cars collide in a frontal offset crash, causing one to spin off to one side. It then crashes laterally into a building. If the occupants are not restrained, they will collide with a variety of surfaces within the vehicle, including each other.
Restraints and other safety equipment in motor vehicles are quite good in minimizing injuries in crashes. Regardless, make sure you evaluate the MOI and assess the patient for any potential injuries associated with it.
Pedestrians, motorcyclists, and bicyclists, oh my! Motor vehicles can carry a lot of energy through their mass and speed. People are at a severe disadvantage during a collision when they're on foot, a motorcycle, a bicycle, or another type of wheeled transport.
You need to look for MOI signs of the energy involved in the collision. If the victim was thrown, estimate the distance from where the victim was struck. Damage to the motor vehicle hood, door, or bumper can provide key information. Look for tire skid marks from the motor vehicle — if they occurred before the point of impact, the energy transfer may have been less than expected.
Falls: Falls represent another form of blunt trauma. Acceleration is related to force, so it's important to determine the approximate height of the fall as a predictor of serious injury. If the distance is three times the height of the patient or more, or at least 15 feet, there is great potential for serious injury.
Knowing the suddenness of the stop on the other end of a fall is also important. Soft sand, bushes, and other materials that can slow the deceleration improve the victim's chances of escaping serious injury.
Finally, how the patient lands after falling can help you determine injury patterns.
Falling objects and assaults: Being struck by bats and falling objects are examples of blunt MOI. These MOI produce more localized injury patterns to the body. You want to identify the offending object and determine the point of impact on the body and what happened afterward.
Penetrating MOI
Penetrating MOI concentrates its force into a specific area of the body, creating an opening through the skin. Examples of penetrating MOI include
Gun shots: In gun shots, velocity makes all the difference. The faster the bullet, the more damage it can cause. A low-velocity projectile from a small handgun tends to cause damage along its trajectory. A high-velocity projectile from a rifle has a cavitational, or pressure, effect, causing tissue to compress and bleed as the bullet passes through.
A bullet may also be deflected from its path in the body by harder surfaces such as bone. In this case, you may find it harder to predict the injury pattern.
Stabbing or cutting: You can consider a stabbing or cutting to be a very low-velocity penetrating trauma. As such, these injuries tend to be localized to the area.
More often than not, bullet and knife wounds bleed very little externally. Most of the bleeding occurs internally, where it can't be seen or stopped.
If you can find out more specifics about the type of weapon used, such as the length of a knife blade or the caliber of a bullet, that's great, but don't waste time trying to track the information down.
Blast MOI
Injuries sustained from an explosion have characteristics of both blunt and penetrating MOIs. Here's the progression:
Primary blast wave: When the explosion first occurs, a wall of air pressure rapidly expands outward in all directions. A victim who is close to the explosion will be struck by this pressure wave, causing blunt injuries to the inside of the body, especially to hollow organs.
Secondary blast wave: Immediately behind the primary wave is debris from the explosion itself. It may be the remainder of the original container, shrapnel embedded in a bomb, or glass and other materials from nearby structures. This debris strikes the victim, causing penetrating injuries.
Tertiary blast injuries: If the force of the explosion is great enough, victims can be thrown to the ground or into other solid objects, causing additional blunt and/or penetrating injuries.


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Breaking Bad
- by Alison
The cover of this weeks, "Entertainment Weekly" Magazine is something I've blogged about previously. "Breaking Bad" is a great show. One thing I had never noticed is how great the stars teeth are.
Aaron Paul is the younger of the two at 34, and many 34 year olds have great teeth due to fluoride, modern dental care, and the general advantages of youth. However, Bryan Cranston is 57 years old. Most 57 year olds have some stained teeth, jagged edges, and usually have some silver filling showing, at least on back teeth. Both of these guys have gorgeous, perfect looking teeth.
If you would like to have perfect teeth, we can help you with that. Give us a call 703-532-1712 FallsChurchSmiles.com


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U.S. Navy
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A lot of us who have PTSD are in denial
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Oh dear, another forever since I've done anything on here. But it's because I've been busy elsewhere - I promise! (and I'm lazy and my computer died and I like watching TV more than reading blogs these days) Anyway, I released a new collection and forgot to tell you about it. I have a million posts planned about it so I hope to write them soon before I lose my mojo.
You can see the whole collection here in the shop - and buy it maybe? I really am chuffed with this collection, if I do say so myself. My main rule when designing and making these pieces was to create garments that I would actually wear and because I've stuck to that I feel like it's really 'me', without sounding like a total cheese bag.
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Burgh Island
Burgh Island (50°16′47″N, 3°54′01″W) is a small tidal island off the south coast of Devon in England near to the small seaside village of Bigbury on Sea. There are only two buildings of any significance on the island, the larger being the Art Deco Burgh Island Hotel, the smaller being a public house, The Pilchard.
The sea tractor is used to ferry visitors to the island during high tide
The island is approximately 270 yards (250 m) from the mainland at Bigbury-on-Sea and is approachable on foot at low tide. At high tide, the sea tractor, which is operated by the hotel, transports pedestrians back and forth.
The original vehicle was constructed in 1930; the current, third generation tractor dates from 1969. The vehicle drives across the beach with its wheels underwater on the sandy bottom while its driver and passengers sit on a platform high above. Power from a Fordson tractor engine is relayed to the wheels via hydraulic motors.
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Family Attachment Subscale – CTC
The Family Attachment Scale is part of the Communities That Care (CTC) Youth Survey. This survey is designed to measure adolescent substance abuse, delinquency/antisocial behavior, related problem behaviors such as school dropout, and the risk and protective factors that increase or decrease the likelihood of these adolescent behaviors. The survey measures 16 risk factors and 9 protective factors at the individual, peer, family, school, and community levels.
The CTC Youth Survey is the primary tool for needs assessment and monitoring in Communities That Care (CTC), a coalition-based prevention system that uses a public health approach to prevent youth problem behaviors. The survey is administered during Phase 3: Developing a Community Profile (for more information about the Communities That Care operating system, go to http://www.sdrg.org/ctcresource).
The CTC Youth Survey is part of the Center for Substance Use Prevention (CSAP) Toolkit, which is provided by Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). It has a total of 142 items. The survey is typically group-administered in classrooms in one 50-minute session. The scales measuring risk and protective factor in the CTC Youth Survey have been established as reliable and valid measures of risk and protection for boys and girls in grades 6 through 12 across racial and ethnic groups. To ensure the validity of data from obtained from the survey, those administering this survey are instructed to use the original scales specified in the CTC Youth Survey Item Construct Dictionary and response options provided in the survey.
For a guide on how to use this tool, go to: http://www.sdrg.org/ctcresource/Community%20Assessment%20Training/Participant%20Guide/CAT_PG_mod2.pdf.
Arthur, M.W., Hawkins, J.D., Pollard, J.A., Catalano, R.F., & Baglioni, A.J., Jr. (2002). Measuring risk and protective factors for substance use, delinquency, and other adolescent problem behaviors: The Communities That Care Youth Survey. Evaluation Review, 26, 575-601. doi:10.1177/019384102237850
Complete measurement tool hyperlink: http://store.samhsa.gov/shin/content//CTC020/CTC020.pdf
Before analyzing the data, code answer options as follows:
0=Never or almost never
3=All the time
This survey is summarized into scale scores. Lower risk factor scale scores and higher protective factors are associated with better behavioral outcomes. To facilitate comparisons with public school students across the U.S., scale scores can converted into percentile scores, ranging from 0 to 100, by referencing them against the Communities That Care® normative database. This bed of normative data, which was compiled by combining the results of selected Communities That Care Youth Survey efforts that were completed in 2000, 2001 and 2002, contains survey responses from over 280,000 students in grades 6 through 12. Scale scores can be weighted on four demographic variables (ethnicity, sex, socioeconomic status and urbanicity) so that they generalize to the population of US public school students. Norming and weighting scores requires knowledge of statistics and would most likely need to be completed by an external research firm.
Several companies provide services for scoring, aggregating the data, and generating reports for the school(s) to use for program planning and evaluation (see
For a sample report, go to: http://rothenbach-research.com/surveys/CTCYS_Sample_Report.pdf.
For help interpreting data obtained from the survey, please contact:
Blair Brooke-Weiss
Communities That Care Specialist
Social Development Research Group
University of Washington
9725 Third Ave NE, Suite #401
Seattle WA 98115
Phone: 206.543.5709
Email: [email protected]
No formal benchmarks are available for this indicator. However, one may refer to grade-level norms for these measures available in the Communities That Care® normative database and set the benchmark to whatever the norm is for the grade-level of your participants.
Arthur, M. W., Briney, J. S., Hawkins, J. D., Abbott, R. D., Brooke-Weiss, B. L., Catalano, R. F.(2007). Measuring risk and protection in communities using the Communities That Care Youth
Survey. Evaluation and Program Planning, 30, 197-211. doi:10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2007.01.009
Arthur, M. W., Hawkins, J. D., Pollard, J. A., Catalano, R. F., & Baglioni, A. J. (2002). Measuring risk and protective factors for substance use, delinquency, and other adolescent problem behaviors: The Communities That Care Youth Survey. Evaluation Review, 26, 575-601. doi:10.1177/019384102237850
Fagan, A.A., Van Horn, M.L., Hawkins, J.D., & Arthur, M.W. (2007). Gender similarities and differences in the association between risk and protective factors and self-reported serious delinquency. Prevention Science, 8, 115-124. doi:10.1007/s11121-006-0062-1
Glaser, R. R., Van Horn, M. L., Arthur, M. W., Hawkins, J. D., & Catalano, R. F. (2005). Measurement properties of the Communities That Care Youth Survey across demographic groups. Journal of Quantitative Criminology, 21, 73-102. doi:10.1007/s10940-004-1788-1


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Friday, August 3, 2012
Love & Holo
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- AnonymousAugust 5, 2012 at 6:49 PM
I HAVE to get myself some stamping tools. I bet I'll get pretty addicted pretty quickly. Love the shape of your nails, btw. And your blog. Definitely not last time I am here :-)ReplyDelete
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2008: A Retrospective - Part Two
Hear that? It's the sound of me cackling like a lunatic.
This is me pointing my finger at all 250 million of you people who said that Darkfall was vaporware and would never release. This is me grinning at those of you who believe, even now, with dates all but confirmed and beta in progress, that somehow the game is still going to fall through.
Hell, it very well might. I figured the game would release, but my faith in it actually being fun to play? Playable? Something resembling a finished product? Next to nil.
If experienced MMO developers such as Mythic and Fun(hah)com can't excrete an MMO that seems as if it's out of Alpha, why put any stock in the ability of an untested, untried company to do the same? I've been burned one too many times, Aventurine. You will get my money when you release Darkfall, certainly, but you can bet your asses that I'm going to sigh, facepalm and rave like a homeless man in an alien invasion when my avatar gets stuck in a farmstead, while passing newbies plink at me with their starting gear until I drop dead from boredom and frustration.
The only saving grace in that situation, is that my corpse will be stuck too, and I can fold my arms, and stick out my tongue at the contingents of clown shoes who try to loot me and get stuck themselves, quitting to find their nearest social counterpart to complain about their SHOCK AND SURPRISE that yet another MMO released with more bugs than the amazon rainforest in the summer.
I will have just four words for all of you. "I told you so."
I got a bit sidetracked there. Darkfall will release in 2009, barring any more Aventurining of the release dates. This article is meant to be about games which released in 2008. I guess there's a flag on the play.
That's gonna hurt.
Perfect World
Lollerskates. Roflcopter. Lmaonaise.
Try to follow me here.
Perfect World is a free to play MMO created by the eponymous company Beijing Perfect World, and published and regurgitated in the USA by Perfect World Entertainment as Perfect World International (as opposed to Perfect World Domestic?). In a perfect world, Perfect World would be a perfect game, however, playing the game, one can see right off the bat that this game has several glaring flaws.
I can not remember ever logging into a game for the first time and having the first words out of my mouth be "WTF?". Not until I played this game.
From the get-go, I was met with what appeared at first glance to be a runaway circus freak show rendered in mediocre 3d. Things that greeted me upon my debut included panda bears with giant sticks, flaming somersaulting tigers, lions with no manes, fox girls with sticks, cat girls with sticks, bat girls being chased by giant blue scorpions, green-skinned winged creatures, snails with no heads and something resembling a giant humanoid duck riding a giant deformed swan while carrying a bouquet of flowers in each hand (I am seriously not joking).
Further investigation revealed that the vast majority of these oddities were, believe it or not, player characters. I suppose if I had bothered to explore the character customization beyond picking a preset and naming my pink-haired pedo bait avatar Imperfecta, I would have realized that something was going to be rotten in Denmark.
Central to the game's theme of not-so-veiled bestiality is the cadre of emotes available to the player. Of particular interest to the obviously fifteen year old weeaboo crowd were the faint, embrace and kiss emotes. Swiveling my camera 360 degrees resulted in unobstructed views of panda-men falling on top of prone fox girls in lingerie, fox-men falling on top of prone cat girls in lingerie, prone bat girls emoting at nearby lions, tigers and bears, and any number of giant anthropomorphic creatures carrying, yes carrying, their female counterparts around like so many sacks of livestock feed. I was almost afraid to look at the chat log, but when I finally did, I was treated to an onslaught of broken english laden with sexually suggestive themes that would make Ron Jeremy blush.
Come on guys, tails just don't go there people! Geez!
When I was finally able to tear my eyes away from what looked like the prologue to an extremely bad hentai movie, long enough to play the game, I was treated to yet another bloody replica of World of Warcraft. You've got your talent tree, you've got your standard-fare MMO combat, castbars, hotkeys 1-6 which activate your special abilities, yada yada yada... blah blah blah... crafting, pvp... etc.. etc...
"Sometimes I wonder if any MMO developers have ever had an original idea in their lives.", I say, quickly amending that statement, as I accidently hit the space bar, causing me to jump so high that I actually go OVER a tree.
Well now, here's a concept. You can practically fly from the word go. Apparently you can 'actually' fly later on. Unfortunately, the execution here seems akin to feeding a toddler a $2,000.00 hors'd'oeuvre. Give the Perfect World players the ability to fly, and what do they do? They take their sexual escapades into the treetops of course. After mastering the platforming side-game enough to jump on top of buildings, trees and mountaintops, I encountered a cavalcade of animal-folk doing the nasty while hanging from tree branches, standing on chimneys, balancing on gates and in watchtowers, and any other conceivable place elevated from the unwashed masses getting their rocks off on the dirty, filthy ground.
What have I learned from Perfect World? The internet is for porn. Rule 34, etc... and there are things that you can do with staves, sticks, tails and such that your parents probably would not approve of.
Part three soon, in which I will cover what I consider to be the only good MMO release in the past year.


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Thomas Hampson IS Doktor Faust
Phew, what an exhausting, numbing, emotional experience this was. The production is not without problems, but Hampson's performance more than compensates for anything that might hinder one's enjoyment and appreciation for this reading. This may in fact be the finest work I've seen from him - and knowing his propensity for analyzing and reading between the lines, Busoni's enigmatic, difficult task put out before him is precisely the type of challenge Hampson seems to revel in. He is intense, his world weary, exhausted of life beginning morphing into this superhuman persona that burns himself out trying to achieve Mephistophele's challenge: "to make eternal the fulfillment of every wish and every suffering." It's exhausting just to think about! Busoni's uncompleted opera shows everywhere a brilliant mind grappling with larger "Faustian" ideas - and a seeming frustration as how best to represent them in a piece conceived for a stage drama. The resulting work is, of course, episodic in nature without the clear linear direction and storyline we are accustomed to in "standard" opera.
Klaus Michael Grüber's production for Zurich seems intent to maximize that episodic nature and the attempt to flow the acts together with a cinematic liquidity makes the "choppiness" (for lack of better word) of the work all the more noticeable. The enormous stage design seemed to me a blending of a hyper-realism mixed with the symbolic. To that end, watching this I was reminded (more than once) of the great silent movies, and the larger-than-life performances, odd costumings (for all but Faust and Mephistpheles) all enhance that feeling. At the same time, Grüber's staging has a church pageant feel to it, almost enhancing the static qualities of the opera Mr. Hampson appears to be one of those always good looking fellows whose looks actually seem to only improve with age and here, even exhausted and greasyhaired, he looks terrific. The voice, always attractive is gorgeous in this incredibly difficult music and even when the music threatens to overwhelm him he is never less than compelling - giving everything he has. The last half hour of this piece is my favorite as it's almost entirely Faust in this Wagnerian length soliloquy of ineffable beauty and power. Hampson is at his absolute zenith here - watching him grapple with all of the ideas presented him, the reality he alone cannot attain what he had set out to, the realization of his mortality - all set to Busoni's stunning score - I was overwhelmed by it, completely undone.
I know many find this work difficult going, but I really believe even if one doesn't care particularly for most of the opera, this scene alone is worth the price of the set. Hampson is THAT amazing here.
Gregory Kunde has the unenviable task of singing the other impossible role, Mephistopheles. The tessitura alone is a killer, but Kunde makes it all work and is often thrilling vocally, while physically his devil comes off as wry and deadpan. The combination works wonderfully.
The lovely Sandra Trattnigg is the Duchess of Parma and ably sings her difficult aria more than adequately . . . admirably, even, but while she has an attractive voice the role really isn't a great one and she (whether directed or on her own) doesn't make quite the meal out of it that I hoped she might. Some of the costumes are outlandish and downright weird, which, I'm guess serves to heighten the difference between the Devil, Faust and everyone else in the world, but some of them were (to me) fairly ghastly.
Philippe Jordan looks like he should be starring in movies rather than conducting operas, but he does a (mostly) superb job with the Zurich forces and nearly all of the music comes across magnificently. The one disappointment I had was in the long Symphonic Intermezzo (which begins the 2nd disc). It is dispatched with precision, attention to detail and amazing dynamics, but it felt "soulless" to me. There was too much of a detached quality that got under my skin as I want this intense, mostly soft music to "burn" and it did just about the opposite here. This was difficult for me to understand (but clearly an artistic choice . . . duh) as the rest of the score has that "burning" that Busoni has infused it with. Busoni's opera is, as Hampson refers to it a complete "masterpiece."
Despite its episodic nature - perhaps because of it - one can experience the ideas of Faust better than in any of the other Faustian operas. In a few hours his Doktor Faust encompasses far more of those ideas than could possibly be gleaned than were one able to spend the same amount of time with the sources from which it is derived. It seems almost as if told in a dream-like state, where anything at all is possible with little to no regard for the banalities of realism. Musically, Busoni embraces so many styles - there is Bach, Beethoven and Schumann aplenty in the score.
During one section of the great final monologue I always feel the presence of Poulenc '"Dialogues of the Carmelites" (even though that work came much later). It is a glorious score wed to a a sometimes difficult to grasp libretto, but I don't necessarily consider that a flaw, but rather more of a challenge to the listener. This is one tough bird of an opera. Busoni almost guaranteed his opera would be difficult on all accounts: to cast, to interpret, and to sit through. Despite a mostly ear ravishing score, it's not one to "sit back and enjoy," like some other works, but this production - musically and theatrically, yields mighty rewards.
There is a marvelous 26 minute interview with Hampson and the Zurich Opera House dramaturg, which is a "must see." Hampson (speaking, thinking and gesturing in perfect German) is witty, intellectual without being "poofy" about it - it's all "real" to him and his energy is as engaging off stage as on.
In one hilarious section he mentions the difficulty of the piece which he declares "unsingable" - how nearly impossible it is and how one of his first arias - there is all of this difficult coloratura but "the orchestration . . . is massive, everyone's sawing away, thumping and tooting (he makes all manner of comic physical gestures here) while the conductor is (imitates a conductor trying to control the orchestra) and there above the vocal line it's marked 'sotto voce!' . . . after a day and a half of this my lyric voice started wobbling in this 'screamed version . . . " Hampson as comedian works too!
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So this weekend I dived again on Fallout 3, Still dint finish it, but getting close maybe. I can see the Bethesda touch on it and the future Skyrim on it, but this a all other universe and play style.
I usually "play" games acting the good guy, you know the one that ordinary people like to be, the guy that saves the day and kills the bad guys, that only kills when shoot first, you know. Yesterday something was different, maybe I was tired or bored or just decided to try something different, so I saw this stimpack laying on the table that belonged to NPCs that lived there, but because I always need a stimpack, because game and monsters and shit, I stole it, and the NPC decided "hey this guy took my stuff let me shoot him", big mistake. Bam dead NPC, but since I had to enter the city or underground subway station , or base or home they life in, to do the mission to deliver the mail to the kid holdup there, that killed is parents and does not know he is a vampire or not, but that's another story right there.
I tough to myself, maybe they didn't see me kill their friend NPC at the entry, after I stole is shit, maybe…
Guess what happens next, if you said they didn't notice and acted as usual like npcs do in cities, and gave me mission and chat, you are wrong, of course the first thing they did when they saw me was shoot me.
On a "normal" day I just get out of there and story ends, because killing npcs is wrong ok even on a game, but I was wanting to finish the mission because, mission, exp and letter from sister and kid was alone, you know "good" guy and so I did what had to be done to reunite the kid with is sister, and deliver the mail.
I killed the all the npcs, all of them, all turned into bit and pieces, and I didn't even tough about it, killed them all, looted all their stuff I could fit on my bag and delivered the mail, and reunite the kid with is sister, I hope.
Mission was successful, exp, loot all to me , and but I guess the npcs didn't find it funny or lik this outcome to this story, maybe its the fallout universe getting to me, or maybe I am just pissed off, because last week a Super mutant killed my dog named Dogmeat, and I hate cruelty to animal, even in games.
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River Clyde, Scotland
Vase planted by John Clarkson, Gavin Cullen, Nina Polli & Elaine Howatson, May 28, 2000
"On an exceptionally sunny day, we drove from Edinburgh to Greenock, formerly one of the main Clyde ports but now an area undergoing slow but marked change from its days when the upper reaches of the Clyde provided the world with most of its shipping. Here, we decided to use a drogue to lessen the terminal speed of the vase in its descent to the bottom of the Loch. Nina asked, "Just how fast can this thing go?" The two crew members looking conspiratorially like two small boys said, "Shall we go fast?" Then they opened wide the throttles, the boat's stern tucked itself down in the water and we were suddenly leaving a huge frothy wake behind us.
When we reached the chosen area, I quickly attached four equal lengths of cord through the predrilled holes in the rim of the sturdy plastic pot. Then I tied them to four corners of a pink woolen blanket, one from my childhood, creating a parachute of sorts. Thousands of air bubbles broke the surface of the apparatus as it made its measured descent into the sea. All of us felt a powerful moment of jubilation that the operation had gone without a hitch.
Afterwards, we drove to a nearby McDonalds. We did some meditation practice in the parking lot, dedicated the merit and then devoured a very welcome lunch.
The river Clyde valley lies in a vast basin. On our drive home eastward, we rose to the rim of the basin as the road crested the hill. Suddenly a long bank of high grey clouds deluged us with heavy rain and hailstones. It felt almost as if we had just passed beyond the sphere of that particular vase's influence. Fanciful speculation." (John Clarkson)


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Do Not Sell
Customer service can be the best marketing campaign for a business, but only if it's done right.
It's not uncommon to receive a few negative reviews, but what's the best way to handle it? Don't call commenters punks, for starters.
Here's how to grab a bigger slice of the $64 billion that shoppers are expected to spend online this season.
Follow the lead of the tech giants, and treat your employees the way you'd want to be treated. If they feel supported, they'll be more inclined to say "yes" to customers.


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Good dry bagDry bag works and it is the right size for me. From personal experience, dry bags seem to be made out of either some really thin "cloth like" plastic or some "leather like" plastic. These ones are made of the latter (thick and and probably more durable as opposed to thin and lighter).


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Database Project/Blog LIBR 265-10
This is a collection of 50 different materials for YA ages 15-18. A majority of the materials are be books, but there are also other materials, such as magazines, CD's, DVD's, etc. I hope you enjoy my collection.
Amigurumi – by Lan-Anh Bui & Josephine Wan
Beauty Queens – by Libba Bray
Blankets – by Craig Thompson
Bokurano: Ours 1 – by Mohiro Kitoh
Book Thief, The – by Zusak
Boy Toy – by Barry Lyga
Boyfriends with Girlfriends – by Alex Sanchez
Bumped – by Megan McCafferty
City of Bones – by Cassandra Clare
Donnie Darko – by Richard Kelly (Director)
Dragonflight – by Anne McCaffrey
Earth, My Butt, and Other Big round Things, The – by Carolyn Mackler
Edward Scissorhands – by Tim Burton (Director)
Evil? – By Timothy Carter
Freegalmusic.com – by Freegal
Gemini Bites – by Patrick Ryan
Glass Castle, The – by Jeanette Walls
Go Ask Alice – by Anonymous
Good Omens – by Neil Gaiman
Grave of the Fireflies – by Isao Takahata (Director)
Hello, Cupcake – by Alan Richardson & Karen Tack
Hope in Patience – by Beth Fehlbaum
Host, The – by Stephanie Meyer
House of the Scorpion, The – by Nancy Farmer
I was a Teenage Fairy – by Francesca Lea Block
Jack of Kinrowan – by Charles de Lint
Kissing Kate – by Lauren Myracle
Little Brother – by Cory Doctorow
Maze Runner, The – by James Dashner
Mistborn – by Brandon Sanderson
Night Circus, The – by Erin Morgenstern
Num8ers – by Rachel Ward
Paper Towns – by John Green
Princess Bride, The – by Rob Reiner (Director)
Princess Diaries, The – by Meg Cabot
Repossessed – by A. M. Jenkins
Ruby in the Smoke – by Philip Pullman
Seventeen – by Ann Shoket (Editor)
Ship Breaker – by Paolo Bacigalupi
Shonen Jump – by Hyoe Narita (Publisher)
Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, The – by Ann Brashares
Sorcerer's Apprentice, The – by Jon Turteltaub (Director)
Storm Front – by Jim Butcher
Tantalize – by Cynthia Leitich Smith
Teach Me – by R. A. Nelson
Twilight Soundtrack – by Alexandra Patsavas & Paul Katz
Uglies – by Scott Westerfeld
Waking Up – by New Republic
Z for Zachariah – by Robert C. O'Brien


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This year I attended the Southern Baptist Convention in Phoenix, AZ. As a new church planter, I thought it would be a good introduction to the life of the SBC, meet new friends, and expand Grace Alive's network for planting multiethnic church plants across the globe. I was told it was an "off" year since there wasn't a major election for SBC President. Well, that couldn't have been more wrong. While the convention may have had been down in attendance, the tension steadily rose at one particular point. Fireworks were going off during the resolution session. For that reason, many have been writing on the Convention and what took place. While much has been said, tweeted, and written very little has been told from the perspective of a young minority that was actually there. Here is my perspective.
The Good
The national meeting of the Southern Baptist convention had several highlights. I was highly encouraged by the progress the SBC has experienced in terms of minorities in leadership. My pastor and mentor, HB Charles Jr. was unanimously elected as the president of The Pastors Conference. Dr. Walter Strickland of Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary was elected as 1st VP of the convention along with Jose Abella of Providence Road Church in Miami to serve as 2nd VP. While the diversity certainly could have been much higher in general, I was encouraged to see many races represented and several fellowships focused on enriching unity and advancement of minorities. As I attended the Southeastern luncheon Dr. Danny Akin highlighted the work they have achieved through their Kingdom Diversity initiative which has led to an increase of diversity at the seminary.
I was also refreshed by the updates and presentations by several SBC entities such as the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC), Lifeway, The International Mission Board (IMB), and the North American Mission Board (NAMB). ERLC has advanced religious liberty, fought for racial harmony, and heralded the advancement of Pro-Life policies. Personally, I have been impressed with the brave leadership of Russell Moore since his election of the ERLC. Lifeway has done much to equip the local church through curriculum in addition to producing a quality Bible translation known as the CSB. IMB is now financially stable and producing more missionaries to unreached people groups. NAMB is assessing and producing more church planters across the nation. The SBC seminaries also made major reports celebrating record attendances and milestones. If you take these presentations and updates in to account along with the success of various state conventions and local associations, you can see there is a tremendous amount of work the SBC is doing to advance the Gospel in America and abroad. Before the business of the convention, The Pastor's Conference also highlighted great messages from pastors of churches from around the nation serving various contexts. They valiantly preached through the book of Philippians. The lineup was diverse and dynamic. There is much to Praise God for!
The Bad
With all of these major celebrations, there was still something looming in the darkness. In the Book of Reports, it was stated that a resolution condemning the Alt-right movement and white supremacy was declined. This means the committee saw the resolution unfit to present to the convention for consideration. This resolution was penned by a prominent African American leader in the SBC named Dwight McKissic. Some leaders thought that this resolution would not be an issue or brought to the floor to be motioned back in for consideration. However, McKissic rightly saw it as an issue to be brought before the SBC messengers (members of SBC churches who can vote).
After breezing through the approved resolutions, McKissic came to the floor with a very passionate plea to the committee. The committee stated it was declined due to its language. However, McKissic's motion allowed the messengers to vote with a 2/3 majority to immediately consider his resolution. The vote did not make a 2/3 majority. However, it was very close. Judging from the responses of those on stage and the reactions in the crowd, it was then the committee and SBC President saw that this issue had to be resolved. The mood of the convention literally fell flat. I could be wrong, but I believe it was the strong resolve of the messengers who pressured a new resolution to the committee so it could be submitted and voted on. The Messengers then unanimously voted to allow the committee to present their newly drafted resolution and then the next day Messengers voted overwhelmingly to pass the new resolution.
Why was the resolution important?
Some may ask, "So what's the big deal?" The resolution is important for minorities because we see, hear, and experience racism, nationalism, and unjust privilege in the American church. The Alt-right is also "quasi" religious like the KKK. They hide under the cloak of Christianity but their views are far from God (Matthew 24:5). As a result, the Alt-right has a potential audience in SBC churches. Secondly, minorities have long been hurt by the silence of our so-called allies. To fortify real change in the convention we need to cast down racism and any notions of supremacy as often as we lift up Penal Substitutionary Atonement and Inerrancy. We believe vocalized and written dissent often leads to galvanized actions. Resolutions often set the priorities, agenda and tone of the conventions. Lastly, the idea that there was nothing to discuss or resolve is a sign of privilege absent of a community of accountability. The danger the Alt-right presents in the Body of Christ is a danger minorities cannot escape or table for next year.
Yes, we finally got it right. But we could have got it more right. Dwight McKissic should have been involved in some capacity for the new resolution. With just the resolution committee revising, it appeared another minority voice was being silenced and sanitized. This may have not been the case in motivation, but the larger narrative of racial relations in America demonstrates this is often the case. It also perpetuates the ideas that minorities have to be saved by the majority for moral victories to take place. That is unacceptable. For all of his contributions it would only be right for the Southern Baptist Convention to honor Dwight McKissic for years of work, courage, and vision.
We need to get ahead of the curve on race discussion in the SBC. I propose we nominate and elect more minorities for the Executive Committee, Resolution Committees, and as trustees of our entities. Our resolutions also have to match our funding. More allocations for the minority fellowships such as the National African American Fellowship should be discussed. There also needs to be more funding for minority missionaries and church planters looking to serve Christ in the context of the SBC. The fund-raising models that currently exist typically alienate and discourage minorities to engage in international missions and church planting.
Last but not least, we need to put flesh on our resolutions. There are about 50k SBC churches and less than 300 are multiethnic. Convention resolutions must be translated into congregational lifestyles. About 20% of SBC churches are not pre-dominantly white. That needs to be reflected in the agenda, culture, and priorities of the convention.
The Beautiful
With all of this, the question should be proposed: Should minorities leave the SBC? Should we stop trying to be a part of their club? For some, the answer may be yes. I respect that opinion and I am not militant enough to think there is one answer for all of us. For many, the trauma, hurt, and disappointment are hard to overcome. I get that and those voices should be heard so we can strive for more harmony amongst our brothers and sisters in Christ. However, I am committed to stay. I'd rather be a loving, close, prophetic voice to my brothers and sisters rather than a distant critic. For me, Love bears many transgressions and burdens. It is the weight of grace that allows me to bear the burdens and blind spots of others. I also realize I fall drastically short and battle bitterness and pride in my own heart. I need to recognize I am a sinner saved by grace. That empowers me to hold others accountable without holding a grudge. I want to speak viciously towards the sin of racism but I also need to love everyone courageously. There is much to be grateful for in the SBC and a few setbacks cannot produce cynicism for me. If we are going to see progress in this convention, minorities need the aggressive perseverance and unwavering hope of our Civil Rights predecessors that consistently fought the good fight.
With that being said, minorities committed in the SBC can't take a year off. When the SBC votes on issues concerning us we need to be there and present if the Lord allows. We must stay until the end to support the leadership of all; especially our brothers and sisters that are appointed minorities.
Last but not least, I must remember why I am here. I joined with this mission because I am unashamed of the powerful Gospel that can save Jews and Greeks (Romans 1:16). I am here because we are commanded to make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace (Ephesians 4:2-6). I am here because ultimately the real enemy is Satan and racism has been his primary weapon for destroying the unity amongst churches in America (Ephesians 6:12-23).
For God's Glory,
Cam Triggs
Further reading:
The Gospel Coalition on the Alt-right
ERLC on Alt-right
JD Greear on SBC 2017
HB Charles Jr. on SBC 2017


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Posts tagged with "as3"
Including imports
Do you remember the
#include "filename.as" AS2 directive? It was often used to include predefined prototype functions in AS2. Since using prototypes become obsolete in AS3 (in favour of the inheritance) the
include in often underused.
For example, Darron Shall suggests using
include directive to mimic multiple inheritance.
Recently, I had been given a glimpse of
brain damage enlightenment and I started using it again in AS3 for including all project specific libs only. If you want to pass me the hammer now, please read on.
Using wildcards (like
import flash.display.*) is often considered a bad practice (or laziness) as we don't know what classes/packages are actually being imported. So we are left with typing all import directives for every class we write. Very commonly we use the same shared functionality (either a framework or built-in classes) in the SWF. The idea is that instead of having to import the same classes in every project class, we can have a list of them in a file, i.e.:
import flash.display.Bitmap; import flash.display.MovieClip; import flash.display.Sprite; import flash.events.Event; import flash.events.MouseEvent; import flash.text.TextField; import flash.text.TextFieldAutoSize; import flash.utils.setTimeout; import gs.TweenLite;
and then stop worrying anymore about what needs to be imported.
All you need to do is to place
include "../../imports.as"; where your import directives would normally live. I've personally chosen to put it in the same location as the source directory.
package net.blog2t { include "../../imports.as"; public class Banner extends Sprite { } }
Then you can do it for every project specific class you add.
If you're on OS X and using Textmate, you can use the shortcut – F5 key to sort lines and remove duplicated entries.06:00 PM | posts | 2 Comments | Tags: as3, as2, source, tips
Static Mirror installation for Hidden Door festival
I have a pleasure to announce that I am a part of the Hidden Door Festival - the event is happening during this weekend at Roxy Art Club, Edinburgh.
I got commissioned to make an interactive installation that I've called Static Mirror. So, if you're Edinburger – come along to see the exceptional maze full of art and bands performing live, otherwise just enjoy my piece on-line.
Click the image above to activate (webcam required.) There's a accompanying noise, so mute the sound if you are i.e. at work.
© 2010 Tomek Augustyn. All rights reserved.
If you're looking for a deeper meaning, please read the artist's statement.
Coming out of the underground club, Tomek brings the idea of interactive VJing into a gallery space by confronting visitors with the imagination they might have about themselves.
He asks the old question – "Do our bodies exist for real or are we just a bunch of particles bound together by invisible forces as a temporal form of expression?"
The answer could be found by observing the nature of static noise reflection – as long as you move, you are.
On a technical note, the piece uses my HiSlope (alpha) video processing engine (shortly available as open-source.)
You can also press '/' to play with the manual controls and '\' to view the stats for the camera.06:11 PM | posts | 2 Comments | Tags: as3, hislope, osx, fx, experimental, pixelbender
Pump my snowman
Christmas trees up! We've just created this funky game at tictoc – go, give it a try... or pump yourself.
AS3 developers - try to find all the cheats and beat (pump) us up! (I mean highscores of course.)05:30 PM | posts | 0 Comments | Tags: as3, game, xmas, fun
Nostalgia in Parts
The nostalgia definitely came back. With the recent re-release of the C64 emulator for iPhone I felt that I am somehow thrown back into C64 world again – the only difference is that I am twice as old as I used to be when being active on C64 demoscene and it feels a bit tight. Some time ago I bumped into this amazing ICU64 project - realtime debugging/hacking tool by Mathfigure. Do you remember Matrix the movie?
The first part
I sooooo wanted to have all that working in AS3, that I have resurrected FC64 – low level C64 emulator written by Claus Wahlers (Codeazur) with Darron Shall. The code was moved to GitHub recently, so I just had forked it and thus give it its new life.
Click to activate and watch this (very buggy here but interesting) part from Parts, great demo from 1995 by Oxyron.
Red and green indicate memory write/read, grayscale map represents memory values.
Click on the map and use mouse wheel or +/- keys to zoom in and out. (Memory debugger idea shamefully borrowed from Mathfigure.)
The demo itself doesn't play nicely with FC64 and it's quiet as there's still a lot of work to do on the emulator, but just pay attention the memory snapshot – discover how data is being populated in the memory. The image of girl's face is decompressed and overwrites BASIC area.
I am kind of quietly hoping to get other (ex-)demosceners involved to cooperate and improve FC64 as there's loads to do. The most important thing is to re-enable the SID (maybe using Ralph's TinySID alchemy port) as there are traces of early SID implementation in the FC64 source.
There's another idea for a secret project involving KickAssembler, but shhhh for now...
...and yet another part of the same story
Yes, there is more to it. I am supposed to work on the HTML/CSS templates for the new, cool (web2.0) version of Intros C64 - the biggest online C64 cracking intros repository. The design (also be me) has been approved a year ago, and I am somehow in stuck in the middle - need to work out the roadmap.
Anyway, I wrote a tiny a little bookmarklet to enable live preview of the intros, here are two example links:
Dynamic Duo 3D stars
Dynamic Duo (pictured above)
And the Bookmarklet itself - just drag the link to your toolbar and use on Intros C64 site (you have to select an intro first - get the view with the comments).06:30 PM | posts | 0 Comments | Tags: c64, experimental, retro, debugging, as3, sid, bug, source
AS3 version of PHP's print_r
A very nice little utility nicked from here. Thanks Nate!
package { public function print_r(obj:*, level:int = 0, output:String = ""):* { var tabs:String = ""; for (var i:int = 0; i < level; i++, tabs += "\t"); for (var child:* in obj) { output += tabs + "["+ child + "] => " + obj[child]; var childOutput:String = print_r(obj[child], level + 1); if (childOutput != "") output += " {\n"+ childOutput + tabs + "}"; output += "\n"; } if (level > 20) return ""; else if (level == 0) trace(output); else return output; } } /* USAGE: // Save as print_r.as, change package name if needed var obj:Object = {}; obj.var1 = "test"; obj.var2 = { var2a: "a", var2b: 10 }; print_r(obj); print_r(("a,b,c").split(",")); */09:32 PM | notes | 0 Comments | Tags: as3, source


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It's been five months since I last posted here. Five! Here's what's been happening: 1. As of last December, I've a regular writing gig as a digital writer at The A List. This means coming up with content frequently. This means going for more events, talking to more people and jumping from one … [Read more...]
Give Me Five!
May 29, 2017
A Brief Review of 2016
January 1, 2017
I'm writing this post and I'm thinking about Seasons of Love. This song really nailed the question swimming at the back of my head: how do you measure a year? As fast as 2016 sped by (I realise my last post was in September - eeps!), it also felt like a very wide year. Somehow, I feel like I was … [Read more...]
Saying Yes
June 23, 2016
Someone told me a few days ago, "How I wish I'm bold and good enough like you to put myself out there as a writer!" I thanked her politely for such an encouraging comment...but somehow, it got me a little unsettled. The thing is, boldness has never really been my forte (as I've reiterated time … [Read more...]


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On August 2, 2017, about 4:54 a.m. eastern daylight time, CSX Transportation (CSX) train Q38831, with 5 locomotives and 178 railcars (128 loaded and 50 empty), derailed railcars 33 through 65 in Hyndman Borough, Bedford County, Pennsylvania. Three hazardous material tank cars were breached and released material: one containing propane, one containing asphalt, and one containing molten sulfur. Both the propane tank car and the molten sulfur tank released caught fire. (See figure 1.) About 1,000 residents within a 1-mile radius were evacuated and several highway-railroad grade crossings were closed. There were no injuries or fatalities. On August 5, about 12:00 p.m., the evacuation was lifted. At the time of the accident, the sky was clear, visibility was 10 miles, and the temperature was 64°F.
Two train crews were involved in the movement of the train before the accident. The first crew stopped the train on a descending grade after encountering suspected air brake problems. The crew applied 58 hand brakes while inspecting and recharging the air brake system. The conductor of this first crew found an air leak on a railcar about 20 railcars from the rear of the train. A CSX mechanical employee arrived to repair the air leak. However, by the time this issue was resolved, the crew did not have enough remaining duty time to complete the trip. Therefore, CSX relieved them with a new train crew.
The second crew, thinking the train may still have air brake problems, kept all 58 hand brakes applied and unsuccessfully tried to pull the train down the hill. The conductor of the second crew then released the first 25 hand brakes, leaving 33 hand brakes still applied. The engineer applied a minimum air brake application and started the train with locomotive power down the grade. The train speed varied from 20 to 30 mph. The engineer transitioned from locomotive power to dynamic braking three times before the train derailed.
National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigators determined that the 35th railcar derailed one set of wheels on a curve 1.7 miles before the location of the general derailment and fire. When the derailed railcar reached a highway-railroad grade crossing, the railcar moved further off the rail, initiating the derailment of the other railcars. NTSB investigators discovered that several railcar wheels east and west of the derailed cars had flat spots and built-up tread from the hand brakes not allowing the wheels to rotate, and bluing due to brake pad friction.
The weight of the train from the 1st railcar in the consist to the 35th, was about 1,631 tons. The weight of the remaining 143 railcars trailing the 35th railcar was about 16,621 tons. The 35th railcar from the front of the train was an empty high-sided gondola within a block of 27 empty railcars. NTSB is investigating many factors into the cause of the derailment, including the length, make-up, and operation of the train, as well as the condition of the railcars and track.
Fifteen tank cars transporting hazardous materials were involved in the derailment, including three tank cars containing propane, eight tank cars containing molten sulfur, two tank cars containing asphalt, and two tank cars containing phosphoric acid residue.
The 46th car from the front of the train, a 23,467-gallon specification US Department of Transportation (DOT)-111 general service tank car, released its load of elevated temperature asphalt from a bottom outlet valve that opened during the derailment sequence.[1] The released asphalt pooled and solidified near the railcar pileup. The 49th railcar from the front of the train, a 13,880-gallon specification DOT-111 general service tank car, released its load of molten sulfur from two tank shell tears. The released molten sulfur ignited and burned for more than 48 hours.
The 53rd car, a 33,710-gallon specification DOT-112 pressure tank car, released its load of odorized propane from a punctured tank shell.[2] The puncture measured about 3 1/4-inch in length and about 1/4-inch wide. Released propane gas escaped through the void space between the jacket and tank shell and emerged burning vigorously at several locations on the tank car for more than 48 hours. A 6-inch-high bulge, measuring 27 inches longitudinally and 56 inches circumferentially, formed in the tank shell above the body bolster near one point of fire exposure (See figure 2).
Portions of the propane tank car were removed and shipped to the NTSB Materials Laboratory for examination.
Parties to the investigation are the Federal Railroad Administration, CSX Transportation, the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen, the International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers, and the Pennsylvania Public Utilities Commission.
1 General service tank cars typically transport a wide variety of liquid and solid hazardous materials, as well as nonregulated commodities.
2 Pressure tank cars are stronger than general service tank cars because their thicker tanks allow them to withstand higher internal pressures. These tank cars typically transport liquefied compressed gases, poison/toxic inhalation hazard materials, reactive materials, and some corrosive materials.


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I've always loved going back to school. It's strange to think about, but as a kid I always felt the summer holiday was too long.
How strange was I?
There were just so many things to learn, and we were always so short on time. It helped that I loved my teachers too. I was always giddy with excitement to see them again.
I even remember how shocked I was to learn that they actually left school during the summer. Especially my 6th grade teacher. I remember her saying she had been on a holiday with friends.
Friends? Do teachers have friends?? It was so weird to me!
(Luckily, teachers do have friends!)
We were all so excited to come back and tell everyone what we had been up to during the summer. Some kids had been abroad – some even on the other side of the world! This was pretty much equivalent to traveling to the moon at the time. Some had been at their family cabin, and some went camping. Most of us just stayed at home, though. Despite not traveling far in kilometers, we had traveled so far in fun and games. Climbing trees, swimming, water balloon fights and sleeping in a tent in the back yard. It was amazing!
Things have changed now. After I started working in the classroom I noticed that more often than not, kids were traveling with their families during the holiday.
Except some kids.
The ones that you know haven't been anywhere.
You don't have to ask.
Children have various social backgrounds. Some families have more money than others. Some families barely make ends meet. Others aren't able to. Being a teacher means fighting to erase social inequality by empowering children with knowledge.
This knowledge isn't just confined to curriculum! It is knowledge about how it's okay to be different, to have different things and to have different experiences. It is our job to make them believe that no matter their starting point in life, their goals can be placed wherever they want.
Keeping this in mind I wanted to create some back to school resources that are mindful of the different social backgrounds in my classroom (and elsewhere!). The printables allow children to recap and share their summer memories, without feeling uncomfortable or like anything less.
I hope you find the BTS resource interesting! To get started, click on the image blow and download some free printables to use as back to school activities. I'd love to hear your thoughts on this topic! How do you make sure all your students are comfortable when sharing summer memories?


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and the countdown truly begins
less than two weeks until renegade. omfg. i cannot even imagine how i'm going to get through the next two weeks. work is crazy. i'm worried about new orleans. i'm exhausted. and i still have TONS of work to do.
earlier today i did take this picture. i was trying to get a pic for bookmarks i'm having made. this isn't the one i'm using for the bookmark but i kind of love it.
I love this. It is so sweet. Don't go crazy before Renegade...
i'll be thinking of you on the weekend of the Renegade, sweetie! i know you'll be a smashing success. love the little booksmart tweeter! i think that photo would look enchanting in your shop...


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On 29 JUL 15 NEC-SE posted the article: Yesterday Turkey received NATO's support today they receive Chinese missiles and tomorrow…. In the posting we stated: "This is a dangerous game being played by the global powers. As I tell my kids when you play with fire you could get burned. Just hope your not the first to feel the burn."
On 2 AUG 15 NEC-SE posted: Islamic State Free Zone or a doctrinally correct No Fly Zone?
Todays article states NATO denounces Russia: "The United States and NATO denounced Russia on Monday for violating Turkish airspace and Ankara threatened to respond, reporting two incursions in two days and raising the prospect of direct confrontation between the former Cold War adversaries."
"NATO held an emergency meeting in Brussels of ambassadors from its 28 member states to respond to what Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg called "unacceptable violations of Turkish airspace" after a Russian jet crossed its frontier with Syria on Saturday."
"A Russian warplane again violated Turkish airspace on Sunday, a Turkish foreign ministry official said late on Monday, prompting Ankara to summon Moscow's ambassador."
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