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A series of protests sparked after two fatal police shootings in Anaheim have caught on nationally, as several cities including New York, San Francisco and Seattle have planned demonstrations in solidarity.
The protests planned for Thursday night in San Francisco and Friday at various locations were prompted in response to the July 21 shooting of Manuel Angel Diaz, who was unarmed when police shot him after a foot chase through an Anaheim alley.
In response, hundreds of people have demonstrated in the streets, at the police station and City Hall. The tensions were heightened when Anaheim police fatally shot a second man, Joel Acevedo, in a separate incident on Sunday.
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A protest was planned on Thursday night at the San Francisco Ferry Building. Some 200 people responded to a Facebook event organizing a march through Harlem on Friday.
Demonstrations were planned for Friday in Oakland, Los Angeles and Seattle.
"We will not take excuses for violence on our communities, especially those of color, anywhere," wrote the organizers of the event in Seattle. "Not in Anaheim, not in Dallas, not in Oakland, not here in Seattle and surrounding area."
Los Angeles police had only recently heard that protests were planned downtown on Friday and had no immediate comment.
The police shootings, meanwhile, have prompted some Anaheim houses of worship to hold prayer vigils and events to call for peace.
Some 300 congregants are expected to attend services at the Agape House of Prayer.
"This is really to let people know, we've got to come together," said Dean Garcia, the church's executive pastor. "We want to be a bridge to let people know that we're praying for peace and hoping that the situation be alleviated properly."
Police have stepped up patrols in Anaheim in the wake of the incidents.
Police have said that both men were gang members. They said they thought Diaz had a gun when he reached for his waistband. Police said they saw several objects thrown onto a roof during the foot chase with Diaz. Police did not find a weapon.
In the second shooting, police said they found a weapon near Acevedo.
The police department -- which has recorded eight police shootings so far this year amid rising crime -- faced additional criticism because after Diaz's death, a police dog got out of an unsecured squad car and bit protesters.
Diaz's mother filed a wrongful death lawsuit, alleging police shot Diaz at least twice -- once in the back and once in the back of the head.
Police were not talking about the details of the case, pending the outcome of parallel investigations by its own department and the Orange County District Attorney's Office. The FBI is considering conducting its own probe of the case.
Anaheim Mayor Tom Tait has called on the state Attorney General and U.S. Attorney General's Office to investigate. He apologized publicly for the dog biting incident, saying the department would pay for medical bills of those injured.
Tait blamed the protests on a group of agitators from outside Anaheim. The largest of the protests occurred Tuesday when some 500 people gathered outside City Hall and police arrested 24 people.
"Vandalism, arson and other forms of violent protest will simply not be tolerated in our city," he said in a statement. "We don't expect last night's situation to be repeated, but if it should, the police response will be the same: swift and appropriate."
The shootings come as Anaheim has been seeing a spike in crime and tensions rising. Anaheim is also dealing with a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union surrounding the city's lack of Latino representation in city government.
Dana Douglas, the Diaz family attorney, said tensions between police and the Latino community are "highly strained."
"Young men in the neighborhood are actually the targets," she said. "We don't allege some racial motivation. But it's part of the environment in which these things can occur."
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Discover rural Menorca on the route of the Camí d'en Kane
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If you are in Menorca, may we suggest an unforgettable excursion along the Camí d'en Kane into the innermost recesses of the island. A journey through the heart of this most enchanting corner of the Mediterranean, where you will discover the true rural landscape of this Biosphere Reserve.
A walk along the Camí d'en Kane, laid down almost three centuries ago, will lead you into a world of calm and beauty which emanates from these unique lands. The path begins near Maó and ends in the town of Es Mercadal in the centre of the island. The route's 20 kilometres can be covered by car, bicycle, on horseback or even on foot if you prefer. The route is flat and smooth, perfectly paved and signposted, and requires no technical prowess or special effort. It is a wonderful way to discover another facet of this sea-faring island. On foot the excursion takes a little over four hours; all you need is some comfortable clothing and a pair of good walking shoes. It is an easy walk that can be done by everybody, including small children. And of course, don't forget to take a snack and some water.
This trail is one of the many remains of the 70 years of British domination in Menorca (part of the Balearic archipelago) in the 18th century. The governor of the time, Richard Kane, ordered a road to be built joining the cities of Maó and Ciutadella. Over the years the road fell into disuse, but even today there are several stretches which are still in good condition and lead to idyllic places where you will discover a less well-known, more rural Menorca, resplendent in the intense Mediterranean light.
In the most utter calm, the silence broken by only the sounds of cattle, the Camí d'en Kane leads us through pastures and farmlands, past stately country homes and humble farmworkers' houses, across great plains of grass and along stone walls. It takes us past some of Menorca's best-known features, such as the Monte Toro mountain, which at 357 metres is the highest point on the island and on whose peak there is a shrine devoted to the Patron Saint; the town of Alaior, famous for its cheeses; and Es Mercadal, home of the s'aljub (water deposit), a military fortification housing a large water tank which Governor Kane himself ordered to be built, and which is still in use today.
A walk along the Camí d'en Kane is without a doubt one of the best ways of discovering these idyllic and peaceful Menorcan landscapes. Nature abounds in every part of the island, right down to the seashore itself, where you can find some of the best coves and beaches in all the Mediterranean.
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Robertson Field at Satow Stadium is one of the best college baseball facilities in the Ivy League and in the Northeast. In the fall of 2007, the playing surface was rebuilt with FieldTurf™, enabling the Lions to have more outdoor practice opportunities during the offseason.
Another upgrade took place during the summer of 2010, when stadium-style seating was installed, adding to the stadium's capacity. Included in the renovations were upgraded dugouts and an extended press box as the facility officially became known as Robertson Field at Satow Stadium.
October 12, 2007 marked the official launch of the Columbia Campaign for Athletics: Achieving Excellence. The campaign reflects a deep and shared commitment to athletics among the University community. One of the main goals for the campaign is to build world-class facilities that foster championship performances.
Thanks to the generosity of former baseball players Phillip Satow '63CC and Hal Robertson '81SEAS, this goal has become a reality for the Columbia baseball team.
As a result of Satow's and Robertson's leadership gifts, the baseball team was able to install a state-of-the-art artificial surface. The surface is a hybrid fiber, rubber and sand infill blend designed to have a more consistent feel. It covers both the infield and outfield, with the only dirt covering the mound and home plate.
The FieldTurf™ surface is more resilient than a grass field, allowing the team to practice outdoors more often in February in preparation for the spring season. With the installation of the new field, weather has become less of a factor. In the past, the Lions have been forced to spend most of their pre-season indoors due to precipitation during the winter in the Northeast.
"Phil and Hal have taken the facilities for Columbia Baseball to the top of the Ivy League," noted head coach Brett Boretti. "Having a great facility is extremely important in the recruiting process and also in the everyday teaching capability of our staff. We now feel we have the best facility in order to teach our guys as best as we can."
Satow played baseball, both in high school, where he captained the Erasmus Hall High team, and at Columbia. He played second base on several excellent Lion teams, including the 1963 squad that won the Eastern/Ivy League title in a tie with Dartmouth and Navy.
"[The gift] was a natural fit," Satow said. "I love Columbia. I have always been a supporter of Columbia Athletics. And I love baseball; it is one of the loves of my life."
Satow graduated in 1963 with a degree in economics and entered Naval Officers Candidate School. He served four years as a naval officer, rising to the rank of lieutenant junior grade, the final two in Washington, D.C. While stationed there, he earned a masters in economics at Georgetown, and later spent 14 years at Pfizer, rising to Vice President, Pfizer Europe, and later moved on to Forest Laboratories, joining the firm when it was just a small concern. He became Forest's Executive Vice President for marketing and a member of its board, and then the President of Forest Pharmaceuticals.
He also founded a pharmaceutical company, JDS Pharmaceuticals, with his son Michael '88CC. "I started it with my son, we worked it together and sold it. It was the highlight of my career."
Later, well after graduation, Satow became deeply involved in Columbia College alumni affairs, serving as president of the College alumni association, and on the Board of Visitors; his wife Donna is a 1965 General Studies alumna and two of his three children graduated from the College.
"We are all," he says, "Columbia people."
Robertson is a former two-sport student-athlete for Columbia. Not only was he a defensive back for the Lions' football squad, he started at second base for the baseball team and served as Columbia's co-captain during his senior year. As a sophomore, Robertson received All-Ivy League recognition after hitting .328 with 24 runs batted in and seven home runs in just 30 games. His seven home runs equaled Lou Gehrig's 1923 total, and ranked second in single-season school history at the time.
"I thought about how much the university has meant to me over the last 30 years and thought it was the right thing to do," said Robertson of his leadership gift. "Columbia gave me my start to my professional career and this was an opportunity to give back."
Robertson began his career as an industrial engineer in the food processing industry in Cincinnati after graduating in 1981 with a degree in industrial engineering. For the next several years, Robertson worked in the banking industry while he pursued a master's in finance at the University of Cincinnati at night. Upon completion of his degree, he went on to work for a Fortune 200 company where he managed the corporate data center.
Two years after he began consulting in the banking industry, Robertson founded Methods Research, Inc. In addition to this company, he is also majority owner of his own home building business, Heartwood Builders, LLC.
Hal and his wife, Katie, live in Cincinnati with their five children.


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This is one of a series of responses to the publication of the report of the Leveson Inquiry. For an introduction, and links to other posts, see here.
There was much discussion on whether Leveson would make recommendations regarding Internet regulation. There's a decent discussion of Web issues in the report, and brief mentions of the system for regulating video-on-demand (discussed a bit more below), but in terms of recommendations there is not much there. Of course, the remit was the press, and indeed there will be some who express relief regarding the lack of recommendations in this regard. The proposed regulatory system would be open to participation by websites (as I read it) and that is sensible. (There is a discussion of a 'de minimis' approach to required/encouraged participation, which would be particularly important in this context). However it will be interesting to see whether further work on taking forward that discussion (e.g. on intermediaries, on dissemination through social networking sites, etc) will now be appropriate, i.e. outside of the Leveson process. In my view, one outcome of the process was a lot of evidence on how different service providers governed their services (and thus their users), as well as issues raised about the application and enforcement of existing law. On balance it was probably right to stay away from specific recommendations, but it would be sad to see that effort go to waste (the problems will not go away).
On demarcation, it is recommended that services within the scope of the Broadcasting Code or the ATVOD system would not be within the scope of the proposed press body (p. 1791). This is interesting, although since the Ofcom finding that the Sun's video content did not constitute (for the purposes of VOD regulation) an on-demand audiovisual media service, and ATVOD's subsequent withdrawal of actions against (broadly speaking) other newspaper websites, the potential for overlap is significantly reduced. I raised an eyebrow at the idea on the same page that the criterion for regulation of on-demand services (that they are 'TV-like') applied by ATVOD and Ofcom (but following the language of the AVMS Directive) could help to define 'press-like' in the context of press regulation. I still harbour doubts about the sustainability of the TV-like definition (not least because, when you put all the defined terms together, one goes around in circles), so I hope the press body, if it is created, has a strong pot of coffee for figuring it out.
By the way, at p. 166 (discussing on-demand services and the designation of ATVOD by Ofcom), the report argues that "protections similar to that applied to broadcast content are applied to that same or similar content when made available online." In this case, I disagree. Aside from the procedural differences in licensing (which don't tell us about protections, really), or sanctions (which might), the content standards are radically different. ATVOD applies a much smaller set of regulatory requirements (identification, incitement to hatred, protection of minors and some controls on commercial promotion) than Ofcom does. Think for example of the EU-required higher level of protection of children or on advertising which applies to 'linear' content only, not to mention the many requirements of UK law (which apply to all broadcasters, not just the public service ones) on due impartiality, on fairness and privacy, and much, much more.
I think that the discussion on intermediaries (p. 178) will require further thought – it cites article 15 ECD as the regulatory framework, which doesn't quite concur with how I read the Directive, but no conclusions are drawn in any event. (There is a much better explanation of the issue, including the issues raised in Tamiz, at p. 1900)
Finally, there is a neat framing of the Internet as an ethical vacuum (page 736) – the report is careful in pointing out that this is not intended to impugn the ethical standards of individual bloggers etc, and that the point is to demonstrate that the Internet does not make a claim as to standards. Nonetheless I think attributing an ethical concept to 'the Internet' does not get us very far; I think the class is too big to make sense. There may also be useful ethical models associated with online communication which might, I dare to say, be useful for the press!
Sorry, two other things. There is what might be interpreted as praise for Google's approach to privacy (p. 168). I'd imagine this will be controversial in some eyes. But not much is made of it. And there is a quirky mention of, of all things, ICANN (not further developed) (p. 166)!


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I'm going to stop apologizing every time I post that it has been forever since I posted! Life has been busy. We moved, I've been working on making new friends and setting up play dates for the little one. He just had his fourth birthday party, and it was a complete success, so I'm really happy about that a week later! I have been doing a few more cake orders (click here to see some of my work) and although I have still been cooking a lot and trying new recipes, I haven't really had much of an urge to share them.
Until today!
I love green smoothies. And I love these muffins because they taste like banana bread and my 4 year old inhales them as fast as I can bake them. He has no idea that he is getting a good serving of spinach and fruit in each one, he just knows that they are green and so is The Hulk, and if he eats them he will get big and strong too!
This is an adaptation of another recipe that I found. I made that one and wasn't entirely pleased with the results, even though we still ate them all up. The next time, I made some adjustments and was much more pleased with the finished muffins. It makes kind of a strange amount of muffins... I made 12 regular sized ones and 15 mini muffins. You can make any combination you like! Mini muffins are perfect for toddlers and little kids.
3 ripe bananas
8 strawberries (thawed, if frozen)
2 cups raw baby spinach, packed tightly
¼ cup plain Greek yogurt
1 ½ cups white whole wheat flour
½ cup old fashioned oats
¾ cup sugar (or ¾ cup honey plus ¼ cup extra flour. I used organic coconut palm sugar)
1 large egg
¼ cup vegetable oil or melted coconut oil
1 teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon cinnamon
¼ teaspoon salt
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Put bananas, hulled strawberries, spinach and yogurt into a food processor or blender. Blend and set aside.
In a mixing bowl (I use my Kitchenaid mixer) combine flour, oats, egg, oil, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon and salt. Mix on low speed until course and crumbly.
Pour in the fruit/veggie puree and mix well.
Line muffin cups with liners or grease well with cooking spray. Fill cups 2/3 full. Bake for 20 minutes (about 17 if you are doing mini muffins) or until a toothpick comes out clean.
I recommend putting any leftover muffins in the fridge.
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text: THE PILOT (Willi Willer / Têtes à Claques) with script Posté le mars 6, 2011 de RecceTranscript:Mayday! Mayday! This is Flight DC-one-thirty-two requesting emergency landing « priorité ».DC-one-three-two what is your emergency?My onboard agent informs me there is a suspicious passenger on board.Suspicious? In what way?He has a nail file.A nail file?Yes, and he is filing his nails on my plane! I do not see the problem.You know it is against the rules!Yes, well I would not worry about it.I wouldn't worry about it… What if he gouges my eyes out with that file? Who will fly the plane then, eh? I could fly the plane, Captain.SHUT YOUR FACE, Henri!Captain, please, try to stay calm!No, no, no, no, no… I will not stay calm. OK? Because the passenger also has a canette of grape juice!So, he likes grape juice…« So, he likes grape juice… » How do you know it is just grape juice, eh? Maybe there is an atomic bomb in that little canette. Then, what, huh? KA-BOOM!Look, DC132, I cannot authorize an emergency landing for a passenger filing his nails, and drinking a can of grape juice.Hey! Tower boy! Do-do you watch CNN, sometimes?Yes.Then wake up and smell the jet fuel, huh, huh?OK! You know, you may be right Captain. We should not take any chances. I am sending two F-18s to shoot you down. Thank you for your vigilance, Sir. We will never forget your sacrifice – Over.Huh, hello? Hello, tower? Come in, come in, tower?Well done, « Capitaine »! Smooth…Tower? This is flight DC132. Hello? Hello?


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A Little Loco...
Just the ramblings of a crazy Mom of two beautiful girls (and YaYa to many children that I adore) navigating through my snafu'd life. This blog is my way of 'clearing the cobwebs' and trying to maintain my sanity.
I have a chaotic life full of kids, rebuilding after our house burnt, coffee, my best girls, mornings in my breezeway, blogging, a full time job, screaming kids, laundry, remodeling, Asperger's/OCD Big'K, mowing, taking the trash out, Bipolar w/psychosis and RAD Lil'K, a crazy family, more kids thrown in the mix, bad plumbing, laughing until I pee my pants, electrical malfunctions, and everything else the Big G thinks He needs to throw at me on this ride we call life, all the while trying to survive being a single mother. Because let's face it...every day that I wake up, I am outnumbered!
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when i was 9 years old i remember writing a paragraph on what we thought the world would be like in 2010. the one thing most of the papers had in common was that at 9 years old the general consensus was that we would have flying cars. like star wars type hovercrafts. two other things i said we would have were phones small enough to fit in our ears, and computers that would fit in our hands. between a bluetooth and an iphone i guess i was 2 for 3. well...it is 2010. as of today. where are the flying cars?
january 1st 2010
umpteen bazillion worlds ago this year seemed like such a long time away. in my 30's? are you serious? O. M. G. how old! i would like be ancient. like in a nursing home. like for real like. o. l. d. but it is here. and i am NOT old. some days i feel as if i should be in a nursing home. but i am not. i am ok. for the most part. and now i have children. and when i just asked my 12 year old...'in 2030 what do you think will be different?' her answer went something like this: 'that does seem like a long time from now. but in the last 20 years look at all we have come up with. i think that technology will continue to grow, but we will not have like flying cars. but maybe a step closer than we are now. cause if you think about it there are already like people inventing hover skateboards. i think the big point is not "what will we have?" but "what will we not have?". some animals, oil, good water, breathable air...are these things going to disappear? when you were young 20 years from now seemed neat. to me it's like almost scary.'
ok. REALLY??? really? well at least the 'like' did not change over time.
i thought there would be flying cars. she says extinct animals and no oil. things have changed so much more than we think in 20 years. my great aunt was born in 1920. to think of how much things have changed in every way just in her lifetime is frightening. but as a whole...in my lifetime...in my 33 years...what has changed? grand scheme? not a lot. i feel as if the future will almost take a step back. a step that my great aunt would be proud of. a step back to small gardens, being more earth-wise, recycling and reusing, being more community and family oriented. my great aunt has said for years when i ask her to show me how to cook something 'young people don't stir'. i believe the young people are ready to stir.
every year we like to entertain ourselves making resolutions on the first day of each new year. by definition a resolution is - a decision to do something or to behave in a certain manner* but it can also mean - solution: a statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem**
so this year: 2010. the year of my imagined flying cars. i will not make decisions to do anything. or behave in any manner. i will create solutions. to solve the problems that i am big enough to see in myself, in my family, in my friends, in my community, and in my world.
- i will write more. i will not only blog more but also make a point to comment on at least five other blogs a week. so that those people know someone is listening. i will update on my solution/resolution progress and what was done.
SOLUTION: happiness in general.
- i will not yell as much. i will not stress as much. i will not let things bother me as much. appreciating my children and understanding that they are just that. children. i will grow some vegetables. i will spend more quality family time. with both my close family and my extended family. game night/movie night with the five kids, and three adults.
SOLUTION: my family is happier.
- i will do something random for someone at least once a month. understanding that even though my day is bad, someone else could be having a worse day. finding a single mother in the grocery line and paying for her stuff. helping someone pump their gas. shopping for an elderly person in my town.
SOLUTION: my community is happier.
- i will take time for myself once a month. and convince my friends to join me. getting pedi's, or catching a movie, grabbing sushi, having more coffee mornings.
SOLUTION: my friends are happier.
- i will work more on the website, make more crafts, and finish my cookbook. i have things to offer. recycle more. get greener.
SOLUTION: my world is happier.
- i will give more order to my life. cleaner house. less laundry. go to work with a smile. not complain as much about my everyday. physically improve. mentally improve. emotionally improve. spiritually improve.
SOLUTION: i am happier.
no. i am not delusional. for the sake of argument...let us just say i am...solutional. although delusional may work better.
so to 2010 i say...bring on the flying cars!!! and if you cannot make it happen, it is ok. i can make my own happiness.*** and thats exactly what i plan on doing. and i am going to share that happiness! i am going to try to bring a smile to my little snafu'd world. you should too!
(but the flying cars would be really neat)
Loco YaYa's Snafu'd World
Just a mom of two kids. Big K and Lil K. Who make me loco on a daily basis. I have a ton of other kids that call me 'YaYa'. They are my 'stray cats' as my great aunt refers to them. Once you start feeding them they won't go away...and apparently i'm a great cook!
The things I say will not always make sense. I am funny. I am sarcastic. I am educated. (Sometimes I forget this and the ghettoredneckcoonass comes out. I cannot help it. Hushitup!) I am a smartass. I do not sleep a lot. I may be off color at times. I am also harmless. You may not get my style and that is not my fault. This blog is not meant to be anything other than my thoughts. What I say belongs to me and at the end of the day...it's just words. Get over yourself. If you are offended, go away. You have been warned...
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Spread the word – it's a pizza feast! If there's anything people enjoy more than pizza, it's probably pizza with wings and a salad and some liquid refreshments tossed in. That's why we're offering the Primanti Pizza Feast - available Tuesday and Thursday, open to close, with enough choices to make your whole crew happy.
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Jones Could Make Lightning Season Debut Tonight
Yesterday the Tampa Bay Lightning recalled forward Blair Jones from the Norfolk Admirals of the American Hockey League, Vice President and General Manager Steve Yzerman announced.
Jones, 6-foot-2, 216 pounds, has gotten off to a hot start with the Admirals this season, recording four goals and 10 points with a plus-3 rating in seven games. He is tied for the team lead for goals, is second for points and tied for third in assists. Jones played in 63 games with the Admirals last season, notching nine goals 30 points. He also represented Norfolk in the AHL All-Star Game and won the Reebok Hardest Shot Competition (100.7 mph).
A native of Central Butte, Saskatchewan, Jones has played in 38 career NHL games, all with the Lightning. He has registered one goal and three points with 12 penalty minutes during his career. Last season Jones played in 14 games with the Lightning, recording 10 penalty minutes and averaging a career-best 12:50 in average ice time.
Jones was drafted by Tampa Bay in the fourth round, 102nd overall, of the 2005 NHL Entry Draft.
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Music by Lloyd Larson
Narration by David Burke
Lyrics by David Burke, Lloyd Larson, Jay Parker, John Parker, and J. Paul Williams
Orchestrated by Brant Adams
Performance time: Approximately 35 minutes
This compelling reflection upon Jesus' final days is viewed through His eyes and the eyes of those surrounding Him: Mary, sister of Martha, whose last glimpse of Jesus was during His triumphant entry to Jerusalem; an officer to Caiaphas, who views Jesus with contempt; Judas, His tortured betrayer; Peter, His chosen disciple who twice denies Him; Jesus, who prays, "Let those who are weary come to Me"; Pilate, who reluctantly condemns Jesus to die; Mary, the mother of Jesus, who anoints her son's body with myrrh; Mary Magdalene, who discovers the empty tomb; and Thomas, witness to the resurrected Christ.
A sequence of dramatic scripture-based monologues tells the story, alternating with Lloyd Larson's masterfully inspired music as the "voice of the believer" responds. Flexibly conceived, this work may be presented without staging, as a series of readings and choruses with minimal lighting and staging or fully staged, with a costumed cast. It may be presented in its entirety or in portions throughout Holy Week and Easter.
It is our hope that this work will prompt your own reflections upon the great wonder and mystery of the Incarnate God Who, for the love of His people, humbled Himself, dying for our salvation and triumphing over death.
Song Titles: The Cross (Prelude); Sing Praise and Hosanna to the King!; The Messiah Has Come!; Lord, Make My Life a Sacrifice; Wash My Sinful Spirit ;In the Garden He Prayed; The King of the Jews; Ah, Holy Jesus/O Love Divine; Glorious, Risen Christ!; By Faith and Not by Sight
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Between Tradition and Modernism
Established in 1977, Viau offers a vast array of first choice products, featuring cooked or dry cured pepperoni, Italian cooked meats, sausages, pizza toppings and meatballs. Viau built its strong reputation on innovation, given the fact that the company was the first to develop, produce and market a dry cured pepperoni in Canada.
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NY Times & LA Times Both Come Out Against SOPA & PIPA
from the good-for-them deptWe've written a few times about how columnists at various mainstream press outlets have been speaking out against SOPA and PIPA, showing that the story is catching on in the mainstream media. However, some of our critics have complained that since these are just writers for those publications, it's unfair to suggest that the publication itself has come out. Okay... if that's the way you want it. Let's try this one on for size: the New York Times has officially come out against SOPA and PIPA. No, not a columnist, but an official editorial, meaning that it's the official stance of the paper. After discussing how infringement is an issue, it notes that the definitions are way too broad, and says:
The purpose of the legislation is to stop business flowing to foreign rogue Web sites like the Pirate Bay in Sweden. But these provisions could affect domestic Web sites that are already covered by the 1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act. That act has safe harbors protecting sites, like YouTube, that may unknowingly host pirated content, as long as they take it down when notified.While most of the editorial focuses on SOPA, it also mentions that PROTECT IP "has serious problems that must be fixed." The fixes that the NY Times suggests are as follows:
Another provision would allow the attorney general to sue foreign sites that "facilitate" piracy, and to demand that domestic search engines stop linking to them and that Internet service providers redirect traffic. Experts have said this measure could be easily overcome by users and warn that it could undermine an industrywide effort to reduce hacking. Legislators should also think hard about the message it would send to autocratic regimes like China's, which routinely block political Web sites.
The bill should be made to stipulate clearly that all of its provisions are aimed only at rogue Web sites overseas. Foreign sites must be granted the same safe harbor immunity — and the bill must not open the door to punishments for domestic sites that abide by the 1998 digital copyright law. And rather than encouraging credit card companies and advertising networks to pre-emptively cut off business to Web sites accused of wrongdoing, a court order should be required before they take action.As noted above, earlier in the editorial, it also comes out against any kind of DNS blocking, and suggests, if anything, only financial services should be cut off. I have some issues with that approach as well, but it would be a hell of a lot better than the bills we have now.
If that's not enough for you, how about an official editorial from the LA Times, again representing the official position of the editorial staff of the paper. This one may be even more surprising, given that the LA Times is the MPAA's hometown paper. The LA Times editorial is quite similar to the NY Times one, noting that neither proposal appears likely to help, and actually neither proposal even appears to be getting towards the "right answer."
Both bills go to risky extremes, however, in their efforts to stop these sites from attracting an audience. Of the two, the House bill goes further down the wrong path, weakening protections for companies — including those based in the United States — that enable users to store, publish or sell goods online. The change could force such companies to monitor everything their users do, turning them into a private security force for copyright and trademark owners.At this point, I think it's difficult to argue that the mainstream press is ignoring this issue, or that they're simply "supporting pirates."


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Whether you're after some quiet time out, a delicious meal or a touch of fun, Club Five Dock RSL is your one stop location for the very best in functions & events, food & beverage, huge Dockers Sports lounge, live entertainment, promotions/giveaways, and child facilities which includes a children's playground and kids changing room.
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Carer friendly communities are aware of the part played by unpaid carers within their community. They have some understanding of a carer's daily reality, that they can be under a lot of pressure, and are often hidden from view.
When a community is carer friendly, every corner – from the hospital, workplace, primary school, to leisure services and beyond – will be geared towards addressing the needs of carers. This means that if you're caring for someone unpaid, local services and systems will remove obstacles and make sure things are done differently so your life is a little bit easier.
'Doing things differently' could include an employer creating carer friendly policies by listening to the experiences of their workforce, or a GP practice offering alternative appointment times to carers unable to attend due to their caring responsibilities.
Carer friendly communities reach out to support carers where they can. Working together, Carers Week and all the partner organisations are committed to building communities like these.


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Preseason Value Picks
Outfielders for 3/9/12
Some of us have been sleeping this spring, including this author, who has been sleeping on baseball goingsons more than I'd like, due to other obligations. But, in researching Value Picks this week, the real sleepers have been those fantasy owners who have allowed Dayan Viciedo's ADP to move from 215 to 283. If that includes you, dear reader, then wake up! He was a bargain at 215!
J.D. Martinez | OF | Houston Astros
The fantasy news service Rotoworld writes of J.D. Martinez, "He'll likely play left field regularly and bat third or fifth," which agrees with the crack crew of depth chart experts at Baseball Prospectus, who show him as the primary number-three hitter. Now sure, it's only the Astros, but how many "third or fifth"-place hitters are going to be around at ADP 261? Without recapping all the points from August 17 Value Picks, Martinez is a great pick for as late as he's going.
Even assuming that PECOTA accurately predicts Martinez's rate stats, he's a better strategic pick than his Weighted Means PECOTA indicates. In most mixed-league formats, cutting a fifth or sixth outfielder like Martinez is a low-cost write off. And if Martinez is playing only 75 percent of the time while hitting like PECOTA predicts, it will be difficult to resist trying to trade up using the waiver wire. But if Martinez is closer to his 80th Percentile PECOTA (.304/.357/.476), he not only will improve his per-PA value, but his playing time will increase from the 75 percent projection to over 90 percent—and it's not out of the question that he'll play 90 percent of the time even if he's at his 50th Percentile PECOTA (.271/.321/.424).
Now, PECOTA takes a lot of things into account, but as mentioned last August, one aspect leading to hitter development which can be underappreciated is the amount of time they've played full-season professional baseball. J.D. began doing that in 2010, when he mashed Sally League pitchers at a .362/.433/.598 clip (.347 TAv) before being skip-promoted to Double-A. Cold, hard analysis is going to see a pedestrian .302/.357/.407 line at Double-A to finish out the 2010 season (208 PA), and the 2011 heroics (.338/.414/.546, .325 TAv) at Double-A aren't considered a good indicator, as any scout will tell, due to repeating a level. Again, in 2011, Martinez skipped a level, finishing the season with 226 MLB plate appearances. Considering all the skipping of levels and the limited professional experience, posting a nearly-average TAv (.259) in that time is extremely promising.
Bryce Harper | OF | Washington Nationals
Dexter Fowler | OF | Colorado Rockies
Speaking of Dexter Fowler, he's another player for whom the "wake up!" declaration could apply. While not all Baseball Prospectus writers are quite as high on Fowler as Daniel Rathman—who had him standing beside Matt Kemp in his recent Lineup Card entry… and not just because they were scheduled to be workout buddies this offseason—but he's still a very good fantasy pick. While 688 plate appearances may seem like a high number, he's stayed relatively healthy in his career—when he's not running into walls. He obviously won't lead the league in homers, but he won't drag a team down in that category too badly. Meanwhile, it's easy to envision more batting average and runs than the PECOTA projection, as Coors Field aids batting average and run-scoring. While he strikes out a lot, he's no Austin Jackson in that regard, and a strikeout rate over 20 percent is no longer startling, even in a leadoff hitter. Fowler combines all the aspects a fantasy owner could want in a middle-round pick: a great environment, job security, good projected value, and quite a bit of room for upside to top it all off.
Jason Bay | OF | New York Mets
If you believe the Resident Fantasy Genius—and why wouldn't you? —Jason Bay rates to clobber fully 100% more home runs at home due to the ballpark changes. The concern, of course, is whether his head will be clear enough (of concussive symptoms) to make that 2x multiplier count for much of anything. After he slugged under .400 in 2011 with just 18 combined home runs between 2010 and 2011, it is hard to believe that he'll rebound to anywhere near his past levels. His past levels were very strong, though, especially when you consider the fact that he was in either a more difficult ballpark or a more difficult league until this upcoming season. He did at least look a bit better in the second half of 2011, when he hit .256/.339/.419 (compared to .237/.320/.336 in the first half).
Bay may not be drastically undervalued as the 73rd outfielder, but he has some upside there, and really, that's what you're hoping for with later picks: the possibility for a high ROI. Unlike J.D. Martinez, if Bay is hitting, he's still unlikely to expand on his 80 percent playing time projection (per our depth charts); his injury list is long and varied, and it seems unlikely to change this season.
Rob McQuown is an author of Baseball Prospectus. Follow @robmcquown
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imagize necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 177 diseños de 61 diseñadores freelance.
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Our web development business needs a new logo. The reason for the change is that our current logo is a "sticker". We are looking for a new brandable logo like what Sitepoint use. i.e when you see the blue and orange arrows you know it's Sitepoint! Our current logo was also created in low quality, we need a high quality logo that will look great when printed and it must scale properly. (will be used for letterhead etc)
The reason for the change is we are launching a new website. Our old logo can be seen here. Please note you do not have to use the same colour scheme and we are open to all suggestions.
Our only requirements is that the logo must have some brandable aspect (i.e logo's such as sitepoint or apple). This means that over time people could just see the icon and associate it with the brand.
Our business specializes in php and so we outsource most of our design work. We have not launched our site yet because all of our work has been by referral in our local area. We are looking for an entire site design after the logo has been created. The winning entry will be the basis for another contest on sitepoint for the site design.
Please note that the winner of this contest will not automatically be awarded the job of the site design. This will be a separate contest.
I have held 3 contests on sitepoint so far and all contests have had a winner. So feel comfort in knowing this contest will not be abandoned. I do however reserve the right not to pick a winner if I am not satisfied. I will be as quick as possible with feedback.
The name of our business is imagize. (pronouced ima-jize)
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Michael Phelps and other Olympic athletes from Maryland will be honored at a celebration Monday afternoon at the Inner Harbor, after which the swimmer will be named an honorary captain of the Ravens at the team's season opener.
Gov. Martin O'Malley, Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake and Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz will speak at a roughly hourlong celebration at the Inner Harbor Amphitheater at Light and Pratt streets that will start at 4 p.m.
Phelps, who became the most decorated Olympian of all time in London, his fourth and final Games, will speak as well. The Rodgers Forge native, who now lives in the city, won six medals in London, bringing his total to 22.
A big Ravens fan, Phelps will be introduced along with the football team as an honorary captain before the first game of the regular season, against the Cincinnati Bengals.
Among the athletes joining Phelps at the Inner Harbor will be 15-year-old Katie Ledecky of Bethesda, the youngest U.S. athlete to compete in London, whose stunning gold-medal win in the 800-meter freestyle broke the American record held by Janet Evans for 23 years and barely missed toppling the world record.
Other Olympians confirmed to attend are Suzanne Stettinius of Parkton, who competed in the modern pentathlon; windsurfer Farrah Hall of Annapolis; kayaker Scott Parsons of Bethesda; and rower David Banks, who is originally from Potomac but now lives in Berkeley, Calif.
O'Malley spokeswoman Raquel Guillory said the office is awaiting world from other athletes, including Allison Schmitt, a University of Georgia student who trained with Phelps at North Baltimore Aquatic Club and had a breakout Olympics, winning three gold medals, a silver and a bronze.
Schmitt joined Phelps last weekend in Las Vegas for a party at the Encore Beach Club, where bikini-clad waitresses presented him with a cake topped by the number 22 for his medals. They also hit Surrender nightclub, where Phelps joined Afrojack in the deejay booth.
Some Olympians have sent their regrets, including Georgia Gould, a bronze medalist in mountain biking who grew up in Guilford and Ruxton; Matthew Centrowitz, a runner who grew up in Arnold and now lives in Eugene, Ore., and just missed medaling in the 1,500-meter race; basketball players Carmelo Anthony and Angel McCoughtry, originally from Baltimore, and Kevin Durant, from Seat Pleasant; rhythmic gymnast Julie Zetlin of Bethesda; kayaker Caroline Queen of Darnestown; and cyclist Bobby Lea, who was born in Easton.
Guillory said the names of all of the Maryland Olympians as well as the Paralympians who are competing in London through Sunday will be read during the celebration.
She said she didn't think the celebration would add to what is expected to be increased traffic downtown for the Ravens game, which will be broadcast on "Monday Night Football."
"There will be people here anyway tailgating, so this gives them an opportunity to attend the event that afternoon as well," she said.
Guillory said she hoped the event would attract everyone from football fans to office workers.
"We just hope if Marylanders are in the area, they take the opportunity to stop by," she said. "It's going to be exciting."
At least one prominent fan will be there, applauding all the athletes, especially her son.
"It'll be the first time I've seen Michael since London," said his mother, Debbie Phelps, the former principal of Windsor Mill Middle School who now directs the Education Foundation, which enlists the business community in raising grant money for schools.
"It'll be exciting," she said of the celebration. "The people I have come in contact with, whether it's in New York at the train station or in Baltimore, they have such pride in what Olympians bring to this country."
If you go
Celebration of Maryland's 2012 Olympians and Paralympians
When: 4 p.m. Monday
Where: Inner Harbor Amphitheater
Gov. Martin O'Malley, Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake and Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz and Michael Phelps will speak. Other Olympic athletes will attend.


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With the Oracle acquisition looming on the horizon, and the uncertainty that comes with it, it feels like many organizations within Sun are bringing projects in a state in which they can be transitioned in a clean way. Transitioned meaning adopted or abandoned.
I also find myself doing this: for instance I'm trying to put the finishing touches on JMSJCA, and trying to put Hulp in a state where other people can use it, etc.
Maybe it was in that light that a few days ago, I got a certificate from the SEED organization within Sun. SEED is a mentoring program within Sun in which I had the good fortune to participate. I also was a SEED mentor. Or perhaps I should let the speak for itself.


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Just in case the image of Pamela Anderson's body ever retreats from the collective brains of the human race, an artist made a permanent representation of the Baywatch bombshell, which is on display in London through June.
The shimmering statue shows Anderson as a set of twins, cast in polished bronze, scantily-clad in a bikini and heels with her tattoos on display. British artist Marc Quinn included the work in an exhibit showing people who have transformed their appearances, reports the UK's Coventry Telegraph.
"You have got people who have decided to change the outside of their bodies to fit how they feel inside," Quinn said at the exhibition opening. The artist, known for his interest in the human form, famously created a statue of an armless pregnant woman called "Alison Lapper Pregnant," which stood in London's Trafalgar Square from 2005 until 2007. In 2006, Quinn sculpted Kate Moss in a yoga pose, called "Sphinx"
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The exhibit, called "Allanah, Buck, Catman, Chelsea, Michael, Pamela and Thomas," includes depictions of Michael Jackson, Thomas Beatie, a female-to-male transgendered person who made headlines as the "pregnant man," and transgendered porn stars.
The larger-than-life marble sculpture of Beatie shows him at full-term pregnancy, wearing boxers and cradling his stomach. Quinn said his representation of Michael Jackson -- two sculpted heads, one black and one white -- which the artist said represents Jackson's transformation, but the real Jackson was somewhere in the middle.
Transgendered porn stars Allanah Starr and Buck Angel were depicted together, naked and holding hands, posed similarly to classic images of Adam and Eve. Starr, who attended the opening, said Quinn had been specifically looking for a male-to-female transsexual for his work who was "almost hyper-feminine."
She said the works are "a modern, classical, beautiful representation of a body."
"It's almost as if the future is here. It shows how society evolves and how technology and gender is fluid and interchangeable for so many people."


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Read this article at Newsmax.com
The Chris Evert and Jimmy Connors story is a chilling reminder that aborted babies have two parents. The two tennis greats are in the news because of their abortion years ago. Not her abortion — their abortion.
How many fathers are denied the opportunity to see their children whose mothers choose to abort when the fathers don't agree? The law gives the father no choice even though 23 of the chromosomes of the aborted baby belong to him.
Many people say that men should stay out of the abortion debate, that it's none of their business; that they have nothing to do with what a woman does with her body.
Just as the Kermit Gosnell murder trial opened a can of worms that the abortion industry did not want opened, the Connors /Evert situation is proof that yet another can needs to have its lid snapped right off.
For 40 years women have been undergoing legal abortions — often where the woman is forced or coerced into having an abortion against her will. There have also been cases where the fathers did not want their babies aborted, but were told it was not their decision. Not their choice to make.
In recent days Chris Evert, the tennis star, blasted her former beau, Jimmy Connors, for writing in his book about the abortion. He blames the abortion for breaking the couple up back in the 1970s. He recalled that his response to Evert's decision to seek an abortion at the time was, "Well, thanks for letting me know. Since I don't have any say in the matter, then I guess I am just here to help."
As more time passes since Roe v. Wade, more men like Connors are stepping forward to talk about their experience with abortions as well as the collateral damage they have caused.
Some of these testimonies can be found through the men's link at the Silent No More Awareness Campaign website.
Rachel's Vineyard, a ministry of healing after abortion, has also seen an increased participation by men in their weekend healing retreats. In fact, the need for healing for post abortive fathers has grown so much that the organization now has a webpage dedicated to men.
As I often say, abortion hurts women and men. The "and men" should not be an afterthought because the reality is that while men may not be able to get pregnant or carry an unborn baby, the loss of a child is just as real — and the pain of that loss can be just as devastating — for men as it is for women.
Abortion is about the killing of a human life. Any participation in that killing or the inability to do something to prevent a child's death can have traumatic effects on the father as well as the mother.
As Kevin Burke, co-founder of Rachel's Vineyard wrote on May 4, 2011 in his story of celebrity Steven Tyler's abortion:
"The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders defines a traumatic event as follows: "1. The person experienced, witnessed, or was confronted with an event or events that involved actual or threatened death or serious injury, or a threat to the physical integrity of self or others. 2. The person's response involved intense fear, helplessness, or horror.
"Those who support abortion rights assure us that post-abortion complications are a myth. But Steven Tyler cuts through this fog of denial and lays it on the line: Jesus, what have I done?
"This is the cry of a post-abortive father whose very intimate exposure to the reality of abortion fits the textbook definition of trauma — as set down by the very same American Psychiatric Association that assures us abortion is a safe procedure with no negative effects on a man's or a woman's mental health."
I thank God that the father of my fifth child said "no" to my having another abortion. He knew that 23 of the chromosomes were his and he wanted them to be given life in the baby I was carrying. My grandfather agreed with him.
While these two men didn't have wombs, they had a stake in the life of the baby. Connors' pain is telling. Every baby has a mother and a father.
Dr. Alveda C. King grew up in the civil rights movement led by her uncle, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. She is a pastoral associate and director of African-American outreach for Priests for Life and Gospel of Life Ministries. Her family home in Birmingham, Ala., was bombed, as was her father's church office in Louisville, Ky. Alveda herself was jailed during the open housing movement. Read more reports from Dr. Alveda C. King — Click Here Now.
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Cesare Lombroso (1835-1909)
Cesare Lombroso was an Italian physician and psychiatrist. His work on criminality, now discredited, laid the foundations for modern criminology. He moved away from the nature of the crime towards the criminal's motivations and habits.
Lombroso was interested in physical differences between different parts of the Italian population. In 1862 he began anthropometric measurements of 3000 soldiers, and also became interested in psychiatry and criminal anthropology. His 1876 book Criminal Man argued some people were born criminals - it claimed they were 'atavistic', or throwbacks to a primitive stage of evolution. Lombroso believed 'primitiveness' could be read from the bodies and habits of such born criminals - for instance, facial features, body type and tattooing, which he saw as a particular sign of criminality.
Lombroso's emphasis on external marks and 'primitiveness' were part of a broader movement in the late 1800s. This movement believed biology and inheritance explained human behaviour. A great worry was that European 'races' were degenerating - slipping back to an earlier stage of evolution.
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C Lombroso, Criminal Man, M Gibson and N Hahn Rafter (eds), (North Carolina; London: Duke University Press, 2006)
D G Horn, The Criminal Body: Lombroso and the Anatomy of Deviance (New York; London: Routledge, 2003)
D Pick, Faces of Degeneration: a European Disorder, c.1848-c.1918 (New York: Cambridge University Press, 1989)
The measuring of body parts so that comparisons can be made. The aim is to measure normal and abnormal development. In the past, it has also been used in attempts to measure racial difference.
The social, cultural and geographical study of humans and humankind.


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Dances with Oil
Hey, why not?
BP (Better Profits) is so fucked, I mean they don't know whether to piss, or wind their watches, and the Obama people keep patting them on the back, rather than putting them in handcuffs, and getting them as far away from the crime scene as possible.
Especially so, being that Better Profits has been low-balling the amount of oil flooding into the Gulf, so they can mitigate, and lower losses in future court cases.
So, whether this works, or not, it isn't anything worse than what these Oil Criminals have been doing;
Kevin Costner may hold key to oil spill cleanup
So reads the LA Times headline, adding "Costner has invested 15 years and about $24 million in a novel way of sifting oil spills that he began working on while making his own maritime film, "Waterworld," released in 1995."
Scott Weinberg in his post "Kevin Costner Defends Waterworld" noted
"But there seems to be a small fistful of movies that are "generally" accepted as big-time garbage -- and as this amusing Sydney Herald story points out, Kevin Costner's Waterworld is pretty much one of 'em."
Kev, stop. You've got a better chance at making a Sizzle Beach U.S.A. sequel than you would at convincing people that Waterworld doesn't stink to high heaven. Sure, there are varying degress of movie suckitude, and Waterworld may have earned a little extra abuse because of its ridiculous production problems ... but the thing's a turkey, man.
Back to the LA Times;
Costner has invested 15 years and about $24 million in a novel way of sifting oil spills that he began working on while making his own maritime film, "Waterworld," released in 1995.
Two decades later, BP and the U.S. Coast Guard plan to test six of his massive, stainless steel centrifugal oil separators next week. Plaquemines Parish President Billy Nungesser welcomed the effort, even as he and Louisiana officials blasted the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for delays in approving an emergency plan to build sand "islands" to protect the bayous of his parish.
"The machines are essentially like big vacuum cleaners, which sit on barges and suck up oily water and spin it around at high speed," Houghtaling said. "On one side, it spits out pure oil, which can be recovered. The other side spits out 99% pure water."
If all goes according to plan, he said, "We could have as many as 26 machines dispatched throughout the gulf. Our largest machine is 112 inches high, weighs 2 ½ tons and cleans 210,000 gallons a day of oily water. We are hoping to have 10 machines that size out there — meaning we could potentially clean 2 million gallons of oil water a day."
Oh My!
Giant water Hoovers - Brilliant!
The Right Wing Freak Show Flying Monkeys are going to be flinging their feces around over this one.
Big, bad commie-filled Hollywood riding to rescue?
Better, they will likely adopt our Ran Kan Kan man, Rand Paul's take, channeling Donald Rumsfeld with his "Sometimes Accidents Happen."
But wait, there's more!
This isn't the first time Hollywood has rode, not just cinematically, to the rescue;
Meanwhile, "Avatar" director James Cameron has said that he would make his underwater vessels available, and actor-director Robert Redford appeared in a commercial, sponsored by the Natural Resources Defense Council, that uses the spill as a clarion call to move forward on clean energy.
It is not the first time Hollywood has come to the rescue with cutting-edge technology. Paul Winchell, a versatile ventriloquist and the voice of Tigger in " Winnie the Pooh," was also an inventor who patented an early artificial heart in the 1960s. In 1940, glamorous movie star Hedy Lamarr helped design an un-jammable communications system for use against Nazi Germany.
So, perhaps there's a good vibe there for Costner, something other than 'Waterworld', and, maybe, maybe he can squeeze out a sequel, along the lines of "Sea of Dreams";
If you spill it, he will come ...
(Cross Posted at The Garlic)
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Tough luck, lappies: Brits favour fingersome fondleslabs, phones
Can notebook sales survive the clamour for touchscreen tech?
Tablets have been outselling desktop and notebook PCs combined here in Blighty, and they could well be about to generate more revenue for their manufacturers too, data from GfK, a market watcher, suggests.
Slates have accounted for more than half of the sales volume of computer products in the UK since October 2012, GfK's monthly stats show, rising to almost three-quarters in the run-up to Christmas but then falling back to just under 60 per cent during the first three months of 2013.
So far, though, notebooks generate more sales value than tablets. Just about, anyway. November and December 2012 are notable exceptions, and there were only a couple of percentage points in it: laptops' sales value share in March 2013 was 47.1 per cent; tablets ran to 45.0 per cent.
That's close enough for tablets to overtake during the coming months, though with Apple apparently unprepared to release new products until the autumn, and with Intel's Haswell processor imminent - bringing with it a raft of tempting new laptops - the balance may yet tilt in the notebooks' favour in the short term.
But probably not. "While some [observers] were expecting tablet sales to slow down after Christmas, we are still seeing year on year volume and value growth of 90.1 per cent and 32.6 per cent, respectively, in March 2013," said GfK's Robyn Tovey.
Then again: "The mobile computing market - a mature and saturated market - has been in a gradual decline since the onset of the more mobile form factors such as the media tablet. However, in March 2013 we saw this decline begin to level as sales volume actually grew by 1.5 per cent," he added.
"The overall IT retail market experienced year on year volume and value growth of 9.8 per cent and 6.8 per cent, respectively, in March 2013. Media tablets and tablet peripherals were responsible for most of this growth."
If notebooks sales do stay ahead of tablets, it may well be because of Windows 8 and its emphasis on touchscreen technology. Separate figures from GfK show punters want touchscreens in mobile devices. When it comes to handsets, for instance, two years ago only half of those bought by Britons featured a touchscreen. Now more than three-quarters do, and buyers are willing to put up with mobile network operators' contracts to get hold of them for little or no extra cost - essential when the average touchscreen phone on its own costs £300 more than its buttons-only equivalent.
Prepaid handset sales have been in "free-fall" for the past few years, said GfK analyst Ben Tutt. ®
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When an overturned golf cart accident left him paralyzed from the waist down in 1974, Dennis Walters' life changed forever.
As reported by the Florida Times-Union, Walters, once a promising PGA Tour player, instead had to adjust to life confined to a wheelchair.
He's made the most of his life, however, as Walters has remained very involved in golf by becoming a trick-shot artist and putting on the Dennis Walters Golf Show since 1977.
The 62-year-old Walters averages between 90 and 100 shows a year, traveling throughout the United States to put on a one-hour combination Golf Lessons and Life Lessons show from a swivel seat mounted on the passenger side of a golf cart. His trusty co-host and best friend is Bucky, a terrier mix Walters rescued from an animal shelter in 2008.
And when the Jupiter, Fla., resident is on the road between shows, he's traveling in style and comfort — inside the revolutionary, specially designed Newmar Canyon Star 3911 wheelchair-accessible gas motorhome. It features a built-in wheelchair lift that allows for easy entry and departure.
Walters has been associated with the Nappanee, Ind.-based Newmar Corp. for 18 years, including the company's sponsorship of his show in exchange for the use of a motorhome. It was about three years ago that the two parties began discussing the idea of a motorhome designed specifically for people confined to a wheelchair.
"The front half of the home would be designed the same, but the second half, we wanted to make it wheelchair-friendly," Walters said. "This was a tremendous prototype and we built it into the Canyon Star, featuring the best of what I have had in the past and with some additional features that are even better."
The nearly 40-foot-long Canyon Star was on display at the Jacksonville RV SuperShow, held in February at the Jacksonville Equestrian Center. It drew an abundance of favorable reaction, according to Dana Drake, general manager of Dick Gore's RV World, an authorized Newmar dealer located at 14590 Duval Place West near Duval Road and Interstate 95.
"We had a lot of positive response and we're still getting positive response from people," Drake said. "The wheelchair lift folds up instead of intruding into the RV, so it doesn't do anything to hamper the move-ability inside the coach when the lift is in the up-and-folded-away position. It's probably the best design of anything I've ever seen.''
Florida Today reported that Walters was at the RV SuperShow to shoot a marketing video for Newmar and saw firsthand the response from people in wheelchairs and from those who had family members or friends confined to a wheelchair.
"We saw a lot of smiles on people's faces, including some that were in that situation of being in a wheelchair or were on crutches," he said. "With this design, it's going to make RV travel possible for anyone, which I think is fantastic."
Walters has leg braces that he uses with crutches. But that made accessing or departing the motorhome a cumbersome chore. It required the aid of his assistant, who travels with him, as he made the slow trek — one step at a time, in and out of his previous RV.
Having a lift that enables him to enter and leave the Canyon Star with relative ease has had an impact on his life.
"If I didn't have my crutches on to leave [the motorhome], I would have to slide down on my back side and then transfer to the wheelchair," Walters said. "With the lift, I can go out in my wheelchair on the lift. It's so much easier, so much more convenient.
"It's made a huge difference in my life,'' Walters said. "I use to be hesitant to go out of the motorhome if we stopped for dinner during our travels. I would just have my assistant go get me a take-out. Or I might pass up getting out to go shopping, just because of the effort and hassle it was to get in and out.
"But now I go everywhere," Walters said. "A lot of times, I'm tired traveling 200 days a year. Any time you can save some energy and make life easier, I'm all for it. This thing does it 100%."


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Name of pedestrian killed Friday released
Police have released the name of a man who was killed by an alleged drunken driver on U.S. Highway 50 Friday night.
South Lake Tahoe resident John Carleton, 51, died after being struck by a vehicle in front of the Taco Bell on Highway 50 about 6:45 p.m., according to police.
The driver of the vehicle, 49-year-old South Lake Tahoe resident Gregory Stearns, was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol and driving on a suspended license following the crash.
The cause of the collision remains under investigation. Autopsy results for Carleton could take several weeks, said South Lake Tahoe police Sgt.. Shannon Laney.


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Aliya Itzkowitz sits in fifth in the sabre standings after Saturday (Gil Talbot).
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—The eighth-ranked Harvard women claimed victory in two of their three matches to open the Ivy League Fencing Round-Robins Saturday at Gordon Track.
Harvard (10-7) began the day with defeats of Yale, 20-7, and Cornell, 16-11, but dropped a 20-7 decision to No. 3 Columbia in its last match. The Lions won all four of their matches Saturday, and second-ranked Princeton also takes a 4-0 record into the second and final day of fencing.
The Crimson's matches Sunday will come against Brown at 10 a.m., Princeton at 11:30 a.m. and Penn at 1:45 p.m.
The epee fencers led the way for Harvard Saturday, holding an edge against all three of their opponents and combining for a 19-6 bout record. Emma Vaggo recorded the third-best individual epee record of the day, going 8-1, while Felicia Sun was 7-2.
Aliya Itzkowitz registered an 8-1 record, good for fifth place in the saber standings. Alexandra Kiefer is tied for fifth in foil at 6-3.
Harvard won all three disciplines against the Bulldogs, going 7-2 in saber and epee and 6-3 in foil. The epee group repeated that performance against the Big Red, while the saber fencers posted six wins and the foil squad notched three.
With five Harvard wins in nine bouts, the epee competition was the only one in which the Crimson owned an advantage against the highly ranked Lions. The saber group also claimed a pair of individual wins against Columbia.
Columbia 4-0
Princeton 4-0
Harvard 2-1
Brown 1-2
Penn 1-2
Cornell 0-3
Yale 0-4
Penn def Yale, 18-9 (S54/F72/E63)
Columbia def Brown, 19-8 (S63/F81/E54)
Princeton def Cornell, 22-5 (S90/F54/E81)
Harvard def Yale, 20-7 (S72/F63/E72)
Columbia def Penn, 19-8 (S54/F72/E72)
Princeton def Brown, 21-6 (S72/F63/E81)
Harvard def Cornell, 16-11 (S63/F36/E72)
Columbia def Yale, 22-5 (S63/F90/E72)
Princeton def Penn, 23-4 (S90/F72/E72)
Columbia def Harvard, 20-7 (S72/F90/E45)
Brown def Cornell, 15-12 (S54/F36/E72)
Princeton def Yale, 26-1 (S90/F81/E90)


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What's New at Colomer?
A president retires and a big distribution deal announced.
Colomer, the hair and nail care marketer based in Spain, continues to roll out new products while expanding its global scope. With global sales last year of $420 million, it seems to be faring well with the burgeoning trends within the personal care industry.
Major products at Colomer include American Crew, CND, Orofluido and Art & Science to name a few in the professional category. For consumers, Fermodyl, Fixpray, Lanofil and Llongueras are big. In cosmetics, Biopoint, Gatineau and Ultima II still are selling. And then there's Colomer USA, which features Creme of Nature, Fabulaxer, Lottabody, Fanci Full, Fabulaxer and Revlon Realistic—all big in the ethnic hair care market.
During the past 18 months, Colomer launched a variety of new products, including: Crème of Nature with Argan Oil Treatment, Moisture & Shine Shampoo, Intensive Conditioning Treatment, Strength & Shine Leave-In Conditioner and Oil Moisturizer; CND Shellac (line extension); and Orofluido shampoo, conditioner, mask and shine spray.
In May, men's professional grooming brand American Crew strengthened its relationship with Beauty Systems Group, LLC (BSG), a full-service beauty distributor and a subsidiary of Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc. In an effort to streamline distribution and reinforce its focus on building the men's business in salons, American Crew has granted BSG exclusive distribution in 22 states. BSG will also handle distribution for D:Fi hair products.
Meanwhile, in a memo to friends and colleagues, Vanessa C. Solomon, worldwide president, Colomer Multicultural Group, Jacksonville, FL, announced her decision to retire from the company this summer.
"Last year I began to explore the idea of retiring in 2011. After 37 years in the beauty industry, in both the U.S. and internationally, and after great thought and insight, I have arrived at the decision to retire on July 1, 2011," said Solomon.
Some of CND's nail color shades for Fall.
Key personnel at Colomer still include Lorenzo Delpani, chief executive officer; Jose Luis Urbieta, chief financial officer; Agustin Ramos, chief innovation and development officer; and Martin Garcia, international president.
Speaking of international, Europe's "beauty ritual for all hair types," Orofluido, is about to expand its offerings in the US. The products contain not one, but three exquisite oils— argan, cyperus and linseed.
The successful brand, which currently boasts four additional shine products (shampoo, conditioner, mask and shine spray) in its overseas market, is adored by European beauty editors and has scored a bevy of beauty award nominations and wins. Now, the SKUs will be available in the US.
And then there's the buzz from CND. For 15 years, CND has created trend-setting manicures to perfectly accessorize designer visions on the catwalk. For Fall 2011 Fashion Week, the nail care marketer worked with 22 designers—including household names such as Jason Wu, 3.1 Phillip Lim, Carolina Herrera, Malandrino and Monique Lhuillier. As a result, CND will release a box set of Midnight Sapphire and Dark Amethyst Colours and Sheer 24K Sparkle Effect this September.
The brand is also adding new shades to the Shellac collection, boosting the total number of colors to 30, the company announced. The new in-salon hues include Zillionaire, a multi-colored effect shade for layering; Studio White, a semi-sheer soft white; Moonlight & Roses, an opalescent pink; Purple Purple, an iridescent azure violet;Asphalt, a concrete grey; and Hotski To Tchotchke, a vibrant teal.
"This Fall, manicures are emerging in waves of rich jewel tones, earthy and worn shades, and comfortable colors—as cozy as a boyfriend's t-shirt," says CND co-founder and style director, Jan Arnold.


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PORTLAND, Maine — A new beach water safety report shows three local Maine beaches continuing to struggle with high bacteria levels.
This year's Testing the Waters report reveals that 11 percent of water samples taken from 71 Maine beaches in 2012 exceeded the state's daily maximum bacterial standard of 104 colonies/100 ml. The local beaches with the greatest percentage of samples exceeding the standard were: Riverside (Ogunquit) in York County; Short Sands Beach in York County; and Crescent Beach (Kittery) in York County. Also on that list were: Goodies Beach in Knox County; Laite Beach in Knox County; and Ferry Beach (Scarborough) in Cumberland County.
The 23rd annual Testing the Waters: A Guide to Water Quality at Vacation Beaches report from the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) ranks Maine 27th out of 30 coastal states for beach water quality. Environment Maine released the report today at Portland's East End Beach and called on federal and state officials to do more to protect Maine beachgoers from dangerous water quality. Speakers included NRDC, Friends of Casco Bay, Allagash Brewing Company, and a Portland physician, who all joined the call to clean up Maine's beaches.
"A day at the beach shouldn't turn into a night in the hospital," stated Emily Figdor, director of Environment Maine. "Maine beaches are summer playgrounds for local families, and they draw visitors from around the world. We need to do everything we can to clean up the sewage and contaminated runoff that put Maine beaches and beachgoers at risk. It will take action by our leaders in Augusta and Washington to be successful."
Knox County had the highest rate of water samples exceeding the health standard at 30 percent, followed by Waldo at 17 percent, Lincoln at 13 percent, Hancock at 12 percent, York at 10 percent, Cumberland at 9 percent, and Sagadahoc at 3 percent.
"As a doctor, I can tell you that beach water bacterial contamination is a serious health threat," stated Rosie Davis, a physician from Portland. "And as a mom, I can tell you that my beach bag includes a pail and shovel for sand castles, not a water testing kit. Parents and doctors want standards in place that reasonably protect public health and a reporting system we can trust to tell us when the water isn't safe. But right now the EPA says it's OK for 1 in 28 people to get sick with illness like diarrhea, nausea, or vomiting when they go to the beach. That's simply unacceptable."
Beach water pollution is known to cause a range of waterborne illnesses in swimmers, including stomach flu, skin rashes, ear and eye infections, hepatitis, and neurological disorders. There were a total of 194 beach closings or advisory days in 2012, an increase of 73 percent from the 112 days in 2011. Elevated bacteria levels were responsible for 92 percent of the closing/advisory days and 8 percent were pre-emptive due to heavy rainfall.
"The water in this area was a big reason that Allagash founder Rob Tod chose Portland as a place to start a brewery," said Dee Dee Germain with Allagash Brewing Company. "In brewing, the chemical makeup and quality of your water is incredibly important. Beer is actually more than 90 percent water. There is also the quality of life and access to all of the amenities being close to the water provides. Investing and innovating in how we reduce storm water run-off is an investment in Maine's economic future and in the health of our children and grandchildren. We hope that Congress and the White House will join us in this effort."
The federal funding that supports Maine's beach water monitoring program is currently in limbo. President Obama's fiscal year 2014 budget suggests eliminating funding for a federal grant program under the BEACH Act that Maine and many other states rely upon to fund their monitoring programs.
"Maine's tourism and fishing industries combined bring well over a billion dollars a year into Maine's economy," said Will Everitt of Friends of Casco Bay. "If we don't invest in our future and clean up our water, we will see more sewage overflows, more swimmers getting sick, and our natural resource based economy will falter. Maine people deserve a more comprehensive beach testing and reporting program so everyone in the state will know if their beaches are safe."
The Testing the Waters report for Maine revealed some success stories and some persistent problem areas. There was good news in the town of Camden, which received funding from the Maine Coastal Program to improve its monitoring and public outreach program. The increased monitoring led to the discovery of an illicit sewer cross-connection to a storm drain that empties to the Megunticook River. It was repaired within one week of discovery.
Four beach management areas — Goodies, Goose Rocks, East End, and Riverside-Ogunquit — accounted for 36 percent of the reported beach action days in 2012. Higher than normal rainfall in 2012 is considered one of the culprits. Runoff pollution contributes to bacteria loads at these locations through factors such as storm drains that empty directly onto beaches, a high percentage of impervious ground cover, and the proximity of urbanized areas.
"Our nation's seashores continue to suffer from storm water runoff and sewage pollution that can make people sick and harm coastal economies," stated Melissa Waage of the Natural Resources Defense Council. "Luckily, today more than ever, we know that much of this filth is preventable, and we can turn the tide against water pollution. By establishing better beach water quality standards and putting untapped 21st century solutions in place — we can make a day at the beach as carefree as it should be, and safeguard America's vital tourism economies."
In addition to calling for a more comprehensive and adequately funded monitoring effort in Maine, Testing the Waters highlights two critical actions that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) can take to protect people at the beach. First, because polluted runoff is the biggest known source of beach water pollution, EPA should strengthen and rigorously enforce national standards for polluted storm water to reduce runoff using innovative green infrastructure solutions. Second, EPA should reconsider its new recreational beach water quality criteria, which leave beachgoers inadequately protected and unnecessarily exposed to bacteria, viruses, and parasites that can make them sick.
"We're calling on state and federal officials to help Maine clean up our beach water," said Figdor. "We need a comprehensive monitoring and notification system to protect kids and families; we need new rules that help communities reduce storm water runoff; and we need standards for water quality that adequately protect human health. State lawmakers and Maine's delegation to Washington can and should play an important role in making beach water safety a priority in the year ahead. Our health and our economy depend on it."
Foster's Daily Democrat sought comment from the York Chamber of Commerce about the findings but the chamber's Business Manager, Holly Roberts, was unavailable for comment.
NRDC's report also includes an updated, mobile-friendly Zip code searchable map of more than 6,000 beaches nationwide, making it easier than ever for users to check important water quality, monitoring, closing and swimming advisory information at their local beaches. Find it here: http://www.nrdc.org/beaches.


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