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When the heater control valve fails, adjusting the temperature may not change the air temperature at the vents, whether hot or cold. Also, the valve could leak engine coolant, possibly causing the vehicle to overheat.
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If the heater control valve is leaking, you shouldn't drive the vehicle — overheating can result from any coolant leak. In this situation, it's best to have the vehicle towed to a repair shop.
If the heater control valve is simply unresponsive, it won't affect drivability in any way. But if you live where the temperature drops below freezing during the winter, you could be in for an uncomfortable ride.
How often do heater control valves need to be replaced?
The original heater control valve for most vehicles should last for about 100,000 miles. Low-quality replacement heater control valves will more than likely fail much more quickly.
It's worth noting that not all vehicles are equipped with a heater control valve.
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The heater control valve is separated from the heater core hoses and control mechanism, which could be a vacuum line or a cable. Then the valve is removed from the firewall, and replaced.
Installation is the reverse of removal, and some adjustment may be necessary if you're dealing with a cable-type controller. After the repair, the engine coolant should be filled and bled of air.
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This is a good time to check the heater core hoses and replace them if they're leaking or corroded. A thorough cleaning inside the heater hose ends usually helps prevent a leak. It's also a smart time to check the condition of the coolant.
There are many brands of heater control valves, and many are universal. Low-quality heater control valves may fail prematurely, leading to the same repair in the future.
Can I replace the heater control valve myself?
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Moments later, in talking about a visit to Haiti, Kim mentions several times how "privileged" he is. But in what sense is Kim "privileged" if, as he says, his country didn't owe him anything, and he had to learn and work for whatever he got?
The word "privileged" is a staple of the left, and especially its race-mongers. Honest discussion would be advanced if the word lost that status. Sometimes it is used to mean "wealthy." More often, it is used, as I think Kim did, to mean "fortunate." Between them, these words cover the phenomenon in question well enough.
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More than a decade later, with digital technology advanced light-years, the necessary tools to restore the images to their original luster had been developed. As Thomas Gladysz writes in his essay on Pandora's Box, San Francisco-based David Ferguson and Angela Holm became intrigued by the film and through BigSound, Ferguson's event production company, the duo spearheaded the restoration project with the help of the laboratory Haghefilm Conservation and George Eastman House (where Holm graduated from the L. Jeffrey Selznick School of Film Preservation). They coordinated cooperation among the international archives—Cinémathèque Française, Narodni Filmovy Archiv, and Gosfilmofond via Cineteca di Bologna—who lent their elements of the film. They also raised the necessary funds.
That's where the playboy comes in. A major funder of the restoration, Hugh Hefner is also a big movie fan and has long been a magnanimous supporter of Hollywood cinema and its preservation. In 1980, he rallied Los Angeles around the battered Hollywood sign, donating and raising money for its restoration. (For his efforts, Hefner earned a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.) He endowed a chair for the Study of American Film at USC's School of Cinema-Television and provided funds to establish the UCLA American Cinema Program dedicated to the preservation and exhibition of classic Hollywood movies. His personal interest in crooner Al Bowlly led to the preservation of films featuring the under-appreciated singer. He also executive-produced several Turner Classic Movies programs about silent stars, Louise Brooks among them, and helped fund the preservation of the Warner Brothers Vitaphone shorts ("Vitaphone Vaudeville" played at the 2007 Silent Film Festival). The Hugh Hefner Foundation website says that silent films are the usual fare one night a week in the Hefner home screening room.
Hefner's fight against censorship is already well-known to Bay Area indie filmmakers. Since 1977, the Playboy Foundation has given away hundreds of thousands of dollars in support of social-issue documentaries and, since 1993, has collaborated with the Sundance Film Festival to give out the annual Freedom of Expression Award to a new documentary. As a heavily censored film that deals with the psychological effects of sexual repression, Pandora's Box meets two of Hefner's charitable objectives: artistic expression and a pristine new film, both finally unfurled after decades of frustration. Martin Koerber, whose name now belongs beside James Card and other persistent scholars who have labored down the years to save and restore this film, describes his satisfaction in examining it frame by frame, a necessary part of the restoration process. "This is the fun part of every restoration. ... Falling in love with the film ... getting acquainted [with it] more than one normally can in projection."


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Step 1
Lay two 50x50mm x 1.8m poles together, flush at both ends. Measure 100m up from the bottom, mark and scribe a straight line to the mark using a square. Measure up 300mm from this line and scribe another line across both poles.
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The Mathematics Research Library collects pure mathematics materials at the research level in virtually every area of mathematics. Our statistics collection supports both the theory and methodology of statistics such as bayesian inference, computational finance, environmental statistics, statistical genetics, and time series among others. Our Applied Mathematics collection supports scientific computing, computational finance, mathematical biology, nonlinear waves, climate modeling, and modern mathematical methods as applied to other disciplines. Applied mathematics materials may be found in either the Mathematics Research Library or the Engineering Library.
The collection is broad and deep, it includes materials from the 19th century up through the most recent ebook or ejournal.
Suggestions for purchase can be made in person, by email, or via the Purchase Request form. Titles not owned by UW may be quickly borrowed from other Summit Libraries (WA and OR) via UW Libraries Search or requested through Interlibrary Loan if not found in the Summit system.
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Byrd, Hugh (2013) From kampong to city and back again. Magazine of the International Academic Forum (1). pp. 24-25. ISSN 2187-8935
Byrd, Hugh (2012) The anatomy and demise of decorative brickwork on artisans' housing in Birmingham. Journal of Architectural Conservation, 18 (2). pp. 61-76. ISSN 1355-6207
Byrd, Hugh and Matthewman, Steve (2014) Exergy and the city: the technology and sociology of power (failure). Journal of Urban Technology, 21 (3). pp. 85-102. ISSN 1063-0732
Byrd, Hugh and Matthewman, Steve (2014) Lights out: the dark future of electric power. New Scientist (2968). ISSN 0262-4079
Byrd, Hugh and Rasheed, Eziaku Onyeizu (2016) The productivity paradox in green buildings. Sustainability, 8 (4). pp. 347-12. ISSN 2071-1050
De Smedt, Peter and Borch, Kristian and Fuller, Ted (2013) Future scenarios to inspire innovation. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 80 (3). pp. 432-443. ISSN 0040-1625
Giannachi, G. and Lowood, H. and Worthey, G. and Price, D. and Rowland, Duncan and Benford, S. (2012) Documenting mixed reality performance: the case of CloudPad. Digital Creativity, 23 (3-4). pp. 159-175. ISSN 1462-6268
Hitchin, Linda and Maksymiw, Wolodymyr (2012) Story spaces: a methodological contribution. New Technology Work and Employment, 27 (1). pp. 65-77. ISSN 0268-1072
Hitchin, Linda and Maksymiw, Wolodymyr and Neyland, Daniel (2012) Co-producing critical accounts of new technology, work and employment [editorial]. New Technology, Work and Employment, 27 (1). pp. 1-8. ISSN 0268-1072
Hitchin, Linda and Maksymiw, Wolodymyr and Neyland, Daniel (2012) Making space: co-producing critical accounts of new technology, work and employment [editorial]. New Technology Work and Employment, 27 (1). pp. 1-8. ISSN UNSPECIFIED
Hussain, Huzeima and Byrd, Hugh and Ahmad, Nur (2017) THE URBAN MIGRANT FUTURE DESIRE: A Study of Reverse Migration in Malaysia. Malaysian Journal of Sustainable Environment, 3 (2). pp. 177-192. ISSN 0128-326X
Matthewman, Steve and Byrd, Hugh (2014) Blackout. What happens when the power goes off? Connection (5). pp. 5-10. ISSN UNSPECIFIED
Matthewman, Steve and Byrd, Hugh (2013) Blackouts: a sociology of electrical power failure. Social Space (Przestrzeń Społeczna) . pp. 31-55. ISSN 2084-1558
Matthewman, Steve and Byrd, Hugh (2016) Energy and the city: thinking sociologically about electrical power. Atlantis: Magazine for Urbanism & Landscape Architecture, 26 (3). pp. 15-16. ISSN 1387-3679
Weckowska, Dagmara and Molas-Gallart, Jordi and Tang, Puay and Twigg, David and Castro-Martinez, Elena and Kijeńska-Dąbrowska, Izabela and Libaers, Dirk and Debackere, Koenraad and Meyer, Martin (2018) University patenting and technology commercialization: legal frameworks and the importance of local practice. R&D Management, 48 (1). pp. 88-108. ISSN 0033-6807
de Zeeuw, Gerard (2004) Fighting for science. Kybernetes, 33 (3/4). pp. 717-725. ISSN 0368-492x
Byrd, Hugh and Matthewman, Steve (2013) Renewable energy in New Zealand: the reluctance for resilience. In: Renewable energy governance: complexities and challenges. Lecture Notes in Energy (57). Springer, pp. 137-153. ISBN 9781447155942, 9781447155959
Ashmore, Fiona and Price, Liz and Deville, Jane (2020) CORA Digital Hub Guide: An operational guide for setting up and running a rural digital hub. Project Report. University of Lincoln, Lincoln.
Rizov, Marian (2016) A vision about the farming sector's future: What is in there for farmers in the time of the second machine age? Project Report. Lincoln Business School.
Ahmad, Nur and Byrd, Hugh (2011) Solar photovoltaics for vernacular housing in rural malaysia: towards energy security and equitability of low income groups. In: International Conference on the Built Environment in Developing Countries, 6-7th December 2011, Penang, Malaysia.
Ahmad, Nur Azfahani and Byrd, Hugh (2013) Power from the people: the empowerment of distributed generation of solar electricity for rural communities in Malaysia. In: The Asian Conference on Sustainability, Energy and the Environment, 6th-9th June 2013, Osaka, Japan.
Budin, Hemyza and Byrd, Hugh (2012) Cooling NZ: institutional drivers behind the growth in air-conditioning. In: Building on Knowledge: Theory and Practice. 46th Annual Conference of the Architectural Science Association (ANZAScA), 14-16 November 2012, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Australia.
Byrd, Hugh (2011) Climate change, blackouts and society: dress rehearsals for the future. In: 19th international Congress of Biometeorology, 5-9th December 2011, Auckland, New Zealand.
Byrd, Hugh (2011) Post occupancy evaluation of green buildings: the measured impact of over-glazing. In: International Conference on the Built Environment in Developing Countries, 6-7th December 2011, Penang, Malaysia.
Byrd, Hugh (2010) The potential of PVs in developing countries: maintaining an equitable society in the face of fossil fuel depletion. In: Green Technologies for the Benefit of Bottom billions, 13-15 December 2010, Penang, Mlaysi.
Byrd, Hugh and Matthewman, Steve and Christine, Kenney (2018) The Impact of Disruptive Technologies on Future Urban Form in New Zealand's Cities. In: Urbanism NZ, 14-15 May 2018, Wellington NZ.
Hussain, Nur and Byrd, Hugh (2013) Sustainability through subsistence: the case for de-urbanization in Malaysia. In: The Asian Conference on Sustainability, Energy and the Environment, 6th-9th June 2013, Osaka, Japan.
Winn, Joss (2015) Communes, commonism and co-ops: rethinking the university as a hackerspace. In: British HCI Conference 2015, 13-17 July 2015, Lincoln, UK.
Amsler, Sarah (2007) The politics of knowledge in Central Asia: social science between Marx and the market. Routledge. ISBN 9780415512626, 9780415413343
Brooke, Carole and Stahl, Bernd Carsten and Basden, Andrew and Cecez-Kecmanovic, Dubravka and Janson, Marius and Oliver, Dave and Romm Livermore, Celia and Cukier, Wendy and Rodrigues, Sara and Chumer, Michael and McAulay, Laurie and Doolin, Bill and Cordoba-Pachon, Jose-Rodrigo and Klein, Heinz K. (2009) Critical management perspectives on Information Systems. Elsevier, Oxford. ISBN 9780750681971
Davy, Zowie (2011) Recognizing transsexuals: personal, political and medicolegal embodiment. Ashgate, Farnham. ISBN 9781409405658, 9781409405665
Dyer, Pete (2008) Researching mundane workplace activities: micro-analysis, ethnography and everyday work on the occasional working paper series at the University of lincoln. MRes thesis, University of Lincoln.
Fuller, Ted and De Smedt, Peter (2008) Modernisation of foresight methodology: reflexivity and the social construction of knowledge. A note to authors in COSTA22. COST A22 Project.


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Jakarta Gears Up for Indonesian Urban Defense Strategy
JAKARTA — Indonesia is preparing for a reconstruction project that will improve the defenses of its capital city.
An Indonesian official said the "urban defense strategy" is necessary to give the country an equal position with neighboring Singapore and Malaysia.
As part of an overall buildup in defense, the Defense Ministry has taken first-stage delivery of 30 Leopard tanks from Germany.
Last year, the MoD purchased 103 Leopard tanks, plus 42 Marder 1A3 infantry fighting vehicles and 11 armored recovery and engineering vehicles. According to a news release from Rheinmetall Defence, the deal is worth €216 million (US $292 million).
Jakarta's reconstruction project will affect strategic spots near the Presidential Palace, including Gambir and Pejambon areas in the eastern side of the Palace, and the compound of the National Monument — widely known as Monas.
The Jakarta administration is expecting to start reconstruction in 2014.
The Army, however, has already begun renovating a military building in Pejambon area. It will serve as a military dorm and the basement will house the Leopard tanks and Marder vehicles.
The deployment of these vehicles in the Pejambon area will allow the Army's Strategic Reserves Command (Kostrad) to mobilize forces quickly in defense of the city.
The project also aims to reconstruct and strengthen the asphalt road to carry the 62-ton Leopards and develop underground installations linking three strategic spots: the Palace, the Army's Pejambon dorm and Monas.
Deputy Defense Minister Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin said the urban defense strategy is necessary to protect Jakarta in times of crisis.
Sjamsoeddin said funding for this project would come from Jakarta's regional revenue, and not from defense budget.
"The governor agreed to allocate regional funds for this project," he said.
A Defense Ministry official said that, apart from the reconstruction of these strategic spots, there will be a call to private developers to reconstruct the rooftops of their buildings, making them fit for runway and landing areas for military aircraft.
The project also includes the positioning of several surface-to-air missile units on the rooftops of certain buildings. These missiles belong to the Army's Aerial Defense Artillery.
Jakarta has not disclosed how much will be budgeted for this project. The Jakarta administration earns around US $3.6 billion per year.
Defense expert Anton Ali Abbas criticized the urban defense plan by saying that Leopard tanks would be more useful if they were deployed along the border.
"The government once said that deployment of Leopard tanks would be in the bordering Kalimantan, as we learned that Malaysia has also deployed its [main battle tanks] nearby that bordering area," said Abbas, an adviser to an Indonesian legislator of the House of Representatives' Commission on Defense and Foreign Affairs.
"Thus, deployment of the Leopard tanks should be in Tanjung Pura Military Command in Pontianak, West Kalimantan, and in the Mulawarman Military Command in Balikpapan, East Kalimantan."
The purchase of these vehicles has triggered debate in the Army.
"Kostrad wishes to get 'exclusive rights' to utilize the tanks," Abbas said.
Kostrad is the Army's largest command unit, with 35,000 personnel.
It is divided into two infantry divisions: the 1st Kostrad Division,based in Cilodong, West Java, and the 2nd Infantry Division, based in Malang, East Java. Its main headquarters is in Gambir, Central Jakarta.
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Unitarian Universalist LGBT History Timeline
1967 March—Unitarian Universalist (UU) Committee on Goals publishes results of its survey on beliefs and attitudes within the denomination: 7.7% of UUs believe that homosexuality should be discouraged by law; 80.2% that it should be discouraged by education, not law; 12% that it should not be discouraged by law or education; .1% that it should be encouraged.
1969 September—LaForet, CO—The Reverend James L. Stoll publicly declares himself to be homosexual at Student Religious Liberals (SRL) Conference.
1970 July—General Assembly General Resolution to end Discrimination against Homosexuals and Bisexuals. Calls on congregations to develop sex education programs that promote healthy attitude toward all forms of sexuality.
1971 June—The Reverend Richard Nash and Elgin Blair co-found UU Gay Caucus (which later becomes Interweave Continental) to lobby for the creation of an Office of Gay Affairs.
1971 Creation of About Your Sexuality (AYS) curriculum, which attempted to teach a more positive attitude towards homosexuality and bisexuality.
1972 Creation of the Invisible Minority, an adult curriculum about homosexuality.
1973 Invisible Minority wins an award from the National Coalition on Family Relations.
1973 June—General Assembly General Resolution to Create an Office of Gay Affairs that will be staffed by gay people and be a resource to the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA).
1974 June—General Assembly Business Resolution to fund the Office of Gay Concerns.
1975 June—General Assembly Business Resolution to continue funding the Office of Gay Concerns.
1975 January—Arlie Scott hired as Director of Office of Gay Concerns.
1977 June—General Assembly Business Resolution to urge UUs to fight negative propaganda against gays.
1977 The Reverend Robert Wheatley becomes new Director of Office of Gay Concerns; starts Boston UU Gays and Lesbians (BUUGL), which met at the Arlington Street Church.
1979 The Reverend Douglas Morgan Strong called to serve All Souls Church, Augusta, Maine, thus becoming the first out gay man in the UU ministry to be called to serve a congregation.
1979 Gay and Lesbian Affirmed (GALA) founded by the Reverend Robert Wheatley and cosponsored by the Office of Gay Concerns and Ferry Beach Park Association. A one-week conference, including workshops, worship, fun, fellowship. Success prompted founding of Gay Men's Spirituality Weekend and Sappho's Sisters conference.
1980 June—General Assembly Business Resolution urging UUs, the UUA and the Unitarian Universalist Ministers Association (UUMA) to assist in the settlement of openly gay, lesbian, and bisexual ministers.
1984 June—General Assembly Business Resolution affirming the practice of UUA clergy performing Services of Union between same-gender couples, and requesting that the Department of Ministerial and Congregational Services develop and distribute supporting materials.
1986 June—General Assembly General Resolution that calls UUs to work to end AIDS discrimination through education and advocacy.
1986 The Reverend Jay Deacon becomes the Director of Office of Lesbian and Gay Concerns; UUA Board of Trustees appoints AIDS Advisory Panel, which recommends the formation of AIDS Action Working Group.
1986 UUA adds non-discrimination clause for employees who are HIV-positive to Personnel Manual.
1987 June—General Assembly Business Resolution calls UUs to Support Legal Equity for Gays and Lesbians by working to overturn legislation restricting rights of gays and lesbians, including boycotting products and services of organizations that have a policy of discrimination.
1988 July—The Reverend Mark Mosher DeWolfe, UU minister in Ontario, Canada, dies of AIDS.
1989 June—General Assembly Business Resolution to adopt the Welcoming Congregation Program to combat homophobia in UU congregations and to educate individual UUs.
1989 June—General Assembly General Resolution opposing discriminatory practices towards people with AIDS/HIV and urges fuller effort towards education and treatment, including institution of clean needle program.
1989 June—General Assembly Resolution of Immediate Witness condemning the Helms Amendment to restrict the travel rights of HIV-infected people into the US.
1989 The Reverend Scott Alexander becomes Director of Office of Lesbian and Gay Concerns.
1990 Fall—Publication of The Welcoming Congregation Handbook, edited by the Reverend Scott Alexander and Stephen L'Heureux. Handbook to be used as resource material for implementing the Welcoming Congregation Program. (The handbook is now entirely online.)
1991 The Reverend Meg Riley becomes the Director of Office of Lesbian and Gay Concerns.
1992 Welcoming Congregation Trainers Conference held in Boston to train district leaders in conducting homophobia workshops.
1992 June—UUA Board of Trustees resolution expressing disapproval of the Boy Scouts of America's policy of discrimination against gay and atheist scouts and leaders.
1992 June—General Assembly Resolution of Immediate Witness Opposing Legalization of Discrimination Against Gays, Lesbians, and Bisexuals (Response to hate campaigns in OR and CO).
1993 UUA Board of Trustees votes unanimously to make Director of OLGC a full-time position; Office name changes to Office of Lesbian, Bisexual and Gay Concerns (OLBGC) to reflect commitment to the bisexual community.
1993 April 25—UUA endorses the March on Washington for Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Equal Rights and Liberation. UUA Board of Trustees adjourns its quarterly Boston meeting to reconvene in Washington, D.C., and attend the March. Opening service at All Souls Unitarian Church. Closing worship at Sojourner Truth Congregation. Thousands of UUs attended.
1993 June—General Assembly Resolution of Immediate Witness supporting the Acceptance of Openly Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Persons in the United States Military.
1994 June—General Assembly Resolution of Immediate Witness to Support the Employment Non-Discrimination Act of 1994 around issues of sexual orientation.
1993 June—General Assembly stages public protest against North Carolina's "crime against nature" laws. As required by GA 1987 resolution, UUA Board, staff, members, and GA delegates participated in candlelight vigil and witnessing.
1994 June—General Assembly Resolution of Immediate Witness regarding Sexuality Education in Public Schools; (sponsored by the Youth Caucus) urges that public sexuality education be comprehensive, unbiased, up-to-date, and inclusive of all sexual orientations.
1996 The Reverend Keith Kron becomes Director of Office of Lesbian, Bisexual and Gay Concerns.
1996 UUA Board of Trustees passes resolution in support of Same-Gender Marriage.
1996 April—Office name changes to Office of Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian and Transgender Concerns (OBGLTC) to reflect commitment to the transgender community.
1996 June—General Assembly Resolution of Immediate Witness in Support of the Right to Marry for Same-Sex Couples.
1997 February, San Diego, CA—OBGLTC holds workshop about revisions to the Welcoming Congregation Program prior to Interweave Convocation.
1997 June—General Assembly Action of Immediate Witness in Support for Non-Discriminatory Corporate and Other Business Policies.
1997 June—General Assembly stages Sodomy Law Protest in form of an educational panel in Phoenix, Arizona.
1997 October—OBGLTC sponsors training on transgender issues for UUA's Ministerial Fellowship Committee, Ministry Department and Faith in Action Department.
1998 February, Orlando, FL—OBGLTC holds second workshop about revisions to the Welcoming Congregation Program prior to Interweave Convocation.
1999 April—OBGLTC provides training on transgender issues for the UUA's Religious Education Department.
1999 April—Welcoming Congregation Handbook, 2nd edition, released.
1999 May—Montana becomes first state where all Unitarian Universalist congregations are Welcoming Congregations.
1999 June—General Assembly Action of Immediate Witness to Work to Change Discriminatory Policies of Boy Scouts of America.
2000 April—OBGLTC provides training on transgender issues for the UUA's Congregational, District and Extension Services Department.
2000 April—UUA staff attend the Millennium March on Washington for BGLT equality.
2000 May—Challenging the Religious "Right" (PDF) resource completed.
2000 June—25% of all UUA congregations are Welcoming Congregations.
2000 June—Liberal Religious Educators Association (LREDA) becomes first Welcoming Organization.
2001 March—OBGLTC presents workshop on transgender issues at UU Urban Church Conference.
2001 June—General Assembly Action of Immediate Witness supporting No Tax Dollars for Faith-Based Initiatives, including those that discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation.
2002 April—The Welcoming Congregation Handbook is revised to include gender-neutral pronouns throughout the book.
2002 May 12—The Reverend Sean Parker Dennison called to serve South Valley UU congregation of Salt Lake City, UT, thus becoming the first out transgender person in the UU ministry to be called to serve a congregation as a parish minister.
2002 May 19—The Reverend Laurie J. Auffant called to serve Follen Church Society of Lexington, MA, thus becoming the first out transgender person in the UU ministry to be called to serve a congregation as a minister of religious education.
2002 June—General Assembly Action of Immediate Witness to Quebec's Union Civile Law Passes Giving Same-Sex Couples Full Legal Equality.
2003 May—Crossing Paths: Where Transgender and Religion Meet (PDF) resource completed and published.
2004 February—UUA President's Freedom to Marry Fund is launched.
2004 May 17—UUA President the Reverend William G. Sinkford legally marries Hillary and Julie Goodridge, lead plaintiffs in Goodridge v. Massachusetts Department of Public Health in Eliot Hall at the Unitarian Universalist Association.
2004 June—Living the Welcoming Congregation, the web-accessible follow-up curriculum to the Welcoming Congregation Program, is made available to UU Welcoming Congregations.
2005 February—69 out of 74 California UU congregations participate in Standing on the Side of Love Sunday and send nearly 4,000 Valentines to Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger in support of marriage equality.
2005 May 17—UUA hosts celebration of first year anniversary of marriage equality in Massachusetts for seven Massachusetts plaintiff couples and all UU couples married in Massachusetts over the past year.
2006 June—50% of all UUA congregations in the United States are Welcoming Congregations.
2007 June—General Assembly Action of Immediate Witness to Pass the Employment Non-Discrimination Act with Transgender Inclusion and Protection.
2007 June—General Assembly Action of Immediate Witness to Repeal "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" around issues of sexual orientation.
2007 June—General Assembly Action of Immediate Witness to Support Comprehensive Sexuality Education Legislation.
2007 June—General Assembly Responsive Resolution Confronting Gender Identity Discrimination.
2007 November—Interweave Continental releases Bisexuality curriculum.
2008 February—OBGLTC facilitates workshop specific to helping small congregations become Welcoming.
2008 March—UUA Committee on Socially Responsible Investing files stockholder resolution with Wal-Mart to prohibit discrimination in employment based on gender identity (PDF).
2010 April—650 UUA congregations in the United States are Welcoming Congregations.


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Divorce is down among affluent and educated adults, and The Times implies it's because that demographic is so obsessed with being perfect and together that they refuse to admit failure. Oh really?
The story, which was published in the Styles section, has elements that are both persuasive and incomplete. Let's start with persuasive!
There are the numbers showing that though divorce has been on the decline for decades, that's particularly true for the college-educated:
According to a 2010 study by the National Marriage Project at the University of Virginia, only 11 percent of college-educated Americans divorce within the first 10 years today, compared with almost 37 percent for the rest of the population.
...[A]mong college-educated couples who married in the mid-1990s, the likelihood of divorcing in the first 10 years of marriage fell 27 percent compared with college-educated couples who married in the 1970s.
So let's be clear, and the story is pretty upfront about this: when the Styles section refers to "this cross section of American families," they mean educated, liberal, upper-middle-class-ish people, many though not all white, who buy things from their advertisers (or would like to), and who live in the same neighborhoods or went to college with their editors and writers. And they mean parents, and apparently all of these parents — at least the ones quoted in the piece — are women, as an editor at the New York Observer, Foster Kamer, pointed out. (All of the men quoted in the piece are in their professional capacity as professors or authors).
This is the demographic that is most likely to write the "divorce memoir" that is mentioned several times throughout the piece, and the one for whom divorce might entail personal destabilization and economic sacrifices, but not render them destitute. The greatest cost that's suggested in the piece is that people might think you failed at the perfect bobo life, which is apparently now synonymous with an intact marriage and at least one child.
Says Stephanie Dolgoff, who is separated, "In the 1970s, when a woman got divorced, she was seen as taking back her life in that Me Decade way. Nowadays, it's not seen as liberating to divorce. It's scary." And former Redbook editor in chief Stacy Morrison: "The notion of divorce has become one of failure again. It used to be, 'You're free, rock on!' Now it's, 'You couldn't make it work, you failed.'"
(Still, despite these social consequences, the divorced mothers in the piece are also apparently are having a wild and crazy time doing yoga and dating.)
Oddly, the piece underplays a major set of reasons why divorce might be so rare in this cohort: They chose marriage, and they chose it later. There is at least the acknowledgment that women are more economically independent now, as opposed to earlier generations: "Many of these marriages in the '70s were fundamentally unequal. With the women's movements, they learned that there were alternatives, and that made divorce kind of a liberation."
But it isn't just that these marriages are based on at least an ideal of partnership; it's that they're chosen among a set of family options that exist on an acceptable spectrum and have been normalized (including the ones invisible in the piece, i.e., anything not strictly heterosexual). Marriage may be more socially acceptable, but it's not obligatory. And this group of people is likelier to choose that option later in life, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of census data, which in turn has an impact on the divorce rate:
A state's education levels, for example, tend to be associated with the median age at marriage and the multiple-marriage patterns of its residents. In states with high shares of college-educated adults, men and women marry at older ages, a finding supported by other research indicating that highly educated individuals marry later in life. In states with low shares of college-educated adults, adults are more likely than average to marry three or more times. In states with low income levels, men are more likely than average to have been married three or more times.... There was a strong correlation, however, between young age at first marriage for women and a high divorce rate for women within the previous 12 months.
Of course, even under those optimal conditions — the comforts of class and education, the relative lack of social coercion and gender inequality — people change, people hurt each other, shit happens. It's crucial, of course, not to make that any harder with the stigma of "failure," however present that is, since those comforts were earned in part by the ruptures and chaos and liberation that came before.


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Perpetuum and Knorr-Bremse RailServices look ahead to future cooperation
september 21, 2018
- Signed declaration between Perpetuum and Knorr-Bremse for maximized safety and reliability and reduced costs
- Future cooperation of digital applications in the rail sector
- Condition based maintenance of wheels, gearboxes, motors and wheel bearings for a better insight
Knorr-Bremse RailServices, the aftermarket specialists in the Rail Vehicle Systems division of Knorr-Bremse, and Perpetuum have signed a declaration of intent as the basis for further future cooperation between the two companies. Perpetuum is the global leader in the provision of information to maximise safety and reliability and reduce costs.
The declaration allows both companies to continue servicing their customers independently from each other while working to accelerate the adoption of digital applications in the rail sector.
Perpetuum has developed an algorithm for recording and monitoring vibrations of wheels, gearboxes, motors and wheel bearings on rolling stock with the aim of obtaining better insight into the condition of the vehicle fleet. It is also able to simultaneously monitor the track. This allows maintenance cycles, quality, and efficiency to be optimized and conclusions drawn regarding the systems' behaviour in the future.
Knorr-Bremse RailServices is looking to combine the Perpetuum system and its information with iCOM Monitor, both systems are already being used by various operators to support condition-based maintenance. iCOM Monitor collects, consolidates, and processes the data generated by other systems on the vehicles and then sends them to a back office for further analysis.
Both companies see great potential in future collaboration, with significant added value for customers as a result of being able to gain deep insight into a wide variety of systems in their fleets and thus achieve cost reductions through optimized maintenance cycles. Possible applications have already been identified for both products in future joint customer projects and these will soon be pursued further.


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The Elder Scrolls IV: Shivering Isles is the official expansion for Oblivion - the 2006 RPG and Game of the Year. It features more than 30 hours of new gameplay as you are sent to explore an entirely new plane of Oblivion - the realm of Sheogorath, the Daedric Prince of Madness. READ MORE [+]
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All About E-Patterns
Not all downloadable patterns are created equal. Read on to learn how to find the ones that are worth the printer paper.
Pros & Cons
Consumers are shopping online more and more, and sewists are no exception. We roam the Internet constantly to support and enhance our stitching hobby, reading blogs, participating in chat rooms and online sewing lessons, and buying supplies. So why not use that same channel to buy downloadable sewing patterns?
The discussion of offering patterns online has been on the table for a long time, but there were some technical hurdles. Finally, companies large and small are dipping their toes into this new era of downloadable patterns, from garments to crafts.
There are advantages and disadvantages to consider before downloading a sewing pattern. The cost of a pattern download is less than buying a printed pattern. But the best part is the instant gratification: Buy it now and wear it tomorrow.
The downsides are that the current selections are limited, the styles are often simple without a lot of details, and some patterns require numerous 8 1/2"x11" pieces of paper and time to tape them together.
Despite some drawbacks, downloading patterns is fun and easy, and definitely a trend that's here to stay.
Pattern Types
There are two ways to obtain patterns that require downloading and printing. Some patterns are only available on a CD, generally along with a book illustrating the construction techniques and photos of the garments. Others are only available online as a download.
A CD with a book is typically more expensive, but many sewists prefer books because they like to study the projects in depth. Online downloads are very reasonably priced, usually anywhere from $4 to $10. Many free downloadable patterns are offered, too, but they tend to lack in style and appeal. Try downloading a free pattern to become familiar with the process.
Purchase the Pattern
Visit the website of your choice and click on the category that offers online patterns.
Choose the desired pattern and click on the "Buy It" or "Add to Cart" link. For most companies, the pattern details are presented here, allowing you to determine if the style is available in your size, assess the appropriate and recommended fabrics, and read an in-depth description. Most companies also offer more detailed instructions for how to download the particular pattern.
Review your purchase in the Shopping Cart. Most companies will ask you to register as a new customer or to submit a previously registered username and password in order to access the shopping cart.
Provide payment information, shipping address, etc., and then "Place the Order." You'll receive an instant order confirmation and an email with order details, including an order number, which you'll want to record.
How to Download
The order fulfillment is provided in a separate email, which contains underlined numbers and code information that link you to a page where you'll click on "Start Download."
When the download begins, click on "Save File." The file is in a .pdf format, a format that's readable by most printers. The file is now on your computer, generally in a folder named "Downloads," although the location may vary by computer operating system.
Find the file on the computer and open it. You'll find some photos of the finished project, construction instructions, and a series of schematics that make up the actual pattern pieces.
Print the Pattern
Print out all instruction pages and read through them if this is your first pattern download. Check the printer to make sure it's set to print each page at 100%. This is very important! There's usually a scale indicator test square on the pattern to check the printer accuracy. Use removable clear tape when taping the pages together. If you make a mistake, the tape is easily removed without shredding the pages.
Tape the letter-sized sheets together and use them as is, or tape them together and trace the pattern onto larger paper. The pages are numbered, indicating the order. There may also be a schematic illustrating how the paper pattern pieces will look after assembly. Clip a small corner from the upper and lower right-hand edges of each page to aid in alignment. Work systematically. For instance, place page 1 over 2, page 2 over 3, page 3 over 4, and so on. Tape the rows together.
If the pattern contains larger pieces, the taping is a bit tedious. Sometimes the download offers a copy center option. If available, select that option before purchasing. Download the file and save it. The pages are set up as a single document with the final page size noted at the top. Put the file on a flash drive and head to a local copy shop. The printing price may vary, but it ranges between $6 and $10. Make sure that the copyright release is evident to avoid questions.
Some pattern downloads don't include actual pattern pieces, but rather are meant to be inspirational. For instance, a download may illustrate how to add fabric to a tank-top lower edge to make a dress. The download may include a simple schematic for cutting and a few how-to photos to construct the finished piece. Or a download might teach how to embellish a plain crew-neck sweater by recutting and adding embroidery and a vintage button or two. These downloads tend to be less expensive, but no less fun.
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Super Toy Cars is a gorgeous old school top-down arcade racing game currently under development. We explore the idea of Toy Cars of playing with pocket-sized vehicles on table-top tracks built from all manner of everyday objects. It's meant to be a homage to those classic racing games we all played and loved in our childhood but also as an evolution. We're trying to bring to the table some new and fun elements to spice things up a bit and add more depth and variation to the formula.
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The Marian Route
Shrine of Montserrat
We propose a trip along the itinerary of the Marian Route. You'll see three of the most important and best-known Marian shrines in the whole of Europe and the Americas: the shrines of El Pilar, Torreciudad and Montserrat. You'll also find a wealth of cultural, natural and gastronomic attractions well worth taking the time to discover.
The three shrines along this itinerary welcome a total of 6 million people every year, which is ample evidence of the importance of this route. This is not an itinerary with an exclusively religious content, as anyone taking it will also be able to discover tourist destinations offering numerous cultural attractions and beautiful natural landscapes. There are various types of routes which all take in the three shrines, and you make your own choice as to which one to visit first. Here is just one idea:
Basilica of Nuestra Señora del Pilar You can begin your route in the city of Zaragoza (the capital of Aragon). In the very heart of the town and on the banks of the Ebro river, you'll find what is known as the foremost Marian shrine in the world, that of El Pilar. You'll marvel at the beauty of this treasure of the Aragonese Baroque style, which contains on its interior works of great value including paintings by Goya, a Plateresque altarpiece and the spectacular Holy Chapel, home to the venerated image of the Virgin of El Pilar. You'll also find other attractions in Zaragoza such as the Cathedral of La Seo and the Palace of La Aljafería. Before heading for Torreciudad, and although it involves a slight detour from your itinerary, we recommend a trip to two of the most beautiful and important monastic buildings in Aragon. The first is the convent of Sigena in Villanueva de Sigena, which for over four centuries served as a spiritual refuge for ladies of the nobility. The second is the monastery of Rueda in Sástago, one of the most important Cistercian monastic compounds to be built in Europe between the 12th and 13th centuries. Make the most of your visit to this area to discover the curious Monegros desert, with an ecosystem which is unique in Europe. From El Pilar to Torreciudad Not far from Zaragoza (about 70 kilometres) stands the city of Huesca. You'll enjoy strolling around its historic quarter and taking photos of the church of San Pedro el Viejo and the Cathedral. It also makes a good place from which to visit the Sierra y Cañones de Guara nature reserve. Then you can continue on to Barbastro, and a little further ahead to Torreciudad, where the shrine is an important centre of worship. Its location on the top of a mountain gives it a unique natural setting which offers broad panoramic views over the reservoir of El Grado. It is also worth remembering that you're in the region producing the wines with the Somontano Designation of Origin, so now's a good time to stop and sample a few of these delicious wines. Before setting out for the third shrine we recommend a visit to the Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park, one of the great natural wonders to be found in Aragon and which has been declared a World Heritage Site by the UNESCO.
From Torreciudad to Montserrat On your return to Barbastro, this is a good time to explore the Cathedral and the Episcopal Palace (home to the Diocesan Museum) in this town. It contains valuable works such as the mitre of San Vitorián, a capital from the ancient mosque of Barbastro, and the figure known as the Christ of San Juan de Toledo de La Nata. A distance of 220 kilometres lies between Barbastro and the next destination: Montserrat. On your way there we highly recommend you make a stop in Monzón, where the most important monuments are its cathedral and the 9th-century castle. Continuing through Binéfar, you'll enter the province of Lleida (Catalonia), a perfect area for indulging in adventure sports and rural tourism. Before reaching Montserrat, it's also a good idea to visit the city of Lleida. Then, once in the province of Barcelona, all that's left is to go up a mountain road amid spectacular rock formations until the shrine of Montserrat. Its location at the top of Catalonia's most emblematic mountain will make you feel you are in a genuine open-air museum. This is the end of our proposed itinerary. Now it's up to you to choose in which order to visit all these monuments and natural spaces. You can do it at your own pace in your car, or by taking any of the numerous group visits organised around this route. For accommodation you'll find a wide range of modern hotels, establishments with character such as castles, palaces and monasteries, country house lodges, hostels… It's also worth catching some of the popular festivities held in the cities along the route, such as the celebrations in honour of the Virgin of El Pilar in Zaragoza (October), Easter week in Huesca (March-April) and the carnival in Bielsa (February-March). More information: www.rutamariana.com


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With power distribution units, you're never limited by the standard outlets of your building. Use these units to plug in many different electronics, such as computers, printers, and phones. Most of these units require little installation or technical knowledge, so anyone can use them.
Built-In Protection
Most power distribution units feature protective circuitry that keeps plugged-in items safe from unexpected power surges, blackouts, or other power problems. Surge protectors and circuit breakers are built into most of these units, and some options include a visual readout of power voltage and other important information, so you can keep track of how much energy is going through the wires and cables. Some units include a small amount of backup power that keeps important devices, like servers, online during brief power flickers.
Multiple Outlets
Each unit features multiple outlets, allowing you to use one wall outlet to power many extension and power cords. This gives you a lot of freedom when setting up offices and server rooms, since you are no longer limited by the room's design. Multiple outlets on a single power strip also helps you organize wires, because they are in a straight line rather than bundled together by a traditional wall outlet.
Convenient Power Switches
You can easily turn on or off a bank of electronics that are pulled into these units. Most units feature a power switch, allowing you to control the power of all of the connected devices with one action. This saves you time when cutting power at the end of the day and prevents products from leeching power when they aren't turned on.


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by Len Lear
While watching the Phillies play the Atlanta Braves on TV last night, I could not help thinking about "Boulevard Bernie" Cohen who died exactly 20 years ago this month at the way-too-young age of 42.
If Bernie were still alive, he'd have been mesmerized in front of his TV set, scorebook in hand, making notes on the intricacies of every play as if they were skirmishes in a world war. If there were two games on different channels at the same time, he'd be watching two sets simultaneously and somehow managing to take copious notes on each one.
Those of us who grew up with Bernie in West Oak Lane in the 1950s were convinced he was the Einstein of Philly sports fans. He was the quintessential short, fat guy who idolized the tall, muscular, agile athletes and lived vicariously through their heroics. But with Bernie, being a fan was not a pastime; it was a religion. (He was nicknamed "Boulevard Bernie" because he grew up in a house right on Roosevelt Boulevard, and even as an adult he lived in another house on the Boulevard.)
Bernie did not date girls; he did not do homework; he did not go to movies or dances; he did not attend Hebrew School. He only watched ball games . . . and took notes. Lots and lots and lots of notes that we believed would someday reside in the Library of Congress.
Other people would merely write down who was responsible for each touchdown or field goal or home run in a ball game. But Boulevard Bernie could tell you each player's home address, what he had for breakfast the day of a game, his favorite high school teacher and lunch meat, and when was the last time he "made out" with a girl (and "how far he went"). Bernie was nothing if not thorough.
And he was omnipresent. Which led to the suspicion that he was divine. After all, if you'd go to any Big 5 basketball game, you'd see Boulevard Bernie and his scorebook. Or any Phillies, Eagles or Warriors' (now the 76ers) game. You'd see Bernie and his scorebook, which was just as indispensable an appendage as his right arm. You might be able to start a game without a ball, referees or the National Anthem, but not without Bernie keeping score.
And it wasn't just the teams that made the sports pages, either. You could go see the West Oak Lane Red Devils, Mayfair Monarchs, Venango Bears, Washington Avenue Wings, St. Barnabas CYO or Amith AZA, and you could bet even money that Bernie would be there as well.
One day around 1958, I was playing ping pong in my basement with a buddy, Art Forstater, a basketball standout for Central High School and later Lebanon Valley College, and I commented, "If we have a real good game, I'll bet you Boulevard Bernie shows up to keep score."
Once in the Upsal Playground in East Mt. Airy, I asked Bernie, "Is it true that you were born at second base in Connie Mack Stadium (the Phillies' former ballpark at 21st and Lehigh in North Philly)?"
"Of course not," Bernie insisted with a grave expression. "I was born in the bullpen. My mother was the Jewish answer to Jim Konstanty (Phillies' relief pitching star in 1950). But instead of the knuckle ball, she serves up hot chicken soup. It definitely puts a halt to any ninth-inning rally."
As you can see, Bernie had a sense of humor in addition to being the unofficial scorekeeper of the entire Free World. While discussing a certain Jewish baseball player, Bernie once said, "After he found out he was circumcized, he sued his parents for 'severance pay.'"
And when we asked him about a home run-hitting outfielder for the Phillies whom he had met, Bernie said, "He's a really swell guy – with a head to match."
In April of 1979, after not seeing Boulevard Bernie for many years, I received a call from him at the Philadelphia Journal, where I was a columnist. "I just applied for a job in the sports department at the Journal," he said. "Would you put a good word for me in with the sports editor?"
Bernie added that he had had a "legal problem" but that it was "almost resolved." Cohen said he had misappropriated $27,000 for his own use while working in a state unemployment office. He had pled guilty in a federal court and was expecting a probationary sentence since it was his first offense; he had cooperated with the authorities; he had offered to make full restitution and seemed genuinely contrite about the crime. (He claimed he had taken the money out of desperation to pay the staggering medical bills of a chronically ill relative.)
His legal problem notwithstanding, I was thrilled that Bernie wanted to work for the Journal because I figured his encyclopedic knowledge of local sports would be an invaluable addition to our struggling paper. While newspapers and TV stations were routinely hiring out-of-town sportswriters who never even heard of guys like Jimmy Bloodworth, Mike Goliat, Eddie Waitkus, Putsy Cabalerro and Buddy Blatnick (Phillies' players of the early 1950s),
Boulevard Bernie knew more about them than the rest of us know about our own brothers and sisters.
In April of 1979, however, much to my shock (and Bernie's), U.S. District Judge John Hannum KO'd Philly's foremost scorekeeper with a five-year prison sentence. FIVE YEARS – for a guy with no previous record who for years spent countless hours helping dozens of ghetto kids corral college scholarships.
What made the stiff sentence particularly unfair was that at about the same time several prominent criminals whose crimes made Bernie's pale in significance were walking out of courtrooms with nothing but a slap on the wrist.
For example, Joshua Eilberg went free after being convicted of using his exalted position as a U.S. congressman from Northeast Philadelphia as a license to steal. Today he is the "highly respected" director of a Jewish communal organization.
William Kooy, an armored car executive from Unionville, Chester County, was convicted of stealing $160,000 from his clients, Wanamaker's and K-Mart. He spent it all on a high-living spree with his girlfriend, Susan Thorndike. Kooy's "punishment" was a sentence of probation, which prosecutor Michael Mustokoff labeled a "travesty of justice."
Gerald A. Fox was convicted of manslaughter for the seemingly unprovoked slaying of a stranger on the Pennsylvania Turnpike. Montgomery County Judge Mason Avrigan let Fox flee the coop, however, on the grounds that poor Gerald was "insane" when he shot the man.
Boulevard Bernie's obscene prison sentence, however, became a death sentence. We wrote letters to each other for several months, but the tone of his letters became increasingly despondent. After a little more than a year in a cage, Bernie suddenly died.
Prison officials said it was the result of a heart attack, but I truly believe Bernie was the only person ever to die from "insufficient Philly team watching," not to mention an overdose of our criminal injustice system.
But wherever he is today, I have no doubt that Boulevard Bernie already knows who is going to win the NBA Championship and World Series this year.


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Syria Issues Arrest Warrants against Leb Pols
[An Nahar] Syria issued on Tuesday arrest warrants against former Prime Minister
Saad Hariri
Second son of Rafik Hariri, the Leb PM who was assassinated in 2005. He has was prime minister in his own right from 2009 through early 2011. He was born in Riyadh to an Iraqi mother and graduated from Georgetown University. He managed his father's business interests in Riyadh until his father's
. When his father died he inherited a fortune of some $4.1 billion, which won't do him much good if Hizbullah has him bumped off, too.
... the Future Movement, political party led by Saad Hariri...
MP Oqab Saqr, and Syrian opposition member Louay al-Meqdad.
MTV said the arrest warrants were issued on charges of "arming and financing terrorist groups in Syria."
According to information obtained by the TV network, the Syrian judiciary sent the warrants to the
...The capital of Iran's Syrian satrapy...
-based criminal investigations office of the Arab Interior Ministers Council. The office in turn emailed the warrants to the Interpol office of
's Internal Security Forces which submitted them to Interior Minister Marwan Charbel.
For his part, the minister informed State Commissioner to the Military Court Judge Saqr Saqr of the content of the warrants, MTV added.
The development came a day after Judge Saqr requested the questioning of Syrian security chief Ali Mamlouk and a colonel identified only as Adnan as suspects in the case of former Minister Michel Samaha.
He also summoned Buthaina Shaaban, Syrian
Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir
Terror of
...For centuries, Aleppo was Greater Syria's largest city and the Ottoman Empire's third, after Constantinople and Cairo. Although relatively close to Damascus in distance, Aleppans regard Damascenes as country cousins...
's media adviser, to be questioned as a witness in the case.
Samaha was
tossed in the slammer
Drop the rod and step away witcher hands up!
in August on charges of forming a criminal gang aimed at carrying out attacks in
at Syria's behest.
Mamlouk and Syrian colonel Adnan have been also charged in the affair.
OTV and al-Akhbar newspaper recently revealed that MP Saqr had been carrying out arms deals with Syrian opposition members, with the television station airing leaked recordings of conversations between the
and Meqdad.
MP Saqr last week gave a
, accusing OTV and al-Akhbar of tampering with the audiotapes and saying that he will file a lawsuit against them.
In October 2010, Syria ordered the arrest of 33 people over alleged false testimonies given in the U.N.-backed Special Tribunal for
, which is probing the
of Lebanese former Premier Rafik Hariri.
The Lebanese defendants include Internal Security Forces chief Ashraf Rifi, MP Marwan Hamadeh, former General Prosecutor Saeed Mirza and former Justice Minister Charles Rizk, as well as politicians, journalists and other Lebanese, Arab and foreign officials.
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Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 is as fun as its previous installment was, or maybe a tad less. But it remains entertaining nevertheless. It tries to answer the speculations we had about who is Peter Quill's Dad. The flick also forms the basis of the entire story of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2. It seems to be drifting away from the absolute rampaging hoot the first part was, yes, but when you have a story to tell, it's a price one is willing to pay.
The movie drives its crosshairs to all its character giving them proper screen time to prove their mettle on numerous occasions. But the ultimate hero remains none other than the antihero Yondu Udonta, the whistling blue alien, with a badass flying arrow. It is him, his one Godly fight of reprisal, his acceptance, and his sacrifice that serve as the cardinal crux of the flick. Then it was also a great allusion to tell everyone about what a Celestial is, and what is it capable of.
Plot of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 (Spoilers Ahead)
Guardians of the Galaxy sequel returns with a whole set of new forgotten songs never forgetting the real importance of music in the life of Quill. More importantly it does not forget its humour as it starts off with Baby Groot dancing off to a song unfazed by what's going on while in the backdrop remaining Guardians are trying hard to defeat an inter-dimensional monster.
Baby Groot is akin to a baby whom they are supposed to look after until and unless he grows up, of course, to do some actual damage. So he remains his own dumbed down version for the better part of the flick, cracking us up good with his childlike understanding.
Rocket is just trying to be well, himself, when he steals some important batteries right under the nose of Ayesha (Elizabeth Debicki), who had hired them to kill the monster in exchange for Nebula. Ayesha the leader of the Sovereign Race then sends thousands of drones to kill them. But the Guardians are saved a mysterious figurine riding a spaceship.
Gamora: A little one inch man saved us?
Rocket: Well, if he got closer I'm sure he'd be much larger.
Peter: That's how eyesight works, you stupid raccoon.
On the crash site they encounter Ego played by Kurt Russell, who introduces himself to be Peter's dad. He has a pet called Mantis (Pom Klementieff) who is later revealed to have powers of an empath and is kept around to soothe Ego to sleep.
Yondu and Rocket's Escape
Meanwhile, Ayesha hires Yondu Udonta who has been exiled from his greater Ravagers community and is desperate to earn his name and get back on the saddle. He, along with a bunch of Ravagers find the stranded ship and capture Rocket. A mutiny breaks and Nebula steps in to decapitate Yondu by shooting the fin on his head. One of the ravagers called Taserface (Chris Sullivan) begins to lead the team of Ravagers by capturing Yondu's ship and imprisoning both Rocket and Yondu, leaving Baby Groot to stray around.
I am so sorry. I just keep imagining you waking up in the morning, start looking in the mirror and all seriously say to yourself. You know what would be a really kick-ass name, Taserface!
Nebula leaves the ship to avenge the misdeeds carried out on her by her father Thanos owing to Gamora's self-seeking glory.
With the help of Baby Groot and Yondu's loyalist Kraglin, Yondu and Rocket manage to kill everyone aboard (watch out for that deadly arrow!) and escape. It is hands down one of those rare moments to remember in the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 movie.
Ego the Planet
The secondary parallel running story is about Ego, Peter Quill's dad, who explains what he is all about. He expounds that he is a God-like entity Celestial who is nothing but an immortal and who has manipulated matter around himself to create a breathing planet with his brain at its core.
Taking a human shape Ego had travelled across the universe to beat his loneliness and discover his purpose. That's when he had come across Peter Quill's mother Meredith on Earth. Peter was consummated then however he was forced to leave her to pursue his purpose. He had asked Yondu to deliver Peter to him, but Yondu had kept him to himself. Ever since that he had been constantly looking for Peter. Ego teaches him little tricks to channel and manipulate Celestial power since he was Ego's true lineage.
On the same planet Gamora is attacked by Nebula and a fight ensues. In an awkward twist of fate they both end up rekindling their lost sisterhood. They find skeletal remains in the caverns of the planet smelling something fishy going on.
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The Ugly Plan
Ego one way or the other proves himself to be exactly what its moniker insinuates it to be. In an attempt to bring Peter to his side, he tells him about how he had planted countless seedlings across different worlds and that it would take him another celestial to activate them. Activating them would create extensions of Ego in different worlds through terraforming. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 depicts a blob like thing consuming planets when Ego forcefully activates the seedlings using Peter as a source.
It is revealed that Ego was responsible for conceiving countless women all across the galaxy just to create extensions of himself, and he sent Yondu to retrieve the children to activate his seedlings, later killing them owing to them turning out to be failures. On realizing that it was Ego who had put a tumour in his mother's head just because love was distracting him from his purpose, Peter Quill attacks Ego.
Meanwhile Mantis spills out Ego's plans to Drax, Nebula and Gamora, who then join the alliance to help Peter Quill.
When you're ugly and someone loves you, it means they love you for who you are.
The Final Showdown
Rocket, Yondu and Baby Groot arrive just in time to abate the punishing onslaught of Ego as they search for his brain inside the planet's core. Ayesha's army of droids arrive too causing a minor discomfort in their plans to kill Ego. Rocket creates a bomb with Ayesha's batteries and has a hard time coaxing Groot to push the right button when it's planted near Ego's brain.
Peter uses his Celestial powers to save the remaining team by fighting Ego with all his might, as Kraglin approaches with Yondu's ship for extraction. The bomb goes off killing Ego and disintegrating the planet in the process. Yondu sacrifices himself for Peter Quill. Peter realizes Yondu was simply trying to save him from being delivered to Ego and that's why keeping him away from his true parentage, saving him from getting killed.
I told Gamora how when I was a kid I used to pretend David Hasselhoff was my dad. He's a singer and actor from earth, really famous guy. Yondu didn't have a talking car, but he did have a flying arrow. He didn't have a beautiful voice of an angel, but he did have the whistle of one. Both Yondu and David Hasselhoff went on kick-ass adventures and hooked up with hot women, and fought robots. I guess David Hasselhoff did kinda end up being my dad after all, only it was you, Yondu.
When Guardians hold a funeral for Yondu, The Ravagers from all across the Universe come to pay tribute. The sacrifice Yondu was so huge that they revere him for that by showing up.
Post-Credit Scenes
In a post credit scene we see Stakar Ogord (Sylvester Stallone) reuniting with his ex-team inspired by Yondu. It appears we have another group in the making.
Kraglin picks up Yondu's fin and arrow, clearly stating that the badass power is going to be his in the future sequels.
We find Ayesha looking for a proper revenge by creating something mysterious in a huge box. On being asked what it is she has to say:
That, my child, is the next step in our evolution. More powerful, more beautiful – more capable of destroying the Guardians of the Galaxy. I think I shall call him… Adam.
It is an allusion at Adam Warlock, another amazing Marvel character, who we might have the good hap of seeing in the long run. In one of the fun scenes of the movie Howard the Duck is shown once again. I think he is being toyed with for cameos so far. Stan Lee shows up once again with his cameo with The Watchers this time. It seems to make a curt remark as if it is Stan Lee filling them with the knowledge about his MCU. Some consider him to be a Watcher himself? Whaaaa….?
The Final Verdict
After watching Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 you realize the real hero of this movie was none other than Yondu. With an apt way to depart him from the future stories, which I think wasn't at all necessary, (Why so soon?) the movie tries to draw out its emotional factor. But since its drama is always interposed by someone's witty remark, a jest, or Baby Groot cuteness, it fails to charge up the melodramatic enclave it wished to go on, and eventually things kind of seem like a stretch.
Nevertheless Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 turns out to be simply amazing owing to the fun factor it trundles on, the choice of music it picks every now and then, the proper screen time it lets each of the superheroes have, and its brilliant direction.
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Nielson Provided Us with a Baseball Gem of Comedic Brilliance
He has appeared in over 1,500 television programs and 100 films, but the one scene that still means Leslie Nielson to me is the scene at old Angels Stadium in the comedy "The Naked Gun :From the Files of Police Squad". You know the scene I am talking about. Nielson is playing Lt. Frank Drebin in the classic comedy scene and he is at the Angels versus Mariners game looking for the man that is going to try and assassinate British monarch Queen Elizabeth.
Drebin(Neilson) wanders into the Umpire's Room at the stadium and don's the uniform and pads of the Home Plate Umpire for that afternoon's contest. What transpires, from the moonwalk to the constant body frisking during the course of the game is comedic gold. From the point of watching Neilson's straight man George Kennedy eating multiple types of food just beyond the field level to the final climatic moment where Baseball Hall of Fame member Reggie Jackson becomes a transfixed killing zombie.
The film itself is one of those classic tongue-in-cheek comedies that you see something different every time you watch it . But the baseball scene is one of the best comedic filmed moments since Abbot and Costello's "Who's On First". No other clip, not even during "Major League " did I find myself laughing so much and wishing I could personally see even a fraction of the great stuff shown on that big screen. It was one of those movies I did go and watch inventively more than once when it was originally released in 1991.
It saddens me today to hear the news that Leslie Neilson has died in his sleep recently in the Florida community of Fort Lauderdale because of complications from a bout with pneumonia. The duo comedic masks must all have frowns today as we lost a true giant of a man who could do the pratfall and slapstick style of comedy with a expression and a demeanor that showed his versatility as an actor.
Even though this was the only film Nielson did with baseball ties, his portrayal in this first installment of "The Naked Gun" trilogy was one of the moments that got me hooked on the former Canadian disk jockey. Some might say his acting on such classics as the "Poseidon Adventure" or even "Airplane" should be more remembered than his slight foray into the comedy realm. "The Naked Gun" trilogy based on the short-lived television series "Police Squad" became an instant classic.
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I was really sad yesterday when I read that Nielson died. I know he had a career before his "Airplane" and "Naked Gun" days, but his deadpan delivery was just hilarious. RIP, Leslie. (And don't call me Shirley!)
I woke up this morning to the sad news. Thank you for reminding us of those scenes from The Naked Gun. I am going to watch it again to pay tribute to him.
Rest in peace Mr. Nielson.
Thank you for posting this and giving us a laugh after the sad news. This was such a great scene in what is easily my favorite of his movies. The older I get the more I am convinced that laughter is one of the greatest gifts we can give or receive. Rest in peace, Mr. Nielson and thank you for all the laughs!
I knew someone would use that classic "Airplane" line .
It was just a great montage to the antics and craziness that sometimes is the Home Plate Umpire.
There are so many other scenes missing from that small clip like the team spitting simultaneously or the bizzare set of "bloopers" complete with a beheading and a tiger mauling a guy trying to steal 2B.
Roger Ebert was so right about Nielson.
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I also am going to do a small "Naked Gun" revival film festival this week to go back and remember some of his great performances during his short comedic life.
Amazing sometimes how someone can do so much work on television and filom and is remembered for only a small slattering of moments.
But I guess it is better to have a few moments in the sun shine bright then to sit in resolute darkness oyur entire life.
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Just glad there was a humerous clip on Youtube for all of us to enjoy.
I agree totally that the laughter, especially from a small child can light up any darkness. It is one of the reasons I try and keep humor around me at all times in one fashion or another.
Laughter is one of the 3 "L's", the others are love and luck. I grew up respecting these three essentials and always try to have pieces of them near me.
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I'm glad you posted this. Leslie was one of my favorite actors and i'm sad to see him go. I'm young (21) but I grew up on Leslie's parodies and as I got older his serious roles as well. He was one of the greatest and few people have ever made me laugh harder.
Thanks for posting this clip, it's one of my favorite movie scenes of all time lol. I love him calling strike 3 before the ball even crosses the plate haha.
Some movie scenes just stay with us because of their visual impact than for the mire words spoken during the screen.
Neilson just had that face made for tongue-in-cheek comedy and could play the role without a hint of expression.
Wonder if they have any gag reels of the off camera hijinks or laughing while trying to stay deadpanned for the camera all that time.
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After 15 years of design and construction, the first proton-proton collisions were produced in the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) today. Collision observations were made in all four detectors located around the accelerator ring, including the CMS detector. The image attached to this article shows the flows of particles produced by one of the first collisions, as measured by CMS.
The University of Minnesota group is one of the leading groups on the CMS detector, with crucial development and leadership roles in the detectors designed to measure the energies of electrons, photons, and hadrons. Professor Roger Rusack, the project manager for the electomagnetic calorimeter, is present at CERN for the first collisions along with a number of graduate students and postdoctoral researchers. Professors Jeremiah Mans and Yuichi Kubota have been following the action from Minnesota. The atmosphere in the group office has been one of great excitement, with impromptu discussions of beam physics and the expected results of the first collisions breaking out among the graduate and undergraduate students as well as the professors.
The leader of the CMS collaboration, a joint effort of more than 2000 physicists and engineers, was overjoyed. "The events so far mark the start of the second half of this incredible voyage of discovery of the secrets of nature," said CMS spokesperson Tejinder Virdee.
The Director-General of CERN, Rolf Heuer, hailed the achievement but reminded all of the challenges ahead: "It's a great achievement to have come this far in so short a time. But we need to keep a sense of perspective – there's still much to do before we can start the LHC physics program."
The LHC was built to reproduce the conditions just after the Big Bang and to understand the nature of mass and perhaps produce dark matter. The first collisions have been achieved with beam energies of 450 GeV, a small fraction of the 7000 GeV design goal for the collider. Next on the schedule is an intense commissioning phase aimed at increasing the beam intensity and accelerating the beams. If all continues well, by Christmas the LHC should reach 1200 GeV (1.2 TeV) per beam, and have provided good quantities of collision data for the experiments' calibrations and initial physics studies. Further updates will surely follow soon.
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