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4th Annual Asian Pacific American Film Festival
Sat May 04, 2013
7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Cost: General: $5; Student/Senior: $3
This year's films are:
|Afternoon Matinee (1-4 pm)
Jake Shimabukuro:
|The film follows Hawai'i's homegrown musical hero whose love of the ukulele has transformed all previous notions of the instrument's potential.
|Among B-Boys (2012)
Directed by Christopher Woon
|A documentary film about the Hmong American youth community and how the Hip Hop dance form of B-Boying/Breakdancing fit into their lives.
|Evening Program (7-10 pm)
Blossoms and Thorns:
|A compelling documentary on the Japanese American flower-growing community in Richmond, CA who were uprooted from their homes and businesses and spent the war years incarcerated in barren desert camps.
The Untold Story:
|Within 48 hours Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawai'i authorities arrested and detained over 2,000 persons of Japanese ancestry in Hawai'i.
- Special performance by Halau Ha'a Kea o Kinohi with Kumu Hula Paul K. Neves at both programs.
- Free parking available in Beethoven Lot 2.
- All screenings will be presented at the CSM Theatre.
CSM Theatre Building 031700 West Hillsdale Boulevard
San Mateo, CA 94402 USA
(650) 378-7218
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Two Red-Blue Scrimmages Set for U.S. Women
Bill Kauffman
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (April 19, 2012) – The U.S. Women's National Volleyball Team, ranked No. 1 in the world by the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB), will hold two intrasquad scrimmages in May as the team prepares for the 2012 FIVB World Grand Prix.
Irvine Valley College will host the first Red-Blue intrasquad scrimmage on May 19 at 7 p.m. Admission is $5 per person with tickets available at the door.
On May 26, UC Irvine will host the second Red-Blue intrasquad scrimmage at 5 p.m. The match, which will be free to the public with a suggested donation of $5, will be played at Crawford Hall.
Earlier this week USA Volleyball announced that the U.S. Women's National Volleyball Team would host Bulgaria in a three-match pre-Olympic Games exhibition series. The City of Anaheim, the official host city for both the U.S. Women's and Men's National Volleyball Teams, will serve as host for the first of three exhibition matches with Bulgaria. The initial match will be held on July 14 at 7 p.m. Pacific Time inside the American Sports Centers, the team's training headquarters located in Anaheim. Ticket information will be available later this month.
The University of Southern California will host matches on July 16 and July 18 at the on-campus Galen Center. Both matches are scheduled for 7 p.m. Pacific Time. Admission for the two matches played at USC is $10 for adults per match, while tickets for children 12-and-under and groups of 10 or more are $5 per match. Tickets can be purchased by visiting usctrojans.com/usa.
The U.S. Women, which trains at the American Sports Centers in Anaheim, Calif., will begin the seek to win their third consecutive FIVB World Grand Prix title this summer. Team USA travels to Dominican Republic to play Germany (June 8), Algeria or Chinese Taipei (June 9) and Dominican Republic (June 10) in the first preliminary weekend. The U.S. travels south to Sao Paulo Brazil for the second weekend of matches against Italy (June 15), Germany (June 16) and Brazil (June 17). The Americans close the preliminary round in Thailand against Serbia (June 22), Argentina (June 23) and Thailand (June 24).
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Several Charged After Altercation At Washington Street Tops
An altercation at a Tops Markets in Jamestown earlier this week has led to numerous charges against four people, the Jamestown Police Department reported Wednesday.
Officers responded to the supermarket on Washington Street around 12:30 p.m. for a report of a woman who was caught shoplifting. The woman, Nancy Camacho, 52, of New Bedford, Mass., allegedly attempted to leave the store with four cases of beer and a 16-pound bag of dog food.
Police also learned the woman and other suspects were creating a disturbance.
According to a police report, when confronted by store personnel Camacho became disorderly and struck two employees. Other subjects attempted to come to the aid of Camacho, including a 17-year-old male, who also pushed store employees, police said.
As police were placing Camacho and the 17-year-old into custody, two females – including Sasha Cruz-Camacho, 29, of Jamestown, and a 15-year-old from South Portmouth, Mass. – attempted to pull the persons away from officers in order for them to get away.
All suspects were then taken into custody.
Camacho was charged with petit larceny, resisting arrest, criminal impersonation and two counts of harassment. Police said Camacho provided officers with another person's identity.
The 17-year-old male was charged with two counts of harassment and false personation. Cruz-Camacho was charged with second-degree obstructing governmental administration.
The 15-year-old female was wanted by juvenile authorities in Massachusetts and is being held in a New York state juvenile detention facility, police said. The youth was charged with obstructing governmental administration.
It is unclear at this time if the store employees were injured in the incident. A Tops Markets media spokeswoman did not immediately return a phone call for comment.


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University of Oregon. Dept. of Planning, Public Policy and Management. Community Planning Workshop; Fukahori, Sayaka; Neff, Ray; Tomlinson, Titus; Zanetto, Laura; Kraemer, Nick; Scotten, Heather; Johnson, Bethany (City of Mt. Angel (Or.), May , 2009)[more][less]
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Born into a stage family in Newport, Rhode Island, Thomas Harper Ince would grow up to be known as the "Father of the Western." At the age of 15, Ince made his Broadway debut. But despite his theatrical blood, and performing in a number of plays and vaudeville shows, Ince could never make his acting career pay off. Instead, he turned to the new medium of film. By 1910, he was directing one-reelers. And by 1911, he'd convinced the New York Motion Picture Co. to send him to California. In Los Angeles, Ince's ambition blossomed. He leased land close to Santa Monica, and hired a wild west traveling show to set up a makeshift studio making westerns and historical epics. In the next few years, he consolidated this venture into Inceville, a prototype for later Hollywood studios. In the process, he also redefined his role from director to creative producer, dictating what projects would be made and with what director and talent. As the studio grew, Ince instituted assembly line principles to the film production, breaking up the making of a film into various departments (writing, costuming, shooting, editing, etc). By 1915, Ince had sold Inceville and formed Triangle Pictures, a vertically integrated company that would handle production, distribution and exhibition, a move that again foreshadowed the future of motion pictures. Constantly changing, Ince personified the potential of this new industry. A contract player, Florence Vidor, later remembered, "One could not meet Thomas H. Ince in his studio without seeing that here was a great dynamic personality, having the brightest blue eyes, ready smile and charming manner; always interested in everything––perhaps the secret of his youthfulness." In the end, however, Ince is perhaps as well known––if not better––for dying at the age of 42 under mysterious circumstance on William Randolph Hearst's yacht.


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For years a battered, mainly unreadable sign marked the entrance to the backcountry trails at Wilder Ranch State Park. Visitors are now greeted by a beautiful panel that includes a large map and a lot of useful information about the area. On September 18th, about forty mountain bikers, state parks and "Friends of Santa Cruz State Parks" staff, and other community members met up to dedicate the sign and celebrate a successful partnership!
The mountain biking community was proud to donate $3,500 towards the design and construction of this new sign. A big thanks to State Parks Interpreter Elizabeth Hammack for managing the process and to "Friends of Santa Cruz State Parks" for contributing the remaining funds and helping with the design.
Thank you all once again for supporting our fundraisers. Your donations help improve mountain biking facilities in Santa Cruz County.
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Saranac Lake village tax levy just under state's cap
SARANAC LAKE – Village officials have cut their way down to the state's property tax cap, approving a 2013-14 budget that will increase the village tax levy 3.81 percent.
That's just a hair under the village's tax levy limit of 3.82 percent. When it was filed in March, the $5 million tentative budget's general fund included a 7.83 percent increase in the tax levy.
Village Treasurer Paul Ellis said the village board approved a number of cuts to get the budget down to the cap, including one personnel move. Trustees opted not to fill a vacancy created by the retirement of police Patrolman Kelly Allen, which Ellis said will save roughly $69,000.
Police Chief Bruce Nason told the Enterprise he hopes the loss of one of his patrolmen can be made up by the hiring of part-time officers, something the village is pursuing.
"With the call volume that we experience, I would prefer that they would have filled the position," Nason said, "but I'm hopeful things will work out with the part-time positions so we will have available resources when needed."
Mayor Clyde Rabideau has said the village could hire as many as two part-time police officers. If that happens this year, Ellis has said the cost would be covered through savings in overtime.
While one police department position will be cut, the village currently has several other open positions that it opted to fund next year, including vacancies in the Department of Public Works and the parks and recreation director position that was held by Charlie Martin until he resigned earlier this month.
Several capital improvements were cut from the budget, including $60,000 for a new roof and insulation at the mechanic's garage, $33,500 on engineering for new recreational fields at the former village landfill, $19,000 for the removal of an underground fuel storage tank at the former village offices and $18,000 for the purchase of a pickup truck.
Ellis said some of these projects will be considered again long-term as part of an overall capital plan.
"We're trying to stagger things so we're not doing it all at once," Ellis said.
Among other cuts, Rabideau had requested $10,000 be set aside for a "signature" summer event in July, but he agreed to remove that from the budget, Ellis said. Smaller amounts were also cut from the village's road salt budget and its publicity fund, Ellis said.
Water and sewer rates will increase by 8.6 and 8.9 percent, respectively. The increases in both budgets have been attributed to a loss of revenue due to the ongoing change in flat-rate to metered billing and a series of proposed infrastructure repairs and upgrades.
A public hearing on sewer rates, which is required by law, is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. April 22 in the village meeting room on the second floor of the Harrietstown Town Hall.
Overall, Ellis said he was pleased with the budget. He noted village tax levy increases have averaged 2 percent or less over the last five years, both before and after the cap was implemented. While Essex and Franklin counties have pushed their tax levy increases to zero in recent years, Ellis said that can be dangerous.
"To get to zero, you basically deplete all your available resources and then you start seeing huge spikes in tax rates," Ellis said. "I'm more of a slow and steady type of person, trying to avoid the big peaks and valleys on the tax rates. I think it's been a prudent course, but I don't know how much longer we're going to be able to maintain it, unless the economy turns around."
The village board adopted the budget at its meeting Wednesday night. Beforehand, village resident Shawn Boyer asked if the village was able to keep a $5,000 allocation in the budget to study returning the village beach to Lake Flower.
"It's been put in reserve for the coming year," Rabideau said, "and there will be a number of criteria that go along with any release of funds that we'll be talking about in the months to come."
Ellis said a copy of the adopted budget will be posted on the home page of the village's website, www.saranaclakeny.gov.
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Pawtucket – William T. "Bill" Brunelle, 85, passed away Thursday, January 17, 2013 at the Philip Hulitar Hospice Center after a long illness. He was the beloved husband of Alice S. (Baker) Brunelle for 60 years. Born in Pawtucket, he was a son of the late William H. and Catherine (Hastings) Brunelle. Bill was a World War II veteran having served in the US Navy and was a member of the American Legion and the VFW. Bill worked at Carol Cable for 44 years before retiring in 1990. He was a devoted communicant of St. Teresa Parish, Pawtucket and a 4th degree member of the St. Teresa, Knights of Columbus Council. Bill enjoyed life and participated in many activities. He was an avid Square and Round Dancer for nearly 20 years. Bill was always there to help people when needed. He is survived by his wife, Alice and many friends. He was the brother of the late Donald Brunelle, Dorothy Brunelle-Tellier and Gladys Duhamel. VISITATION will begin on Monday at 9 a.m. at CHEETHAM Funeral Home, 1012 Newport Ave., Pawtucket, followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 10:30 a.m. in St. Teresa Church, 358 Newport Ave., Pawtucket. Burial with Military Honors will follow at Mt. St. Mary Cemetery, Pawtucket. In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts to St. Teresa Church, 358 Newport Ave., Pawtucket, RI 02861 will be appreciated. For online condolences: CheethamFuneralHome.com
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There is never a bad time to buy a gun, but there are better times.
Right now, many gun prices are still high because demand remains high. Lots of gunmakers still have backlogs and some can't seem to make guns fast enough to meet the demand. This is mostly in the handgun and modern sporting rifle (black gun) markets, but there is some spillover into the hunting market.
I have always loved gun shows. I bought my first gun at gun show. The atmosphere found at a gathering of like-minded people always intrigues me. Gun shows seem to highlight and intensify things. I've never met someone without an opinion at a gun show.
Everyone is an expert and everyone seems to be willing to tell you which way is the right way. Oddly their way is almost always the right way. From the guy who thinks the Obama administration is sending mixed race goon squads out to cut off gun owners' trigger fingers to the guy who knows the perfect shotgun for pheasants is the Ithaca M-37 pump chambered in 16-gauge firing No. 5 shot, there certainly is no shortage of opinions.
This column appeared in the September 13, 2010 issue of Gun Digest the Magazine. Click here to learn more.
So, why not add my opinions to the mix? I've been known to have a few thoughts on various topics.
My first idea is that if you go to a gun show you should buy something. I don't care if it is a $2 cleaning brush, don't walk out of that show without having cracked open your wallet. I will go a step further by saying that if you take a kid to a gun show, you should let the kid pick out something (within reason) and buy that item for the child. Let the kids get involved and immersed in the culture and the younger the better, before they get interested in the opposite sex and video games.
I further believe that a person can never have too many .22 rifles or single-shot shotguns.
Gun shows are great places to pick up these bargain guns and I often have to be physically dragged away from a table sporting a selection of old, worn single-shots. My kids are the ones doing the dragging because they want to look at pistols and modern sporting rifles and can't handle the guns without an adult present.
Even though it means I'm getting another year older, I relish the idea of another fall. Between the gun show season, the hunting season and the great weather for trips to the range, this is my favorite time of year.
So check out our gun show listings either in this edition or online at www.gundigest.com, pick out a gunshow and plan on spending at least a little bit of money. How you justify that expenditure with your significant other is totally up to you.
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M.R. Paving files contract lawsuit
NEW ULM – M.R. Paving & Excavating, Inc. filed a five-count lawsuit Dec. 31 against a St. James firm for damages and restitution in excess of $50,000.
According to the complaint, M.R. Paving alleges defendant Nicholas W. Romsdahl, Civil Ag Group, Inc., Civil Ag Group, LLC, d/b/a Civil Ag Group (CAG) signed a contractor/subcontractor agreement on or about April 16, 2012 for construction-related products and services within the City of Sleepy Eye in which Romsdahl signed on behalf of Civil Ag Group, an entity M.R. Paving later learned is not registered to do business in the State of Minnesota.
Complaint counts include breach of contract, warranties, implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing, unjust enrichment and joint liability, according to the complaint.
The first count alleges CAG, Inc. breached the agreement by among other things, failing to perform the contract work as agreed and within required timelines, and permitted liquidated damages to accrue for the project as a result of the defendants' many failures and refusals to comply with the contractual terms and requirements, according to the complaint.
As a result, M.R. Paving was required to retain other subcontractors at its own expense to provide and complete work on the project, according to the complaint.
As a result, of the many agreement breaches, M.R. Paving has suffered, and continues to suffer damages in an amount to be proven at trial, according to the complaint.
The fifth-count accuses CAG, Inc. CAG, LLC and Romsdahl of commingling interests and assets in various business pursuits, including the fact that CAG, Inc. has been the contractor on construction projects, yet CAG, LLC has listed itself as the contractor on the bond for the same project, according to the complaint.
In addition, Romsdahl signed contracts that do not identify the contracting party as any specific business entity registered to do business in the State of Minnesota, but then later claims the contacting party was CAG, Inc., according to the complaint.
Additionally, Upon information and belief the two entities CAG, Inc. and CAG, LLC have similar and/or related shareholders or members, one of which is Romsdahl; the three defendants have not kept their responsibilities separate for construction projects; the three defendants are acting in a joint venture for construction projects and not maintaining proper business separation between their various business pursuits.
M.R. Paving legal counsel is Jared D. Peterson of Berens, Rodenberg & O'Connor, Chtd, New Ulm.
Contacted by The Journal, Romsdahl said his firm is dealing with the issue through legal channels and would not comment further.
The lawsuit stems from the City of Sleepy Eye's 2012 Street & Utility Project in which the Sleepy Eye City Council approved a $25,000 contract penalty to M.R. Paving & Excavating at its Dec. 11, 2012 city council meeting.
In a letter to the city council dated Nov. 26, 2012, Matt Mathiowetz of M.R. Paving said he was aware some interim project completion dates were not met. He said some of the delays were caused by his firm's original concrete contractor but that the substantial project completion date of Oct. 31, 2012 was met.
The letter added that due to some delays, M.R. Paving already incurred significant additional costs to complete the project by the substantial completion date, but none of the costs were passed on to the City of Sleepy Eye in any way, and they will not be.
Additionally, the letter stated M.R. Paving crews worked long hours including weekends to complete the project by Oct. 31 and did work that was additional to the original project scope.
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St. Peter mayor confirms run for 19A
ST. PETER – St. Peter Mayor Tim Strand confirmed Wednesday that he will run in the special election for House District 19A. The election will fill the vacancy left by Rep. Terry Morrow's (DFL-St. Peter) resignation.
Strand joins three other candidates seeking the endorsement of the Democratic party.
He has been mayor of St. Peter for the last eight years and served on the St. Peter City Council for two year prior to becoming mayor. Over that entire time, he served as board member for the League of Minnesota Cities, on the Region 9 Development Commission and as president of the Coalition of Greater Minnesota Cities in 2009. During this service, he received some statewide attention for sparring with former Gov. Tim Pawlenty about cuts to Local Government Aid, which is a major form of state funding for many out-state cities.
Being mayor is "the best thing I've done so far," Strand said. If he wins the House seat, he will resign as mayor. As a state representative he will continue to serve St. Peter and the surrounding areas in the district, he said.
Strand described himself as a fiscal conservative who sides with Democrats on social issues. He wants to tackle the state budget deficit, with a focus on developing a system to prevent future deficits, and on keeping pressure on a four-lane expansion of Highway 14. He said Highway 14 is particularly important so that the significant progress made under Morrow is not lost.
Strand said he will not push social issues in the race, but he would vote for a same-sex marriage bill. However, he would not put such a bill forward if he was asked to carry it in the Legislature.
"I'm a firm believer in an individual's right to chose. That extends to gay marriage. A person has a right to chose who they want to spend the rest of their life with," said Strand, "But, I only want to amend current law if it means more rights for the individual."
He said the failure of Marriage Amendment seems to indicate voters are uninterested in seeing social issues pushed at this time.
He plans to file for the 19A race on Friday. The filing period for 19A started Wednesday. None of the other announced candidates have filed yet.
Strand is the eighth candidate to enter the 19A race.
Four DFL candidates are vying for endorsement at the party's convention on Saturday, Jan. 19.
Because the Gov. Dayton announced Tuesday that the special election will be held Feb. 12 and the primary will be held Jan. 29, the date of the DFL endorsement convention prevents the DFL from being able to avoid having its candidates signed up for the primary. However, the endorsement convention is expected to render the primary moot unless a candidates decides to break with the endorsement process.
Strand feels he has a competitive edge over his fellow DFL candidates Robin Courrier, Karl Johnson and Clark Johnson. He said his advantage is name recognition and some related experience from his year serving as president of the Coalition of Greater Minnesota Cities, during which he vetted the 2010 Minnesota gubernatorial candidates including Gov. Mark Dayton on behalf of the organization.
Strand said he will honor the endorsement process.
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"But patents aren't pushing up drug prices, bureaucrats are. Consider the huge tariffs put on imported medicines in the developing world, going as high as 30 per cent in some African countries.He cites the example of the research findings of Africa Fighting Malaria (AFM) that (i) of a representative sample of anti-malarial drugs sold in six African nations, almost half the drugs manufactured in Africa failed basic quality tests and (ii) a third of the drugs sold in Africa were single dose malaria treatments, often ineffective and causing the creation of drug-resistant strains of the disease. The irony, he says, is this:
What's more, prices aren't the reason so many poor patients can't get healthy. Even if you gave them unlimited to access to top-notch pharmaceuticals, most would still be facing substantial health risks every day.
From drinking water from polluted rivers, reliance on defunct medical equipment to living near open sewage systems.
Compulsory licences would likely exacerbate the problem of substandard pharmaceuticals in Third World drug markets. Locally produced pharmaceuticals often don't meet basic quality and safety standards".
"The WHA is also encouraging Western pharmaceutical firms to increase investment into medicines for diseases unique to the Third World. How do you convince shareholders to invest in R&D when the resulting drug formula can just be stolen by the local government -- with international sanction, no less?"He concludes that the WHA should encourage poor countries to adopt prudent economic policies that will enable investment in healthcare infrastructure and ultimately encourage citizens to buy reliable health insurance.
My feeling is that it is necessary to distinguish the smaller picture from the larger one. In every individual situation in which a person's health is at risk because a patented product is not available to him, compulsory licensing would remove that barrier and provide relief -- but Franklin Cudjoe is right to say that prudent economic policies are the best solution in the long term since they provide the basis for market forces to enable legitimate medicinal products to be sold and distributed affordably while making it worthwhile for the IP owners to police the integrity of their own products.


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Can't Wait For 2013: The 10 Celebrities Who Had The Worst 2012 Ever
Celebrities With The Worst 2012
Tomorrow is a new day and a new year! Congrats to all of us for surviving another one. For many of us, we can't wait to get on with our lives and leave 2012 in the past. But nobody wants to leave 2012 in the past nearly as much as these celebrities who possibly had the worst 2012s of anyone.
Let's take a look at the celebrities who had monumentally bad 2012s. Hopefully next year will be better for them.
Katt Williams – He gets arrested every day it seems. Has there been a bigger fall from grace in recent memory than his?
Kris Humphries – He lost Kim, sued her and ended up getting some fake version of her knocked up. Plus, his team sucks.
Chad Johnson – He headbutted his wife, lost her (momentarily) and lost his job. And his career is probably over.
Racists – Racists had a horrible year. Obama got reelected. Django Unchained lead box offices. And Republicans all around just kept losing. Poor racists.
Mr. Marcus – He was exposed as the Typhoid Mary of adult film venereal diseases, so his career is probably done too.
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Bobbi Kristina – She sadly lost her mother then spiraled absolutely out of control with her lifestyle and brotherlover that she sort of broke up with maybe.
Tim Tebow – He went from Tebowmania to being the laughing stock of the league with the Jets. Now, he's looking for a gig somewhere.
Stacey Dash – She was the most sought-out banger in the game until she went out for the Republican party and turned her back on the people that supported her. No she's damn near a social pariah.


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Libertarian, Liberal Lawmakers Share Concerns About Police Tactics in Ferguson
Updated with quotes from Sen. Rand Paul and Rep. John Lewis.
As many Americans turned to Twitter to follow the chaos unfolding in Ferguson, Mo., some members of Congress — currently on August recess — tiptoed onto social media to weigh in as well.
The reactions came from across the political spectrum, with many calling for peaceful protests but also expressing serious concerns over the tactics used by police. The confrontations between police and protesters came after the weekend shooting of unarmed teenager Michael Brown.
Rep. Justin Amash (R., Mich.), a conservative with libertarian leanings, was one of the first to tweet, calling the reports from Ferguson "frightening" and asking "Is this a war zone or a US city?" He said the government was escalating tensions with use of military equipment and tactics.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D., Mass.) tweeted: "This is America, not a war zone. The people of #Ferguson just want answers. We all want answers."
Sen. Cory Booker (D., N.J.), an avid user of social media, tweeted a photo of people holding a sign that read, "Peaceful protest is a right."
— Cory Booker (@CoryBooker) August 14, 2014
Missouri Sens. Roy Blunt (R.) and Claire McCaskill (D.) also used Twitter to assure constituents they were working to resolve the situation. Mr. Blunt said he was "staying in contact w/ local, state & federal officials & urge everyone to please be safe in #Ferguson," while Ms. McCaskill saying she was "continuing to work the phones to de escalate the tense and unacceptable situation in Ferguson."
Rep. Joaquin Castro (D., Texas) took a jab at potential 2016 presidential candidates Sen. Ted Cruz (R., Texas) and Sen. Rand Paul (R., Ky.), saying "I'm sure that Ted Cruz and Rand Paul are going speak up for the liberty and freedom of the ppl of Ferguson against govt overreach soon."
The tweet was followed up moments later with a message saying "My prayers are with the community in Ferguson for a peaceful resolution between police and citizens. Gov. Nixon must take control."
Mr. Cruz issued a statement Thursday morning on Facebook, saying "Civil liberties must be protected, but violence is not the answer. Once the unrest is brought to an end, we should examine carefully what happened to ensure that justice is served."
Mr. Cruz's statement also focused on reports of the arrests of journalists, saying "reporters should never be detained — a free press is too important — simply for doing their jobs." Two reporters covering the protests were booked into jail Wednesday night, and a TV crews were hit with bean bags and tear gas.
And later Thursday, Mr. Paul published an op-ed in Time which he wrote: "There is a legitimate role for the police to keep the peace, but there should be a difference between a police response and a military response. The images and scenes we continue to see in Ferguson resemble war more than traditional police action."
We Must Demilitarize the Police. #Ferguson #PoliceState READ my Op-Ed: http://t.co/E9TBaDrwR9 @TIME
— Senator Rand Paul (@SenRandPaul) August 14, 2014
Rep John Lewis (D., Ga.), a longtime civil-rights leader, said in a statement: "This is not China or Russia or Syria. This is America, and in this country we have a right to protest in a peaceful, orderly non-violent fashion, and the press should be free to cover these protests without fear. The police should not interfere in the exercise of these constitutional rights. If people are not allowed to express their dissatisfaction through peaceful protest, they will find other means to make their voices heard."
The Twitter account for the Democrats of the House Judiciary committee tweeted about the discord as well, saying that people in Ferguson "have a right to peaceful assembly under the #FirstAmendment of U.S. Constitution," add that it is "required knowledge by law enforcement."
On Thursday morning, Rep. Joyce Beatty (D., Ohio) tweeted "#Ferguson deserves better. The rights of our citizens and of our free press shall not be denied."
Rep. Hank Johnson (D., Ga.) posted a statement Thursday that he will be filing legislation titled "The Stop Militarizing Law Enforcment Act" to control the transfer of military equipment from the Pentagon to state and local law enforcement agencies.


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I had Adagio's Irish Breakfast this morning - it is very good. From the three Irish Breakfasts I tried from different vendors this one is the best.
Later I am going to a club get-together and I am taking Valentines tea (from Adagio), a tea pot and Madeline cookies as a treat.
I tried Adagio's Jasmine #12 last night and I am disappointed, especially after rave reviews I read and high rating. I am going to post a question about it in the green tea area.
I am into trying things right now. What I want to try most is matcha. Realistically I will try several more samples from Adagio and Den's that are waiting for me at home - Golden Monkey, Silver Needles, Sencha and some others.


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Environmentalist Peter Seidel, who has authored two non-fiction books dealing with human demand on nature, takes a different approach for exploring the consequences of ecological consumption with a new novel out in paperback, 2045: A Vision of Our Future.
The book offers a fictional exploration of what our world will look like in thirty-five years if current trends, including the depletion of natural resources and the dumping of carbon into the atmosphere, continue un-checked. Seidel conjures up a world in which large swathes of the western United States are a desert, cars are a luxury only the very wealthy can afford, and government and the press are in the thrall of a small number of multinational corporations. This novel sparks readers to envision the outcomes of our current levels of resource use, and to effect positive change before it is too late.


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Secretary Clinton spoke today in New York at a luncheon meeting on "Inclusive Finance: A Path to the MDGs."
The Secretary said, "...I see in my travels across the world that talent is universal, but opportunity is not. And we are here at this very important event to highlight one of the biggest obstacles to making the most of everyone's talents and their hard work; namely, a financial system that leaves out some 3 billion people, many of them women, rural farmers, small business owners, people with disabilities, ethnic minorities. Most of us in the developed world take the financial system for granted, whether it's easy access to credit or a safe place to deposit our money. But without a bank account, parents can't save for a child's education. Without loans, small farmers can't buy fertilizer for the start of the growing season, and entrepreneurs can't expand and grow their businesses. And when people cannot participate in the formal economy, they often are taken advantage of, they are often left without recourse, and the effects of that undermine their own ambitions and hopes for families, communities, and even countries.
"...Now, we in the Obama Administration have made financial inclusion a priority. Last year, President Obama announced a new Microfinance Growth Fund, which has committed more than $100 million to provide credit to individuals and small businesses, especially those run by women. Beyond that, we are encouraging partnerships to open up new opportunities for mobile banking. We are supporting innovations like secured-transaction reform, so that small businesses can use movable assets, like the tailor his sewing machine, or the farmer her tractor, as collateral for loans -- something that is not permitted by a lot of formal banks throughout this hemisphere and elsewhere. We are also supporting consumer-protection efforts, so that we can protect the newly banked from becoming victims of predatory lending practices.
"The initiative that we are launching today is called BRIDGE, which stands for Building Remittance Investment for Development, Growth, and Entrepreneurship. BRIDGE is a partner between our development agency, USAID, our U.S. Overseas Private Investment Corporation, OPIC, and the Inter-American Development Bank. It demonstrates one of the benefits of actually bringing more people into the financial system. And it reflects the vision of President Lobo and President Funes of their countries and governments. In partnering with us on BRIDGE today, both leaders in Honduras and El Salvador have shown a commitment to advancing financial inclusion.
"And here's how it works. Every year, millions -- actually, tens of millions -- of people around the world leave home to find work. They settle in countries where they think they have a better economic future, then they begin sending money back home. And they send it to their families for all kinds of purposes. Now, if they send these remittances through the formal financial system, they create huge funding flows that are orders of magnitude larger than any development assistance we can dream of. By harnessing the potential of remittances, BRIDGE will make it easier for communities in El Salvador and Honduras to get the financing they need to build roads and bridges, for example, to support entrepreneurs, to make loans, to bring more people into the financial system."
You can read a transcript of the Secretary's remarks here.


text: Mitch Spivack: For years, this coin was considered the "King" of all Proof American Gold Eagles. Why? Let's take a stroll down "Memory Lane". The date was April 23, 2006. The 1993-W $50 Gold Eagle in PCGS-PR70DCAM was making it first public auction appearance ever that evening as the "pop 2" coin. When the bidding closed, the coin hammered at $33,000 (plus buyers fee)! I know for a fact that the consignor of this coin to that auction had reserved the coin for a small fraction of that sales price. No one had really expected the incredible level of interest at auction on this neat coin. Following the auction, the "hunt was on" to try to slab another 1993-W $50 Proof Gold in PCGS-PR70DCAM and over the next couple of years, additional PR70DC coins were slabbed by PCGS. My sources and research shows that the next few PCGS-PR70DCAM coins fetched roughly $20,000 - $30,000 each. But, the hunt for this particular date in PR70DC was relentless. This coin became one of the "trophy" coins to slab in PR70DCAM. More and more coins were graded PR70DC and the supply simply exceeded the demand, resulting in lower prices. About two years or so after the famous 4/23/06 auction, prices fell to roughly the $10,000 level on a number of trades I believe and eventually broke under $10,000. Now, four years later, the coin is "pop 54" (still the 2nd lowest $50 "pop" in PR70DC at PCGS) and the Price Guide properly shows that the current value of the coin is only a tiny fraction of what it was back in 2006 ($5,750 at the time of this commentary). Yet, I do want to share my personal experience with this particular coin. Although the "submission hunters" contributed to "killing" the 2006/07 price level on this coin through their targeting of this particular date and successful slabbing of many PR70DC specimens (and many might suggest the early price levels were euphoric at best and quite deserving of being "killed"), make no mistake about it that in this commentator's opinion, this date is very scarce in true PR70DC perfect condition. This dated $50 proof coin is plagued with small planchet imperfections (including pinprick holes in the planchet) as well as tiny red copper spotting to name just a few of the more common problems routinely seen on these coins. Locating a PR70DC coin free of all problems is not an easy task. This coin is still a very popular coin for Eagle collectors and nice quality PR70DC coins are often gobbled up quickly. No doubt, there will be more of the story to write on this coin as the years unfold.


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Hotsawce,In my opinion I always had to cook to reduce them. I guess you could cut them and try to drain the water out but the meat would still have a substantial amount of water. This water will separate when on a pie, unless short high temps of 750 prevent that. I believe a product like 6 in 1 and tomato puree are all cooked down to remove moisture.
Is this product cooked? After looking at Stanislaus's website I wonder. No matter what there still has to be a dehydrating process to remove the water.Thanks,Bob


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An article titled "Two new views on monogamy" appeared in the 14 August, 2004, edition of the Turkish magazine Hurriyet Bilim. The article dealt with an interview conducted with Dr. Robert Martin, an anthropologist from the Field Museum of Natural History, at Chicago. Two evolutionist claims of Martin's set out in the article, and our response to them are briefly set out below.
1. Martin claims that Neanderthals are a separate species
Neanderthals are representatives of a human race that lived in Europe, Asia and the Middle East between 200,000 and 30,000 years ago, and which is now extinct. In the early 1900s, evolutionists distorted various Neanderthal anatomical features in order to prove the scenario of humans being descended from ape-like creatures, and tried to present them as "primitive" hominids. Martin now reveals that he subscribes to this viewpoint and claims that Neanderthals are a separate species to modern-day human beings. However, this claim of Martin's does not reflect even the views of a significant majority of evolutionists. That is because new findings obtained from archaeological excavations have revealed that the Neanderthals does not represent a separate species from human beings, and that in fact, from the anatomical and cultural points of view, Neanderthals lacked nothing found in present-day man. For further information on this subject, see:
2. Martin is mistaken in claiming that the Toumai skull belongs to a missing link
In response to a question posed during the interview, Martin states that a 7-million-year-old skull (the Toumai skull) was recently discovered in Chad and that this may represent a missing link. Here there is a striking inconsistency on Martin's part. The fossil to which he refers does not support the myth of the missing link and, quite the contrary, demonstrates its invalidity for all to see, to such an extent in fact that in the face of this picture even evolutionist authorities have issued statements admitting that the Toumai skull puts paid to the idea of the missing link. The paleontologist Henry Gee, for instance, says the following in an article concerning this fossil published in The Guardian:
Whatever the outcome, the skull shows, once and for all, that the old idea of a "missing link" is bunk... It should now be quite plain that the very idea of the missing link, always shaky, is now completely untenable. (Henry Gee, "Face of Yesterday," The Guardian, July 11, 2002)
Whatever the outcome, the skull shows, once and for all, that the old idea of a "missing link" is bunk... It should now be quite plain that the very idea of the missing link, always shaky, is now completely untenable. (Henry Gee, "Face of Yesterday," The Guardian, July 11, 2002)
It is clear that a fossil, which totally undermines the missing link claim, cannot be portrayed as backing up this claim. If it is, then the claim in question must be mistaken. Hurriyet Bilim magazine must not put a premium on erroneous claims merely because they are in favor of Darwinism. We call on the magazine management to abandon its blind support for Darwinism.
Paleoanthropological findings offer absolutely no support for the scenario of human evolution; on the contrary, they totally invalidate it. Fossil discoveries in recent years have revealed that evolutionists' so-called family tree consists of an unscientific supposition based totally on prejudice and imagination. For more information see:
The way that all of Europe has become acquainted with Atlas of Creation and the declaration of the fact that living creatures have remained unchanged for millions of years and that evolution is devoid of any scientific worth have led to a major change of belief among the people of Europe. Independent polls conducted by well-known publishing institutions in different European countries have revealed a major drop in the numbers of people believing in Darwinism and that belief in Allah now dominates Europe. >>
In order to create, God has no need to design
It's important that the word "design" be properly understood. That God has created a flawless design does not mean that He first made a plan and then followed it. God, the Lord of the Earth and the heavens, needs no "designs" in order to create. God is exalted above all such deficiencies. His planning and creation take place at the same instant.
Whenever God wills a thing to come about, it is enough for Him just to say, "Be!"
As verses of the Qur'an tell us:
His command when He desires a thing is just to say to it, "Be!" and it is. (Qur'an, 36: 82)
[God is] the Originator of the heavens and Earth.
When He decides on something, He just says to it, "Be!" and it is. (Qur'an, 2: 117)


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by Anton Shilov
After introducing its Blackberry PlayBook tablet in late 2010 Research In Motion never shared its sales estimates officially. In a bid to fulfill the need for that information, some analysts are making their predictions. For example, one market observer believes that RIM has chances to sell around six million PlayBook tablets in the first twelve months after the release.
A proprietary survey conducted by RBC Capital revealed that RIM could sell four million Playbook units this calendar year and six million units in the 12 months following its release, reports Tech Trader Daily blog. Earlier it was reported that RIM placed orders onto one million of Playbooks to be shipped this quarter (the product is to be launched commercially sometimes in March), hence, the results of the survey are likely to be conservative enough, yet, may not show an actual picture.
Mike Abramsky, an analyst with RBC Capital, said that the company surveyed 1100 people in early January and 6% responded that they were "likely" to buy a Playbook slate. By contrast, according to the analyst, about 12% of people who were surveyed in February expressed interest in Apple iPad.
The financial analyst believes that BlackBerry PlayBook is appealing to early adopters and power users thanks to features like "speed/power", "security and IT integration" as well as other peculiarities.
Several years ago Palm wanted to release Foleo mobile companion device for its smartphones, but cancelled its plans due to financial problems and uncertainties. Palm Foleo mobile companion was promised to feature with 10" screen, email client, Web browser and some basic software that allows checking emails' attachments and performing other essential tasks. Blackberry Playbook is also rather a companion for Blackberry smartphones and the success beyond that platform is not cast in stone. As a result, it is doubtful that a survey of average computer users shows the actual market potential of Playbook tablet ahead of its release.