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Jessie Rodriguez was charged with first-degree murder in the death of Gina Presley.
A 42-year-old Illinois man was given a $10 million bail Sunday after he was charged in the death of a 3-year-old girl in Oak Forest, according to police.
Jessie Rodriguez was charged with first-degree murder in the death of Gina Presley, Oak Forest police said Saturday.
Police escorted a man out of the hearing after he began screaming that Rodriguez did not deserve bail.
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Rodriguez, the boyfriend of Gina's aunt and guardian, without justification killed the 3-year-old girl with blunt for trauma to the head, police said.
Another "person of interest" originally taken into custody was released and is cooperating with the investigation, officials said.
Rodriguez has been in custody since Thursday, but did not appear in bond court today despite police indications.
An adult in Gina's home in the 15300 block of Walnut Road in Oak Forest reportedly called 911 to report the young girl was choking. She was later pronounced dead at Palos Community Hospital.
The Illinois Department for Children and Family services said Gina was never in their custody, despite reports from Oak Forest police that said she was.
"This is not consolation for the family or the community and only begins to provide a response to such a horrific act," Chief of Police Gregory Anderson said in a statement.


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Chicago, Detroit, New York and Washington, D.C., have all dealt with tarnished reputations of violence for the last few decades.
And today, more than ever, Chicago is dealing with it. Rahm Emanuel, former White House chief of staff and current mayor of Chicago, went on national television to explain the violence afflicting his city.
One major factor distinguishes theses cities from our town: Population. Those cities are huge. Savannah is small. And because of this differential, our problem hurts a little more than theirs.
We should look at other cities plagued by crime with population density similar to ours. What have they done, if anything, to curb crime?
The label of violent city causes stress in all corners. Individuals begin to fear for their safety. Businesses worry about dwindling foot traffic. Corporations fear potential new hires won't move to the region because of safety concerns. And tourism, our beloved golden goose, suffers if tourists are worried about what lurks in the haunted shadows.
We need to curb crime and we need to do something about it immediately.
I have an idea, and it isn't anything new. As a matter of fact, an extremely intelligent local business owner and I already pitched this idea to the police department. The response? Silence.
The idea is simple. The police department should make its crime data open and available for computer programmers. If programmers are able to access the data, they could help solve crime.
How? Simple. Programmers, geeks and techies love this kind of thing. Make the data accessible, and programmers will manipulate the data, run algorithms and analyze the information. With regression analysis, we can pinpoint crime locations, identify neighborhoods with repeat offenders, zero in on nights with the highest criminal activity, and determine which crimes lead to other criminal behavior.
We can pinpoint where criminals attended school, when they dropped out, what types of families they came from, and where it all went wrong. We could track where guns and bullets come from and which types of cars are stolen. We could cross-reference streets without proper lighting
and crime. With this type of information, we can begin a new process of pro-activity, instead of our tired program of re-activity. To put it simply, we could begin to outsmart crime.
The best part of this idea? Opening up data is free, and most of the talented technologists in the region would be happy to work on this project for free. We need to fight crime with intelligence, one data set at a time.
If I was the police chief, I would meet with the local technology community and ask what they need, and begin feeding them the information immediately.
Some might say the idea of opening up data is dangerous as personal identities could be compromised. Nope.
The police department can restrict personal information from open data. Names, social security numbers and the like are omitted from the list. Height, weight, race, address, convictions and general data specific to the individuals can be shared. Sensitive data are omitted.
Others might say the police department is already collecting and using data to fight crime. Fine, but what if dozens of community-minded technologists were working alongside our police force? They could bring a new analytical approach that very well could shine light on the issues plaguing our region.
Other cities across the country have opened their data sets. Information on crime, water usage, trash collection, student test scores, public transportation and the like has been made available to the public.
And the response has been overwhelming. In cities across the country, volunteer technologists have manipulated data to provide community-centered apps and websites. Think modern day neighborhood watch.
Best part, all of this was done for free. Open source.
I urge our community to demand access to the data that belongs to us, and once available, I urge local technologists to manipulate the data to help make our police force stronger.
Sound too idealistic to you? Let me know how you feel after reading the next crime-related headline.
Jake Hodesh is the executive director of The Creative Coast, a not-for-profit organization that promotes the creative and entrepreneurial community within the region. Jake can be reached at 912-447-8457 or email@example.com.

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2012 in Review: How Did EA's Predictions Turn Out?
The Question We Asked Last Year: A Reliable Prediction? --- Right to Left: Tunisia's Ben Ali, Egypt's Mubarak, Libya's Qaddafi, Yemen's Saleh, Syria's Assad, Iran's Khamenei
On 1 January, I offered some predictions about the year ahead. How did they turn out?...
4. Speaking of Syria, things will get worse before they get better. The Arab League observers will produce a middling report, one that speaks of a crisis that needs fixing but will be slow to blame the highest levels of the Assad regime. International outcry will be loud. Eventually, someone will crack, and there will be intervention.
However, I would be shocked if this happened before April, and absolutely bewildered if it happened before March. The opposition is still, in the eyes of the world, not organised enough to serve as a skeleton upon which the international community can build a mission.
In the meantime, the protests will not go away, and more and more people will defect. Those defections, however, will not reach a tipping point for a long time for the regime, unless that international intervention happens.


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That totally sucks as an insanity defense, and I'm calling these kids on it. "It's-a Mario Kart, you honour!" as a plea? Now a that's a spicy-a meatball. (fr1st)
Mario has been prosecuted before for vandalism in Isle Delfino, as well as illegal drug prescriptions in Dr. Mario.
One of the reason that many people are so cynical nowadays is because of the idiots who run rampant. Back in the good ol' days, a cave bear would have eaten them and we'd all be better off for it. Now we have to watch them launch lawsuits. Bring back the bears, I say.
I just read the linked articles, and I didn't see any reference to the criminals' parents blaming the game. Just the victims.The favorite game of too many (irresponsible) parents is Passing the Buck. Thanks for not being one of the wastes of flesh who blame entertainment sources for their failed children.
And 90% of the time, the parent nods and says yes, they know. And then the kid, insulted that I had to point out how young they are, brags that they've already played that game before. And they often mention that they've already played GTA: Vice City.
At least it's not as bad as when the kids come up to the counter with a game without a parent. Those kids are just plain jerks sometimes.
"But my mom is _waiting_ right _there_ in the _car_."
That's great, legally she has to be in store.
"You can call my dad at home!"
Anybody who picks up the phone and sounds male could sound like your dad to me. I can't do it.
"*walks out swearing up a storm to their mom in the car*"
Buncha savages in this town.
Maybe then they'd stop taking all these crap lottery cases.
> who? who?
I'd be more concerned with where they got the guns.
On the other side of the coin, the victim might not be concerned about deep pockets. Instead, the victim is most likely in deep pain and may be under the impression the stopping the game company from making such games might also stop this pain from happening again.
Just on a personal note, I am not opposed to violent video games; I play them. I believe teenagers are more impressionable than adults, and we should be careful about their level of violence ingested.
On the other side of the coin, the victim might not be concerned about deep pockets. Instead, the victim is most likely in deep pain and may be under the impression the stopping the game company from making such games might also stop this pain from happening again.
Oh really?
"The industry needs to cough up money so victims and their families can be compensated for their pain,"
Ahh, I see. you mean FINANCIAL pain, as in "God damn, my neighbor got a bigger car then me and my wife's life insurance still won't get me a new Dodge! Hey, let's sue the makers of the game that the people who killed her played!". By Eris, all this 'financial compensation for emotional pain 'crap is making me so sick, especially in a case like this. Maybe the game creators weren't the people who are responsible, maybe the parents of the kids are, who quite obviously FAILED to properly raise their kids.
It's just another lawsuit with the purpose of getting rich quick over someone's death. Ignore it. The only ones who will profit from this one are the lawyers.
Show me ONE case where parents have sued to stop publication, rather than suing for heaps and heaps of cash. Show me just ONE and I'll say you've got a valid point.
This is no excuse. I just don't understand this mentality at all. When one of my brothers was killed by a drunk driver, it never occured to anyone in my family to sue the distillery or the auto manufacturer - the driver was the responsible party, period.Instead, the victim is most likely in deep pain and may be under the impression the stopping the game company from making such games might also stop this pain from happening again.
I have observed this enough times to dub it Sarah Brady Syndrome:
We not only have the Brady Bill, but countless other laws named for a victim, and almost without exception, they're bad laws - unnecessary and counterproductive, because they punish people other than the actual perpetrators, which teaches the next round of dumb kids that it isn't their fault when they shoot up their high school, killing scores of people and giving Michael Moore a chance to make another preachy movie (and Katz an excuse to compile a book).
I expect someone to go paint a tunnel on the side of a concrete wall, run their car into it at 60 mph and their family sue Warner Brothers for making Road Runner cartoons give them the idea.
It would have been okay for these little fuckers to be packing heat if they were weened on Bubble Bobble instead?!
No it isn't, but the parents cant be financially milked, unlike the gaming industry. Think in terms of money. The people who filed the suit couldn't give a rats ass who is right and who is wrong, as long as they can earn money from it. If someone dies, no amount of money can bring them back, yet a certain amount of money can make them 'forget' it happened. I call that both disgusting and immoral because they use someone's death for financial gains.
1: being irresonsible and leaving unlocked weapons around.
2: not teaching the kids gun safety
3: not knowing what the kids were up to
You never know, it might actually work! The next step would be, imagine this, that parents would actually be responsible for their childs actions!!
I'm reminded of a line out of a Batman comic that I have in which a paramedic tells Batman not to feel bad after a maniac shoots several people because he (Batman) couldn't have known. Batman's response is something to the effect of:
"I don't. I didn't shoot anyone."
I think that applies here fairly well. Noone at Take Two shot anyone (at least not in relation to this case), and it wasn't their job to watch and raise every fucking 90 IQ kid out there who plays their game when the parents don't screen their kids' purchases. A more apt lawsuit might be filed against the parents for criminal negligence and the fact that they let their mentally ill, retarded children anywhere near guns...
Actually, my apologies to all the mentally retarded people out there, I shouldn't have grouped you with people as ridiculously stupid as those kids...
No, it is time to have exams for parenting eligibility. Seriously. There was a recent case that also blamed games for some shootout.
Never do the articles even MENTION how the f**k those kids got the guns! A 14 year old child with an access to loaded shotgun is clearly a problem but not a one caused by video games.
What are the parents going to blame if the violent games are banned? Oh, right, movies [go.com].
Of course, it wouldn't work without an unhealthy dose of denial on the part of the parents. You really have to have your head in the sand (or someplace else dark and possibly more moist, and certainly stinkier) to not realize that it's your parenting to blame here, not the game. When I was just a wee lad I had an NES and I played zelda, metroid, etc, but I never ended up picking up a sword or some kind of plasma cannon (well, that last part was only because they weren't readily available, but on a related note, parents who leave guns out are part of this problem too) and going out to kill people, damage property with it, et cetera. On the other hand, I did do a little graffiti 'tagging', and some petty acts of vandalism, in spite of not having any games which even had vandalism in them. A simpler time, indeed.
The fact is that if the kids couldn't have gotten their hands on guns in the first place none of this would have happened. This is not about gun control, except in the sense of controlling your own guns. Personally I think that when someone's kids grab their guns and run around shooting things with them, that person should have their right to own firearms revoked permanently on the grounds that they are not responsible enough to own them.
Further, while this is not covered by this article or anything, we should never ever be trying children as adults. They do not have the rights, why give them the responsibilities? Punish the parents and take their children away from them. (If the kids killed someone, I think you really ought to just go ahead and sterilize both parents, too, but I'm kind of doubting too many people will be behind me on that one.) Sure, a foster home or the state probably won't do a great job raising the kids, but obviously the parents themselves aren't accomplishing much.
Think about playing GTA. What happens the first time you try to play the game?They say music can alter moods and talk to you,
Well can it load a gun up for you, and cock it too?
Well if it can, then the next time you assault a dude,
just tell the judge it was my fault and I'll get sued.
[Judge] Strand said the school records of Joshua were "atrocious" last year, and the parents did not try to help educators and "that alone shows me probation is not something I would consider." He said parents need to know they can keep their children out of situations such as the one faced by the defendants.
(from KnoxNews [knoxnews.com])Joshua Buckner sneaked the two guns out of a bedroom closet and hid them in the woods about a week before the June 25 crime
...there can be no public or private virtue unless the foundation of action is the practice of truth. - George Jacob Holyoake


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By Brendan Conway
Word came this morning that Goldman Sachs (GS) is changing how its money-market mutual funds report their values — following the industry's contentious debate with regulators over those funds. This afternoon, the WSJ's Kirsten Grind, who had the original story, reports that JPMorgan Chase (JPM) is making a similar move.
Goldman's move is to report money funds' values on a daily basis, rather than monthly. The industry has strongly resisted regulators' efforts to "float" fund values — just one of the subjects at issue in proposals for a money-market overhaul.
Starting Jan. 14, the JPMorgan Prime Money Market Fund (CPBXX), the JPMorgan Liquid Assets Money Market Fund (HLPXX) and the JPMorgan Current Yield Money Market Fund (JCIXX), will report daily values, according to Grind.


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Dr. Khaldoun Khashanah's paper, "Dynamic Structure of the U.S. Financial Systems," published in Studies in Economics and Finance, has been chosen as a 2012 Highly Commended Award winner for the Emerald Literati Network Awards for Excellence. Khashanah is a distinguished service professor and program director of the Financial Engineering program.
Every year Emerald Group Publishing invites the editorial teams of each of its journals to nominate an Outstanding Paper and up to three Highly Commended Papers. The award-winning papers are chosen following consultation by the editorial team, many of whom are eminent academics or managers.
Khashanah's paper was elected as one of the most impressive pieces of work the Studies in Economics and Finance editorial team has seen throughout 2011. It empirically investigates the structural evolution of the U.S. financial systems. It particularly aims to explore if the structure of the financial systems changes when the economy enters a recession.
Founded in 1967 as an offshoot of the University of Bradford, Emerald Group Publishing is one of the world's leading scholarly publisher of journals and books in business and management with a strong and growing presence in disciplines including LIS, social sciences, business, public policy, engineering and education. With more than 40 years' publishing experience, Emerald manages a portfolio of over 280 journals, more than 2,000 books and book series volumes.


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Some of us might enjoy a quick pint of beer to settle the nerves before a first date, or perhaps before giving a big presentation at work.
But maybe someone should have advised former Chelsea player Enrique de Lucas that knocking back a swift one before emerging from the bench during Celta Vigo's 4-1 defeat at the hands of Sevilla on Monday may not be the greatest idea in the world.
The 35-year-old makes a pretty poor effort to shield his choice of refreshment from prying eyes as he sups steadily at his frothy treat. Perhaps decanting it into a sports bottle may have been a better idea if he wanted to get away with it.
Unsurprisingly, De Lucas, who spent a year at Stamford Bridge before being shipped out in 2002, failed to make much of an impression during his 15 minute cameo as Celta continued their shocking run of just one win in their last nine games.
Unconfirmed reports suggested afterwards that while his performance on the pitch wasn't up to much, he was in an excellent mood afterwards, declaring everyone was his best friend before going in search of a kebab. Check out the video above.
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and Noah Gift
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Step by Step: Using Samba to join a Windows Domain
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Samba has made getting Linux and Windows systems talking to each other much easier than it once was. But there are still some tasks that are more than a little finicky. One of them is definitely joining a Samba client to a domain-based Windows network. Luckily, now you'll have a step by step guide to doing just that. 04/01/2008
The iPhone SDK: APIs Apple Didn't Want You to Know About
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The iPhone has been a hot item ever since it came out, but running non-Apple supplied software on it isn't easy. But the secrets to building a successful toolchain to create iPhone applications can be found right here. 03/25/2008
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Step by Step: Configuring SSL Under Apache
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This is the first in a new series of ONLamp articles you'll be seeing over the next few months. They aren't breaking news about the hottest new technologies, they're step by step guides to common but sometimes complicated procedures you may have to tackle. In the first installment, Juliet Kemp gives us a checklist that should have your Apache server running SSL in nothing flat. 03/04/2008
Developing RESTful Web Services in Perl
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A Look Back at 10 Years of OSI
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It's been 10 years since the Open Source Initiative was launched, and what a 10 years it has been. Open Source has gone from an obscure and radical concept to a vibrant sector of the software landscape. For the 10th Anniversary, our faithful newshound Federico Biancuzzi talked to some of the early pioneers of the OSI (such as Bruce Perens and Eric Raymond) about where it came from and how it is relevant today. 02/12/2008
Using Xen for High Availability Clusters
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Administering MySQL Using Flex
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Linux Audio Editors: An Overview
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Introducing TrimPath Junction
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Mono: A Progress Report
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Introduction to Flex Using PHP
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Writing Advanced JavaScript
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by Jack Herrington
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The Power of Google Gears (Part 1)
by Jack Herrington
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by Sam Hiser
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A Holiday Gantry Web Application
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by Andy Oram
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CAS+: Single Sign-On With Jifty (Part 2)
by Andrew Sterling Hanenkamp
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by Andrew Sterling Hanenkamp
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Rethinking the Linux Distribution
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Five Ways to Improve Your Perl Programming
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Getting Familiar with GCC Parameters
by Mulyadi Santosa
GCC (GNU C Compiler) is actually a collection of frontend tools that does compilation, assembly, and linking. The goal is to produce a ready-to-run executable in a format acceptable to the OS. For Linux, this is ELF (Executable and Linking Format) on x86 (32-bit and 64-bit). But do you know what some of the GCC parameters can do for you? If you're looking for ways to optimize the resulted binary, prepare for a debugging session, or simply observe the steps GCC takes to turn your source code into an executable, getting familiar with these parameters is a must. 04/05/2007
The lighttpd Web Server
by Bill Lubanovic
Apache is the 800-pound gorilla in the web server arena, but a plucky young featherweight called lighttpd is knocking at the door--and already powering some of the best-known and highly frequented sites on the Internet. Bill Lubanovic fills us in on its history and describes how installation and configuration differ between the two open source servers. 04/05/2007
How an Accident of Hardware Design Encouraged Open Source
by Mark Rosenthal
In the early 1970s, the designers at DEC made a technical decision about memory addressing that separated their computers from the mainframes of the day. That single decision led to porting woes throughout the `80s--and, so believes Mark Rosenthal, made free and open source software more possible and appealing. 02/22/2007
An Introduction to openQRM
by Kris Buytaert
Virtualization saves you the headache of managing lots of separate machines. Unfortunately, lots of virtualization can give you the headache of managing lots and lots of images. The openQRM project intends to change that. Kris Buytaert demonstrates how to simplify the administration of virtual machines in a production environment. 02/08/2007
Making Apache httpd Logs More Useful
by Rich Bowen
Apache httpd's standard text logfiles are well understood and useful, but they don't always give you enough information to troubleshoot problems. Apache 2.x provides several new modules that produce more logfile information--the number of bytes transferred, the rewrite rule matching, which requests complete and why, and the complete output of all headers. Rich Bowen explores these options. 02/01/2007
Handicapping New DNS Extensions and Applications
by Cricket Liu
The DNS system is not static; there are several proposed new extensions and applications under development and adoption. DNS expert Cricket Liu explores five for updates and their future: the Sender Policy Framework, IPv6 support, Internationalized Domain Names, ENUM, and the DNS Security Extensions. 01/11/2007
Komodo 3.5 for Dynamic Languages
by Michael J. Ross
A common misconception is that only static languages can have powerful IDEs. Late-binding languages with runtime code evaluation have plenty of IDE support in ActiveState's Komodo 3.5. Michael J. Ross reviews what it offers PHP and Perl developers. 12/21/2006


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Michael (Khoroshy) of Toronto
His Beatitude Metropolitan Michael (Khoroshy), (secular: Theodot Nykyforovych Khoroshy) was born in the village of Fedorivka, near Chyhyryn, Ukraine, on July 10, 1885. He reposed in the Lord, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on May 5, 1977, and is buried in the Prospect Cemetery in Toronto.
Theodot Khoroshy began his early education in his village until moving on to the pedagogical seminary in the town of Shamivka in the Kherson region of Ukraine. Following that, he studied at the Theological Seminary and the Faculty of History-Philology of St. Vladimir's Seminary in Kyiv. In December 1912, Bishop Nicodemus ordained young Theodot a deacon, and during his few years as a deacon, he translated the Liturgical Psalter into Ukrainian. On April 24, 1920, Bishop Dimitrius (Verbytsky) ordained him a priest, and in the following month's was appointed Dean of the church in the village of Ternivka in the Cherkasy region.
The young priest was very hard at work with the Bolshevik occupation bringing terrible destruction to ecclesiastical life, and despite the pressure on clergy to deny their vocation, Fr. Theodot was a great soldier of Christ, and was unshaken. Due to his outstanding clergy work, in 1923 Fr. Theodot was appointed the Dean of the Cathedral in the city of Cherkasy.
With the final attack of the Bolsheviks on the Church, the communist authorities arrested Fr. Theodot in September 1929, and was condemned to 8 years in concentration camps in the far north; first on the Kola peninsula on the White Sea, then the "Island of Death"-Kond, and a year later-to Solovky. In the fall of 1932 he was transfered to the camps of Ukhta-Pechersk for further punishment. Following his release in 1937, Fr. Theodot returned to the Donbas area in Ukraine, and established himself in Kirovohrad.


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A Fortune Magazine article looks at hand-held computing's most beleaguered major player and wonders whether it wouldn't be better off hitching its wagon to Google's coat-tails and adopting Android. After shunting aside its own, old-and-creaky OS in favor of Microsoft's it's been hanging its hopes on a long-awaited new Linux-based OS. Android may be Palm's best bet to avoid stemming its inexorable slide into irrelevance.


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Might & Magic Heroes 6 Discussion
Trainer Tools and Resources
you can edit atleast following things:
Amount of skill points hero has
gold and resources
probably amount of units you have in stack and so on...
all of those are 4 bytes, to notice though that each hero has unique amount of skill points.
Even easier way to cheat with resources (which doesn't even require cheat engine) is to get main hero to level 6, get him skill which gives 75% of his experience to other champions and skill which makes him act like marketplace. Hire 4 other heroes and give them all that same skill (marketplace)... Suddenly you can sell stuff with higher amount of wealth than you buy via marketplace.
It's pretty funny to have 6 units worth of 2000 or so archers. lol.
Only thing is I have found that cheat engine crashes heroes VI beta if you cheat too much.
I am trying with the final version of the game, and this is not working.
How do You cheat with Cheat Engine?
I am trying with the final version of the game, and this is not working.
it didn't work since the last patch for the beta. So they closed "the door".
You rock, cal!
Man, I wonder what would happen if all the mods & admins would take a break for a week.
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* Get notified when new cheats are added
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Chicago used to be a must-stop for Hollywood's top talent and New York's glittering stars. If for no other reason than to change trains.
The Superman movie is a wrap. Laurence Fishburne and Amy Adams have gone home. And while "The Playboy Club" is filming here for the next few months, the star power in the city is reverting to its usual dimmer wattage.
But Chicago used to be a must-stop for Hollywood's top talent and New York's glittering stars. If for no other reason than to change trains.
Whether they were going east on their way to Europe or heading back to Los Angeles for the big movie opening, the stars were forced to spend a few hours in Chicago, the nation's rail hub.
Beginning in the 1920s and continuing for decades, their comings and goings were noted in the Tribune and by die-hard fans who prowled the Dearborn, Grand Central, Union and North Western stations. After the Super Chief or the Capitol Limited rolled in, those waiting would be rewarded with a glimpse of Lillian Gish, Rudolph Valentino, Charlie Chaplin, Marlene Dietrich, Gary Cooper, Fred Astaire, Clark Gable, Judy Garland, John Wayne and Elizabeth Taylor (with varied husbands).
The practice continued even after train lines introduced sleeping cars with through-service in the mid-1940s, and even into the age of air travel. Freelance photographers staked out Midway Airport in the 1950s and early '60s to catch such stars as Marilyn Monroe and Elvis Presley.
All that publicity was no accident. The traveling starlet surprised by her fans at the train station was already a tired script by 1927, according to a delightful feature story by famed Tribune reporter Genevieve Forbes Herrick. In it, she describes how a press agent's telegram alerts newspapers of the star's imminent arrival, how the pack of reporters and photographers draws a crowd at the station, how the star — dressed to the nines — feigns wonder at the big to-do being made over her, and how she always manages a throaty, "Chicago, there is really nothing like it."


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Last Day of Exhibit
Details: On May 10, 2014, our dear friend Ali passed away at the age of 21. His beautiful photography documented our many Hart House events and activities and captured the students and members who like Ali were a part of our community.
As a tribute to his contribution to Hart House, Ali's photography will be on display as a Talking Walls exhibit along the main hallway of Hart House. We hope these images will in some way capture his unique vision and way of looking at the world.
When: Exhibit runs from Aug. 5 to Sept. 1, 2014, Monday to Sunday from 7 am to 12 am.
Where: Hart House, main level hallway
Cost: Free
Memorial Fund
In addition to this exhibit, Hart House is accepting donations towards a scholarship or endowment that will ensure other student photographers will be able to pursue their art. To make a donation online, choose "area of greatest need" and include "Mohammad Ali Saeed" in the "Tribute and Memorial Gifts" section of the form or fill out the memo field on your cheque.


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SI's Peter King expects the Raiders to acquire Matt Flynn for a 2014 "mid-round pick," and "perhaps" a conditional pick in 2015.
It means that the Raiders won't have to surrender any 2013 selections, of which they have just four before the 205th pick. An agreement will likely be finalized some time over the next 48 hours.
SI's Peter King believes it's "inevitable" that Carson Palmer ends up with the Cardinals.
The choking smoke should soon turn to fire despite noise about Palmer willing to be a backup for a winning team. King expects the Cardinals to surrender a fourth- or fifth-round pick, and for the sides to agree to an extension "commensurate" with Palmer's recent performance. Palmer's nonexistent mobility makes him a dubious fit behind Arizona's in-progress offensive line, but he can still throw the ball downfield and is a better option than Drew Stanton.


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'In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise.' Ephesians 1:13
Suggested Further Reading: 1 John 3:14–24
We know that God is true because we have proved him. Sometimes this comes through the hearing of the Word—as we listen our faith is confirmed. But there is doubtless besides this, a special and supernatural work of the Holy Spirit, whereby men are assured that they are born of God. You will observe in one place the apostle says that the Spirit 'beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God;' so that there are two witnesses—first, our spirit bears witness, that is, by evidences: I look at my faith, and see myself depending upon Christ, and then I know, because I love the brethren, and for other reasons, that I am born of God. Then there comes over and above the witness of evidence, faith and feeling, the Spirit himself bearing witness with our spirit. Have you not felt it? I cannot describe this to you, but you who have felt it know it. Did you not the other day feel a heavenly calm as you meditated upon your state and condition in Christ? You wondered where it came from. It was not the result of protracted devotion, but it stole over you, you knew not how it was, you were bathed in it as in sunlight, and you rejoiced exceedingly. You rejoiced in Christ—that was the basis of confidence, but that confidence came through the Spirit bearing witness with your spirit. And this has occurred sometimes in the midst of sharp conflicts just when dark despair seemed ready to overwhelm you. You may have enjoyed this comfort under peculiar trials, and losses of friends, and you may expect to have it when you come to die. Then, if ever in your life, you should be able to say, 'I will fear no evil: for thou art with me.'
For meditation: We must not regard the Holy Spirit as a loose cannon giving us feelings, experiences and revelations which are nothing to do with the Scriptures. But he can confirm personally in our hearts what God has said in his Word and done in our lives (Romans 8:14–16; Galatians 4:6; 1 John 3:24; 4:13).
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State Superintendent of Education Dr. Carey Wright is traveling across Mississippi all week to meet with other superintendents around the state. She spoke in a press conference after a meeting at MSU-Meridian on several recent issues related to education, focusing mainly on the controversy surrounding Common Core Standards, which require Mississippi students to take the same tests as students in other states that have also adopted Common Core.. Dr. Wright says despite recent criticisms of its implementation, she believes Common Core will be a big benefit for Mississippi.
"I really do believe this can be a game-changer for Mississippi because I think if we start with these rigorous standards in kindergarten and they keep progressing all the way through grade 12, they're going to be a much stronger, highly-competitive student," Dr. Wright says. "Our students are going to competing not only with students in our state, but nationally and globally."
Dr. Wright says she thinks there has been a lot of misinformation about what Common Core is. She encourages parents to search for themselves to discover more about the new standards for students.
The superintendent says the best way for parents to get involved is by learning as much as possible, and there are plenty of resources for them to do so.
You can visit websites like www.corestandards.org to download and read the exact standards for each individual subject.
"We're trying to get as much information out there as we possibly can because I think if parents are more informed about what they are and what they aren't, they'll be less pushed back," Dr. Wright explains. "So that's one thing that's very important to us, to make sure that they absolutely understand what they are."


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5. Aaron Rodgers vs. "The Moment"—It could turn out to be the drama of the season. Rodgers will be attempting to etch himself into Packers-Bears lore. The pressure he's accepting is palpable. It's the thing of which greatness is made, but it's not as easy as waving a magic wand. On nearly two months of inactivity and on no less a stage than the defining moment of the season for two teams and their huge fan bases, Rodgers is the star. His performance will tell the tale.Additional coverage - Dec. 27
- Blog: Cobb will be evaluated, could come off IR
- One last look: NFC North's wild ride hard to believe
- Packers defense facing daunting challenge on Sunday


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I have to admit, however, the second half of Rudolph, after he ran away and came across the Abominable Snowman, was a bit more than I could take. I had to leave and hide my head under a pillow in another room until it was safe to come out. Admittedly, I missed quite a bit of Rudolph in those days. Fortunately, I outgrew my fear of the Abominable Snowman and Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer remains one of my favorite holiday TV shows.
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I was scared of the Abominable Snowman too. I had to leave the room as well. Same deal with Marley's Ghost in Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol! Scary...ReplyDelete
Wow, does this bring back memories. We also only had three channels in many of the places where we lived, though I think in Southern California we have five.ReplyDelete
Ah, I remember all those shows (and the three channels). I have yet to see a modern Christmas show than can compare with any of the "oldies." Thanks for bringing back some good memories.ReplyDelete
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Critics scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.
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Metascore®Generally favorable reviewsbased on a weighted average of allcritic review scores.
More animals don't necessarily translate to more fun and laughter, at least not when it comes to animated sequels.
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The roots are shallow, but the sequel is good-natured, high-spirited and perfectly enjoyable if you take it for what it is.
Cartoons can get away with being serviceable and skillful without much creativity since they have an endlessly renewing audience. "Mad 2" surfs along on such waves, entertaining youngsters while mildly amusing adults.
Escape 2 Africa is pretty tame, but it knows how to keep its own turf tidy.
This is a brighter, more engaging film than the original "Madagascar."
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OK for kids 6+
Fun sequel has some romance, peril, adult humor.
What Parents Need to Know
Parents need to know that this sequel to the popular animated movie Madagascar will likely please all ages. But there are some mild sexual allusions (Gloria the hippo flirts with a brawny male hippo who likes her figure and isn't shy about saying so) and cartoonish violence (sequences include a plane crash, a handbag-packing grandma, and hunters wielding guns). There's also come crude/potty humor to watch out for, and an upsetting scene early on in which a young Alex is separated from his father against his will.
Educational value: Not applicable
Messages: Lessons in being loyal to your friends dominate the plot. There's some crude/potty humor along the way (spitting, nose picking, etc.).
Role models: Four friends drift apart after crash landing in Africa and must face -- and accept -- their own weaknesses. There are some challenging moments, as when Alex can't tell the difference between Marty and other zebras, but in the end, the characters do seem to find peace within themselves and in turn be better friends to others.
Violence and scariness: A few scenes may be a little disturbing for younger kids. There's a jarring plane crash that puts characters in peril, but no one is seriously hurt. An old lady gets into a physical fight with a lion, and the lion has no compunctions about hitting her back (both take some hard hits but come out OK). The same woman fights with other lions later. Guns are trained on animals, and there's a power struggle between two leaders on the savannah. A lion rite of passage involves a fight for dominance. Animals, including a main character, are shown in what are called "dying holes" when they are sick. One main character almost ends up in a volcanoful of hot lava (and another minor one eventually takes the plunge). A young Alex is separated from his father against his will in a scene that could be upsetting for some kids.
Sexy stuff: A hippo flirts strongly with another hippo, who tells her several times how much he likes her body. Some additional mild romance.
Language: "Stupid" and "butt" are as salty as it gets.
Consumerism: Mentions of an iPod and the New York Zoo, as well as references to being famous and catering to one's audience. And, of course, the movie itself is tied into a lot of merchandise and other marketing initiatives.
Drinking, drugs and smoking: Not applicable
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Release Date: January 18, 2012
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- With Wikipedia, Reddit and other websites "going dark" today to raise awareness about two anti-piracy bills that could affect the amount of content available on the Internet, UB Law Associate Professor Mark Bartholomew shared his thoughts on the pending legislation. The bills, the Stop Online Piracy Act and PROTECT IP Act, are commonly known as "SOPA and PIPA."
On why SOPA could have a "chilling" effect:
"The problem with SOPA is that the language is very vague. So let's say this passes without any further changes -- then we're going to have to rely on judges to evaluate this language. They could construe it very narrowly and it won't affect things very much. Or they could construe it very broadly so that all of a sudden, all this information on the Web is no longer available. And that's something potentially chilling -- having this vague language out there that gets passed by Congress."
"From the perspective of Google and other Silicon Valley technologists, the thought is that this is going to go too far: How are we supposed to know when a rogue website is 100 percent bad? Maybe they just have a couple of things that are infringing. Should a search engine really be required to block all access to that website?"
On the widespread protest against SOPA and PIPA on the Web, with Wikipedia and other sites "going dark" to raise awareness about the legislation:
"I have been surprised. The story of modern copyright law in this country has largely been of the copyright interests having their way with Congress. The music and motion picture industries have been incredibly effective lobbyists. But now we see for perhaps the first time technologists like Google really flexing their political muscle to potentially stop this legislation in its tracks. I'm not that surprised that the blogosphere is objecting to these proposed laws, but I am impressed by how technology companies are channeling this Internet outrage into real political momentum."
On the purpose of SOPA:
"The purpose of the law is to limit the activity of infringers who offer copyrighted material for free online. We can't stop these rogue infringers who act in foreign jurisdictions, where U.S. law often doesn't reach. So the next best thing is to require Google or Yahoo and sites like these to kick those people off the system."
"Currently, Internet companies are only responsible for removing specific infringing materials when they're notified of those specific materials by the copyright holder. With SOPA, the threat is that they can be forced to remove entire websites. So instead of removing one infringing video, Google would no longer be able to present you with search results from an entire website."
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The forthcoming Sony Xperia Z will launch in Europe and Asia in late February / early March, and folks looking to buy one are already looking at early tests.
The popular website ePrice managed to get a prototype unit and compare it with the HTC Butterfly. Unsurprisingly the two devices are very similar, both sporting Qualcomm's Snapdragon S4 Pro processors, 2GB of RAM and 5-inch full HD screens. However, ePrice did note few differences, including:
- The Xperia Z is a thinner smartphone with thickness of just 7.9mm (compared to Butterfly's 9.1mm).
- The Xperia Z's display is said to show a bit oversaturated colors, with photos and videos looking a bit more natural on the Butterfly.
- The Butterfly also has better speakers.
- Sony's baby, on the other hand, excels in low-lighting photography.
- The Xperia Z also performs slightly better than the Butterfly in most benchmark tests, including Quadrant, NenaMark and Google's Octane.
- Finally, Sony's smartphone is both dust-proof and water-resistant device.
We think the Xperia Z is a batter product but at the same time it's worth adding that you won't go wrong even if you pick the Butterfly…
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As explained below, Ms. Langley and the Committee falsely represented to the Federal Election Commission that the Committee "supports or opposes more than one candidate." In fact, however, the committee name corresponds to a website that attacks me and only me, while soliciting contributions to be used against only me. Moreover, Ms. Langley has falsely depicted herself as a constituent, in order to further this scheme.
Although you may claim it's just another stupid technicality that Florida Rep. Alan Grayson clings to in order to shut down a website that is probably too painfully close to the truth for his comfort, there is another complaint other than the use of the word 'my.' Now, if you visit the about us page [mycongressmanisnuts.com] on the committee in question's site you can find:
Central Floridians formed My Congressman Is Nuts PAC as a response to the outrage and embarrassment within Central Florida over Alan Grayson's liberal positions and childish approach in Washington, D.C. We could no longer sit by and accept his inappropriate behavior and leftist big government agenda. He does not represent the values of Central Florida.
Emphasis mine. Now a key part to the argument is that since it is a PAC with pac registration [fec.gov], it receives taxation status benefits from the government making it subject to the law of United States Code Title 18 Section 1001 [cornell.edu].
I mean, he might have a case here if that US code applies to PACs. I'm not sure. Were I in his shoes, I would have instead taken the angle of attack related to the title line of the site which is "Alan Grayson is Nuts" and proven that I am not legally insane. Actually, I wouldn't have done anything. As Barbara Streisand might have pointed out that before this news I had never heard of nor visited My Congressman Is Nuts but now I have scanned the entire site out of curiosity.
You can read the Statement of Organization on the FEC's website [nictusa.com]. Note that Grayson has accused Mycongressmanisnuts.com of checking box f instead of box c, thus misrepresenting the function of their PAC and violating the law [cornell.edu]. Additionally Grayson has alleged the PAC is in fact a connected committee due to her status as the former head of the Lake County Republican Party. They will haul you away if you file your taxes improperly, and this isn't any different. The FEC even gives you a guide [fec.gov] to filling out the
So... two people acting like children, one takes it way too far?
Color me surprised. Not that it doesn't belong here, but this is less tech story and more a human story.
Not that it doesn't belong here, but this is less tech story and more a human story.
I agree with you. But one interesting (somewhat) relevant aspect of this article is the fact that it was online. Does it make a difference that it was a blog? Would he have any different legal footing if she had said this on television or on the radio? The web version certainly does leave a quite tangible trace of the "crime". Finally, if anything becomes of this, will it set a precedent? These are certainly interesting topics to explore.
Not that it doesn't belong here, but this is less tech story and more a human story.
I agree with you. But one interesting (somewhat) relevant aspect of this article is the fact that it was online. Does it make a difference that it was a blog? Would he have any different legal footing if she had said this on television or on the radio? The web version certainly does leave a quite tangible trace of the "crime". Finally, if anything becomes of this, will it set a precedent? These are certainly interesting topics to explore.
Actually, the "crime" here is that she organized a PAC with legal status with the FEC in order to solicit funds to defeat Grayson in the next election. Only, PACs must endorse more than one candidate or be against more than one candidate.
The reason the word "my" comes into play here is that she is not one of his constituents although she is soliciting money and funds from people under the misrepresentation that she is.
This isn't about whether Grayson is trying to censor opposing viewpoints, this is about i
According to the article, the blogger criticized the congressman for his "childish approach" towards governing.
Well, he sure showed her!
According to the article, the blogger criticized the congressman for his "childish approach" towards governing.
Of course that's the rub. The article and the Slashdot summary misrepresent the complaint that is in the letter. It is actually about the Political Committee the woman organized to raise funds to support election campaigns. And while she is referred to here as a blogger, she was a former employee of the Republican National Committee. One of the things Congressman Grayson points out in his lett
Where political speech can land you in jail.
I've always been bothered by the idea that voters who elect representative officials are limited to talking to just those officials on matters that have national scale and scope... in other words, just about everything the federal government does.
I mean, why shouldn't I as a citizen of the state of Abstraction be able to ask the Senator from the state of Facts to vote for a proposal that is in the best interests of the American people?
Is lying, in a political context, a crime? If the Vice President lies about wmd in Iraq, is that a crime? If Monsanto lies about their political contributions, is that a crime? If a blogger lies about her relationship with a Congressman, is that crime?
Lying in a political context is hard to prosecute, unless it rises to the level of libel, which has a pretty high bar for public officials, and an even higher bar for political speech about public officials.
Lying on forms filed with the government is illegal, though, under a blanket "don't lie to the government" law. The jail part of the complaint seems to be for allegedly misrepresenting the PAC on the filing documents with the FEC: the filed documents claim the PAC isn't aimed at any particular opponent, but the website clearly is aimed at one opponent.
Besides, the domain name makes sense from a different context: the viewer's. When a viewer in his district goes there, it would be ostensibly be *their* congressman. It's like "MyFreeCreditReport.com" or "MyCorporation.com" or whatever. They're not claiming ownership -- they're offering service for the viewer, with a name relative to the viewer.
Should we sue Intuit because they're claiming ownership of corporations created at mycorporation.com?
That depends on what your definition of "is" is
He can also be a jackass. Jail for a website?
If only congress had people like him who were standing up on the right side of the issues. This and other comments (health care == Holocaust??) show he's a nut.
*sarcasm* Thanks Florida.
health care == Holocaust??
No, but denying health care to people resulting in the deaths of thousands sounds pretty close to me.
You know what's gonna happen? This profit-over-human-life doctrine is eventually going to be abolished, and it will be remembered in the future the way slavery is remembered now. A small number of special interests and their hillbilly followers thought it was a great idea at the time, but eventually peoples' values changed and the full extent of the suffering and loss of life became clear.
BTW, his use of th
BTW, his use of the word 'holocaust' was entirely appropriate. 'Holocaust' is not a word that has been reserved exclusively for the Jews who died at the hands of the Nazis. If people are dying in their hundreds every day at the hands of profit making health insurance extortionists, then to call it a holocaust is putting it fucking mildly.
Yeah...paying for services and free emergency room service for everyone who can't is a true holocaust. Way to put it "fucking mildly."
Getting sick and dying is natural.
Gassing 6 million scapegoats is not.
Get some perspective.
I am pretty sure the FCC is headed that way. Congress would just as likely modify their Congressional Incumbents Protection Act (McCain/Feingold) to keep any criticism of a sitting Congressman. Why not, its not like they care what you think until its time to vote.
It all comes down to arrogance not seen since the late 1700s in France. The "ruling" class while "elected" has no problem in engineering a system by which they cannot be criticized (see McCain/Feingold) but will change laws to prevent people from voting against them (redistricting - Voter Rights Act - not prosecuting thugs at election sites - philly).
Grayson is an embarrassment to his district, but like voters in Louisiana proved, money in the freezer does not mean your guilty, just stupid. Remember all Congressmen and bad except yours.
It all comes down to arrogance not seen since the late 1700s in France.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sedition_Act_of_1918 [wikipedia.org]
So if she can go to jail for using that particular name on a site, can I go to jail for having a MySpace page? What about MyYahoo? MyWay?
At first glance it appears that a Democratic congressman is suing a blogger for using "my" in the name of her website because she really isn't his constituent. Is this all there is to this story? Bear in mind, the only source I've found is Fox News which isn't exactly balanced reporting (if any of them are). From the story: "In a four-page letter sent to Holder, Grayson accuses Langley of lying to federal elections and requests that she be fined and imprisoned for five years." So what I can tell Langley had been questioned by some sort of official. Grayson says she lied. So her crime might be she lied to some officials about where she lived which isn't a high crime but is a crime.
Here's what I think went down: Grayson gets attacked on her site. He investigates the site to know whether it is by a PAC or an independent blogger. If it's a PAC there are various disclosures that must be done. Officials question Langley. Grayson thinks she lied about her constituency at least (and maybe other things like her independence). So he asks for legal action. Fox is spinning it to be more sensational than it is for ratings.
which isn't exactly balanced reporting (if any of them are)
Nah. IMO, "balanced reporting" died when Walter Cronkite retired.
Someone forgot to mention Grayson's party affiliation. "Democrat" for those still wondering. "Republican" would have been part of the headline had it been so.
Notice that the story, complete with the completely false, yellow journalism, headline, is only being run by Fox News. I saw the story on Google News earlier, and wanted to read the actual facts. However, so far no reputable news organization has bothered to report it. Something to keep in mind.
What seems to be the actual story is that the Congressman sent a rather routine notice to the FEC about a likely violation of PAC status and election law. All the "trying to send to prison" bit is just a deceptive way of saying that, well yes, laws do have legal force (including ultimately penalties).
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I've finally finished my very own BE project.Here it is.
Iam still undecided about the butterfly near the lady.Should I or should I not?? It looks rather artificial there.
Here are some snaps of the various flowers.
Flowers stitched using double caston and french knots for the center.Lazy daisy for the red flowers.
Flowers with Bullion, cross needle method and button hole wheel
Flowers with french knots, bullion and lazy daizy.
Bullion flowers...
Bird bath and flowers with blanket stitch,cas ton and detached buttonhole.The red flower on the left of the bird bath was my rather pathetic attempt to recreate a tulip :)) Now you know why I refrained from naming the flowers.Either they don't resemble the actual ones or they are just the product of my imagination.However, Iam rather proud about this whole thing..all my own..you are free to get inspired from the snaps,but do link back to me please.
Iam off to wash the piece.Hopefully the colors won't run.Will update you on the aftermath of the same.


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MV African-American 13th Annual Film Festival
Attend the 13th Annual Martha's Vineyard African American Film Festival, Aug 6-10. The MVAAFF was designed to showcase and honor the work of established and emerging filmmakers in a relaxed environment. The Festival will include great films, parties, and more. Registration will be taking place every day during the festival at the Mansion House in Vineyard Haven from 9am to 4pm.
Promoted by:
Run, Shoot Films
Run, Shoot Films
Pricing is from 2012 and subject to change.
Venue Information:
Directions: MV Regional High School Performing Arts Center is located mid-Island on the Edgartown-Vineyard Haven Road. The Performing Arts Center is on the side of the building closest to Vineyard Haven.
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If your against Christianity, does that mean your against all forms of Religion? (including Buddhism)I'm not really against Christianity or any religion for that matter. What I am against is when (insert religion here) infringes upon the safety, freedoms, or rights of other people. If a person wants to practice a religion and worship whatever god(s) that religion entails then that is okay with me. What is not okay is when that person tries to force that religion on others or becomes violent or unaccepting of others. (other religion or no religion)Do you think the illusion of Religion helps the poor and hungry and unfortunate? or do you think it is the root of all evil?Religion can both be good and bad. In cases of strife and anguish a religion may give a person hope to continue on. However, religion can be taken too far and become dangerous. There are extremists in every religion. The most unforgiving and extreme are certain sects of Islam.If Christianity is a religion with so many flaws and fake myths, why does the mass population of our world, still believe in it? what are your opinions?Delusional whims and wants I guess.


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A little reminder that our Computer Interest Group is scheduled to meet this Thursday, February 11, at 9:00am at Gail Borden Public Library.
Hopefully by then we'll all have clean driveways and safe streets. So far the snow is predicted to stop tomorrow, Wednesday, morning.
Until then, stay warm and cozy.
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
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Ladies and gentlemen,
Let me welcome you wholeheartedly to Vienna to our 3rd Annual FRA Symposium.
Each year, the Symposium gathers experts to focus on a particular fundamental rights issue.
The first Symposium, two years ago, looked at strengthening the fundamental rights architecture in the EU. We presented, among others, our findings on the role of national data protection authorities in the EU. We found that to ensure that national data protection authorities are independent and efficient, they need both an adequate mandate as well as sufficient human and financial resources.
Last year, the Symposium dealt with fundamental rights indicators, as indicators provide a toolkit for showing whether fundamental rights are being rolled out in practice.
And this year we focus specifically on data protection. We will examine the fundamental rights aspects of the new data protection package. The data protection package was presented by the European Commission in January 2012. The widereaching
reform comprises two legislative proposals:
•A Regulation protecting the processing and free flow of individuals' personal data; and
•A Directive protecting the processing of personal data by competent authorities for preventing, investigating, detecting, prosecuting or penalising criminal offences.
Ladies and gentlemen,
The 16th century poet, John Donne, once wrote: No man is an island entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main.
Today we could say: No fundamental right is an island!
Data protection is not a right that exists in isolation. The Charter of Fundamental Rights, as a modern response to fundamental rights in the 21st century, includes a specific article on the protection of personal data. This feature sets the Charter apart from other key human rights documents which, for the most part, treat the protection of personal data as an implicit extension of the right to privacy. But this article has to be read alongside the other articles set out in the Charter – such as non-discrimination, freedom of expression and the rights of the child. Together, they all make up the larger body of rights that everyone in the EU is entitled to. Which is why when one looks at reforming one right, a specialist rights body like the Fundamental Rights Agency can help by bringing in the collective knowledge and experience that it has gathered together with its stakeholders on all other rights. Which is why we are all gathered here today.
So - in what way can the Symposium discussion contribute to the on-going overall debate on the data protection package?
The new legislative proposals on data protection are comprehensive and cover a wide range of issues. Today we will focus on three important points that can have a bearing on our fundamental rights and could help feed into the fine tuning of the new data protection rules:
• The right to be forgotten and the right of portability;
• The independence and powers of national data protection supervisory authorities; and
• The issue of automated processing of personal data to evaluate an aspect of a person's characteristics, in other words, profiling.
These topics were chosen carefully, as we hope the outcome may feed into interinstitutional discussion on the data protection package. And it is true that a lot has changed in this area - which indeed merits new attention from the legislators.
a) Technological developments, undoubtedly, bring huge progress. However, with progress there are often unexpected side effects. Take the right to be forgotten: the initial excitement of signing up to social networks and speaking our mind freely and sharing our photos openly on the net, has given way to trepidation. We all have heard stories of people who faced problems in their jobs because of something they may have posted on some social network. Sharing our personal data may have huge repercussions on people's personal lives. So, how can they be protected?
b) And what about the independence and powers of national data protection authorities. I already mentioned our report from two years ago. Financial autonomy and specialized professional staff are not only essential for ensuring the effective protection of personal data rights, but also essential for true independence from the will of government.
It is reassuring to note that the proposal for a new data protection regulation contains, for the first time, explicit guarantees in this respect. This provision should ensure that each Member State provides data protection authorities with the human, technical and financial resources, as well as the premises and infrastructure they need for the effective performance of their duties and powers. Undoubtedly today's discussions will help assess jointly where the new legislative package sufficiently guarantees the independence and mandate of these authorities.
c) And finally, profiling: When I go to the local supermarket, I get vouchers for products that I have bought previously – offline, as also happens online, my consumer profile has been created. On the one hand a more targeted service is helpful, but on the other I wonder who has developed my profile, how has this been done, and who knows what about me? Which brings me back to the first point – the right to be forgotten.
Ladies and gentlemen,
By making the Charter of Fundamental Rights a legally-binding document, the Union and its Member States have committed themselves to safeguarding and promoting all fundamental rights. The proposed data protection rules can and will impact on fundamental rights, generally. To what extent and how is what we are here to discuss.
We need an open dialogue on which rights are affected, and to what extent they conflict with each other. This will allow us to check which legislative action is required to ensure full respect for all fundamental rights, including the protection of personal data.
So let us here build the bridges that will connect the islands in order to protect and respect both our personal data and also all our other rights. In this way we may be contributing to a new era of data protection in Europe.
I wish you very fruitful discussions and thank you for your attention.


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We have an extra special guest today! Through the magic of the interwebz, Rock Babineaux, hero of Julie Ann Walker's Thrill Ride, was able to take a break from his mission in Central America! Everyone thinks he's gone rogue, so please don't mention that he was here for a visit!
[Manga Maniac Cafe] Describe yourself in five words or less.
[Rock] *Shifts uncomfortably, and lifts hand to scratch goatee* Simple country boy at heart.
[Manga Maniac Cafe] Can you share a typical day in the life of Rock Babineaux?
[Rock] *grins* *starts to relax* Ah, chere, there isn't anything typical about a day in the life of a Black Knight. I could be knee-deep in a Central American swamp chasing after narcotraficantes. Or I could be sitting out back in the courtyard, strumming my guitar and watching the sun set behind the buildings in Chicago. When you're on Uncle Sam's clock, your days tend to be crazier and more unpredictable than a Junebug on a string.
[Manga Maniac Cafe] There are quite a few people who are very upset with you. Can you fill us in on why they are out to get you?
[Rock] *scowls* Now, that's the question of the hour, isn't it? According to them, I've killed folks. According to them, I've gone rogue…
[Manga Maniac Cafe] What three words come to mind when you think of Vanessa?
[Rock] *grins* *sticks tongue in cheek* Sexy, sassy, and spunky as hell.
[Manga Maniac Cafe] What was the first thing that you noticed about her?
[Rock] Uh… The truth? *glances around sheepishly* Her world-class derriere. Mon petite ange has got it going on in the booty department. But, seriously, when I stopped playing the Dude Card, I noticed her talent, beauty, and no-holds-barred courage. She's the bravest woman I've ever known.
[Manga Maniac Cafe] How do you feel about her now that you seem stuck with her for the time being?
[Rock] Ha! *slaps knee* Are you kidding me? I feel like the luckiest man on the planet!
[Manga Maniac Cafe] If you could change one thing you've done in your life, what would it be?
[Rock] That's easy. *clenches jaw* I'd never have gotten involved with Rwanda Don. That sonofabitch ruined my life.
[Manga Maniac Cafe] What's one thing you won't leave home without?
[Rock] It's two things, actually. A matching pair of SIG Sauer 9mm pistols. A man like me never knows when he's going to find himself in a tight spot with some bad folks, and it always helps to have a couple ways to affect attitude adjustments in those bad folks. *grins*
[Manga Maniac Cafe] What do you like to do when you aren't on the run from the government and your former friends?
[Rock] Now, I'm a born-and-bred Louisiana man, so it's safe to say I like the simple things in life. Sharing a brew with the folks I love, sitting out on a front porch swing listening to the rain fall on a tin roof, calling up my buddies and throwing an impromptu fais-do-do. That's pronounced fay-doe-doe for the non-Cajuns out there, and it's basically just a big ol' party with music, a crawfish boil, and dancing. *sighs* Nobody does a backyard bash like a Louisianan.
[Manga Maniac Cafe] Can you share your dreams for the future in five words or less.
[Rock] *grows suddenly serious* World peace and a good woman.
[Manga Maniac Cafe] Thank you!
[Rock] *pushes to feet* *steps forward in scuffed-up alligator boots and extends hand* My pleasure. Thanks for having me on today. *turns and swaggers from room*
[Manga Maniac Cafe} *fans self at sight of said swagger*
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He's Gone Rogue…
Ex-navy SEAL Rock Babineaux is as Cajun as they come—spicy, sexy, and more than a bit wicked. But would he actually betray his country? Even his best friends on the special-ops Black Knights team aren't sure they can trust him. Now the target of a massive manhunt, Rock knows the only way to protect the team—especially his partner, Vanessa—is to run…
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School district makes personnel changes
The Grand Coulee Dam School District directors approved personnel issues at their meeting June 25.
Renewals were approved for Sandy Davidson, accounts payable; Peggy Day, special education secretary; Lee Seekiins, 21st Century grant director; Mandi Strocsher, payroll/personnel director; Sue Hinton, Center School principal; Lisa Lakin, middle school principal; and Brad Wilson, Lake Roosevelt High School principal.
Coaching assignments approved included: Lori Adkins, high school varsity track and high school winter cheer coach; Steve Archer, high school varsity tennis coach; Paul Braun, high school assistant varsity track; Brandon Byers, high school varsity baseball; James Caddy, middle school assistant girls' basketball and middle school boys' assistant basketball; Tristan Daniels, high school varsity softball; Gary Darnold, high school head varsity cross country and middle school head girls basketball; Steven Files, high school varsity golf; Steve Hood, high school varsity wrestling; Lee Largent, high school assistant wrestling; Johnny McNeil, middle school assistant football and middle school assistant track; Kate Olin, high school assistant varsity track; Geary Oliver, middle school head football; John Ootsey, high school assistant girls' basketball; Nate Piturachsatit, middle school head track; Wallace Pleasants, high school varsity girls' basketball and Ralph Rise, middle school head wrestling.
Total coach salaries approved by the board, $45,500.
Other personnel activity included three resignations. Lori Darnold resigned her paraprofessional position at the middle school to take a teaching position in Phoenix; Sheila Darnold resigned her middle school cheer coaching position and Robert Warter resigned as a bus driver to take a similar position in Othello.
Loren Whitehouse retired as a bus driver and Alisa Lind was granted a one-year leave from her second grade teaching position.
The board made three new hires: Andrea Sinclair was hired as a kindergarten teacher; Sarah Wapato was hired as a nurse at the middle school and David Browning was hired as a fifth-grade teacher at the middle school.


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Real Madrid and Arsenal are among clubs watching Lucas Biglia's situation at Anderlecht.
Biglia admits he is keen to test himself at a higher level and secure his place in the Argentina side ahead of the World Cup in Brazil in 2014.
"Time is running out," he told Het Nieuwsblad. "I don't have to be at a big top team, just to a bigger league. I need that if I want to play with Argentina in 2014 at the World Cup.
"If I arrive in Argentina my manager will pick me up at the airport. I have asked him to tell me in Buenos Aires what my options are. I hope to begin after New Year's Eve. In England, Spain and Italy there is not a real winter break.
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Celebrate! The Arts & African Heritage, Feb. 16 2013 @ Paa Ya Paa Arts Centre
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The North Dakota Game and Fish Department's Becoming an Outdoors-Woman program and Delta Waterfowl are sponsoring a waterfowl hunting workshop Sept. 26-27 in Minot.
Saturday's events will include instruction on waterfowl identification, firearm safety, hunting with decoys and calling birds. Sunday will feature a mentored hunt, followed by cleaning game.
Women interested in participating in the workshop must have a firearms safety certificate, 2009 hunting license and duck stamp. Waders or rubber boots are recommended. Shotguns and ammunition will be provided if necessary.
The workshop is open to the first 20 woman ages 18 or older to register. The cost is $20, and preregistration with payment is required.
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Baltimore Orioles second baseman Brian Roberts will undergo an MRI after injuring his right hamstring while stealing second base in the ninth inning of Thursday's 6-3 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays.
Roberts, limited to 17 games because of injuries last season, said he felt something pop behind his right knee during his last couple steps to the base.
Manager Buck Showalter said the infielder will be reassessed Friday in Baltimore, where the Orioles play their home opener against Minnesota.
Roberts was noticeably favoring his leg walking in the clubhouse after the game. He said he wasn't sure how serious the injury might be, adding "we'll just wait and gather some information."


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RMS, Italy, is a prolific manufacturer of OEM quality aftermarket parts for many scooter brands, including Vespa Vintage and Vespa Modern parts. Their catalogue is extensive, with equipment made for even the most vintage models.
This RMS Piston Rings 38.8 x 1.5mm is a spare part for the 50cc cylinder by RMS for Vespa S / Special / Elestart (article no. R100080521). They are meant for the oversize 38.8mm piston.
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