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CLARION, Pennsylvania (CNN) -- She was never really skinny or terribly overweight.
Lynn Bering weighed 296 pounds and wore a size 30 in 2004. She now weighs 129 pounds and wears a size 4.
But Lynn Bering knew something wasn't right when she realized she'd gained more than 100 pounds in just four years.
Doctors blamed a sluggish thyroid but Bering said that was only part of the problem. She also admitted to bad eating habits, which included a lot of carbohydrates.
Wearing a size 30/32 and weighing nearly 300 pounds, Bering said it became difficult to move around and she felt tired and run down.
Even though her husband and family were supportive, Bering said she often passed on social events and work assignments out of embarrassment.
"I was the features editor at the local newspaper [and] getting increasingly uncomfortable with how I looked," Bering recalled. "I was increasingly giving up stories to interns so I didn't have to be out in public as much."
So, when a local antiques store went up for sale, Bering jumped at the chance to switch careers, but for the wrong reasons.
"I had no self-esteem. I was still me inside. I just didn't like how I looked," Bering admitted.
Ashamed of her looks, the store acted as a fortress for Bering, who said she became a hermit for nearly four years. The weight also was starting to take a physical toll.
"My antique store had 19 stairs and they were hard to climb. ... I would be out of breath," Bering said. "I thought, 'What if I got sick? How would they get me down those stairs?' "
Even though doctors told Bering the weight wasn't good for her health, it was the stairs that helped motivate her to change.
"I was 296 pounds at my highest weight and I'd had enough," Bering said. "I was tired of being fat, tired of not taking care of myself."
In February 2005, Bering was finally ready to do something about it. Never one to join a club or like big crowds, she decided to join Weight Watchers online. She also started walking at the track at a local university. At first, she walked a mile and then a mile and a half, two miles and eventually she completed a 5K in 38 minutes. Get Lynn Bering's weight loss tips
But Bering said the one thing that's helped her most is her blog.
Writing down her thoughts and feelings about why she ate helped Bering do the inner work, which she believes is necessary before anyone can do the outer work and lose the weight for good. Watch Lynn Bering talk about her weight loss »
"Gaining weight has as much to do with emotional well-being than physical," Bering said. "You don't just get to 200 pounds because you're eating bad food. You're eating bad food for a reason."
Initially, she started "Lynn's Weight Loss Journey" to keep herself accountable and update her sister and friend on how she was doing. It wasn't until she started receiving comments from people she didn't know -- thanking her for sharing her story -- that Bering began to realize she might empower others.
As she blogged, the pounds melted off.
Today, Bering, who's 5 feet 5 inches tall, has dropped 13 dress sizes and weighs about 129 pounds. She eats a mostly vegetarian diet, works out five days a week and maintains her weight loss through a network of friends she's met online via the Weight Watchers discussion boards.
"Being thin makes me feel good physically. ... I can move around, lift my granddaughter," she said. "I like the way I look and the way exercise has shaped my body."
Even her husband, Larry, who's one of her biggest supporters, has lost 25 pounds and kept it off for three years.
Bering said the weight loss has taught her to respect her body and live in the moment. She's traded in the antique shop for freelance writing and spends more time with her family and a wider circle of friends.
"I can love and appreciate that woman who [was] 300 pounds but I don't want to go back there," Bering said.
"It's taken a lot of work to get where I am, but I love that feeling."
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Interview with Alfred Opp (Part 10)
Conducted by Rita Opp Marchildon
3 February 2008, Richmond, British Columbia
Transcription by Connie Dahlke, Walla Walla, Washington
A New Life in Canada
Boarding the immigrant train at Quebec, we found that it was one from the 1920's still, with wooden benches. There were about 3 or 4 of these old passenger cars that were put into service at the end of a freight train that was going west. Now you can imagine! It took us six days to get across Canada!
I started out with very little money - I had very little money to start with. But during the six days, we had to feed ourselves. Lucky enough - I don't know where I got the idea, but Gerhard and I had collected left-over food on the ship. The seasick people weren't eating that much, and so we collected bread and made sandwiches. So on the train we ate a bunch of sandwiches. That lasted for 2-3 days. Then after that, anytime the train stopped we were looking out for food. I remember this especially in Regina where there was a woman outside selling hot dogs. And brother! Did they ever taste good. So we made it through on that.
In Vancouver there was an immigration office. They took us in for a little bit of questioning and to check our papers. No English - absolutely no English! He shook our hands and pushed us out the door. Welcome to Canada! So there we were. Now what? Gerhard and I were standing there outside the immigration office for a while. Lucky enough, there were volunteers that came to help, and there was this German lady. She was quite short. She said in German, "Kann ich Euch helfen?" - that means, "Can I help you?" Oh, ya gerne! we said, Of course! So she went in and called a taxi, and said, "Well you come to my house, and you can stay at my place until you find a job."
The two of us stayed in one room, and we paid her $8.00 a week. I had about $40.00 with me. And we had to buy our food. Getting a job quickly was easier said than done. We walked the streets day after day after day. Gerhard got a job right away - he was a machinist. But I was an upholsterer, a harness maker. You must be kidding! There was no job like that! And don't forget there were many people moving in at that time in 1955. People came from Scandinavia, from Italy - from everywhere! The interesting thing was how to get a job for all those people. So what finally happened, I met a Swiss guy at a restaurant where I washed dishes for him for a while and he gave me food that was left over that he wasn't able to sell. One day I met another Swiss guy who worked as a part-time accountant for an auto upholstery shop - an auto upholstery shop. This was the contact I needed! So I told him that I was nearly a month without work and I had absolutely no more money - I had only a little pocket change. I was really desperate. I had even applied to cut trees - cut off tops of trees - up in a logging camp. So the guy said to this lady, "Do you want him to get killed?" Every time someone asked if I could do it, I said, Yes - no matter what it was!
So this Swiss guy gave me the address of the auto upholstery shop, and it was in Vancouver on East Broadway. I walked in with only a few words of English. There were three guys there. I asked if they needed help, and they said, "Yes." Well! It was 65 cents an hour, but I couldn't care less - they could have paid me 10 cents an hour, as long as I got the job! But they paid me 65 cents an hour, which was big money! So they hired me on. They said, "Come tomorrow morning - we open up at 8 AM." I was there at 6:30 or 7, not to miss it. I walked all the way from the west end to East Vancouver - quite a long way - because I didn't have the fare for the street cars. So I walked. And I walked into the shop and they gave me a job. After I had worked there for about an hour and a half, one of the guys motioned me and said, "Come here, let's go for coffee" - him and I. Oh, did I ever feel like I was in a jam! I thought he was testing me, offering me coffee instead of working. "That's the way they do it," I felt. So I went in there for coffee, and I drank the coffee down so fast I burned my tongue. Then I ran back to the shop and kept on working! So the guy must have thought, "He's nuts!" But I was so anxious to hang onto my job - I didn't want to lose it!
I learned very quickly and worked my way up. They did no sewing by sewing machine, and no tailoring and cutting - things I had learned in Europe. The European way is more exact, more time consuming. Well, they did it their way as long as it ended up looking good. All we did was put seat covers on top of old car seats - and we did some repairs. We also sold ready-made seat covers - it was easy to learn to put them on. So I did quite well, and they were pleased with me.
Then three months down the road a problem developed - they declared bankruptcy! Now what? While they were trying to sell the shop, I went in every day and worked for nothing. What that did for me is I learned English - and every once in a while I got 50 cents or a dollar for a tip. I also learned the trade. The owners said nothing, but after they couldn't sell the shop one of the three partners came to me with an interpreter and offered to give the business to me, debt and all. So I said, "Yes."
And so on January 1, 1956 I opened up the Seat Cover Center under new ownership. In the beginning it was just me, Alfred Opp. Then Horst Juraschek came a month later. I opened up the shop and people came in. I found the business had a lot of work orders, a lot of customers, but they had mismanaged the business very badly. They got greedy. They bought themselves new cars. All of a sudden they were $8,500.00 in the hole. Beside that, they were also 3 months behind in their rent - that was $450.00 a month with taxes and utility bills. As the new owner of the business, I now owed that money to the creditors. And all that I had in the bank was $85.00. Can you imagine? Now the one who helped me was the landlord we rented the suite from, who lived across the alley - Mr. Perry. He was a businessman. He loaned me $200.00.
And the people came in! And I spoke no English! Stuttering wouldn't help in this situation! The phone would ring - I could say "Seat Cover Center" - and then hang up. I didn't know what to do! So the landlord Mr. Perry came in and worked half a day. Then a customer came in who spoke a little German, and he volunteered to answer the phone and help me. That went on for a couple of weeks, and I was still busy. I was the only employee. I answered the phone, I was the salesman, and I also did the work. I worked day and night! Then one of the previous partners - Ralph Barrick - came by and said, "Well, I'll work for you on 5% gross." Naturally, we had to make the deal through an interpreter. He said, "I'll do the managing, I'll answer the phone, and I will work with you." Well! That was a blessing from the sky! So that's what we did. We still worked day and night, and so did Ralph - except he was married and worked the odd nights. He worked from 8 AM until 6 or 7 PM. In the meantime I took Harry, my other German buddy, in as a partner, and we worked a day and a night, a day, and slept that night; worked a day and a night, a day and then slept that night. We only took home enough money to pay the rent and eat. Everybody thought we would never get out of that hole, because in 1955 for $8,500 you could buy a house! Plus we owed another $1,200.00, plus back taxes, plus government income tax, plus, plus - it never ended! We had to pay! And we also had to purchase supplies! The suppliers knew we were trying very hard, so they sent everything C.O.D. plus a dollar or two or five added on to it. Sooner or later some of them wrote off what we owed, and some eventually gave us a good discount on what we owed. Anyway, we managed to climb out of the hole.
In 1962, I married Helgard, my soulmate - that also was a blessing from the sky! I was able to buy a house and pay off the mortgages. We raised two kids, and life went on from there.
With the business, my partner and I got out of the hole, and we had up to sixteen employees at a time. From the old ordinary seat cover work, we went into the installation of some other manufactured goods used in the modernizing of cars. We had the business for 33 years. When we left, we owed not one cent. We had made a lot of friends through honesty and dignity. Harry and I walked away as very, very proud Canadians - citizens of this country that gave us a chance and trusted us. The Canadian people, I have to add, were also very kind to a couple of immigrant boys who wanted to make a living here in Canada. They showed us their kindness and we lived up to it, paid our taxes, raised our families, and my daughter is interviewing me! She is very successful in her job, and so is our son Bernard.
Let's back up a little bit and talk about your mother and your brother coming to Canada.
Yes, that's a good question. I always felt sorry for my mother. We got to Alfdorf in 1945. My grandfather died December 18, 1945, then we got the news of my father's death through a fellow inmate of his who was in Russia. And I want to say this: My dad worked in the Ukrainian forced labor camp chopping big rocks into smaller rocks. And he had to sleep out in the open for a month before they put up a roof over their heads. My dad was not well, and when his health deteriorated they put him in a shed for the dying with no medical attention, and that's where he died. But a guy came out who survived that camp in Dnjeprostroj, Russia - actually not too far from Bessarabia, and this guy gave us the news of my dad's death. And then my grandfather died - he and his brother died the same day from typhoid fever.
My mother first worked for a farmer so we could have food on the table. She worked for the farmer until the new currency came in. Then she worked for the Forestry Department in Germany. I don't know much about what she did, but she had to take branches off of little trees, or cut small stock off so there would be light and space so the rest of the forest could grow. She made good money for her work in the forest. And on Saturday and Sunday she waited on tables in restaurants. She scraped up all the money she could to make a living.
After I had been in Canada about a year - I had rented a house with my partner, so we had our own house along with Gerhard - we called him Jerry. He was working as a machinist. We were doing our own cooking at home. I wrote letters to my mom and I asked my mom if she wanted to come over. There never was a question! She wanted to be with me. My brother Oskar was 19 years old at the time. He was reluctant to come because he had friends. He was in a sports club, and he had a good job making washing machines at a factory. My mother wouldn't leave Germany without him. So reluctantly he came along.
Naturally, my mom took over right away, doing the cooking, the washing, and looked after us. All the other boys paid board. She managed the money so well that there was a little left over that paid for her food, so she could eat with us. And my mother also got a pension from Germany - both a railroad pension and a war widow's pension. Even though my dad wasn't a soldier in the war, he worked for the railroad which counted the same as being in the army. So my mom had two pretty good pensions. And after she was here a year, she qualified for a Canadian pension. So my mom did quite well.
In the meantime, Horst - we always called him Harry - we always put our money into the company, making payment after payment. It seemed we would never get out of the hole. But sooner or later we did get out. But thanks to my mom, who saved us so we didn't have to manage the home - she was very good at taking care of the home and things like that.
Then after a while we bought a house in Richmond. We paid $2,500.00 down and took out a $7,500.00 mortgage. Boy was that a lot of money! So we paid that with about $75.00 a month. We lived in that house, and my mom did all the gardening. She planted vegetables and everything to save money. She also did the painting in the house. Then I got married in 1962 and Helgard took over. My mom then lived for a year in a house with my brother. Then he moved into an apartment and my mother moved into another apartment in Vancouver. Then Helgard and I had two children - that's the way we started out in Canada.
I did go back to Germany a few times, and so did my wife, but Germany was crowded. That's why my ancestors left, that's why I left again in 1955. We saw the refugees come in, and it was crowded again! It's not that I didn't like Germany, but somebody has to leave to make room for all the others.
If I had learned a different trade, I may have not decided to come here. But being handicapped with the trade like I was, I had enough courage to say, "OK, let's give myself a chance to be here in Canada and do something else." I would have worked in a mine, I would have worked in a logging camp, I would have. . . You name it - I would have worked at anything! I was ready to do it, no matter what it was.
So your mother lived until she was 90 1/2, and now you are 77 and your brother is 71? So with all the hardship in your life, and all the things you went through, you still have a very long and successful life. What are you most proud of?
Well, I'm very proud of my family, and this I can honestly say, of the children, of my wife, and how everything has worked itself into the way it is. Now this is not, by far, giving me the credit, because I have my faults also. But it is the family, the love that the kids and the wife - that we all came together on it. And specifically Helgard, who had such a great understanding. She is such a hard worker, and she has so many skills - natural skills that are practical. She did all the lawn - she dug it up by hand without using a plow or equipment. She pulled a log behind her to level it, and then put the grass in. She planted trees. She did the painting and the wallpapering - everything to save money. She organized the house - this house, our second home - the first one we sold. She organized all the plans and found a builder to build this house. So all that together - that is my proudest achievement in life, and the kids doing so well - and being good kids.
The business? The business comes through hard work, of course. But my family, yes, that's the most important.
Thank you for sharing all your memories.
Thank you for listening.

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Voices from the Frontlines: Guidelines
Everyone has a story to tell. Every effort and every accomplishment deserves to be recognized. Are you shaking up the old ways of living and shaping new ways? Are you struggling to hold onto valuable traditions or practices in the face of change? This is your chance to influence what people around the world know about your country, organization, profession, or passion.
Your story does not have to be polished or professional – just a simple account of what life is like from your perspective.
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- Aim for a length of 600 words. 900 words is the upper limit.
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To read past Voices from the Frontlines click here.
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Jun 13, 2016 2:15 PM EDT
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He Had Me at "Detective"
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What Was Going On In 1957?
This was the question I asked myself when trying to place Roscoe and his family in a time and place. In order to understand what was going on at the time that Roscoe and his 4 children were killed in a house fire that was ruled as arson, we need to understand what was going on in the world as a whole, in the United States, in Vienna, Johnson County, Illinois, and in my branch of the family. Will this provide any direct answers to who set the fire? I don't know. Probably not, but it will help to understand the times. We have progressed so far in technology, and we get caught up in the "now" that we either forget or we just don't plain know what life was like "back in the day." Here's a short, but informative video, entitled "The 50's - What Happened in 1957?" from One Special Dream Studio on YouTube that gives us a glimpse of what was going on in 1957:
Pretty cool, huh? Both the addition of video to Family Stories and the actual video itself. [Why didn't I go high-tech sooner?]
Little Egypt
Johnson County, Illinois is located in the southernmost part of Illinois. The culture of this area is markedly different than the rest of Illinois because the pioneers who settled here were mostly from the south [i.e., Tennessee, Kentucky, North Carolina, Virginia, etc.] As most people do, when they migrated they brought their beliefs, their religion, their culture, etc. and set-up shop, so to speak, for better or for worse, in southern Illinois. The culture in this area is more like St. Girardeau, Missouri and/or Paducah, Kentucky than it is the rest of Illinois. Quite a few of these pioneers were descendants of folks who were from the mountains ~ first in North Carolina, then in Tennessee. This area was nicknamed "Little Egypt" in the 1830's. It's believed that when the the rest of Illinois experienced bad harvests, settlers traveled south in order to buy grain from the southern region of Illinois where harvests were good, just as in Egypt as told in the Genesis 41:57 and 41:1-3. There are several places in southern Illinois named after places in Egypt, such as Cairo, Illinois [pronounced Cay-row]. Southern Illinois was also a place that had decidedly torn loyalties during the Civil War, and these torn loyalties were the impetus for many family feuds that occurred in Johnson County as well as Williamson County [north of Johnson County]. Furthermore, southern Illinois was an important area for the Union side due to the accessible waterways and for the crops that were grown there, namely cotton and tobacco. In addition, coal mining and the railroad were key industries here as well. Below is a map of Johnson, County, Illinois where Roscoe lived and where he died with place markers. I also included place markers for towns where Nelson and Mary Casteel Martin settled as well as Roscoe's father and grandfather. Nelson and Mary were Roscoe's great-grandparents that migrated from Wayne County, Tennessee to Johnson County before 1850 and were the subjects of my Saturday Surname post this past weekend.
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From the Perspective of My Branch of the Tree
So, what was going on in my branch of the family tree at the same time? My dad had graduated from Breckenridge High School in San Antonio, Texas, married my mother, and had begun classes at Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas in 1955. My parents were living in College Station, Texas in 1957, and had just had their first child the previous year. My Paw Paw [my father's mother and Roscoe's sister] was living in San Antonio, Texas and my dad's sister had just graduated high school there before the summer of 1957 when Roscoe and his children were killed. Roscoe's and Paw Paw's father, Joel Arthur Martin had passed away in 1948 at the age of 76 in Johnson County, Illinois and was buried in Taylor Cemetery.
So hopefully this gives us a better idea of the time and place in which Roscoe and his family had been living. As more family members are found and more details are uncovered, I will add placemarkers to this map. As I mentioned earlier, I don't know if this will help me find more clues, but it definitely gives me the "lay of the land," and helps to fill-in some details in Roscoe's story.
Sources and Credits:
Ford, Jeffrey, narrator. The 50's - What Happened in 1957?. Video tribute. Digital video. One Special Dream Studio, 2007. You Tube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-TpEsSjhgA : 2009.
Egyptian Area Agency on Aging. The History of Southern Illinois. http://www.egyptianaaa.org/SI-History2.htm : 2009.
Adventures in Preservation. Southernmost Illinois History. http://www.southernmostillinoishistory.net/civilwar.htm : 2009.
All photos in slideshow (courtesy of Photobucket) are privately held by Mrs. Caroline Martin Pointer, Conroe, Texas, 2008.


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APG/EAG Joint Typologies and Capacity Building Workshop
The 2013 APG/EAG Joint Typologies and Capacity Building Workshop was held in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, from the 23-27 September, hosted by the Government of Mongolia and Bank of Mongolia.
The workshop was the first joint event held between the APG and the Eurasian Group on Combating Money Laundering and Financing of Terrorism (EAG). The meetings were attended by more than 220 delegates from 36 APG and EAG jurisdictions, five international organisations and 25 representatives from the private sector.
Delegates discussed the following topics:
- Risk of terrorist abuse in the NPO (non-profit) sector;
- Illicit financial flows and the use of AML/CFT tools to combat corruption;
- Money laundering and terrorist financing risks and vulnerabilities associated with gold production, movement markets and trade.
The meeting was jointly chaired by the APG and EAG. The APG co-chairs were the Typologies Working Group Co-chairs Mr Balesh Kumar, Special Director, Enforcement Directorate, India and Mr Razim Buksh, Director, Fiji Financial Intelligence Unit. The EAG co-chairs were Mr Pavel Livadny, Deputy Head, State Secretary, Financial Intelligence Unit, Russian Federation (EAG Legal Issues Working Group Co-chair) and Mr Igor Voluevich, Head of Department, Financial Intelligence Unit, Russian Federation (EAG Typologies Working Group Co-chair). The host co-chair was Mr Bazarragchaa Tumurbat, Head, Financial Intelligence Unit, Mongolia.
Breakout sessions and seminars were co-chaired/facilitated by the following:
- Australian Federal Police;
- Australian Transactions Reports and Analysis Centre;
- Canada Revenue Agency;
- Crown Law Department, Tonga;
- Enforcement Directorate, India;
- Financial Intelligence Unit, Russian Federation;
- Russian Electronic Money Association;
- UK Charity Commission;
- APG Secretariat; and
- EAG Secretariat.
Following the Typologies Workshop, a separate Capacity Building Workshop was conducted which included private sector representatives from across the two regions. Delegates to this separate event explored three key topics of relevance to effective cooperation between government and private sector institutions:
- Understanding and managing risk and effective cooperation in risk assessments and responses;
- Financial inclusion; and
- AML/CFT and new technologies - understanding virtual currencies.
The APG thanks their joint partner, EAG, for their contribution and support and the Government and Bank of Mongolia for the hosting arrangements.
Sponsorship funding for priority delegates to attend this event was provided by APG members, Chinese Taipei, Canada and the United States.


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The head of Britain's intelligence organization, MI5, says that the terror threat in Britain has receded after a string of successful prosecutions, reports the BBC, in the first interview ever given by the director of the secretive agency.
In remarks published Wednesday, agency head Jonathan Evans says 86 terror convictions since January 2007 have dampened the enthusiasm of plotters.
"That has had a chilling effect. We have probably seen fewer 'late-stage' attack plans over the last 18 months," he said.
Mr. Evans warned that terror networks still have the capacity to strike within Britain, and that the global financial crisis could create new unforeseen tensions, says The Guardian.
"There is a significant number of individuals in active sympathy. They are doing things like fundraising, helping people to travel to Afghanistan, Pakistan and Somalia. Sometimes they provide equipment, support and propaganda."
Vigilance has been heightened in Britain since the terror attacks of July 7, 2005, when four suicide bombers struck London's public transportation system during morning rush hour, killing 52 people and wounding more than 700. Two weeks later, four bombs improperly detonated on London subway trains and buses. In June 2007, two men tried to drive a jeep loaded with gas canisters and nails into the Glasgow airport terminal. One of the attackers, Bilal Abdulla, was sentenced in December 2008 to at least 32 years in prison.
Evans said the current Israeli offensive on Gaza may prove a particularly potent propaganda tool. Press reports indicate that many European Jews and Muslims agree, with some warning of increased radicalization among Islamic youths and others pointing to a surge in anti-Semitic incidents since the start of the conflict.
On Thursday, the leaders of several prominent British Muslim organizations delivered a letter to Prime Minister Gordon Brown warning that "anger within UK Muslim communities has reached acute levels of intensity," reports The Gaurdian.
"The Israeli government's use of disproportionate force ... has revived extremist groups and empowered their message of violence and perennial conflict. For Muslims in the UK and abroad, we run the risk of potentially creating a loss of faith in the political process."
The letter was signed by the imam of London's Al Tawhid mosque, as well as by officials of the UK Islamic Foundation, the British Muslim Forum, and the Quilliam Foundation, a think tank that studies extremism.
They further warned Brown that the war in Gaza, and the American position on the violence, threatened to damage Britain's standing in the Islamic world and contribute to the radicalization of British and European Muslim youths.
Britain's Young Muslim Advocacy Group also sent a letter to Prime Minister Brown this week, says the Guardian, warning that the Israeli offensive on Gaza was "undermining efforts to reduce homegrown radicalization."
"We are in grave danger of sending a message to youth today that the mass murder of civilians can be justified if the right grievances are cited. In the current climate there is a real danger young people who witness the impotence of institutions that are supposed to be protecting innocent life will turn to other organisations in an effort to make their voices heard and the violence stop."
The Christian Science Monitor reported earlier this week that much of Europe has sided with Israel on Gaza, a shift incited by the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks.
European Union leaders this week flanked Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni as she told the world's news media, "We are all opposed to terrorism." For many observers in Europe, the moment underscored a little-noted but ongoing convergence between European and US-Israeli thinking – despite the tragedy and challenge that Gaza presents.
For decades, Europe was a Middle East counterbalance – generally sympathetic to Palestinians as the weaker party, critical of an unqualified US backing of Israel. The Palestine Liberation Organization had offices in Europe. France's Navy helped Yasser Arafat escape Tripoli in 1983. Europe backed the Oslo Accords, and saw the Palestinian cause as a fight for territory and statehood.
Yet Europe's traditional position on the Arab dispute has been quietly changing: It is gravitating closer to a US-Israeli framing of a war on terror, a "clash of civilizations," with a subtext of concern about the rise of Islam – and away from an emphasis on core grievances of Palestinians, like the ongoing Israeli settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, and "occupation."
The Gaza crisis has already led to an uptick in anti-Jewish incidents in several European countries, such as Britain, Sweden, and France, reports the Associated Press. These have included attempted arson attacks at synagogues in Toulouse, France; Helsingborg, Sweden; and in North London, as well as a rash of vandalism and assaults across the continent.
"In Britain, the Community Security Trust, a Jewish defense group, said it had seen a rise in anti-Semitic incidents since the start of Israel's offensive against Gaza. The group said it recorded 20-25 incidents across the country in the past week — a sizable increase from 2-3 incidents usually reported to the group over the Christmas-New Year period."


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Tim Erno needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 57 designs submitted by 14 freelance designers.
I am a realestate investor. This portion of my business targets the 'Short Sale' arena. This is when a home owner has defaulted on their loan and does not want to foreclose and ruin their credit for the next 10 years. My company will step in and negotiate a new value for the home, find a buyer to re-sale to. This is a win win program not only for the home owner, but the bank as well. The homeowner gets to salvage their credit while the bank doesn't have to have the property sitting on their books as negative asset for a typical time of at least 6 months.
We are targeting an audience of people that are on the verge of losing their homes as well as real estate agents that represent the banks that hold the notes of default.
I am looking for a logo that is progressive. We don't want anything that's 'corny', like a rising sun with cloud bursts. We want it to be as progressive and modern as possible. No pictures in the logo, please. I hope that this helps explain what we are looking for.
Find out how a design contest works or learn more about our logo design services.


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PayPal has long been a tent pole of e-commerce, a service integrated into nearly every online shopping experience. But that doesn't mean it's above the ire of the Internet. Lately something's been amiss over at the site, and now complaints of shoddy customer service and poorly worded user policies are coming back to haunt it.
First, in true holiday spirit, PayPal froze Regretsy's charity campaign and a company representative dealt with the situation poorly (the phrase "You can use the donate button to raise money for a sick cat, but not poor people" comes to mind). And this isn't the first time PayPal has been accused of abusing its power: various websites have had their donate button access revoked at the site's whim, and in many cases, the forced refunds directly profited PayPal. Even if that is totally above board, it isn't a practice that will endear itself to most.
Now, Regretsy is feeling that pain again, but this time as a spectator after a woman shared her story with the website. Recently, a woman named Erica sold a rare violin for $2500, and used PayPal for the transfer of funds. The buyer wasn't satisfied, saying it may be a fraud despite legitimate authentication, and he wanted a refund which Erica was willing to grant. PayPal then decided with very little evidence that the violin was counterfeit, and stated that in order to issue a refund the buyer would need to destroy the antique violin, leaving Erica without the sale money, and without the antique violin.
Once again, we could be looking at a PayPal fail. And if you're one of the many who's had enough, it's time to start doing your shopping elsewhere.
Google Checkout
Pros: It's never a bad idea to get on board with Google if you're searching for Web apps. If you have even one or two other Google accounts, the incentive becomes even greater. Small business owners might already be using Google Ads or Offers (and think of the capabilities if Google Wallet really takes off), and there's something to be said for simplicity. Comparatively low cost as well.
Cons: This is a relatively new Google product and it's not quite ready for widespread consumer use yet. You can only use debit and credit cards, and as with all of these other options, it's not as widely used as PayPal.
Cost: Using this to process sales will cost a minimum of 1.9-percent + $0.30 per transaction. Transaction processing rates you are charged are determined by your sales volume from the month prior (extra 1-percent if you're selling to someone in a different country).
Amazon Payments
Pros: If you're a real e-commerce addict, you probably use Amazon often enough as is. And if you're constantly selling items on Amazon, there's an immediate upside right there. Of course Amazon's prestige in the market is also a benefit.
Cons: You can't simply install an Amazon Payment button on your site and keep users on your page, they will instead be redirected to Amazon. Amazon has been criticized for its server structure in the past, and it might come back to haunt you (not to mention you're helping promote that brand instead of your own).
Cost: Transactions greater than $10, Amazon charges 2.9-percent + $0.30. Less than $10, 5-percent and $0.05.
Pros: Dwolla is super user friendly and ties in to the growing social commerce movement. You can send money through syncing with social networks and pay for things with your phone. Dwolla will also immediately pay for something up front that costs up to $500, as long you pay that back within a month.
Cons: In order to use its faster deposit system "Instant," you have to pay $3 a month. Otherwise it's a three to five day wait to get and send funds. It's also a new company, which means it's still developing the application's architecture and working out the kinks.
Cost: Transactions under $10 are free; over $10 they are $0.25.


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By ELLIOT SUHR
WNPA News Bureau
House Bill 2797 and Senate Bill 6483 have a lot in common. Both increased funding for K-3 classroom construction, both had bipartisan sponsorship and both failed to reach the governor's desk.
In McCleary v. Washington, the state Supreme Court ruled the state was not sufficiently funding basic education. Earlier this year, the court ordered legislators to quicken the pace of funding to meet McCleary obligations -- including K-3 class size reductions. According to the National Education Association, Washington state is fourth worst in the nation for classroom sizes.
House Bill 2797 would have sold $700 million in lottery-backed bonds to fund K-3 classroom construction, and passed out of the House 90-7 with bipartisan support. It failed to make it to the Senate floor after State Treasurer Jim McIntire said lottery-backed bonds were too risky.
"We couldn't get traction for it over here. There was too much opposition," said Sen. Karen Keiser, D-Kent, prime sponsor of SB 6483. "This was kind of a work-around to see if we could get support, but we're still not there."
SB 6483 would have sold $825 million in general-obligation bonds—as opposed to lottery-backed revenue bonds—to modernize STEM facilities, fund all-day kindergarten and reduce K-3 class sizes.
After the bill failed to pass out of the Senate Rules Committee Wednesday morning, Keiser said: "We'll see. Miracles do happen, but I wouldn't hold my breath."
Sen. Bruce Dammeier, R-Puyallup, who is a member of the Senate Rules Committee, voted to put the bill on floor, but said it was a matter of timing.
"I think there's a strong feeling that those are very good topics and that concept is resonating with the Legislature," he said. "But to make that kind of decision that impacts four biennia with two days left in a short session -- it's not the best way to make that policy."
Several bills failed to make it out of the chambers this session, including bills to fund teacher cost-of-living adjustments, close tax exemptions for basic education and amend teacher evaluations to maintain the federal waiver for the No Child Left Behind act.
"The problem, I think, we see somewhat similarly, it's the solution that is very different," Dammeier said.
"So to assume that we'd be able to reconcile these two approaches and get the Legislature to agree -- not in two days. Not in two weeks. Probably not in two months," he said.
The House Democrats proposed a supplemental budget earlier this year that included a bill that would raise $100 million for basic education by closing tax exemptions. Leaders in the Senate Majority Coalition Caucus said that education funding discussions would be better suited for next session when the 2015-2017 biennium budget is on the table.
"We'll probably be looking at this for next year," said Rep. Drew MacEwen, R-Union, co-sponsor on House Bill 2797. "I think later this fall, we can sit down and hammer out something that both chambers can agree to."
The court called for more money to pay for existing reforms—including teacher cost-of-living adjustments, additional funding for schools, and a plan to fully fund basic education by April 30. According to lawmakers and education officials, the state needs to find $5 billion for basic education by 2018.
The $155 million supplemental budget enacted last Thursday allocated $58 million for K-12 materials and operating costs, but included no provisions for K-3 class size reductions.
"If we go out another year, it puts us in more of a crunch," MacEwen said. "We'll definitely have to work harder to get it addressed sooner."


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History was made this past weekend when Mario Andretti took to his Championship F1 winning Lotus 79 to officially declare the Circuit of the Americas (COTA) track open.
And what a track it is. 3.4 miles long, a 130ft incline into a blind turn one hairpin and a back straight that had nearly every car hitting the redline in top gear.
Pirelli North America was kind enough to extend an invitation for us to experience the track in all of its new glory. Entering the massive compound you are greeted by a giant look out tower and the massive incline into turn one. Passing under the bridge to the infield suddenly you are transported into a Formula1 alternate universe. The facilities are squeaky clean and state of the art. The grand stands are just as big as the track itself. The moniker of "Everything is bigger in Texas" holds true in every facet of the facilities.
To kick the day off right we arrived just in time to see Mario Andretti, Patrick Dempsey and Jerome D'Ambrosio take part in the ribbon cutting ceremony on the Start/Finish line. Once the grid cleared from the hordes of media, us included, Andretti was underway in his Lotus 79 to take the first official laps of the Circuit of the Americas.
After his first few laps cars from various racing leagues began to enjoy exploring the track. Ferrari Challenge cars (one piloted by Patrick Dempsey), Ford SCCA GT cars, even a spec Miata joined in the fun. We were fortunate enough to snag a ride in a Ferrari FF, primarily because the racecars needed a break by the time our turn came up (check out the video of our lap at europeancarweb.com). What blistering fast and technical track COTA is. The elevation into the blind turn one is exhilarating. Moving through the chicanes just after turn two puts you right in the Formula1 frame of mind. COTA transforms your perspective on traditional American racetracks and makes you feel as if you have been transported to some of the best tracks around the world. Some portions of the course were mimicked after Hockenheim with a bit of Senna curves thrown in. The highlight of COTA is the back straight, where we reached near the top gear red line in our FF ride. We heard that the three-seat Jordan F1 car was hitting 160-180mph throughout the day.
What COTA brings to America is a newfound respect for global motorsports. While we still struggle, less now than in previous years, to find a place for Soccer (Football) we somehow always manage to find a way to bring the best motoring events into our country. With COTAs construction we have heard tale of WTCC, Australian Supercar V8, MotoGP and Le Mans making it one of its MUST RACE destinations in the coming seasons. For us, we couldn't be happier! For the rest of the United States, it remains to be seen. But there is a certain buzz in the air we can't help but enjoy, even if just for the moment.


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Scathing Comey interview provokes Trump
Comey said in the interview broadcast Sunday night that Trump is "morally unfit" for office.
President Donald Trump is renewing his attacks on James Comey after the former FBI director's scathing interview on ABC.
Trump tweeted Monday that Comey drafted an exoneration of Hillary Clinton long before he talked to her as part of an investigation into her email practices. He labelled Comey "disgruntled" and accused him and others of having "committed many crimes."
Comey said in the interview broadcast Sunday night that Trump is "morally unfit" for office.
Referring to what Trump called a premature Clinton exoneration, Comey said that after nine or 10 months he had a "clear picture" of the investigation into Clinton's email practices and it's common to draft statements before a probe is complete.
Trump again accused Comey of lying to Congress. There is no indication he is under investigation for doing so.


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The Mets hosted the Minnesota Twins at Tradition Field and played to a 3-3 nine inning tie on Saturday at Port St. Lucie.
Dillon Gee started the game for the Mets and tossed three scoreless innings. Gee surrendered five hits while walking none and striking out three, and lowers his ERA to 1.69 for the Spring.
Despite the solid outing, Gee said he wasn't as efficient as he would have liked.
"I want to go more innings than that, that's not good to go three innings with 65 pitches," Gee said. "It's my work for the day right now and hopefully during the season I'll get more work out of that. "
"Didn't give up any runs, that's a key. Didn't feel that great today, whatever it was five days ago that made me feel so good wasn't really there today," Gee said. "Keep working on it and made big pitches when I had to today in key situations with guys on base. That was good."
- Vic Black continued his career long pattern of inconsistency, looking great one day and awful the next. He inherited a 3-0 lead and made it evaporate. In one inning pitched he allowed three earned runs on three hits, two walks and zero strikeouts.
- Matt den Dekker picked up another two hits today and scored a run. He is now batting .420 and continues to inch his way onto the Mets Opening Day roster.
- Jeurys Familia continues to pile on scoreless appearances and now has four innings pitched without a run or walk. He also threw a 100 mph fastball today. He has the best and most nastiest stuff in the Mets bullpen. Future stud right here…
- Chris Young went 2-for-3 and hit his first home run as a Met. He's now lifted his average to .290 this spring.
- Daniel Murphy drove in one with a sac fly, and Josh Satin added a run with an RBI single.
- With half their team in Las Vegas, the Mets borrowed a slew of minor league players to complete the game including top prospects Dominic Smith, Dilson Herrera and Dustin Lawley. It was nice to see.
Up Next:
We'll do this again on Sunday as the Mets play two more games, the first at 1:05 PM against the Cardinals in Jupiter, and the second at 4:05 PM against the Cubs in Las Vegas.


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The Discoverer module (see zhongjie's blog entry) has been completed.
It consists of 2 programs, the Format Discovery and Pre-Replay processing.
Format Discovery is pretty much what i've blogged about in my earlier post.
Since that entry, I've completed the to-do tasks:
1) have a function to summarise all output for this program.
2) solve a memory leak problem in this program.
3) match replay packet to format, and if length segment changes (eg: due to shellcode change), then length field needs to change.
4) from replay ip, find IP tokens and change it. Read more »
The first part to the format discovery is 90% completed.
The program is now able to tokenize the sample packets and sort them to clusters according to token pattern.
The structure for a token looks like this:
// definition of a node for initial tokenization
struct sToken {
struct inferProperty* sProperty;
struct inferSemantic* sSemantic;
struct formatDistinguisher* sFD;
struct sToken* next;
struct inferProperty {
char szType[4]; //"s-c/c-s" / "bin" / "txt"
unsigned char* pValue; //value of token. Will include
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Tim and his fellow Odyssey of the Mind teammates, Anjelica, Ian, Rowan, Elizabeth and Sarah brought home a Second Place Trophy and the coveted Renatra Fusca Creativity award for their Mousemobile problem solution at Odyssey World Finals at the University of Maryland this past weekend.
We are so very proud of them and all of their hard work!
Here is a video of their award winning performance (note their 28 mousetrap powered vehicle).
Here are videos of the team receiving their Renatra Fusca award
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Sandy Hook Commission meets Thursday
HARTFORD -- The Sandy Hook Advisory Commission will convene Thursday to hear from experts who were directly involved in the aftermath of the Columbine and Virginia Tech tragedies.
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy said Tuesday that the commission, chaired by Hamden Mayor Scott Jackson, will also be updated on the investigation into the Dec. 14 shootings at the Newtown elementary school. Twenty children and six staff members were killed when Adam Lanza, a Newtown resident, shot his way into the school.
Malloy, who appointed the commission, will open its first session, followed by Danbury State's Attorney Stephen J. Sedensky III, who will review the status of the Sandy Hook investigation.
The panel will then hear separate presentations from former Colorado Governor Bill Ritter and University of Virginia School of Law Professor Richard Bonnie, who will each discuss how their states reacted to the Columbine and Virginia Tech shootings, respectively.
At the time of the Columbine massacre in 1999, Ritter was district attorney for Denver and became a member of the Columbine Review Commission, which conducted a review of the tragedy for then-Colorado Governor Bill Owens. Ritter was elected governor of Colorado in 2007 and served until 2011.
Bonnie is the director of the Institute of Law, Psychiatry, and Public Policy at the University of Virginia, and serves as chair of the Virginia Commission on Mental Health Law Reform. Following the Virginia Tech tragedy in 2007, he served as a consultant to then-Virginia Governor Tim Kaine's Virginia Tech Review Panel.
Thursday's meeting begins at 10:30 a.m. in Room 2C of the Legislative Office Building in Hartford. The meeting will be broadcast live on television and online by the Connecticut Network (CT-N).
The Sandy Hook Advisory Commission is a 16-member panel of experts created by Malloy to review current policy and make specific recommendations in the areas of public safety. Additional information on the commission can be found on its website at ct.gov/SHAC.


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NWSB Editor and Insider Chris Anderson talks about Oklahoma City's recent use of Macklemore's hit song 'Can't Hold Us' and how it has sparked a response from the Seattle rapper. Aside from vocalizing his support for Seattle sports teams, Macklemore is also a good friend of Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll and has been an avid supporter of bringing the Supersonics back. Performing at the Sonics' rally that was held awhile back, Macklemore recently showed his support for the Sonics' cause at Seattle's 'We Day'.
Thunder use 'Can't Hold Us', Seattle's Macklemore fires back
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Women charged after Louisiana deputy fatally shoots Houston suspect
More details have emerged after an off-duty Louisiana reserve deputy fatally shot a robbery suspect Tuesday night during a confrontation at an apartment complex in north Houston.
Cortdalro Damarcel Brown, 25, died in the shooting, which happened about 8:10 p.m. at 13502 Northborough near Rush Creek in the Greenspoint area, according to the Houston Police Department.
Police said two women who were arrested at the scene were involved in the incident.
Jasmine Keashun West, 18, and 20-year-old Ashley Monee Smith are each charged with aggravated robbery with a deadly weapon, police said. Harris County court records show Smith also is charged with tampering with evidence because she hid a gun.
Police said the deputy and his brother went to the complex to meet a woman. After they arrived and were sitting in their car, Brown approached them and tried to rob them at gunpoint. Fearing for his safety, the deputy pulled out his firearm and shot Brown.
Brown was rushed to Ben Taub General Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
The deputy, who is from Winnsboro, La., and his brother were not hurt.
Police said investigators later determined West and Smith were involved in the incident and they were charged. Police did not disclose how the women were connected to the case.
A Harris County grand jury is expected to determine what, if any, charges will be filed against the deputy.


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I'm watching the game right now. It is interesting.
It's a physical game. And I don't mean to play it. That's obvious. I mean checking and hit wise.
And while the Italian goalie is wearing pads, the US goalie isn't. And he has legs. Wonder if it's a balance/mobility thing.
Edit: Game is on NBCSN


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I didn't really know what I was getting into when I started this blog of mine or how addictive and compelling it can be. I've been bitten by the photography bug and have seen my hits grow from a handful to over 20,000 a month. Lately I have even been offered gainful employ as the food writer for my local paper.
So to celebrate my blogging birthday here are some pictures of a lovely meal I had tonight at Lisloughrey Lodge - which will be reviewed in next weeks paper in my new role as a grown up food writer. Thank you little blog and a happy birthday to you.
|A tiny bon-bon of black pudding and chocolate in a sticky pomegranate vinaigrette.
|A chicken liver pate 'lolly' in a nut crust with a rhubarb jelly
|Turf smoked scallops - with sea vegetables.
|A little soup - delicately spiced squash
|Marmalade crusted ham on a bed of pea porridge
|Monk fish tail, black pudding, asparagus.
|A tiny but perfect berry jelly, with an orange custard atop!
|A deep chocolate tart with indian spices.
|Lemon and yogurt pannacotta with an elderflower ice-cream.


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Yoh Nagao
Yoh Nagao is a Japanese artist, currently based in Berlin since April, 2012.
After graduating from Nagoya Zokei University of Art & Design(BFA) in Aichi Japan, he worked at several design agencies while working as an artist, and occasionally as a freelance graphic designer to pursuit his unique expression.
He mainly uses acrylics and collages in a colorful and
dynamic way then pencil and pens to add detailed depiction, all of which are blended comfortably yet complicatedly. His style that occasionally follows themes and their own actual episodes creates imaginary landscapes and inhabitants on a very unique way.?His style is greatly inspired by American pop culture which has been playing a crucial part in his life for as long as he can remember.
After years of production in Japan, in 2007, he took the leap abroad and joined the art-collective "WE-ARE-FAMILIA" based in New York. Since then his art pieces have been exhibited at "Artaq 2nd urban art awards
2011" (Angers, France), "Pick Me Up 2011"(London), "Illustrative" (Berlin), along with his solo-exhibition in Hong Kong and group exhibitions in Japan and many others overseas up until today.
Through his many of experiences in Europe, he has choose Berlin as his new base.
He's currently working for clients and preparing for exhibitions, also working on pieces for his collectors around the world at the same time.
He's eager to create pieces that dazzle people around the globe.
*All prints are from original pieces.


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Here's a fun idea for a holiday party: Buy several kinds of winter beer, invite your friends to do the same, and make a night of tasting what everyone brings. Make sure to invite a large enough group and pair your beer selections with festive food offerings so as not to get too merry. The following is not a list of the 12 best Christmas beers, though several of these brews are definitely in the top handful. You should be excited if one or more of these beers appear under your tree.
Saranac Season's Best Nut Brown Lager: Purchased as part of a Saranac winter pack, this lager was chosen to ease us into the night. Not a great choice. There was nothing distinguishable about the brew, which was neither nutty nor spicy. Paired with a chicken chili, the beer was too weak to accompany the food. There are some solid brews in the holiday pack, including a caramel porter and the Big Moose Ale, both of which would have been better choices. The holiday pack is good, but this particular brew not so much.
Delirium Noel: The Christmas offering from Belgium's Brouwerij Huyghe is the sister beer of Delirium Tremens, one of the world's great beers. As expected, this is exceptional. The beer pours darker than the Tremens but lighter than another Brouwerij Huyghe brew, Delirium Nocturnum. Notes of apples and banana bread waft up from the glass. It tastes bready but light, and there's a burst of champagne in your mouth right before you swallow.
Great Divide Hibernation Ale: Not a Christmas brew per se, but the winter offering from Colorado's Great Divide was a welcome change from the first two. This English-style old ale is malty and dry hopped, providing a nice balance. One friend called it "too medicinal," but you're bound to taste the alcohol in a beer that weighs in at 8.7 percent ABV. Another taster noted, longingly, "If there was a lot of snow outside, I would drink this beer."
Sierra Nevada Celebration Ale: Speaking of hops, Sierra Nevada brews their winter beer with the fresh crop of hops from the harvest season. The result is a resiny, pungent IPA that weighs in at 6.8 percent ABV. This beer is one of my favorite winter brews, in part because it has nothing to do with the over-sweet, spicy beers that can dominate the season. The hop flavor lingers. We all found it to be a nice change of pace from the rest of the lineup.
Anderson Valley Winter Solstice: This canned offering from one of California's best brewers is a little more traditional for the season. It's a winter warmer, and hints of cinnamon, nutmeg, and other holiday spices come through. I also smell apples. There's candy-sweetness to the beer, but it's not overly malty, and on the scale of winter warmers this is one of the most balanced out there. If you have a friend who is eager to try new craft beer but doesn't have much experience, this is a good winter beer to point them to.
Mystic Brewery Vineland One: This is not a Christmas beer at all. It's not even a winter beer. But part of celebrating around the holidays is picking out something special. This beer from the Mystic Brewery was fermented with natural yeast harvested from a Massachusetts-grown plum. The yeast imparts unique flavors on the beer, including dark, fruity wine notes, even though no fruit was added to the beer itself. The result is a bone-dry, champagne-like brew. It's sour, though I'd call this a gateway sour.
Troeg's Mad Elf: Another special one, I aged this in my makeshift beer cellar for a year before popping the cap off this week. Troeg's makes this 11 percent ABV beer with cherries and honey, and the cellaring really brings out the cherry notes. Because of the high alcohol content there is a cough-syrup quality as the beer warms, but I find the beer balanced enough for occasional drinking. There's a "super cute" or "scary looking" elf on the label, depending on your perspective.
Notch Brewing Cerne Pivo: Want to know why I love writing about beer? Because sometimes a beer like this will come along to tear down all of my preconceived notions. Ipswich's Notch Brewing makes session beers that are low in alcohol content. They also make darn flavorful beers. Cerne Pivo is inspired by the dark lagers of the Czech Republic. It's a roasty, malty, flavorful beer that clocks in at just 4 percent ABV. In that way, it's the perfect beer to put down a few of at your next holiday party without worrying about getting too jolly.
Ken Schmidt / Iron Fist / Stone Mint Chocolate Imperial Stout: This is a collaboration between a home brewer and big boys Stone and Iron Fist. Several folks in our group liked the sound of this one most on paper. This one clocks in at 9.6 percent ABV. It smells minty, but as is the case in other beers that have tried to do the mint chocolate thing, something doesn't work here in the flavor. The mint comes through too strongly and doesn't mesh with well with the traditional "beer" aspects of this brew.
Baxter Brewing Phantom Punch Stout: Named in celebration of Lewiston, Maine's 1965 heavyweight championship fight between Muhammad Ali and Sonny Liston, Phantom Punch is a foreign extra stout. Baxter releases all of its beers in cans, and this is their least hoppy beer to date. It's a nice, dry stout of 6.8 percent ABV, packing vanilla, cocoa nibs, and roasted, smoky malts into the can.
Samuel Adams Merry Mischief: There's bound to be fatigue in every beer tasting of this size, and this gingerbread stout looked like it had sticky-sweet trouble written all over it. But in maybe one of the biggest surprises of the night, this beer scored well. Pouring darker than expected, nutmeg and cinnamon come through but don't overpower.
St. Bernardus Christmas Ale: The golden goose. We saved this for last assuming it would be the best, and it didn't disappoint. A bright aroma leads to "dangerously drinkable" sipping, as one friend put it, for a beer of 10 percent alcohol. Dark candied fruits and bready yeast mix with banana. Someone else described it as "not gimmicky" — you don't need cinnamon and nutmeg to make it wintry. This has been my favorite Christmas beer for some time and will continue to be so.Gary Dzen can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow him on Twitter @Globegarydzen.


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|NewsUSA) – Obesity is a national health crisis affecting over one-third of all American adults (72 million people). It increases the risk for a number of serious health problems, including coronary heart disease, type-2 diabetes, stroke, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, sleep apnea and others. For most people, the safest and most effective way to lose weight is to eat less and exercise more. But for some, this is not enough. For these people, weight-loss surgery may be an option.
While weight-loss surgery (often referred to as "bariatric surgery") has been around since the late 1960s, recent advancements in surgical techniques and increased safety have made it an increasingly popular option. Last year an estimated 220,000 Americans underwent a weight-loss surgery procedure, and this number continues to grow.
But healing from weight-loss surgery, including gastric bypass and laproscopic banding procedures, can be more complicated than one might expect. Immediately following, and for several days after surgery, patients are prohibited from eating, and their diet is restricted to clear liquids, including water, diluted non-acidic fruit juices, tea, artificially sweetened non-carbonated drinks, broth and sugar-free gelatin. Over the next few months, patients gradually progress from an all-liquid diet to a solid food diet of 1,000 to 1,200 calories per day with several intermediate steps along the way.
The problem? Water and fruit juices do not supply adequate protein that the body needs for recovery. Doctors want to improve their patients' post-surgery nutrition, but traditional protein drinks are often too thick and heavy, contain calorie-packed carbohydrates and are unsuitable for use during the initial phases of recovery.
The Isopure Company, LLC, which makes nutritional products, developed Isopure Plus Zero Carb Protein Drink to help bariatric surgery patients get the protein they need during their recovery and beyond.
Unlike other nutritional drinks, Isopure Plus is clear, fruit-flavored and never thick or milky. Bariatric patients can drink it during any phase of recovery, and it provides 15 grams of high-quality whey protein and all eight amino acids in a single, 60-calorie, eight-ounce serving. The drink is lactose-, gluten- and fat-free and comes in two flavors — Alpine Punch and Grape Frost.
For more information, visit the Isopure Plus Web site at www.isopureplus.com


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The Korean appeared on NPR's Kojo Nnamdi show to discuss the pending bill on Sea of Japan/East Sea for Virginia's textbooks. You can listen to the show here. (Click "Listen" on the top left.)
A note on the Sea of Japan/East Sea issue: personally, I am agnostic about this issue. At the end of the day, I don't think it matters all that much no matter what the outcome. If we are dealing with issues of Japan's colonialism, I think the effort would be better served focusing on the issue of Comfort Women, as those women represent the most direct victims of Japanese imperialism who is being denied justice. In fact, when it comes to addressing the dark legacy of Japan's colonialism, there are several more issues that I would devote my energy before I get to the Sea of Japan/East Sea issue.
But then again, people have different priorities than the Korean's. And that's fine, as long as those priorities are within reasonable boundaries. And there should be no question that the attempt to list both "Sea of Japan" and "East Sea" is a reasonable effort to address the stain of Japan's imperialism. As I said in the broadcast, it is an American tradition for immigrant communities to express their views on world history, and ensure their children and other children who study with them are introduced to such perspectives. This is such a natural desire that even the representative of the Japanese Embassy tripped up and said he would prefer his children to learn about all sides of the issue, even as he was claiming that there was only one correct name for the sea.
Indeed, the makeup of the show's guests was telling. "Korean side" had a local small businessman and a blogger; "Japanese side" had the embassy representative. If you ever thought Koreans were the ones who were too sensitive to the historical issues, think again.
Got a question or a comment for the Korean? Email away at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Thursday, January 30, 2014
The Korean on NPR, and "East Sea/Sea of Japan"
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I must have missed that episode - but I listen to Kojo almost every day at lunch. He's always so well prepared and on point. He came to the US from Guyana when he was 22 and has a fascinating sounding voice (at least ... to me it is).ReplyDeleteReplies
I am in love with Kojo's voice. I also love the way he says his last name, like: "Kojo Nnaaaaaaaamdi show."Delete
Lol, for a second there, I thought the host screwed up and said your real name when he said "Peter- I mean, T.K. of..."ReplyDelete
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...yes, I know – the title is quite mental and disturbing, but believe me – once you listen to this track you will get the idea.
So, what do we have here … another (similar to my the happiest one minute of your life) very positive and happy piece of music. This time we've got some banjo, piano and some nice drums. You will find some nice glockenspiel too and because of that it's got that "Christmasy" filling. Actually this should be in "children" category, but I've noticed a lot of adverts on TV advertising wide range of different products uses style. I hope you will find it useful too.
Before you decide to not to buy this one try my other tunes:
Eco-rporate 2
Eco-rporate 3
Eco-rporate 4
Eco-rporate 5
Eco-rporate 6
Eco-rporate 7
Eco-rporate 8
Eco-rporate 9
Eco-rporate 10
Eco-rporate 11
Eco-rporate 11 remix
Eco-rporate 12
Eco-rporate 13
Happy New Day
Nice and "soft" house style loop:
Take it easy
...and some drum and bass stuff:
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The BlackBerry® Jam Americas 2012 general session featured keynotes from our own Don Lindsay, Vice President, User Experience Design and Chris Smith, Vice President, Application Platform & Tools. During their time on stage, they announced the commitment from RIM® to making an open platform and eco-system where developers will be fully able to participate in the core BlackBerry® 10 experience.
Our pledge to developers at the keynote on Peek & FLOW means that we've updated Beta SDKs for every BlackBerry 10 development environment and delivered dozens of new APIs, frameworks, components and controls. On top of it all, we've also released a new BlackBerry 10 OS and system components for Dev Alpha devices and simulators that give you everything you need test your apps fully.
Additionally, we furthered our commitment to HTML5 and Web Technology through our adoption and contributions to open standards and our relationships with industry partners like jQuery, Adobe®, and Sencha.
We are truly committed to building an open platform and partnering with developers. Be sure to check our flight arrival boards to see what's coming up from us next and watch Don Lindsay & Chris Smith's keynote for full details on announcements and releases!
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Also, check out our latest blog posts released during BlackBerry Jam Americas 2012 for a deeper-dive into our most recent updates:
BlackBerry Java Plug-in for Eclipse now available on Github!
Ripple renewed: Updates to the Ripple Emulator
Who's ready for dessert? Android Runtime for BlackBerry 10 Beta
Power up! BlackBerry 10 WebWorks SDK super-sized
A four-step guide to BlackBerry 10 Flow
The Coming of Age of the BlackBerry 10 Native SDK
BlackBerry Jam Americas 2012: Flight Arrival Boards and Roadmap Updated


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Aug. 23, 2005
Lipscomb's Bisons will open their 2005-2006 campaign for the Atlantic Sun Conference Championship with their most difficult pre-conference schedule since becoming an NCAA Division I program.
"Every year our schedule will take a different look depending on what players we have back," said Lipscomb Coach Scott Sanderson said.
The Bisons open the regular season on the road in the Guardians Classic. The Bisons will take on Northern Colorado in the opening round on Nov. 13 at historic Rupp Arena in Lexington, Ky. The winner of that game advances to play either the University of Kentucky or South Dakota State in the second round on Nov. 14. The winner of the second round game travels to Kansas City, Mo., for the finals.
The Bisons had originally been scheduled to play Wofford in the first round. There are four tournament sites and Wofford has been switched to West Virginia University.
In addition to the possible match-up with Kentucky, the Bisons have two other Southeastern Conference foes on the schedule _ Auburn University and the University of Tennessee. On Nov. 20 the Bisons travel to Alabama to face Auburn. The Bisons close out the non-conference portion of the schedule in Knoxville on Dec. 29 against the Volunteers and first-year coach Bruce Pearl.
"Playing the University of Tennessee is a win-win for us," Sanderson said. "We have a chance to possibly play Kentucky and we are playing at Auburn. It's like we are playing half of the SEC this year. Those games will provide our guys valuable experience."
Rounding out the non-conference schedule on the road are games at Jackson State in Jackson, Miss., on Dec. 17 and Nicholls State in Thibodeaux, La., on Dec. 19.
Non-conference homes games at Allen Arena will feature Jackson State on Dec. 8 and Liberty University Dec. 10.
Lipscomb Coach Scott Sanderson thinks his team is ready for the stronger non-conference challenge.
"We have everybody coming back, and we had a very good recruiting class," Sanderson said. "We might have a better team and not as good a record as we had last season because of the tougher non-conference schedule. I think these teams will help us prepare us more for our league."
Two exhibition games are also scheduled for Allen Arena with North Alabama visiting Nov. 8 and Freed-Hardeman University coming to Nashville Nov. 28.
The Atlantic Sun Conference schedule features three new schools _ North Florida, Kennesaw State and East Tennessee State. The two A-Sun games for the Bisons are at Kennesaw State Dec. 1 and East Tennessee State Dec. 3.
North Florida and Kennesaw State are moving to NCAA Division I from NCAA Division II. Neither school is eligible for the conference tournament.
The first A-Sun home game for the Bisons is Jan. 2 at Allen Arena against Gardner-Webb.
The meetings with long-time rival Belmont University, known as the "Battle of the Boulevard", are scheduled for Jan. 20 at Allen Arena and Jan. 31 at Belmont.
Other home conference games are Campbell (Jan. 4), Mercer (Jan. 14), Stetson (Jan. 16), Florida Atlantic (Jan. 29), North Florida (Feb. 9), Jacksonville (Feb. 11), East Tennessee State (Feb. 24) and Kennesaw State (Feb. 26).
The remaining conference games on the road are Jacksonville (Jan.7), North Florida (Jan. 9), Florida Atlantic (Jan. 24), Mercer (Feb. 4), Stetson (Feb. 6), Campbell (Feb. 16) and Gardner-Webb (Feb. 18).
"Our focus is our 20-game league schedule," Sanderson said. "The only way we are going to get into the NCAA Tournament is to win our tournament, and we understand that."


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Public school officials join other states in search of better education methods
PITTSFIELD -- As K-12 education priorities and curricula shift, so changes the landscape in student testing.
Currently, public school district and higher education faculty in Massachusetts, Washington, D.C., and 21 other states are researching, discussing and providing feedback on a development known as the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers, or PARCC.
Other states belong to a similar collaboratively governed initiative known as the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium. States belonging to neither group include Alaska, Minnesota, Nebraska, Texas and Utah.
PARCC is one of the newer acronyms to hit the field of academics and is backed by deep federal investment.
The initiative, led by a governing board chaired by Massachusetts education Commissioner Mitchell Chester, is the recipient of a competitive $186 million Race to the Top assessment grant from the U.S. Department of Education.
The primary project of PARCC is for states to work in consortium to develop a common set of online-based K-12 student assessments in English and math to test whether students are gaining the comprehensive skills necessary to succeed in college and/or the workforce.
This in turn would create mechanisms to provide educators support in the classroom, improve technology to support the assessments and make schools more accountable to indicators of student success, like graduation rates.
The PARCC assessments will be ready for states to administer during the 2014-15 school year. The adoption of the assessments is not mandatory, and states will be able to vote whether to opt in.
Robin Getzen, an English language arts teacher at Lenox Memorial Middle and High School, and Charlie Kaminski, dean of academic affairs for business, science, mathematics and technology at Berkshire Community College are PARCC educator fellows for Berkshire County, who serve as local liaisons on the initiative.
"Last year, [educators] were offered a front row seat in developing the next generation of standardized tests. My initial thought was that this was an attempt at fixing something that wasn't broken," said Getzen. "But if change was inevitable, I wanted to be a part of it to understand why and to be ahead of the curve."
The presenters said regardless of whether Massachusetts opts to adopt the PARCC assessment, even the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) will be changing to include measures to indicate college and career readiness.
"No matter what we call it, the test is going to be changing," said Getzen.
PARCC assessment prototypes are designed to be aligned with national Common Core standards in English language arts and math.
They are less inclusive of multiple choice questions and invoke students' critical thinking skills, asking them to answer questions, show sources and their process of work, and, because they are online exams, use multimedia.
"It will no longer allow students to eliminate options to get to the answer," Kaminski said.
The online component also promises faster turnaround on test results. Getzen said teachers and administrators will have a return on scores within two weeks, versus the approximately five months for a turnaround on MCAS scores.
"Teachers will be able receive results and use them to inform instruction that year," Getzen said.
Kaminski has worked with assessing and placing students into college courses using results from exams like Accuplacer and MCAS tests. He said that while MCAS tests are good indicators of student progress, they don't indicate a student's readiness for college-level work.
In Massachusetts, 37 percent of students who go on to in-state public high schools enroll in at least one remedial course of study during their first semester in college, according to state education department data. That rate increases to 65 percent among community colleges in the commonwealth.
"If students get into college, a lot of them are not going to be ready," said Doug McNally, coordinator of the Berkshire Readiness Center.
To learn more about PARCC, visit www.parcconline.org. To learn more about education initiatives visit readiness.


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karlfrisch needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 34 designs submitted by 17 freelance designers.
KFA (Karl Frisch Associates, karlfrisch.com)
I need a logo for use on my website karlfrisch.com, business cards and letterhead etc. The logo will be used to brand me personally as a political thinker (I do pundit work on television, write a column and host a radio show occasionally). It should also work seamlessly to brand my new political consulting firm.
My professional bio: http://www.karlfrisch.com/?page_id=838
A short description of my company: http://www.karlfrisch.com/?page_id=829
Just because this is political doesn't mean I want red, white and blue or stars and stripes. Don't think of this as a civics project. You are branding me and my company not the United States.
It should be modern and clean. I don't want something dated.
It will be used when I go out looking for business and on my website and social networking sites. This is not like a typical business. I won't be advertising myself. My work is very much word of mouth. Keep in mind this is about branding myself personally just as much as it is about branding my new consulting company.
I would like the logo to look good on my current website -- karlfrisch.com -- I don't want to make too many changes to the site to make it look good.
I'm drawn to blues and grays in terms of colors.
It should look good in reverse as well -- if it is blues with a white background, it should look just as good as white with blue background.
It seems to me the logos that are square or fit nicely into a square work well in a variety of settings from stationary to social network icons etc.
I will be using this for:
- My website
- Business Cards
- Letterhead
- Envelopes
- Note Cards
Find out how a design contest works or learn more about our logo design services.


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When it comes to sports cars, there are very few that are worthy of being called legendary – but the Subaru WRX and WRX STI certainly fill the bill. Each is engineered for serious performance and powered by exclusive, high-output, turbocharged versions of the inestimable SUBARU BOXER 4-cylinder engine. The ferocious 4-door and the fierce 5-door version of both models also feature Subaru symmetrical full-time All-Wheel Drive, a rally-honed suspension and exceptional safety systems. New for 2014 is the Subaru WRX STI Tsurugi Edition, a special 4-door with all the bells and whistles and a surprising degree of sophistication that is nonetheless every inch an STI under the skin.
Check out the all-new 2015 WRX
All-new for 2014. Check it out here!
◊ Based on ALG's 2012 Residual Value Award for Best Mainstream Brand. The WRX and the WRX STI were awarded the 2012 Residual Value Award for the Best Sporty Car for the 4th year in a row.