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Would've made a lot more sense if they'd turned the leek the other way up, for sure. Still a great pic.ReplyDelete
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## How to install ##
Put the "badges" directory somewhere in your python path
Add "badges" to your installed apps (in the settings.py file)
OPTIONAL: If you want to use the pre-made badges overview/checklist page, add this to your main "urls.py" file:
- urlpatterns += patterns('',
(r'^badges/', include('badges.urls')),
## How to make badges ##
Create a "meta_badges.py" file and import it at the bottom of your models.py file. This is where you will define all badge classes. Every badge is subclassed from "badges.MetaBadge"
Here is an example badge that is awarded to users who fill in all the fields on their profile:
import badges from myapp.models import UserProfile
- class Autobiographer(badges.MetaBadge):
id = "autobiographer" model = UserProfile one_time_only = True
title = "Autobiographer" description = "Completed the User Profile" level = "1"
progress_start = 0 progress_finish = 2
- def get_user(self, instance):
- return instance.user
- def get_progress(self, user):
- has_email = 1 if user.email else 0 has_bio = 1 if user.get_profile().bio else 0 return has_email + has_bio
- def check_email(self, instance):
- return instance.user.email
- def check_bio(self, instance):
- return instance.bio
The badges are awarded using the post_save signal. So whenever a member of the model, in this case "UserProfile," is saved, it checks to see if the user should be awarded a badge.
In this example, whenever a user profile is saved, the badges app checks each of the conditions and if they are all True, then the badge is awarded.
The "get_user" method is passed the same instance as the condition checks and needs to return the user who should receive the badge. The default is instance.user
The "one_time_only" attribute determines whether a user can earn the badge more than once. If a badge was awarded for writing a post that got 1000 views, you may want to award it for EACH post that gets 1000 views, instead of just the first time.
Conditions are callback functions. Any methods of your badge class whose names start with "check" will be passed an instance of the model instance that has just been saved. If all the conditions return "True," the badge will be awarded (unless it's a one-time-only and the user already has it).
### Progress Reporting (optional)
If you would like to display a progress bar to your users, set the progress_start, and progress_end, attributes and define the get_progress() function as seen in the example above.
By default, progress_start is 0, and progress_end is 1. The default get_progress() returns 0 if the user has not yet earned the badge and 1 if they have (so it jumps from 0% to 100% when they earn the badge)
You can get the percent completion of a badge for a given user like so:
>>> user = User.objects.create(username='tester', email@example.com') >>> badge = Badge.objects.get(id='autobiographer')>>> badge.meta_badge.get_progress(user) ... 1>>> badge.meta_badge.get_progress_percentage(user=user) ... 50.0>>> profile = user.get_profile() >>> profile.bio = "hello, world!" >>> profile.save()>>> badge.meta_badge.get_progress(user) ... 2>>> badge.meta_badge.get_progress_percentage(user=user) ... 100.0
### Badge Attributes
There are some badge info attributes which define the information about the badge that will be shown on your website:
#### id the unique name that will be used to identify the badge in your database. The reason for this is so that you can change the title, description, and level without worry
#### title the Name of the badge as it will appear on the website.
#### description a short description of the badge as it will appear on the website.
#### level badges are either easy (bronze/b), medium (silver/s), or hard (gold/g) to get. It would not be very hard to change the levels to something else like numbers.
#### progress_start (optional | default == 0) Indicates the value get_progress() should return when the user has not made any progress on this badge.
#### progress_end (optional | default == 1) Indicates the value get_progress() should return when the user has earned the badge. Note that if get_progress() returns a value larger than progress_end for a given user, get_progress_percentage() will still only return 100.0 (ie. 100%)
## Signals ##
When a badge is awarded, a signal is fired (found in badges.signals). The "sender" keyword argument is the metaBadge you defined (Autobiographer in this case), and NOT the badge model instance that is automatically created. The "user" keyword argument is the user who the badge was awarded to, and the "badge" keyword argument is the model instance of the badge in the database (badges.models.Badge)
from badges.signals import badge_awarded
- def do_something_after_badge_is_awarded(sender, user, badge):
- pass
- badge_awarded.connect(do_something_after_badge_is_awarded,
- sender=Autobiographer)
## Manually Awarding a Badge ##
You can manually award a badge to a user using the "award_to" method on the Badge model instance.
Example: Award a random badge to a random user...
from django.contrib.auth.models import User from badges.models import Badge
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Schedule of The Lord's 8 Holy Feast Days --- Spring Feasts: Holy Week is comprised of the four Salvation Feasts {Sabbath (Rest), The Lord's Passover, Unleavened Bread, and Firstfruits (Easter)} --- Pentecost [Acts 2:1] is the Middle Feast: The Sanctification Feast --- The Fall Feasts: The three Redemption Feasts are comprised of {Feast of Trumpets [possibly the future Rapture of the Christian Church] (Rosh Hashanah), Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur), and Feast of Tabernacles (Sukkot)}
Deuteronomy 16:16 Three times in a year shall all [those who desire to] thy males appear before the LORD thy God in the place which He shall choose [i.e. Temple Mount]; in the Feast of Unleavened Bread (Passover - Holy Week), and in the Feast of Weeks (Pentecost), and in the Feast of Tabernacles (Fall Feasts): and they shall not appear before the LORD empty [without an offering]:
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Countdown to Pentecost 2014 and the Extra Days needed after Holy Week until John MacArthur's Calvinistic teachings provide for individual Salvation and the Start of the Christian Church.
Reminder: after Holy Week's Resurrection Sunday (Easter Sunday - the start of the Christian Church) we are going to do another countdown here at The-Jesus-Realm.com this time to countdown the additional 49 days after the Resurrection (the start of the Christian Church) until Pentecost Sunday. The extra days believed necessary by some in order to wrongly facilitate a Pentecost start of the Christian Church instead of the actual Holy Week start of the Christian Church.
Note: (Leviticus 23:15,16) the Jewish Feast Day of Pentecost [50] is fifty days [7 Sabbaths (Saturdays) and then the next day Sunday] from the Sabbath Day (Saturday) during the Lord's Passover. The Pentecost [Acts 2] that the Christian Church is remembering is always 49 days [7 Sundays] from Resurrection Sunday [Easter Sunday]. Since the yearly Jewish Passover is on a different day each year and the Christian Church is remembering the Jerusalem Passover of Jesus [the yearly remembrance of the days of Christian Holy Week is calculated slightly different than the ongoing days of the Jewish Passover Week] the two yearly Jewish and Christian holidays do not always match-up on the calendar as the same day.
The doctrines of Calvinism in neglecting the Events of the Christian Holy Week the doctrines of Calvinism do not have in them the foundation of being 'Redeemed' by the blood of the cross of Jesus Christ and 'Saved' into the one True Resurrection of Jesus Christ but instead by the doctrines of Calvinism a person is not necessarily 'Redeemed' or 'Saved' by the Holy Week Ministry of Jesus Christ but instead a person is merely nebulously 'Chosen' via some form of 'Election' that is built and affirmed upon the assumptions, presuppositions and confirmations of man not as a result of the confirming presence of the Holy Spirit. Calvinistic doctrine wrongfully negates the works and ministry of Jesus Christ during Holy Week and exchanges the sure Foundation of the Christian Faith derived from the Holy Week events of Jesus Christ for a man centered gospel message of 'chosen' and 'elect'.
John the Baptist (Matthew 3:11) prophesied that the Messiah (Jesus Christ) would be the one to continually "baptize" people with the Holy Spirit unto eternal Salvation not a solo working of the Holy Spirit Baptizing alone (the empowerment) as is recorded in Acts chapter 2. Jesus Christ being both the 'Beginning' Alpha by Baptizing His followers starting in the Upper Room (John 20:22) and continuing to Baptize His disciples throughout the entire Christian Church Era then 'Ending' Omega by Jesus Himself eventually calling and meeting (Acts 1:9-11, 1 Thessalonians 4:14) His 'Bride' of 'Baptized' followers in the clouds and bringing His Bride into Heaven.
Note: the Basic Christian Ministry follows and instructs in the Historical Biblical Christian pattern [i.e. the literal grammatical historical method of Biblical interpretation] – in following the actual Divine and human events that Christianity is a direct product of i.e. creation, original sin, Heaven, hell, the virgin birth of Jesus Christ, the earthly Ministry of Jesus, the Holy Week events and ministry of Jesus, imputed righteousness, the eternal resurrection, the historic Apostolic Church age, the current Common Christian Church Age, the Millennial Age to come, and the many other human and Divine events that have already happened or are yet to unfold among mankind.
While the more modern Reformed i.e. Calvinistic traditions, doctrines and teachings are not so much derived from either historical or future events but are more derived from presuppositional teachings, meaning that if a well-known person i.e. John Calvin or almost anyone with a Dr. in their title makes a statement then that statement becomes a kind of presupposed fact a fact that the general Christian Church at large is now supposed to universally accept as a biblical doctrinal truth even though that doctrine didn't emerge from historical events or even from well contemplated Biblical passages but merely as a preference of certain people that once united in groupthink becomes a de facto Church doctrine.
Concluding: there is a vast difference between the historic Church with the Biblical doctrines of the true historic Biblical Church and what is being taught and passed along today in the modern opinion induced church. -- This blog post in PDF
Note: after Resurrection Sunday (the birth of the Christian Church – Feast of Firstfruits – aka Easter Sunday to Gentiles) we are going to do another countdown here this time to countdown to the yearly Feast of Pentecost [June 8, 2014] so people can see that Pentecost (a growth/harvest Sanctification Feast) comes almost two months [in a different Season] after the (Justifying) Feasts of the Spring Passover/Holy Week have already been completed.
Revealing that those who are teaching the very false doctrine of Justification through Sanctification i.e. the Progressive Justification of Augustinian and Calvinism doctrines by wrongly claiming that both the Christian Church (Justification) and individual Sanctification (individual Christian growth) both began only at Pentecost and that now both continue simultaneously based on our own individual actions and deeds are either knowingly or unknowingly perpetuating perhaps the biggest error in modern Christianity when in fact the work of Christian Church (Justification) was completed on Resurrection Sunday at the completion of Jesus' Holy Week Ministry almost two months before the individual Sanctification empowerment (Acts 1:8, Romans 15:16) work of Pentecost even began.
Also Note: the Holy Feast cycle is completed in the Fall with the Redemptive Fall Feasts. The three Biblical (Leviticus 23) Feast groups are the Spring (Passover) 'Justifying' Feasts (Romans 3:24-25, Colossians 1:20) that bring us sinners into a right relationship with God through the cross and resurrection of Jesus Christ, then our individual Christian growth 'Sanctification' and the empowerment process given from God to us on the Feast Day of Pentecost (Acts 2:1, Philippians 2:12) followed by the Fall Feasts and our Final 'Redemption' (Romans 8:23, 2 Corinthians 5:10) at our own physical death – when our actual body (soul and spirit) come into the perceivable presence of God. ~ David Anson Brown
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10/05/2012 Update: The Basic Christian Ministry 2000 to 2012 material has for the most part concluded. When I originally started the internet ministry I thought it would be about a 3 to 4 year project and gratefully it has been closer to a 12 year project. Though now to continue adding material to the same files making them larger would just become counterproductive. -- I'm going to spend some time reorganizing some of the material and continue to refine the ideas, the theology and the presentation and start fresh with some more material probably later this year while still keeping the existing 2000-2012 material available. -- Most importantly I want to spend a lot of time in personal devotions, prayer, fellowship and just in seeking a personal relationship with God in Jesus Christ and considering if I should continue in ministry and really what kind of ministry to be involved in. -- All the best, God bless everyone! ~ David Anson Brown
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I have been updating some of my Marine Corps information 81-84.
If anyone wants me to make any changes just realize that I still have pictures of the oldest rope bridge in Australia and of orchids in Singapore.
Also to my surprise when I searched the internet to find the correct name for the Singapore Botanic Gardens I found a list of the top ten parks in Singapore and the Botanic Gardens was not even on it – talk about oversight.
God bless,
David Anson Brown
LCpl David A. Brown USMC Bio and Timeline
The Basic Christian Ministry 2012 Trilogy Project!
The Basic Christian Ministry has completed the 2012 Trilogy Project consisting of The Basic Christian Statement of Faith, A Declaration of Faith - The Pierre Statement on Biblical Doctrines by Confessing Christians and The 1646 Westminster Confession of Faith modified into The 2012 Common Christian Confession of Faith God bless everyone! ~ David Anson Brown
Romans 10:9-11 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised Him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on Him (Jesus Christ) shall not be ashamed.
Separation took Church from the buildings and set it free to be in the minds and hearts of the people
Announcement: After careful consideration regarding the Basic Christian Ministry, where it has been, where it is now and where it is intending to go it seems that we will need a long dedicated look into where the ministry should be going – so for the rest of the year and all of next year the Basic Christian Ministry is going to try to focus on the one topic of Church Separation. Specifically we are going to go back and look at specific areas of Church History [Greek Orthodox and English Anglican] to see where large successful movements have left abusive and domineering church systems and have not only survived but have also thrived. All things considered now is a very opportune time to rapidly flee from the current abusive, out of touch, domineering, Corporation, church as a profit business, secular system. So we are going to spend the next months and the next year taking steps to separate and remove ourselves, our family and our friends from the current modern church as a Corporation system. - God bless everyone! ~ David Anson Brown
- The great Church Separations of Church History have taken Christianity from the confines of the Cathedrals and from the one or two hours of worship each week that was equated within the brick and mortar church buildings and has set worship free among the land to be a continual worship of God in the great outdoors, in the country, in the streets, in the cities and most importantly of all into the minds and hearts of the people.
Rosh Hashanah "Head of the Year" also known as 'Feast of the Trumpets' 2012 Jewish New Year - - Jewish Year 5773 begins in the evening on Sunday, Sept. 16th and ends in the evening of Tuesday, Sept. 18th
Rosh Hashanah is a Leviticus 23 Feast and is a possible timeframe for the 'Last Trumpet' Rapture of the Christian Church #9 The Pre-Trib Rapture of the Christian Church (PDF)
Next year the Feast of Trumpets "Rosh Hashanah" begins in the evening on Wednesday, September 4th in 2013 and ends in the evening of Friday, September 6th
September 14, 2012: Occult Deception practices within the Church
The question has to be asked are these Church Sanctuaries or are these Satanic Covens? Are they secretly functioning as both churches and covens? Pseudo pretend churches designed to take money and lie to unsuspecting Christians while the real intention is to fund and facilitate Satanic Covens.
Modern (occult) pastors seem to be continually instituting a false system within the Church. A pseudo system that vaguely resembles the Old Testament, particularly in part in reinstituting the already completed Levitical Law (i.e. tithing). What this pseudo church (i.e. wrongly insinuating that we Christians have to prove our actual Justification (faith in Jesus) by showing our obedience to O.T. Levitical Law like practices). This places a false atmosphere within the Church and creates a false impression that insinuates that Biblical practices are being followed and adhered to [well negated O.T. practices] and in this false O.T. system it places individuals i.e. pastors into a perceived position of the O.T. offices of anointed king, anointed prophet or anointed priest and it is creating a dismal, dysfunctional, corrupt and error ridden system that is devastating the modern Church.
See Also: False Repentance Doctrine Exposed (Mp3) -- Faithful Word Baptist Church Sermons
Excellent!! Dr. D. James Kennedy Explains the difference between Justification and Sanctification YouTube
Justification does not encompasses Sanctification … Justification [the outcome/result of our Redemption] and Sanctification [our continuing individual Christian growth] must always be distinguished (differentiated) but they can never be separated.
New Calvinism, New Baptist, New Evangelical, Gnosticism, and Communism 'Church Tribe' Communes
A multiple part sermon review from the Paul's Passing Thoughts blog by Paul Dohse - Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 (Mp4 - Downloads)
Reviewed Sermon: A progressive (Gnostic, New Calvinism, Commune) sermon given at Shawnee Hills Baptist Church in Portsmouth, OH
Sermon Synopsis:
- The Prodigal Son parable is supposedly about the older son (a Christian or a Jew) being mostly bad while the departed worldly son (worldly people) as being mostly good, and if we are like either son [we will end up like the Corinthians] and then if we attempt to discern spiritual matters ourselves without a Pastor {I guess, because only the Pastor has the Holy Spirit} - it could make us 'spiritually schizophrenic' and we don't want that -- or something like that.
- Also, FYI wisdom and knowledge are NOT the same thing - but the Pastor is the shepherd - so use wisdom (a vision of good) but not knowledge (a way to defend individual bad ideas) in seeking a new Pastor 'shepherd' for the church.
- Supposedly we then need to choose and align our choices according to the Pastoral-cultural 'group' (tribe) mentality - not by any real individual Biblical based concepts.
- because the individual = division | while the group = justice
Conclusion: resistance is futile, [if you are not careful] you will be assimilated into this new Emerging Progressive (New Calvinism, New Baptist, New Evangelical, Gnosticism, and Communism 'Church Tribe' Communes) slave system to be sent out and produce your best (tithes) and give your free services to the community all the while most importantly being very obedient to your Pastor and your appointed church leaders [except of course for that Jesus Christ person because He really doesn't matter in this new system], and have a blessed day - but only by their approval.
Source: Paul's Passing Thoughts blog
Update: The Basic Christian Ministry has material to post but it might not be for a while. Currently the next posted material is going to provide some important information regarding the existing New Testament superiority to the completed Old Testament. Jesus seemed to say that the New Testament is to be used to explain the Old Testament and likewise the Apostle Paul placed the authority and clarification of the New Testament over that of the already accomplished [in the bringing in of the Christ (Messiah)] Old Testament. Today some are presenting the Biblical Scripture order as O.T. first in importance [i.e. tithing] and the N.T. as a further revelation of the O.T. with a continued progression of more human (prophetic) knowledge and revelation to come and this is a gigantic error as the N.T. Covenant was always in view [Numbers 14:24] and the N.T. has always had precedence [Isaiah 1:11] over the O.T. even during [Joel 2:12-13] the O.T. time period.
Matthew 13:51-52 Jesus saith unto them, Have ye understood all these things? They say unto Him, Yea, Lord. Then said He unto them, Therefore every scribe [Bible scholar] which is instructed unto the Kingdom of Heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which bringeth forth out of his Treasure things New [New Testament] and Old [Old Testament].
Colossians 2:16-17 Let no man therefore judge you in [O.T.] meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days: Which [O.T. examples] are a shadow of [N.T. reality - events] things to come; but the [N.T. reality - existence] body is of Christ.
God bless everyone! ~ David Anson Brown
New Resources
Iron Ink blog Article: Public Opinion Polls, Historicism and Psychological Warriors
Ephesians 5:11 blog A Discernment Ministry hosted by William Saunders
Arminian Perspectives blog A Study of Salvation
Society of Evangelical Arminians blog Article: The Almost Completely Unknown Difference that Makes All the Difference
False Reformation (four tenets of Martin Luther's and John Calvin's egregious false gospel) by Paul M. Dohse Sr. Preview Amazon.com blog
Note: it is important that we the Church discuss social topics and appropriately utilize Biblical doctrines especially Redemption, Justification, Sanctification, Salvation, End Times, etc. ~ David Anson Brown
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Revolution returns to Foxborough for pivotal match against Philadelphia
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – The New England Revolution looks to rebound from two consecutive road losses last week when Philadelphia Union makes its first-ever visit to Gillette Stadium this weekend in a pivotal regular-season series finale between the two clubs. Currently sitting seven points out of the eighth and final playoff spot, the Revs face Philadelphia on Saturday night in Foxborough at 7:30 p.m. Saturday night's game will be broadcast live on Comcast SportsNet, while radio listeners can catch the action live on 98.5 The Sports Hub.
The Revs will train three times this week in anticipation of Saturday's match against Philadelphia – on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday on the Lower Practice Field beginning at 10 a.m. Media wishing to attend any of the team's training sessions must email the Revolution Communications office (firstname.lastname@example.com) by the close of business on the previous day to RSVP and guarantee admittance, as well as to learn of any schedule changes. Please check with the Revolution Communications staff for an approximate time for media availability as it changes daily.
Media who plan to attend Saturday's match must alert the Revolution Communications staff at email@example.com no later than 5 p.m., on Thursday, August 26. No late credential requests will be honored.
Listed below is the Revolution's complete schedule through Thursday, Sept. 2. Please keep in mind that this schedule is subject to change.
New England Revolution Schedule: Aug. 24-Sept. 2
Tuesday, Aug. 24 – OFF
Wednesday, Aug. 25 – Training (Lower Practice Field), 10 a.m.
Thursday, Aug. 26 – Training (Lower Practice Field), 10 a.m.
Friday, Aug. 27 – Training (Lower Practice Field), 10 a.m.
Saturday, Aug. 28 – vs. Philadelphia Union (Gillette Stadium), 7:30 p.m. TV: Comcast SportsNet; Radio: 98.5 The Sports Hub
Sunday, Aug. 29 – OFF; Meet the Revs Season-Ticket Holder event (Gillette Stadium Field and concourse), 1 p.m. – no public access
Monday, Aug. 30 – Training (Lower Practice Field), 10 a.m.
Tuesday, Aug. 31 – Training (Lower Practice Field or Gillette Stadium Field), 10 a.m.
Wednesday, Sept. 1 – SuperLiga Final vs. Monarcas Morelia (Gillette Stadium), 7 p.m.TV: Telefutura; Web: superliga2010.com
Thursday, Sept. 2 – TBA
Saturday night's match will be the second meeting between the Revolution and Union, and the first-ever at Gillette Stadium … the clubs met for the first time on July 31 at PPL Park, with each team tallying a goal in the 1-1 draw.
The Revolution became the first team to ever play to a draw at PPL Park … Philadelphia was 2-1-0 at its new facility heading into the July 31 meeting with New England and has gone 0-1-3 in at home in league matches since the Revs visited PPL Park.
In the 2009 MLS Expansion Draft conducted last November, Union selected Revs goalkeeper Brad Knighton with the third of its 10 selections ... Knighton has made one MLS appearance for Philadelphia, serving as its backup goalkeeper for most of the season.
The Revs are 9-7-4 all-time against expansion teams in their inaugural seasons ... that record includes two draws with the Houston Dyanmo, which was considered an expansion team after relocating from San Jose in 2006.
Since 2005, New England is 8-2-4 against expansion teams in their inaugural seasons ... the Revs went 1-5-0 against the Chicago Fire and Miami Fusion in 1998, just two years after MLS's inaugural season.
Marko Perovic scored New England's only goal on a free kick in the 71st minute to ensure the Revs would return home with a point.
Matt Reis made three saves in the Revs' 1-1 draw at Philadelphia on July 31, as the Revolution came back to tie for the first time this season.
After the Revolution went more than one month without losing a game in all competitions, the club dropped two road matches in four days at Chicago and Kansas City last week … New England returns home after being out-scored, 6-2, in two matches and now faces a virtual must-win match this weekend against the Philadelphia Union in the expansion club's first-ever visit to Gillette Stadium … the Revs are seven points out of the final playoff spot with 10 games left to play, and must pick up as many points as possible in its remaining games if the club hopes to qualify for the postseason for the ninth straight year.
In 2005, MLS added two teams and has continued adding one additional club every year since … the Revs have had great success against these expansion clubs in their first season of play, posting an 8-2-4 mark against first-year clubs since 2005, including a 1-1 draw with Philadelphia last month … New England has nearly doubled up first-year clubs, outscoring the seven teams by a 23-12 margin in 14 regular-season matches:
Year Team Record GF GA
2005 Chivas USA 1-1-0 1 1
2005 Real Salt Lake 2-0-0 5 1
2006 Houston 0-0-2 2 2
2007 Toronto FC 2-0-1 9 2
2008 San Jose 1-1-0 4 2
2009 Seattle 2-0-0 3 1
2010 Philadelphia 0-0-1 1 1
The Revolution returns to Gillette Stadium this week for a three-game home stand (Aug. 28 – Sept. 4) in all competitions … MLS matches against Philly (Aug. 28) and Seattle (Sept. 4) sandwich the SuperLiga 2010 Final against Monarcas Morelia on Wednesday, Sept. 1 … New England then takes to the road for three straight matches at Western Conference clubs Chivas USA (Sept. 10), Colorado (Sept. 18) and Dallas (Sept. 22).
The hallmark of New England's recent eight-match unbeaten streak in all competitions was its defense and goaltending … through that eight game stretch, the Revs posted six shutouts and conceded no more than one goal … during that time, goalkeeper Matt Reis' GAA dropped from 3.00 to 1.17 in regular-season play after the Aug. 14 match against Houston … but, on the most recent road trip, the Revolution conceded six goals in two losses and Reis' GAA rose to 1.53 … Reis will look forward to the upcoming string of matches at home, where he has allowed just two goals in seven matches in all competitions since returning from offseason surgeries in late June.
With 10 games remaining, the Revs are in danger of missing out on the playoffs for the first time since 2001 and for the first time under Steve Nicol's watch (2002-present)… the club is seven points out of the eighth and final playoff position … with 11 losses, the Revs have already lost more games than the last five seasons – since 2004, when the Revolution finished 8-13-9, tied for fourth in the Eastern Conference, and qualified for the postseason and made it to the Eastern Conference Finals before bowing to D.C. United.
With 10 games remaining in the 2010 MLS regular season, the Revolution has its work cut out to qualify for the postseason … the Revs have five home games and five away games left … the 10 games remaining come against 10 different clubs, six of whom, if the season ended today, would qualify for the postseason … the Revs' 10 remaining opponents have a combined win percentage of .512 (78-73-54 record).
On Saturday night, the Revolution ran out a 3-5-2 formation to start the game for the first time in 2010 … Steve Nicol started with Emmanuel Osei on the bench, and started a three-man backline of Cory Gibbs, Darrius Barnes and Kevin Alston … Khano Smith was slotted into the left midfield spot with customary midfielders Shalrie Joseph, Pat Phelan and Sainey Nyassi … Marko Perovic stepped back into the playmaking role, while Kenny Mansally filled his forward spot alongside Iljia Stolica … the team has not started in a 3-5-2 since May 3, 2009, a 2-0 loss to Houston at home … it was Nicol's preferred formation for the better part of the 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008 seasons.
Serbian playmaker Marko Perovic has been a highlight of the Revs' attack the second third of the season… Perovic has scored seven goals and added one assist in 20 appearances in all competitions… Perovic has really affected the New England attack in his last eight appearances, tallying five goals and one assist, beginning with the game-winning strike on July 10 against LA … his latest tally came last Wednesday night, when Perovic scored an unassisted goal at Chicago to give the Revs a 1-0 lead in the 16th minute.
Defender and midfielder Chris Tierney has started almost everywhere for the Revolution this season – left midfield, left back, center back, right back and central midfield - and added one more task to his resume this past weekend … as one of the most durable, reliable and versatile members of the Revolution this year, Tierney made his first substitute appearance of 2010 when he replaced Pat Phelan at central midfield in the 78th minute … Tierney went in to play central midfield for the first time since the 3-2 win over the New York Red Bulls on May 29, when he started alongside Shalrie Joseph … Tierney moved to the bench on Saturday when Steve Nicol ran out a 3-5-2 formation at Kansas City, as opposed to the customary 4-4-2 … with 18 appearance and 17 starts, Tierney has already surpassed his previous season high for both categories (14 appearances, 13 starts), which came in 2009.
Normally a fixture in the central defense of Steve Nicol's starting 11, Emmanuel Osei moved to the bench when Steve Nicol deployed a three-man back line at Kansas City on Saturday … however, Osei's time on the bench didn't last too long as he came on as a substitute for Kevin Alston in the 39th minute when Alston aggravated a left hamstring strain … an instant starter in 2009 after he joined the team in May, Osei had started 10 matches this season after missing eight league matches (April 17-May 29) with a left foot contusion and leg infection… Osei returned to action as a sub against Seattle on June 5 and had been a fixture in the starting lineup since then, helping to solidify the back line in the team's recent eight-game unbeaten streak.
Forward Kenny Mansally made the most of his third regular-season start of 2010, scoring his third goal of the year in Saturday night's 4-1 loss at Kansas City … Mansally's appearance in the starting lineup was his second in New England's last four games, also starting at forward in the Revolution's 1-0 win over D.C. United on Aug. 7 … the Gambian's 37th-minute goal marked the first time he scored since he tallied both goals in the Revs' 2-0 win over D.C. United at RFK Stadium on April 3.
Midfielder Khano Smith has filled in for his injured teammates admirably over the last month, appearing in the team's last four matches, including three starts at left midfield … on Saturday, he recorded his first point of the year, assisting on Kenny Mansally's goal that – at the time – cut the team's first-half deficit to one goal and sent the team into halftime down 2-1 …the assist was his of the year and also marked the first time his name found an MLS score sheet since he scored a goal for the Revs against Chivas USA on Sept. 11, 2008 … after being selected by Seattle in the 2008 Expansion Draft, he was later traded to New York, where he made eight appearances before signing with Lincoln City of England's second division.


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We should probably add a new section to this website called Lawsuit Blend, considering how many legal fiascos involving Hollywood figures are always popping up. This week has already seen a few of them, but the one that has our ear constantly perked is the battle between Quentin Tarantino and Gawker. The two sides are battling over the leak of the writer/director's The Hateful Eight script, which was going to be his next project before somebody he trusted betrayed him. With a little bit of the back-and-forth wrangling behind us, Gawker is now trying to flip the script (so to speak) by asking for the case to be dismissed, claiming the California court handling the case doesn't even have jurisdiction over Gawker's parent company. Location, location, location.
Here's how that breaks down. Tarantino's suit is against Gawker Media Group, Inc., and says that their website Defamer "crossed the journalistic line" by being the first site to link to the illegally leaked script, thus spreading it to the public. Gawker founder Nick Denton is claiming that because the Gawker Media holding company is actually located in the Cayman Islands, California lawmakers have no right to go after them. Furthermore, he claims the parent company has absolutely nothing to do with any material published on the website, as it is solely responsible for "equity securities in its subsidiaries."
So it would be like someone trying to sue the parents of Cinema Blend overlord Josh Tyler for something that one of us underlings put on the site. Here's how Gawker's claim read in the motion to dismiss, via THR.
"This Court lacks personal jurisdiction over [Gawker Media Group, Inc.], a Cayman Islands corporation which is not subject to general jurisdiction because it does not have any continuous and systematic contacts with California and is not subject to specific jurisdiction because it does not publish the website at issue in plaintiff's Complaint and was not involved in any way with the researching, writing, editing, or publishing of the article that is the subject of plaintiff's Complaint."
Will this put an end to the case? Probably not. A footnote in the brief says that neither Gawker Media nor Gawker Entertainment are contesting personal jurisdiction, but that GE was dissolved as a company last year, and that "counsel for the parties have reached an agreement that Gawker Entertainment, LLC is not a proper party to this action." Any way they try to spin it, it doesn't seem likely that Tarantino is going to let this all fade away without looking like the victor in some way. I mean, he's already better off than Hulk Hogan, whose court case against Gawker over a clip from his sex tape was ruled in the site's favor. Plus, more people than ever really, really want to see The Hateful Eight get made.
By the time you've finished reading this, there may very well be a handful of countersuits being drafted, and we'll be sure to tell you about them. For now, check out this fanmade mash-up trailer for Tarantino's Django Unchained and Steve McQueen's 12 Years a Slave.


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Wambach, U.S. finish epic match the right way
The U.S. was a minute away from getting involved in the first penalty kick shootout in Olympic women's soccer history. At which point, point-blank shots from 12 yards away would decide one of the most memorable games in the sport's history. Luckily for competition's sake, a memorable match like that wasn't decided by the equivalent of a coin flip. While the shootout can be fun to watch at times, soccer's ultimate decider of meaningful matches reduces the world's most team-oriented… Read More »


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Samsung Gives Galaxy Tab 3 Another Inch
Jun 4, 2013 2:59 PM PT
Samsung on Monday announced two additions to its Galaxy Tab 3 line: 8-inch and 10.1-inch models. Both run Android 4.2 Jelly Bean.
There's some talk that the 8-inch tablet might cannibalize Samsung's previously announced 7-inch device.
However, Samsung's strategy is hypersegmentation -- that is, identifying and exploiting a need not addressed by existing devices, and that "has worked well for Samsung and has let it leave no stone unturned in ... the tablet market," Jeff Orr, a senior practice director at ABI Research, told TechNewsWorld.
The tablet market is in the differentiation phase, noted Jim McGregor, principal analyst at Tirias Research. Vendors are coming out with different-sized models trying to figure out what niches they fit.
"Everyone's still trying to develop the market, feel out the market, and figure out the appetite for their devices," he told TechNewsWorld.
What's in Samsung's New Devices
The Galaxy Tab 3 8-inch tablet uses a 1.5 GHz dual-core Samsung processor. It's presented as an e-reader, an entertainment device and a travel assistant. It is designed to be held in one hand and has physical keys at the base of the bezel for what Samsung describes as a "smartphone-like experience in navigating."
It features S Translator, which provides instant translation through voice recognition and through text in applications such as email and text messages for both speech-to-text and text-to-speech. The preloaded S Travel Smart Travel Companion provides real-time local information and lets users make reservations at hotels and restaurants, as well as reserve tickets.
Other preloaded features on the 8-inch tablet include Story Album and Group Play. It also has Samsung's "reading mode" technology, which optimizes the display for reading in various lighting conditions.
The 10.1-inch device is the first Android tablet to use an Intel CPU -- the 1.6 GHz dual-core Intel Atom Z2560 processor, aka the Clover Trail+. It can double as a home media control device.
"That's a pretty big message to the market if Samsung's using Intel processors on a 10.1-inch tablet when its 8-inch version is using a Samsung processor," Orr said.
Both tablets have a WXGA TFT screen with 1280 x 800 PPI resolution. Both have the obligatory front and rear cameras, although the smaller device's cameras have a higher MP rating. The two have sensors common to all tablets. Both support WiFi and 3G as well as LTE; both offer audio and HD video support.
Samsung Hub; Samsung Kies, which is similar to Apple's iTunes software; and Samsung's ChatON global mobile communications service all come preloaded on both devices.
Both tablets also come preloaded with various Google services including Search, Gmail, Google Talk, YouTube, Google Now and Google Maps.
Observations About Samsung's New Tablets
The main differentiation factor in this coming generation of products will be screen size, said Tirias Research's McGregor.
"If they find different niches such as in gaming or other areas, you may see different solutions such as controllers -- but for now, there are going to be very similar products offering different screen sizes with different apps," he added.
Samsung is not the first tablet maker to offer an 8-inch device; Acer has just announced an 8-inch Windows tablet, while Archos introduced an 8-inch device earlier this month. Vizio also offers an 8-inch tablet with WiFi.
It could be that Samsung's launched a pre-emptive strike to steal the thunder from Apple, which is widely expected to announce a new iPad at its Worldwide Developers Conference, to be held later this month in San Francisco.
"I think the timing's interesting," Orr said. "Samsung's getting its tablets out early, and I think they understand how to play the game."


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The latest version of the fountain of youth comes from a group who believe that a merger between humans and machines in the near future in ways that are not currently possible to foresee will enable a type of life everlasting. This belief comes out of a movement for which the most famous proponent is probably Ray Kurzweil. Kurzweil, an entrepreneur, inventor, and writer, believes that no later than 2045, we will build machines that are smarter than humans. These machines will in turn build even smarter machines. Technological progress will proceed at a rate that represents the end of the human era and the beginning of one shared by humans and machines joined together and producing unimaginably rapid technological change. He and others refer to this point of transition as the technological singularity. This change, he believes, will enable humanity to overcome all of its most pressing problems: disease, hunger, climate change, resource scarcity, and, of course, death.
Part of the trouble with Kurzweil's ideas is that they seem to ignore history. People who are heavily involved in the computer industry as Kurzweil is often believe that they are helping to create a new era, a complete break from the past. But in this case history would tell us one very important thing. Humans have long been joined to machines. Yes, the machines started out simple: a plow, a compass, a sail, a waterwheel, and a windmill are all examples. But even these simple machines vastly altered the relationship of humans with nature and each other.
With the advent of fossil fuels the power of machines increased greatly. And, the division of labor which this development allowed increased the rate of technological innovation. This cycle has repeated itself as more fuel was added to an ever finer division of labor. So great has the power of humans on planet Earth become that sociologist William Catton Jr. dubbed the new form of man "homo colossus," a vigorous human-machine hybrid.
Kurzweil tells us that the human-machine hybrid he foresees is different. It will have powers that are many orders of magnitude beyond that of current humans. Again, he seems to ignore history. The introduction of fossil fuels, a concentrated, versatile, and (until recently) plentiful energy resource gave humans capabilities that are indeed orders of magnitude greater than those living in the pre-fossil fuel era. Think of the horsepower of a human, 1.2 horsepower for brief periods and 0.1 horsepower on a sustained basis. Compare that to the horsepower of a jet aircraft, for instance, the Airbus A380 with a cruising speed of 647 mph and four engines rated at 280,000 lbs. of total thrust. Where 550 ft-lbs/second equals one horsepower, this results in 1.72 hp/lb of thrust or 481,600 horsepower--in other words, several orders of magnitude greater than what a human can do with muscle power.
Of course, Kurzweil predicts that humans will perform this feat all over again in the area of intelligence giving humans access to intellectual abilities "trillions of times" greater than those we have today through a physical merger with intelligent machines. Here is a quote from the website for Kurzweil's book, The Singularity is Near:
We will be able to assume different bodies and take on a range of personae at will. In practical terms, human aging and illness will be reversed; pollution will be stopped; world hunger and poverty will be solved. Nanotechnology will make it possible to create virtually any physical product using inexpensive information processes and will ultimately turn even death into a soluble problem.
If you believe Kurzweil is correct about the vast expansion of human capabilities in the future, you must also believe that doing the same thing all over again--that is, increasing the power of humans by several orders of magnitude--will bring about different results than the previous fossil fuel driven increase. (I am reminded of the old joke that doing that same thing and expecting different results is the definition of insanity.) The powers given to us by fossil fuels have put us on the path to ecological suicide due to climate change; soil depletion; fisheries depletion; deforestation; toxic pollution of the air, water and land; and ironically, depletion of fossil fuels which have enabled humans temporarily to overshoot by a wide margin the long-term carrying capacity of the Earth. But Kurzweil tells us that the results are sure to be better in the upcoming orders-of-magnitude ramp up in human power that he foresees.
The basic facts of biology and the record of history already tell us that Kurzweil's dream is a mere fantasy. While we should laud the man for his many important contributions to society--omnifont optical character recognition, text-to-speech and musical instrument synthesizers, and speech recognition software--we should also be wary of his bizarre vision of the future. It is not the content of that vision that should worry us so much as the meta-message it is sending to so many in our society: Sit back and let the technocratic elite solve all of our problems. After all, they've done such a good job so far!


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- Gold Museum - 0.5 mi / 0.9 km
- U.S. Embassy - 3.5 mi / 5.7 km
- Torre Colpatria - 0.6 mi / 0.9 km
- Emerald Museum - 0.6 mi / 1 km
- Church of San Francisco - 0.7 mi / 1.1 km
- Rosario Square - 0.7 mi / 1.1 km
- National Library of Colombia - 0.8 mi / 1.2 km
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- Bogota (BOG-El Dorado Intl.) - 23 min drive
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- This hotel has 133 rooms
- This hotel is arranged over 15 floors
- Check-in time 3 PM-midnight
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The music was so loud at. 2am from the bars 12 floors below, we couldn't sleep. The desk clerk immediately gave us another room, away from the street. But, no heat! We made the best of it that night. Next day, we were told no other rooms or healters available. Too bad I had prepared.
This hotel is centrally located in Bogotá, with several sight-seeing locations within walking distance and with a compartively easy (traffic) connection to the airport. Service has been very good for the past 4 years that I have used this hotel for short business trips. I do advise to ask for rooms towards the "back", as street-side rooms may be a bit noisy for some. The staff is most forthcomig and friendly. Overall GREAT VALUE.
A very good hotel in the downtown area, and near a lot of tourist attractions, like museums, La Candelaria, Monserrate, Quinta Bolivar. It was my second time in this hotel, and I would come back again to this place in Bogota the next time.
Great value for the money and convenient to historical locations
This hotel was booked out of ignorance. It wasnt a leisure area hotel, I was there just overnight waiting for a flight. The room medium sized with a smallish shower.
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It never occurred to me that I'd ever be able to make a living out of it, especially as I had no formal training in design, but after getting requests for sweaters I'd made for the kids, I decided that it might be a way of making some extra cash from home. No-one was more surprised than I was to find that very quickly I was presenting my designs to luminaries such as Ralph Lauren and Calvin Klein and they were placing orders! It was a meteoric learning curve!
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Marshall Edwards Announces First Cohort of Patients Dosed in Phase I Clinical Trial of Oncology Drug Candidate ME-344
May 29, 2012
San Diego – Marshall Edwards, Inc. (Nasdaq: MSHL), an oncology company focused on the clinical development of novel therapeutics targeting cancer metabolism, announced today that the first cohort of patients has been dosed in a Phase I clinical trial of ME-344, the Company's lead mitochondrial inhibitor drug candidate, in patients with refractory solid tumors. The dose escalation trial is expected to enroll up to 24 patients in up to five cohorts with final safety and pharmacokinetic data expected in the first half of 2013.
"We are very pleased to see the excitement surrounding our initial clinical trial of ME-344, with the first cohort of patients now well underway just a month after our Investigational New Drug application was approved by the FDA," said Robert D. Mass, MD, Chief Medical Officer of Marshall Edwards. "ME-344 is a novel compound that showed compelling anti-tumor activity in pre-clinical studies. Now we look forward to gathering valuable clinical data in the months ahead, all of which will help to optimize the design of our Phase II efficacy studies."
The Phase I clinical trial is evaluating the safety and tolerability of intravenous ME-344 in escalating dose cohorts of 1.2 mg/kg, 2.5 mg/kg, 5 mg/kg, 10 mg/kg and 20 mg/kg. In addition, the trial is designed to characterize the pharmacokinetic profile of ME-344 and describe any preliminary clinical anti-tumor activity observed. Patients in the trial are administered intravenous infusions of ME-344 once weekly for three weeks and, after safety assessment, may continue weekly dosing if a clinical benefit is determined.
The open-label trial is being conducted in collaboration with the Sarah Cannon Research Institute at three sites: Florida Cancer Specialists in Sarasota, University of Oklahoma in Oklahoma City and Tennessee Oncology in Nashville. Additional information regarding the trial, including enrollment criteria, is available on the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) clinical trials database at www.clinicaltrials.gov.
About ME-344
ME-344 is Marshall Edwards' lead mitochondrial inhibitor and an active metabolite of NV-128, the Company's first-generation compound. In April 2011, Ayesha Alvero, M.D., Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences at Yale University School of Medicine, presented data at the American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting from a pre-clinical study of NV-128 demonstrating its ability to induce mitochondrial instability, ultimately leading to cell death in otherwise chemotherapy-resistant ovarian cancer stem cells. These results were later published in the August 2011 issue of Molecular Cancer Therapeutics. In additional pre-clinical studies, ME-344 has demonstrated far superior anti-tumor activity against a broad range of human cancer cell lines compared to NV-128, including breast, colorectal and ovarian.
Marshall Edwards owns exclusive worldwide rights to all of its drug candidates, including ME-344.
About Marshall Edwards
Marshall Edwards, Inc. (Nasdaq: MSHL) is a San Diego-based oncology company focused on the clinical development of novel therapeutics targeting cancer metabolism. The Company's lead drug candidates, ME-143 and ME-344, have been shown in laboratory studies to interact with specific enzyme targets resulting in inhibition of tumor cell metabolism, a function critical for cancer cell survival. Marshall Edwards initiated a Phase I clinical trial of intravenous ME-143 in patients with solid refractory tumors in September 2011 and plans to present safety and pharmacokinetic data from the trial at the American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting in June 2012. The Company received approval of its Investigational New Drug application for ME-344 in April 2012 and initiated a Phase I clinical trial of intravenous ME-344 in patients with solid refractory tumors shortly thereafter. For more information, please visit www.marshalledwardsinc.com.
Under U.S. law, a new drug cannot be marketed until it has been investigated in clinical trials and approved by the FDA as being safe and effective for the intended use. Statements included in this press release that are not historical in nature are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. You should be aware that our actual results could differ materially from those contained in the forward-looking statements, which are based on management's current expectations and are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited to, our failure to successfully commercialize our product candidates; costs and delays in the development and/or FDA approval, or the failure to obtain such approval, of our product candidates; uncertainties or differences in interpretation in clinical trial results; our inability to maintain or enter into, and the risks resulting from our dependence upon, collaboration or contractual arrangements necessary for the development, manufacture, commercialization, marketing, sales and distribution of any products; competitive factors; our inability to protect our patents or proprietary rights and obtain necessary rights to third party patents and intellectual property to operate our business; our inability to operate our business without infringing the patents and proprietary rights of others; general economic conditions; the failure of any products to gain market acceptance; our inability to obtain any additional required financing; technological changes; government regulation; changes in industry practice; and one-time events. We do not intend to update any of these factors or to publicly announce the results of any revisions to these forward-looking statements.


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I remember when To Wong Foo Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar started showing in cinemas. For a young man from Tennessee, it was the first time I had seen anything close to a mainstream portrayal of drag queens, if a poorly done one (sorry, Wesley Snipes). My friends and family ignored it. If other conservative Southerners were forced to acknowledge the film, they likely scoffed at it.
Seventeen years later, PJ Sedillo and I are talking kings and queens in a changed world. "I don't think drag is a taboo anymore," he says. "It's become sort of mainstream with 'RuPaul's Drag Race.' "
Since long before To Wong Foo—for at least 25 years—Sedillo has been a leader in the LGBTQ community. He was president of Albuquerque Pride for more than two decades. He also worked tirelessly to change the wording of APS contracts so they don't discriminate against same-sex couples.
Sedillo's Sinatra-DeVine Productions will be presenting Come Out, Come Out, Wherever You Are, the largest local variety and benefit show of its kind in honor of National Coming Out Day.
Sinatra-DeVine Productions is a nonprofit organization that has staged this event every year since 1999. The show's predecessors started in bars but quickly grew and moved to venues that were family-friendly. All of the work that goes into it and all of the acts are strictly volunteer.
There were so many requests from performers wanting to be involved this year, auditions had to be held. More than 100 performers will take to the stage for 2012's iteration: "A Star Is Born." Acts include New Mexico Gay Men's Chorus, illusionists All The Kings Men and theatrical troupe The Dolls, among others.
Local celebrities lend their talents and voices to the variety show. Chaz Malibu hosts with Sedillo but will also be performing with his barbershop quartet. (You heard it here first: Barbershop is back in a big way.) Carlos and Kiki, morning show hosts for 93.3 KOB-FM, will both be in drag for the first time to raise funds for the Make-a-Wish Foundation.
Each act lasts six minutes, the pace fast and the energy from the performers infectious. The 796-seat room sells out almost every year.
Sedillo is quick to remind me about the reason for the show. All profits will be donated to the Anita Salas Memorial Fund, as requested by late board member JoAnne Ramponi, who lost her battle to breast cancer two years ago. The fund helps underserved women get treatment for breast and cervical cancer.
During "A Star is Born," awards will be presented to those who have supported the LBGTQ community in Albuquerque. The JoAnne Ramponi award is for singers and entertainers. The Into the Light Award goes to those helping out on the other side of the curtain. "You need the people on stage and behind stage to make a show," Sedillo says.
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The Bureau of Land Management has scheduled a Feb. 19 auction of 48 oil and gas leases covering 79,923 acres spread throughout Grand and San Juan counties. Last month, the BLM accepted public comments identifying issues of concern about the proposed lease sale. The BLM Canyon Country District, which includes the Moab and Monticello field offices, has completed a draft environmental assessment of the proposed lease parcels. That study has been forwarded to the BLM Utah office for further analysis and review, said BLM Moab Field Office Manager Rock Smith.
"They decide which parcels go out to lease," Smith said.
Local resident Kiley Miller and others say two lease parcels under consideration, identified as 039 and 042, border the Glen Canyon Aquifer, the sole source aquifer for Moab city culinary water and residents in Spanish Valley and much of the northern section of San Juan County.
Miller's home on Black Ridge Road several miles south of Moab in San Juan County is located within one-half mile of one of those proposed lease parcels. She said concerns about the impacts to water and air quality, along with the possibility that mineral extraction could involve hydraulic fracturing, known as "fracking," compelled her to launch an online petition via MoveOn.org to gather signatures in an effort to stop the sale of those two parcels. Fracking involves injecting pressurized fluid into shale, creating fractures in rock formations that more readily facilitate the extraction of oil and gas deposits.
As of Wednesday morning, 3,254 people had signed the petition at signon.org/sign/protect-the-moab-utah.
"Whether they frack or don't frack, we don't know how the underground water works," Miller said. "It's too big of a risk and I don't think we should be taking a chance on what keeps us alive down here."
Miller said she is not opposed to mineral extraction but she believes the locations of wells should be carefully considered.
"I understand the need for oil and gas drilling," Miller said. "I drive a car. I use propane for cooking. But we need to act responsibly. If Moab's water gets contaminated, what does Moab do? The ramifications are enourmous."
Smith said lease parcels are usually nominated by the oil and gas industry and any leases that go into development are subject to further federal regulations.
"And in the case of those around [Miller's property] most of the land is already leased," he said. "The boundary [the BLM has identified] of the sole source aquifer showed that those two parcels are outside it. That doesn't mean there may not be issues, though. When we do the [final environmental assessment] we'll look closely at that... There's still a possibility that some of these parcels will get deferred."
Don Ogaard, chief of leasing support services for the Utah BLM, said the draft environmental assessment is expected to be available for public comment on Sept. 21. The 30-day comment period is scheduled to end Oct. 19. The BLM will analyze all comments received and will address them in the final environmental assessment, which is expected to be completed in November, he said. At that point, a 30-day protest period will begin, giving concerned citizens and government agencies the opportunity to formally protest part or all of the sale to the state BLM director.
Ogaard said it is likely that some proposed lease parcels will be eliminated through the process.
"Based on my experience, it's much more likely that not that not all the parcels will make it through the EA process," Ogaard said. "
Ashley Korenblat, owner of Western Spirit Cycling in Moab, has spent years working on public lands issues – especially as they affect the tourism industry – in Utah. She served on the state BLM Advisory Committee for eight years and says one problem with the agency's leasing program is that the system favors the oil and gas industry.
"The system could use some upgrading," Korenblat said. "Many of the [proposed] leases are in Lisbon Valley, and that makes sense. It's just these couple of outlying leases that may impact the aquifer. The Moab BLM has a lot of good people who try to do a good job for the area. But sometimes they get to these situations where it just doesn't seem the situation works within the system... The whole system favors the resource extraction folks."
Laurel Hagen of the Moab-based Canyonlands Watershed Council, said one significant problem is that a formal study has never been completed to assess the Glen Canyon aquifer and how that aquifer works. A proposed water study has been approved by congressional committee twice in the past several years, but Congress has refused to fund it either time.
"Until we get a reliable groundwater map of the system [mineral development] is one of those things we have to be very careful about," Hagen said. "There may be some level of potential threat to the groundwater here. It's probably not very high, but we don't know for sure."


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~My Christmas gift~
24 comments:
What a cutie, she is absolutely gorgeous. I love her colouring. And as you said it made for a very Happy Christmas for Miss Carmen too finding a lovely new home.
- January 5, 2012 at 8:47 AM
- Katie @ Wildwood Creek said...
Ohhh, Carmen is beautiful! Last year my sweet tuxedo cat, Sam, passed away. I missed him so much. I then adopted Smokey Bear from the Humane Society. Cats are so fun and such good company!
- January 5, 2012 at 8:48 AM
- Gretel said...
She is so dainty and clean, how lovely for you all to have found each other!
- January 5, 2012 at 8:54 AM
- Jennifer Juniper said...
What a great gift! Carmen really looks sweet - I'm allergic to cats :(
- January 5, 2012 at 9:05 AM
- Hartwood Roses said...
What a sweet face she has!!!! I can't wait to meet her in person. Warning, you will probably have to frisk me before I leave to make sure that I'm not trying to smuggle her home.
- January 5, 2012 at 9:06 AM
- Lady Courtney said...
How sweet is she?!!! Aww, what a very wonderful gift! And she is lucky also. Happy New Year! Donna :)
- January 5, 2012 at 9:30 AM
Oh wow... she's very pretty, Janet! Lucky you for being a good girl and having Santa bring you such a sweet gift.
- January 5, 2012 at 9:38 AM
- Atelier Conti said...
What a beauty she is! Such a cute little face. It almost makes me want to run out and get a cat myself...but not quite.
- January 5, 2012 at 9:51 AM
- Anna@Directions Not Included said...
She is beautiful!! Thank you for rescuing. I have a gray and white rescue kitty too :)
- January 5, 2012 at 9:54 AM
- Sue said...
Enjoy your sweet present, Janet. She is adorable.... and such a lifesaver, too! ~ Sue
- January 5, 2012 at 10:01 AM
- Sandy aka Doris the Great said...
Hello Miss Carmen! You are gorgeous! Wish I was there to give your belly a rub.
- January 5, 2012 at 10:05 AM
- Kristy said...
She's so beautiful Janet!!! You can just see all that curiosity in her eyes too! :) We got 2 kittens for Christmas last year from our local rescue and they are both wonderful! As different as any siblings of course, but perfectly balanced. :) I'm sure you are enjoying her very much!
- January 5, 2012 at 10:37 AM
- Annette said...
A big welcome and hello to Miss Carmen! I don't have a cat, but I would be lost without my Annie dog.
- January 5, 2012 at 11:20 AM
- Chris said...
What a sweet little face! Welcome, Carmen.
- January 5, 2012 at 11:34 AM
- Wanda..... said...
Carmen is very cute, love her face and that little wisp of white above her eye!
- January 5, 2012 at 12:43 PM
- Hines-Sight said...
She is precious. Love her.
- January 5, 2012 at 1:53 PM
- Lydia said...
Aww she's super cute!
- January 5, 2012 at 3:21 PM
- Claire said...
Oh Janet, Carmen is a cutie, she's very alert, those eyes are watching you ... I have no doubt she is full of energy.
I wonder if she knows how lucky she is to be living with you?...
Welcome Carmen, I am sure we will be reading about your exploits very soon.
Claire X
- January 5, 2012 at 3:59 PM
- Holly Loves Art said...
Hello Janet! Welcome sweet Carmen! New kitty is absolutely darling. I just celebrated my one-year anniversary with our darling little rescue Phoebe. There is nothing like having a rescue pet in your life. They are so loving and so very grateful.
Happy January!
- January 5, 2012 at 5:18 PM
- Kathleen Grace said...
What a darling! I love cats (I have two!) and the best thng about them is how they warm your lap in the winter:>) Welcome Carmen.
- January 5, 2012 at 5:47 PM
- Kelly Ann said...
Welcome sweetness...
- January 5, 2012 at 11:51 PM
- ArtAfterDark said...
What a wonderful Christmas present for you and Carmen! She looks like an adorable girl and playmate.
- January 6, 2012 at 1:50 AM
- Little Blue Mouse said...
Hi Carmen, you little cutie!
I'm sure you'll love your new life with Janet (just don't stay still for too long or you may get the Annie Sloan treatment).
- January 7, 2012 at 5:33 PM
- Meadowsweet Cottage said...
Carmen has beautiful eyes! Good thing she was there to save you from that ladybug so I can continue admiring your apron posts :)
- January 8, 2012 at 6:10 PM


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Somewhere on New Prussia
Computer voice: "Initiating cloning process..."
"Cloning process initiated."
Sir Bragallot: "Vait, dat's not it."
"Nein! Devinitely not!"
"Aha. Much better. Everyone please leave."
"Guten Tag Frederick. You kann zit down. Ve haff a little talk to do."
"I am Sir Bragallot, independent scientist vor de New Pruszians. I haff many clones just like you sent across de Brikverse vor various reasons*. One vould be every clone - even dough a clone - is divverent und vill come up vith divverent inventions. I collect data of dose through my clones. Dis spares me a lot ov work. However one ov my clones vas recently destroyed, vich is vhy I created you. Your task is simple; create machines of Vor und test dem in battle; I vill receive data automatically."
"You vill be sent do Medivo, a planet vere technology as ve here know it does not work. I dake particular interest in dat planet, vor it helps stimulate creativity. You vill also be encouraged do build machines of Vor, since it vould seem dat your predecessor has levt you with enemies do mop up. I haf emplanted you vith de last data I got vrom Karl, zo you vill come do know everyding he knew it in a vew days. I haff also stimulated your aggression since it seems you might need it."
"Planet with no technology, people who want my head... It would appear I got the lucky number. Answer me this though,"
"If I'm the same as you, why should I not be able to take over your life right here and now?"
"Aha. I should haf expected dat question vrom you. Because I can make every clone go 'boom' vit a thought. It is a precaution. It also encourages clones do keep sending me data."
"Point taken. If modern technology does not work there, how do you receive data from me though?"
"Dat, mein freund, is someding you may come do understand if you haf lived as long as I do. Or you could ask de lovely Fräulein Miranda should you get de chance."
"And what happens if you do die?"
"Den all de clones vill know und I vill no longer haf control over dem. Dey will all come here und dake my place. Ov course, only de best clone vill survive, so I ensure dat de one vo is most like me dakes my place here. Und den it all starts over again. More questions?"
"No. I'll be off. My - or better said Karl's - memories have started working, and if they are correct, it would seem he's left some accounts open there."
"Very vell. But you must vind a vay do get do de planet yourself! Consider it as a virst dest."
* I came up with this the first time I ever had anyone make my Sigfig, I just thought now would be an appropriate time to share. Also paves the way for whoever wants to do my Sigfig without having to think about it too much, clones could be anywhere.