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Diaries of Ormand and Charlotte Flewelling
- MS-2-190, SF Box 28, Folders 1-2
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- 1899-1927
File contains diary entries from 1899-1908 made by Ormand Flewelling. From 1908-1924 the entries are made largely by Charlotte, with occasional entries in another hand, possibly their daughter, Esther's. Interleaved in the second volume of the diary are handwritten copies of a family register and a photograph of an unidentified girl.
Flewelling, Charlotte Whitney, 1839-1927


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Summer blizzard
Wonderful things are everywhere -- but you have to pay attention in order to see them.
It's snowing in July. Fat snowflakes are drifting sideways as I stand in my Bellvue, Colo., backyard, staring off at Greyrock Mountain and the dropping sun.
But how can this be? It's been 90 degrees since noon.
So I look harder. Not snow!
Thousands of dandelion seeds and cottonwood tufts are floating by, backlit and luminous in the low sun, and the more I look, the more of this blizzard I see. Silk strands of spider webs as long as a fly-fisherman's line. Swirling constellations of moths, butterflies, the tattered wings of butterflies, gnats and split-tailed cliff swallows swooping after the moths and gnats.
What I'm really seeing, I realize, is a gigantic and incandescent river of life, which has been flowing around me all day, maybe even all week. Yet until the sun positioned itself just so and I opened my eyes to accept the world's gift of revelation, I hadn't noticed a thing.
This is why I love -- and occasionally hate -- being a writer and a teacher and, well, a sucker for beauty. The world is just packed with wonderful things, with stories and the shimmering, gorgeous curiosities that send my mind soaring. Awe-inspiring things, large and small, float around us all the time, everywhere. But you don't see them unless you pay attention. And as I keep telling my writing students, it's their job and mine -- our privilege, and sometimes our burden -- to find and flesh out these wonders, to celebrate the extraordinary that's so often coiled inside the ordinary.
Wonders like the elegant white birds I saw banking far overhead at Independence Rock in Wyoming, more than 20 years ago, when I was new to the West.
Rising on the wings of a thermal, turning in a double helix like a kind of celestial DNA, they appeared and disappeared as the sun caught or missed their black-tipped feathers. It was their sky signature, just as the rock I was standing near held the signatures of pioneers who'd once rolled through on wagons.
"What are they?" I asked my wife, SueEllen, a Denver native.
It turned out they were even larger than their coastal cousins, with wings up to eight feet across.
To discover this was a privilege.
Then there was something I discovered one afternoon as I drove cross-country southeast from Colorado, through a flat, tornado-spawning landscape under a sky the color of dirty laundry.
I'd stopped at a restaurant for a taste of local color. As I pushed through a screen door, a growl of distant thunder slipped inside with me. I sat down next to an older guy at the counter, who, I'd noticed, had turned around at the thunder, looking a little startled. He gave me a nod, politely waited until I'd ordered, then introduced himself as a minister.
Here comes the God Talk, I told myself.
But it never came. What I got instead was a story about weather and the human psyche.
There were two brothers he knew from a nearby town -- "the Johnson boys" -- who as kids were pushed under their cinderblock-raised house by their parents just seconds before a twister blasted down on them, destroying the place and turning the boys into orphans.
He paused to sip his coffee. "Well," he said, "those Johnson boys grew up watching out for each other." And nowadays they run a grocery store, and they do fine. But whenever they hear thunder, they drop what they're doing and walk from behind the counter without a word. They hurry down some stairs, and sit for a while in a bunker they've built for themselves. Meanwhile, their customers keep shopping, tallying up their purchases, putting money in the till, making their own change.
"They know what the Johnson boys have been through."
And now I do, too, thanks to the gift of that story, which came floating by chance into my life. To make something significant out of it, and out of the lives of the Johnson boys -- well, that's my burden.
Then there's also plain old joy.
Like the time our miniature dachshund, Marmot, was yapping madly through the window at a deer that was grazing in our front yard. This was standard behavior for him. (For the deer, too.) But on this morning, as he stood huffily on the Druze chest that was his barking platform, his flailing, bony tail struck a Tibetan brass bowl.
The bell rang out, and Marmot stopped cold. He looked back at me as if he'd been struck himself -- as if he'd realized suddenly that Nirvana was an elevated state of mind that even ground-hugging dogs like him could some day rise to.
Wonderful things float all around us, all the time.
John Calderazzo teaches creative writing at Colorado State University and co-directs Changing Climates at CSU, a multi-disciplinary climate change education program.

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Red Bull just as quick in corners - HamiltonLaurence Edmondson at Sepang March 31, 2014 « Magnussen and Bianchi get penalty points | Gap to Mercedes will be bigger in Bahrain - Red Bull »
Lewis Hamilton is convinced Red Bull is as quick as Mercedes in corners but is just lacking power on the straights.
Hamilton won the Malaysian Grand Prix with relative ease at the weekend, beating team-mate Nico Rosberg by 17 seconds and Sebastian Vettel's Red Bull by nearly 25 seconds. But despite the second dominant display in as many races, Hamilton thinks Mercedes advantage lies with engine performance and that it will be whittled down as the season progresses.
"I think it's far too early to rule out anyone [for the championship]," he said. "Sebastian was massively quick today and was applying pressure to Nico. Looking at their pace, their car is just as quick as ours through the corners and just a little bit slower on the straights.
"I have no doubts at all that Renault are going to fix that and when they do you are going to see a big race between us and the Bulls. They still have a fantastic car, I've looked at the GPS and they are the same speed as us through all the corners. Also, Ferrari are not too far off as well, I think. I think it's going to hot up at some point during the year."
Hamilton said Mercedes still has plenty of room for improvement this year.
"I'm going to keep pushing my team to develop the car. There are plenty of places we can improve on and I'm sure everyone else is doing the same thing. The car feels fantastic this weekend and I feel like we got every last bit from it."
Laurence Edmondson is deputy editor of ESPNF1


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by Daniel Deagler
"What is this thing called love?" asks the Cole Porter song. Heck if I know. Go ask a poet. Or, better yet, an endocrinologist. What I want to know is: What does this thing called love have to do with Feb. 14? Who is St. Valentine, and what exactly does he (or did he) have to do with long-stemmed red roses, heart shaped boxes of chocolate, and the art of romance?
Like so many other celebrations with deep roots, modern Valentine's Day traditions are connected to early Christian traditions, which in turn were derived from even earlier pre-Christian traditions. First off, there was not one St. Valentine. There were at least two, possibly three, and as many as 11 men named Valentine (or Valentinus) who were martyrs of the early church. Two specifically had the assigned feast day of Feb. 14: Valentine of Terni, who was bishop of Interamna (modern Terni) about AD 200, and Valentine of Rome, who was martyred in AD 269.
Very little is known of the two St. Valentines and certainly nothing to suggest why either one of them would come to be considered the patron saint of candle-lit dinners. There is a legend about a Third Century priest named Valentine who secretly married soldiers who were forbidden to marry by the emperor, but this was almost certainly made up hundreds of years after it was supposed to have happened.
The only real connection that the two Saints Valentine have to the day devoted to love and romance might be deliberate placement of the their feast day on top of the Roman fertility festival of Lupercalia (Feb. 13 through 15). Lupercalia means "Wolf Festival," and it was in honor of the mythical she-wolf who suckled Romulus and Remus, the twin founders of Rome. Lupercalia was very ancient — and very rowdy.
Priests would sacrifice two male goats and then anoint two young men with the blood from the goats. Then strips of hide would be cut from the goats; the strips (called februa from which we get "February") would be dipped in goat's blood, and the young men, wearing either loincloths made from goatskin or nothing at all, would run around the walls of the old Palatine city and smack people with the bloody strips.
You can't make this stuff up! It was fabulously popular, and people would line up to get smacked. Women thought it would bring fertility to the infertile and ease pregnancies and labor pains. Then later on, there would be lots of uninhibited celebration where people would enjoy food, drink and presumably, each other. Kind of like Spring Break but with more goat blood.
Lupercalia was certainly lusty but not particularly romantic — unless you think a wet t-shirt contest is romantic. The modern concept of romance didn't even exist until the Age of Chivalry a thousand years after Lupercalia died out. The Chivalric Age was the one of knightly honor, virtue and courtly love. (Most real knights were boorish, illiterate brutes, but the idealized concepts are from this period.)
In 1372 Geoffrey Chaucer wrote a poem called "Parliament of Fowles" in which he said it was every year on Valentine's Day that birds would come together to choose their mates. The romantic connections to Feb. 14 seem to all come from this. The first actual valentine as a love note seems to have been sent from Charles, Duke of Orleans, who was imprisoned in the Tower of London, to his wife in 1415. By the 16th Century written valentines became so popular that priests would sermonize against them from the pulpit.
It was the Victorians (naturally) who added the lace and frill. A Massachusetts woman named Esther Howland created the first mass-produced valentines. Her first cards were hand- made, but as orders poured in she eventually developed a very large printing business. Today Valentine's Day is second only to Christmas in the number of cards exchanged — over one billion.
Thomas Cadbury, the Englishman who invented what we know as chocolate candy (prior to this, "chocolate" was a beverage), is also credited with making the first heart-shaped box for his chocolates, which means there have been Valentine chocolates for as long as there has been chocolate.
Our modern observation of Valentine's Day is, like so many holidays, a mish-mash of the old and the new, the sacred and the vulgar, the sentimental and the weird. Somehow it all works.
So, if you're out with your sweetheart on Valentine's Day, and a naked young man wants to smack you with a strip of blood-drenched goat-hide, just remember it's good luck. Oh, and that the bloody goat-hide is where we got the name February. You just can't make this stuff up.
Daniel Deagler is the manager of Flourtown Post Office and a holiday historian. He can be reached at HYPERLINK "mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com"firstname.lastname@example.com.


text: BELLEVILLE, Ont. Hydro Flask 32 OZ . - The Erie Otters scored four unanswered goals to beat the league-worst Belleville Bulls 4-1 in the lone Ontario Hockey game Monday. Dylan Strome, Connor Brown, Dane Fox and Andre Burakovsky each had a goal for Erie (37-9-2). Aaron Berisha opened the scoring on the power play at 9:41 in the second period for Belleville (13-30-4) before the Otters came alive. Devin Williams finished with 30 saves in net for the Otters, while Bulls goaltender Michael Giugovaz stopped 29 shots. Hydro Flask Tillbehör . Not sure yet. #livetweetingthegreatuntangle — Strombone (@strombone1) April 17, 2014 Stage three, coping: I feel like I could use a cigarette or something. Hydro Flask 40 OZ . Adding playoff teams. Monitoring instant replay from league headquarters. Possibly creating a set of guidelines to prevent locker-room bullying. http://www.sverigehydroflask.com/hydro-flask-kaffe.html . The Cottagers last victory came in a 2-1 home win over West Ham when Rene Meulensteen was still in charge. Since then, a miserable run of seven defeats and two draws has seen the club part with the Dutch coach and replace him with German Felix Magath.CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- If Carolina Panthers coach Ron Rivera has his way, Cam Newton wont be running as many read-option plays as he has in the past. If Jonathan Stewart runs the way he did Sunday night, Newton wont need to. Newton made a successful return following ankle surgery, Stewart ran for two touchdowns and the Panthers beat the Kansas City Chiefs 28-16 in a preseason game. Newton completed 4 of 9 passes for 65 yards and led a pair of touchdown drives before exiting late in the second quarter with Carolina (1-1) up 14-6. Stewart ran for 26 yards on four carries and made a strong case to be the Panthers goal-line back -- if not their primary ball carrier -- with scoring runs of 3 and 2 yards. Newton has been hit more than any quarterback in the NFL over the past three seasons and Rivera has said hed like to reduce the wear and tear on his franchise quarterback. "If we can run the ball effectively with the backs and not have to rely on him running we would much rather do that," Rivera said. And thats fine with Newton. "Im trying to win football games and if that is saying, Cam hand the ball off every play. Cam run the ball down the field 20 yards like a chicken with his head cut off every play. Cam drop back and throw the ball. Cam go get everybody a drink of water. ... Whatever is asked of me, I will do to try to win the football game," Newton said. Newton was rusty early. Carolinas first three possessions netted a yard and no first downs. Newton compounded the problem by overthrowing Kelvin Benjamin on a deep ball after the rookie receiver got behind the secondary. But Stewart replaced DeAngelo Williams and immediately gave the Panthers a boost with a 17-yard carry around left end. The Panthers found their rhythm after that, driving 66 and 50 yards for touchdowns on their next two possessions. "We had a slow start tonight, which is unacceptable," Newton said. "We have to stay on schedule and not waste opportunities like the shot to Benji. Kansas Citys a good football team and we didnt match their intensity early." Kansas Citys Alex Smith finished 14 of 22 for 127 yards. The Chiefs (1-1) moved the ball well early on without star running back Jamaal&nbssp;Charles, but were forced to settle for a pair of field goals -- one of them a 54-yarder by Ryan Succup. Hydro Flask Sverige. "We did some good things," Smith said. "We moved the ball on a stout defence. We just didnt finish, but self-inflicted things tonight." Kansas Citys search for a reliable No. 2 receiver continues. Dwayne Bowe, who will miss the first game of the regular season because of an NFL-imposed suspension, had five catches for 62 yards but none of the Chiefs other wide receivers stood out. Rookie quarterback Aaron Murrays first NFL pass was for a 43-yard touchdown strike to tight end Travis Kelce, but he later threw an interception leading to a Carolina touchdown. Newton had to shake off some early rust. He missed on five of his first six passes and was sacked for a 13-yard loss, leading to three straight three-and-outs to start the game. Carolina benefited from a 32-yard pass interference penalty on Chiefs cornerback Ron Parker that set up Stewarts first TD -- a run in which the 5-foot-10, 235-pounder bounced off a defender and bowled his way into the end zone. Newton connected on a 24-yard pass to Benjamin over the middle on Carolinas next series leading to Stewarts second score. It was an encouraging return to the field for Stewart, a former first-round draft pick who has missed 17 games the past two seasons with foot and ankle injuries. Stewart has been limited to 516 yards rushing and one touchdown the past two seasons. "Its been a while since Ive touched the end zone," said Stewart, who sat out the first preseason game because of a strained hamstring. The Panthers had a chance to extend their lead before halftime, but Benjamin lost his cool and head-butted Chiefs defensive back Chris Owens. That cost the Panthers 15 yards and took them out of field goal range. NOTES: Chiefs WR Junior Hemingway left the game with a strained hip flexor. Coach Andy Reid said Hemingway he will re-evaluated Monday. ... Rivera wasnt ready to declare Byron Bell his starting left tackle, but said he has played extremely well. ... Rivera pulled cornerback Josh Norman from the game after he started talking trash on the field in the first half. ' ' '


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Young Harris College has a long and respected tradition of preparing students for careers in mathematics and the sciences through excellence in teaching by a dynamic faculty dedicated to student success. Our classes are small and taught by the professors themselves, not by teaching assistants. Our classes are rigorous and demanding to best prepare you for your career and life beyond college. At YHC, professors are willing to give you individualized attention to help you achieve your goals. Students are also given the opportunity to work on independent research projects mentored by faculty members.
Young Harris College offers Bachelor of Science degrees in Biology, Chemistry and Environmental Science, which can lead to careers in medicine, health sciences, veterinary science, pharmacy, wildlife biology, botany, environmental science and others. We offer a variety of upper level courses that allow you to tailor your coursework to your professional goal. A Bachelor of Science degree is also offered in Mathematics giving students the training required for careers in economics, engineering, software design, medicine and many others. If you are interested in teaching, you can add an initial teaching certification to be completed with a degree in mathematics or broad-field science.
Young Harris College also offers minors in Biology, Chemistry, Math and Astronomy and can give students an excellent start in many other careers not listed above including nursing, physics, astronomy, computer science and engineering.
All of our majors, including those in mathematics and the sciences are offered in context of a liberal arts education, the type of undergraduate education preferred by medical schools, other graduate programs and many businesses. You will receive a well-rounded education here at Young Harris College in addition to knowledge and skills specific to your degree. Furthermore, YHC is located in the beautiful southern Appalachian Mountains, one of the most biologically diverse areas in the U.S., giving us a natural laboratory and lots of opportunity for outdoor activities. Please contact me if you have questions about our programs.
Dr. Linda G. Jones
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Our time is so short, and the future so terrifyingly long. Through the art of brush, pen and lens...we possess a swift and sure means of touching the conscience and clearing the vision.
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What does Fashion mean to you?
To many people, Fashion is this intangible whimsical thing that rich people with glass office doors and stark white walls use to set themselves apart from the average citizen.
Truth be told, fashion IS the average citizen. With a total global worth of $300Billion US, the fashion industry simply can't be for a handful of super rich people you've never met. Fashion is about expression, from something as simple as a crisp hem line on a pair of trousers to something as sophisticated as a couture gown- even something like oversized jeans with matching jackets, all of these things are what Fashion is about.
One aspect of Fashion that people often overlook is the many charitable causes that have benefited directly from the efforts of Fashion houses. A noteworthy campain being that of the (product)RED, everything from iPods to Converse are involved in the fight to find a cure for HIV/AIDS, the beneficiary of this particular drive.
However, it is true that for many, fashion is their be all and end all; photographers, designers, models, shopaholics, musicians, actors, gay, straight or taken, there is always someone who is obsessed with fashion. The reason for this is that for people who embrace Fashion, and all its cut-throat splendour they recognize that Fashion is W.A.R:
Shred your jeans, lace up your corset or button down your jacket, Fashion is the only aspect of your life you can wear on your back, and yes even that T-Shirt that speaks about your particular religious affiliation, or dissociation is a part of Fashion. If you want to be associated with a particular group you dress as the members dress, and that would be the single most superficial yet brilliantly deep message that Fashion brings to our lives- You are welcome to be who you want and don't you worry, there's an outfit for just that!
So, whether you spend two minutes or 30 minutes getting dressed, it's all a costume, nay army fatigues, so prepare for battle. Are you willing to fight for your cause?
The Fashion is W.A.R initiative by RFAHarewood is set to launch in 2013.


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Are you ready for it?
The time is finally here — it looks like Taylor Swift is preparing to release her new album!! (I'm not screaming, you're screaming!!!!)
Late Friday evening (April 12), the 29-year-old singer shared a countdown across her social media accounts, confirming that something BIG and special is coming on April 26. Taylor not only shared a link to the countdown, which is aprilTwentySix.com, she additionally changed her social media bios to solely feature the impending date. Her new IG bio reads, "4.26," along with a link to her website, which is now the countdown. Taylor's website also has a sign up to receive updates.
That's not all folks. T-Swift's countdown is on a bed of pink and purple clouds, which she made her Twitter, Instagram and Facebook cover photos. Could it be that her next album, which fans have dubbed TS7, is called Clouds? Up in the Air? After the Storm? Sky? Or maybe she's launching something else about clouds? We don't know for sure, but it's definitely some kind of teaser. (And I'm here. for. it.)
While it's not confirmed if it's an album, or a new song, or even new merch, that hasn't stopped fans (or me) from speculating about what is to come. As previously reported, Taylor has been dropping hints seemingly about her next project for some time now. Last month, ahead of the 2019 iHeartRadio Music Awards, she teased fans with a load of dreamy California pictures on Instagram.
"Due to the butterfly migration in Southern California maybe I'll just stay outside until I head indoors for @iheartradio awards," Taylor captioned a photo of herself with a dreamy rainbow filter. In another photo, Tay is shown standing on a tennis court with palm trees in the background. She simply captioned that shot with a simple butterfly emoji.
Taylor kept her purple-pink-dreamy-etherial theme going on the iHeartRadio Music Awards red carpet as she arrived in a sequined Rosa Bloom romper and butterfly Sophia Webster heels. Her red carpet teaser — in conjunction with her previous butterfly and palm tree teasers —sent fans into a spiral as they tried to decipher what appeared to be clues about TS7. While hundreds of theories remain online, this new countdown on a bed of clouds hint seems to confirm that there's some outdoor, dream-like, fun yet moody sky theme going on.
Guess we'll have to wait and see. The countdown to TS7, or possibly something else, continues!
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"This is Willie. I am very sorry to have to cut the Salt Lake City performance short tonight. The altitude just got to me. I am feeling a lot better now and headed for lower ground."
We will post additional details as they are released.
"This is Willie. I am very sorry to have to cut the Salt Lake City performance short tonight. The altitude just got to me. I am feeling a lot better now and headed for lower ground."
We will post additional details as they are released.
Much love. Great to see ya.
We love you Willie!
Take care of your health Willie. Hope you are feeling better..
Feel better Willie! Can't wait to see you in Hershey in a few weeks!
Loving You, Willie ! xxo
We all need to take care of ourselves. I'm glad you didn't push yourself too hard. I have a lot to learn from you, my friend. Peace to you.
Get well soon! For the thousands of times you and your music has made me feel better, I wish I could give you full recovery in return :). Love and prayers.
we hope you are feeling better and hope to see you again sending great thoughts your way
We love ya Willie! I still need to meet you someday, so you gotta get feeling better. ;).
Thanks for coming out to SLC and playing for us. I for one would have been happy if you even just stood on the stage telling stories or if I only got to hear one song. Take care of your health Willie!!
We love you Willie- see you next time'
Loved you in Portland! Be well.
Thank you for the awesome performance in Troutdale Oregon! Sending love and prayers for you! May we get the pleasure of your beautiful voice again next year!
so will we get a refund? We paid to see and hear Willie play but we didn't get that. We didn't get what we paid for. What options you have for a make up show or refunds??
Be still and move on.
We should BE so blessed to be in the vicinity of this special human God created.
-Annie Oakley
We love you Willie!
Wishing you a speedy recovery my friend. Prayers and good vibes your way.
Take care Willie. See you in Texas in November.
At such a sad time when so many Confederate statues are being brought down, thank the Good Lord you Willie are back out there spreading your medicine with your shows!
May you continue to share your priceless gifts with us, your very grateful fans!! We will always love and appreciate you as God's gift to a dry and dusty world!!
Feel Better Soon Willie.Love and Best Wishes,From Dublin,Ireland,and All Your Irish Fans.
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We had an incredible summit at CES 2016, and now the most anticipated summit of the year that combined healthcare and technology in a truly revolutionary conference is at your fingertips!
The Digital Health Summit pushed attendees to think bigger, explore innovative ways to tackle new problems and continue to challenge one another to improve health and wellness outcomes.
Newcomer Profusa showcased game-changing, injectable bioengineered biosensors enabling real-time detection of our body's unique chemistry, providing actionable, medical-grade data for personal and medical use for as long as two years at a time.
Sandra Peterson, Group Worldwide Chairman from Johnson & Johnson, brought together key partners from WellDoc and Microsoft to showcase how partnership will transform outcomes, reduce costs, and increase access.
NY Times Best Selling Authors, Deepak Chopra & Dr. Rudolph Tanzi were interviewed by USA Today Journalist on their latest book, Super Genes, sharing how digital health has allowed us to understand how we can live healthier lives.
Validic announced VitalSnap, new mobile technology enabling real-time health data transfer from non-connected devices to healthcare organizations.
Pathway Genomics and IBM Watson announced the Pathway Genomics OME (personalized health) app combining Watson's cognitive computing capabilities with precision medicine and genetics information to give users a more personal, in-depth look at their health.
AARP released their new study, Caregiving Innovation Frontiers, aimed at addressing the current and future needs of caregivers and those needing care, as well as identifying key business opportunities and in-demand solutions sought after by participants in this growing marketplace. The aggregate revenue opportunity is predicted to be $279 billion over the years 2016-2020.
Otsuka Pharmaceuticals convened world-renowned experts from Cleveland Clinic, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute and AARP to discuss the real-world challenges caregivers for Alzheimer's face. They launched at the Summit a program to engage health tech innovators to develop tangible solutions with their hands-on guidance.
Fast Company rated Sleep Number's IT bed one of the 7 best ideas at CES. Sleep Number built sleep measurement into a piece of furniture that will learn from your sleep patterns, and then sync up with your smart home to improve them. (For example: If you sleep better when it's cold, your bed will tell your Nest thermostat to turn down the temperature).
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"When you hear whites say: 'get over it,' 'slavery was a long time ago,' 'my family didn't own slaves, 'the Jews owned the slave ships,' 'your own kind sold you into slavery,' and other sentiments like these, know these are the most common excuses these devils will use in attempts to not accept responsibiltity for and make restitution for their kind's generational race crimes. Know today that these are unacceptable racist statements reparations offenders use in support of their kind's historical racial terrorism. Whites who make statements like these are just as racially terroristic as the whites who dehumanized and terrorized our ancestors during the slave trade and even in this – the post Trans Atlantic slave trade era. Most often, these are the kinds of whites you will have to defend yourself against in a repartions protest." NBFSN Counter Terrorism minister Malachi Louis
The Josef Kucher Reparations Protest! Vile 77 year old shop keeper attacks reparations protestor, denies restitution forTrans Atlantic Slave Trade forces protester to defend self; "This devil thought he could assault our people daily with his violent Holocaust denial. But God placed his father's sins upon his head & ended his racial terrorism. We are thankful his anti-black reign of terror is over," Delaware River Black Foot Soldiers
ALL WHITES R REPARATIONS OFFENDERS;" Definition Of A Reparations Offender: Direct & Non Direct, Which R You? The entire "Western world" profited and still reaps benefits from both that slave trade and the concept of white supremacy and the institution of the Trans Atlantic Slave Trade. Therefore, the entire white world owes.
Contemporary whites' position that they don't owe for slavery is in the same vain of their morally degenerate forefathers who set forth barriers to make the climate to seek reparations impossible after their so-called abolishment of slavery was set fourth. "All whites are reparations offenders," says NBFSN General Cedishon Angelou.
SEE: "Reparations denial is white supremacist racial terror-ism we will protect ourselves against. If you are not making restitution for your kind's generational race crimes, you are attacking us. We will defend ourselves from your violence."
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Pfizer may have decided to roll back drug price hikes after being criticized by President Trump, but Bloomberg reports that several other large drugmakers are canceling or reducing planned price increases, perhaps in part because of a new California drug pricing transparency law that requires them to provide at least 60 days' notice of price increases greater than 16 percent during a two-year period.
"In the past three weeks, Novartis AG, Gilead Sciences Inc., Roche Holding AG and Novo Nordisk A/S sent notices to California health plans rescinding or reducing previously announced price hikes on at least 10 drugs," Bloomberg's Ben Elgin, Cynthia Koons and Robert Langreth write.
The law is being challenged in court by the industry, but manufacturers have been complying while the case plays out.
Still, one industry analyst tells Bloomberg that the California law won't actually slow the rate of price hikes. "If what you are trying to do is limit price inflation, this is not the way to go about it," said Richard Evans, an analyst at investment research firm SSR. "This is not going to change mainstream list price behavior at all."
Evans says that the drugmakers involved are probably just "throwing up a smokescreen" to hide the details of their price increases from competitors and patients.
Why it matters: These early results from California's law might look encouraging, but it's still a far cry from structural reforms that will keep prices in check.


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Ed Fries has spent most of his life playing or creating computer games. Now, the 43-year-old former vice president of Microsoft Game Studios wants to bring the characters in computer games to life. Fries today is launching FigurePrints, a 3-D printing startup that for $99 will transform game player's "World of Warcraft" characters into miniature plaster statues.
Fries, who left Microsoft after 18 years in 2004, admits that the idea is unique and may sound a little strange to those who have never entered the mythical realm of the online role playing game "World of Warcraft." So far, the four-person Redmond startup has raised less than $500,000.
In an interview Monday, Fries discussed why he created FigurePrints, the partnership with "World of Warcraft" publisher Blizzard Entertainment and the potential market size for figurines based on game characters.
How did you come up with the idea?
A little over a year ago I saw the output of one these color 3-D printing machines…. I thought, "What if you applied this to the video game space where you could take characters out of the virtual world and bring them into the real world."
What excited you about applying the idea to "World of Warcraft"?
"World of Warcraft" is the biggest game in the world. It has a little over 9 million subscribers paying on the order of $15 each, so that game alone is a billion dollar business. It is really huge. It is bigger than anything that has happened in the game business in a long time. It is kind of important to understand that and to understand how involved the players are in the game before you step back and look at what we are doing. A typical player might have 1,000 hours into their character, and that's a lot of time spent building up something that you really care about and you are invested in. As a player of the game myself, I think I have a good understanding of that.
Is this a big business or a small niche?
I think we are going to find that out on Tuesday when we turn it on…. We think it is a going to be an important business and a good business for us. The response since the news started to leak out last week around the Dell (partnership) has been really strong within the "World of Warcraft" community.
What are your plans to extend into other games?
I have had some preliminary discussions with other game companies, but I think we are going to be pretty busy with Blizzard for quite a while. Like I said, this is the No. 1 game in the world, so we kind of started at the top. We can only produce so many figures a month, so it is going to be a while before we are ready to expand beyond this game.
And what about creating figurines for Microsoft games, like "Halo" or others?
There is definitely the opportunity to spread out to other games, but you have to think about what other games might be best. What is really unique about ("World of Warcraft") is that every character is different and special because they belong to somebody, and they have spent a lot of time making them really unique… In "Halo," everybody looks like the Master Chief, right? So, you could print out Master Chiefs in different poses, but they are all pretty much the Master Chief. It is going to work better for games where people really have a unique identity in the product.
What about Second Life?
We will see. We will see where we go from here. There are a lot of different massively multi-player games out there where people are doing cool custom things.
On the partnership with Dell:
Dell last week launched a laptop just around "World of Warcraft," and each one of those laptops ships with the right to get one of our figures for free. By doing that OEM deal, we guaranteed a certain number of our inventory is going to be sold, and that is a great way to jump start the business as well.
How does the 3-D printing work at your facility in Vancouver, B.C.?
It is like an ink jet printer. It spreads a very thin layer of this white plaster powder and then it prints into it…. The print heads come across and print one very, very thin slice, 1/250th of an inch thick of the character. It spreads another thin layer of plaster and prints another very thin slice of the model. It just builds it up a slice at a time. It builds about a vertical inch an hour.
What's the size of the figurines?
Characters can range from a few inches tall to eight inches tall because they are all in scale as they are in the game. For the shorter characters, we give them a bigger base to stand on so they can have a little more stature.
Why did you want to do something that didn't involve creating a new game?
Since I left Microsoft, I have been involved in a lot of gaming companies…. I am still very involved in game development. I don't know, maybe it was something about working with a lot of venture capitalists and being involved with a bunch of these startups, made me feel like I wanted to start my own thing too. When I had this idea, creating this character-printing business, it was too compelling for me to ignore. It is my chance to start my own company from scratch and pursue this idea that just seemed really exciting to me.
What are your thoughts on the computer game industry in Seattle?
This is one of the best places to develop games in the country, and with a little work I think we can make it the leading place…. Just about every major game publisher is working with somebody in the area. It is a great place for games development.


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As the year comes to a close, portfolio managers are positioning assets with a look to 2012—and considering the state of the global economy, they've got an upward climb ahead.
The following opinions from a selection of portfolio managers set out their economic views, market predictions and investment strategies, with a view to tradable ideas for other investors.
Here, then, are picks and pans for 2012 from portfolio managers James Dailey of the TEAM Asset Strategy Fund, Neil Hennessy and Brian Peery of Hennessy Funds, Jim Oberweis and Ralf Scherschmidt of Oberweis Funds, Wilmer Stith of the MTB Intermediate-Term Bond Fund and Eric Marshall of the Hodges Small Cap Fund.
James Dailey, CIO and Portfolio Manager, TEAM Asset Strategy Fund (TEAMX)
Many investors appear to remain in denial about the burgeoning global recession, while the sovereign debt issues in Europe and widespread policy intervention by central banks create a very challenging backdrop for investors. We expect the Federal Reserve to launch QE3 and for it to take place for most of 2012. The European situation is likely to end with significant amounts of money printed once Germany decides what role it wants to take.
Significant quantitative easing by most major developed governments in the face of a global recession is our base case forecast, which creates a very challenging environment for investors. Declining economic growth in real terms will be fighting competitive currency devaluations under our base case scenario.
Where to Invest in 2012: Our highest conviction long idea for 2012, which we believe to be very overlooked, is gold and silver mining stocks. The stocks, as a group on average, are trading at a historical extreme discount relative to the metals. Mainstream earnings discount models at large Wall Street firms continue to use out-year forecasts for gold and silver that are well below current prices; they expect gold to be $1,400 or lower in many cases.
We continue to favor the currencies of various countries with strong fiscal standing relative to the United States, members of the eurozone, the U.K. and Japan. A good example of this is the Norwegian kroner, as Norway's finances are very resilient.
We also continue to favor select large blue chip high quality stocks in the United States, where valuations remain cheap on both a relative and absolute basis. Many also provide an added benefit of paying a significant dividend yield, with many yielding significantly more than long-term Treasury bonds and even the yield on their own corporate debt.
Neil Hennessy (below), CIO and Portfolio Manager, and Brian Peery, Co-Portfolio Manager, Hennessy Funds (HFTFX)
Emotions Are Driving the Market: Before Aug. 4, the Dow Jones industrial average did not have a single day when the index moved up or down more than 300 points. Since then, the Dow has experienced more than 12 of those days. What has fundamentally changed? Nothing. Investors are reacting to the nonstop barrage of negative headlines.
U.S. Companies Are Doing Well: Corporate profits are at an all-time high. Companies are sitting on mountains of cash—over $2 trillion among the S&P 500 companies alone. While companies are reluctant to hire they are deploying capital in other ways: increasing dividends, buying back stock, building internal infrastructure and making acquisitions.
The Market Is Undervalued: Whether looking at price to earnings, price to sales, price to cash flow or price to book, the market is significantly undervalued versus its five- and 10-year historical averages, and the last five to 10 years haven't been that great. The market will move on the fundamentals, it is just a matter of time. For those with the guts to jump in, we think today's equity market presents a huge buying opportunity.
Lower End Consumer Spending: We continue to see opportunities in the lower end consumer discretionary and consumer staples sectors. Look for consumers to continue the trend of "selectively shopping," which we define as looking for great values on premium brands.
Look for the Bare Necessities: People are not going to stop using water or electricity or stop heating their homes, and chances are you're never going to see your electric company have a 20% off sale.
Stock Picks: Wal-Mart (WMT): The company recently announced same-store sales that were up for the fiscal third quarter and it announced that revenues increased during the same period over 8%. Boeing (BA): The company has seven years of commercial plane backlog amounting to over 4,000 planes and its 787 is sold out through 2019. NiSource (NI): NiSource is an example of a stock within the Utilities sector that has very consistent operating income and a dividend yield that is nearly double that of a 10-year U.S. Treasury note.
Jim Oberweis (below), Portfolio Manager, Oberweis Emerging Growth Fund (OBEGX), and Ralf Scherschmidt, Portfolio Manager, Oberweis International Opportunities Fund (OBIOX)
When you look at the hard, cold data, it doesn't look like we're going into recession, but businesses that contain costs in this slow-growth environment will do well. We're buyers of HMS (HMSY), a Medicaid audit recovery contractor.
Consensus for S&P 500 Earnings for 2012: Expectations are for earnings of $102, which puts the U.S. market at a very reasonable 11.7x 2012 EPS. These estimates do not look overly optimistic given companies earned at a rate of $101 in the third quarter.
We are optimistic about equity returns for 2012 given relatively strong corporate profits and reasonable valuations, although we believe markets are likely to remain volatile until European policy makers act more aggressively to stem the crisis.
Buying Opportunities: We are finding opportunities amongst globally exposed companies that have been marked down to very reasonable valuations due to overestimated exposure to Europe. In particular, we are finding such opportunities amongst select European cyclicals.
China and other emerging market countries, while slowing, are just at the beginning of an easing cycle, and will likely continue to be the engine of global growth. We like mining equipment providers supplying equipment to miners supporting growing resources demand in Asia.
The time to invest in smaller high-growth companies is when risk appetite is low and uncertainty is high. That time is now. The premium that one has to pay for high-growth stocks relative to more conservative low-dividend stocks is much higher than normal. We also like companies along the smartphone value chain that will continue to benefit from the rapid growth in that industry.
Wilmer Stith, Portfolio Manager, MTB Intermediate-Term Bond Fund
The Federal Reserve's commitment to keep short-term rates near 0% until June 2013 should continue to have an over-arching impact on the short to intermediate part of the yield curve, keeping yields low.
MBS a Good Opportunity. We continue to build our mortgage-backed securities (MBS) position in 15-year and 30-year conventional prime mortgages. With interest rates expected to be range-bound over the next six months, a dampening in interest rate volatility should help the MBS sector. Also, the Fed has started to purchase roughly $25 billion monthly in MBS in its Operation Twist strategy. This, along with the fact that MBS origination is low, should also help mortgages. It is our expectation that if there is a QE3, it will be centered on even more purchases of MBS. MBS is an opportunity to diversify away from U.S. Treasuries and corporate securities while adding a yield.
Corporate Exposure Counts. We are focused on adding corporate exposure in the 3- to 5-year part of the yield curve. With the Fed on hold until June 2013, we view the 3- to 5-year portion of the corporate yield curve as offering the most value during these uncertain times, especially as the 10-year U.S. Treasury is yielding roughly 2%.
We also anticipate that the corporate sector will offer investors relative value in 2012 as global investors scramble to find yield. Balance sheet restoration is well underway and stable credit profiles are expected to continue. We especially favor the industrial sector of the corporate bond market, as the economy is expected to plug along and exports have continued to move higher.
We have created a core allocation in the fund in names like Google, Microsoft and Conoco Phillips. We also like companies at the lower end of the investment grade spectrum that have executed a global strategy well, have pricing power and a clean balance sheet and liquidity—YUM, Kraft, DTV—and companies that have high levels of brand equity globally demonstrated over multiple economic cycles—Hanes Brands, Harley Davidson and McCormick Spice. We continue to be overweight healthcare REITS—with names including HCP, HCN and BioMed Healthcare—which have continued to be one of the fastest expanding sectors in the U.S. economy.
Eric Marshall, Co-Portfolio Manager, Hodges Small Cap Fund
Businesses have intrinsic values that are not always adequately reflected in the daily swings in stock prices. Although there are plenty of legitimate headwinds to the economy and visibility is lacking in many areas, we believe the trends in corporate earnings remain intact and should provide a favorable backdrop for many stocks in our portfolios as we enter 2012.
Our view is that domestic equity markets are considerably undervalued compared to the risk-adjusted returns on most other asset classes such as real estate, commodities or bonds.
After four years of net redemptions in domestic equity funds, skepticism among the investing public remains historically high. This is a bullish indicator for stocks for the next 12 to 18 months.
Valuations Are Attractive. The S&P 500 now trading around 12X forward earnings. The inverse of this multiple is an earnings yield of more than 8% compared to the 10-year Treasury yield that is just above 2%.
Some small cap stocks we favor are: Hibbett Sports (HIBB), Alamo Group (ALG) and Kodiak Oil & Gas (KOG)
Read Mike Patton's blog post Which Are Better: Funds That Stick to Style, or Those That Wander? at AdvisorOne.com.
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Investigators reveal cause of 4-alarm Cambridge fire
Fire caused estimated $500,000 in damage
A short in an electric cable sparked a four-alarm fire that needed more than 125 firefighters from four Eastern Shore counties to put it out, according to the state fire marshal's office.
The fire caused an estimated $500,000 in damage to the Salvation Army building in Cambridge on June 24.
Authorities said they found evidence of an electric short at a damaged area where they believe the fire started in the furniture store.
Heat from the electric short easily ignited insulation and combustible material before quickly spreading through much of the building, investigators said.
Authorities said the cause of the fire was accidental, and it was not related to a rash of incendiary fires in Cambridge over the past few months.
Everyone was able to evacuate safely.


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Came across a weird issue today. We have a computer lab in one of our buildings, that all of a sudden started requiring an admin password for any hardware installations. Scanners, Thumbdrives, etc. Everything was fine yesterday, the students were able to plug in their scanner, and run with it. But, not today. I am wondering if one of the 40 updates MS just pushed out might have something to do with it.
The systems are running MS XP SP3 [32b]. Manufacturer is Dell.
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It's another boy for Kate Winslet!
The Oscar winner welcomed a son, her first child with husband Ned Rocknroll and her third overall, on Saturday in England, her rep confirms to E! News.
"Baby boy Winslet" was born at an NHS Hospital in Sussex County and "baby and mother are doing great," the rep adds.
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The day's top national and international news.
No other information--like the little guy's name--was forthcoming, but his last name is Winslet.
The star of the fittingly titled "Labor Day," which hits theaters Jan. 31, was last spotted in public last month walking along London's King's Road, still looking impressive in skinny jeans along with her adorably round belly.
PHOTOS: Fashion spotlight on Kate Winslet
Winslet and Rocknroll, who quietly tied the knot about a year ago, confirmed back in June that they were "delighted" to be expecting.
"I'm hoping to have more kids," Winslet told InStyle in 2006, then a mother of two to daughter Mia with first husband Jim Threapleton and son Joe with second ex-hubby Sam Mendes. "I don't know whether one or two. Oh, God, I would love to have more."


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How many times have you made the following objection in the middle of your opponent's examination of a witness: "Your honor, under the rule of optional completeness, may I read the remaining portion of that sentence?" By making this objection, you are requesting permission to complete the record contemporaneously without having to wait until your turn to examine the witness.
It's a common enough request that occurs in civil courtrooms every day. After all, everyone knows that's what the rule of optional completeness provides. Right? Wrong.
Texas Rules of Evidence 107, the Rule of Optional Completeness, provides:
"When part of an act, declaration, conversation, writing or recorded statement is given in evidence by one party, the whole on the same subject may be inquired into by the other, and any other act, declaration, writing or recorded statement which is necessary to make it fully understood or to explain the same may also be given in evidence…"
Contrary to popular belief and practice, nothing in Rule 107, the rule of optional completeness, provides for a right to have the additional statement placed into evidence immediately. It simply provides that such evidence is admissible. And, while most judges would liberally permit a contemporaneous offer of the additional statement, it would not be error for a judge to require that such evidence be placed into evidence when the objecting party cross-examines or re-directs the witness, as with any other piece of additional evidence.
But, wait! Can this be right? Isn't there a rule allowing evidence to be admitted contemporaneously?
Yes, there is such a rule, but it's not found in Rule 107, the rule of optional completeness. The rule which permits contemporaneous admission of evidence is Rule 106, Remainder of or Related Writings or Recorded Statements. It provides:
"When a writing or recorded statement or part thereof is introduced by a party, an adverse party may at that time introduce any other part or any other writing or recorded statement which ought in fairness to be considered contemporaneously with it… "
So, even though the rule of optional completeness does not contemplate a contemporaneous offer, the evidence may be admissible contemporaneously under Rule 106. But beware — even under Rule 106, there is no guaranteed right to have every sentence read to completion, or any deposition answer fully read contemporaneously with an initial offer.
Rule 106 provides for contemporaneous admission of evidence only when, in fairness, it ought to be considered contemporaneously with the portion previously admitted. In other words, contemporaneous admission operates only to prevent unfairness. Whether fairness necessitates a contemporaneous offer under the circumstances is a factual determination to be made by the trial court and reviewed under an abuse of discretion standard.
Furthermore, case law suggests that even when fairness predominates in favor of a contemporaneous offer, Rule 106 does not actually mandate it. Because Rule 106 was not written in mandatory terms, it would not be error for a court to require (as with Rule 107) that such evidence be placed into evidence at the time when opposing counsel is directing the witness. Gilmore v. State, 744 S.W.2d 630 (Tex. App. — Dallas 1987). ("Rule 106 is a narrow modification of the doctrine of optional completeness, controlling the time an adversary can introduce certain kinds of remainder evidence, [but] the language of the rule is a permissive grant and not a requirement." Id. at 631.)
So the next time you want to have the remainder of a written document admitted contemporaneously after a partial offer has been made, forget the rule of optional completeness. Instead, focus on the rule of remainder of writings. A proper request should include a brief statement as to why the remainder of the statement ought, in fairness, be considered contemporaneously with the previous statement, tracking the language of the rule.
Finally, don't feel bad that you've been misstating the rule for years. You're in good company. At least one frequently-cited appellate decision has confused the two. Jones v. Colley, 820 S.W.2d 863 (Tex. App. — Texarkana 1992) ("Rule of optional completeness is that if one party introduces part of statement or doctrine, opposing party may contemporaneously introduce as much of the balance as is necessary to explain the first part," citing Travelers Insurance Co. v Creyke, 446 S.W.2d 954 [Tex. App. — Houston {14th} 1969]. Travelers, however, makes no mention of contemporaneousness in its explanation of the rule.)
And the next time your opponent interrupts your examination of a witness, demanding a contemporaneous reading of the remainder of a document under the rule of optional completeness, feel free to respond, "Your honor, counsel's request is improper. Rule 107, the Rule of Optional Completeness, does not require a contemporaneous introduction of evidence."
If you want to be so kind as to clue your opponent in that the provisions of Rule 106 might apply, that's your call. Or you might decide to let your opponents read the rules for themselves.
-Judge Bonnie Sudderth, 352nd District Court of Tarrant County, Texas


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One of the most common (and frequent) questions Busted Halo gets from people is, What exactly does the Catholic Church teach about oral sex? It is an understandable question that is not easily answered with a simple yes or no response. The fact is, the Church's teachings can't be compartmentalized into questions on only one form of sexual expression. In order to understand what the church says about oral sex, one must first be aware of the Church's teachings on the nature and purpose of all sexual expression.
First and foremost, the Church reserves all sex for marriage. This is not simply a way to restrict our natural sexual impulses, but rather to use them for what they were properly intended, namely for procreation of children and to build unity between husband and wife. Even Pope Benedict has spoken openly of his concern that limiting the Church's attention on sex to "just moral prohibitions" can lead people to "have the impression that the church's real function is only to condemn and restrict life. Perhaps too much has been said and too often in this direction—without the necessary connection to truth and love."
While you won't read any definitive lines in the Catholic Catechism when it comes to oral sex, the church does draw some directives from its traditional teaching on sexuality to provide some guidance. Many people are surprised to hear that even within marriage, the church makes a distinction between oral "sex" and oral stimulation. If we define oral sex as orally stimulating the male partner to orgasm, then the church would prohibit that even for married couples.
Getting Specific
Two books that offer specific directions about the Catholic Church's teaching on oral sex are Christopher West's Good News about Sex and Marriage: Answers to Your Honest Questions about Catholic Teaching (Ann Arbor, MI: Servant Publications, 2000) and Vincent Genovesi's In Pursuit of Love: Catholic Morality and Human Sexuality (Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, 1996).
Christopher West is a popularizer of the "Theology of the Body" based on Pope John Paul II's book Love and Responsibility. He has written several books and articles on the subject, and in Good News About Sex , which is a practical summary of this theology, West offers some instances in which oral stimulation (stimulating genitals but not to the point of ejaculation) is perhaps acceptable within marriage:
- Foreplay: If it is used in the act of foreplay that leads to sexual intercourse where the male climaxes into the female, then oral stimulation is certainly permissible for a couple to engage in within marriage.
- The Big O: If a man was able to orgasm during sexual intercourse but his wife did not, he may bring his wife to orgasm after intercourse in whatever way he chooses (manual or oral stimulation). West writes, "Since it's the male orgasm that's inherently linked with the possibility of new life, the husband must never intentionally ejaculate outside of his wife's vagina. Since the female orgasm, however, isn't necessarily linked to the possibility of conception, so long as it takes place within the overall context of an act of intercourse, it need not, morally speaking, be during actual penetration."
- No substitutions, please: Oral sex or stimulation can never be used as a replacement for sexual intercourse, but oral stimulation can be used to lead a couple to vaginal intercourse. Pope Benedict also points couples towards discovering love within sex instead of settling for substitutions for the real thing, stating: "No mechanical technique can substitute the act of love that two married people exchange as a sign of a greater mystery."
- Men: No sex 4u: The reverse, however, is prohibited. A man's orgasm is always tied to his fertility so therefore the church states that oral sex that would end with a male orgasm outside of sexual intercourse is not permissible.
- Intimacy Over Arousal: Not every single sexual act, per se, need be procreative, but within a "sexual session," if you will, there needs to be openness to procreative activity. So there can certainly be oral stimulation throughout sexual activity within marriage, but if one is using oral sex simply to avoid pregnancy yet achieve orgasms, then one is limiting their sexual union to merely give arousal rather than intimacy.
- Premature ejaculation?: For something to be sinful there needs to be both intent and full knowledge of that intention to do evil. If one were to get very turned on and orgasm prematurely, that indeed is not a sinful act. Accidents happen. One needs to be mindful of their intention to sin.


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No VFA cover for dumping
US ship dumping of toxic waste provokes outrage in Manila
The SBMA spot report showed that the tanker was carrying some 189,500 liters of domestic waste and about 760 liters of bilge water (a combination of water, oil and grease), all of which were hauled from Emory Land, a US Navy ship.
Santiago seeks Senate probe of US Navy contractor
Phillipine Daily Inquirer Saturday November 10, 2012
The United States Navy contractor accused of dumping hazardous waste into Subic Bay last month is not covered by the Visiting Forces Agreement between the US and the Philippines, the Department of Foreign Affairs said on Friday.
"The VFA only covers US military personnel and US civilian personnel who are individuals employed by the US Armed Forces or those that accompany them such as employees of the American Red Cross and United Services Organization," said Assistant Secretary Raul Hernandez, the DFA spokesperson.
"Since Glenn Defense Marine Asia Philippines Inc. cannot be considered US personnel, clearly its acts as third-party contractors are not covered by the VFA," Hernandez said.
The VFA, the 1999 agreement that provides the framework for regulating the presence of US military forces and equipment in the Philippines, allows the US government to retain jurisdiction over US military personnel accused of committing crimes in the Philippines, unless the crimes are of "particular" importance to the Philippines.
The debate over this controversial aspect of the VFA—which many Filipinos see as one-sided and an affront to the sovereignty of the Philippines—has come into play once again after the Malaysia-based US Navy contractor accused by the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) of dumping toxic waste in its waters invoked the protection of the VFA.
Glenn Defense Marine Asia Phil., through its politically influential law firm, Villaraza, Cruz, Marcelo and Angangco, when confronted with a "show-cause" letter by the SBMA to explain its illegal acts cheekily replied that the Presidential Commission on the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFACOM), not the government agency that administers the free port, had jurisdiction over it.
The Inquirer reported on Friday that the SBMA was investigating the US Navy contractor for allegedly dumping untreated toxic and hazardous waste on Subic Bay last month. The waste was reportedly dumped by the tanker Glenn Guardian, a vessel owned by Glenn Defense, which reportedly collected the waste from US ships that participated in recently concluded joint military exercises in the country.
Hernandez pointed to Article I of the VFA, which defines the term "military personnel" and "civilian personnel" covered by the agreement, as referring only to individuals employed by the US military and those accompanying them.
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Former professional runner challenging two-term incumbent for City Council seat
Editor's Note: The Third Ward City Council race is shaping up to be one of the most competitive council races for the 2013 Minneapolis election.
Incumbent City Council Member Diane Hofstede is facing competition from Jacob Frey, a civil rights attorney and community organizer.
The new Third Ward — post-redistricting — includes neighborhoods downtown and east of the river, including Bottineau, Sheridan, St. Anthony West, St. Anthony East, Beltrami, Nicollet Island/East Bank, Marcy Holmes, Downtown East, Downtown West and the North Loop.
The Journal is sponsoring a Third Ward candidate forum on Thursday, March 21, 6:30-7:30 p.m., at DeLaSalle High School with the League of Women Voters of Minneapolis.
The new City Council ward boundaries go into effect for the November election. Before the redistricting process, the Third Ward included neighborhoods on the east side and in North Minneapolis. It did not stretch into the downtown area.
Races for city offices are nonpartisan, but the DFL Party has long dominated Minneapolis politics. Hofstede and Frey are seeking the DFL endorsement, and have been actively recruiting delegates for the Third Ward DFL Convention on May 4 at Nicollet Island. To secure the DFL endorsement, a candidate needs 60 percent of the delegate votes.
The endorsing process gets underway at the DFL precinct caucuses on April 16.
Jacob Frey fell in love with Minneapolis while running the Twin Cities Marathon in 2006.
He ran the race in two hours and 20 minutes — four minutes shy of his personal best for the marathon. Frey used to be a nationally ranked professional distance runner and was a member of Team USA.
Now he's running an aggressive campaign for the Third Ward City Council seat in a race against incumbent City Council Member Diane Hofstede.
Frey, a civil rights attorney with Halunen & Associates, has been active in many community causes since he moved to Minneapolis in 2009.
He organized the Big Gay Race, raising more than $250,000 to help defeat the marriage amendment. He helped people in North Minneapolis following the tornado and was involved in starting Isuroon, an empowerment group for Somali women.
The city honored him with the first Martin Luther King Jr. award for his social justice and civil rights work.
He said his motivation to run for the City Council comes from a passion for public service.
"From the bottom of my heart, I really want to have the ability to make a difference in people's lives on a very grassroots level and there's no position I can think of that is touching people more directly than City Council," he said. "They have the ability to be in constant contact with constituents and the ability to affect people's lives in a very tangible way. City Council has the ability to organize, which is what I really pride myself on, on issues that aren't even related in some cases to City Hall."
If elected Frey said he would focus on being responsive to the needs of his constituents and advocate to make the ward more family friendly, too, supporting efforts to secure a new downtown school.
"Ninety percent of the issues that touch your day-to-day life are City Council issues — and you need someone effective in that position to make sure everything is going in the right direction," he said. "If somebody calls up with an issue, I think it's important that a city council member gets back to them in a timely basis — within 24 hours. That's something I pledge to do."
Frey said he's a supporter of development and density, but as a council member, he would push for green amenities.
He also promises to be a champion of diversity. "You need someone who is willing to advocate for the values of diversity — not just diversity in terms of skin color and ethnicity, but diversity in terms of transportation options, employment options, entertainment, theatrical options and cuisine," he said. "A diverse ward in all senses of the word makes it a stronger and better place to live."
As for the new Vikings stadium, Frey said he would work to make sure it has a positive impact on the neighborhood.
"I think that the only way that the neighborhood will succeed with that development is if there is a substantial amount of both residential and mixed use surrounding the Vikings stadium," he said. "You need a council member who is willing to be an advocate for the neighborhood to make sure that a beautiful building goes up, but also to make sure that the Vikings are contributing the public amenities they promised to the community."
As part of his campaign, Frey's team has created a couple of fun YouTube videos, including one showing him running around to various landmarks in the ward and another with prominent community leaders explaining why "Frey's my Guy."
Michael Rainville, a longtime Northeast resident and Meet Minneapolis manager, is featured on the video. He's endorsing Frey after supporting Hofstede's previous runs for the Council.
"[Jacob] has managerial skills. He can run an office," he said. "He's a good listener. He's the future of our ward."
Frey also has the support of four City Council members — Lisa Goodman, Elizabeth Glidden, Gary Schiff and Robert Lilligren.
Lilligren, vice president of the Council, said he's been impressed by Frey's work ethic and organizing abilities.
"There's just something about that ability to have a vision and see it through that's really needed in that ward office," he said. "He's connecting with people one on one — both the people that are traditionally engaged with the city, but also the student community and immigrant communities. I just think he has what it takes to be a good council member."
Jacob Frey
Neighborhood: Nicollet Island/East Bank
Occupation: attorney with Minneapolis law firm Halunen & Associates
Education: B.A. from the College of William and Mary, 2003; J.D. from Villanova University School of Law, 2009
Campaign website: jacobfreyforourcity.com
Twitter: @Jacob_Frey


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As word came out this week that three women, some missing a decade, had been found captive in a house in Cleveland, the nation wondered how they could have been held so long.
The not-so-simple answer is that people who could have helped were not paying enough attention. Neighbors say the windows to the house were blacked out, but most say they never noticed anything else suspicious. Police went to the house twice on minor matters, but never went inside.
The two rescuers who finally heard Amanda Berry's cries for help Monday and broke down the door to let her out could have turned away thinking it was a private dispute, but did not, making them true heroes.
Though cases like this are extremely rare, the rescue of the three women reminded many of the rescues Jaycee Dugard, held for 18 years by a kidnapper in California, and Utah kidnapping victim Elizabeth Smart, held for nine months.
Smart reacted after the women were found, saying "I think it's just proof there are more happy endings out there, and that it just means we need to have constant vigilance, constantly keep our eyes open and our ears open, because miracles do happen and there are happy endings out there waiting to happen."
Most of us, thankfully, have good neighbors and will likely never need to intervene to help someone a neighbor has wronged.
But this week's rescue serves as a reminder that we should question things that don't seem right, like the blacked-out windows on that house.
We all share a responsibility to look out for our fellow human beings.


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December 24 2012
Team Principal Stefano Domenicali to announce a few changes in the organization of Scuderia Ferrari, while also looking ahead to next season.
"For a few months now, we have been working on a programme of reorganization along with the introduction of new methodologies, especially concerning the wind tunnel," said Domenicali.
"As you know, we are rebuilding the Maranello facility which will be closed until August. Until then, we will use the Toyota wind tunnel in Cologne. We have also adopted a better method of splitting up the work between those who run the wind tunnel and those who should concentrate more on the creative side of the job.
This year, we saw that when we do too many things at the same time, maybe we are not efficient enough. As regards the design, we have decided, particularly in light of the unusual demands we will face in 2013, when we will have a completely new project to work on for the future, to have two coordinators: Simone Resta, an engineer who has developed his career in Maranello and is very effective, will work on the 2013 car and Fabio Montecchi, will deal with the one for the following year.
Nikolas Tombazis continues as Chief Designer. We must also apply in other areas what we have done at the track, for example in production: as was confirmed by some new arrivals from outside the company, in our "time to market," by which is meant the time from conception to producing the parts and in our long term research.
"We are well aware that we must start off with a more competitive car, as our President has demanded," continued Domenicali. "Clearly we have only been concentrating all our efforts on the new one from a few weeks before the final race, given we pushed right to the end on this year's."


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I am continuing my exposure of the fraud by presenting new material at this blog for everyone to see for themselves, and right now I have an article and an important video by Sherrie, from "Sherrie Questioning All" (www.sherriequestioningall.blogspot.com) that I definitely want to share with all of my own readers here…. It shows some startling evidence that the "Sandy Hook Elementary School" was NOT as we have been told, and may have in fact been a large "prop, made up to look like a school, for this entire operation. I have that article right here, and of course my own thoughts and comments to follow:
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Sandy Hook School Outside Photos - Video of mold, weeds in cracks, wires hanging, windows covered up with stuff, no signs or buzzer at front, the list goes on.
I did these videos in December and am finally getting them out. As I put in my other post it was so draining see all the lies and things that do not make sense.
Due to encouragement from others, I am putting out the information that I believe does not make sense. I have done hours of research into the State Police records, pictures and videos of the school.
I show in this video what I believe are 'problems' with the whole Sandy Hook school. This video has the pictures of the outside of the school the police took on Saturday, Sunday and Monday after the shooting on that Friday the 14th.
I have a screen capture of looking inside the school and you can see the rifle and the hand gun on the floor of the classroom. They show the broken window from a bullet that went through. What is odd is the window is broken behind a paper candle, yet the paper candle is not torn apart and appears to be perfect intact.
There were weeds growing in the cracks of the cement by doors. There is algae at the entrance of a rolling door that would be used for getting supplies. There are things that should not be where they are, if those doors were used on a consistent basis.
Here is the link to the police dash cam video where they have no idea where the school is and he turns around many times, as he was going the wrong way. Cars were already at the firehouse and along the road to the school.
NTS Notes: This is truly some very important new evidence brought forward by Sherrie, and I do want to thank her for her tireless efforts in exposing this fraud….
The fact is that if this really was a "school" as the official narrative claims, then it would have been closed for being a health hazard to children a very long time ago…. The Mold and Algae around the school is dangerous to children, and in many cases highly toxic…. No children would have been allowed into that "school" until that hazard was safely removed!
And about the windows…. Again, almost zero Christmas decorations, which has always been a puzzle from day one of this operation… It does seem that the people who worked to disguise this fraud building as a prop for this operation forgot some major details and forgot to put decorations in the windows….
Of course, we also have the troubling problem with bullet holes in that one window where paper candles are glued on the inside… Those shots would have torn holes in those candles, and yet we find no evidence of any holes in the paper anywhere…..
From the dilapidated condition of this building, it is obvious that it definitely was not a school at all. Which leads to the fact that this entire "shooting" was indeed a massive hoax and they set up this prop to only look like a school… It would also answer the question in the last video from Sherrie about how the Newtown police got lost trying to find this "school"!
It also answers the question as to why the city of Newtown had this building demolished late last year… If anyone with any common sense was allowed to fully investigate this "school" they would have discovered that this school was not as it seems, and therefore exposed the hoax in all its glory.
The fact is this fraud is indeed now being blown wide open with all the new evidence coming forward…. The criminals know that the jig is almost up, and that explains why they are now pushing very hard to have all investigations suppressed by threatening legal action against any independent investigators…
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Smart Materials Innately Transduce Energy, How Smart
Smart materials are able to convert one form of energy to another. These materials can be either solid or fluid, and are typically located within what's called a smart structure. What makes these materials and structures so "smart"? Let's find out.
Nonlinear magnetostrictive transducer, a sectional view of the magnetic flux density.
Smart Materials inside Smart Structures
Smart structures are active devices that sense and respond to their environment in a desired and predictable fashion. In order for smart structures to work in this way, they need to contain sensors and actuators made out of smart materials. Although the structure is also considered smart, it's really the materials within that deserve the credit. These are capable of converting one form of energy input into the desired form of energy output.
Wait a minute, just because something can convert energy from one form to another, does that make it inherently "smart"? Let's consider how a motor gets a washing machine moving. In order for the motor to generate mechanical energy, we need to supply it with electrical energy, and then all the mechanical parts rely on each other to move the machine.
Now consider this: smart materials are able to transduce energy on their own — without the need for bulky, moving pieces.
Piezoelectricity, Piezoresistivity, and Magnetostriction
Smart materials are innately able to pick up on environmental cues, such as temperature, electric or magnetic fields, stress, or moisture, for instance. When it picks up on external stimuli, the material itself changes. During these alterations in shape or physical properties, the material then converts the energy. Whereas if you leave the parts of a washing machine motor to fend for themselves nothing will happen, a smart material doesn't lose its ability to convert energy. Nature has given us a variety of smart materials to choose from such as piezoelectric, piezoresistive, or magnetostrictive effects. The appropriate use of a smart material depends on which one of these effects it exhibits, but some applications include self-sensing actuators, energy harvesting, active vibration control, and active shape control, to name a few.
On April 11th we're holding a webinar on this topic, and my colleague Supratik Datta, Applications Manager, will tell you more about how smart materials work, what the different types are, and how to model them in COMSOL Multiphysics. Be smart — don't miss out!
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It's apparently made of seventeenth-century religious dissenters.
"I want to know the secret sauce," he recently told MSNBC. "Tell us what it is so we can move forward with it. What I discovered is the seeds that blossomed into this great nation really began with the faith of the Pilgrims."
This is the subject of his upcoming movie Monumental, which hits theaters March 27. It's an appropriate title; judging by the trailer, it does have a lot of monuments in it.
If I'm not mistaken (someone correct me on this if I am), the particular monument highlighted near the end of that clip is the National Monument to the Forefathers, dedicated to the memory of the Pilgrims in 1889. It's also prominently featured in the film's poster. You can see it just behind Cameron's arm, the one in which he's not clutching the American flag like it's a piece of carry-on luggage.
Cameron's opinion that you should look to the Pilgrims if you want to find the "secret sauce" that made the American character is a pretty common one. Many Americans who dig down in search of the nation's moral foundations stop once their shovels hit Plymouth Rock, assuming that there's nothing else to excavate. This has always interested me, because when you think about it, the Pilgrims and the Puritans don't sum up even the colonial experience, much less the entire history of early America.
I mean, why them? They were neither the first settlers to set up shop in America nor the most typical ones (assuming there was such a thing as a "typical" group of colonists). Why should we consider the Pilgrims normative, rather than the Jamestown colonists, the Dutch inhabitants of old New York, the Cavaliers of Virginia, the Germans of Pennsylvania, the Scotch-Irish settlers of the Carolina backcountry, the Irish immigrants of the mid-1800's, the southern and eastern Europeans of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and so on?
Partly, I think, it's because the Puritans left an extensive paper trail, and thus colonial historians wrote more about them. But I suspect it's also because the Pilgrim past is a more useable one for people who believe Americans have tumbled from some towering religious or moral height. As I said some time ago, conservatism seems to me to be a philosophy that is fundamentally restorative—the goal is to return to the good old days when all was right with America. In order to hold this belief, one must first assume that the good old days were indeed good. To folks who want to build a more cohesive, moral, and purposeful nation, the Pilgrims are a pretty good model. From this perspective, the Pilgrims were the essential ingredient in the creation of America. It's easy to forget that they weren't the only game in town. In fact, as Jack Greene argues in his book Pursuits of Happiness, New England was in many respects downright atypical when you look at to early American development as a whole.
For more on the Monument to the Forefathers and the selective nature of how we remember history, I recommend this 2008 post at American Creation. I should note that personally, all snark and nitpicking aside, I like Kirk Cameron. He's maintained his integrity and decency while working in the entertainment business, and that's worthy of admiration. As for this film project, I think his heart is in the right place, but I'm guessing that both the American past and the American future are a little more complicated than he'd have us believe.


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CNSNews.com – Pakistan's government faces a looming deadline to either comply with a court ruling to amend the country's penal code to make the death penalty the only lawful punishment for "blasphemy," or to appeal the order. And with just four days to go, its failure to respond is worrying religious freedom campaigners.
The early December ruling by the federal shari'a court threatens to worsen an already grim situation faced by religious minorities. Currently those convicted of "defiling the name of Mohammed" face either life imprisonment or the death penalty, but the court wants the latter option to now be compulsory.


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Patrick Haab; Anti-immigrant phony
A few years ago, you might have heard about Patrick Haab who held seven illegal immigrants at gun point in Arizona's Maricopa County. He claimed he was an Army Reservist sergeant who had just come back from an Iraq deployment and, of course, suffered from PTS. He was featured on Fox News' old Hannity & Colmes Show at the time.
Well, you know the story already because he's showing up on TAH. Scotty did the research and chased down his records.
Yup, a couple of months in the Guard and a few months in the Reserves. He did rocket up to PV2, which almost like a sergeant, right? (SEE UPDATE BELOW, WAS A SGT) And who hasn't suffered from combat stress after counting bullets as an ammo handler? From his records, it doesn't look like he even went to basic training (HE DID, AGAIN, SEE UPDATE), yet somehow he finagled a job training young cadets in Kentucky and wearing Sergeant rank.
So, whatever line he's using works. He fooled the media then and now some military school.
UPDATE: OK, here's the DD214 he sent me. It looks like he was a sergeant, but I don't see any service in Iraq or Kuwait. He has a Kosovo Campaign Medal and a UN Medal, but it looks like his OEF Support was pulled from Michigan. In the comments, you can see that he said "I mistakenly said Iraq when I meant Kuwait and said Special Forces when I meant Special Operations" because those six (or seven) illegal aliens had him all discombobulated. Like he was on drugs for his PTS when he was arrested, even though it looks like he only deployed to Kosovo. Anyway, judge for yourself;
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Location: Town of Rochester - Ulster County
Arrest: On June 29, ECO Josh Sulkey was checking a fishing spot and came across an unattended camp fire. The ECO noticed that the campers had a lot of personal belongings at the campsite, and that it appeared to be more than just a weekend camping trip. Based on evidence at the site, ECO Sulkey determined the campers were from Florida. He left the area and returned later with an Ulster County Sheriff's Deputy. A group was at the site this time, and checks of their identities determined that one of the campers was a fugitive from justice from Florida wanted on felony charges. The camper was arrested and arraigned in the Town of Rochester Court and sent to the Ulster County Jail pending extradition proceedings.
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South Korea-based IC design house Silicon Works saw revenues generated from its LCD driver IC (LDI) business fall for a second consecutive quarter sequentially in the second quarter of 2013, due to a slowdown in orders for Apple's iPad devices, as well as its narrow target applications, according to Digitimes Research.
Silicon Works' driver IC solutions are targeted mainly at tablets and notebooks. The company has reportedly entered the supply chain of Apple, through providing driver ICs to LG Display.
Buoyed by robust iPad sales, revenues of Silicon Works' LDI business climbed to KRW100.6 billion (US$3.43 billion) in the second quarter of 2012, Digitimes Research said. This represented an about 87% jump compared to KRW53.8 billion in the first quarter, and more than a doubling from only KRW47.4 billion in second-quarter 2011.
Silicon Works' LDI business accounted for more than 80% of company revenues in the second quarter of 2012, up from 60-62% over the previous four quarters, as a result of its rapid expansion, Digitimes Research indicated.
However, due to weakening demand for Apple's iPad, revenues of Silicon Works' LDI business fell below KRW100 billion in the first quarter of 2013, Digitimes Research observed. Revenues continued to contract in the second quarter, slipping to KRW62 billion or 71.5% of Silicon Works' total revenues.
In addition, unlike fellow Taiwan-based LCD driver IC companies, which target applications ranging from handsets, notebooks and LCD TVs, Silicon Works' LDI business was negatively affected by its unfavorable product mix in the first half of 2013, Digitimes Research noted.
Silicon Works' driver IC shipments for Apple's iPads, for instance, accounted for as much as 48% of company revenues in the third quarter of 2012. The proportion had already shrank to less than 30% in 2013, Digitimes Research pointed out.
Digitimes Research anticipates that Silicon Works' LDI business is set to suffer its first revenue decline since 2008 in 2013.
Source: Digitimes Research, October 2013