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U.S. Probes Gold Pricing
Did five banks control the price of gold in the world's largest market? Tatyana Shumksy reports on a new price-fixing investigation. Photo: Getty Images.
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Chris Brogan President New Marketing Labs
Chris Brogan one of the best social media experts inspired me to write this article aimed at helping Realtors and Brokers understand the social media decision tree. In Chris's article "Social Media Decision Tree" he makes two very important points:
- "Coming up with a one-size fits all strategy for dragging companies into social media is just goofy."
- "It's not all about the conversation. It's not a matter of whether you get it or don't. Like all things, it's finding what works, building from a foundation, measuring progress, and adapting to new situations."
- There is NO one right way to utilize social media networks and tools. There is only what's right for you
- Experiment and find what works best for you. Experiment by listening first
Realtor-Broker Social Media Decision Tree: Yes or No
Q: Should you or your company blog?
A: Yes! I believe that all Realtors and Brokers should blog considering the fact that anywhere from 60%+ of consumers begin their search for real estate or real estate related service online by searching on Google.
A: No! If you do not have a plan and strategy then blogging is useless and in some cases detrimental.
Q: Should you be on Activerain.com?
A: Yes! ActiveRain.com is the most robust social media site specifically built for the real estate community. If you are not networking, communicating, collaborating, and educating your peers and consumers on Active Rain you are missing a huge opportunity.
A: No! If you are a superstar like Olivia Hsu Decker or you are so busy writing offers that you would neglect your work in establishing your brand on this social site then don't bother to try to fake it.
Q: Should you be using Twitter?
A: Yes! Major global companies, brands, entrepreneurs, and mass media agencies are flocking to Twitter to engage, move information, collaborate, and network. If you want to learn it is also an incredible research resource.
A: No! If you plan on hammering your audience with listing notices, sales pitches, and a constant stream of me-me-me do NOT join Twitter. Many Realtors and Brokers think that the strategy behind Twitter is that of a "job board" where they slam their property listing up like a resume with absolutely no value attached.
Facebook, Plaxo, and all the rest of the social media networks or Web 2.0 tools are only worth the time investment and hard work if you are passionate, believe in their effectiveness, and you are willing to be patient. Understanding the strategy of "giving first" is the very pillar that will determine success or failure.

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This week on The Readers Gavin and (a slightly addled post surgery) Simon discuss books and the age you read them, we have listener Dom Agius' top five books and Gavin and Simon discuss the books that make you feel 'grubby'.
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Columbus Day: 5 Things You Didn't Know
As today's Columbus Day celebrations begin, marking Columbus' 1492 arrival in the New World, here are some little-known facts about the explorer celebrated by Italian-Americans across the United States.
1. When the Columbus Day Holiday Began
In the U.S., it's sometimes reported that the national holiday began in 1971, but that's actually the date when Congress changed Columbus Day to the second Monday of October. In reality, Columbus Day became a national holiday much earlier, in 1937. At that time, President Franklin Roosevelt declared the holiday would take place on Oct. 12 (the date Columbus first landed in the Bahamas). But the first known Columbus Day celebration in the U.S. took place in New York City in 1792, long before it became a national holiday.
2. Columbus' Journal Was Intended for an Audience
When historians examine primary sources from Columbus' voyages, they aren't reading private diaries. They're evaluating correspondence intended for the explorer's sponsors, those he refers to as the "Most Christian, High, Excellent, and Powerful Princes, King and Queen of Spain." In that sense, it's entirely possible that these journals were embellished, with some facts manipulated in Columbus' favor.
3. Columbus' Bones Are Still Shrouded in Mystery
It's still unclear where Columbus' bones were finally laid to rest.
When Columbus died in 1506 his remains were taken to a family mausoleum in Seville, Spain. But nearly 40 years later his son requested that the remains be placed in the Cathedral of Santo Domingo in the capital of the Dominican Republic, where he intended to be buried. In the late 1700s the bones moved to Cuba, and 100 year later they returned to Seville. But in 1877 bones marked as those of Columbus were found by cathedral workers in the Dominican Republic. Those bones have since been interred in the Columbus Lighthouse in Santo Domingo.
In 2006, the year of the 500th anniversary of Columbus' death, a forensic team found DNA from bones buried in a cathedral in Seville matched the DNA from Columbus' brother, Diego. But at the time, the director of the Columbus Lighthouse insisted Columbus' remains had never left the Dominican Republic.
4. Pope Rejected Bid for Columbus' Sainthood
In 1882 the Knights of Columbus, a Catholic men's fraternity, supported Italian Americans who rallied for Columbus to be recognized as a saint because they said he had brought Christianity to the Indians. Pope Leo XIII, however, rejected that request because Columbus had an illegitimate son with Beatriz Enríquez de Harana, his mistress.
5. Columbus Brought Citrus to the New World
The history books note Columbus forcibly scored a lot of loot from the islands he visited, making off with gold, parrots, spices, and human captives from Haiti, an island he later named Hispaniola. The "riches" pleased his Spanish sponsors, King Ferdinand II and Queen Isabella I, who were funding the voyage. During the process, Columbus also carried European items to the New World. In 1493, the year of Columbus's second voyage, he brought citrus fruit seeds to the West Indies and the trees ended up in the West Indies, Mexico, and Florida.
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Columbus Day is a national holiday, celebrated with parades and songs. While most Americans know that Columbus sailed the ocean blue, many of the facts surrounding the voyage remain misunderstood. Guest host Tony Cox speaks with historian William Fowler to set the record straight on some of the popular myths surrounding Christopher Columbus and his voyage.
TONY COX, host: I'm Tony Cox, and this is TELL ME MORE from NPR News. Michel Martin is away.
Coming up, we go to the West African country of Liberia as the country prepares to head to the polls. Many are watching to see whether the current president and modern Africa's first female head of state will stay in power. That's in just a few moments.
But first, today is Columbus Day, a day that schoolchildren across America celebrate the arrival of the man who was credited with discovering our country. But since 1492, we've learned a lot about what really happened. And today, we wanted to do a little myth busting about Christopher Columbus…..
COX: Now, Professor Fowler, not everyone gets a day named after them. Martin Luther King comes to mind, George Washington, Abe Lincoln had days named after them at one point, which have since been combined into what we now know as President's Day.
But there are controversies about some of these holidays, particularly around Martin Luther King and now to a certain extent we're talking about it today. In fact, Christopher Columbus, we have celebrated Columbus Day forever, you know. One hundred years, for sure, and then there was a break and then another 100 years before that with only some modern opposition to the holiday. Why do we, as Americans, hold the story of Columbus in such high regard still?
FOWLER: Well, in looking at history, Tony, people love certainty and they love heroes. And so, here we have the combination. We have a certain date, October 12, 1492 and we have a heroic figure, Columbus. So, you combine those two and it sort of just energizes people. It's a very romantic concept. And then, of course, it is true that Columbus changed the world. That what Columbus did was to make a greater change in the world than any man had done since the days of Julius Caesar. That is what opened the door. So, Columbus did in fact play that extraordinary key moment, key time, a great heroic mission.
COX: One of the other things that he is given credit for, which I'm assuming is correct and you being the history professor can set the record straight for us, is that he did open new trade routes from Europe heading toward Asia, although he never actually got there, I think. And that he also was responsible for the trading of or the introduction of certain food stuffs and certain spices from one continent to another.
FOWLER: Yes, that's absolutely true. This is sort of what historians sometimes refer to as the Columbian Exchange, and that is that products clearly travel from Europe and from Africa to the New World, and New World products traveled back to Africa and to Europe, as well.
So this is the beginning of this great exchange, much of it beneficial, some of not so beneficial, particularly when we talk about diseases. Of course, the European diseases that arrived in the New World just wreaked tremendous damage to the native peoples. So, much went back and forth now across the Atlantic.
COX: Professor Fowler, one of the things that has happened in modern time, as we mentioned in the introduction to this story, is that people are starting to push back on this myth of Christopher Columbus. When did the controversy begin and when did people begin to, you know, question, really, whether or not Columbus did what the history books told us he did?
FOWLER: Well, Tony, for hundreds of years following Columbus' voyages, the story of Columbus is one of celebration, of discovery and of conquest. And I think in recent times, certainly in the 20th century and certainly today in the 21st century, thankfully, we've become much more sensitive about indigenous cultures and the harm, the wreckage that the European arrival here in the New World visited upon those people.
And so, I think, as we reflect on that and the cost to native peoples here in this world, the damage that was done, I think that sort of mellows the way we might be thinking about Columbus, not suggesting we blame him individually. I don't think that's correct. He was a man of his times. But there was great evil that was done when the Europeans came. Today, perhaps, we think of discovery. We might also think of the word, invasion, and the result of that. Much good has happened, clearly, but much evil happened, as well.
COX: Well, you know, it's been a long time, Bill Fowler, since you or I was in elementary school reading about Christopher Columbus in our textbooks. What do they say today? Do you know?
FOWLER: I think that the textbooks, at least the ones that I have used and you see, are ones that are much more sensitive and do indeed talk about the harm done to indigenous peoples, and try to put the Columbian experience into a notion of cultural encounter, what happens when two alien cultures encounter one another. That's something from which we can learn a great deal. What does, in fact, happen when alien – different cultures encounter one another, that's a lesson for our own times.
COX: I suppose, to end, we should say that, eventually, maybe the poem – in 1492, Columbus sailed the blue – is going to have to be revised a little bit.
FOWLER: Oh, I have no hope that it will make wide public acceptance….
COX: William Fowler is distinguished professor of history at Northeastern University. He joined us from member station WBUR in Boston. Professor Fowler, thank you very much for the information and the lesson.
FOWLER: Thank you, Tony, and happy Columbus Day.


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The ultimate plan for religious deception may have just been unveiled as a Christian Pastor in Latvia is announcing that the Kingdom of Antichrist -- a.k.a. New World Order -- is a Christian Kingdom with George Bush leading the way. In 1988, Cutting Edge predicted this type of religious deception would occur, and finally, it is on the world scene.
NEWS BRIEF: "About The Events In America of September 11, 2001, Alexey Ledyawv, Pastor of the New Generation Church in Riga, Latvia, http://www.ngteam.org/TextEn.htm
"The twenty-first century is the final stretch of the history of mankind. Not much time remains before the Second Coming. During this short period of time, God will bring into fulfillment all of the promises that have yet to come to pass. One of the most important of these is the New World Order under the banner of righteousness...."
This last sentence took my breath away for its literal display of bald-faced lying! If ever the verse quoted above [Isaiah 5:20] applied to any situation, it applies here! The New World Order has been a Satanic Secret Society term for over 200 years now, and is planned to overthrow of the Old World Order -- Christianity.
You see, The New World Order is literally the Kingdom of Antichrist in Satanic, Secret Society lore.
But, here, this "Pastor" is stating that the New World Order is a Christian Kingdom, to be brought in under Jesus Christ's righteousness! Nothing could be further from the truth, as the Kingdom of Antichrist will reign in the most unbelievable unrighteousness and wickedness the world has ever seen, just as the books of Daniel, Revelation, and others foretell.
If you have not read our extensive library of writings on the New World Order, we encourage you to read these following articles which reveal the truth of this coming kingdom.
NEWS1004 -- Comparison of Nazi Beliefs and Goals With the New World Order
NEWS1008 -- Hitler's Role In The New World Order Plan
NEWS1015 -- Albert Pike's Satanic Vision As To How To Achieve The New World Order
NEWS1040 -- Masonic Symbols of Power In Their Seat of Power, Washington, D.C.
NEWS1566 -- Timeline of Events That Shaped The New World Order
These articles are key in understanding that the New World Order is the foretold Kingdom of Antichrist. Additionally, we offer two seminars that detail this fact.
Seminar 2 -- "America Controls The True Flow Of History" -- We demonstrate how America was chosen by the demonic host in the early 1700's to be the world leader that would gradually move all nations into the New World Order. We demonstrate how the symbols of our money and of our government are provably part of the Egyptian and Babylonian Satanic Mysteries Religions!
Seminar 3 -- "Knowing The Time of Thy Visitation" -- We show how the many prophecies relating to the End of the Age have been uniquely coming together since Israel returned to her land in 1948. Today, all Biblical prophecies relating to the End of the Age have either been fulfilled or are about to be fulfilled in today's news. You will see the truly Satanic inner workings of this New World Order.
Several instances during my lifetime have demonstrated to me how easily a slick lie can turn truth upon its head in the proverbial "blink of an eye"! With just a few well-chosen words, delivered by a believable person of some stature in a believable way can make a lie seem like the truth and can make the truth seem like a lie. I saw President Clinton pull this stunt time and time again, until finally, a lot of people were confused as to what the real truth really was.
Adolf Hitler hit the propaganda nail right on the head when he said: "Truth is not what is; truth is what people perceive it to be."
But, this lie is not only monumental, it sets the stage for the greatest deception the world has ever seen: the deception wrought by Antichrist and his forces. Listen to what Jesus warned:
"Be careful that no one misleads you [deceiving you and leading you into error]." [Matthew 24:4]
"And many false prophets will rise up and deceive and lead many into error." [Matthew 24:11]
"For false Christs and false prophets will arise, and they will show great signs and wonders so as to deceive and lead astray, if possible, even the elect (God's chosen ones)." [Matthew 24:24]
Jesus is warning here of unprecedented spiritual and political deception.
Notice that Jesus stated that false people would arise both in the political realm [Christs] and the spiritual realm [prophets]. The word, "Christ" is the Messianic term for the Jewish office of Messiah; Jesus was the Name of the One Who fulfilled that Messianic office. In His 1,000-Year Reign, Jesus will serve as King as well as the top spiritual leader in the world. The term, "Christ" is, therefore, a political term. Thus, Jesus did not needlessly repeat Himself when He warned of false "Christs and prophets". The first term is political and the last is spiritual.
Then Jesus solemnly warned:
"See, I have warned you beforehand."
We have a saying, "To be forewarned is to be forearmed". Here, Jesus is forewarning us to be on guard against unparalleled political and spiritual deception. This statement above is damning proof that just such a deception is now upon us, and it involves George W. Bush.
Let us now go to the next part of this deception:
"... President George Bush is a man chosen to fulfill God's plan on earth in the last days. He has a real anointing of wisdom, justice and true patriotism - an exemplary, respectable role model. Our prayer for him is that he would stand firm, not compromising his principles, fulfilling his duties as president, citizen and Christian." (Ibid.)
Now, not only does this pastor equate the Satanic New World Order with Christianity, but now he states that President George W. Bush is leading the world into this "Christian" Kingdom! This pastor delivers much the same lie as have some of our better known Evangelical leaders, i.e., that Bush is a man of God sent to us as our President at this difficult time in world history. Some of these Evangelical leaders have even gone so far as saying that Bush is the interlude just before God rains His final judgment upon the world!
Is it any wonder that George W. Bush commands such blind respect from American Christians today? Today's Christians have so fallen from Biblical discernment they actually believe they must accept a few bland statements from Mr. Bush that he is a Christian without examining his fruits to see if they are consistent with a person whose heart is genuinely Born Again. If you have not read some of our articles on the true spiritual nature of George W. Bush, we urge you to stop to read these articles listed below.
Even Concerned Women For America has finally awakened to realize that Bush is pursuing just as radical a homosexual agenda as did Clinton!
Even Rush Limbaugh finally awakened to realize that Bush is pursuing just as radical an Environmental Policy as did Clinton - Gore, even to the point of calling the president, "George W. Al-Gore"!
Consider these articles:
NEWS1314 -- Texas Governor George W. Bush Is Member of Skull & Bones Secret Society (written in August, 1999)
NEWS1398 -- Is George W. Bush Genuinely Born Again? (We examine this matter from a Biblical perspective)
NEWS1451 -- George W. Bush Wastes No Time Revealing His True Nature
NEWS1472 -- Bush Administration Seizes The Indianapolis Baptist Temple, An Act No Truly Born Again Believer Would Do
NEWS1550 -- Bush's Bitter Fruits of His War On Terrorism: Seizing Dictatorial Control In the Guise Of Protecting Our Rights
NEWS1553 -- Bush Administration Is Already Redefining Terrorist
NEWS1579 -- Ashcroft's FBI Is Tightening Noose Around Us "Domestic Terrorists"
NEWS1691 -- President Bush Authorizes Summary Execution of "Terrorists" Both Inside and Outside U.S.; Ashcroft Announces He Is Setting Up Camps For U.S. Citizens He Deems As "Enemy Combatants"
NEWS2061 -- President Bush Is Deceiving Genuine Christians Yet Again -- This Time, He Is Pushing Public Schools To Teach 'Intelligent Design'
NEWS2079 -- President Bush Invents Yet Another Reason He Can Impose Martial Law On Entire Country
NEWS2089-- Is The Bush White House As Sexually Perverse As The Clinton White House?
NEWS2098 -- President Bush, In Cooperation With Senator McCain, Cooperate To Open The Door To Torture Under The Guise of Forbidding Torture
Once you understand the full impact of these last articles, you can then begin to grasp the terrible situation in which we find ourselves. In U.S. Army Intelligence, I was trained to think outside the "Propaganda Box" in order to comprehend the enemy more clearly, and to avoid being trapped by disinformation. In late October, 2001, just weeks after the 9/11 attacks, I shared that information with you, by writing the following article:
NEWS1558 -- "Breaking Out of the Mental Box: Learning To Think In The Opposite Direction In Order To Find The Truth"
This article may be one of the most important we have ever, ever written. If you have not read it, we encourage you to do so now, for it has great impact on this subject under discussion. In Bush's case, he has demanded, and been granted, immense dictatorial powers in the name of protecting our freedoms; yet, if these powers were ever enacted, we all would instantly lose our freedoms, and many of us our lives. In the guise of fighting terror, Bush is now ordering our CIA and attendant military special forces to murder people worldwide -- and in the United States -- simply because they were suspected of being a terrorist; this policy violates Biblical standards, American Constitutional Guarantees, and our guarantee that no government can take away our "Life, Liberty, or the Pursuit of Happiness" without proving Just Cause.
Then, Attorney General Ashcroft, who is supposed to be Born Again, announces that he is setting up "camps" for U.S. citizens he deems as "Enemy Combatants". In the name of protecting our liberties, Ashcroft has set up a plan whereby he takes these liberties away!
You need to break out of the mental box that our educational system and our Mass Media have been constructing around you all your life! You need to realize that the truth is most often found 180 degrees in the opposite direction from the stated goal. Once you understand this principle, and once you understand the Biblical warning of unparalleled political and spiritual deception at the End of the Age, you will begin to understand the drama unfolding before us today.
NEWS1691 explains this terrible new development that has taken us to the brink of a disastrous dictatorial government.
Antichrist will present himself as the Savior of the World, and as the Messianic fulfillment of all the religions of the world who are expecting a Messianic type figure at the End of the World. Jews, Christians, Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists, and many other smaller religions are all expecting a Messiah type figure at the End of the Age. Antichrist will say to each of these groups, "I am the fulfillment of your Messianic expectations." He will explain that the same "Christ Consciousness" which came upon each of the founding leaders of each of these religions now rests upon him, except that he has a much higher level of this "Christ Consciousness" spirit than did any of the founders of these religions.
In order to emphasize that he is all things to all people, Antichrist will transform himself supernaturally, using the full depth of Satanic power at his disposal, in order to thoroughly deceive everyone. Listen to the Plan:
"When Lord Maitreya appears, he will appear as different beings to different people.
* He will appear as a man to a man and as a woman to a woman.
* He will appear as a white to a white, as a black to a black, as an Indian to an Indian, etc."
"It makes no difference whether you are viewing him in person or on Television. Thus, 'he will show that he is all things to all people'. [Bill Lambert, New England Director of the House of Theosophy, Boston, in a seminar in which the Director was sneaked on August 18, 1991; notes at NEWS1052]
Do you understand the hundreds of millions of minds that will absolutely blow a circuit when they see this man who is claiming to be The Christ suddenly change his physical appearance -- so that a man will view him as a man, a woman will see him as a woman, and each race will see him as one of their own? This mind-blowing event will be sharply accented by the fact that, just moments before, everyone saw him as a male, probably Caucasian, and very identifiable as to who he was before the transformation!
After a few weeks of this deception, Antichrist will then turn back into his normal self, so that everyone sees him normally. He will explain that he undertook this temporary physical transformation in order to teach mankind a very special lesson; he wanted to demonstrate that, even though we are diverse as a people of Mother Earth, we are all one -- Unity In Diversity.
Jesus warned of the dangers of following spiritually blind leaders: "Leave them; they are blind guides. If a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into a pit." [Matthew 15:14]
Bible scholars believe the word, "pit" literally means "hell". Therefore, Jesus is warning that if a person follows a spiritual leader who is spiritually blind, even though he may claim otherwise, both the spiritual leader and the follower will blindly stumble onward, ultimately following into the eternal "pit" of Hell.
This statement by this Pastor is the supreme evidence of such spiritual blindness that will result in many followers falling into the "pit". The Illuminati Plan is very specific as to the duties of pre selected false religious leaders around the world who will step forward at the moment Antichrist is on the scene claiming to be the Messiah of every religion expecting one. At the right moment in world history, with Antichrist on the scene, selected religious followers of every religion and religious sect on earth will suddenly step forward to say:
"This is the Messiah for whom we have been awaiting. He has come to set up his prophesied Kingdom on Earth. Follow him."
Selected religious leaders in the Apostate Christian Church will be primed to step forward to say:
"This is Jesus Christ returned the second time to set up His Kingdom of Righteousness. Follow him, obey him, and love him. This Jesus has come to set up His New World Order of Righteousness that will last for the prophesied 1,000 years."
People across the globe who call themselves Christian will be so Biblically ignorant they will not realize that the Bible clearly states that the first "Messiah" on the world scene will be the false one, the Antichrist. People will also forget the fact that the true Jesus is going to appear in the sky while the false Christ will appear on the ground!
This type of deception is exactly the kind the Illuminati is planning to use to deceive Christians throughout the world, i.e., telling them that the Satanic New World Order is really the Kingdom of Jesus Christ established in His Righteousness! The very fact we are now seeing this deception on the world stage now, is another strong sign that the End of the Age is upon us, is very, very close.
Are you spiritually ready? Is your family? Are you adequately protecting your loved ones? This is the reason for this ministry, to enable you to first understand the peril facing you, and then help you develop strategies to warn and protect your loved ones. Once you have been thoroughly trained, you can also use your knowledge as a means to open the door of discussion with an unsaved person. I have been able to use it many times, and have seen people come to Jesus Christ as a result. These perilous times are also a time when we can reach many souls for Jesus Christ, making an eternal difference.
If you have accepted Jesus Christ as your personal Savior, but have been very lukewarm in your spiritual walk with Him, you need to immediately ask Him for forgiveness and for renewal. He will instantly forgive you, and fill your heart with the joy of the Holy Spirit. Then, you need to begin a daily walk of prayer and personal Bible Study.
If you have never accepted Jesus Christ as Savior, but have come to realize His reality and the approaching End of the Age, and want to accept His FREE Gift of Eternal Life, you can also do so now, in the privacy of your home. Once you accept Him as Savior, you are spiritually Born Again, and are as assured of Heaven as if you were already there. Then, you can rest assured that the Kingdom of Antichrist will not touch you spiritually.
If you would like to become Born Again, turn to our Salvation Page now.
We hope you have been blessed by this ministry, which seeks to educate and warn people, so that they can see the coming New World Order -- Kingdom of Antichrist -- in their daily news.
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Happy Halloween!! Hope everyone is enjoying their trick or treaters this evening. We get 2 trick or treaters, my sister and her friend that's it.
My sister loves pirates so I made her a pirate halloween card. The little pirate on the scallop circle and the Arrrrr are rubons that I bought last year at a after halloween clearance sale. The middle strip is a SU wheel that I colored in. My sister was thrilled with the card.


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Call for bids - WFDF 2013 World Overall Flying Disc Championships (WOC)
22 July 2012
WFDF's Overall Events Chair Jack Cooksey and the Board of Directors are seeking bids from potential host organizers for the WFDF 2013 World Overall Flying Disc Championships (WOC). The deadline for submitting completed bids for WOC 2013 is August 31 2012, and it is anticipated that bids will be awarded no later than September 30, 2012.
All potential bidders should notify WFDF of their intention to bid (no actual details required) by Friday, August 3, 2012.
Potential bidders should be aware of the following points:
• WFDF expects competitions to be held in 7 flying disc field events — Freestyle, Double Disc Court, Discathon, Accuracy, Disc Golf, Distance and Self-Caught Flight.
• Events shall be held to crown the World Overall champions in the Open, Women's and Masters Divisions (with others as agreed).
• In addition, events shall be held to crown the individual event world champions for all events but freestyle and disc golf.
The Bid Guidelines and bid budget template to be used for any application can be accessed under this link .
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Miami Turkish Film Festival at Colony Theater, 1040 Lincoln Road, Miami Beach; various show times; free but tickets required; 305/674-1040 orwww.miamiturkishfilmfestival.com
The amount of foreign-language movies that arrive on South Florida's shores compared to the number that wind up in New York City cinemas is miniscule, and it seems to dwindle more every year. So whenever a mini festival of obscure art-house movies like this arrives, we should cherish it. Turkey has long been a thriving hot spot for audacious, astute cinematic storytellers, and this three-day event spotlights five of them. The lineup features the black comedy "Last Stop Kurtulus," the slapstick comedy sequel "Eyyvah Eyvah 2," the animated biopic "God's Faithful Servant: Barla," and "Lost Songs of Anatolia," which has been viewed as the world's first musical-documentary hybrid. The festival closes with its brightest jewel: "Once Upon a Time in Anatolia," a gripping police procedural from the internationally recognized auteur Nuri Bilge Ceylan. Visit the festival's website for specific show times.
Opening day of 61stAnnual All Florida Juried Competition and Exhibition at Boca Raton Museum of Art, 501 Plaza Real, Boca Raton; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; $4 to $8 or free for members; 561/392-2500 or www.bocamuseum.org
Our state has been the punch line of more than one derisive joke in the popular culture – Homer Simpson famously called it "America's wang." But our state's artists could easily take on the artists of any other state and emerge somewhere near the top. For more than 60 years, the All Florida Juried Competition and Exhibition has been showcasing the best artists our state has to offer, and it's become a summer staple at the Boca Raton Museum of Art. This year, juror Valerie Cassel Oliver, a former programming specialist at the National Endowment for the Arts, among other eminent positions, selected the 100 works from a staggering pool of more than 1,500 entries. Look for more on this exhibition, including interviews with selected artists, here on bocamag.com throughout the next month.
Opening night of "Small Membership" at Alliance Theatre Lab, 6766 Main Street, Miami Lakes; 8 p.m.; $10 to $30; 305/259-0418 orwww.thealliancetheatrelab.com
David Sirois and Mark Della Ventura are two very talented peas in a pod, having collaborated most recently in the unique production "Love Burns" at Fort Lauderdale's Empire Stage. Now they return to their regular stomping ground of Miami Lakes' Alliance Theatre Lab in the much-anticipated "Small Membership." Sirois directs Della Ventura, who wrote and stars in the one-man show about "a big boy with a small problem." Perhaps the success of 2011's "The Irish Curse" at Mosaic Theatre – a play that similarly explored the comic foibles of underendowed men – caused this piece, which premiered as a reading, to graduate into a full production. But Della Ventura seems to have a lot more on his mind, with the play touching on issues such as puberty, sexual orientation, anxiety, true love and heartbreak. It runs through June 24.
Date Night with Chloe Dolandis at Arts Garage, 180 N.E. First St., Delray Beach; 7:30 p.m.; $15 to $30; 561/450-6357 or www.artsgarage.org
Not everybody can claim to have an entire day dedicated to them – that's an honor usually bestowed on folks like Martin Luther King, Jr. and Christopher Columbus. But locally, at least, musical theater sensation Chloe Dolandis received that distinction as a teenager in 2004, when the mayor of Boca Raton proclaimed Jan. 13 to be "Chloe Dolandis Day." The honor came after Dolandis won Boca's first-ever Rising Star competition, and since then, her star has shone ever brighter. The 27-year-old has hosted two programs on Nickelodeon, opened for entertainers as varied as Pitbull, Jeff Dunham and Billy Stritch and recorded a debut album, "Bring Back the Fever," which reached the Top 20 of iTunes' Jazz Album Downloads within a week of its release. The local girl done good will perform her jazzy soul songs in this intimate Arts Garage appearance.
Opening night of "Summer Shorts" at Arsht Center, 1300 Biscayne Blvd., Miami; 7:30 p.m.; $35; 305/949-6722 or www.arshtcenter.org
Over the past few years, the annual "Summer Shorts" production – a juried collection of short, one-act plays culled from countless admissions across the nation – has come to resemble, in my mind, Woody Allen's post-2000s output. Which is to say that I look forward to each Summer Shorts presentation with fevered anticipation, only to walk away a little bit disappointed – by the selection process more so than the acting, which is always top-notch. Could this year be the "Summer Shorts" equivalent of "Midnight in Paris?" The eight plays certainly suggest an increasingly comic approach to this venture, with Artistic Director John Manzelli citing sketch-comedy shows like "SNL" as an influence. I can tell you with certainty, at least, that Christopher Demos-Brown's ingenious "The Man From Mars," which had its world premiere in Boca last year, will be a showstopper. It runs through June 17.
Larry Marion at Books & Books, 265 Aragon Ave., Coral Gables; 8 p.m.; free; 305/442-4408 or www.booksandbooks.com
From nude Marilyn Monroe photographs to early Bob Dylan recordings, the word "lost" is applied to so many pop-culture revelations that it's beginning to lose its exotic appeal. The cynic in me is starting to think that the keepers of such entertaining gems intentionally "lose" them so that their value will be jacked up by the generation that "finds" them. That said, there's no question that Larry Marion's book "The Lost Beatles Photographs" is a thrilling coffee table book, compiling hundreds of images of the Fab Four at work and play, which were "lost" for some 45 years ago. Also chock full of interviews and promotional material (like early Beatles ID tags, press badges and bank notes), the book is an essential addition to any rock snob's library. Marion, a rock 'n' roll memorabilia expert, will discuss this book as well as his hit from 2010, "The Lost Rolling Stones Photographs."
Friday to Sunday
Italian Film Festival at Sunrise Civic Theatre, 10610 W. Oakland Park Blvd., Sunrise; various show times; $5 to $7 per film; 954/747-4646 or www.fliff.com
Last weekend, the Sunrise Civic Theatre – Broward County's newest art-house venue – hosted an Israeli Film Festival. And earlier in this week, the Colony Theater in Miami took viewers to Turkey. Now, the cinematic journey around the world continues with a three-day stop in Italy, again at the Sunrise Civic Theatre in the Sunrise Civic Center (with a couple of screenings taking place at Cinema Paradiso). The festivities begin at 6 p.m. Friday with the marriage comedy "Casomai" and end at 7 p.m. June 3 with "Love and Slaps," a humanistic ensemble comedy. Other notable screenings include the interlocking-stories thriller "Notturno Bus" (6 p.m. Saturday) and the crime thriller "At a Glance" (3 p.m. Sunday), both at Cinema Paradiso, 503 S.E. Sixth St.
Kathy Griffin at Hard Rock Live, 5747 Seminole Way, Hollywood; 8 p.m.; $51 to $81; 800/745-3000 or www.seminolehardrockhollywood.com
Nobody is better at making Anderson Cooper squirm than Kathy Griffin, the ginger-haired comedian whose co-hosting job during CNN's New Year's Eve coverage has made it the must-see network that night for the past three years. While Cooper, with his regular giggle-fests, isn't exactly a tough sell, Griffin could probably crack up a room full of trauma patients in a moment's notice. Known for her uncensored, controversial riffs on celebrities, Griffin is a two-time Emmy winner, four-time Grammy nominee and the first comedian to have four TV specials in one year. Fair enough, but still … 81 bucks a ticket? C'mon, Kathy.
"Hoztage: God Will Set the Captives Free" at Aventura Arts & Cultural Center, 3385 N.E. 188thSt., Aventura; 7:30 p.m.; 305/466-8002 orwww.aventuracenter.org
When a devout Christian and his three friends are held captive by a gun-wielding drug lord named Diablo, faith looks to be the only hope of escape in this play, produced by the Miami-based company Godz Sun Productions. The company specializes in "inspirational entertainment," creating a "ministry on stage." Look for austere production design and a quickening plot that integrates humor, suspense and religious allegory (Diablo's three disciples are named Judas, Carey and Karma). This play already enjoyed an evening at the Kravis Center last month, and tonight's showing will be your last change to see it. But I have to say – doesn't the play's subtitle kind of spoil the ending?


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Steven Zarit, distinguished professor and head of the Department of Human Development and Family Studies, was presented a Certificate of Appreciation by the PA Adult Day Services Association (PADSA) for his research and dedication that has helped to quantify the value of adult day services.
According to the PADSA, in addition to more than 25 years of helping professionals understand the role of family caregivers, Zarit has validated the benefits of adult day services for both family caregivers and their loved ones with dementia who attend the programs.
Adult day service providers throughout Pennsylvania have worked closely with his research team and Zarit has been readily available to PADSA as a resource for projects that improve the adult day services industry in Pennsylvania.
Zarit serves on the National Adult Day Services Association (NADSA) board of directors, further demonstrating not only dedication to his research but to both the providers and participants of adult day services.
The certificate was presented during PADSA's annual conference on May 1.


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Words chosen to mislead have long been a potent tool in the arsenal of political repression.
As technology changes our lives in ways we struggle to understand and special interests with power and large budgets push for sweeping changes detrimental to our interests, people can't protest if they don't understand what the conversation is about. That's been a huge problem in the area of copyright law reform; the copyright lobby has tried to make people believe that culture shouldn't be freely shared by equating copying with theft.
Yet copyright infringement and theft are very different things under law. To push back against this misinformation campaign, Nina Paley regularly deploys both her great talent and intelligence to say the same thing over and over again: copying is not theft.
Like most people, I wasn't paying the slightest bit of attention to the Internet while I was busy raising my child, but the Internet was itself evolving from a marvelous toy into a necessity of life. Today the Internet has become incredibly important to the economies of the world. In Canada UBB needs to be stopped because it unreasonably inflates the cost of Internet access purely to satisfy corporate greed, at a time when it is increasing important for all citizens to have Internet access in order to function. As important as that is, it is a little thing compared to the importance of Internet freedom.
above the law?
WikiLeaks is absorbing the brunt of heavy attacks that could much more easily be deployed to silence and/or remove ANY citizen dissent. The first wave of attacks against WikiLeaks were DDoS attacks, which are clearly against the law. Yet the only credible perpetrators of these attacks would be agents of "the establishment," in particular, governments and/or banks who believe themselves threatened by the release of Cablegate documents.
I grew up in the 20th century. My grandpaprents fled their homeland during a revolution. Adolph Hitler not only roamed the earth, but very nearly conquered it. The Cold War left citizens of earth wondering when the world would blow up, and there was a seemingly endless string of holy wars and 'Police Actions' and human rights abuses. It is neither unreasonable or alarmist to believe that Tom Flanagan was absolutely serious in calling for the assassination of Julian Assange. Living in a world where the young men in a helicopter can casually mow down civilians and journalists but the young man of conscience believed to have exposed it finds himself incarcerated without due process in conditions reminiscent of those suffered by the fictional Count of Monte Cristo. Perhaps worse; under military arrest, unconvicted of *anything,*Bradley Manning is actively physically prevented from exercise and constantly watched and tormented using methods commonly employed for brainwashing and torture.
A very difficult thing for me to understand is what has been called DDoS attacks over the past few weeks. I've spent a fair bit of time trying to understand what was happening in microblog conversations with people I know and respect as intelligent thoughtful people concerned for freedom. [Thank you especially to @inkorrupt and @lxoliva for helping me both think about and begin to get some understanding of this difficult subject.]
My eyes were opened further by MEP (Member of European Parliament) Amelia Andersdotter in her blog. Further, Ms. Andersdotter pointed me to Green Pirate: A Look at DDoS Net Activism
Both the technology and the jargon are so new the words don't mean the same thing every time make it very easy to spread misinformation. But the biggest reasons that DDoS has been equated with vandalism rather than protest is that DDoS attacks traditionally use malware to secretly break into innocent people's computers and illegally harness them, and turn them into a "botnet army." In fact, this is precisely the kind of attack that has been made against WikiLeaks computers since Cablegate.
That is NOT what "Anonymous" does, Richard Stallman explains in the Guardian article: The Anonymous WikiLeaks protests are a mass demo against control
Anonymous is not making zombie armies, they make their protests with their own computers. They are not very anonymous either, as evidenced by the kids who have been caught. As in Gandhi's time, public awareness can be raised by arrested protesters. Peaceful protest succeeds by making the population aware of injustice. Isn't it ironic that Anonymous is not engaged in illegal "cracking," unlike the authoritarian DDoS attacks illegally targetting WikiLeaks.
Still, can Anonymous protesters be breaking laws by simply visiting a website?
Of course they can. Laws are written by governments, and can be made to cover anything.
Under repressive regimes, laws are made to benefit the ruler(s) and imposed on the populace, enforced with fear and repression.
In democracies laws are supposed to be made for the good of society. But citizen oversight is necessary to ensure special interest lobby groups don't succeed in passing legislation contrary to the public good. This is why free speech and dissent are necessary and whistle blowers should be legally protected.
But if individuals can legally participate in DDoS attacks today, I won't be surprised if our lawmakers rush to make it illegal tomorrow. If they do, they won't stop the protests, anymore than it would have been possible to stop the civil disobedience inspired by Mahatma Gandhi or Martin Luther King. The right of digital assembly should be accepted as a legitimate form of digital dissent but I think it will take some time before most of us understand it well enough to get the idea.
The most important thing is that they are fighting for their future.
What we need is a new word to differentiate between DDoS attacks of repression — like those illegal used against WikiLeaks servers –and
DDoS personal protests being undertaken by the members of Anonymous.
Maybe instead of calling the Anonymous protestsDDoS attacks (Distributed Denial of Service)
we should be calling them Civil Rights Denial of Service protests, or
"States seek to imprison the Anonymous protesters rather than official torturers and murderers. The day when our governments prosecute war criminals and tell us the truth, internet crowd control may be our most pressing remaining problem. I will rejoice if I see that day."
Richard Stallman The Anonymous WikiLeaks protests are a mass demo against control
"States seek to imprison the Anonymous protesters rather than official torturers and murderers. The day when our governments prosecute war criminals and tell us the truth, internet crowd control may be our most pressing remaining problem. I will rejoice if I see that day."
Richard Stallman The Anonymous WikiLeaks protests are a mass demo against control
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Richard Stallman by webmink under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic License


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Wabash men in Noblesville spent Wabash Day working at Third Phase, a shelter and food/clothing pantry serving Hamilton County families in crisis as a result of abusive situations, alcohol/substance abuse, fire, accidents, and natural disaster.
The men spent their day cleaning and mulching a children's play area, and disassembling a large swingset/play system so a new one can be erected. They assembled and installed a new shelving system for the Third Phase food pantry.
There were tough chores too. They split wood on site, providing fuel that will help heat Third Phase's residential and counseling center for the winter.
Census: Seamus Boyce 2003,Greg Estell 1985, Mac McLaughlin 1983, Michael Prunier 1972, Stephen Prunier 2009, Dan Storey 2008, Nate Storey2005


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58. To the Stars Through Difficulty: Kelley Hunt
Now is the season to know all is not lost,
hearts can blossom like tender lilacs fragrant and overflowing
so full of light and spark their branch bends in humble reverence
to the warming ground.
Unfurl the ribbons of restraint that have wrapped themselves around you
like a gift, but holy binding, longing for their moment with the wind
leaping with clear surrender on currents of flap and song.
What lived before lies behind you. What breathes now is all there is
cradled in the knowing of grace and gratitude.
Now is the season to know everything you are is sacred.
— Kelley Hunt


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The New Age... there are TWO of them, the Spiral Dynamics green vMeme (where the valuing should have gone), and what Ken Wilber refers to as MGM -- the Mean Green Meme (where the valuing went).pgolde wrote:I have a question for you all, what is your definition of New Age?
The MGM is a deliberate misdirection by the New World Order (basically, the Masonic Lodges) to introduce a 180-degree turn in the valuing system to point the succession of Green away from crossing the Tier 2 boundary, to point it back at the yin-yang Tier 1 systems of orange (corporate) and blue (truth force). Orange was achieved with what I call the "for Prophet" motivation--turn the New Age into an income stream, and to Blue by replacing Gods with Aliens--same savior functions and structure, where priests are replaced by Channelers doing exactly the same thing.
For simplicity, I will refer to the green vMeme, where valuing SHOULD have gone, as "Green" and borrowing from Wilber, "Mean" for where it DID go.
Green, sitting at the border to Tier 2 systemic thought, would not be concerned with aliens, channeling or gadgetry that can be sold--it would be concerned with an apprehension of the Spirit complex, namely that there exists and "invisible world" where things happen (which I call the Other Realm) and can effect the visible world--namely, magick. To conceive of where Green should have gone, think of Alchemy and Hogwarts--exploration into the Other Realm, though being yin, still externalized into archetypal symbols, just like the Alchemists did centuries ago. The TV series, Sliders, did an excellent version of this (11th episode, "Into the Mystic") to a parallel Earth where mystical practices were commonplace in society.
"Mean" is just an up-scaling of blue (gods, angels and demons) and orange (business and science)--which is far more entertaining than Green is, because it is already familiar and no new work needs to be done to understand the concepts--it is just "substitution" with a techno twist, much like the way music went, as Spaceman so elegantly described it on the forum. To quote Larson, "complexity is entertaining, simplicity is not." Mean also engages is massive amounts of fantasia (a psychological version of the placebo effect) with complex rituals and interactions to keep those in the Mean Meme entertained and therefore not becoming dissatisfied with the system. Mean is the stage magician, Green is Dumbledore.
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The Green valuing meme was first achieved by Alchemists back in the 15th century. If you compare the alchemical stages that developed from the apprehension, you can draw a parallel to the Spiral Dynamics valuing memes:
- Calcination (Beige, instinct, overcoming survivalism/ego)
- Dissolution (Purple, tribal, dissolving the ego and projecting survival into a group)
- Separation (Red, power gods, separating from the tribe to rule)
- Conjunction (Blue, truth force, realizing the connection with Nature/gods)
- Fermentation (Orange, entrepreneurial, manifesting the Nature/god connection as science and business)
- Distillation (Green, New Age, refining the impurities to get a clean set of pieces to the puzzle)
- Coagulation (Yellow, Systemic, Tier 2 putting the pieces together to see the bigger picture)
The whole of the Magnum Opus is devoted to getting a person to grow in knowledge and ability to be able to cross over that bridge to Tier 2 and "see the system." The Alchemists weren't the first chemists--they were the first psychologists!
At the time, TPTB were based in despotism, covering both yin (blue priests) and yang (red governors) and those that did a 2-in-1 system, Kingship (political ruler sanctioned by God). With the Industrial Age, the red power system was replaced with the orange, corporate system, but still the same relationships. The NWO is still in the Blue/Orange valuing system for global rule--only the secret societies have ventured into the Green, to make sure that the common man did not learn about true magick--for if the common man put the pieces together, The Powers That Be will become extinct, relegated to Micro Island.
Knowing that, the NWO made sure that all the pieces discovered by people in the Green were sugar-coated into the Mean, so that they would stick together--but never fit quite right. Not being able to assemble the puzzle, people turn back thinking it was a dead end, returning to the blue/orange valuing system as useful cogs in the Great Machine of the New World Order.
Those that want to wash off those pieces that the Mean hold, to find out what "the shape of things to come" actually is, underneath, are going to have to dig into the origins of the concepts that the pieces represent--that means understanding myth, legend and some Natural science, to find the real magick that is the Green vMeme.
Let me also pass on a warning: the Mean "sugar coating" is usually termed "love"--the attractive principle used in the New Age to stick things together--that often don't belong together. When you wash that sugar coating off the piece, the "love" goes with it, down the drain--but then you get to discover what REALLY brings things together--and keeps them together. Just as chemistry sticks atoms together into molecules, there is a alchemy that performs a similar function in the magical realm, which the Greeks term agápē. Unfortunately, I've never found a corresponding English word, so the concept is difficult to explain... one of those things that you really cannot understand, until you've experienced it for yourself.


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Winners have been announced in a month-long contest during September celebrating National Library Card Sign-up Month and promoting the importance of library cards.
Over 2,000 people entered the contest at member libraries of the Neuse Regional Library in Lenoir, Greene and Jones counties. Friends of the Library sponsored the event.
The drawing was for 30 $20 Wal-Mart gift certificates. The winners from the Kinston-Lenoir County Public Library were Vanessa Wagner, Zelma Davenport, Athetra Hill, Nashid Sabir, Tamesha Davis, Milton Fields, Mary Darden, Barbara Bowen, Al Brantley, Seleena Parrott, Gavin Jones, Carolyn Privette, Marian Turenne, Karen Southerland and Christine Coley.
The winners from the La Grange Public Library were Antoinette Williams, Vivica Townsend and Bryson Cannon.
The winners from the Pink Hill Public Library were Jennifer Kopanski and Jay Jackson.
Winners from the Greene County Public Library were Martha Colon, Jeannie Burroughs May, Edna Montague, Lukas Moore and Vickie Harper.
The winners in Jones County were Brian Murrell, Susan A. Wright, Kristie Wells, C.C. Tribble and Summer Goodroe.
�This contest was designed to highlight the significant value that a library card represents,� said Agnes Ho, director of libraries for the Neuse Regional Library. �The library offers a door to a world of information for people of all ages, and a library card is the key to open that door.�
At the Kinston-Lenoir County Public Library and all other libraries in the Neuse Regional Library System in Lenoir, Greene and Jones counties, any patron who checked out a book during September was eligible to enter his or her name in the drawing.
Parrott inducts 32 students into Senior Beta Club
The Arendell Parrott Academy Senior Beta Club recently inducted 32 students into the Academy�s academic honor society. Membership in the Senior Beta Club is based on superior academic achievement and character. To be eligible, a student�s cumulative academic average must be 92.5 or higher. APA�s Beta Club is a member in good standing of the National Beta Club. The National Beta Club�s mission is �to promote the ideals of character, service, and leadership among students.� Both fall and spring induction ceremonies are held for new members. APA Sr. Beta inductees from Kinston are, front row, from left, Sydny Vick, Lilli Wooten, Victoria Newberry and Janet Leighton; back row, Joseph John, Alex Henderson, John McLawhorn, Davis Basden and Harper Rhodes.


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Wrestling's governing body received a warning for a "minor infringement" of the rules in the bidding race for a spot in the 2020 Olympics.
FILA president Nenad Lalovic told The Associated Press the case involves letters sent by the Japanese wrestling federation to promote the sport to some IOC members. IOC rules prohibit the sports from sending such material in the three weeks before Sunday's vote.
Lalovic said he reported the infringement himself to the IOC once he learned of the Japanese letters.
U.S. & World
Wrestling, which was cut from the list of core sports in February, is competing against squash and a combined baseball-softball bid to be included in 2020, with wrestling widely expected to regain its Olympic status.
The IOC said in a letter on Tuesday to the two other sports that an official warning was sent to FILA on Aug. 20 and "the matter is now considered as closed."
"This was a minor infringement of the rules and was dealt with immediately, no further action was necessary," the IOC said in a separate statement to The AP.


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Description: Hey guys, I know I've been getting numerous requests for The Rev from Avenged Sevenfold, so without any trouble, I went ahead and did this tutorial.I had a lot of fun painting a few portraits today, and I'll continue with more tomorrow. In this fun lesson, we'll be learning "how to draw the Rev from Avenged Sevenfold". Drawing this guy should be easy for you to draw because of the simple steps I've prepared. Be sure to get yourself a pencil, paper, and eraser so you'll have an advance with preparedness. If you'd like to take your skills further, get a graphite sketch set and use my painting for reference on the shading. This however, is for advanced or intermediate skilled artists. The tutorial itself is simplified for novices, which are common amongst the site. Anyways, I've gotta get going and move onto my other fun lessons! I hope you'll enjoy and don't forget to let me know how you did and if the tutorial was easy. Rest in Peace the Reverend!


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Brusselsbrŭ´səlz [key], Fr. Bruxelles, Du. Brussel, city and region (1995 pop. 948,122), 63 sq mi (162 sq km), capital of Belgium, central Belgium, on the Senne River and at the junction of the Charleroi-Brussels and Willebroek canals. The city lies within, but is not part of, Flemish Brabant. It is officially bilingual (French and Dutch), although French is more widely spoken. Brussels is an important administrative, financial, cultural, commercial, and industrial center and a major rail junction. Much of the administration of the European Union takes place in Brussels, and it is the headquarters of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). Among its varied manufactures are pharmaceuticals, electronics equipment, machine tools, paper, processed food, and lace.
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The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) opened its student recreation center this week, following a two-year, $32 million expansion project.
Improvements to the center include a new multi-story strength and cardio area, a 12,000-square-foot hardwood game court and a 39-foot climbing wall.
The new center was built onto the university's existing swimming and fitness complex. That facility, which opened in 1996, currently is undergoing renovations. It will continue to house the university's recreational aquatics programming when it re-opens in spring 2012.
Funding for the project was raised through a fee increase approved by the student body in 2006. Access to the facility is covered by student activity fees. Faculty, staff and family members can join for an annual fee that ranges from $230 for an individual to $550.


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Edna St. Vincent Millay
Edna St. Vincent Millay (22 February 1892 – 19 October 1950 / Rockland / Maine / United States)
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Today I'm participating in the very first Tiddly Inks Buggy Blog Hop so if you've come here from Debi's blog you're on the right track.
If not then you may want to head over to the Tiddly Inks blog for the entire list of hoppers because three lucky commenters/bloggers will be eligible to win prizes, ranging from a yummy scrap pack from Betty Boo to gift certificates from Tiddly Inks. :)
My card today uses the adorable Happy Bugg digi and just look at that cupcake! Oy, I seem to be continuing the sweets theme through this week and it's starting to feel like one big tease. ;)
I love vanilla cupcakes with chocolate frosting so I could just imagine the chocolatey goodness when I was coloring this up. I've gotta keep telling myself to be strong Amy, be strong! LOL
I also used fabric strips that I dyed and tied into bows as accents on this so it would work with this week's Tiddly Inks fabric challenge as well. I think they add a festive/birthday present like feel to the card. :)
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2 1/2 C flour
1 C shortening
Crumble with hands
Mix 3/4 C milk with 1 egg.
Mix together and add to flour mixture, slowly. When you can form a ball stop mixing. Roll onto flour surface. Ball will be quite wet; I usually add 1/2 c additional flour while rolling out. Even if your ball sticks to the counter and you make a mess of it, you can rebundle into a ball and roll out again. You can't ruin it. Really! This makes TWO crusts.
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Heat oven to 350 degrees
1 1/2 C corn syrup
1 1/2 C dark brown sugar
5 eggs
1/3 C butter, melted
1/2 t Salt
2 t vanilla
2 C pecans
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Saturday, February 25, 2012
Post-Race Debate Rages Again
It only took about ten minutes and fans on social media, email and this blog were already yelling about it. I was yelling about it too.
The debut of the Camping World Truck Series was held Friday night at the Daytona International Speedway. Basically, it was a freight train ride for the first three-quarters of the race mixed with some isolated accidents. No one was injured.
The final portions of the race consisted of several accidents involving key personalities in the sport. Ultimately, the final laps were marred by an accident that saw one driver's truck get up into the catch fence in front of the grandstands.
The race ended at 10:20PM, which was 20 minutes longer than SPEED had scheduled for the event. After getting the drivers back around to pit road, the network did some brief interviews of the top three drivers and the winning owner before departing in what some called a hasty manner ten minutes later.
What was scheduled for 10PM was the debut of a new season of Car Warriors. This "reality" TV show was panned last year and resulted in a lawsuit claiming the producers manipulated the outcome to make the best TV, not produce an honest result. On Friday night, this show started 30 minutes late.
A pretty hefty debate quickly got underway with folks making points on both sides. Here are some of those issues and then you can throw in your two cents.
Here were my points to argue:
The Camping World Truck Series is the only major NASCAR series carried on SPEED from start to finish. The focus should have been to take as long a time as needed to take care of the stories that unfolded during the race.
This is the best opportunity for SPEED and NASCAR to get fans involved in the personalities of the drivers, including the rookie winner of the race. That gives the fans a reason to then tune into the next event and develops fan interesting for the season.
The final accident put a truck into the catch fence and appeared to completely flip the truck over while airborne. TV should have updated the viewers on the status of those involved and any injuries to fans before departing. Also, significant damage to the catch fence could affect Saturday's on-track activity.
Here is the other side of the coin:
The network had already run 20 minutes past the scheduled off time and allowed ten more minutes for interviews prior to departing. The entire telecast ran 30 minutes long.
The trucks are not a major series and the fact that they kept wrecking over and over again is what forced the race to run long in the first place.
TV is not obligated to stay past the checkered flag and in this case allowing time for interviews made sure viewers got to see some key drivers before departing.
Where do you come down on this issue? Did you watch and were you confused that the network left hastily to a non-live program? Did you know where your favorite driver finished prior to the end of SPEED's telecast? Do you think SPEED did the right thing and the network's own business and programming agenda comes first?
We invite you to share your thoughts by clicking on the comments button below. Thank you for taking the time to stop by The Daly Planet.
22 comments:
- DougS said...
You missed one key point. Speed has seen it's truck series ratings INCREASE the past THREE years. No other series in NASCAR can claim that. Where did those ratings come from. Fans telling other fans how good the product was. How many new first time viewers, are wondering what we loyal viewers have been bragging about? This is the reward loyal viewers of the truck series receive.
I can't understand the thinking of the new executive committee at Speed. Why would you promo a series premiere following a live event that has an unscheduled ending time? That had to be talked about at programming meetings.
I saw one comment that Speed's new direction is not NASCAR oriented. I would argue that with amazing coverage of speed weeks up to tonight. And I'm sure Race Day and victory lane will not disappoint on Sunday.
I do hope that tonight's programming issue will be discussed and resolved, as 14 of 22 races are to be broadcast in prime time slots.
I only access my social media, web based information during commercials and mostly wait until after the race. However, I will have my laptop plugged in and have the website running for the new MRN streaming feed, in case of any of the networks prioritizing other programming over NASCAR.
- February 25, 2012 at 1:36 AM
- Zetona said...
What sort of ratings does "Car Warriors" get? If they're not near the Truck ratings, maybe the short postrace was a ploy to get more people to see the season debut. None of that justifies leaving the postrace so soon, not when there's a great story in Victory Lane and possible injuries in the stands. It's sort of like when ESPN deigned to interview AJ Allmendinger after he'd flipped on the final lap at Talladega back in 2010. No fans were at risk, but it was a strange decision--as was only showing two very limited camera angles of the wreck when they'd hyped the Big One for the whole race. That's in the past, but I'd think Speed would have done better with the Coulter incident, especially given how they covered Paludo's huge shunt.
- February 25, 2012 at 2:03 AM
- bevo said...
I can see both sides but to me it comes down to this - surely a live race gets higher ratings than anything else SPEED has except Barrett Jackson. Simple logic would dictate that you please the larger audience.
I can't imagine that there was anyone except the production staff of Pinks Dumbest Garage Warriors or whatever other lame show they have that was sitting by the channel counting down the minutes for it to burst upon the masses.
- February 25, 2012 at 3:00 AM
- RPM said...
I think the technical problems are a bigger issue than a 10 minute post-race. For some reason the audio is full of gremlins at Daytona this year. That needs to be the #1 issue addressed before Sunday.
I've seen FOX do similar quickie post-race shows when Sprint Cup races ran long. If they had cut away with no interviews at all then it would have been a problem.
- February 25, 2012 at 3:54 AM
- Ken said...
I agree JD, someone at SPEED made a boneheaded decision to leave the end of Camping World Truck Series without all the stories being told and interviews of all the key drivers.
I think he or she got caught up in all the hype of the premier of season #2 of Car Warriors, and forgot, or for that matter, really didn't care that all the loyal NASACR truck racing viewers were left hanging as the post race unfolded and SPEED deserted them and switched to Car Warriors.
They need to get their priorities in order and realize that the Camping World Truck Series is numero uno on their schedule.
- February 25, 2012 at 7:04 AM
- Chadderbox said...
I was at the race and there is a huge hole ripped in the catch fence past the tri-oval. One section of the fence is wide open.
I took photos and thought it was huge development. I really don't know if there were any injuries. I was on the scene minutes after the wreck taking photos. I personally did not see any injured person. I am shocked the tv coverage did not follow this story. That is crazy. There is a major section of the fence missing at Daytona. This is a story that should have been followed.
- February 25, 2012 at 7:20 AM
- Vicky D said...
We wanted interviews of the drivers who came out of the infield care facility and didn't get it. I don't see a point "racing" to finish up the broadcast to show a reality show. Very disappointed with the end.
- February 25, 2012 at 7:30 AM
- Anonymous said...
I really don't see this has a bad thing. Yeah, it sucks that they couldn't run longer but it was already passed it's time slot and I only care to hear from the first few drivers anyways. I know some people wanted to hear from the drivers that crashed but after hearing one driver talk about the wreak, you have pretty much heard all the drivers talk about the wreak. No big deal on my end, SPEED has already given us enough NASCAR coverage the past week and I'm sure they will talk about it tomorrow.
- February 25, 2012 at 7:53 AM
- Anonymous said...
I had to watch on RaceBuddy since I don't have Speed (thanks TWC). So everything was in real time, could see no reply. Better than nothing. Thanks for the Twitter link to RaceBuddy.
If you have them, Twitter link some fan photos of the catch fence damage.
And do you use a hashtag for Twitter chats during races?
Great columns.
- February 25, 2012 at 8:19 AM
- Anonymous said...
Theres really no reality show like nearl ylaunching launching a truck into the stands at DIS.
Compared to the Danica wreck, they did a terrible job in updating us on the driver and fans conditions.
- February 25, 2012 at 8:48 AM
- AncientRacer said...
I could not agree more as having seen the race in person the ONLY thing I was really interested in were the interviews, etc at the end of the broadcast that I DVR'd.
Also, as to "Car Warriors", you gotta know the criticism hurts when at the end of the show the host looks dead into the camera and says "This is inot fake!" ;-0
Off this topic: I gave in to inevitability and got a racing twitter account, but #TDP seems to be (for lack of a better term) a "party line". Wonder if there is another hashtag we could (or do?) use?
- February 25, 2012 at 8:53 AM
- red said...
first up, before i forget: a major "thank you!" to the entire SPEED team for the great production of the race last night. The camera shots were spot on, the booth was intelligent and engaging, pit road reports were informative, the use of tweets was interesting. the entire "package" was a ideal for getting the truck series season off to a wonderful start.
as for leaving the stories hanging like a florida voter's chad? i truly understand the business concerns that were in play at that moment. from that perspective, there was no other decision. the new season of that "show" was being plugged all race long, including with a countdown clock. race fans would seem to be an ideal audience for such a show (note the use of the word "seem": i'm a race fanatic & i've never watched the show.)
but how are new fans going to be "created" if they can't hear from drivers after a race, if the stories that developed throughout the race aren't immediately covered? there were MANY questions to be answered: how was coulter? how were the fans in those stands? how was the fence for today's race? what about the condition of the SAFER barriers? basically, a race recap show was needed.
perhaps the real issue is, as DougS has suggested, that the programming team, months ago, didn't take all this into consideration and plan the premiere of this new piece of SPEED programming for a different spot.
Daytona races always run long: it's the nature of the beast. by leaving this first race of the season so abruptly, SPEED programming team opened their network to the criticism that SPEED doesn't care about NASCAR. i completely understand that line of thought: anyone who understands the reality of the truck series would have known that the Daytona race would run long and program accordingly. at worst, there would have been time to fill. at best, there would have been a terrific wrap-up to an opening race, a great way to capture fans for next week.
for me, it's a damn shame that such a terrific broadcast is being overshadowed by this. i truly enjoyed the race, was totally captivated by the entire event and can't thank the SPEED team enough for bringing the excitement of the track to me, to home viewer.
- February 25, 2012 at 8:54 AM
- Buschseries61 said...
Honestly, SPEED needed only 5 to 10 minutes at most to finish off Daytona coverage. They did an excellent job the entire race until then. In this economy, its frustrating to see a good reality cut short for a fake one.
- February 25, 2012 at 9:44 AM
- Michael Stoffel said...
Speed has been spitting out the bit all week. From the horrible audio problems Thursday...(fox's problem, but they carried it.) to putting up a countdown clock immediately after the race telling us they were TNTing us. Scanty follow up interviews, progress reports on drivers dropped and so many other interesting info they just ignored. We've come to expect better from them. Big FAIL!
- February 25, 2012 at 10:05 AM
- Anonymous said...
Maybe the Speed execs didn't know how that episode of Garage Wars was going to end so they had to get there not to miss it!!!???
What a boneheaded decision SPEED
- February 25, 2012 at 10:36 AM
- starrcade76 said...
It was a quick exit considering how the race ended.
The problem was that for the first time that I can remember, SPEED had been pushing this show as coming on after the Truck race. It seems like in past years it may just been a replay of Trackside or of the race itself, after they signed-off live.
I'd think there must be some sort of research done, where they know how long the audience is retained after a race is done. And tried to carry over the truck audience into that next show before losing them.
But they probably could have used a few more minutes of past-race, to sort things out last night.
- February 25, 2012 at 10:56 AM
- Garry said...
Let me get this straight: The networks strive so hard to gear their programming to "lifestyle based" shows, re:reality, yet the one TRUE reality show stares them right in the face, and they are too stupid to see it. A show where raw emotions boil over into heated debate, where contestants face death on a weekly basis, where the audience is live and raw and right there, and the audience faces the chance of being invloved, and can face the same dangers as the contestants.... Hmmmm, why would you want that, when they can fabricate story lines, bore the hell out of people, dumb them down, and get sued?
- February 25, 2012 at 11:02 AM
- tommy1946 said...
Regarding the quick end - disappointed but not surprised. Why would the race fan expect "reporting" vs. "hype"? However, I really enjoyed Speed's use of cameras and angles as compared to the other networks. Wished they could put the whole package together. Hang in there Mr. Daly. I saw some Twitter comments (defenses) from media that defended their quick show end. Basically, they mostly boiled down to we were tired and had worked all day. Well, there are a lot of folks in this country that would love to get a paycheck again and be tired from working hard and having a long day!
- February 25, 2012 at 11:25 AM
- Anonymous said...
I thought the coverage was really good! I didn't realize that they had finished coverage until I got on here this morning. I had DVR'd the race and finished watching after they had interviewed a couple drivers.
don't get me wrong, I am a big fan, but had seen all that I needed before tuning out.
Good show!
- February 25, 2012 at 11:37 AM
- Sophia said...
I've given up on TPTB on sPeed. they are nothing but chuckleheads that cater to the bottom feeders of fake McTv 'reality' shows. In their defense (Playing devil's advocate) just like any other network. Remember when History Channel & Bravo & Biography had good shows? yea, i hardly do either.
I dvr'd the truck race & came home & FF thru it towards the center because I was tired. First, i could not believe all the wrecks (Why were the trucks wrecking like the cars with shorter spoilers) They're a different vehicle set up.
the last few laps were expensive pieces of mobiles turned into junk with firey crashes.
I hope all the drivers are ok and the fans hit by debris as well.
I love Mike Joy & Steve Barnes, and the gang, but their head honcho on SPEED continues to disappoint true fans.
On the other hand, JD & Others, after the Superbowl network tv ran off quickly to show some reality show ...so why should the truck series be any different :-(
It would've been nice to get follow up but sadly, we've come to EXPECT disappointment from Speed & Fox correct?
Bad camera angles (missed in of shootout race w bad camera, could only see on the replay) too much camera switching, zoom, only one car-finishes-the-race-etc. And the tasteless in car cam of Danica Patrick after her very hard hit.
I am glad they kept the camera farther away after Miguel's crash last night but I bet that's a different director. Even tho i ff much of the race there were lots of wide angles from what I could see.
I've been through a lot this past year & really want to gripe less about the racing coverage but it does no good.
Also if my rinky dink CCh radio station can stop their robocomputer from switching from MRN to other shows midstream, I shall enjoy the voices on MRN this summer!
By the way, any updates on Barney Hall? If his friends are reading this, do send him healing thoughts & prayers from Ohio. I miss his voice but he needs to take care of himself.
- February 25, 2012 at 12:34 PM
- Dot said...
I didn't find out until today on Twitter that there were 2 fans hurt by the debris in the Joey Coulter wreck. Minor, and they'll be OK. Of course SPEED couldn't tell us that because they left early, even though they ran over.
Are the new guys at SPEED old ones from BSPN, or are they using the BSPN model for race coverage?
@red, I loved your comments: "as for leaving the stories hanging like a florida voter's chad?" and "Daytona races always run long: it's the nature of the beast. by leaving this first race of the season so abruptly, SPEED programming team opened their network to the criticism that SPEED doesn't care about NASCAR. i completely understand that line of thought: anyone who understands the reality of the truck series would have known that the Daytona race would run long and program accordingly. at worst, there would have been time to fill. at best, there would have been a terrific wrap-up to an opening race, a great way to capture fans for next week." Summed it up pretty well.
I don't know why we race fans are treated like crap and the ball sports fans are treated like gold. You see it everyday on BSPN. Six shows of Sportscenter and we lose the Roundtable on Mondays. Now SPEED has joined in with their precious reality shows. Face it fellow race fans, we're screwed.
- February 25, 2012 at 8:48 PM
- Charlie Spencer said...
Okay, I'm getting mixed signals here. Everyone keeps talking about what wonderful resources are available on the Internet. Then some complain because the post-race broadcast doesn't interview everyone.
I thought ten minutes was plenty. I'm happy with hearing from the top three or four finishers, regardless of which series I'm watching. I love Ward Burton, but he wasn't a factor and didn't merit being interviewed. As to waiting for fan accident reports, those could take considerable time. How long would some of you have the network hang around?
And no, I'm not a 'Car Warriors' fan and hate 'reality' programs.
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