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Joakim Eskildsen's new body of work, Home Works, explores the poetry of place through the different homes to which he has moved his family over the past seven years. His pictures are painter-like, discovering different moods and seasons, a quiet thoughtfulness, an overwhelming beauty and a love of landscape. His family's final move to a new home in Germany, just this month, will dictate the last pictures in the project.
The series began in 2005, just before his son Seraphin was born. Two years later, his daughter Rubina was born. "The whole process of having children is such an interesting thing," he says. "They have been very inspiring to follow, and to discover the world and landscapes together with." The landscapes are often empty but sometimes dotted with a child. In the early pictures, the children are small elements in the larger frame and as the work moves forward through time, the children take precedence over their surroundings.
One of the most exciting aspects of Eskildsen's process is the influence that bookmaking has had on his direction. Since the beginning of his career he has integrated the bookmaking form directly into his photography process.
As an MA student in Finland, he studied with Finnish masters, Pentti Sammallahti and Jyrki Parantainen. Under their mentorship he was amazed to discover the idea that the photographer could be in charge of the whole process of making the book: from layout to typography to binding to offset printing: "The main idea was that the book itself is the art object, and not a catalog for the exhibition prints."
Over the next four years as an MA student, Eskildsen made his first two books by hand: Nordic Signs and Bluetide. After school he published iChickenMoon with an edition of 1,800. Most recently, The Roma Journeys—his brilliant book about the European ethnic groups known as Gypsies—was published by Steidl in 2007. "The book is a very flexible format. You can work on only one book or you can print it in an edition of 11,000. Both can be equally inspiring," he says. "There is something in this whole process which is so magical and keeps challenging me."
Those formative years in Finland inspired a slow and thoughtful approach to his work. "I like to allow myself to work over a span of years to have a kind of relationship with the work," he says. "I feel almost that if it is too fast, you might not get to know the pictures before it's over." In Home Works in particular, Eskildsen is working very closely in tandem between making the pictures and then taking time to work on layouts and juxtapositions, and to re-edit and refine and then to continue shooting. He plans to give himself two more years to capture his newest home. In this process, he says, "the vision becomes clearer": "One of the main things I learned is that the work is only half done when you have a lot of good pictures," he says. "One has to spend a lot of time with these images, too, and work a lot with them."
Eskildsen's diligence is being recognized. Steidl plans to publish Home Works in 2015, along with American Realities—about poverty in America (a project originally commissioned for this magazine)—and a third edition of Roma Journeys, both planned for 2013, as well as a re-print of Nordic Signs for 2015.
Joakim Eskildsen is a Danish photographer based in Berlin. He is best known for his book The Roma Journeys (Steidl, 2007). TIME recently commissioned Eskildsen to document Cuba's evolving culture.
Kira Pollack is TIME's Director of Photography. Follow her on Twitter @kirapollack.


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If you want to date your son's high school best friend, I guess that's your prerogative. But...why are you telling your story to the Daily Mail?
The story itself is pretty straightforward: Olli and Theo are best friends. When the boys are 20, Theo and Olli's mom develop feelings for each other. People judge; Olli is hurt and angry; but, seven years later, they're going strong and everyone's friends.
Okay: yes, it's a little weird to think of this happening with your parent and, let's face it, if the sexes were reversed it would feel more than a little creepy. But everyone's an adult and everyone's happy, so...why deliberately sensationalize the story? Sure, we imagine the Fail spends a lot of time trawling for lurid tales — and obviously there's some financial incentive involved — but it's still baffling for people who want (they say) to just live their lives to invite criticism from readership like The Mail's. Do people want approval? Fame? It's hard to know: presumably they provided the photo of the two boys as kids that's creepily stuck in the middle of the piece. And must have known they'd get a title like "The mother who fell in love with her son's best friend (and nearly destroyed her family)."
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The computer stress ball makes a great giveaway for any organization in the technology industry, the education industry, or the financial sector. Organizations in all of these industries rely on phones, televisions, or other digital hardware devices in order to complete their work on a daily basis. Due to its high relevance, a computer stress ball that is imprinted with a company name and logo can help schools, banks and charities to create awareness for their brands or causes. In fact, these small and functional products can generate favorable attitude amongst a wide range of recipients. For instance, the number of people who use technology in today's digital age is constantly increasing, and thus so are the number of people who would appreciate receiving one of these dynamic items. Sends the message that your company understands the importance of technology, especially when it comes to speed of communication, today.


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Capture online Flash video, save to your Mac or iPad/iPod/iPhone.
FLV Spider is a simple utility that allows you to capture online Flash videos. So, if you see a cool online video, and would like to save it to your Mac or to your iPod/iPhone, nothing is easier! Just launch FLV Spider before you start to surf the Web. FLV Spider will automatically capture any online Flash video, opened in a web browser. In other words, FLV Spider will save the video into a file, as long as you play it in the browser.
FLV Spider supports as downloadable video files, like Vimeo and Youtube, as many live streaming flash video formats, like vevo.com, many Internet TV websites, live shows, etc.
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With my limited contiguous in-game time, I have found that the easiest/most efficient way for me to grind for mats & cash is to grind the Auction House (AH).
Probably 3 to 4 days a week, while doing household chores, I do a scan of the AH, the let Auctioneer's bottom scanner call out to me (where ever I am in the house) when it finds a potential bargain.
Even though I have a fair grasp in the AH, I still have a lot to learn. My cash on hand is rarely more than 5,000, with potential 5,000 of sales in my bags or on the AH. Unfortunately I spend it as fast, if not faster than I pull it in (Mind you… what is the point of having more if it isn't being used.. maybe 5,000 is the right balancing point).
Anyway, I will discuss mods & techniques in other posts, for now I want to point you to some resources I use.
Starting with the Auctioneer (Advanced) Resources.
Norganna's forums.
A source of how to, why is it broken, new release information and gems of wisdom on making a pile of gold every dragon would be envious of.
Auctioneer Documentation Wiki – Note the Auctioneer Advanced stuff is still a bit sketchy, but it is still a work in progress.. still the best place to start. Includes how to install, backup and get started.
Forums: Categories or all Discussions – follow the threads and profit.
Download Site.
Yep, get it from the source, first time, every time. other mod upgrade sites (or utilities) are updated occasionally. The Auctioneer site gives you the latest (preview version) of if you are more game and prepared to be bleeding edge (with all the inherent risks) get the developer version.
A quick note.
If you are upgrading, remember to
1) backup your saved variables.
2) Delete your old Auctioneer mod before installing (reduces the likelihood of later errors)
This excerpt from the above link.
Delete old folders
Once you have found your AddOns folder, select and delete the following folders. We will be re-extracting them from the newly downloaded zip file from step 1
For Auctioneer Advanced and Auctioneer Classic versions you will have some or all these folders.
!Swatter, Auc-Advanced, Auc-Filter-Basic, Auc-ScanData, Auc-Stat-Purchased, Auc-Stat-Simple, Auc-Stat-StdDev, Auc-Filter-Outlier, Auc-Match-Undercut, Auc-Stat-WOWEcon, Auc-Util-Appraiser, Auc-Util-AskPrice, Auc-Util-CompactUI, Auc-Util-PriceLevel, Auc-Util-ScanButton, Auc-Util-ScanFinish, Auc-Util-ScanProgress, Auc-Util-VendMarkup,SlideBar, Babylonian, DebugLib, Configator, Auctioneer, BeanCounter, BtmScan, Enchantrix, Enchantrix-Barker, EnhTooltip, Informant, Stubby.
Auctioneer's method of tracking bugs and enhancements.
– If you find a bug, or think of an enhancement, float it on the forums until one of the Devs suggest you make a Jira.
– If you see something you like in the Jiras, vote for it! This will increase the likelihood of it appearing in future releases.
A new one I recently discovered. Lots of interesting discussion on what works and where future profit potential exists – Including a risk rating!
Og's Ledger
Og may have dropped off this mortal coil? But this is a great source of information of turning your 1st 20silver into 1,000 gold using Auctioneer (primarily Classic, but the concepts are the same)
Unofficial Word of Warcraft Forums.
I love these forums in general, but there are a few mammoth posts on making cash. Some pure AH, some a mix of AH & crafting.
Elitist Jerks: The Art of Making Gold thread
Another long one, filled with gems.
Enough for now… time to go make some money…
Gnomer and Out!


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Are you a baseball fan? Major League Baseball today released MLB.com OnBase, a new AIR application that helps fans to stay informed about games, news and tweets on their favorite baseball teams and players right from their computer desktop. It's another great example of using Adobe AIR to keep your audience engaged online and offline. With MLB.com OnBase, it's easy to know when exciting events are taking place, or when there is high-level of activity around a player, team, or topic.
You can download this free application from Adobe AIR Marketplace.


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As a Generation Xer, I'm of two minds about Jerry Brown's administration appointments so far, which have been heavy in old friends and aides from his first gubernatorial go-round 30 years ago. To the good, I'm glad to see Brown keeping so many senior citizens employed, instead of drawing pensions. To the bad, I wonder whether he just doesn't trust those of us under 40. (To be fair, today he appointed Xers to his governor's office staff in policy, legal, press and external affairs posts).
But there's one geezer appointment by Brown on Wednesday that deserves notice -- and praise. Brown reached back in time to put former state Superintendent of Public Instruction Bill Honig on the state school board. Honig was a rising star as a political figure -- and a very smart educator, who fought hard at a time of cutbacks to bring greater accountability to schools.
But he made a very bad mistake and paid dearly for it. While Honig was in office, the state Department of Education paid local school districts to cover the salaries of individuals who worked for a non-profit that was registered to Honig's residence. He resigned as state superintendent in 1993 after he was convicted on four felony charges related to his participation in the payments.
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News from around the country and around the globe
Honig, to his credit, was sentenced to community service and devoted that time to schools and education. He remains deeply involved in education policy, and brings an unparalleled institutional knowledge about California schools. Brown, by appointing him in spite of that past, is trying to let the state government tap into that knowledge. Given Honig's clean record since 1993 and the passage of time, appointing Honig is a risk worth taking.
Brown also is sending a message here about the importance of forgiveness -- and that making a bad mistake in the past doesn't mean you can't serve the public today. Now if only Brown could make brave appointments of people who have checkered pasts AND are too young to remember the Kennedy assassination.


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Obsolete Date: 3/1/2011
(a) Continuous Session of District Court. The district court is in continuous session in each county. Criminal and civil cases will be scheduled for trial in accordance with a calendaring procedure maintained and operated under the direction and supervision of the presiding judge of the district.
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(c) Trial Dates. All contested cases will be assigned trial dates by the trial judge under the direction and supervision of the presiding judge of the district.
(d) Trial Date Continuances. No continuance on trial dates will be given unless formally approved by the trial judge scheduled to hear the case. A request to continue a trial must be made within 10 days after receipt of notice of trial given by the court. If unavoidable circumstances should arise, the trial judge may consider waiving the 10-day requirement.
(e) Untried Cases. Actions or proceedings that have been pending and filed in which there has been a want of prosecution for more than one year may be dismissed without prejudice by the court on its own motion upon notice or on motion of either party.
Rule 40 was amended effective July 1, 1981; January 1, 1988; August 1, 2004; March 1, 2008; March 1, 2009; March 1, 2011.
Rule 40 has the same purpose as Fed.R.Civ.P. 40.
Rule 40 was amended, effective March 1, 2011, in response to the December 1, 2007, revision of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. The language and organization of the rule were changed to make the rule more easily understood and to make style and terminology consistent throughout the rules.
Rule 40 was amended, effective March 1, 2008, to eliminate the note of issue and certificate of readiness requirement. Decisions on placement of cases on the trial calendar are made at Rule 16 scheduling conferences or as otherwise scheduled by the court.
Subdivision (a) provides for continuous session of district court, rather than distinct "terms" of court. The presiding judge is to oversee the calendaring process.
Subdivision (d) was amended, effective March 1, 2011, to increase the time to request a continuance from 10 to 14 days after receiving notice of trial.
Subdivision (e) provides for dismissal of untried cases after one year of inactivity.
The rule was amended, effective January 1, 1988, to make the rule gender neutral.
SOURCES: Joint Procedure Committee Minutes of April 29-30, 2010, page 13; January 29-30, 2009, page 33; April 24-25, 2008, pages 21-22; April 26-27, 2007, pages 14-15; September 18-19, 2003, pages 11-18; April 24-25, 2003, pages 26-30; November 7-8, 1991, page 5; October 25-26, 1990, page 16; January 23, 1986, pages 9-12; September 18-19, 1980, pages 13-14; May 29-30, 1980, pages 1-2, 6-11; March 27-28, 1980, pages 3-4; January 17-18, 1980, page 3; November 29-30, 1979, pages 9-10; Fed.R.Civ.P. 40.
CROSS REFERENCE: N.D.R.Civ.P. 16 (Pretrial Conferences; Scheduling; Management); N.D.R.Crim.P. 50 (Calendars).


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by Luke Harold
Green Woods Charter School, currently located at the Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education in Roxborough, is in the process of purchasing the Greylock Manor property in Chestnut Hill, according to a statement released by the school.
Their move to Greylock Manor, 209 W. Chestnut Hill Ave., will help meet the school's growing enrollment demands, according to a statement from the school. Green Woods hopes to have some of its students attending classes at the new campus by the start of the 2011-2012 school year, while others will remain at the current location. It hopes to move all of its students there by September 2012.
The manor is currently the home of several small offices. It has not been a private residence in many years.
"Once the due diligence period is over and the purchase is complete, Green Woods Charter School will begin to bring this historic property back to life by meshing its rich history with our school's environmental mission." Green Woods CEO Jean M. Wallace said in the statement. "Our goal is to build around the existing manor in a way as to not interfere with its majestic presence in the Chestnut Hill Community."
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Hey everyone,
Let me explain a little bit about how this map collection idea came about. I started playing some tournaments a while back and I really enjoy it. The time that the organizers spend is huge and the style, types and organization of each tournament allows for many different play styles for many different players. So thanks to all of the organizers and all they do.
This now brings me to the point of the new maps. I wanted to make a map collection that could be the focus of many different tournaments in the future. So I was thinking "what could I make that would fill this desire?" I looked over the maps we already have on CC and found it, the USA map.
The USA map has 6 bonus regions (West, Rockies, S. West, S. East, Great Lakes, New England) representing 48 of the 50 sates. I had the idea that each bonus region could be developed into its own map thus having a total of 6 maps. So the entire map set would be a total of 7 (these 6 region maps and the original USA map)
Each Region map would have 3 bonus types: State bonus, State Capital bonus and Interstate City bonus.
- State Bonus – This bonus, obviously, would be given to a player for holding all of the cities in a particular state. Each state has the capital city and at least 1 more major city connected by a road or interstate. (Roads act as borders for all these maps)
State Capital Bonus – This bonus is awarded for holding different numbers of state capitals.
Interstate City Bonus – This bonus is awarded to a player who owns all cities along a particular interstate. Some cities may be along multiple interstates, thus two players could not receive both bonuses at the same time.
The graphics style of the 6 maps will be closely related to that of the original USA map.
- -The background and legend will have a similar look/style. I want to keep the blue background feel of the Original map and add images that help differentiate each region. Again similar to the way that the original map has images that represent the USA.
-The general color of each Regional map will be related (as closely as possible) to that of the original USA map. For example: The S. West is green in the original so the Region S. West will have a color theme of green as well.
-To help differentiate the bonus groups (since they will all be the same general color) little icons or images will be "wallpapered" in the background of each state.
-These icons can be anything but I have originally tried to use an image that has something to do with the state and is easily distinguishable from the others in the map. These icons can be: Natural Resources, Economic based, State animals/plants, climate features….
Each of the 6 maps will have its own post below describing in better detail the specifics but here is a quick summary of each map.
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Region # of States #of Territories (or cities including Capitals)
West 4 24
S. West 6 32
Rockies 9 40
S. East 7 40
Great Lakes 13 57+ 1 neutral
New England 9 35
As you can see these map are small to mid sized. Based on the size of the map (# of states) the territory count was figured out. I wanted to make sure that 8 player games would work well so I tried to make each territory count divisible by 8. Every map except S. East fits that requirement.
After determining the territory count for each map I went over each state and started looking at the biggest or most recognizable cities. I tried to balance the number of cities based on the size of the state and its location in regards to the rest of the map.
Then once these cities were picked I used the major roads from Google maps to link them up. Then I picked at least 2 interstates or more per map based on the size of the map.
Now just as the original USA map is not completely geographically accurate, like why can't Oregon attack Idaho, the road connections on these maps are not either. The basic roads exist but some connections across state borders are eliminated to help with border control.
The reason I am writing this all up is so that I could best explain my intent and desire for this map pack.
These maps need to be developed in a group and not individually. Here are some of the reasons below that I have that justify making, developing, forging and quenching all of these 6 maps at the same time.
- -Since the 6 maps (and the original) are designed to have a similar look/theme/graphic style they need to be done simultaneously. That way if colors or other graphical aspects are changed, they can be seen on all maps.
- The bonus structure and gameplay can also be developed at the same time. Any issue found in one map can be filtered through to the other maps.
- Since these maps are designed to be played as a group (they don't need to be but that is their purpose) they all need to be quenched at the same time. I don't want 1 map to get through fast and another to slow because of naming or colors. I want al maps to go live at the same time.
-While a larger thread management task, having all development for the 6 maps in one thread, will keep all issues together and one issue (font, color, legend style, etc) on one map will not get overlooked for the other 5. Basically all issues for all maps will be visible to all people interested.
So here we go. This post will remain here as a general-purpose statement and explanation of this map pack. The next 6 posts below will focus on a specific map and updates to each particular region.


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The forum tech sections are great places to learn more about taking care of our bikes no matter our wrenching skill level. Some threads do more than simple exchanges of question and answer by going the extra mile in taking us through maintenance or repairs with words and pictures. In the process they show the Best of the Froum.


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Author: Adam Powers, Head of UX, BBH London
This week ex-Morgan Stanley research analyst, now at KPCB, Mary Meeker delivered her latest Internet Trends presentation. As always, Mary's distillation of trends is always good value and genuine insights are peppered throughout.
For the time starved amongst you, here are some highlights:
World view:
• Though still with some ground to make up, it's striking the number of Chinese and Russian internet companies popping into the global top 25.
• What's more, between 2007 and 2010 China accumulated 246million new internet users – that is more than exist within the USA.
Mobilising the people:
• Mary notes that even in recessionary times breakthrough technology and services can breakout. One need only look at the extraordinary first weekend sales of Apple's iPhone 4S to confirm this.
• 2010 QTR 4 saw more mobile devices (which includes Tablets) sold than PCs and signs that Smartphone sales outstripping feature phone sales in US/EU
• That said. still enormous unconverted user base with 835 million Smartphone users against 5.6 billion mobile device subscribers.
• Apple getting plenty of headlines right now, but it's Android mobile devices with the remarkable quarter on quarter ramp up – jumping from 20million to 150million units shipped in between quarters 7 and 11 post-launch.
• Global mobile success story continues with app/ad revenue up by a factor of 17 between 2008 and 2011 to a figure of $12billion.
Touchy, feely:
• Meeker calls out the latest trend in the evolution of human computer interaction being from text command lines to graphical user interfaces (GUI) to natural user interfaces. Yes, Steve gets a name check too.
Cash is no longer king?:
• E-commerce story continues to be one of growth through tough economic times but plenty of room to grow.
• Again the big story is growth in mobile commerce with ebay and PayPal doubling or more their gross mobile sales/payments since 2010.
• The uplift in mobile e-commerce activity has been of particularly benefit to local commerce through the plethora of location aware discount offer aggregators.
Power to the people:
• Meeker identifies overarching mega-trend as the empowerment of people via connected devices.
• She references the Twitter traffic patterns post Japanese earthquake, the fact that 200million Indian farmers currently receive government subsidy payments via mobile devices and 85% of global population are now covered by commercial wireless signals versus 80% being on electricity grid.


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How To Stop Panic Attacks Without Medication
How To Stop Panic Attacks Without Medication
One of the most popular questions I get asked is How To Stop Panic Attacks Without Medication? My program does not recommend medication as a means of recovery. In most cases I believe you can cure panic attacks without the need of medication. Why do I advocate this? Drugs do not address the root cause of panic attacks. They tend to mask the problem and give you a false sense of control. Alcohol can give you more confidence and improve your mood. Panic attack drugs do this as well. However you would not stay drunk your whole life because it gave you self-confidence. We are all aware of the long term health issues of alcohol abuse, and ultimately it would not boost your self confidence or make you more positive. So why would you stay on medication.
It does not empower you to acknowledge you have the power within to recover.
Once I was first diagnosed with anxiety, medication was probably the first thing the doctor recommended. Because I did not know any better I accepted I needed it, but with some fear of failure that I required medication for a 'mental illness'.
Throughout my years of growing up I got use to going to the doctor when I had a health problem. They would provide medication and I got better. Unfortunately with panic attacks they don't make you better. They hide the symptoms to some extent and give you other side effects instead.
Medication for Panic Attacks
I knew in my heart of hearts that medication was not the way to recover, so I stopped using it after several months. A few years later I was going through a patch where my symptoms were really strong and my life was suffering, so I went back on medication. Every now and gain I would go back and see my doctor. Because I had a job and some social life (I wasn't agoraphobic) my case was not deemed severe enough to see a specialist. Medication was there only answer along with some words of wisdom and sympathetic advice. Don't get me wrong, I am not bitter that I did not receive more help. The doctors simply did not have the tools at their disposal to help. With this course you have.
If you're on medication to help block panic attacks then I would recommend slowly weaning yourself off the medication. Do not stop your medication abruptly by yourself. You should only change your medication under your doctor's guidance and supervision. I am certainly not totally against medication especially to get you on your feet at the start of this program. The medication I was on (Seroxat) helped me, and it did not seem to have any significant side effects. Speaking and reading about other sufferers who have taken tranquilizer type medication, they tend to give a much more negative feedback, especially about the side effects. I don't know what super drug is now of the market for panic attacks and anxiety, and frankly I don't care. It's in the pharmaceutical company's interest to keep producing these drugs as it's a multi million pound industry. The figures speak for themselves regarding the huge number of people on medication for depression and anxiety.
Panic attack medicine
Research has shown that in the majority of cases panic attacks can be cured without drugs. This is borne out by therapists and others using similar methods to me. Studies also show that a large percentage of people who give up medication see their anxiety and panic symptoms return. I believe if you don't have the tools to overcome anxiety and panic attacks then once the buffer (medication) is gone there is nothing to stand in the way of anxious feelings returning.
Whilst nobody is going to disagree about the effective use in the short term of anti anxiety medication (it can be very useful!), several studies have high-lighted the link between general long term drug use and mental illness. Some people have no choice but to take long term medication if you had lung transplant for example. But I would rather try the path without medication if I had a choice (which you do with my program,) if depression, weight gain, personality changes are the side effects. Remember you have the power within you to cure yourself, and I will walk with you every step of the way.
So if your wondering How To Stop Panic Attacks Without Medication then you you certainly can by following a holistic approach.
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Self Help for Your Nerves: Learn to relax and enjoy life again by overcoming stress and fear One of the first books I read on panic attacks and still one of the best. I would say if you're going to read any book first, read this one. First published in the 1960's it's been updated many times, but some of the best modern-day books still have the same principles running through them. For first aid for a panic attack this is still the best book out there in my opinion. For a programme for recovery it's not the best as we know far more on what contributes to panic attacks and how to cure them. For its time it's was revolutionary. Claire Weeks has sadly passed away but she did recordings and other books as well - Click Here .
If you would like to read my post on Claire Weekes Life and Books Click Here
Understanding Panic Attacks: and Overcoming Fear A very thorough and popular book on panic attacks. The book is easy to read and has a lot of common sense techniques. It gives a great deal of information on the back ground leading to panic attacks and goes behind the biology of panic attacks. It focuses on cognitive behavioural therapy tools to help you and a lot of the practical advice I advocate is in this book.
Panic Attacks: What they are, why the happen, and what you can do about them: What They Are, Why They Happen and What You Can Do About Them A book that's over ten years old but the same principles apply to day as they did then. A good book that covers what to do whilst having a panic attack, and an interesting chapter on how to help others with panic attacks. It has some useful tips and will be helpful for anyone suffering with panic attacks, anxiety and agoraphobia.
Anxiety and Panic Attacks - Their Cause and Cure An American book and definitely one of favourites. Fun, easy to read and has a stepped program to recovery. This book taught me some things I didn't know about panic attacks and is written by someone who has gone through it. The author has also set up a very useful organisation that helps people recover. The book was written in 1993 but everything is still completely relevant.
How to Stop Anxiety & Panic Attacks: A Simple Guide to using a specific set of Techniques to Stop Panic Attacks, Agoraphobia, Social Phobia, Fear of Driving or Flying and Stress Written by a fellow panic attack sufferer who really has a personable approach to panic attacks. The book really goes in depth in the emotional and psychological factors. The description of panic disorder was exactly how I felt and you can definitely feel empathy with how he describes the struggles involved. Geert (the author) also has produced good videos on you tube and a helpful program at ilovepanicattacks. Highly recommended.
Free Yourself From Anxiety: A self-help guide to overcoming anxiety disorders A book with a very caring attitude for anxious people with some great case studies of people who have various anxiety related issues. Lots of sensible, useful and practical information you can apply to everyday life.
Feel The Fear And Do It Anyway: How to Turn Your Fear and Indecision into Confidence and Action . One of the first books I read in my recovery. It's very popular book. Even though it's not really designed for panic attack sufferers, the information is still very relative. How you live your life and lifestyle is crucial to overcoming fear.
Prevent Panic Attacks - Challenging the Thoughts which Cause Panic
What are the symptoms of Panic Attacks?
How to cure Panic Attack Disorder?
What are Panic Attacks
The Anxiety Nervous System


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Speakers Encourage Conference Audience to Find Rest, Joy in Jesus
PLAINVIEW – With a theme of "Encountering Jesus," speakers at the 86th Annual Panhandle-Plains Pastors' and Laymen's Conference encouraged attendees to find both rest and joy in Jesus Christ while serving in their churches and communities. Held Feb. 19-20 at Wayland Baptist University, the conference welcomed hundreds from the area for worship and fellowship.
D. L. Lowrie, pastor emeritus of the First Baptist Church in Lubbock, brought words of encouragement to pastors and laypersons alike in a series of messages for the conference about encountering Jesus in everyday situations of service and ministry. David Dykes, pastor of Green Acres Baptist Church in Tyler, brought a series of messages about individuals who encountered Jesus in the Bible and the results of those experiences. Howard Batson, pastor of First Baptist Church in Amarillo, spoke on the Lordship of Jesus. Other speakers included Bill Tinsley of WorldconneX and Randy Newberry, mobilization strategist with the International Mission Board, both of whom spoke on ministry and missions opportunities.
Lunchtime meetings on Monday brought encouragement to men and women as Dykes spoke on leadership principles from the life of Jesus, and Jerrie Ann Salvato of Sheffield encouraged women with her testimony and songs about finding rest and healing in Jesus.
Lowrie's Monday afternoon message, based on John 3, dealt with finding encouragement for ministry in small churches in a "megachurch world." Citing John's response to those who questioned his dwindling followers who had begun following Christ, Lowrie said John refused to be discouraged, as he fears many pastors and laymen in smaller church settings become.
"The perception in small churches is sometimes that they aren't adequate in some way and they are always being compared to the big megachurches. Instead of finding the joy in ministry, they suffered depression and frustration," Lowrie said. "The way to have joy in ministry in these settings is to look at John's response."
According to Lowrie, John found joy in ministry was rooted in gratitude, a joy of service and that of accomplishment.
"What you're doing is designed by God. You may be there because that's the pleasure of the Father and a gift of His mercy, not a reward for your piety or righteousness," he said. "As John said, 'A man has nothing except what he has received from the Father.' You should find joy in service to God by giving your all for that church in His name."
Lowrie said pastors and laypersons alike should find joy in helping others encounter Jesus through the ministry roles each plays.
"We nurture a love for the Lord, not a love for ourselves. You're to measure your ministry not by how people feel about you but by how they feel about the Lord," he said. "That's why John could say, 'I'm happy to decrease as long as He increases."
Dykes preached on several encounters with Jesus, including that of the demoniac in Luke 8. The scenes, as he interpreted them, featured a disturbed man, a demonic prayer for mercy, "deviled ham" as the demons are cast into the swine, and a delivered man, brought to sanity by Jesus' healing touch.
"We sometimes try to treat the symptoms of a problem, but Dr. Jesus always goes to the root cause of a problem," he said. "Anyone who comes to Him finds that His power will change them for eternity."
Salvato provided special music for the conference, with music ministers from various area churches leading congregational singing. A special session for Hispanic pastors and laypersons was held Monday night, and the conference officially closed Tuesday afternoon with the Pastors' Masters golf tournament.
Officers for next year were elected as well. They include President Richard Laverty of First Baptist in Perryton; President-Elect Steve Martin of Parkview Baptist in Plainview; First Vice President Troy Richardson of Temple Baptist in Amarillo; Second Vice President Gerald Bastin of First Baptist in Crowell; and Secretary/Treasurer Charles Bassett of First Baptist in Weatherford.


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Corōna(στέφανος). A crown; that is, a circular ornament of metal, leaves, or flowers, worn by the ancients round the head or neck, and used as a festive as well as funeral decoration, and as a reward of talent, military or naval prowess, and civic worth. It includes the synonyms, for which it is often used absolntely, στεφάνη, στέφος, στεφάνωμα, corolla, sertum, "a garland or wreath." The use of crowns on public and private occasions was so general in antiquity that there was a special literature on the subject, of which we have remains in Theophrastus (Hist. Pl. vi. 6), Athenaeus (lib. xv.), Pliny (Pliny H. N. xxi. 1-70Pliny H. N., xxii. 4-13), and Pollux (vi. 106-107). At Rome Claudius Saturninus wrote a book De Coronis (Tertull. De Cor. Mil. 7, 10, 12). Crowns originally consisted of wool or the foliage of trees, especially myrtle-twigs or ivy, with which flowers of various kinds were subsequently interwoven. The makers and sellers of these garlands or crowns formed a distinct trade, and were called in Greece στεφανηπλόκοι or στεφανοποιοί, and in Rome coronarii (Plin. xxi. 54, 177). The flowers used in making crowns were called in Greek στεφανώματα, in Latin coronamenta. The foliage and flowers were sometimes fastened together by the inner bark of the lindentree, such garlands being known as coronae sutiles, also nexae and sertae. At Athens, the flower-market was called αἱ μυρρίναι, because myrtle (μύρτος) was the material most commonly used in making them. Many of the flower-girls were celebrated in antiquity, especially Glycera the mistress of Pausias (Plin. H. N. xxi. 4; xxxv. 125). At Rome, the temple of the Lares, at the head of the Via Sacra, was most frequented by the venders of garlands. The crowns among the Romans were often made of the leaves of plants, especially ivy, myrtle, and parsley. At Athens, the violet was very popular, but both the Greeks and Romans preferred the rose to any other flower, calling it "the king of flowers" and "the rose of the loves." (See Achill. Tat. ii. 1; Anacr. 5.) They were especially used for convivial crowns; and garlands of them were in request at Rome even in the winter, so that they were grown under glass (Mart. iv. 22, 5; xiii. 127), and were also imported from Egypt (Mart. vi. 80). As luxury increased, the leaves of the nardus or spikenard were brought from India for crowns (Mart.xiii. 51; Plin. H. N. xxi. 11). Garlands were also made of dried flowers, especially of amaranth, which, when moistened, had the appearance of fresh flowers, so that garlands of it were called coronae hibernae. The same name was given to crowns of artificial flowers (Plin.xxi. 5). Sometimes they were made of a thin layer of metal covered with gold or silver, and called corollae or corollaria inaurata or inargentata. The corona Etrusca was made of pure gold in the form of leaves, sometimes set with gems, and terminating in ribbons (lemnisci) of the same metal. It was held by a slave over the head of a general when he entered Rome in triumph (Plin.xxxiii. 11). Crowns adorned with such pendent ribbons were called coronae lemniscatae (Serv. ad Verg. Aen. v. 269Verg. Aen., vi. 772). The lemnisci (λημνίσκοι) were first made of wool, adorned with ribbons (from λῆνος, "wool," Fest. p. 155, M.), afterwards of linden-bast, and subsequently of gold. Crowns so adorned were the highest rewards of victors, whence Cicero speaks of palma lemniscata, where palma means a victory or the highest reward (Rosc. Am. 35, 100). Coronae longae resembled what we call festoons, and were employed to decorate the doors of houses, temples, amphitheatres, etc. (Ovid, Fast. iv. 738). The corona pactilis, probably the same as the corona plectilis of Plautus ( Bacch. i. 1.37), corona torta (Propert. iii. 20, 18), "plexa" (Lucret. v. 1399) , and as the στέφανοι πλεκτοί and κυλιστὸς στέφανος of the
|Corona Radiata.
|Corona Triumphalis. (Medallion of Ventidius.)
|Corona Obsidionalis.
|Corona Civica.
|Corona Castrensis.
|Corona Muralis.
|Corona Navalis.


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Brotherly Love?
This story appears in the January 1998 issue of Business Start-Ups magazine. Subscribe »
How do you show your brother that you love him?" a therapist asked an 8-year old.
"You tell him . . . and then you punch him in the back."
Such behavior seems altogether normal when brothers and sisters are children. But what if the adult children are in the family business--and they're still pummeling each other with words and deeds?
Competition among siblings runs deep. This type of rivalry is natural and can even be beneficial to a business, as long as it doesn't go too far. "When it gets so intense that a parent has to step in, you can assume both adult siblings are at fault," says Ronald Reece, an organizational psychologist and co-owner of Behavior Resources Inc., a psychological counseling firm in Greenville, South Carolina.
Separating fighting children was tough when they were young; it requires even more strength and determination when they're older--and in business together. "Even as adults, [siblings are] still in a power struggle for attention and approval," says Kathy Wiseman, a family business consultant and president of organizational development firm Working Systems in Washington, DC. And giving in to them feeds into this childish behavior, she says. "It's better to say something like `This fight is between you and your brother. As long as you're working here, you'll have to find a way to work it out.' "
Very often, young adult siblings have little understanding of problem-solving or conflict resolution techniques. If that's the case, they may need coaching from a consultant on how to arrive at a productive agreement--one that separates the problem from the relationship and one that produces a solution better than either of them could develop alone.
Sometimes a caring but neutral person is the best one to offer a business perspective to ongoing conflicts. That's the route the siblings who run Lloyd's Moving Co. Inc., a 68-year-old business in Philadelphia, take when they have disagreements. "A family friend, who's also a savvy business consultant, sits in on our family meetings," says Tina King, one of the Lloyd siblings and three principals. "When there's friction, she takes the emotion out of it, turning it into a business problem, not a personal one. Because we all respect her and know she cares about us as a family, it works."
According to Reece, if siblings' fights become destructive to a business, a parent may have no option but to say "One of you is going to have to go."
Patricia Schiff Estess writes family business histories and is the author of two books, Managing Alternative Work Arrangements (Crisp Publishing) and Money Advice for Your Successful Remarriage (Betterway Press).
Preventive Maintenance
By using a wide assortment of tools from their parental tool box, however, parents can often keep sibling conflict from getting to the point at which the business suffers. Here are some ideas:
- Respect differences. "Our daddy [Isaac Thomas Lloyd, the founder of Lloyd's Moving Company] used to say, `The head needs the neck, and the neck needs the shoulders.' We try to keep that in mind when we work together," says King. Whether the siblings work in similar positions or different ones, parents have to be mindful not to pit one child's abilities against the other's. The company's success is dependent on many different talents.
- Don't shuttle information back and forth. If one of the children complains to you about another or tells you something unflattering about another, Reece suggests one of two methods for handling it. Either absorb and forget it, or toss it back by saying something like "He's your brother. What are you going to do about it?"
- Emphasize that the company benefits each member of the family--and future generations. Says King, "Our father instilled in us the belief that as long as the job gets done, we shouldn't care who gets the credit for it. We'll all benefit." If this advice is internalized by the children, it will be a guiding force even when a parent is no longer around to mediate disputes.
- Establish guidelines to help reduce rivalry. Well-thought-out business policies eliminate the need for many subjective decisions, such as who should enter the business and when or what level of respect and interaction is expected. Subjective decisions only fuel childlike reactions of "you do that for her but don't do it for me."
- Encourage each sibling to participate in the achievements of the other. If one sibling is awarded a sales promotion, for example, the whole family should be involved in the celebration. "As long as the family has to share the pain of business problems, they should share the glory of each other's successes, too," says Reece.
Though parents would like to avoid it, they have to understand that sibling rivalry has existed since Cain and Abel. All they can do is set the stage for the tension to be productive and dynamic, and help the children learn to appreciate and support each other for the good of the business.
Contact Sources
Behavior Resources Inc., 18 Lavinia Ave., Greenville, SC 29601, fax: (864) 233-3706
Lloyd's Moving Co. Inc., (215) 473-0442, fax: (215) 477-9384
Working Systems, 2000 L St. N.W., #522, Washington, DC 20036, (202) 659-2222


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cheyenne_h on 02/05/2018 at 08:51AM
Not All Music on FMA is Licensed for Video
Just a friendly reminder.
We know, the FMA is a great resource for all sorts of people - filmmakers, remix artists, people who wanna hear strange new sounds - but we've been getting a LOT of messages lately from confused people about whether or not they can use X song in Y video.
It depends on the license, and how you intend to use the music, my friend! And best of all, you can find out all the information you need on your own. There are tons of resources out there to help.
We have a robust FAQ (complete with webinar!) about which licenses are suitable for video here. But here are some basics:
1. ND or No Derivatives: If you want to use a track from FMA for a video, you are not allowed to use anything with an "ND" or "No Derivatives" clause in the license. You must get further permission from the artist in order to use it for a video.
2. NC or Non Commercial: If you want to use a track for commercial purposes (including a monetized YouTube video, a real estate listing, or a video telling people about a product or service that costs money), anything with a "NC" or "Non Commercial" clause is not pre-cleared for this type of use. If you want to use it for a commercial purpose, you must get further written permission from the artist, and possibly pay for a license to use the song.
3. SA or Share Alike: If you want to use a track that is licensed CC BY-SA "Share Alike" or CC BY-NC-SA, you are required by that license to share your own work under the identical license. If you can't, or don't want to, do this, you must get further written permission from the artist. (Noticing a pattern yet?)
4. BY or Attribution: Anything with a CC license with "BY" or "Attribution" in it means you must give credit to the artist, but that's it. You can use it for whatever you want, even derivative works like videos and remixes. If you don't want to, or can't give attribution in your derivative work (such as a video)... guess what? You have to get further permission from the artist! (Now you're getting it!)
We have pre-screened a lot of stuff and it's tucked neatly in the Music For Video curator page (though this includes NC and SA tracks - so make sure to look for the license you need). You can also use stuff from our Public Domain collection without attributing or getting permission from the artist.
If you need guidance, please consult our FAQs, License Guide or read up on the Creative Commons website before asking - you may find the answer right in front of you!
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cheyenne_h on 04/17/2015 at 07:56PM
Unreel Trailers: A Challenge
Take a film out of context... you know you want to! You could re-cut that cheesy sci-fi flick into an interstellar romantic comedy, or poorly dub alternate dialogue onto an action sequence to make it a slapstick routine. We've put together a list of public domain films; pick one and make an Unreel Trailer! In less than three minutes, tell us a touching story of ghosts in love, a science experiment gone wrong, a training montage for puppies, or whatever seems appropriate (or inappropriate) to preview a movie that doesn't exist (yet).
Dramatic voiceovers, superfluous sound effects, and imaginary titles are encouraged. Credits, including CC license information, are required, but everything else is up to you!
Here are some examples of public domain films to choose from (entries must be derived from films in the U.S. Public Domain):
1. The Brain That Wouldn't Die wiki archive.org
2. Night of the Living Dead wiki archive.org
3. Reefer Madness wiki archive.org
4. Little Shop of Horrors wiki archive.org
5. Attack of the Giant Leeches wiki archive.org
6. Carnival of Souls wiki archive.org
7. Teenagers From Outer Space wiki archive.org
8. Rock, Rock, Rock! wiki archive.org
Use a track from our FMA Music for Video Vault in your trailer – or check out one of these artists:
Chris Zabriskie made a collection called "Direct to Video" for a reason. CC BY
Kevin Macleod's music has been used in thousands of videos. CC BY
Ian Alex Mac's "Cues" is made for cinematic purposes. CC BY
The Conet Project is full of strange sounds! Free Music Philosophy
UncleBibby has done a three-volume Free Music Project release. CC BY
Steve Combs has tons of stuff to choose from. CC BY
Our microSongs and Masters Remastered works are all in the Public Domain! No citations necessary.
Film must be in the public domain in the United States
Music must be licensed for use in video without further permission from the artist
Submissions must be posted to a video streaming site online and shared with FMA via our submission form
Submitters must list all works used in the film (audio, visual, etc)
Use proper citation in the film (attribution of music, license, etc) - CC Best Practices here.
If you submit a trailer using footage from a film that isn't on the list, please make sure it is in the public domain (or your own work, which you are willing to dedicate to the public domain using this Creative Commons license) before you proceed. Submissions that are not in the public domain in the U.S. won't qualify for judging.
We'll accept entries from April 13th until May 8th, 2015.
Entry form is here, finished projects are here.
One winner will be chosen by our panel of judges, and the winner will get an Epson Powerlite Projector.
The Unreel Trailers Challenge is supported in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.


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NASA Image and Video Library
NASA Images was created through a partnership between NASA and the Internet Archive, a non-profit digital library based in San Francisco, to bring public access to NASA's image, video, and audio collections in a single, searchable resource.
The site includes classic photos, educational programming, high-definition video, and more. New and archived media from all of NASA's centers are continually being added.
For news and updates, visit the NASA Images blog.
Database Provider: National Aeronautics and Space
• Database Provider: Internet Archive
Express Link (bookmark): http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=nasa


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DALLAS — Kevin Durant scored a career-high 52 points, including the go-ahead basket with 16.5 seconds left in overtime, and the Oklahoma City Thunder held off a Dallas Mavericks rally for a 117-114 victory Friday night.
The Thunder, who won their sixth straight, snapped a season-high four-game winning streak for the Mavericks.
Dallas guard O.J. Mayo forced overtime by hitting a 3-pointer with two defenders in his face with 2.3 seconds left in regulation.
Mike James had put Dallas ahead with a 3 pointer in overtime, but his shot from well behind the arc in the final seconds of the extra period fell short.
Russell Westbrook, who scored 31, missed a free throw to give the Mavericks one more chance to tie, but Vince Carter's desperation 3 at the buzzer was short.
Carter led Dallas with a season-high 29 points.


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This is a great video that takes Facebook and Twitter and puts them into the real world, acting out everything that you would do on those networks. Whether it's a 'Like' or a 'Follow', it's all included here. It's a fun way to showcase how odd our online behaviour can seem when it's taken out of context.
This video is part a viral campaign to advertise a new opera called Two Boys, by Nico Muhly, which premiers in London on 24th June and centres around how strange our online lives can be. Do you "Like" it?


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DORAL, Fla. – Students at Doral Academy are inviting the public to an event to raise money for the search party looking for Christian Aguilar, the UF student who has been missing since September 20.
Gainesville police charged Pedro Bravo, Aguilar's friend and former Doral Academy classmate, with murdering Aguilar, but his body has not yet been found.
Organizers with the Christian Aguilar Foundation said the two-part event will take place at J.C. Bermudez Park in Doral on Saturday, Oct. 13.
The benefit will start with a walking marathon at 6 p.m. A candlelight prayer is scheduled for 7:30 p.m.
The entrance fee is $5. Donations will be collected and food and drinks will be sold throughout the event.
Organizers said the search party needs batteries, flashlights, plastic boots, mosquito repellent and machetes, all of which will be accepted as donations at the fundraiser.
Shirts will be sold for $10 and bracelets will be sold for $5.
Students said they are asking participants to wear white t-shirts.


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Senate Democratic leaders urged President Barack Obama to act to increase the nation's debt limit, even without congressional approval, in order to avoid a standoff with Republicans over the nation's borrowing authority.
The top four Democrats wrote Obama on Friday to urge him against allowing the debt ceiling becoming a bargaining chip with Republicans, who might threaten to vote against any increase in the debt limit without new spending cuts or entitlement reforms from the administration.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., and three other Democrats wrote:
In the event that Republicans make good on their threat by failing to act, or by moving unilaterally to pass a debt limit extension only as part of unbalanced or unreasonable legislation, we believe you must be willing to take any lawful steps to ensure that America does not break its promises and trigger a global economic crisis -- without Congressional approval, if necessary.
The White House has been loath to assert the type of broad executive privileges that would allow the president to unilaterally increase the amount of money the government is able to borrow in order to cover its obligations. Traditionally, approval of an increase in the debt ceiling has been the province of Congress.
Insisting that America is not a "deadbeat nation," President Obama demanded Congress authorize the U.S. to pay its bills lest the country default on its debts. NBC's Chuck Todd reports.
But the 2011 fight over increasing the debt limit almost produced a default. Obama's agreement with Republicans at that time produced the spending cuts that make up the recent "fiscal cliff," which the president and lawmakers didn't fully solve. Obama warned after reaching an agreement with Republicans on taxes earlier this month that he wouldn't bargain over the debt limit, but some GOP lawmakers have begun to speak more openly about using that moment as a point of leverage.
It's not clear what authority Obama would invoke to unilaterally raise the debt ceiling. Popular theories argue he could invoke the 14th Amendment (which says the "validity of the public debt of the U.S. ... shall not be questioned"), invoke an obscure provision allowing the government to mint a $1 trillion coin to pay for the debt, or even issue I.O.U.s.
"We support your view that an extension of the debt limit is not something for which Democrats should have to negotiate," the Democratic leaders wrote. "At the same time, as a separate matter, we agree about the importance of developing a broad, bipartisan agreement on fiscal policy that strengthens our economy and reduces our long-term budget deficit."


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"I think this is a matter of great public interest, the whole question of the OPR report," Holder said. "The report is completed. It is being reviewed now and it is in its last stages, there is a career prosecutor who has to review the report. We expect that that process should be done by the end of the month and at that point the report should be issued."
Holder was asked about the status of the report by Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) at an oversight hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee this morning. A video of his statement is available on Talking Points Memo.
More than 10,000 people have signed petitions by AFJ and Credo Action calling for release of the report on the "torture memos." Last week's phone calls to the Attorney General asked him to expand his investigation to all responsible for U.S. torture, including the lawyers who authored the infamous "torture memos."
"Releasing the OPR report is the first step towards accountability for those who authorized torture. We are pleased the Attorney General is bringing these facts to light," said Nan Aron, President, Alliance for Justice.
In Holder's first oversight hearing in June, he was asked when the report by the Justice Department's Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) on the conduct of the lawyers who authorized torture would be released. He said that the five-year investigation of the "torture memos" was close to an end and that OPR's report would be ready in a "matter of weeks." When asked again on October 8, Holder said the report was still waiting for comments from some of the lawyers involved.
The legal cover for torture was contained in a series of memos drafted by lawyers in the Department of Justice's Office of Legal Counsel, beginning in 2002. The Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) began an inquiry in 2004 into the conduct of the DOJ lawyers. In January 2009, at the end of the Bush administration, news leaked that the report on this inquiry had been drafted, but it still has not been released.


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An area couple who has touched hundreds of children's lives will set one last example as they leave for their new home in Jerusalem next week.
Rabbi Todd Zeff, longtime director of Camp Ramah in the Poconos, his wife, Aliza, a 13-year-veteran teacher at the Perelman Jewish Day School, and their three young children are taking a leap of faith as they make aliyah with no family and no jobs awaiting them.
"I would never move to Ohio without a job," Todd Zeff, 39, acknowledged. "But I wouldn't be as excited about Ohio as I would be about Jerusalem."
The Zeffs are among 14 local Jews heading for a new life in Israel on an Aug. 13 charter flight from New York organized by Nefesh B'Nefesh.
The agency has facilitated aliyah, immigration to Israel, for more than 30,000 people from America, Canada and the United Kingdom over the past decade.
Aliza Zeff, 36, said they always felt compelled to return to the Jewish state. Her husband spent his junior year of college at Hebrew University. They returned together as an engaged couple for another year in 1998-1999; he did his mandatory year at the Conservative seminary during rabbinical school while she studied at the Pardes Institute. They even discussed taking a sabbatical there before having kids.
"I felt like if we're going and we're intending to make a difference there and find careers where we're taken seriously and can really give everything we want to give, why not make it permanent?" Aliza Zeff asked rhetorically.
More importantly, they said, it seemed like the perfect timing for their children — Maya, 8, Joey, 5, and Asher, 2.
"If they were older and more rooted with friends and activities, it would be so much harder to justify pulling them out of their routine," said Aliza Zeff.
At this stage, she said, they'll hopefully grow up not only learning Hebrew but feeling connected to their homeland and the Jewish community on a broader level. They'll be learning Torah, Jewish history and Israeli culture — all the things that define the way they live their daily lives here — but "they'll feel more a part of a collective experience" by learning them in Israel, she said.
Even when it comes to studying Hebrew texts, here in the United States, so much effort goes into just figuring out what it means, Todd Zeff said. If their children become fluent in Hebrew, the "focus is grappling with the ideas inherent in the text. The depth is unparalleled there."
Aside from how the kids get acclimated, there's also the small matter of how they're going to support themselves financially. Todd Zeff said he didn't think his wife would have much trouble finding a job because there's always a need for good English teachers there.
"It's harder as a Conservative rabbi," he said, adding that he's been interviewing for educational administrative jobs but doesn't have anything confirmed yet.
In preparation for the big move, the couple sold their house in Wynnewood in June and put everything that wouldn't go overseas into storage before heading up to camp. They leave for Israel straight from Ramah. "It's been quite an honor to provide this experience for all these kids every summer," Todd Zeff said. "I don't know if I'll find another job that has such a deep impact on so many kids."
Leaving Ramah will be bittersweet for both of them. While Todd Zeff has been at the helm, Aliza also served the past four summers as the assistant director for Ramah's weeklong Tikvah camp for families with children who have disabilities.
The rest of the year, however, she was focused on the fifth graders who came through her classroom at Perelman's Stern Center in Wynnewood.
Principal Wendy Smith said she gets teary-eyed when she thinks of not having Aliza Zeff around anymore.
"She eats, sleeps and breathes her Judaism in such a beautiful way," Smith said, calling Zeff an articulate master teacher who just "gets kids."
Smith noted that Zeff had also created a curriculum about Jewish folk tales and rewritten their reproductive health unit to include Jewish teachings.
Zeff won't be the only Perelman staff member leaving for Israel. Head of school Jay Leiberman also announced plans to make aliyah after the coming school year to become an associate director of KIVUNIM, a Jerusalem-based experiential learning program for teens and teachers.
Maybe she'll join them, too, joked Smith, who is not Jewish. While Smith has been working at Perelman for 20 years, she said she never had time to visit the country; but she's vowed to go soon now that the Zeffs will be there.
At least the Zeffs will see some familiar faces on their journey. They're booked on the same flight as several young adults who attended Ramah or participated in the Conservative youth movement, which couldn't make them more proud. At least five are from this area.
In Israel, Todd Zeff said his priorities will be helping the kids adjust to school, brushing up on his Hebrew and sampling the more than 40 kosher restaurants within walking distance of their apartment, a boon compared to their options here.
"I don't know if it's going to work," he said. "But I don't want to go through life regretting the fact that I didn't try."


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LONGMONT — The Longmont City Council unanimously approved a land swap Tuesday night that will give the city more parking for the museum and recreation center and land for the St. Vrain Greenway, in exchange for a site wanted for the Quail Commercial Center.
The commercial center, planned by property owner MNR, would include a 78-room Homewood Suites hotel near the city's southern "gateway." The company also owns the Hampton Inn, north of the project.
Barbara Brunk, manager of Resource Conservation Partners (which is working with MNR) said it would be about 18 months before the first dirt would be turned.
"This isn't going to sit there undeveloped," Brunk promised the City Council. "The plan is to move forward."On the face of it, the city would be trading a land parcel worth $415,000 for one worth $281,000. However, the city also would get an estimated $393,000 of building fees from the project and $288,000 of annual revenue at full build-out, according to Longmont staff. Undeveloped, the property brings in about $5,500 a year in property tax.
MNR will be getting 75,446 square feet just off the northeast corner of the Quail Road and Main Street intersection. The city would get a 69,150 square foot box of land to the northeast of that, which borders the museum parking lot on the east side of the "box."
Architect Tom Moore said the commercial center's buildings would be brick and one to two stories high, and would not obstruct the view of the Front Range.
In other action:
The council voted to allow small breweries, wineries or distilleries with tasting rooms in a commercial or mixed-use district, so long as the business stayed at least 250 feet from residential uses. If the business didn't have a tasting room or was more than 5,000 square feet, it could be permitted in mixed industrial or general industrial areas and limited elsewhere. The new rules would ease the size restrictions on retail space, previously limited to no more than 10 percent of the business.
Council members briefly discussed whether developers who provide amenities in their "pocket parks" should have some of their park improvement fees waived. City staff is still working on the issue, which is not yet ready for a vote.
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Economic Report
The pace of economic recovery is slowing before the fiscal squeeze has kicked in. But the BoE is hesitant to launch QE2 given the higherthan expected inflation (expectations). There are definitely short-term upside risks to inflation, mostly due to the VAT hike in January 2011.
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Investors are worried that rising public debt to GDP ratios in the advanced economies will eventually lead to a wave of sovereign defaults. To calm market nerves, therefore, governments have announced austerity measures to lower debt ratios to more 'sustainable levels'.
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Russia's oil and gas dependent economy has started to recover slowly from the sharp downturn in 2009, with real GDP growth estimated at 4.2% and 4% in the next two years.
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The island of Taiwan has a dynamic, capitalist economy which has sharply rebounded from the effects of the global financial crisis. Economic activity will expand by over 9% yoy in 2010, a large improvement from the 1.9% contraction in 2009.
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A structural country risk the Maldives are facing is climate change. If the sea level rises only by a couple of meters, the majority of the Maldives will be submerged. The political situation is very unstable, as the opposition and the ruling party are frequently at loggerheads hindering any progress on reforms.
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De financiële crisis, die zich sinds 2007 over de wereld verspreidt, gaat ook aan Oost-Europa niet ongemerkt voorbij. In veel opzichten doet de situatie in Oost- Europa denken aan het begin van de Azië-crisis in 1997. In de afgelopen tien jaar is de Oost-Europese economie sterk gegroeid, vooral door de instroom van buitenlands kapitaal en de export.
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Alex Tse-Alphard Duo Golf Cart Golf Bag & Push Cart Combination
At Design Interviews
Interview with Alex Tse : Frank Scott: What is the main principle, idea and inspiration behind your design?. Alex Tse : Any golfer would like to minimize the room needed for their golf bag or golf push cart (trolley), for the sake of storage and more importantly for transport. As golfers ourselves, we've seen compact, but it seems there's always a trade off between size and convenience. We have yet to see compact put together with convenience and ease of use. We've always imagined the golf bag and push cart (trolley) combined could be a breakthrough if done right. .Frank Scott: What has been your main focus in designing this work? Especially what did you want to achieve?. Alex Tse : Compactness and easy set up was the key focus from the very beginning, we relentlessly apply, test and tweak different engineering techniques to make set up easy and straightforward for the end user. .Frank Scott: What are your future plans for this award winning design?. Alex Tse : The plan is to introduce the Alphard Duo Golf Cart to the general public and especially those who enjoy a game of golf. We hope this product will encourage more people to walk the course instead of riding in a buggy. Walking the course has many health and game benefits, it's more eco-friendly too. .Frank Scott: How long did it take you to design this particular concept?. Alex Tse : It took us two years from the idea to actual production. .Frank Scott: Why did you design this particular concept? Was this design commissioned or did you decide to pursuit an inspiration?. Alex Tse : We have a vision for a better way to golf, and it's the perfect first product for our new brand Alphard Golf which strives to continuously bring innovative golf product ideas to the table. .Frank Scott: Is your design being produced or used by another company, or do you plan to sell or lease the production rights or do you intent to produce your work yourself?. Alex Tse : It will be produced at our own factory in China, we see this as an advantage to keep cost low while having a good control on quality as we do get very involved in all parts of production. It will be sold through distribution networks globally. .Frank Scott: What made you design this particular type of work?. Alex Tse : Our passion in golf and our extensive experience and knowledge in push carts (trolley). .Frank Scott: Where there any other designs and/or designers that helped the influence the design of your work?. Alex Tse : Yes, we studied carefully the folding mechanisms of a lot of products with wheels that folds, such as baby strollers and collapsible bikes. .Frank Scott: Who is the target customer for his design?. Alex Tse : Golfers who like to walk. .Frank Scott: What sets this design apart from other similar or resembling concepts?. Alex Tse : It is a combination of a golf bag and push cart (trolley). So instead of having two separate units, the Duo Cart is more compact, weights less and is easier to setup. .Frank Scott: How did you come up with the name for this design? What does it mean?. Alex Tse : Alphard is a name of a star. It is a unique and very bright star. Duo stands for combining a golf bag and push cart (trolley). .Frank Scott: Which design tools did you use when you were working on this project?. Alex Tse : Solidworks, Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop. .Frank Scott: What is the most unique aspect of your design?. Alex Tse : The folding mechanism and the configuration when it is folded. .Frank Scott: Who did you collaborate with for this design? Did you work with people with technical / specialized skills?. Alex Tse : No. .Frank Scott: Is your design influenced by data or analytical research in any way? What kind of research did you conduct for making this design?. Alex Tse : Our research is based on customer feedback of existing golf push carts and golf bags in the market. .Frank Scott: What are some of the challenges you faced during the design/realization of your concept?. Alex Tse : The main challenge is to make the product change from the folded orientation to an unfolded orientation in just one step while keeping the folded footprint to a minimum. .Frank Scott: How did you decide to submit your design to an international design competition?. Alex Tse : After two years of development and continuous fine-tuning of the Duo Cart, we are very happy with what we've achieved in terms of look and functionality. We wanted to take the Duo Cart to an international show ground and see how it will be judged. .Frank Scott: What did you learn or how did you improve yourself during the designing of this work?. Alex Tse : We did many rounds of improvement based on results and feedback from vigorous testing of the Duo Cart, we see testing as an ongoing process and it's crucial to product quality. .
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A groin strain is a partial or complete tear of the small fibers of the adductor muscles. The adductors are a group of muscles located on the inner side of the thigh. They start in the groin area and run down the inner thigh to attach to the inner side of the knee.
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A groin strain can be caused by:
- Stretching the adductor muscles beyond the amount of tension they can withstand
- Suddenly putting stress on the adductor muscles when they are not ready for stress
- Overusing the adductor muscles over time
- Getting a direct blow to the adductor muscles
Risk Factors
Factors that may increase your chance of developing a groin strain include:
- Participation in sports that require bursts of speed. This includes track sports like running, hurdles, or long jump. Other sports include basketball, soccer, football, or rugby.
- Previous strain or injury to the area
- Muscle fatigue or weakness
- Tight groin muscles
- Poor conditioning
- Muscle imbalance
- Abnormality of bone structure
Symptoms may include:
- Pain and tenderness in the groin area
- Stiffness in the groin area
- Weakness of the adductor muscles
- Bruising in the groin area if blood vessels are broken
- Popping or snapping sensation as the muscle tears
You will be asked about your symptoms and medical history. A physical exam will be done.
Most groin strains can be diagnosed with a physical exam. Images may be needed if severe damage is suspected. Images may be taken with an MRI scan .
Muscle strains are graded according to their severity:
- Grade 1—Some stretching with micro-tearing of muscle fibers
- Grade 2—Partial tearing of muscle fibers
- Grade 3—Complete tearing of muscle fibers; this may also be called a rupture or avulsion
Talk with your doctor about the best treatment plan for you. Recovery time ranges depending on the grade of your injury. Treatment steps may include:
Supportive Care
Your muscles will need time to heal. RICE is often the main part of treatment:
- Rest—Activities will need to be restricted at first. Normal activities will be reintroduced gradually.
- Ice—Ice therapy may help relieve swelling. Heat or cold may be advised throughout recovery if they provide benefits.
- Compression—Used for a limited time, compression bandages can provide gentle pressure to help move fluids out of the area.
- Elevation—Keeping the area elevated can help fluids drain or prevent fluids from building up.
Prescription or over-the-counter medications may be advised to reduce pain and inflammation.
To help reduce your chance of getting a groin strain, take the following steps:
- Keep your adductor muscles strong to absorb the energy of sudden physical stress.
- Learn the proper technique for exercises and sports.
- Warm up your muscles slowly and stretch them properly.
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I received the news today the ward building in Runcorn, Cheshire burned down on Saturday. It gave me an opportunity to reflect some on my experiences in good ole Runcorn and the building which is now no more. I do remember hearing they were going to start adding on a new addition for the building. However, I do not know if they had started yet or if that had any part to do with the fire. Perhaps somebody thought if they burned it down, they would get a whole new building. Hopefully the church isn't as slow in rebuilding this building as I know they have been in replacing other buildings.
I remember seeing pictures of the Runcorn Building being built. There were pictures of John Byrom's mother on the roof of the building when it was being shingled. I can see other good Saints helping in the construction of their building. I remember hearing the stories of John and Audrey McKee in helping build the Birkenhead Ward Chapel. They still had the saw that he used to cut a pipe down in a hole one day. He asked if the power was turned off and assured several times it was. The saw proved that it had not been. He had shared stories about helping build other buildings, the Chester and Runcorn Chapels included. Even though he lived in Wallasey he traveled to help. That is the way I guess they did it. I can see the pictures of Ray Holmes and some of his family helping on a building, I am not sure if it was the Runcorn Building though. I tend to believe it was.
In another month or so it will be 8 years since I was transferred to Runcorn. It was there I was assigned to be Elder Hales' companion. I had only met the boy a half year before at Pizza Hut in Stretford on Preparation Day. He was a new missionary and I would see him a couple of months before one of us was transferred elsewhere. I arrived at 29 Handforth Lane early one morning. Brother Wood (Rob or Bob, cannot remember) had driven me from Eccles to Runcorn. We became terribly lost on the meandering roads of Runcorn. At one point we found ourselves illegally on the busway. We finally pulled into the flat to find John Pass there with his father, Doug, to welcome me. They actually were cleaning up some of the front and fixing the shower downstairs. It had been having some problems. I remember embracing Brother Wood and the expression on his face. I too had really come to love Eccles and was not looking forward to leaving.
I entered which definitely had to be one of the largest flats in the mission. Three floors and it was all to ourselves. Just weeks before the missionaries for Northwich had lived there. That P-day Brad and I cleaned up the apartment. We stacked mattresses upon mattresses in the 3rd flood bedroom. I remember being astonished there was a weight room on the 3rd floor.
That evening Elder Hales took me to visit the Bennett's and the Byrom's. The Bennett Family was less active. We sat there visiting with them and that was the first time I ever heard or saw Britney Spears. She was in a music video singing her One More Time song. Of course the family had to stop all conversation and turn it up. We watched. After that, we excused ourselves and walked to the Byroms. There we met the whole family and their friend Simone Keogh. It would begin a relationship that continues even until today.
I am going completely from memory so I may be slightly off in some of the details, but I believe I am correct. But Runcorn proved to be one of what I felt was my most productive areas. Elder Hales and I struggled sloshing through the rest of 1999. One day in the kitchen of 29 Handforth Lane we had a disagreement that would change our relationship. Our impromptu Companionship Inventory would change the rest of our missions. Through the week that followed we adapted to each other and our unity increased. The Lord visibly blessed us in a myriad of ways. The remainder of Elder Hales' time and my own in Runcorn saw success regularly afterward. Our teaching pool became full, we saw lives change, and baptisms started occuring every week. They were not always ours, but they were the district's.
Every week we would have our District Development Meeting in the Runcorn Chapel. The Elder's from Chester, Northwich, and the Sister's would join us. Every week the baptisms were held at the Runcorn Chapel. It was only a few weeks later the Northwich Branch was created and split from Runcorn. It was a very exciting time. We had whole families who were starting to come out. The chapel was becoming fuller and fuller despite the loss of Northwich. The whole energy was powerful. We were very fortunate to be there then.
It was from those friendships there so many other experiences have come. I would never have entertained Elder Haight or met Elder Ballard if it were not for Runcorn. My Mission President and I bonded during this time. I still count Brad Hales as one of my closest friends today.
I remember watching from the weight room in the Handforth Flat the fireworks for Y2K. We had the perfect view overlooking the valley between us and Frodsham, Helsby, and towards Ellsmere Port. The fireworks were phenomenal. In the next room was the bathtub we had shined and filled with water for preparation just in case something should go wrong and we should have no water. We had a score of water saved there for the drinking or for the toilet right there if need be.
Just across the tracks was the home of the Stake Patriarch, Tony and Norma Johnson. We spent many an evening on their doorstep or in their dining room. They were very good to us on a regular occasion. If it wasn't for Patriarch Johnson I would not have met Elder Brough and years later be asked if he knew me at a Stake Conference in Logan, Utah. I remember accidentally fluffing it one evening after dinner to the horror of the Johnson grandchildren. However, Norma was very civilized and all went on as if had never happened. It was only a squeek but enough for the kids to smirk. I am grateful for those who understand our slip ups and keep moving on with life.
I remember many evenings sitting there while Elder Hales made phone calls and I planned for the next day. I admire how humble he was for making the phone calls because I so much disliked it. Every evening after the calls he would collapse in bed irritated by the Sisters and annoyed that I harrassed him about being on time for prayers. He was a humble man and I can only hope all the lessons I learned are retained and applied.
I don't remember how often, but it was that flat we would arise at 5:30 AM to go running. We would run and both would be exhausted by the time we got back. It was then to shower and get ready for the day. I really enjoyed our scripture study. Is it any wonder that all the future times we were roommates we carried on that tradition. Together we finished the entire Standard Works in 2003. That was a goal we made together and achieved.
Anyhow, Runcorn holds many fond memories. Elder Hansen who now lives in Richmond, Virginia and whose wife Amanda worked with this summer, that association was started in Runcorn. Sister Peterson in Oakley started association in Runcorn. President Wightman called me in Runcorn as he became lost going the wrong way on a busway.
It was on the porch of the Runcorn building I played with the Fullwood girls. It was in the choir seats of Runcorn I refused to make a hip beat of a hymn. It was in Runcorn I did a solo in the Easter Cantata. I think it is sure to say, the Runcorn Ward and Chapel will forever be remembered as a great increasing point for the fire which burns in my bones.
I have heard in recent years the Runcorn Ward has diminished in activity. There appears to have been a great deal of tumult in the ward. Even the Byrom Family, who I would never have thought to separate, has been split asunder. A former Bishop went Apostate and now the building has burned down.
One thing is for sure. It can only go up from here. I wish I was in Runcorn now to be a part of the rebuilding.


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Hamma from Planetside-Universe sits down with Matt Higby for a Q&A.
Recently invited to the SOE offices to check out PS2 Hamma has an opportunity to ask Matt Higby a number of questions asked by the PSU members and fans of PS2.
If you had any queries about the game you might just find the answer in here.
Matt Higby is the Creative Director for PlanetSide 2.