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Amendment 4, also known as Hometown Democracy, will be the ballot initiative to watch in 2010. The highly-controversial amendment cleared another hurdle yesterday when the Florida Supreme Court issued an advisory opinion to Attorney General Bill McCollum stating that a revised financial impact statement now complied with state law.
"Local governments will incur additional costs due to the requirement to conduct referenda," the court opined. The impact on state government; however, "will be insignificant."
Amendment 4 would require that any comprehensive land use plan changes approved by city councils or county commissions go before the public in the form of a ballot referendum. Critics say that requiring the public to vote on all comprehensive changes would clog up local ballots and could necessitate dozens of referenda throughout the year. On the other hand, proponents contend that local politicians are too dependent on large developers for campaign funds and have been quick to approve amendments in the past.
The recent legislative session only served to further heighten the stakes as the Legislature moved to strip much of the existing growth management policies currently in place in an effort to jump-start the state's flagging real estate industry. To the dismay of many, Charlie Crist—a self-proclaimed environmentalist—went along with the Legislature's efforts. As a result, many previous opponents of Amendment 4 are beginning to change their tune, including Florida Times-Union Columnist Ron Littlepage. Littlepage cited the Legislature's near-stripping of concurrency requirements and the on-going Craig Airfield controversy in announcing his shifting position on the initiative. (Interestingly enough, several local governments, including Weston, Key Biscayne and Miami Beach, have filed suit to block the rewrite of growth management laws. They argue that eliminating concurrency created "unfunded mandates" for local governments.)
Despite their opposition to the recent moves by the Legislature in regards to growth management, the St. Pete Times Editorial Board is not convinced that Amendment 4 is the answer. They cite the "St. Pete Beach experiment" in detailing their distaste for the initiative. St. Pete Beach, the Times said, demonstrates that "land planning via referendum is a messy, unpredictable business that leads to higher government costs due to litigation and a stalemate when it comes to development."
On its face, some argue that the amendment demonstrates an abdication of voter responsibility. If the voting public is unhappy with politicians rubber stamping the requests of developers, they argue, then voters have an obligation to show up at the polls in support of individuals who pledge their commitment to uphold the comprehensive plan.
One thing is for certain—it will be a high-stakes, expensive war as the Florida Chamber, developers and real estate interests make an all-out effort to prevent the amendment from reaching that magical 60%.
The ad wars on YouTube have already begun. A sampling, including a satirical reprise of the 1970's era "Crying Indian" PSA, can be viewed below. Read the rest of this entry »
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If you are looking for an innovative approach to education where children love learning, teachers enjoy teaching, and parents are happy, the Montessori system presents that vision to you. The Adrian Dominican School of Education offers you unique opportunities to:
- Learn the philosophy underlying the Montessori Method.
- Acquire a repertoire of teaching strategies which have been found to be successful with children all throughout the world.
- Develop skills in addressing the challenges of the educational setting.
The Montessori Education graduate programs are fully accredited by MACTE (Montessori Accreditation Council for Teacher Education) and you are eligible to also earn an AMS credential (American Montessori Society) upon completion of your program.
Master of Science with specialization in Montessori Early Childhood Education: This 40-credit program equips you with competencies to guide a class ranging in ages from two and a half through six years. The focus of the program is to:
- Understand the unique needs of a young child striving to become independent.
- Acquire the language of one's community.
- Refine one's coordination through movement, and seeking a significant place in one's social group.
The desired outcome is an individual who shows self-confidence in one's capacity to learn, who shows courtesy and respect in one's interaction with others, and who exercises freedom with responsibility.
Master of Science with specialization in Montessori Elementary Education: The 39-credit prepares you to implement the Montessori curriculum for children ages six through twelve years. Special tools for developing literacy and mathematical skills make learning personalized, meaningful and long-lasting. The breadth and depth of the curriculum:
- Ignites intellectual curiosity.
- Awakens a special kinship with nature.
- Inspires gratitude to those who have contributed in the past to benefit humankind.
Specialist (EdS) degree with specialization in Montessori Early Childhood or Montessori Elementary Education: If you already hold a master's degree, the 45-credit program includes a synthesis of the Early Childhood curriculum for the specialists in Elementary Education and vice versa.
The Montessori courses may also be taken for recertification credits.
The Barry University Montessori Teacher Education Programs are fully accredited by the Montessori Accreditation Council for Teacher Education (MACTE) and are affiliated by the American Montessori Society (AMS). For program information, contact Vicky Totten (305.899.4035) or the Interim Montessori Program Director, Ms. Elizabeth Kpenkaan Leslie Lasseville, EdS (305-899-3736).

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For decades, scientists have been on the lookout for killer objects from outer space that could devastate the planet. But warnings that they lacked the tools to detect the most serious threats were largely ignored, even as skeptics mocked the worriers as Chicken Littles.
No more. The meteor that rattled Siberia on Friday, injuring hundreds of people and traumatizing thousands, has suddenly brought new life to efforts to deploy adequate detection tools, in particular a space telescope that would scan the solar system for dangers.
A group of young Silicon Valley entrepreneurs who helped build thriving companies like eBay, Google and Facebook has already put millions of dollars into the effort and saw Friday's shock wave as a turning point in raising hundreds of millions more.
"Wouldn't it be silly if we got wiped out because we weren't looking?" said Edward Lu, a former NASA astronaut and Google executive who leads the detection effort. "This is a wake-up call from space. We've got to pay attention to what's out there."
Astronomers know of no asteroids or comets that pose a major threat to the planet. But NASA estimates that fewer than 10 percent of the big dangers have been discovered.
Dr. Lu's group, called the B612 Foundation after the imaginary asteroid on which the Little Prince lived, is one team of several pursuing ways to ward off extraterrestrial threats. NASA is another, and other private groups are emerging, like Planetary Resources, which wants not only to identify asteroids near Earth but also to mine them.
"Our job is to be the first line of defense, and we take that very seriously," James Green, the director of planetary science at NASA headquarters, said in an interview Friday after the Russian strike. "No one living on this planet has ever before been hurt. That's historic."
Dr. Green added that the Russian episode was sure to energize the field and that an even analysis of the meteor's remains could help reveal clues about future threats.
"Our scientists are excited," he said. "Russian planetary scientists are already collecting meteorites from this event."
The slow awakening to the danger began long ago, as scientists found hundreds of rocky scars indicating that cosmic intruders had periodically reshaped the planet.
The discoveries included not just obvious features like Meteor Crater in Arizona, but wide zones of upheaval. A crater more than a hundred miles wide beneath the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico suggested that, 65 million years ago, a speeding rock from outer space had raised enough planetary mayhem to end the reign of the dinosaurs.
Some people remain skeptical of the cosmic threat and are glad for taxpayer money to go toward urgent problems on Earth rather than outer space. But many scientists who have examined the issues have become convinced that better precautions are warranted in much the same way that homeowners buy insurance for unlikely events that can result in severe damage to life and property.
Starting in the 1980s and 1990s, astronomers turned their telescopes on the sky with increasing vigor to look for killer rocks. The rationale was statistical. They knew about a number of near misses and calculated that many other rocky threats whirling about the solar system had gone undetected.
In 1996, with little fanfare, the Air Force also began scanning the skies for speeding rocks, giving credibility to an activity once seen as reserved for doomsday enthusiasts. It was the world's first known government search.
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration took a lead role with what it called the Spaceguard Survey. In 2007, it issued a report estimating that 20,000 asteroids and comets orbited close enough to the planet to deliver blows that could destroy cities or even end all life. Today, with limited financing, NASA supports modest telescopes in the southwestern United States and in Hawaii that make more than 95 percent of the discoveries of the objects coming near the Earth.
Scientists lobbied hard for a space telescope that would get high above the distorting effects of the Earth's atmosphere. It would orbit the Sun, peering across the solar system, and would have a much better chance of finding large space rocks.
But with the nation immersed in two wars and other earthly priorities, the government financing never materialized. Last year, Dr. Lu, who left the NASA astronaut corps in 2007 to work for Google, joined with veterans of the space program and Silicon Valley entrepreneurs to accelerate the asteroid hunt.
The B612 Foundation refers to its planned telescope as the world's first private mission to deep space. Private groups, it says on its Web site, can carry out "audacious projects that previously only governments could accomplish — and at lower cost."
The plan is to launch a large telescope known as Sentinel that can find 90 percent of the asteroids larger than 460 feet in diameter that pass through the Earth's part of the solar system. They also want to discover smaller asteroids down to a diameter of 100 feet.
Such asteroids are much bigger than the meteor that hit the atmosphere over Russia, and the telescope would thus be blind to those kinds of smaller threats.
Last October, the B612 Foundation, based in Mountain View, Calif., signed a contract with Ball Aerospace to create prototype sensors for the Sentinel mission. The space telescope is to have a diameter of 20 inches. In theory, the system could be ready for launching by 2017 or 2018.
In an interview, Dr. Lu said the overall cost of the mission was now estimated at $450 million, including launching, insurance and operations. The group, far from that goal, has been soliciting money from citizens.
Friday's close approach to Earth of an asteroid named 2012 DA14, as well as the much smaller object whose shock wave broke windows and bones in Russia, prompted thousands of hits to the foundation's Web site and Twitter account, said Diane Murphy, a spokeswoman for the group.
"Everybody is calling," she said. "They see us as the solution. They're saying, 'When are you going to have the telescope up?' "
B612 is just one player. Last April, Planetary Resources unveiled plans to mine asteroids that zip close by Earth, both to provide supplies for future interplanetary travelers and to bring back metals like platinum.
The venture attracted some big-name investors, including Larry Page and Eric Schmidt of Google. The company also has plans to develop telescopes that would hunt for rocky intruders coming near the planet.
Dr. Green of NASA said the agency was preparing to launch a mission in 2016 that will fly to an asteroid and, in 2023, return a sample to Earth for detailed analyses. The insights are expected to help scientists learn more about the makeup of the threats whizzing through the cosmic shooting gallery.
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Tis the season once again. We have SQL gifts a plenty for any and all who wish to partake.
This month, we have Stacia Misner (twitter) that will be playing SQL Clause for the Las Vegas chapter of PASS. In this season of giving, it is nice to have a little SQL giving too. Then again, we get SQL giving all year long.
You can read all about the meeting and what Stacia would like to present to us at our meetup site. The link is http://www.meetup.com/SQL-Server-Society-of-Las-Vegas/events/114804122/.
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Celebrity chef Sandra Lee says she will undergo reconstructive surgery on Thursday, which she expects to be the final procedure as a breast-cancer survivor.
The 49-year-old Food Network star said on her Facebook page Tuesday that the "final phase" of surgery will be performed on the one-year anniversary of her double-mastectomy.
"For these past months, I have let my body heal and calm," she wrote. "So now it's time take my last visit (fingers crossed!) to the operating table."
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Lee announced in September that doctors had declared her cancer-free after the double-mastectomy.
The "Semi-Homeade Cooking" star had to undergo additional surgeries last summer due to complications and a fluid buildup.
"It's been a very long year," she told NBC 4 New York on Wednesday. "There've been a lot of bumps and a lot of setbacks, but I'm looking forward to having it done... and I'll be 50 this summer, so I want everything done by the time I'm 50."
Lee has become an advocate for routine mammograms.
She learned of her diagnosis during the routine procedure, and she has encouraged women to get screened and has become an ambassador for the charity Stand Up To Cancer.
Lee has been dating New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo for several years and the pair share a home in Westchester. The governor was photographed in the hospital with Lee after the procedure and for her follow-up surgeries.
"I am grateful and blessed to complete the end of a story and I can never thank you enough for supporting me through it," she wrote to her well-wishers on Facebook.


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Records of churches and synagogues often provide the genealogist with valuable information about ancestors. The types of extant records vary according to the denomination's customs and the recordkeeping styles of individual pastors. Some churches maintain parish registers, in which vital events such as baptisms, marriages, and burials are recorded, sometimes predating public vital records. Other congregations kept only minute books, where one may find an ancestor's name in the notes of the congregation's business sessions. Both types of records have genealogical and historical value and are worth the effort it often takes to find them.
This Pathfinder offers guidance in navigating the Genealogy Department's holdings of American congregational records and related guidebooks, directories, and bibliographies. The first step is to determine the ancestor's denomination, and if possible, his or her precise church. Newspaper obituaries, funeral cards, baptismal and marriage certificates, family Bibles, cemeteries, county histories, and the ethnic background of the ancestor can all provide important clues. Record the names of any churches that appear, and see if the records exist in the Genealogy Department's catalogs.
If no specific church is evident, but one finds clues about the denomination, use secondary sources to determine what congregations of that denomination existed in the locality and time period of the ancestor. County histories are useful for rural locations, but urban areas pose particular challenges to the researcher, since several churches of the same denomination may have existed in close proximity. City directories may help. Look for congregations affiliated with the ancestor's ethnic group. If, after taking the above steps, one is still uncertain about an ancestor's denomination, a search of all available congregational records for a particular locality may be necessary.
If one knows the ancestor's denomination and church, it might also be productive to search beyond the congregation. The collection includes denominational histories and biographical compilations of both clergy and laity for many churches, such as The Brethren Encyclopedia /Gc 929.102 C473br/, The Mennonite Encyclopedia /Gc 929.102 M52men & Gc 929.102 M52mena/, the Encyclopedia of Southern Baptists /Gc 929.102 B33e/, the American Jewish Year Book /Gc 929.102 J55a/, and the Annals of the American Pulpit /Gc 929.11 Sp7a/. All of these may yield clues, which in turn may help identify ancestors, their acquaintances, or their pastors. They will also help place the ancestor into historical context.
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The Genealogy Department collects records of congregations from many denominations from North America. They can include photocopies and microfilms of original record volumes, but in most cases they consist of published compilations taken from original records. Availability varies by locality; many church records have not been published. In addition, the Department collects congregational and denominational histories and directories, guidebooks on doing research in specific church records, church-related bibliographies, special guides and catalogs to church records and archives, and denominational periodicals with a historical focus.
Church records can be found in the online catalog at www.ACPL.Lib.in.us under the specific name of the congregation, for example, St. John's Lutheran Church. Some books are also listed under the religious group, for example: Quakers or Methodists. One can also search for church records using a specific locality such as Allen County, Indiana or Cincinnati, Ohio.
Be sure to search both the online catalog for church records in book form and the microtext card catalog for microfilmed church records. The PERiodical Source Index (PERSI) provides a subject index to hundreds of thousands of articles in genealogical and historical periodicals, and includes many references to church records. In addition, one should also use the Family History Library Catalog, available online at www.FamilySearch.org, to search for microfilmed church records worldwide. Many of these can be ordered from the Family History Library for a nominal fee.
Allen County, Ind. Church Records.
A large collection of photocopied and microfilmed parish registers and minute books of various denominations for Fort Wayne and Allen County. Check the catalog under the name of the specific church.
American Home Missionary Society Papers, 1816-1894. /385 rolls, microfilm/ Collected letters from missionaries of various denominations, chiefly Presbyterian and Congregational, to the Society home office, describing local conditions and often naming church members.
American Missionary Association Manuscripts, 1839-1882. /261 rolls, microfilm/ Similar to the above collection, but for a different missionary society.
Chamberlayne, C. G. Compiler of a series of Anglican records for colonial Virginia. Check the online catalog for a list of titles.
Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend Collection. /microfilm/ A collection of microfilmed Indiana parish registers for older Roman Catholic churches in the diocese.
Evangelical and Reformed Church Records - Pennsylvania. /24 rolls, microfilm/ A collection of Lutheran and Reformed records, arranged by county.
Georgia Baptist Church Records. /43 rolls, microfilm/ Selected Baptist church minute books arranged by county.
Hebert, Donald J. Compiler of an extensive collection of Catholic and Acadian church records in Louisiana. Check the online catalog for a list of titles.
Heiss, Willard, comp. Abstracts of the Records of the Society of Friends in Indiana. 6 vols. Indianapolis: Indiana Historical Soc., 1962. /Gc 977.2 Ab89/ Follows the format of Hinshaw (below), with abstracts of many Indiana meetings.
Hinshaw, William Wade. Encyclopedia of Quaker Genealogy. 6 vols. 2nd ed. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1969-73. /Gc 929.102 F91h/ An extensive collection of Quaker records, containing abstracts of meeting records for North Carolina, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, and Virginia. A comprehensive full-name index serves as a useful supplement /Gc 929.102 F91hah/
Kelly, Arthur C. M. Compiler of an extensive collection of church records from several denominations in the Hudson and Mohawk River Valleys of New York, where few vital records are otherwise available. Check the online catalog for a list of titles.
North Carolina Baptist Church Records. /53 rolls, microfilm/ Collected Baptist minute books from the 18th and 19th centuries, arranged by county.
Ruff, Paul Miller. Compiler of a collection of Lutheran and Reformed church records from central and western Pennsylvania. Check the online catalog for a list of titles.
Vosburgh, Royden Woodward. Vosburgh Collection. /microfilm/ A collection chiefly of Reformed Dutch, Lutheran, and Presbyterian Church records from New York State, many dating from the 18th century.
Waters, Margaret R. and Mabel W. Milliken, Western Christian Advocate Obituaries and Marriages. 2 vols. Fort Wayne: Public Library, 1966. /Gc 929.102 M56d and M56dd/ A transcription of obituaries appearing in this religious newspaper from 1834 to 1848, mainly covering Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and Iowa.
Weiser, Frederick S. Compiler of a series of Lutheran and Reformed church records in Pennsylvania and Maryland. Check the online catalog for a list of titles.
Guidebooks such as those listed below assist researchers in a variety of tasks. They can aid in locating and interpreting church records, offer help in writing congregational history, and provide important historical background on denominations that is essential to both of these tasks.
Carroll, Bret E. The Routledge Historical Atlas of Religion in America. New York: Routledge, 2000. /Gc 973 C236ro/ A geographical examination of American religious groups, showing migration routes.
Dougherty, Richard W. "Research in Church Records," in Loretto Dennis Szucs and Sandra Hargreaves Luebking, eds. The Source: A Guidebook of American Genealogy. 2nd ed. Salt Lake City: Ancestry, 1997. /Gc 929 So8 1996/ A useful overview of church records by denomination with an exceptional bibliography.
_________. "Published Church Records," in Kory L. Meyerink, ed. Printed Sources: A Guide to Published Genealogical Records. Salt Lake City, UT: Ancestry, Inc., 1998. /Gc 973 P937/
Guide to Family History Research in the Archival Repositories of the United Church of Canada. Toronto, Ontario: Ontario Genealogical Society, 1996. /Gc 971 G9419/
Guide to the Holdings of the Archives of the Ecclesiastical Province of Canada. Toronto, Ontario: Anglican Church of Canada General Synod Archives, 1995. /Gc 971 G942/
Hill, Thomas C. Monthly Meetings in North America: A Quaker Index. 4th ed. Cincinnati, OH: T. C. Hill, 1998. /Gc 929.102 F91hia/ Comprehensive directory of known meetings with notes on extant records.
Humling, Virginia. U.S. Catholic Sources: A Diocesan Research Guide. Salt Lake City: Ancestry, 1995. /973 H88u/ Provides addresses of every diocese and includes references to diocesan histories, newspapers, and some manuscript collections.
Humphrey, John T. Understanding and Using Baptismal Registers. Washington DC: Humphrey Publications, 1996. /Gc 929 H885u/ A good overview of baptismal registers with a strong 18th and 19th century Pennsylvania emphasis.
Kirkham, E. Kay. A Survey of American Church Records. 4th ed. Logan, UT: Everton, 1978. /Gc 929 K63s/ Lists some major church record sources by state and county, including some published records, but is incomplete in many areas.
Mead, Frank, and Samuel S. Hill. Handbook of Denominations in the United States. 5th ed. Nashville, TN: Abingdon Press, 1970. /Gc 929.102 M46h/ Useful and succinct historical overview of denominations. The more recent editions are in the library's Readers' Services Department.
Pettee, Julia. List of Churches: Official Forms of the Names for Denominational Bodies with Brief Descriptive and Historical Notes. Chicago, American Library Association, 1948. /Gc 973 P451L/ Arranged by denomination and includes a list of all sects and subdivisions within each.
Smith, Kenneth. German Church Books: Beyond the Basics. Camden, ME: Picton Press, 1989. /Gc 929 Sm52g/ Useful for interpreting church records written in German script and thus has applications for research in German-American congregational records.
Suelflow, August R. A Preliminary Guide to Church Record Repositories. Chicago: Church Archives Committee, Society of American Archivists, 1969. /Gc 973 Su24p/ Lists dioceses, synods, and archives of major denominations with brief holdings information.
Wind, James P. Places of Worship: Exploring Their History. Nashville, TN: American Association for State and Local History, 1990. /Gc 973.07 W72p/ An excellent guide for researching and writing the history of a congregation.
_________. and James W. Welborn, eds. American Congregations. 2 vols. Chicago: Univ. of Chicago Press, 1994. /Gc 929.102 W72a/ Offers important perspectives on writing congregational history.
World Council on Records and Genealogical Seminar, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA 5-8 August 1969. Salt Lake City: Family History Library, 1969. /Gc 929 W89 vol. 10, part 1/ Contains useful essays on records of the Catholic, Methodist, Presbyterian, Lutheran, Jewish, Baptist, Quaker, and Episcopal denominations.
Albaugh, Gaylord P. History and Annotated Bibliography of American Religious Periodicals and Newspapers Established from 1730 through 1830. Worcester, MA: American Antiquarian Society, 1991. /Gc 929.11 AL13h/ Useful guide to finding newspapers with possible references to churches and church-goers.
Allison, William H. Inventory of Unpublished Material for American Religious History in Protestant Church Archives and Other Repositories. New York: Kraus Reprint Corp., 1965. 1910 reprint. /Gc 973 G942c/
Historical Records Survey (U.S.). Inventory of the Church Archives of ... /various call numbers/ A series of church record surveys compiled by the W.P.A. in the 1930s with varying regional and denominational scopes. They are extant for the following states: Alabama, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, and Wisconsin. Check the catalogs under "Inventory of the Church Archives" and check Loretta Hefner's W.P.A. Historical Records Survey: A Guide to the Unpublished Inventories, Indexes, and Transcripts (Chicago: Society of American Archivists, 1980). /Gc 016.973 H36w/
National Union Catalogue of Manuscript Collections (NUCMC). Washington DC: Library of Congress, 1959-. multi-volume. /Gc 016.091 N21/ Lists major manuscript collections in U.S. archives, including many church-related references. Print editions ceased with 1993. NUCMC are available online and cover from 1986 to the present.
Rudolph, L. C. and Judith E. Endelman. Religion in Indiana: A Guide to Historical Resources. Bloomington, IN: Indiana Univ. Press, 1986. /Gc 977.2 R83r/ A descriptive guide to religious archives and holdings in the state.
Sowinski, Carolyn, William K. Cawley and Charlotte Ames. Parish History Collection: A Directory of Works at the University of Notre Dame. 2nd ed. Notre Dame, IN: University Archives, 1988). /Gc 977.202 So8unj/ A nationwide list of Catholic parish histories in the collection of Notre Dame's archives.
Thomas, Evangeline, ed. Women Religious History Sources: A Guide to Repositories in the United States. New York: R. R. Bowker Co., 1983. /Gc 016.271 W842/ A descriptive guide to the holdings of religious orders by state.
Indiana Historical Records Survey, A Directory of Churches and Religious Organizations in Indiana. 3 vols. Indianapolis: Indiana Historical Records Survey, 1941. /Gc 977.2 H62d/
Melton, J. Gordon. National Directory of Churches, Synagogues, and Other Houses of Worship. 4 vols. Detroit: Gale Research Inc., 1994. /200.2573 N21 1994. Readers Services/ An extensive but not exhaustive listing of congregations and their addresses, arranged by state and town. Volume 1 covers northeastern states, volume 2 the Midwest, volume 3 the South, and volume 4 the West.
Official Catholic Directory. New York: P.J. Kennedy, 1981- /282 Of2d Readers Services/ Published annually, this work lists the addresses of every Catholic parish in the U.S. by diocese and town, and includes founding date.
Yearbook of American & Canadian Churches. Nashville, TN: Abingdon Press, 1973- /277 Y32 Readers Services/ An annual directory of major church organizations, colleges, and affiliated bodies, arranged by denomination.
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If you're in a html file and you'd like to open that with your browser then `browse-url-of-file' will open it up.
Finally, and I just found this today, if you have some html code in a buffer that isn't even a file, you can open that in your browser to using `browse-url-of-buffer' and emacs will write it to a temporary file and open that in the browser for you.


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Many websites, video collectives and blogs are at the forefront of the free style fixed gear craze. One of those is Zlogblog out of Seattle. Here is my interview with creator, Zach Hoffner.
Name, age and where you live (ride)
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I was really excited when I saw the Essie Gel Couture Holiday Collection*. At this festive time, I normally reach for the deep plums, but this collection had me trying something new. Inspired by jewels (all will become clear once you see the names of the nail varnishes!), this collection is perfect for brightening up this Winter Season and adding some glitz, which we could do with! Surprisingly, there was a lot of snowfall where I live recently, the view outside my window was a sea of white, grey and green. This rarely happens here, and we had a lot of fun running around the park and building snowmen! The point of this mini story, however, is that this collection is a great way to challenge the status quo, and try something new this Winter (and maybe rock those bold colours when you're building a snowman). There were a lot of Frozen references flying around that week haha!
Moving on, this collection features six shades. Two of the shades are a take on the traditional silver and gold (but wait until you see them!), then we have a bright red and a vivid pinky/purple, before the final two shades which include a tinsel green and a deep aubergine/burgundy (which is the only shade in the collection that I would say is more traditional).
Diamond in the Cuff
Diamond in the Cuff is your classic ivory shade, but this one has a shimmery twist. The glitter particles are incredibly fine however, so it creates a really lovely, luminous effect, rather than a glittery or grainy finish. I did think the shade had a bit of a silver undertone, almost reminiscent of the pale silver tinsel you would find.
This shade does need two coats to be opaque, and I also found this one needed a bit more time to dry otherwise it went a bit sticky. I do think it looked quite nice on, although ivory isn't really my kind of shade as sometimes it can look a bit stark with my skintone, but the silver undertone helps.
Gold Gliding
I was the most excited for this shade! As soon as I saw it, I thought wow, that's a shade that I definitely don't own. It also looks a bit warm toned in the bottle, and my hands have more of a yellow undertone too, so I imagined it would look good. I was expecting a bronze gold as per the description, although I clearly didn't read it carefully because I missed the 'brushed with carnation pink'. No, if there was ever a rose gold nail polish, this was it! I just love the shade, again the shimmer is very fine so it looks very glitzy without looking like obvious glitter. It is definitely a glamorous shade, infact this is the one I paired with my Christmas party dress (which was a black, velvet knee length dress embellished with pearls if you were wondering - I LOVE it just as much).
Again, with this shade I went in with two coats just to be on the safe side. I did find that this performed really well compared with the rest of the collection, it dried much quicker and there were no signs of chipping and it lasted well. I might have had to go to my Xmas party in trainers because of the snow, but hey atleast my nails looked good!
Rue De La Ruby
Rue De La Ruby is described as a 'fiery red', however I was expecting a ruby red based on the shade name. In actual fact, however, I think this is definitely more of a raspberry red. It's one of those shades that just isn't really a red and isn't really a pink, so raspberry red it is. With one coat it does come up as a brighter red, but two coats deepens it to give it a slight maroon tone.
Looking back at the pictures now I actually think it looks quite nice on, but reds aren't normally my go to. This shade was a bit trickier than the others in terms of application. I felt that it took much longer to dry, and then when I finally did think it was dry, nope it just came clean off. I would give this shade a bit more drying time, but fans of oxblood shades might like this brighter take.
Graced in Garnet
Graced in Garnet is described as an 'aubergine purple' and I think that's a spot on description. I can't really improve on that, but it's slightly brighter than I was expecting. Again, this shade needs two coats to ensure it comes up as opaque. I did really like this shade though, although that might just be typical me, going for any shades that look slightly burgundy! It is a more refreshing option compared to my other Winter shades though, as I feel like it's a bit more eye catching.
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Amethyst Noir
Overall, as I've mentioned in the last few Essie posts (see here and here) so I won't go into it too much detail, I love their brushes! They make the application much easier and they're the perfect size. As excited as I was with this collection, I think it has definitely encouraged me to try out some more shades and maybe get out of my Winter comfort zone a bit. Gold Gilding is my favourite shade out of the collection,. Just like most people, I'm a little obsessed with rose gold, it's kind of hard not to be! I wouldn't say there were any duds, but as I mentioned, Rue de la Ruby and Diamond in the Cuff do need a bit more time to dry and they were prone to flaking a bit. However, the other shades were fine in my opinion, and this was without a top coat.
You can pick up these Essie varnishes from Superdrug, Boots or Amazon. Gold Gliding is selling out fast, but it's still available on Superdrug here. (see here for Amazon Diamond in the Cuff, and here for Boots Rue de la Ruby).


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How to remove a chocolate stain from a Rayon Wedding Gown.
How to remove a chocolate stain from a Rayon Wedding Gown.
You break your diet and sneak a piece of chocolate, OK a few pieces of chocolate. But it was all worth it except you dropped a small piece and created a chocolate stain.
DO NOT LICK IT UP! I know it's a waste of chocolate. DO NOT WET* the chocolate stain at any point in this process.
Rayon is a manufactured fiber derived from wood pulp. Excessive scraping or scrubbing will cause the rayon to scuff and pill (fuzz balls).
Step One; With your fingers pick off as much of the chocolate stain as possible without smearing the chocolate or imbedding it deeper into the fabric.
Step Two; Take the garment and put it into the freezer** and freezing the remaining chocolate stain until it is hard, approximately 30-45 minutes.
Step Three; Remove the garment from the freezer and continue to pick off the remainder of the chocolate stain from the wool.
Step Four; Use a toothbrush to brush off the residue chocolate stain remaining from step three.
Step Five; repeat steps two – four over if necessary.
*Wetting the chocolate stain will cause the butter oil and sugars to dissolve and penetrate into the weave of the fiber making it much more difficult to remove.
**Freezing it will remove the moisture from the chocolate as well as hardening it.
That's how to remove a chocolate stain from rayon without much of a fuss.
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NBC Senior Investigative Producer Jim Popkin looks at "Obama and the case of the missing 'thesis'" in an item on NBC blog Deep Background.
Conservative provocateurs have been hunting for it. Investigative journalists have been on the prowl, too. Even a former professor has been searching through old boxes for his copy of it. But today Barack Obama made it official: He doesn't have and can't release any copies of the thesis-length paper he wrote 25 years ago while a senior at Columbia University.
"We do not have a copy of the course paper you requested and neither does Columbia University," Obama spokesman Ben LaBolt told NBC News.
The hunt for Obama's senior "thesis" began with a throwaway line in a newspaper article last October. The New York Times story, on Obama's early New York years, mentioned in passing that the presidential contender had majored in political science at Columbia and had spent his time "writing his thesis on Soviet nuclear disarmament."
Journalists began hounding Columbia University for copies of the musty document. Conservative bloggers began wondering if the young Obama had written a no-nukes screed that he might come to regret. And David Bossie, the former congressional investigator and "right-wing hit man," as one newspaper described him, took out classified newspaper ads in Columbia University's newspaper and the Chicago Tribune in March searching for the term paper.
So what does the missing paper say, and could it be politically damaging to Obama? The Obama campaign won't offer any guidance since it says it doesn't have a copy. Spokesman Ben LaBolt wouldn't even say whether Sen. Obama threw out his copy or lost it.
So we turned for answers to the former professor who graded the now-elusive paper. His former professor, Michael Baron, recalled in an interview with NBC News that Obama easily aced the year-long class. Baron described the paper as a "thesis" or "senior thesis" in several interviews, and said that Obama spent a year working on it. Baron recalls that the topic was nuclear negotiations with the Soviet Union.
"My recollection is that the paper was an analysis of the evolution of the arms reduction negotiations between the Soviet Union and the United States," Baron said in an e-mail. "At that time, a hot topic in foreign policy circles was finding a way in which each country could safely reduce the large arsenal of nuclear weapons pointed at the other … For U.S. policy makers in both political parties, the aim was not disarmament, but achieving deep reductions in the Soviet nuclear arsenal and keeping a substantial and permanent American advantage. As I remember it, the paper was about those negotiations, their tactics and chances for success. Barack got an A."
Baron said that, even if he could find a copy of the paper, it would likely disappoint Obama's critics. "The course was not a polemical course, it was a course in decision making and how decisions got made," he said. "None of the papers in the class were controversial."


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A transport industry superannuation fund boss signed off without question on payments worth hundreds of thousands of dollars to the Transport Workers Union, an inquiry has heard.
Payments averaging $90,000 a year were paid by TWU Super to the union for promotional work done by union-appointed Superannuation Liaison Officers (SLOs), even though the work in one case amounted to just two and a half days.
SLOs were charged with giving out promotional material such as brochures and stubby holders, checking that fund members were receiving their statements and advising non-members to consider joining the fund.
The Royal Commission into Union Governance and Corruption began hearings in Sydney on Wednesday investigating the TWU and related entities, including TWU Super and a union-established industry training fund called TEACHO.
Counsel assisting the commission Jeremy Stoljar SC told the inquiry that TWU Super, which has four union-appointed directors on its board, is "an important revenue stream for the TWU".
Former chief executive officer of TWU Super William Ernest McMillin, who remains a consultant to the fund's chairman, told the commission that between 1999 and 2012 he approved reimbursement claims for hundreds of thousands of dollars a year from the TWU.
In the financial year ending June 30, 2013, more than $1 million flowed from TWU Super to the TWU, with the biggest component being nearly $563,000 for six SLOs.
Asked if the invoices received were ever checked, Mr McMillin said he assumed they had been checked by the union and he had never refused to pay one.
One SLO, TWU official John Berger, was appointed as SLO for Tasmania by the TWU Victoria/Tasmania branch secretary.
The commission heard he spent the equivalent of two and a half days on SLO business in the 2010/11 financial year, for which TWU Super was billed more than $93,000 - equal to half his salary and expenses.
Mr Berger spent three and a half days on SLO duties in 2011/12, the commission heard. Mr Stoljar, asked Mr McMillin: "Does it surprise you to learn of, or to see, that TWU Super paid $96,226 in respect of that?"
Mr McMillin replied: "Yes, it does".
The commission also heard evidence from Damian Sloan, the senior legal counsel for transport company Toll.
Mr Sloan said that during negotiations of a 2011 enterprise agreement, TWU officials had warned there would be a strike if Toll did not agree to make payments of up to $150,000 a year into the TEACHO training fund as part of the deal.
Mr Sloan said he did not know what TEACHO would do with the payments made by Toll but the company had agreed to make them "to get the deal done".
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Maryland Signs Transfer Robert Carter, Jr.
COLLEGE PARK, Md. – Maryland men's basketball head coach Mark Turgeon has announced Friday the signing of transfer power forward Robert Carter, Jr.
A Thomasville, Ga., native, Carter, Jr., (6-8, 247) averaged 10.6 points and 7.4 rebounds in two seasons (54 games, 49 starts) at Georgia Tech. Carter, Jr., will be eligible for the 2015-16 season as a redshirt junior and will enroll at the University of Maryland this summer.
"We're excited to welcome Robert to the University of Maryland men's basketball program," Turgeon said. "We had a great visit with Robert and his parents, Robert Sr., and Linda, and welcome them to our family. Robert is a tremendous young man and he will be an outstanding teammate and leader. He is a complete player with a strong offensive skillset that complements his desire to rebound and defend. Our program is thrilled to have him as we transition into the Big Ten."
Carter, Jr., took his game to another level as a sophomore in 2013-14, averaging 11.4 points and 8.4 rebounds despite missing 10 games to a torn meniscus midway through the season. He would have ranked third in the ACC in rebounding if he had played the minimum number of games to qualify statistically.
"I decided to come to Maryland because of the relationship I developed with Coach Turgeon," Carter, Jr., said. "I have watched and respected how he has developed players throughout his coaching career. He has been a very successful head coach and I like his style of play. I am excited about the freshman class coming in and the current players we have on our team. We have a great opportunity to win and be successful. I am looking forward to competing in the Big Ten and being a part of an outstanding program."
A versatile player with a complete skillset, Carter, Jr., has twice been invited to participate in training camp for USA Basketball. He was invited to the Under-19 team to prepare for the FIBA Americas U19 Championships in the summer of 2013 and also participated in the USA Under-18 team trials in the summer of 2012.
As a freshman at Georgia Tech, he started all 31 games and averaged 9.9 points and 6.7 rebounds. He was named to the Coaches ACC All-Freshman team following the season.
Carter, Jr., scored double-digits 29 times during his career with the Yellow Jackets, and also totaled 12 double-digit rebounding games. He had started 44 consecutive games prior to his injury.
Ranked 21st among the nation's seniors and seventh among power forwards in the class of 2012 according to ESPN, Carter, Jr., earned first team all-state honors in class AAAAA as a senior at Shiloh High School in Snellville, Ga.


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If you want to travel the world but have no budget for it then try working on an organic farm in Bolivia, being an au pair in France, taking a summer job in Australia, or volunteering abroad.
If you want to discover new cultures, learn new languages and meet different people from around the globe but your bank account is empty, then here are some tips and ideas on alternative ways of travel abroad.
Travel by working
- WWOOF links volunteers with organic farmers and growers around the world, who offer you food and accommodation in return for your help in wine-making or pig-rearing. There's a £15 membership fee to access the list of hosts.
- World packers. Exchange your video editing abilities for food and accommodation in Brazil. This is one example of the 'skills for accommodation' scheme that characterises World packers. Travellers need to pay a fee when their placement is confirmed.
- Au pair. Help a family take care of their children in exchange for accommodation and pocket money. You don't need to pay any fee.
- Workaway. Help out for a few hours a day, for example on a horse farm, in exchange for food and accommodation. To access the list of hosts you need to pay a fee of EUR 29.
- Summer Jobs is a website where you can search for seasonal jobs in camps, amusement parks, resorts, national parks, hotels, environmental organisations and more.
- World Nomads Scholarships gives you the opportunity to travel while learning about photography, writing and film making. Winners get the opportunity to learn from professional storytellers. Scholarship covers food and travel costs in a 2-week trip.
- House Sitting. When a family goes abroad they need someone to take care of their property, do the gardening or look after their dog. You can be that person! House-sitting involves staying at someone's house for free in exchange for taking care and maintaining their home. It's a win-win! Here are some platforms: Nomador, Mindmyhouse, Trustedhousesitters.
- EU Aid Volunteers provides you with the opportunity to volunteer around the world in humanitarian aid projects in disaster-affected communities.
- European Solidarity Corps is the new European Union initiative which creates opportunities for young people to volunteer or work on projects in their own country or abroad that benefit communities and people around Europe.
Other volunteer opportunities:
- Alliance of European Voluntary Service Organisations
- Cross-Cultural Organisation
- GreatGapYears
- International Cultural Youth Exchange
- International Volunteer Programs Association
- Service Civil International
- United Nations Volunteers
- Voluntary Work
This is not a complete list, and new opportunities always present themselves. If you want more info, feel free to contact us!
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Are you concerned about state parks and the outdoors?
Do you have skills or talents you would like to share with others?
Do you like to meet and work with people?
If you answered yes to any of these questions, the Missouri Department of Natural Resources has something for you. It is called the Volunteers In Parks (VIP) Program and it is for everyone -- professionals, senior citizens, students, housewives, young people and civic groups.
VIPs provide invaluable assistance to Missouri State Parks on a wide variety of tasks and projects around the state. Volunteers assist people in visitor centers and contact stations. They help catalog historic items and documents and they serve as natural history interpreters and tour guides. Some VIPs perform maintenance or light construction tasks, or help with constructing or renovating trails. There is almost no limit to the types of work that volunteers can perform. The main requirement is a willingness to serve.
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The American Akira might not be completely white-washed. The directors of the new Ghost Rider explain how they crammed R-rated violence into a PG-13 movie. George Miller is still hopeful the new Mad Max movies will happen.
All that plus details on an epic Game of Thrones battle, the new James Bond movie Skyfall rounds out its cast, Robert Kirkman teases big revelations ahead on The Walking Dead, and more!
It's all spoilers from here on out!
Top image from The Dark Knight Rises.
The Dark Knight Rises
Here's a ton more set videos from the New York City filming, all of which show general mayhem and chaos on the streets of Gotham, much like what we saw yesterday. Batman, Bane, Catwoman, and the camouflage-colored Tumblers are in evidence. [ComingSoon.net]
Here are a ton of set photos, giving us some good looks at Batman, Bane, Matthew Modine's character Nixon in a police uniform, and various rioters and police officers. [New York Daily News, Comic Book Movie, E! Online, and Superhero Hype; check out some more here]
An inside source claims to know how Cillian Murphy's Scarecrow fits into this movie:
Cillian Murphy is playing Scarecrow and he is the new judge of Gotham and he is sentencing all the rich and social elite to either death or exile... which is basically the same thing
This fits with a lot of set reports from the Los Angeles filming, which said Scarecrow was the hanging judge in Bane's new regime, with characters like Commissioner Gordon going before him. I definitely wouldn't treat this as official yet, but all signs do seem to point to Scarecrow indeed reappearing, and this being his role, more or less. [Hypable]
Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance
Directors Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor say they avoided an R rating while still keeping all the requisite murder and mayhem through one very simple trick: when characters die by getting burned to a crisp. For whatever reason, that sort of death is deemed child-friendly by the MPAA:
Neveldine: We figured out all the tricks. You can kill a lot of people by burning them up and turning them into ash. That's what you can do...We knew going in that it was going to be PG-13, we just pushed the envelope as far as we could. We thought we'd get more pushback from the MPAA; we didn't. There's f-bombs in the movie, there's swear words. We have a giant body count.
Taylor: Fire is your friend for the MPAA...Bullets can be flying, tons and tons of rounds of bullets. It's just if you can eliminate some of the blood, you can go a lot further with it.
Wonder Woman
Brian Azzarello, who is currently writing DC's Wonder Woman book, gives one reason why it's so difficult to come up with a way to translate Wonder Woman to movies or TV:
I think when people go to comic-book movies they're going with a preconceived notion of the characters, although I guess "Iron Man" broke that mold. But you go to a Superman movie or a Batman movie and you know who they are. The first Superman movie was [sold on] the fact that he could fly and the special effects were so great - 'You'll believe a man can fly,' that was the tagline. They are kind of these clear niches where they work, Batman in Gotham City and has seriously creepy villains, Superman is in Metropolis and he fights with the smartest man on Earth. With Wonder Woman, I don't think people know what they would get out of that right now. Lyle Waggoner as Steve Trevor?
Robocop Reboot
Director Jose Padilha says he won't be teaming up again with Wagner Maura, the Brazilian star of his Elite Squad films...at least not in the starring role:
"We need an American RoboCop, man. RoboCop is an American guy, his name is Alex Murphy."
In a move that has pretty much zero chance of quieting the fan outrage over this mess of a project, the filmmakers are reportedly looking to cast (at least) one Japanese-American in a semi-major role. The casting call for the character Yamagata says they're looking for "Male, 20 to 30 years old, Japanese American." So...that's almost something, I guess. [Angry Asian Man]
Mad Max: Fury Road
Director George Miller gives a typically optimistic on his eternally delayed Mad Max sequels, Fury Road and Furiosa, which feature Tom Hardy taking over for Mel Gibson alongside Charlize Theron. Miller explains:
Theoretically, it's next year. We have 150 big vehicles built and so on. [W]e were all geared up for that. We were all set to shoot in the Australian desert and then unprecedented rain came and what was the wasteland — completely flat, red earth — is now a flower garden. The big massive salt flats in the center of Australia where they do record speed trials and stuff is now full of pelicans and fish... We sort of lost the wasteland."
Miller didn't say how he plans to compensate for this latest cosmic setback, but it doesn't sound as though anything up to and including the actual nuclear war depicted in the Mad Max films can stop him at this point. [ComingSoon.net]
Paradise Lost
Rufus Sewell is reportedly reuniting with his Dark City director Alex Proyas for a supporting role in this adaptation of John Milton's 17th century poem. Sewell is reportedly playing the renegade angel Samael. [ComingSoon.net]
Meanwhile, Diego Boneta, who will be seen in the upcoming Rock of Ages, and 10,000 B.C.'s Camilla Belle are reportedly set to play Adam and Eve. [Bloody Disgusting]
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
Here's a behind-the-scenes featurette.
Two more actors have reportedly joined Daniel Craig's third James Bond movie in unspecified roles: Helen McCrory, best known for playing Narcissa Malfoy in the Harry Potter movies, and Ola Rapace, a Swedish actor and ex-husband of The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo star Noomi Rapace. [ComingSoon.net]
Justice League: Doom
Here's a lengthy sneak peek at the next DC DVD movie, this time adapting Mark Waid's classic "Tower of Babel" story.
Here are some photos from episode seven, "Wallflower." [SpoilerTV]
Game of Thrones
Here's an entry from HBO's official production diary, which appears to be for the Neil Marshall directed Battle of Blackwater episode:
We are scheduled to have a night full of action – there is no dialogue, other than the occasional scream. We have nearly 200 extras on set this evening – charging all over the place and then coming to a sudden halt when the stunt coordinators blow on whistles.
I can't give you details of exactly what we are filming at the moment, but I will say that the shots look incredible and that it will be worth the wait – what's filming now will appear late in the season – Neil Marshall is directing episode 9. If it helps, we have to wait too! I always forget just how long stunts can take to reset. Fires have to be put out and then relit. Extras repositioned. Blood cleared. Weapons reloaded or cleaned.
The Walking Dead
Here are some promo photos from episode five, "Chupacabra." [multipleverses.com]
And here's a sneak peek for the episode.
Robert Kirkman discusses what Lori's pregnancy means for her, Rick, and Shane:
It's definitely a terrifying thing to consider in this world with the state of things, it's like going back to pioneer days and having to worry about how you're going to give birth and how you're going to survive the pregnancy. This is a very complicated process in modern times, it requires a lot of interaction with doctors and none of that stuff is available, so it's going to be terrifying for her.
The big question is whether the baby is Rick's or Shane's. How is that going to affect the dynamic among the three of them in particular?
This is going to be a catalyst for Shane. Once he finds out about this, assuming he does find out about this, he's going to react pretty strongly to this. His whole reason for worrying about Lori and Carl (Chandler Riggs) is that they've become a surrogate family for them. If he believes this baby is going to be his, that's just going to solidify his state with this family. It's definitely going to throw a wrench in the whole love triangle thing that's going on.
Kirkman also strongly implies that Lori's pregnancy is not the big secret that Jenner whispered in Rick's ear in the season one finale. Kirkman also explains why Michael Rooker is back as Merle:
All I can really say about Merle's return is that it occurred to us in the writing of bringing Merle back that we never even saw Daryl Dixon and Merle Dixon interact in the first season. They were never in a scene together. Getting to see Norman Reedus and Michael Rooker actually interacting and playing off each other is going to be an enormous treat for the audience and it's something we've been dying to get to.
[TV Guide]
Terra Nova
Here's the description for episode nine, "Vs.":
TAYLOR'S THE PRIME SUSPECT IN A COLD CASE MURDER ON AN ALL-NEW "TERRA NOVA" MONDAY, NOVEMBER 21 ON FOX - As Taylor searches for the "Sixer" mole within Terra Nova, Jim stumbles onto an old murder, for which Taylor is the prime suspect.
Once Upon a Time
Here are some promo photos from episode four, "The Price of Gold", featuring guest star Jessy Schram as Cinderella. [BuddyTV]
The fifth episode, which will air November 27 after the show takes a one-week hiatus, will be called "That Still Small Voice," while the sixth episode airing December 4 will be called "The Shepherd." [KSiteTV]
Here are some promo photos for the next episode, "Beeware." [BuddyTV]
In a move that is so very, very NBC, the network has released some info for an episode called "Lonelyhearts" without actually making it clear when this episode will air. It's listed as airing November 18, which suggests it's the fourth episode...but the already publicized "The Three Bad Wolves" is also scheduled for that slot. So...honestly, who knows, but here are some photos anyway. [KSiteTV]
Here's a promo for this week's episode, "Season Seven, Time for a Wedding."
Falling Skies
Here are some set photos from the current filming of season two. [SpoilerTV]
Here are some promo photos from episode six, "Homecoming." [SpoilerTV]
And here's a promo and sneak peek.
The Vampire Diaries
Here's two promos and two sneak peeks for episode nine, which is also called "Homecoming." [BuddyTV]
And here's a preview focused on the episode's musical guest star, My Morning Jacket.
Green Lantern: The Animated Series
Here's the description for the two-part premiere, which debuts this Friday:
In the first part of the two-part series premiere episode, ace test pilot Hal Jordan (voiced by JOSH KEATON), who leads a secret life as Earth's guardian Green Lantern, is called back to Oa. Searching for the culprits behind a series of Green Lantern deaths in "Frontier Space", Hal and his gruff fellow Green Lantern Kilowog (voiced by KEVIN MICHAEL RICHARDSON) "commandeer" The Interceptor, a prototype spaceship powered by pure Green Lantern energy and an advanced artificial intelligence system that Hal names Aya (voiced by GREY DeLISLE).
In the second half of the two-part series premiere episode, Hal and Kilowog discover that a group of Red Lanterns, including the conflicted Razer (voiced by JASON SPISAK) and the vile Zilius Zox (voiced by TOM KENNY) have been targeting and eliminating Green Lanterns in Frontier Space. Along with the help from a surviving Frontier Space Green Lantern Shyir Rev (voiced by KURTWOOD SMITH), Hal and Kilowog must stop the Red Lantern leader Atrocitus (voiced by JONATHAN ADAMS) from destroying Shyir's home planet of Colony 12.
Showrunner Giancarlo Volpe explains that this show is meant to loosely link with the movie:
I think probably one of the most obvious - and this isn't a huge spoiler - differences between our show and the movie is that in the movie, Carol Ferris finds out that Hal Jordan is the Green Lantern, whereas in ours she doesn't know. So that alone sort of breaks any continuity.
At the same time, it does feature Kilowog, it features the Guardians, it features Carol Ferris. Hal is a test pilot on Earth. It does feel like the same world. So if anyone did watch the movie and wanted more, the show sort of takes the baton, but just takes it in a much more sci-fi level. It's more in space than it is on Earth.
There's more at the link. [Newsarama]
Additional reporting by Gordon Jackson and Charlie Jane Anders.


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With Cliff Lee gone to Texas, the search for starting pitching moved to Arizona, where potential trade targets Dan Haren and Ricky Nolasco paired up on Friday night.
The Phillies, Dodgers, Reds, White Sox, Angels and Yankees all had scouts in attendance, sources say.
09:$7.5M, 10:$8.25M, 11:$12.75M, 12:$12.75M, 13:$15.5M club option ($3.5M buyout)
Nolasco's is in a under team control until 2012 (1 year, $3.8M contract).


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Emo Hairstyles are becoming more and more popular nowadays - What has led to such an increase in people wanting to adopt this new emo haircut? For starters, bands such as Green Day and My Chemical Romance have transmitted the message that these emo hairstyles are the new fashion.
Not only the above but they are becoming more common on TV, on the streets and everywhere else you might look. I suppose it's because the society's independence is growing. More teenagers now have more freedom than 10 years ago. Afterall, the main message that emo haircuts convey is the freedom of expression.
An emo haircut allows the person, whether it is a girl or a boy to shape their hair in any way they want from highlighting their white blonde hair to a classical short mullet style. This type of haircut can never go wrong as it represents a person's personality. Many emo people spend a long time in front of the mirror working their socks off to achieve that perfect haircut they are after.
Not only have the emo hairstyles become more popular but they are now also considered more 'sexy'. You can see various images of emo hairstyles and compare them to other type of haircuts and see which you find more attractive - I am not saying that all types of emo haircuts are 'cool' and 'cute' but a high majority of them are. If a person knows exactly they are after then they are going to achieve it and be unique on the streets.


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The Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute announced the birth of not one but two cheetah cubs. The two cubs were born to two separate mothers. Find out about the surprising challenges they face, and see some kitty pictures.
The Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, part of the National Zoo, began housing breeding pairs of cheetahs only a year ago. They were delighted when they achieved some quick success. Two different female cheetahs became pregnant. The females both gave birth in December, one on the 6th and one on the 16th. There are some early challenges, though.
Raising young is a tough prospect, especially if an animal is on its own. Cheetahs are fast, but not big, and it takes considerable effort to catch game. Perhaps this is the reason why cheetahs who give birth to only one cub do not produce enough milk to feed the cub. The cub soon dies, and the cheetah can mate again, produces a larger litter, rather than making a huge effort to only rear one cub to maturity.
Since both females produced only one cub each, if the researchers left them alone both cubs would probably die. Instead, after hand-feeding the older one for a little over a week, they gave it to the cheetah which gave birth on the 16th, and hope that two cubs will stimulate enough milk production. Both cubs have nursed from the second cheetah, called Zazi, and things look hopeful.
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Maya Moore rallies Minnesota Lynx past Phoenix Mercury in Game 2
MINNEAPOLIS - Maya Moore scored 13 of her 32 points in the fourth quarter and the Minnesota Lynx avoided elimination by beating the Phoenix Mercury 82-77 in Game 2 of the Western Conference finals on Sunday.
Diana Taurasi scored 23 for the Mercury, who will host Game 3 on Tuesday night. The Lynx are three-time defending Western Conference champions.
Tied at 75 with 23.3 seconds left, Seimone Augustus hit a 15-foot jumper and was fouled by DeWanna Bonner. Augustus, who finished with 23 points, converted the three-point play, and after Candice Dupree missed a 15-footer on the other end, Moore hit two free throws to put it out of reach for Minnesota.
The Lynx went on a 13-0 run early in the fourth quarter to take their first lead since they scored the first point of the game. Augustus scored off a feed from Moore to put Minnesota on top 66-65 with 6:19 to play.


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20,000 Martyrs of Nicomedia - Troparion & Kontakion
Troparion — Tone 2
Blessed is the earth that received your blood, passion-bearers of the Lord, / and holy is the dwelling place which received your spirits. / You triumphed over the enemy in the stadium / and you preached Christ with boldness. / Since He is good, we pray that you beseech Him to save our souls.
Kontakion — Tone 1
Their souls strengthened by faith, the twenty thousand martyrs accepted their suffering by fire, / and cried out to You, the One born of the Virgin: / "Like gold, myrrh, and frankincense, the gifts of the Persian kings, / receive our whole burnt offering, O Eternal God."


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I won't get into full detail, but this week I was diagnosed with Diabetes. It literally crushed me, but I've been pushing on, doing some research, gone to the bookstore to get some diabetic cookbooks and so far I've been pretty positive. That positivity can only last so long before I crash and burn.
Cooking dinner takes over my day. I can't just whip up a meal and eat it without worrying about how much carb, sodium and sugar. Last night I made a warm spinach salad with quinoa. It was really good, but I was still hungry afterwards. Thank you sugar-free fudgsicle. Quinoa is new to our diet and I know DH doesn't like it, but he's a trooper and still eats as much as he can.
Warm Spinach Salad
recipe from Eat what you Love by Marlene Koch
1/4 cup chicken broth
2 tsp minced garlic
1 TBsp olive oil
2 TBsp balsamic vinegar
Pinch of Salt
Pepper to taste
8 cups spinach (I used 3-4 handfuls)
2 TBsp grated Parmesan cheese
1) Add chicken broth and garlic to large saute pan and place over medium heat. Bring to a simmer. Reduce heat to medium low, cover and cook for 10 minutes to soften and mellow garlic.
2) Whisk in the olive oil, balsamic vinegar, salt and pepper. Turn off heat and add spinach. Using tongs, quickly toss the spinach in warm dressing just until coated.
3) Top with grated parmesan cheese and serve.


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DUBOIS – Many young students of mathematics have asked the question, "When am I ever going to use this?" A program held each spring at Penn State DuBois provides answers to that question for girls from around the region.
Nearly 200 seventh grade girls from 14 schools were introduced to careers and every day activities that require skills in mathematics and science during the Math Options Program at Penn State DuBois on Tuesday.
The program is designed teach young girls how skills in these areas apply to a variety of real-world situations and rewarding careers. The hope is that they stay interested in mathematics by learning about the opportunities and success that they can realize through its use. The program is aimed at the specific seventh grade female demographic because statistics show that they are at the greatest risk for losing interest in these essential subjects.
"At this age, girls' interest in math really starts to decline," said Penn State DuBois Assistant Professor of Education Pamela Hufnagel, who serves as an organizer for Math Options. "By engaging them with these activities and helping to maintain an interest in math, it leaves the door open for future studies and careers. Efforts like these are effective in keeping girls in the math pipeline."
The activities the girls participate in through Math Options are focused on areas including health, engineering, production, forensics, and more. Volunteer instructors guide the students through the activities with the goal of providing a fun, hands-on learning experience where the girls can apply math skills to solve problems or gather information.
"There is huge value in this," said Kiya Riverman, a Penn State graduate student in geosciences who volunteered to teach a Math Options course on the movement of glaciers and rising sea levels. She said going beyond classroom lessons and showing students how math can be applied makes a big difference in the students' interest in the subject. "It's a lot easier to look at a glacier and get excited because you can get a physical sense of how the numbers are applied."
Riverman used a hands-on activity in her course that simulated glacial drift. She used model chutes, or the path a glacier would take in moving into the sea, lined with different types of material to simulate the varying surfaces glaciers travel on. The speed at which the glaciers travel varies depending on the surface, and Riverman's exercise demonstrated that. It also gave students the chance to determine what the differences in speed are between several types of surfaces.
"We're talking about how ice on land flows to the ocean and contributes to sea level rise. We're looking at model glaciers and chutes to demonstrate the speed of glaciers and how it is affected by what is under them. For example, glaciers with rocks under them move slower than those with sediment under them," Riverman said.
School districts and parochial schools who participated in this year's Math Options Program include Brockway, Clarion Limestone, Curwensville, DuBois, DuBois Area Catholic, Harmony, Immaculate Conception School, Johnsonburg, Kane, Moshannon Valley, Philipsburg-Osceola, Punxsutawney, Saint Marys, and Saint Marys Catholic.


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ADHO is described by its governance protocol and administered by several committees, including standing committees, ad hoc committees, and sub-committees.
The Constituent Organization Board and Executive Board are responsible for the general oversight and administration of the Alliance.
The Admissions Committee is responsible for overseeing the admission of new organisations into ADHO as either (a) a Constituent Organisation or (b) an Affiliated Organisation.
The Awards Committee is responsible for the awards ADHO gives to recognize and encourage outstanding contributions to the Digital Humanities.
The Conference Coordinating Committee is responsible for developing, improving and maintaining the ADHO conference protocol and accompanying guidelines, and overseeing the annual conference.
The Communications Team advises on ADHO's overall communications strategies and provides guidance on how to improve its web site, social media presence, and visibility as an inclusive, diverse organization.
The Infrastructure Committee is responsible for the creation and maintenance of a web infrastructure that can be shared by all ADHO COs, with a particular focus on stability, affordability, and sustainability across shared as well as distributed services.
The Multilingualism/Multiculturalism Committee is responsible for developing and promoting policies in ADHO and its constituent organizations that will help them to become more linguistically and culturally inclusive in general terms, and especially in the areas where linguistic and cultural matters play a role.
The Program Committee oversees the program of the annual Digital Humanities conference.
The Publications Committee is responsible for coordinating and integrating publication venues for ADHO and its member organizations, and for overseeing the ongoing maintenance and improvement of existing and shared ADHO publications and infrastructure.
The Implementation Committee is responsible for developing and implementing the new roadmap and plan for the ADHO based on the new governance framework and financial model.


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Sindhi has been suggested for 9Th Science and Arts Group (Matric) in Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education Karachi (BISE Karachi). New papers are being ordered here according to previous years.
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Topics :: Manhattan
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Gay Group to March in NYC St. Patrick's Day Parade
A gay group will march under its own banner for the first time in the world's largest St. Patrick's Day Parade, organizers said Wednesday.
Man With HIV Gets $500G for Wrongful Termination by Manhattan Hotel
Three years after his midtown Manhattan employer abruptly fired him, a jury awarded Antonio Muñoz more than $500,000 for being discriminated against due to his HIV status.
Barilla Pasta Opens Restaurant in Mega-Gay Midtown Manhattan
After inciting rage and boycotts across the globe for last fall's anti-gay comments, Barilla, the world's largest pasta producer, has now opened the doors to an Italian restaurant in mega-gay midtown Manhattan.
Chelsea Mega-Bar SPLASH Puts Up Closing Notice
At roughly 2PM today, a collective gasp was heard around Manhattan as news broke that after a 22 year run, Splash, the mega bar and nightclub, long seen as the anchor of gay nightlife in Chelsea, would be closing its doors on August 10th.
Empire State Building's Dazzling LED Lights
In the middle of the night, as most of New York slept, something big and bright lit up the Manhattan skyline for just seconds - a tightly kept secret to all but a handful of people.
Roaring Twenties Fashion is Roaring Again
It was a time of liberation, decadence and just plain revelry. Jazz dancing, fast cars, and heated conversation about Freud and sex, all meshed together and fueled with gin. At the heart of the Roaring 20s was the fashion.
Skinny Minnie: Disney Fave Gets Barneys Makeover
For a brief moment in Barneys New York's upcoming holiday window display, Minnie becomes a long, lean high-fashion model - and the skinny Minnie is drawing some criticism.
Gentlemen's Vintage Show Features Carnaby Street Retrospective
Men's vintage clothing is a market that is often over-looked because of its hard-to-find nature. Not any more. Come November 9th & 10th, those in New York can shop from the collections of some of our country's top men's vintage fashion dealers.
Classic and Modern Edgy Boots for Fall
Brothers Jensen and Jordan Adoni launched Modern Vice this season with a collection of luxurious, premium quality shoes and sneakers targeted to men's and women's footwear and fashion enthusiasts.
An Autumn Weekend in New York
New York City is eternally in the throes of reinventing itself. While some things remain steadfast, the city thrives on surprising longtime residents and visitors alike with unexpected discoveries.
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