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I'd like to arrange a few images like the following arrangement:
Could someone guide me on how to do this in Photoshop?
I am not sure whether it's related to perspective but I am not trying to achieve the look as in this thread i.e. the left side is shorter than the right side (and vice versa).

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Due to the high amount of posts regarding matchmaking abuse lately, we decided to create a sticky to report games where someone fed intentionally to boost the matchmaking rating of another account.
Before reporting an incident please check the match history of said players to ensure that it's not a single case of someone feeding (out of boredom/being mad/something else) and provide:
- The matchid of the game
- The name of the feeding player
- The name of the boosted player
- The amount of games you found where the player got boosted (if possible including matchids)
Please understand that this is not a place to rant about lost games. Posts that don't follow the requirements can and will be removed to ensure that this thread contains valuable information.


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How to combat cyberbullying
In the fight against cyber bullying, some schools have held "lock it down" days where students en masse create new login passwords for their Facebook accounts and put pass codes on their personal cell phones to curtail access by others.
Others have organized special "delete days" where students agree to shut down accounts on social websites where abusive online behavior is occurring or host a "digital learning week" where speakers discuss cyber safety issues while vendors show off new software and hardware.
Those were among several practical tips offered Monday during a daylong conference on cyber bullying by Sameer Hinduja, an associate professor in criminology and criminal justice at Florida Atlantic University and co-director of the Cyberbullying Research Center.
Hinduja said such schoolwide events can improve a school's climate and let students know that bullying peers isn't something that will be tolerated.
This is the fourth year the Anti-Defamation League has sponsored the conference at the University of San Diego to draw attention to the problem of cyber bullying, when students use the Internet or cell phones to send hurtful messages or post them on social media sites. About 280 students, teachers and parents from three dozen middle and high schools attended the event, which also included a panel moderated by U.S. Attorney Laura Duffy on legal issues and challenges surrounding cyberbullying.
Conference organizers say the impact of cyber bullying is far reaching — victims and their families can be devastated while cyber bullies often remain anonymous and free to continue hateful behaviors. The goal of the gathering was to empower participants to effectively address the problem, with each school team completing an action plan to implement at their school site.
Participants said an important step is to educate students to become "cyber allies" who are on the lookout to help their peers. The conference's theme was "standing up to cyber hate."
The widespread use of smart phones and social media has made many of the early tools against cyberbullying ineffective, such as using filters on school or home computers to block software.
Hinduja said schools seeking to improve their campus climate can adopt curriculum to teach problem solving and conflict resolution, enact school honor codes and create "positive referrals" that highlight and reward students displaying good behavior.
"The goal is to continually remind them the school cares about them and wants them to be doing the right thing," he said.
Hinduja said underscoring the importance of online privacy can be helpful when working with middle school and high school students, who often share passwords with their friends.
But volatile adolescent relationships can change quickly — with today's best friend morphing into tomorrow's enemy. A shared passwords can easily be used to log onto Facebook or Twitter accounts and cause havoc. Hosting a "lock it down" day can prevent such cyber bullying from occurring. he said.
Being the victim of bullying can leave scars that last a lifetime. "Sometimes middle school and high school is just about survival," Hinduja said.
Hinduja said he clearly remembers bullying incidents from middle school, a time when he was introverted and self-conscious about his hairy legs and arms. One day he was challenged to a fight by a sixth grader named Josh and was beat up as classmates gathered to watch at the school's flagpole.
Hinduja said that encounter could have been much worse if he were a teen today.
"Fast forward to 2013, and I say how might Josh have given me grief in this day and age? In the locker room in PE class, he could have taken his phone and taken a picture of me while I was changing and sent it around to the entire student body," he said. "I was so self conscious, I wouldn't have wanted to go back to school. It would have affected me."
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Cook the Book: Cannellini, Caper, Lemon, and Anchovy Crostini
One of my favorite meals at Frankies Spuntino is a simple plate of its incredible crostini. They are perfectly sized, small enough to eat in a bite or two, toasted with just the right amount of crunch, and most important, topped with some of the most delicious combinations around.
These Cannellini, Caper, Lemon, and Anchovy Crostini from The Frankies Spuntino Kitchen Companion & Cooking Manual by Frank Falcinelli and Frank Castronovo take otherwise none-too-thrilling white beans and turn them into something else. By mixing them with a bright Parsley Pesto and a sharp and tangy mix of anchovies, capers, and garlic, the beans take on a mixture of flavors that makes them into an palate-awakening first course.
The recipe gives you two options for mixing up the crostini topping— the way that the Franks make the crostini in the restaurant, and a more barebones method for easy home approximation. I made mine using the restaurant version and was left with not only a ton of beans for eating on toasted bread but also enough pesto to dress a pound or two of pasta and plenty of dressing for salad making which doesn't hurt to have on hand.
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- Yield:enough for about 8 crostini
- 1 cup cooked cannellini beans, or canned
- 2 tablespoons finely chopped flat-leaf parsley
- 1/2 teaspoon fine sea salt
- 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground white pepper
- 1 tablespoon Parsley Pesto (recipe follows)
- 1 teaspoon Puntarelle Dressing (recipe follows)
- 1 cup flat-leaf parsley leaves (from 1 bunch parsley)
- 2 cloves garlic
- 1 cup olive oil
- Large pinch of fine sea salt
- 6 to 8 turns white pepper
- 2 anchovy filets
- 2 teaspoons capers, soaked
- 1/2 clove garlic
- 1/2 cup olive oil
- Juice of 1 lemon, or more to taste
- Freshly ground white pepper
- 1/2 bunch flat-leaf parsley leaves, chopped
- 1/4 cup grated Pecorino Romano, plus more
Combine all the ingredients in a small mixing bowl and stir to mix. Use all at once (Frankies puts a heaping tablespoon on each crostini toast) or store in a sealed container in the refrigerator for up to a few days.
Parsley Pesto
- makes a little more than 1 cup-
Combine all the ingredients in a blender, and purée for a couple of minutes, until the mixture is an even green and smooth. Taste and adjust the salt and pepper to your liking. Store the pesto in a covered container in the refrigerator for up to a week. Shake before using.
Puntarelle Dressing
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Chop the anchovies, capers, and garlic into a near paste. (Roughly chop each on, them combine and work over the pile with your knife.) Transfer the paste to a bowl, add the olive oil, lemon juice, and white pepper to taste, and whisk together. Taste and add more lemon juice if needed, then stir in the parsley and cheese.
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ASHEVILLE, N.C., Oct. 3 (UPI) -- Republican Mitt Romney and his campaign seized on a remark by Vice President Joe Biden that America's middle class has "been buried" for the past four years.
Romney, the GOP presidential nominee, said in a Twitter message Biden's remark at a Charlotte, N.C., campaign rally was an admission of President Barack Obama's failures.
"Agree with @JoeBiden, the middle class has been buried the last 4 years, which is why we need a change in November."
Campaign spokesman Curt Cashour called Biden's stray sentence, a day before Obama and Romney hold their first debate, "a stunning admission ... the middle class has been 'buried' under the last four years of this president's policies."
Romney running mate Rep. Paul Ryan told supporters in Burlington, Iowa: "Of course the middle class has been buried. They're being buried by regulations, they're being buried by taxes ... they're being buried by borrowing, they're being buried by the Obama administration's economic failures."
Obama campaign spokeswoman Lis Smith called the attacks "desperate and out of context.''
"As the vice president has been saying all year and again in his remarks today, the middle class was punished by the failed Bush policies that crashed our economy,'' she said Tuesday.
Biden made his remarks when he told about 1,000 people Romney would cut taxes for millionaires and raise them for middle-class families.
He cited an independent study by the Urban Institute and Brookings Institution's Tax Policy Center that found cutting tax rates by 20 percent and closing loopholes to avoid increasing the deficit, as Romney proposes, could be done only by raising taxes on households earning less than $200,000.
The audience booed.
"No, no -- all kidding aside," Biden said. "With all the boos -- I mean, we can stop all that malarkey. Look, guys, this is deadly earnest, man. This is deadly earnest.
"How they can justify raising taxes on the middle class that's been buried the last four years. How in Lord's name can you justify raising their taxes with these tax cuts?"
Romney and Ryan dispute the accuracy of the Tax Policy Center's study and cite studies of their own showing their tax plan will not hurt the middle class.
At a separate campaign rally in Asheville, N.C., later, Biden adjusted his language when he used the word "buried" again.
"The middle class was buried by the [Republican] polices that Romney and Ryan supported," Biden said. "What they're proposing is Bush economic policies on steroids -- that's what this is. But, folks, the middle class is coming back. It's coming back like Americans always do."
More than two in three likely voters say in a United Press International Poll released Monday they expect their financial situation to improve during the next year, with 43 percent of adults saying they prefer Obama while 37 percent say they back Romney.
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About Zac Posen
Calling all fashion lovers! When you want a pair of glasses that turns heads and expresses your personal style, Zac Posen has just the frames for you. Modeled after the American designer's love of unique textiles, his eyewear collection boasts strong shapes and wild colors that are a little bit vintage and a little bit futuristic.
Men's frames in the Zac Posen line tend to stick with rectangular and oversized shapes while incorporating a wide range of colors and patterns. No detail is spared, as temple designs show off various silhouettes and nose pads are molded to fit comfortably. Some newer styles feature slim metal shapes that are a throwback to popular 90's looks.
The women's line is exceptional, as Zac has truly embraced vintage glam. Extreme cat eyes, sexy red shades, and beautiful curves elegantly make up this collection. The sunglass offerings for both men and women are nothing short of amazing as well. If you want style that's outside of the box, check out Zac Posen.
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Howdy folks,
I'm running Openbsd -current and I'm having some trouble getting the xfce installer to do what i want it to. That's to say, it refuses to install the thing while falsely accusing me of not having libpng.
It wants libpng > 1.2.0, and according pkg_info I have png-1.2.14p0. The .so is in /usr/local/lib and the headers are in the usual spot @ /usr/local/include(/libpng).
Can anyone help me out here?
Do you have the devel package of libpng? There should be some file named libpng.pc or libpng12.pc (locate libpng*.pc) on your pc.
I have a libpng.pc in /usr/local/lib and another one in /usr/local/lib/pkgconfig ..
I don't actually know if the libpng I have is the devel version or what.. how would I find out, or where would I get it?
Hmm..problem solved. Installing libpng 1.2.15 fixed the problem


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"America's Got Talent's" newest judge, Howard Stern, brought plenty of shock to the latest press event for the NBC talent reality competition when he was asked about the report Britney Spears has signed on to judge "The X Factor."
"I think it's a wonderful decision, Britney still thinks the Earth is flat," Howard said. "Listen, I think we're going to tune in to see her, if she can sort of function through the thing."
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The "AGT" judge doesn't think the pop star will be able to offer up any useful advice to the contestants on the FOX singing competition.
"As far as any real criticism, I think Simon [Cowell] and L.A. Reid will be doing that. I think Britney is going to stand there and eat a lollipop and wear a sexy outfit. I don't anticipate great opinions out of her," he continued.
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Howard also took a shot at "American Idol," while slamming Britney.
"I think she's going to sit there like J.Lo and [say], 'Oh, you're wonderful. You're terrific. Do you think I could get a perfume endorsement out of this? You think I could perform on the show?' I think that's what it's about," the radio personality said.
Regardless of his issues over the report Britney is joining the FOX show, Howard said he will be watching if it happens.
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"I'll tune in to see what kind of train wreck she is, absolutely," he added.
"America's Got Talent" returns to NBC on May 14 at 8/7c.
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What's this? Are people finally waking up to the idea that simply giving classic films another theatrical go-round is infinitely more enticing than shoving a ham-fisted reboot or "reimagining" down our throats?
With "Ghostbusters 3" mercifully tied up in development hell (bless you, Bill Murray) and some executive no doubt pitching a remake starring Zach Galifianakis, Jonah Hill, and Jesse Eisenberg as we speak, there is a rapidly-spreading rumor (fueled by Aint it Cool News) that the original "Ghostbusters" will be getting a theatrical run this October.
Peter Venkman, Ray Stantz, Egon Spengler, and Winston Zeddemore together again. This will be bigger than the rectification of the Vuldrani (but still a distant second to the third reconciliation of the McKetrick supplicants. Giant Slor FTW).
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The official "Ghostbusters" Facebook page has a trailer posted. We only hope this isn't some elaborate ruse. We also pray that Ivan Reitman has managed to keep his inner George Lucas bottled up and doesn't replace the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man with an army of CGI vampires.
UPDATE: We have screening information. According to an official release from Sony Pictures:
Ghostbusters will show in approximately 500 theatres across the US on October 13th, 20th, and 27th, one showtime each day, in 2K digital with 5.1 surround sound. Please check local listings for showtimes. Ghostbusters will also be showing in select theatres in Canada and in various international markets; for more information on international locations and dates, please visit www.parkcircus.com.
Still no word on how many different ways Dan Aykroyd will use this as an opportunity to shill that skull vodka crap, but we will keep you posted.


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Is Jared Mitchell Beckham Redux?
This spring, a lot of the buzz is being directed toward another Sox No. 1 draft pick out of the SEC–Jared Mitchell, the club's top selection in 2009 from LSU.
Both a football and baseball star in college, Mitchell (pictured here at the plate against the Dodgers last Saturday) began his pro baseball career last summer in impressive fashion. At high-A Kannapolis he hit .296 with a .417 on base percentage and a .435 slugging mark.
Mitchell, who is a non-roster invitee in the major league camp, has already turned heads in Arizona. In his first three games he has gone 4 for 9 (.444) with two doubles, a triple, a .500 on base percentage and an astronomic .889 slugging percentage.
Yesterday, in the 5-4 loss to Mariners, Mitchell was electrifying as he hit an opposite field triple to left. Some observers were trying to figure out the last White Sox player who was such a blur around the bases.
While Beckham was called up last June after his outstanding spring, Mitchell is surely destined to spend a bit more time in the minor leagues to gain the necessary experience to make the big league roster. But it's hard not to imagine that Beckham and Mitchell will soon be spearheading the Sox fortunes.
Note of the day: After Carlos Quentin's two-homer outburst on Saturday, it was nice to see both Alex Rios and Paul Konerko go deep against Seattle yesterday–especially Rios after his subpar '09.


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Thursday, September 26, 2013
Make a Monster
Hola Amigas! Here is another birthday card my Mini Crafty Chicas made in the Birthday Class. They really liked all the choices they had to make the monster...Love the Birthday Basics DSP. I mentioned to the girls that whomever they give this card to they can circle the number on the DSP that correlates to the age....
RECIPE: All Stampin' UP!
Paper: Crisp Cantaloupe, Very Vanilla, Birthday Basics DSP
Ink: Gumball Green
Stamp: Make A Monster
Ribbon: Gumball Green 3/8" Satin Stiched
Accessories: Corner Round Punch, Dimensionals
I also used the colors on this card to create this week's SUDSOL Chat & Challenge
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Monday, September 23, 2013
Challenge 232- Bling It Up
Hola Amigas! Happy Fall! BRRR! It's cold. This week over at LNS Weekly Challenge Blog we have to BLING IT UP! I had my Monthly Mini Crafty Chicas class and this is one of the cards my 8 year olds made. LOVE IT and so did they. I love that they love to come over once a month and craft with me. They are even starting to change the look of their cards a little. I always tell them my sample is a stepping stone. I wish our Glimmer Paper came in more colors but I love that with reinkers we can color the Silver Glimmer Paper or just make your own with Glitter. I hope you will play along with our two week challenge.
Paper: Pretty in Pink (retired), Whisper White
Stamp: Create a Cupcake
Ink: Soft Suede, Chocolate Chip
Accessories: Punches (Cupcake, Word Window, Itty Bitty Punch Pack, Scallop Edge Border), Rhinestones
Ribbon: Whisper White Taffeta
Wednesday, September 11, 2013
SUDSOL Holiday Catalog Blog Tour
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Here is what it looks like when you die cut the actual word. The best TIP I can give you is to use wax paper between the die and your cardstock/DSP. This 2nd pic also showcases an envelope liner using created with the NEW framelits die that comes in 3 sizes and Winter Frost DSP Stack.
My second project uses the NEW Circle Card Thinlit, Color Me Christmas Stamp Set, Season of Style DSP Stack and Season of Style Designer Washi Tape. I LOVE how all of Stampin' UP!s products coordinate! Don't you?
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PRETTY IN PINK! I created this card with my girlfriend Michelle in mind. She LOVES pink!
It's inevitable that with WINTER comes SNOW!
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|Land Policy and Agriculture in Eastern and Southern Africa (UNU, 1986, 151 pages)
|Land Resources of the People's Republic of China (UNU, 1983, 84 pages)
|The Last Frontier Forests: Ecosystems & Economies on the Edge (WRI, 1997, 44 pages)
|Leverage for the Environment - A Guide to the Private Financial Services Industry (WRI, 1998, 108 pages)
|Life industry: Biodiversity, People and Profits (WWF, 1996)
|Livable Cities for the 21st Century (World Bank, 1996)
|Local Economic Development: A Geographical Comparison of Rural Community Restructuring (UNU, 1998, 380 pages)
|Long Distance Water Transfer: A Chinese Case Study and International Experiences (UNU, 1983)
|The Long Road to Recovery: Community Responses to Industrial Disaster (UNU, 1996, 307 pages)
|Low Cost Charcoal Gasifiers for Rural Energy Supply (GTZ, 1984)
|Maldevelopment - Anatomy of a Global Failure (UNU, 1990, 246 pages)
|Management of Latin American River Basins: Amazon, Plata, and São Francisco (UNU, 1999, 338 pages)
|Managing Water for Peace in the Middle East: Alternative Strategies (UNU, 1995, 309 pages)
|Measuring Up - Toward a Common Framework for Tracking Corporate Environmental Performance (WRI, 1997, 48 pages)
|The Mega-city in Latin America (UNU, 1996, 282 pages)
|Mega-Slums the Coming Sanitary Crisis: A Water Aid Report (Water Aid, 1992)
|Mining and Extraction of Sand and Gravel - Initial Environmental Assessment Series No. 10 (NORAD, 1994)
|Mining in Africa Today - Strategies and Prospects (UNU, 1987, 91 pages)
|Model, Myth, or Miracle? - Reassessing the Role of Governments in the East Asian Experience (UNU, 1999, 175 pages)
|Natural Energy and Vernacular Architecture: Principles and Examples with Reference to Hot Arid Climates (UNU, 1986, 172 pages)
|Natural Resistance of 85 West African Hardwood Timbers to Attack by Termites and Microorganisms (NRI, 1979)
|Natural Resources and Rural Development in Arid Lands: Case Studies from Sudan (UNU, 1985, 85 pages)
|Natural Resources Development in the Sahel: The Role of the United Nations System (UNU, 1986, 95 pages)
|Neem: A Tree for Solving Global Problems (BOSTID, 1993)
|New Energy Technology 1990 (PACE, 1994)
|New Energy Technology - Abridgement (PACE, 1993)
|A New Europe in the Changing Global System (UNU, 1997, 253 pages)
|The New Globalism and Developing Countries (UNU, 1997, 345 pages)
|The Next Bottom Line - Making Sustainable Development Tangible (WRI, 1998, 64 pages)
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Back in the 1980s, the videogame Dragon's Lair used animated cutscenes instead of programmed sequences to portray the action. It was novel, but cumbersome to play. Audi's used the same principle to create the world's first interactive driving game on YouTube.
But where Dragon's Lair was supposed to kickstart the Laser Disk gaming industry at a time when interest in videogames was starting to lag a bit, Audi's game is just a nonlinear novelty. Using the keyboard, a player can issue several "moves," including a left turn, a right turn and slalom cuts. The control buttons scroll the YT player, relatively seamlessly, to queue up each of the scenes on the video timeline. It's almost like driving, if by driving you mean toggling.
It is, however, a lot like playing a videogame in 1981. It's also the best interactive YouTube game around. In your face, interactive shell game!


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I will argue that a fundamental theory of quantum gravity that is applicable to our universe must include matter degrees of freedom. In my talk I will focus on the option that these are fundamental, in contrast to low-energy effective, degrees of freedom, and must thus be included in the microscopic dynamics of spacetime.
I will present evidence that dynamical Standard Model matter is compatible with asymptotically safe quantum gravity, while several "Beyond Standard Model" scenarios are disfavored. I will also discuss how the coupling to matter opens a window into the observational quantum gravity regime.


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Famous Men Who Married Much Younger Women
List of Famous Men Who Married Much Younger Women, loosely ranked by fame and popularity. Many of Hollywood's leading men have married much younger women. Some famous men married younger women later in their lives, while others married younger women multiple times. One famous man even married a woman 60 years his junior.
Who is the most famous man who married a much younger woman? Donald Trump tops our list. The Donald proposed to Melania Knauss in 2004, when he was 58 years old and she was 34. The couple married on January 22, 2005 and they are still married today. This is Melania's first and only marriage and Trump has been married twice before. Another famous entrepreneur Rupert Murdoch married Wendy Deng in 1999 when he was 68 and she was 30.
Hugh Hefner married Crystal Harris on December 31, 2012 when he was 86 and she was 26. That is a 60 year age difference. They are still married today. Hefner has been married twice previously and he has been in several long-term relationships. Other famous men who have married much younger women include Frank Sinatra, Kevin Costner and Woody Allen.Why do you think so many men choose to marry women who are half their age? Share your thoughts in the comments section.
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Birthplace: New York City, New York, United States of America
Alec Baldwin began dating yoga instructor Hilaria Thomas in 2011,when he was 53 and she was 27. The got married on June 30, 2012, and they are still married today with four children. Baldwin was previously married to the actress Kim Basinger.
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Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Michael Fassbender married Alicia Vikander in 2017 when he was 41 and she was 29 years old. The couple began dating in 2014 while filming The Light Between Oceans.
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ATHENS (Reuters) - Talk of Greece exiting the euro will end after critical votes in parliament this week on new austerity measures, labor reforms and the 2013 budget, Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras said on Sunday.
The three-party government will submit the package of measures to parliament on Monday and must approve both it and the 2013 budget to receive aid from the IMF and European Union that it needs to avoid bankruptcy.
The junior ruling Democratic Left Party has refused to back the mix of tax hikes, spending reductions worth 13.5 billion euros because they are tied to measures that will cut wages and severance payments and scrap automatic wage hikes.
But Samaras's New Democracy Party and most of the deputies of its coalition Socialist partners are expected to push the package through in a slim majority in a vote expected on Wednesday.
Lawmakers should then approve the 2013 budget in another crucial vote on November 11, leading to the release of 31.5 billion euros in aid funds and putting to rest any talk of Greece exiting the euro, Samaras said.
"As soon as the new measures are passed and we get the critical aid tranche, liquidity will start again to feed businesses and households, uncertainty will end, sentiment will change and the fear of a return to the drachma will disappear," he told New Democracy lawmakers at a party meeting.
"All this (talk of Greece exiting the euro) will end irreversibly."
He added that the package would include the last cuts to wages and pensions - a sore point among Greeks weary of a five-year recession that has ravaged middle-class living standards.
"In the last two years, through cuts in wages, pensions, government spending, the recession and unemployment, we lost 35 percent of our living standard as a country," he said. "If we had exited the euro, we would have lost twice as much."
On Wednesday, the government narrowly passed a law on privatizations demanded by lenders after several members of the ruling Socialist PASOK party did not back it.
One of the party's deputies subsequently quit to become an independent, cutting the number of PASOK lawmakers, many of whom are bitter over their party's fall to single digits in public opinion polls, to 32.
Five of those remaining have said they may not vote for the package, but even without them, New Democracy and PASOK are expected to muster at least 154 of Parliament's 300 votes.
"We must make it and approve the measures by November 12 so the installment is disbursed at the latest by the end of November," an official from the Finance Ministry said.
Also on Wednesday, the government predicted a worse-than-expected recession in 2013 and said its debt would grow to 192 percent of gross domestic product in 2014, about 10 percentage points higher than earlier forecast.
That has increased the prospect of another round of debt restructuring, a source of conflict between the IMF and Greece's biggest EU creditor Germany.
Both privately say Athens' debt trajectory is unsustainable, but Berlin says any prospect of euro zone states taking another "haircut" on their loans to Greece is unacceptable.
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by Sabina Clarke
"The Man Who Warned America," by Murray Weiss (Harper Collins, New York, 2003, $14.95), is a fascinating biography of former FBI agent John O'Neill, the nations' top counterterrorism cop in both Washington, D.C., and later New York City. Author Murray Weiss offers an accurate and factual account of O'Neill's spectacular career and his complex, convoluted personal life.
O'Neill was either loved or hated; there were no in-betweens. He did not fit the mold of the traditional FBI agent but was cut from a different cloth; dressing in Burberry suits and entertaining visitors lavishly, often at his own expense. A tireless investigator, he was also a bon vivant who mingled with the clubby crowd at Elaine's, one of the trendy New York night spots he often frequented.
Surprisingly, not too many Americans know who John O'Neill is or even what his connection is to events leading up to 9/11. It was John O'Neill who led the investigations of the bombings of the World Trade Center in 1993 and the USS Cole naval ship in 2000. Yet, this unsung American hero was thwarted at every step of the way by both the Clinton and later the Bush administrations.
Dating back to 1995, O'Neill repeatedly warned his supervisors at the Bureau that Osama bin Laden was the greatest threat to our national security; he insisted that bin Laden and other Islamic fundamentalist radicals had the capacity to strike on American soil, but it appears the government wasn't really listening or had a very different agenda. Also, there was that special relationship the Bush dynasty has had with the bin Ladens going back to the presidency of George Herbert Walker Bush.
And, it was precisely because of his activism and his relentless search for the truth that O'Neill became the government's principal target; he was quickly becoming the man who knew too much.
In June, 1998, when he let a girlfriend use a bathroom in a secret FBI garage after his car broke down, he was suspended by the department for 15 days and passed over for a promotion to deputy director of the national security division at FBI headquarters because of what the Bureau referred to as the "car incident." Then in May 2000, he was once again passed over to head the FBI's New York Office, a job he both coveted and deserved.
Another minor infraction by O'Neill in July 2000 prompted an FBI internal probe when his briefcase containing classified information was missing at an FBI retirement seminar in Florida. Although it was quickly recovered with no documents missing, this breach, like the first one, was exploited and exaggerated by the department. It put another blemish on O'Neill's otherwise stellar career.
But in spite these so-called "breaches," soon after the bombing of the USS Cole on October 12, 2000, O'Neill was sent to Yemen to head the U.S. investigation team and almost immediately was confronted by Barbara Bodine, the U.S. ambassador to Yemen who later refused to allow him to return to Yemen, making him the first FBI official ever denied 'country clearance' by a State Department official. The FBI brass, it could be conjectured, may have been under orders from above since they did not back O'Neill up, a somewhat unusual stand.
By then O'Neill was becoming disenchanted with the obstacles he faced daily investigating global terrorism. For the first time, he contemplated retiring from the job he loved, the only job he ever wanted since he was a young boy watching his favorite TV show, "The FBI," starring Efrem Zimbalist, Jr., as the unflappable FBI agent, Lewis Erskine.
On August 16, 2001, O'Neill accepted the offer of a job as Director of Security at the World Trade Center, retiring from the FBI on August 22, 2001, just three days before the New York Times published a story stating the FBI was investigating John O'Neill's "briefcase incident." A press release was most likely sent out by the Bureau to further embarrass and discredit him.
On the last day of his 31-year career with the FBI, John O'Neill signed the order for the FBI to return to Yemen to continue the investigation of the bombing of the USS Cole. (Reviewer's Note: At no time in his book does author Murray Weiss question the circumstances surrounding 9/11 or suggest that O'Neill may have been killed or targeted by our government but with his stark presentation of the facts of O'Neill's career, he sets the stage for speculation.)
The circumstances surrounding O'Neill's death on September 11, 2001 are indeed suspicious. The official version is that he that he survived the impact of the first terrorist-operated plane but was killed on his way to Building # 2 when it was struck by a plane or brought down by explosives — the latter being the more likely scenario given the new information we now have. How convenient to have John O'Neill dead. From the government's perspective, he knew where the bodies were buried.
There are so many questions about 9/11. As transmitted across the globe, the world watched in disbelief as President George W. Bush appearing nonplussed and continued to read to children in a Florida classroom after being informed that America was under attack.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) was already in place in New York on the eve before 9/11; U.S. troops were already sitting on the Afghanistan border before 9/11; Several top government officials were warned not to fly on the morning of 9/11.; The FBI was performing 'mock' terrorist drills on the morning of 9/11; CNN reported that no plane ever hit the Pentagon, despite the official report to the contrary from our government; and World Trade Center building #7, which was not hit by a plane, imploded to the ground on the afternoon of 9/11, falling into its own footprints exactly like buildings # 1 and #2. And the list goes on.
If you go online, Google the mysterious deaths of 9/11 on YouTube; Google retired theologian and philosopher David Ray Griffin, the leading author in the "9/11 Truth Movement," which now includes 1100 architects and engineers for "Truth about 9/11." The consensus among these professionals is that the buildings were brought down by explosives.
And, consider how convenient it would be for the government's chief critic and chief defender to die in 9/11. If he had lived, John O'Neill would have gotten to the bottom of it all. That, you can count on.
Sabina Clarke is a Chestnut Hill resident and long-time freelance writer for several area publications.


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The internet was freaking out yesterday because it looked like Google ran over a donkey with a Street View car in Kweneng, Botswana. But no need to call up PETA, Google says it absolutely did not commit assicide.
Street View tourists of Africa were up in arms over an image that showed a donkey lying listlessly in the road, presumed dead. But Google explained in a blog post today that ol' Eeyore was probably just taking a little nap or maybe even a dust bath. For evidence, it included a series of four images (condensed into GIF form above for dramatic effect) to support its claim. So unless a lion ate our four-legged friend, he's still alive somewhere in the brush of Botswana. The prosecution rests. [Google via TechCrunch]


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On Saturday evening, March 16th 2013, The Farhang Foundation, in collaboration with the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), kicked-off its 5th Annual Nowruz (Iranian New Year) Celebration. This year's festivities beganwith the 2013 Farhang Foundation Short Film Festival Awards Ceremony and Reception on Saturday, March 16th at 6 p.m. at the Leo S. Bing Theater. On Sunday, March 17th, Farhang hosted a myriad of Persian New Year activities from 11:30 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. for thousands of guests visiting the LACMA campus.
The Annual Farhang Short Film Festival has quickly become a popular hit, this year commanding a full evening of festivities dedicated to celebrating Iranian heritage through short films. Having received over 70 submissions from around the world, including Iran, U.S., Canada and Europe and the Far East, the awards ceremony showcased the top six films submitted, with awards, cash prizes and recognition going to the top three selections.
The winning films included:1st Place and $10,000 winner, Rostam in WonderLand: Sohrab's Blood (Iran) from filmmakers Pouya Afshar and Soroush Rezaee; 2nd place and $5,000 winner, Namaki (Iran) by Hajar Mehrani; 3rd Place and $3,000 winner, Distant Words (Australia) by Nassiem Valamanesh.
The awards ceremony was hosted by Shirin Rajaee (News Anchor, ABC News Santa Barbara). DJ Kabo provided lively music for the reception, and Chef Jason Fullilove of Patina created special Persian appetizers for the reception.
Additional activities took place on Sunday, March 17th where thousands showed up to see dance performances by Ballet Afsaneh, special presentations of artwork, Persian food, family activities, calligraphy, a Persian Empire scavenger hunt, a Haft-Sîn display, and much more. The top six films from the festival also ran on a loop in LACMA's Brown Auditorium for all to see.
In addition to all of the activities throughout LACMA's campus, visitors had the opportunity to see the world premiere of "The Dawn of Spring"by Shahin Yousefzamani in the Bing Theater and the musical stylings of Rana Mansour with KARMANDAN by Erwin Khachikian outdoors in the BP Grand Entrance.
About Farhang Foundation
Farhang Foundation is a non-religious, non-political and not-for-profit foundation established in 2008 to celebrate and promote Iranian art and culture for the benefit of the community at large. The foundation supports a broad range of academic activities in Southern California by funding university programs, publications and conferences. The foundation also supports diverse cultural programs such as the celebration of Nowruz and Mehregan, theater, dance performances, film screenings and poetry reading in Southern California. And, in cooperation with various cultural and academic institutions, Farhang Foundation funds major programs and exhibitions about Iran and its culture. However, the content, viewpoints or biases expressed by individual artists, academics, institutions or events supported by the foundation belong solely to each individual party and do not necessarily reflect the views of Farhang Foundation.
About Nowruz
Nowruz, the celebration of the Persian/Iranian New Year, is the most important of all the Persian national festivals. It embodies a wealth of ancient rites and customs, and it is about the only one in Persia that is not confined to the traditions of only one religious group. It symbolizes the continuity of ancient Persian culture, which has survived so many adversaries and vicissitudes. This 13-day celebration starts yearly on the vernal equinox. This year's Nowruz is officially observed on March 20, 2013.


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I had the same experience when I used to teach more, but also the worst learners tended to be those students who had acquired a psychological dependency on Adobe products, so in other words, the more they knew about computers, the less they were willing to learn something new.
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That's a bit more specialized. Tvpaint compares a lot more to a digital workstation. It lacks the expressiveness and prestige of natural media just as the digital piano lacks the expressiveness and prestige of a concert piano(as far as piano sounds go!). Where it "lacks" in expressiveness it makes up for in overall capabilities.Elodie wrote:
@thunderdog : what if you start with à cheap digital piano and want later play on a concert piano ? You can't compare both and if à Roland makes good digital pianos, you'll prefer maybe à yamaha concert piano ?
Because of the type of music I prefer, a concert piano would end up being more a very large paper weight to impress strangers as far as its time of use compared to a "cheap" fully weighted 3000euro keyboard.
IMO, a lot of the appreciation for the yamaha concert piano is more in its prestige than the "average" listener's "real" ability to appreciate its tonal quality independent of the venue it's being played in. Sugar tablet kind of thing. It probably wouldn't work that way for tvpaint if there were a lite version.
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Interesting discussion, did anyone ever consider doing it Open Source? Like what Blender did or Opentoonz recently?
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This week I got the chance to visit a store I had heard about but never had the great opportunity to visit and teleporting in I was very impressed with the bright and fresh feel of the new mall which just opened at the end of January. The mall itself is well laid out with everything easy to find and the stunning fashions are simply to die for. The attention to detail with style and texture show how much effort is put into creating such fine fashions. With my addiction to gowns I immediately headed in that direction, finding exquisite dresses perfect for a night on the town. With it being February, Valentine's Day is rapidly approaching and Seldom Blue has a great selection in a wide verity of styles and colors. As a special offer this month they have the fun and flirty Gabriella dress in blue [Shown Below] for 99L till the end of Febuary for those money conscious fashionistas.
A stunning dress that I own myself and love! Like I said before Seldom Blue has many options in their store including gowns, dresses, lingerie, suits, separates, and freebies for you to enjoy. I am happy to be able to show off a couple selections.


text: An Interview with Julian Lennon: As He Is Andrea Seastrand February 12, 2014 Interviews 45 Photographer and philanthropist Julian Lennon's past couple of years have kept his schedule booked and the master melodist in his element whether in the studio, in front of or behind a camera, or supporting his charity's efforts. As demonstrated on his latest album, Everything Changes, and in his documentary, Through The Picture Window, Lennon is as much a work in progress as is his art and is a man modest enough to know when to give in to the creative spirit, leaving only the best result with his fans and worthwhile causes. Curator for an exhibit commemorating The Beatles' 50th anniversary of their first U.S. tour, Lennon's eye for photocomposition brings a unique Beatles collection to the public at Morrison Hotel Gallery Feb. 7-28. For more on Lennon's White Feather Foundation and what compels him, read on and visit julianlennon.com. Hello Andrea. How are you? Hello Julian. I'm well. And you? I don't know. (Laughs) I haven't got a clue. I'm delirious; it's been a long day. In brief, I'm heading off on a trip to Ethiopia and Kenya next week on behalf of my foundation and last week I had to have all the necessary jabs and shots, the likes of typhoid, hep A, and—what's the killer?—Yellow Fever! Yes, that's it! That's the one that's kept me in the dark all week! Oh my God. Today is the first day I've felt normal, I kid you not. It's been about a week now and there were some moments where I couldn't get out of bed. It felt like I'd been hit by a truck, seriously. Every muscle and every inch of me felt like I'd really been in a car crash. It was incredible. And a 12-hour fever, that was a joy. So, bear with me. I'm coming out the other side of the tunnel right now so you're getting me at a good time. An ounce of prevention, right? Oh wow, this is true. If this is a sample of what these diseases are like I could only imagine how horrific the real deal is. Horrifying. Absolutely horrifying. Anyway, so there we are. I have other questions for you but, since you mentioned your foundation, I'd like to talk a bit more about that. What takes you to Ethiopia and Kenya? I had the great pleasure of meeting Dr. Jeffrey Sachs in New York last year who's doing The Millennium Project in Kenya, which is another thing I latched onto last minute. Initially I was heading out to Ethiopia because my foundation had done a water campaign with a great organization called charity: water who I think are phenomenal and I think have done some incredible, incredible work. So last year we'd done the water campaigns because [2013] was deemed the Year of Water by the UN. We made a lot of money and set up new clean water wells in many, many locations. I decided, after meeting Scott [Harrison, charity: water CEO] last year in his offices in New York and hearing that they take about four trips a year where they take groups of people out to the sites, that the only one that I knew I had a clear spot for was this trip coming up at the beginning of February. Normally they take groups of 30, 40 people sometimes but this was just about six or eight, Scott and his wife and one or two others. I thought, well, this would be much more my cup of tea. I've actually never done anything like this before. I've never gone on the ground. I figured that it was one of those things I needed to do in life. And I believe it will be a life-changing experience for me. Not to namedrop, but I'm quite close with Bono occasionally and I mentioned I was going. He said, "Jules, Ethiopia was what turned my life around, what changed me into the man I am today in putting RED and the One Campaign together." I told him that was good to know because I have a sense that that's going to be a driving force behind me from this point on. So it's going to be an experience and a half but I think at 50 I've done, pretty much, most other things and I can really support my foundation by getting on the ground and seeing the reality of the situation. Also, not just as a photographer, but for me personally. I really wanted to get in on this to do some editorial photography and also some artistic stuff of the people who are incredibly beautiful, the landscape which is incredibly beautiful and put either a book or an exhibition together on behalf of the foundation too, or auction off for the charities involved. Again, a life-changing experience that I think will push me even further toward more humanitarian, environmental goals and aiding those issues in the future. Without question, I sense that in me. Of course, I want to ask about the exhibit you curated for Morrison Hotel Gallery. This is a huge time in Beatles history, how might the exhibit offer something more unique than other tributes to the band's legacy? Well, let me see here. I'll do a little roundabout. So there were talks about the whole Grammy thing, being involved or being part of that. It was all a bit mad and trying to get information out of that scenario was like blood from a stone. Who's playing what, everybody was keeping schtum about who's doing this, that, and the other. And I live in Europe anyway, not that I can't get on a plane, but it was like if I'm going to be involved in any way, shape or form then I need to come out there for rehearsals. Like I said, blood from a stone. At the end of it I said, "You know what, I'm just gonna wish you all well. Have a great time. I love you dearly, but uh…" Another thing I wanted to do was stand in the audience, you know, clapping with the audience (laughs), watching other people sing Beatles songs (laughs)? For me it would be Celebs Do Beatles Karaoke Night. I don't need to see that (laughs). I'm not being rude. That whole thing is not my cup of tea. I'm just not wired that way. Again, I wish them well. I just think events like that can be—not saying that it is because I haven't seen the performances yet—can be a little on the cheese factor side. I prefer to know The Beatles as they were, when they were. There can never be a reunion anyway so I just thought I'll send them my love, wish them well, hope they have a great time. Prior to that, Timothy White, a dear, dear friend of mine who'd done my second and third album covers and also was the one that curated my first exhibition at Morrison Hotel Gallery, got me into photography. I've since gone on to do many projects, events, and shows with this group. Now, Timothy has become one of the partners in the group. Last year alone I think I did anywhere between three and five projects or exhibitions with them in New York, L.A., and popped up in Miami for a bit. I just thought, because I'm much more focused and my passion, first and foremost these days, is much more aligned with photography that something like this could work really nicely and would be much more sentimental to me on so many levels, not only with my association with Dad and The Beatles and being the son, but with being a photographer and artist. I just thought, what a nice and much more beautiful and humble way to approach this than joining the circus, so to speak. There were hundreds of photographs to look through, so many that I'd never, ever seen. So I took it onboard and thought this would be such a beautiful thing to do. Just to find the images that, to me, were very unique and special that were able to tell me a story. I was able to look at their faces, look at their eyes in those images and know exactly what they were thinking and feeling at that moment in time. So I went on my gut feeling. It took a lot of time because there were so many great shots. It was not about the technical aspects of any of the photography, it was purely driven on what I saw emotionally as a son, as a man, and as a photographer trying to capture that moment and bring it forward to my life these days. I agree with you. The pictures I saw were special and wonderful in their rarity. I think so too. There were some that had similarities but there are a couple there that I've just never seen before. I thought, wow, such a great moment, such a great moment. This makes me more than happy. And to be able to come at it from this angle, from a different place entirely from everybody else and just do my own thing with these photographs is, for me, more than special, more than enough from my perspective as my version of a tribute to them. Lastly, let's talk about your latest album, your app, and the documentary. What I took from the documentary is that there seems to be something compelling you to compose, whether it's music or photography. Why do you think that urge is so persistent? (Laughs) I often question myself on that one, too. I guess, because I've had quite a few years off here and there and moments of reflection and trying to find oneself, to a degree it's all about pride and purpose in life. I can't just sit back and do nothing and that goes for every aspect of my life. It's like, I can't sit on a beach. I can't do that. (Laughs) I would love to be able to lie down and not do something but I've just become, over the years, one of those people that feel the need within to produce, to create, to experience, to share. Without it I'd be a very unhappy person. It's my version of an artist's way of relating and being able to have a conversation with people. There's got to be purpose in life for me, otherwise what is the point? I feel I'm fortunate that I've found a good many levels there, on the creative front. Music, photography, documentary making, the charity and foundation. That's a busy life as it is. I've been blessed that they're all things I love to be a part of. It can get overwhelming at times, don't get me wrong. The past two years, putting the projects that you see before you—the documentary, the 14 videos, the two albums, the app, and anything and everything else that's gone along with that, the exhibitions I've been part of—it's been full-on at times. It's not like I can say it's been an easy, floaty little ride. The underlying stress to make sure that all of this stuff actually happens and comes to the fray is a lot of work. I think things will be a little easier and smoother for me down the road now that I've got that bulk of work out the way for a minute so I can leave that with people and breathe for a little bit and get on with new projects which are already lined up for the next year. There's not that much time off in my schedule at the moment, but that's fine. It's kind of what keeps me going. Julian Lennon's photo exhibit commemorating The Beatles' 50th anniversary of their first U.S. tour is being shown now through Feb. 28 at the Morrison Hotel Gallery. His new app, Through The Picture Window, is available now on the app store. For more details on the event go to morrisonhotelgallery.com, and for more on Lennon and his photography, music and charities, go to julianlennon.com. 45 Responses steve rainbow February 12, 2014 What a wonderful person you are be happy and continue in your work and interests in Peace. Reply Maria Rodriguez February 12, 2014 Congratulations Julian So sorry you got sick glad to hear your better and have great plans ahead thank you for all the help you did for Kenya and The documentary i was trying to look p your fb to get more info on charities .. Best of luck to you Maria Rodriguez..:) Reply Linda Lou February 12, 2014 Very nice interview. I have a better idea of the kind of man Mr. Lennon is. Thank You. Reply C. Harvey February 12, 2014 Just to say, Cynthia Lennon raised a truly great guy. Thank you for the interview. Reply Judy Napoleon February 12, 2014 Julian, I wish we could have seen you at the Beatles 50th Anniversary Tribute, recorded on 1/27, and aired in the US on 2/9. Dhanny and Sean were there, but I REALLY missed you! Hope to see you here in the US soon. Reply Nita February 12, 2014 Julian, I'm amazed at how REAL and centered on the important things of life you are. Your Dad would be proud — and I'm grateful for what you're adding to our world. Thanks. :) Reply Lou Fritz February 12, 2014 Your Father's biggest fan….to this day. Have always found you interesting, Julian. As well as your brother, Sean. Reply Nanette Ames February 12, 2014 Suchswhat a wonderful intelligent , informed talented young man . Thankyou Julian ! Reply Linda (aka danzzing) February 12, 2014 Well done! Great framing of the questions. Appreciate your taking time to share his perspective, and, to Julian for providing the public with greater insight as to the many voyages his is on currently traveling. Reply bruce Polak February 12, 2014 Good on ya Julian!!…great thanks for your compassionate work providing clean water.(We last met swimming with Cetaceans on Maui and before that…shooting billiards with Arthur Stead and Corrine F in NYC)….Am a holographer/photographer…who knew your dad…All best J L..keep up the GOOD fight Reply deborah duley February 12, 2014 this young man is amazing…. Reply Micki Hope February 12, 2014 Beautiful tribute to your history. I hope I have the opportunity to see your work one day Reply Peggie O'Neill Baron February 12, 2014 I love this man! Indeed John must be proud! Reply Karen Huven February 12, 2014 It was a very good interview I have always wondered what your life was like then and now. Would love to see your photo exhibition but, unless it comes to Wisconsin I'll never see it up close and personal. Possibly in a photo book. God bless you Julian and your hard earned efforts of your charitable givings. Did you know that in poor countries children don't know water is clear? Casting Crowns a Christian band helps get wells done with contributions from their concerts. That's where I heard that about dirty water. Reply Cheryl Bowen February 12, 2014 So glad that your life has taken such wonderful turns. You are John's son but also your own man! Keep doing all the wonderful work that makes your life so fulfilling! Very proud of you Julian Reply John Ulrichsen February 12, 2014 So good to hear what's going on in your life Julian. We don't see or hear much about you in Wisconsin. I'm a fan & not because of your dad, loved him but I like what you've done in the past and where your life is taking you. I love photography also! Always have one of my camera's everywhere I go. Best wishes to you! Reply model ginger lee February 12, 2014 Love you and your work Reply sheryl scheiterle February 12, 2014 you are truly the bomb I admire you and I wish you would call me 913 915-8232 Reply Ronnie Faircloth(femalle) February 12, 2014 Julian, I get on facebook I'm sure you are aware of.But the comments sme people have been making about you not being there at the Tribute for The Beatles are really bothering me.I went as far as to tell a lil white lie just to try and get them to shutty. Could you (or someone that works for you send out a comment as to the reason you couldn't be there.Hell you can comment about it on my page if you want.I just want them to shut up!They have no right to talk about you or anyone for that matter not are they due the right to judge you. Thank you for listening ..he or reading..me out.A distand friend and fan. Ronnie Jean Reply Alan perkins February 12, 2014 I very happy and pleased of your work and career and moving forward doing it your way. Reply claudia parke February 12, 2014 You're a class act Julian. Thank you for highlighting the important issue of water, and for your generosity in all things. Reply Leonora Orr February 12, 2014 Hi Julian, I'm the 'Auntie' who was born the same day as John, Oct. 9th, with the Harvest Moon in MIND, looking to SPRING! I also lived in Africa for 10 years, teaching, building latrines and water systems, writing grant. Wishing you WELL in all pursuits, Pumehana (Warmly), me ke aloha, Leah/Leonora, Artist / Educator / Gardener Reply Maria Rodriguez February 12, 2014 ok Julian i dont know what i am missing my friend ..you can inbox me anytime thank you for helping so many people i want to be part of the white feather foundation.. :) Reply Maria Rodriguez February 12, 2014 so happy your project went through i would love to help with the white feather foundation sorry you were so ill glad your feeling better can not belive or want to imagine how these poor people live its too heart breaking you r a womderful person please feel free to inbox me your friend Maria Rodriguez Reply Carolanne Cream February 12, 2014 I love this interview! Intelligent and interesting interview. So frank,honest and it reveals a side of Julian I was unaware. Thank you for posting this. Reply margery ruan February 12, 2014 I really like the things you are doing,stay happy. thank you for letting us see someone make the distance, and doing very well. Reply Ben Simmons February 13, 2014 Julian, I'm Glad to know that you are doing what your core tells you, as opposed to "Joining the circus" or as dad would say, "being on the Merry-go-round". Good for you Julian, you are your own man, and I can tell that you love people and all of Gods creation. Dad would be proud, I know your mom is proud! Thank God that you have that individualistic spirit about you, just like dad. Bless you John Charles Julian Lennon. Sincerely, Ben Simmons PS Love knowing that you & Sean are bros. -Later Reply Sue Lemke February 13, 2014 The Beatles changed the world and have been my favorite band of all. Favorite song (I want to hold your hand, but love so many more, Hey Jude, She loves you, Listen do you want to know a secret, I would sing with my little brother and act it out. You don't look fifty Julian. Reply Terry Aston February 13, 2014 I pray that the vaccines did not contain any Fluoroquinolones in them.If you have weird bizarre issues you got Floxed. I am a floxy….and I feel horrible everyday ..and live in pain all caused by BAYER and Johnson & Johnson …Check out "Cipro Is Poison" meet my good friend Jeff…Were doing a Rally May 8 & 9 th against these drugs.It is a WORLDWIDE epidemic and it needs to end Terry 410-483-4876 USA…No more vaccines The Cure Is Really Worse Then The Disease ! Reply Sharon Thomas February 13, 2014 Looking forward to seeing the photo exhibit. I was not impressed with the 50th Amniversary show. I will hold on to the memories of my youth, not the same without John & George; rather pompous of Paul & Ringo! Reply An Interview with Julian Lennon: As He Is, The Beatles music February 13, 2014 […] on Lennon and his photography, music and charities, go to julianlennon.com. Full article at theaquarian.com » By Andrea Seastrand ← Newer All Articles Older → Comments powered by […] Reply Denise Mannino February 13, 2014 Bless your work, and your courage for doing humanitarian service. That's the best any of us can do in memory of our parents, ourselves, and for this privilege of life. Reply Robyn zach February 13, 2014 Julian Lennon has so done so much for planet earth. His continuance to strive to put an end to strife and create a unity of balance, peace, harmony and love in this world is embraced by many…and hopefully…someday by all. Reply Nancy February 13, 2014 I have such respect for this man. Reply Deborah Roche February 13, 2014 I would have enjoyed Julian performing Beatles songs on the Grammy show, he sound so much like his father, it would have been a very special performance. Yet, I understand, I can't handle vague, it feels entangling, I have to have a direction a vision. Reply Luci sampson February 13, 2014 It's good to hear about Julian instead of Shaun . I'm gonna check out the gallery he did on the Beatles. his dad would be so proud of him today too. Reply amy girt February 13, 2014 I agree w/you I felt the Beatles Tribute show was like watching karaoke!? I believe the world just needs good music! Turning back the clock seems the only way! The tribute seemed forced & not taken seriously? Hope you continue feeling well Julian! Reply Carolyn L Sullivan February 13, 2014 Julian Lennon is an amazing artistic individual. His art in what ever expression it takes is beautiful. What I believe sets him apart from many is his relentless humanitarian work. He really puts himself into it. It has nothing to do with promoting anything. I am always surprised how he keeps in touch with people. Where does he find the time? To sum it up Julian Lennon is a beautiful person who cares. Reply Jill McCann February 13, 2014 I loved John in all he did. Reply pat koenen February 13, 2014 Great to hear something about Julian Lennon was a 16 year old in 63 loved the Beatles. Remember hearing Julian record and thought he sounded so much , like his dad, I was actually food shopping with my kids first time I heard his music. A fellowshopper stopped in theaisle with this odd look on his face because your dad had been gone by then. We both said that can't be John Lennonwe waited till the end of the recording both agreeing you sounded so much like him it was haunting, he would be so proud of you. Pat Reply Nancy Lee Perry February 13, 2014 Excellent interview and what is so wonderful about Julian, he tells it like it is and we enjoy hearing from him and knowing what he is doing. Thank you for such a fine interview. Reply germana esuperanzi February 13, 2014 you really have a plus I've been praying for you lol Reply kathy February 13, 2014 just watched your "Someday" video loved it. Makes me appreciate you as a person, ties in beautifully with my need to see there is hope for humanity. Thanks for the brightness thru the haze! Reply Kate Becker February 13, 2014 You are a wonderful Human Being! Reply Ann February 16, 2014 Huge fan of yours, Julian…..music, art, and charity work. That said, I think calling the tribute karaoke was a little rude. These were amazing musicians so happy to be playing the music that changed their lives and made them want to be a musician. I think it was a lovely tribute to the band…..wish you could have played a song as well and been a part of it. All that said, I wish you only love and peace and continued success! Reply Leave a Reply Cancel ReplyYour email address will not be published.CommentName* Email* Website Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment.


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Hon. Dr. Pita Sharples, Associate Minister of Education, has today announced the establishment of Puawaitanga scholarships for students enrolling in a Tutahi Maori Boarding School. These scholarships will be awarded to young people who demonstrate leadership potential, to help them to attend either Hato Paora College, Hato Petera College, Hukarere Girls College, St Joseph's Maori Girls College, Te Aute College or Turakina Maori Girls College.
Puawaitanga will provide financial assistance to cover all boarding and school fees of an individual student for their chosen school. Recipients of scholarships will also receive $1,500 every year towards costs associated with developing the student's leadership talent. There will be ninety scholarships available in total, with each school funded for a maximum of fifteen Puawaitanga Scholarships at any one time.
Dr. Sharples said "I am delighted that there will be new funding available to support budding Maori leaders in the pursuit of their academic and cultural aspirations."
"These scholarships have been designed to assist parents to meet the cost of boarding and school fees which, for some, have been out of reach. This will open a new avenue of choice for many parents who are considering the next steps in fostering the education of their children."
"Maori Boarding Schools have a long and proud history," said Dr. Sharples. "They were established to provide a well-rounded education for Maori students at a time when many of our whanau lived in remote rural communities."
"They all have a tradition of fostering academic, cultural, and social excellence, and producing successive generations of Maori leaders who have contributed to shaping our society."
"Each school has its own unique characteristics, but each has produced a range of talented Maori alumni who have excelled in various fields, such as politics, business, the arts, academia, music, sport and more. Dame Whina Cooper, Sir Apirana Ngata, Dame Iritana Tawhiwhirangi, Sir Archie Taiaroa, Dr. Lance O'Sullivan, Awerangi Durie, Jamie Tuuta, and Maisey Rika are but a very few names of the many Maori leaders who have emerged from these schools."
Dr. Sharples said "I am so pleased that a new group of young Maori will be able to walk in the footsteps of these great leaders. I thank Hon Hekia Parata, Minister of Education for her continued commitment to upholding Maori educational achievement."
Each school will be responsible for developing the criteria and administering the scholarships that have been allocated to them, and the first scholarships will be available for the 2014 school year.


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Hi Simon and the rest of the Curvy 3D staff, I've finally got around to learning Curvy 3D and am amazed by how simple, yet efficient, that Curvy 3D is for making 3D Models and Sculpts. My most favorite feature of Curvy 3D is when you save your Sculpt, whatever Painting you have done is saved as a Texture Map for that Sculpt. Even though I don't have Art Skills, I've still been able to paint my Sculpts and then take them into InWorldz where they are ready to use since I can texture them with the Texture Map that was made when I saved the Sculpt!
I do have a question and depending on the answer may lead me to ask for a Video Tutorial on how to accomplish it. My question is, can I take an image that I created in Photoshop and use it to "paint" my Model? What I'm thinking is say I have a image created in Photoshop that is a row of decorative leaves and I want to use that to go around a Bowl that I'm making. Is this possible, and if it is, could you show me how in a Video Tutorial?
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If you are a young woman with anxiety problems, watch your heart! A study has found that women under the age of 55 with potential heart problems who also have depression, re twice as likely to have a heart attack, require artery-opening procedures, or even die.
''We can't prove with this study that depression causes heart disease, but we can say that these women do worse over time,'' lead author Dr Amit Shah, from Emory University in Atlanta, said.
In general, depressed people are more likely to have heart problems than people without depression; but the exact increase in risk has varied in previous studies. The authors suspect some of that variation was because the effect of depression might differ in different groups of people.
For their study, the researchers looked at more than 3,000 people who were scheduled for cardiac catheterisation procedures to diagnose coronary artery disease or some other suspected heart problem. Coronary artery disease occurs when plaque builds up in the arteries that supply blood to the heart.
The researchers gave the patients a questionnaire to evaluate their depression symptoms before the procedure. Scoring 10 points or higher out of a possible 27 indicates at least moderate depression.
Two of the researchers examined the results of the catheterisations and noted whether the patients appeared to have coronary artery disease, and if so, how severe it was.
Over the next roughly three years, Shah's team kept tabs on the patients' health with telephone interviews and hospital admission data.
The patients were in their early 60s, on average, and a third were female. The researchers divided patients into three age groups: under 55, 56 to 64 and over 65.
Almost 30 per cent of the women 55 or younger had moderate to severe depression, according to the questionnaires, compared to 9 per cent of men 65 and older. For the group as a whole, depression was not associated with the chance of coronary artery disease showing up on the heart exams. But when the researchers focused on particular groups of patients, there was a connection in the younger group of women.
For every one-point increase on the 27-point depression scale, their likelihood of having coronary artery disease increased by 7 per cent.
Over the following three years, depression was linked with a higher risk of death and major heart problems. The association was strongest for women age 55 and under and for men 65 and over, the authors report in the Journal of the American Heart Association.
''In that group (of older men) the nature of the relationship is probably a little different than for younger women,'' Shah said. ''The message is more consistent for younger women.''
Younger women are not at particularly high risk for coronary artery disease, he said. But those in this study who were scheduled for a catheterisation had probably had a positive stress test or chest pain, and were at higher risk than other women.
''Their stress responses may be more pathologic,'' he said. ''For example in day to day life as they're coping with their depression they may be more reactive to those depressive symptoms.''
Experiencing trauma or stress may lead to changes in the brain and in turn to changes in the body, he said.
''The young woman who is depressed is at risk for many things, and one of them may be coronary artery disease,'' said Dr Nanette Wenger. ''Probably she should ask her caregiver to check her heart symptoms.''
Wenger is a cardiologist, also at Emory University. She was not part of the new study.
Depression is common among young women, and heart problems tend to be more damaging among depressed women, she said.
''A lot of the concern is why,'' Wenger told Reuters Health. Genetics could be a factor, and so could the poor lifestyle habits that often go along with depression, like smoking and being sedentary, she said.
''There's a very strong heart-brain connection. We've seen it in older women too,'' Wenger said.
Depression should be considered along with smoking and diabetes as a risk factor for heart disease, Shah said.
''They are probably at a higher risk of heart disease from a lifetime perspective. It may not happen in the next five years, but 30 or 40 years down the line,'' he said.
As far as treatment is concerned, most things that are heart-healthy are likely mind-healthy as well, like exercise or a Mediterranean diet, Shah said. But medicines that treat depression so far haven't seemed to lower the risk of heart problems.
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Habit of sexual molestation and perverted depravity illustrates sordid underbelly of the elite
Paul Joseph Watson
Prison Planet.com
Monday, May 16, 2011
Given the fact that the likes of IMF head Dominique Strauss-Kahn and other top globalists are intent on raping the national and monetary sovereignty of countries in pursuit of their new world order, it's no surprise that they also seem pre-occupied with raping women, amongst a host of other sordid and predatory perversions.
Strauss-Kahn was pulled off a jet at Kennedy Airport in New York by police Sunday after a hotel maid accused him of attacking and attempting to sodomize her. The fact that Strauss-Kahn left his mobile phone in the hotel room suggests he tried to make a quick getaway.
However, it's not the first time the IMF chief has been accused of rape. French writer Tristane Banon is now considering legal action against Strauss-Kahn for an alleged sexual molestation that occurred in 2002. According to Banon, during the course of an interview Strauss-Kahn acted like a "rutting chimpanzee" as he violently attempted to tear off her clothes.
Strauss-Kahn's alleged penchant for sexually assaulting women brings to mind the claims against his fellow globalist Al Gore which became public last year. Masseuse Molly Haggerty alleges that Gore invited her to his hotel room before pinning her down like a "crazed sex poodle" before groping her as she struggled to escape.
But Gore's behavior is relatively tame compared to former President Bill Clinton. Juanita Broaddrick went public in 1998 to claim that Clinton raped her two decades earlier. Broaddrick alleged that Clinton forced her down on the bed in a hotel room, tore away her underwear and began aggressively raping her while biting her lips as she begged him to stop. Although Clinton denied the charges, he agreed to an $850,000 settlement to avoid the case going to court, "A lot of money from someone who claims he did nothing wrong," as Larry Elder wrote.
Despite the fact that Clinton publicly lied to the American people during the Monica Lewinsky scandal when he said, "I did not have sexual relations with that woman," the numerous other women who alleged affairs or who claimed they had been raped or molested by Clinton were all dismissed as liars by the corporate media, just as Lewinsky was branded deceitful before she produced the semen-stained dress that proved her story to be true, and just as Gennifer Flowers was also savaged by the establishment before Clinton, during the Paula Jones deposition, was forced to admit the he did indeed have sex with Flowers.
However, sexual molestation of women only scratches the surface of the deep and sordid circles that the elite prefer to move in when it comes to acting out their forbidden perversions.
Politicians such as Larry Craig and Mark Foley are lightweights in comparison to the horrors of the underground child sex trafficking networks run exclusively for the pleasure of the elite.
As we have documented, almost every major pedophile network that has come to public knowledge has included tentacles that stretch high into the upper echelons of the global power structure.
On June 29 1989, the Washington Times' Paul M. Rodriguez and George Archibald reported on a Washington D.C. prostitution ring that had intimate connections with the White House all the way up to President George H.W. Bush. Male prostitutes had been given access to the White House and the article also cited evidence of "abduction and use of minors for sexual perversion."
In July 1990, a Nebraska Grand Jury was convened to hear allegations that Lawrence "Larry" King, then manager of the Franklin Community Federal Credit Union and a rising Republican Party star, along with Washington lobbyists, had set up a child prostitution ring in which minors were transported around the country and forced to have sex with King, other top officials, and according to victims who some allege were later harassed into recanting, then-Vice-President Bush.
The Grand Jury dismissed the case as a hoax but former Nebraska State Senator John DeCamp later investigated the claims and was horrified to learn that they were indeed legitimate.
The video which you can watch in full below, Conspiracy of Silence, was produced by British Yorkshire Television and was scheduled to air nationwide in the U.S. on the Discovery Channel on May 3, 1994. Despite appearing in TV guides, the documentary was pulled at the last minute. Key politicians implicated in the scandal intimidated Discovery into canceling the program and it was never shown in the U.S.
The documentary team interviewed victims of the Franklin cover-up scandal and proved beyond a shadow of a doubt that Washington's political elite had been involved in Larry King's pedophile ring.
Connections between male prostitutes and the White House emerged again in early 2005, when James Dale Guckert, working under the pseudonym Jeff Gannon, was given privileged access to the White House despite his lack of suitable press credentials. Gannon first came under scrutiny when he repeatedly gave President Bush softball questions during press conferences – leading many to charge Gannon was a White House plant. Photos emerged of Bush embracing Gannon and appearing very affectionate towards him during meetings. It later came out that Gannon had previously placed ads on homosexual escort service websites.
In almost every case of human trafficking for child sex slavery, from Chile to Australia, to Bosnia, to Portugal, to Belgium, court proceedings get shut down or diverted when a clear connection to the elite arises.
In the mid 1990's, convicted child rapist Marc Dutroux built a secret prison cell in his Charleroi basement where he kept abducted young girls hostage at the behest of what he called "a big crime ring," which in the 2004 court case was thought by many to encompass some of Belgium's top politicians, judges and policemen. The reason why it took so long to apprehend Dutroux was that he was being legally protected by these same individuals.
Material witnesses at the trial described "child sex parties involving judges, politicians, bankers and members of the royal family." Victims that managed to survive (most were butchered snuff style after being raped) verified the claims.
Police actually visited Dutroux's home and heard the cries of help from children concealed in his basement yet believed Dutroux's explanation that the sounds were coming from kids playing in the street.
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Dutroux was eventually convicted for his role in the pedophile ring but the involvement of the elite of the country was never properly investigated.
After Dyncorp and Halliburton contractors were exposed as having operated child prostitution rackets in the Balkans from the late 1990's onwards (and more recently in the case of Halliburton), Rep. Cynthia McKinney attempted to get answers as to why the U.S. government continued to do business with these corporations.
On March 11th 2005, McKinney grilled Secretary Rumsfeld and General Myers on the Dyncorp scandal and its protection by the U.S. government.
"Mr. Secretary, I watched President Bush deliver a moving speech at the United Nations in September 2003, in which he mentioned the crisis of the sex trade. The President called for the punishment of those involved in this horrible business. But at the very moment of that speech, DynCorp was exposed for having been involved in the buying and selling of young women and children. While all of this was going on, DynCorp kept the Pentagon contract to administer the smallpox and anthrax vaccines, and is now working on a plague vaccine through the Joint Vaccine Acquisition Program. Mr. Secretary, is it [the] policy of the U.S. Government to reward companies that traffic in women and little girls?" asked McKinney.
In late 2005, Halliburton subsidiary KBR and Dyncorp lobbyists worked in tandem with the Pentagon to stall legislation that would specifically ban trafficking in humans for forced labor and prostitution by U.S. contractors.
Where were the investigations and convictions in other cases of establishment-orchestrated child slavery and prostitution? Like the NATO officials responsible for the mushrooming of child prostitution in Kosovo?
What happened to UN officials identified as using a ship charted for 'peacekeepers' to bring young girls from Thailand to East Timor as prostitutes? In every example, the case seems to get shut down when direct ties to people in positions of high power are established.
The behavior of Strauss-Kahn, Gore, Clinton, and every other globalist underscores how our planet is being seized by people who are predators in more than one sense, and whose conduct illustrates how they deserve to be behind bars more than they do accumulating power in the move towards global governance.
Paul Joseph Watson is the editor and writer for Prison Planet.com. He is the author of Order Out Of Chaos. Watson is also a regular fill-in host for The Alex Jones Show.
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Exhibition Schedule: January 17th through March 22nd
Opening Reception: January 17th from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM
The importance of the sea in maritime communities is evident in the work of three painters: Alex Weinstein, Wendy Stillman, and Marlene Sanaye Yamada. Their work spans from abstract to representational, and the idea of ocean is represented through specific cultural references, philosophical theories about nature and beauty, and the physicality and motion of water.
Wendy Stillman's work features layers of paint inhabited by figures and symbols relevant to her life. Her reference to 80's surf culture, ala Peter Webb aesthetics and Basquiattian methods of painting, invokes the ocean as an essential source of maritime city-life and culture.
Marlene Yamada explores the physical nature of water as liquid. Working with watery paint, Yamada allows the material to flow over the canvas and guide her through this physical process of painting. Although Yamada never overtly references the ocean, her process almost symptomatically creates water-like images.
Alex Weinstein's paintings are reductive representations of water. His nearly monochrome works limit the picture plane to just water and sky. Each of his works is self-described as being a "slowburn," and he invites the viewer to take time and allow the work to shift in one's mind. Weinstein's work pushes into the realm of the sublime, and he pays homage to artists like Mark Rothko, Casper David Friedrich and Giorgio Morandi.
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Manhattan Beach Art Center (MBAC)
1560 Manhattan Beach Boulevard
Manhattan Beach, CA 90266
(310) 802-5440
Wednesday 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM
Thursday 10:00 AM to 8:00 PM
Friday 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM
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Snowy parking lot at night, Greektown, Chicago: photo by photoalvin (Alvin Shubert), 10 February 2010
The street preacher spoke of Christ's withdrawal of his own luminosity into himself, so as to cease dazzling his disciples. A cold wind blew through the empty parking lot on the other side of the street.
Empty parking lot at night: photo by Jarshua (Josh Wunder), 6 August 2011
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Empty Parking Lot at Night, Lorain, Ohio: photo by The Jenk (Matt Jenkins), 11 November 2007
Parking lot, Thunder Bay, Ontario: photo by Phillip Girondin, 19 October 2010
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