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12,000 homes damaged or destroyed in Moore, daunting road to recovery underway
By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) • Catholic Online • 5/23/2013
Devastated by a tornado, the city of Moore, Oklahoma has begun to dig out and count its blessings. The tornado on Monday claimed 24 lives, 10 of those children and 12,000 homes were totally destroyed or damaged. Insurance claims from the area are likely to exceed $2 billion, said Kelly ...
Eric Garcetti becomes Los Angeles' first Jewish mayor
By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) • Catholic Online • 5/23/2013
Forty-two-year-old Eric Garcetti in winning the Los Angeles mayoral race has become the city's first elected Jewish mayor. His opponent, Wendy Greuel, was hoping to become the city's first female mayor. Garcetti, a former city councilman received 54 percent of the 337,000 votes cast; Greuel ...
Is the 'human cost' in the war on drugs too high?
By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) • Catholic Online • 5/20/2013
With millions of civilians, soldiers and criminals all dead, and no change in sight, a summit of Latin American nations has suggested that the best path may be to decriminalize drug use, while stressing cooperation between nations. The Organization of American States has suggested that ...
High-tech Indiana Jones team discovers the fabled lost city of Ciudad Blanca
By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) • Catholic Online • 5/16/2013
Scientists have discovered what they believe could be Ciudad Blanca, a fabled lost city hidden deep within the jungles of Honduras. Using airborne lasers to scan the ground beneath the dense jungle canopy, scientists have found what appears to be an entire city filled with temple mounds, canals, ...
Evil Face of Jihad in London Suburb: Muslim Attackers Hack a Young Soldier to Death and Behead Him
By Keith A Fournier • Catholic Online • 5/24/2013
Since this evil act was first reported, I have been struck by the number of reporters who have expressed their inability to find words to describe the horror. We better develop the vocabulary quickly because what occurred in London is the evil face of Jihad and it is not going away. We have an ...
British soldier hacked to death in brazen attack by Islamic terrorists, stopped by prayerful, courageous women
By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) • Catholic Online • 5/24/2013
A brutal terrorist attack shocked London on Wednesday. Two knife and pistol wielding terrorists brutally attacked and slaughtered a soldier as he returned to his barracks in London. The killers were confronted by women and police before being shot and arrested. The government is on alert. ...
Middle East
Where is President Obama as Egypt's Coptic Christians Die and Churches Burn?
By Michael Terheyden • Catholic Online • 5/24/2013
Last week, hundreds of Coptic Christians in Egypt stood up to a mob of 20 thousand Muslims. They risked their lives to protect their church, their religious freedom and each other. As Copts continue to suffer and die and their churches and property are destroyed, Christians have begun to notice ...
Israel and Syria at brink of war as both sides exchange fire, threats
By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) • Catholic Online • 5/21/2013
Syria and Israel are on the brink of war over their conflict in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. Both sides are exchanging fire today with both sides pledging to retaliate against the other for any act seen as belligerent. TEL AVIV, ISRAEL (Catholic Online) - Syria and Israel could be on the ...
Asia Pacific
Chinese hackers gained valuable information in Google breech years ago
By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) • Catholic Online • 5/21/2013
There's no question they breached Google security years ago. The question arises: What were the Chinese hackers after? According to U.S. officials, it appears that the leak was intended to find the identities of Chinese operatives then living in the United States. LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic ...
Indian families go to drastic measures to protect daughters from rape
By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) • Catholic Online • 5/16/2013
Ever since a medical student was brutally gang raped on a speeding bus in Delhi, India, the Indian media has reported on countless other instances of girls and young women being abducted, raped, tortured and killed. Father-led families here have sought to curtail this by severely limiting their ...
Somali refugees, uprooted by war at home, must now flee Syria
By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) • Catholic Online • 5/23/2013
Somali refugees who at one time found shelter in the Arab League Nation of Syria are now being forced to relocate as their host country becomes engulfed in civil war. The Somali community in Syria is small, numbering only a few thousand. With daily bloodshed and bombings a daily fact of ...
Cholera in Niger, measles in C.A.R. threaten children
By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) • Catholic Online • 5/22/2013
The United Nations is keen on stemming the tide of an outbreak of diseases in two African nations. With the sudden introduction of measles in Niger and the measles in the Central African Republic, officials hope to spring into action before an epidemic breaks out in these ...
Politics & Policy
Documents reveal US drone policy is scandalously indiscriminate
By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) • Catholic Online • 5/23/2013
The Obama administration is now acknowledging the deaths of four American citizens since 2009 in drone strikes. A letter from Attorney General Eric Holder to key Congressional leaders provided the information. WASHINGTON, DC (Catholic Online) - A letter sent by Attorney General Eric Holder confirms ...
'Journalism has been criminalized' Juan Williams declares
By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) • Catholic Online • 5/23/2013
Fox News Channel contributor Juan Williams has thoroughly blasted the Department of Justice for "criminalizing journalism." With Fox's Chief Washington Correspondent James Rosen being labeled as a possible co-conspirator in a government leak investigation, Williams declared "I think what you've got ...
Business & Economics
Web developer: Earn $60,000 a year - without college degree or debt
By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) • Catholic Online • 5/21/2013
It looks like computer nerds are having the last laugh - on all of us. Make $30 an hour, no bachelor's degree required - as a web developer. Rapidly developing, this career offers a median salary around $30 an hour, or $62,500 a year, and doesn't require a bachelor's degree. Companies ...
China, India, Brazil could dominate global investment by 2030
By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) • Catholic Online • 5/19/2013
A major global shift in the next 15 or more years will result in the developing world controlling roughly half of the world's capital, up from less than a third today. In other words, "financial markets in economies like Brazil, India, and those of the Middle East will develop ...
Enough to make a T-rex cry: 'Jurassic Park 4' is on hold
By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) • Catholic Online • 5/9/2013
Dinosaur fans - don't get your hopes up. The hotly anticipated sequel to the famous dinosaur series, "Jurassic Park 4," intended to be released this summer, has been put on hold. LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic Online) - "Universal has decided to release 'Jurassic Park 4' at a later date giving the ...
Special effects mastermind Ray Harryhausen dies
By Greg Goodsell • Catholic Online • 5/7/2013
Computer generated imagery - or as it is called, CGI, has given movies of today an unlimited palette in which to sketch fantastical sights to movie audiences. It wasn't always that way. In the case of movie special effects mastermind Ray Harryhausen, it was literally a case of one movie ...
Turning the Pages of Catholic History
By Tim Lilley • Catholic Online • 12/12/2012
"Men are surprised by each new turn of the pages of the book of history." With those words, esteemed historian James Hitchcock introduces readers to HISTORY OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH - from the Apostolic Age to the Third Millennium. The new book is available now from Ignatius Press SAN FRANCISCO, DEC. ...
Mother of TV psychologists Dr. Joyce Brothers dies at 85
By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) • Catholic Online • 5/14/2013
It all started out of necessity, Dr. Joyce Brothers insisted. Her husband was still in medical school and she had just given up her teaching positions at Hunter College and Columbia University to be at home with her newborn. Struggling for income, Brothers entered the TV game show "The ...
The British are coming! New Head of NBC Division said to be Deborah Turness
By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) • Catholic Online • 5/10/2013
Deborah Turness, the head of Britain's ITV News, is expected to become the president of NBC News. According to several people with knowledge of the appointment, the formal announcement could come as soon as this Monday. If appointed, Turness would be the first woman president of a network ...
Doors' keyboardist Ray Manzarek dies from cancer
By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) • Catholic Online • 5/21/2013
The Doors were probably best known for flamboyant front man Jim Morrison's antics. Musically, however, it was the sinewy lines contributed by keyboard player Ray Manzarek that made the Doors' songs remained in the rock music standard playbooks. The rollicking keyboard of "People Are ...
Blonde songstress of Abba to release new album after years of silence
By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) • Catholic Online • 5/9/2013
The sale of untold millions of albums, in addition to being one of Sweden's top exports did little to assuage the fears and insecurities of the lovely Agnetha F�ltskog, the blonde songstress in the super group quartet Abba. An intense fear of flying, coupled with a disastrous trip across the United ...
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Rome's Exorcist Finding Blessed John Paul II Effective Against Satan
By David Kerr • Catholic News Agency • 5/18/2011
I have asked the demon more than once, 'Why are you so scared of John Paul II and I have had two different responses, both interesting. One, 'because he disrupted my plans.' And, I think that he is referring to the fall of communism in Russia and Eastern Europe. The collapse of communism."Another ...
A Monk Reflects on Divine Mercy and the Sacred Heart of Jesus
By Fr. Gregory Gresko, OSB • Catholic Online • 5/8/2011
In the message of Divine Mercy, Jesus expresses His intimate desire to enter into the temple of our heart, but for Him to be able to enter we first must open the door of our heart to His Divine Love. May we plunge into the love and mercy that emanate from His Sacred ...
Has Justin Bieber's 'bad boy' stance gone too far? Pot smelled on tour bus
By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) • Catholic Online • 4/25/2013
Pop singing sensation Justin Bieber with the arrival of his 18th birthday has been anxious to shed his "goody two-shoes" image. Posting shirtless pictures of himself on the Internet, Bieber wants the world to know that he's a grown man and not the bubbly teenager of yore. It may have just ...
Comedian Jonathan Winters dies at 87
By Greg Goodsell • Catholic Online • 4/12/2013
The clich� term "comic genius" is used too frequently, but was highly appropriate for Jonathan Winters. His "stream of consciousness" style - where he would flit from one character to the next, without scripting, inspired many other comics, in particular Robin Williams. The younger comic ...
Answering The Question About Why You School Your Children At Home
By Tara K. E. Brelinsky • Catholic Online • 4/3/2013
The important lesson here is to seek God's plan for the education of your children, not your mom's or your father-in-law's plan. Once He plants the seed of your vocation in your heart, nurture it and protect against discouragement by others who have another vocation. You are fully capable of ...
What is Your Vocation?
By Tara K. E. Brelinsky • Catholic Online • 3/14/2013
I guess I'd have to admit my own excitement at the realization that I've successfully completed another home schooling year with my sanity in tact (mostly). Although I might also be spied taking some extra deep breaths and wringing my hands as I navigate the half-opened boxes and packing ...
Marriage & Family
Small comfort: Two friends die in each other's arms at destroyed Oklahoma school
By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) • Catholic Online • 5/23/2013
Antonia Lee Candelaria and Emily Conatzer, both nine years old, died when the Oklahoma tornado knocked down the Plaza Towers Elementary School. Inseparable in life, they died in each other's arms. "There were little marks, imprints and tiny scratch on her forearm like someone had been ...
Teenage birth rates drop dramatically among Hispanic women, girls
By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) • Catholic Online • 5/23/2013
The statistics are encouraging - and surprising. Births among young teenage girls and women are down across the board across the United States - 30 percent overall. What's remarkable is that teenage birth rates among young women of Hispanic descent are at an all time low of 34 percent. ...
Love & Relationship
See what EXPLOSIVE revelations about infidelity and children this author discovered
By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) • Catholic Online • 4/25/2013
Adultery is a serious offense. The Bible speaks about the sacred bond of marriage and the importance of faithfulness to your spouse. However, in modern times we have lost much of this morality to corrosive influences and the apparently widespread acceptance that infidelity is both common and almost ...
Why Wait for Marriage? Just Look at the Faces of those Who Did!
By Ian Johnstone • Catholic-Link • 2/8/2013
In today's video we witness a special event: two individuals who have said yes to God's plan for our sexuality. They have waited till marriage and are speaking to the camera on the day of their wedding. The man is ecstatic and overwhelmed with joy as he explains while choking back tears, "For us ...
Living Faith
Pope Francis says atheists can do good and go to heaven too!
By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) • Catholic Online • 5/24/2013
Pope Francis has good news for atheists. Jesus died and was raised for them as well. His redemptive embrace was for all, not just a chosen few.The choice to accept its reach is our own. The Holy Father was not teaching anything new. In fact, this hope that all who do not yet know God are not ...
Exorcism or not, it's still a miracle
By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) • Catholic Online • 5/22/2013
Pope Francis regularly visits pilgrims in St. Peter's Square following his Masses, often taking time to bless and pray alongside the elderly and sick. This habit has provoked speculation that he may have performed an exorcism on Sunday. A Vatican spokesman has denied this rumor. ROME, ITALY ...
Home & Food
United Nations: A cure for world hunger - eat bugs
By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) • Catholic Online • 5/14/2013
With much of the world going to bed hungry every night, the United Nations is now espousing a solution that is inexpensive and is immediately accessible to all: People should just start eating bugs. That's right, experts say that such untapped foodstuffs as grasshoppers, ants and other ...
NuVal system providing an easier way to choose healthy foods
By Marshall Connolly, Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) • Catholic Online • 4/17/2013
For customers at nearly thirty supermarket chains across the nation, there's now an easier way to decipher the nutritional value of their product selections. Known as NuVal, a private scoring system has been developed to help consumers tell if they're really getting the nutrition they think they're ...
Single Living
How to meet that special someone this Valentine's Day
By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) • Catholic Online • 2/14/2013
If you're single this Valentine's Day, take heart - there are a lot of places in which to meet other people who are anxious to get to know you! Let's cross off the most obvious one - single bars. With their loud, deafening music, and alcohol-impaired patrons, chances of finding someone worthwhile ...
Making A List? Check It Twice! (4 Men, 4 Lessons)
By Catherine Perry • Catholic Match: Blog • 7/10/2011
In her quest for Mr. Right, a devout single woman from New York encountered four different prospects -- and was surprised by what she discovered. Before my spiritual awakening - one that I can partially thank CatholicMatch for - I'd had a very limited understanding of what prayer was. I'd ...
Forget printing guns, doctors use 3D printer to save baby
By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) • Catholic Online • 5/23/2013
Much has been made over the development of the 3D printer and its ability to create guns and possibly food. Now, the 3D printer has a new acclaim. Doctors have used one to save the life of an infant. COLUMBUS, OH (Catholic Online) - At just 6 weeks of age, Kaiba Gionfriddo began experiencing ...
Chamomile tea can be refreshing treat - as well as a safeguard against cancer, researchers say
By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) • Catholic Online • 5/22/2013
It's a refreshing treat for the late afternoon - and now a cup of chamomile tea could help ward off cancer, researchers say. It seems that the tea contains a chemical, apigenin, which takes away some of the "superpowers" of cancer cells. LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic Online) - Scientists at Ohio ...
Abbey of St. Foy is longtime medieval pilgrimage route
By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) • Catholic Online • 1/17/2013
The Abbey of St. Foy, nestled in the hills of southern France is a beautiful Romanesque church perfectly aligned with its surroundings. The tiny village of Conque that surrounds the abbey echoes its pointed towers in the surrounding architecture. The abbey is also the only medieval shrine ...
Austere Abbaye de Fonteny filled only with light
By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) • Catholic Online • 12/5/2012
Found in the Burgundy Valley, the Abbaye de Fontenay is a well-restored 12th-century Cistercian monastery founded by St. Bernard of Clairvaux. The inside and outside of the structure is simple and unadorned. While Bernard of Clairvaux did not attempt to reject art or beauty, he was cautious of ...
College & University
Dr. Beena George Named New UST Cameron Dean
By Bridget Hardy, University of St. Thomas • University of St. Thomas • 5/22/2013
Dr. Beena George is the fourth dean of the University of St. Thomas Cameron School of Business effective on May 20. George previously served as the associate dean of the Cameron School and contributed to the school's elite accreditation by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. ...
UST Honors Student Sings Her Way to Grad School
By Bridget Hardy, University of St. Thomas • University of St. Thomas • 5/21/2013
Smart, articulate, dynamic and a devout Catholic are just a few ways University of St. Thomas professors describe graduating music major and English minor Meeka Opong. Taking her talents in music to Clarksville, Tenn., Opong will pursue her Master of Music in Vocal Performance at Austin Peay State ...
Christian Saints & Heroes
St. Catherine of Sienna Calls Each One of Us to Love God Right Where We Are
By Deacon Keith Fournier • Catholic Online • 4/30/2013
While praying at Peter's tomb, she experienced the great weight of the Church fall on her shoulders, and she offered herself and her suffering as a "victim" for the renewal of the Church. On April 29 of that year, around midday, God called her to Himself. Days before her death, she wrote, "If I ...
The Vision of St. John Bosco and the Papacy of Benedict XVI
By Deacon Keith Fournier • Catholic Online • 2/2/2013
Does the heroic leadership of Pope Benedict XVI represent one more fulfillment of the prophetic vision of the Saint whose Feast we celebrate? Pope Benedict XVI is steering the Ship through troubled waters, charting a path through those sure pillars of protection and heavenly aid. St. John Bosco, ...
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NOAA issues warning to expect more hurricanes this year
By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) • Catholic Online • 5/23/2013
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is predicting an active Atlantic hurricane season for 2013. NOAA says that several factors appear to be combining to bring about more activity than normal. WASHINGTON, DC (Catholic Online) - The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ...
Your help is needed: Scientist seeks help in mapping global emissions
By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) • Catholic Online • 5/22/2013
Global warming, along with carbon dioxide emissions are a major ecological concern. The chief problem in tracking who or what company is responsible, however, is described as "Sketchy." Good data exists for the United States, Canada, India and the European Union. The rest of the world - ...
Navy dolphin discovers ancient naval torpedo
By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) • Catholic Online • 5/21/2013
Mankind's closest finned friend has been getting a lot of work in naval operations. Just recently, a Navy dolphin training to look for mines off the coast of San Diego found a museum-worthy 19th-century torpedo on the seafloor. LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic online) - The brass-coated, "steampunk-like" ...
Maybe climate change isn't so bad after all? Study shows prehistoric humans benefitted technologically from climate change
By Marshall Connolly, Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) • Catholic Online • 5/21/2013
Climate change hasn't been all bad, according to a new study released in the journal Nature Communications. Researchers studying human development in South Africa have learned that climate change promoted human development. LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic Online) - A new study reveals that periods of ...
Archbishop Jos� H. Gomez on Praying for Priests and Promoting Vocations
By Archbishop Jos� H. Gomez • The Tidings • 11/20/2012
Every priest is a sacrament - a sign and instrument that brings men and women to the encounter with the living God. So in this Year of Faith, we need to refocus ourselves, especially in our families, on helping men to hear this beautiful and noble calling from Jesus. BALTIMORE, MD (The Tidings) - I ...
COL EXCLUSIVE: Fr. Pontifex - See what this priest does to deliver his powerful message
By Marshall Connolly (Catholic Online) • Catholic Online • 11/19/2012
He is a growing personality in the Catholic world and represents a new movement to engage the youth and reconvert the lost. Is he the Pope? A new bishop? A pop star? Well, he's not any of these things - yet. However, Fr. Pontifex, may eventually be all three, God willing. EVANSVILLE, IN (Catholic ...
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Washington state legalizes same-sex marriage, pot
By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) • Catholic Online • 12/6/2012
New laws legalizing same-sex "marriages" and marijuana consumption took effect in Washington state at midnight on Wednesday, sparking statewide celebrations. Same sex couples lined the streets hoping to obtain state permission to marry and marijuana advocates gathered outdoors to light up in ...
Unprecedented kindness - Boston Marathon to call back runners who couldn't finish
By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) • Catholic Online • 5/16/2013
Several thousand runners who did not get to finish the Boston Marathon because of the terrorist bombings, will be invited back next year. According to Boston officials, about 5,600 runners will get a second chance to finish the race in 2014. BOSTON, MA (Catholic Online) - The Boston Marathon is an ...
Soccer superstar David Beckham hits the showers - for good
By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) • Catholic Online • 5/16/2013
Everyone knows who David Beckham is. Even in the United States, where soccer is not the major athletic activity as it is around the world is familiar with the footballer's prowess and the saying "Bend it like Beckham." His marriage to former Spice Girl and fashion designer, Victoria, also ...
Christmas / Advent
A Layman's Plea for Tolerance of Catholics
By Jason DeSena Trennert • Catholic Online • 1/1/2013
For all those inclined to revile the Church and what it stands for, practicing Catholics like me have a humble request - attend any mass at any time at any Catholic church in the world. It won't take more than an hour of your time, you won't be asked to convert, and I can promise you that the ...
A Question For The Christmas Season: Do You Want To Become A Saint?
By F. K. Bartels • Catholic Online • 12/31/2012
Who and what is a saint, and why should anyone want to be one? Is it in any way important to think about the saints? What do their lives mean for our lives? Given the nature of our modern, hyper-energized and technologically advanced world, are they still relevant today? On the other hand, could ...
Lent / Easter
The Power of the Resurrection in our Lives: Christ Is Risen; Indeed, He Is Risen!
By F. K. Bartels • Catholic Online • 4/6/2013
There is great cause for belief in the Resurrection. One of the most wonderful tenets of Catholicism and the true Christian religion the Church transmits, is that the Resurrection is a historical event. We do not believe Christ is resurrected only because we are told he is, nor only because we read ...
The Surprise of Easter
By Fr. Randy Sly • Catholic Online • 3/31/2013
To make sure that all mankind knows that it is not over but actually just beginning, God has an Easter bombshell. While we may have been able to anticipate the wondrous joy of a day of resurrection, the first Easter was a complete surprise. WASHINGTON, DC (Catholic Online) - Christ is risen! He is ...
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Design considerations for moving from 0.5mm pitch to 0.4mm pitch and below. Package-on-package is a method of stacking components atop one another. Some OEMs use PoP to reduce the board real estate area, particularly for small handheld products and devices. Others are moving to PoP because end-markets demand greater performance in smaller systems and products. In either case, OEMs will find that there's a game changer going from 0.5mm pitch BGA PoP to the next generation, 0.4mm ultra-fine pitch BGA PoP. Currently, in some camps, PCB designers are at the first stage using two-level BGA PoP with the logic or µP (processor) chip at the bottom and the memory chip on top (Figure 1). However, there are certain key steps involved in increasing success at the third level. But first, before stepping out with 0.4mm pitch BGA PoP-based PCB designs, it's important to revisit those rules-of-thumb at the 0.5mm level and above. These rules-of-thumb relate to pad sizes and solder mask openings up to 0.5mm pitch.
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Thursday, 06/09/1994
Triad Amphitheater, Salt Lake City, UT
Set 1: Llama, GuelahGuelah Papyrus, Rift, DwDDown with Disease > It's Ice > If I Could > Maze, Fee[1], SuzySuzy Greenberg
Set 2: SOAMeltSplit Open and Melt, Glide > Julius, Halley'sHalley's Comet -> SOAMuleScent of a Mule, GinsengGinseng Sullivan[2], Mike'sMike's Song > HydrogenI Am Hydrogen > WeekapaugWeekapaug Groove, GolgiGolgi Apparatus
Encore: Highway to Hell
[1] Trey sang verses through megaphone.
[2] Acoustic and without microphones. Fishman on Madonna washboard.
Performers: Trey Anastasio, Page McConnell, Jon Fishman, Mike Gordon
Notes: Trey sang the verses of Fee through a megaphone. Ginseng Sullivan was performed acoustic without microphones and featured Fishman on Madonna washboard.
This show was part of the "1994 Summer Tour."


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It feels like France, but a France gone wild. Yes, there are châteaux - you'll stay in one - and gourmet cuisine and rich Gallic culture. But complementing the refinement is a palpable sense of adventure, pushing boundaries, exploration, fun. Québec's untamable spirit. The glacier-carved fjords, wooded capes and arctic tundra exude it. The St. Lawrence Iroquoians and Jacques Cartier felt it. Now it's your turn. Unleash your intrepid self on a zip-line flight. Kayak alongside beluga whales. Revel in superb wine, fresh apple cider and elegant Québec City.
Days 1-2 Explore Tadoussac, Canada's oldest village, set on a crescent harbor Sample delicious artisan cheese from a local sheep farm and fromagerie Play on sand dunes left behind by age-old glacier activity Kayak the mighty St. Lawrence River alongside vibrant marine life that call this river home.
Day 3 Whales at two o'clock! Look for breaching beluga, minke and fin whales during a boat ride with a naturalist Hike through the Charlevoix, where the pristine landscape offers extraordinary views of the winding Rivière Noire Kids take to the air on a zip-line adventure before heading to Poterie de Port-au-Persil for a hands-on pottery-making lesson.
Day 4 Ferry to Isle-aux-Coudres for an idyllic spin past stone cottages, historic churches and picturesque farmland Visit Papeterie St. Gilles, a paper mill that uses cotton to produce their unique paper products Learn about the region's rich nautical heritage at the open-air Charlevoix Maritime Museum.
Days 5-6 Historic Québec City, North America's only remaining fortified city, with impressive architecture and French heritage The youngsters ride a gondola to the top of Mont Ste-Anne for a short walk and lofty views of Île d'Orléans - where adults are biking today Kids don their chef hats and aprons for a cooking and dessert-decorating lesson Adults explore old Québec on a gastronomic walking tour of town.
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I cannot say enough about the fantastic time my family and I had this past week on our Quebec trip. It is almost 1 a.m. in the morning and time to hit the hay, but I am still coming off such a wonderful high that I didn't want to go to sleep until I shared my feelings. Sometimes everything just lines up....the weather, the people, the food, the moment in time when all is at peace. When Backroads takes over, you know you don't have to worry. The company stands for quality and you came through again. I am impressed with the talent you hire. I feel it is a one-week show and all the actors know their parts. You have a well-oiled machine and we just have to show up. We are hooked! It is only where and when we will be together again.- Plantation, FL
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Every Backroads trip is designed to appeal to a wide variety of
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1 | Walking | 4.1* | 500 | ||||||||
2 | Biking | 7 | 100 | ||||||||
Walking | 1.9 | 100 | |||||||||
Kayaking | On the St. Lawrence River (2.5 hours) | ||||||||||
3 | Walking | 2.9 | 700 | ||||||||
Other | Whale-watching excursion (2.5 hours) | ||||||||||
Kids | Zip-line adventure (1 hour) | ||||||||||
Kids | Pottery activity (1 hour) | ||||||||||
4 | Biking | 7* | 200 | ||||||||
Biking | 10* | 100 | |||||||||
Biking | 14 | 100 | |||||||||
Biking | 17 | 100 | |||||||||
Other | Musée Maritime de Charlevoix visit (30 minutes) | ||||||||||
5 | Biking | 17* | 200 | 31 | 500 | 41 | 500 | ||||
Kids | Activities at Mont Sainte Anne (including a scenic gondola ride and canyoneering) | ||||||||||
6 | Biking | 6 | 400 | ||||||||
Other | Gastronomic walking tour of Old Québec (2.5 hours) | ||||||||||
Kids | Cooking class at Espace MC (2 hours) | ||||||||||
On this Family Trip, our routes follow gentle terrain with no significant gain or loss in elevation. Liberal van shuttling is incorporated into the itinerary to facilitate our activities and mileage is kept moderate to enable you to spend more time exploring on your own. The gentle terrain is for the ride on D1. D5, since kids are not present, presents more hills.
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The Airport Authority voted 7-0 to instruct the chairman, who was not at Monday's meeting, to draft a letter requesting letters of support from other local governmental boards, including the Griffin-Spalding County Board of Education and the Griffin-Spalding Development Authority, "to show future prospects," explained Airport Authority Secretary and Griffin City Commissioner Joanne Todd, who also serves on the Development Authority.
The motion followed a discussion on getting support from the development authority and getting others on board with support, said Airport Authority member Carl Pruett. He noted the new airport in Douglasville has been a success because of the support from the industrial authority there, which also provided land for the site.
Airport Authority members were also encouraged to come out, in a show of support, to the Spalding County Board of Commissioners meeting, at 5 p.m., Dec. 3, a called meeting, where the county is scheduled to vote on a proposed change to the county's future land use map to institutional/public for the 128 tracts totaling 796.45 acres, more or less, making up the proposed site of the new airport, roughly bordered by Jackson, High Falls and Musgrove roads.
County Commissioner and Airport Authority member Raymond Ray explained the change in the land use map "allows it to better facilitate the airport."
Community Development Director Chad Jacobs said last month and Griffin City Manager Kenny Smith told the Airport Authority on Monday that the future land use map is just a planning tool, just a plan for the future and not a rezoning. Smith noted the recommended denial by the Planning Commission "seems somewhat contradictory since the site was already approved by the county and is in the county's transportation plan."
Smith also pointed out there is also an agreement between the city and county that the site would be annexed into the city and rezoned.
There was some concern the Planning Commission decision was emotional, in response to the 40 who came out in opposition. Ray said the county commissioners would consider the minutes of that meeting, as well as "anyone who wants to have their voice heard," he said to fellow Airport Authority members.
Pruett revisited the plans for members to speak with those in the community, including local banks and the need of letters of understanding so the bankers understand the involvement from city, county, Georgia Department of Transportation and Federal Aviation Administration on the new airport site.
"There's a lot of hoops and legal stuff to jump through," Pruett said.
One of those concerns is the state cited need for a regional airport in the area and, Pruett said, "Butts County getting back in gear to get the regional airport built there."
He said the organizing group, the Butts County Airport Initiative, has a website and Facebook page seeking support for an airport there. He said the group "brought people and local bankers with them to the GAA (Georgia Airport Association) conference," held last month.
The Butts County Airport Initiative has also made presentations to the Jackson Butts County Rotary Club and the Butts County Commissioners and has support of the Chamber of Commerce there. The airport is being pushed by Jackson Lake-area resident and flying enthusiast John Carter, who has made the presentations in Butts County.
According to published reports in the Jackson Progress-Argus, Carter cited GDOT reports on general aviation airports and the success of Thomaston's airport in luring industry there.
In that story last month in the Progress-Argus, Carter told the Butts County Commissioners "a Butts airport could be similar to the planned second Spalding airfield, perhaps cheaper to build, and that local funds could be expended over time, and recouped from ad valorem taxes on aircraft."
The GDOT reports and recouping of local funds have also been used in support of the new Griffin airport. Smith, when speaking to the Rotary Club of Griffin last week, said the new airport would cost about $12 million, with about 95 percent being reimbursed on the back end by GDOT and the FAA.
The possible location for a Butts County airport is between the city of Jackson and Interstate 75, between Georgia Highways 16 and 36, but most likely closer to the interstate for access as well as that area being close to the Butts County industrial parks and the state prison.


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LOL this pic is so photoshoped
Btw, I would like to thank Altaux for keeping the Chatroom on life support, while its heart (Xer07) is away
That would be all.
If Xer0 is the heart, can I be the Spleen?
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Nah your more important than that. Your like a liver. You disappear from time to time, but you can regenerate
So I'm a... what? Limey Muscle?
No u and morph are lungs. You do all the heavy lifting. ie speaking
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I second this.
Nah, I am not that important.
Yeah Shiro you should
You rarely even post here. Shame on you!!!
Uhm...you suck?
I use a Raichu because its not a Pikachu!
Shiro and Ifear are like umm spleens...they suck up the bacteria
Wait a sec Altaux.....
Are WE the bacteria?
I told you are a lung. Bacteria are guys like that dude who followed Xer0 here, The spleen and the lung(you and shiro) exhaled him outta here...for now
Whoa, that kinda makes sense
How did you let this happen Altaux? You should have answered me, like: "Yes you are freakin' bacteria morph! GTFO of here! "
LOLZ J/K he he
Goodnight Alt
Anyway... BOO!
Hah, you look like you shat yourself...
If the Foo shits, wear it.
Random irrelevant comments FTW
What's you're problem with Pikachu?
I think you meant to say: "What's your problem with Pikachu?"
That said, I kind of hate Pikachu , and thats about it.
But that line (my sig), isnt really mine. If you can find which person's line it is, I am giving you karma.
Actually, I am gonna give karma to whoever can tell me which person's line it is
(I will offer some help if none of you can find it)
Google to the rescue
I dont think Google is gonna help you this time, my friend
Btw, if you dont know the answer, you can ask for help. You can ask for help only 1 time, which is gonna be info or at least a hint, that will help you find the answer.
Each person can ask once. Or all of us only have one collectice chance?
Because I kinda like you, and I know that you are the only person here who wants to win karma, only you get to ask for help.
Dont worry though, because it doesnt matter who asks, because my "hint", or help, however you wanna call it, is gonna be the same anyway.
Well, you can say that all of you get 1 collective chance, yeah
And because this seems kinda difficult, considering that the internetz is nearly infinite, I am raising the prize to karma, if you can find it without any help (which you WONT, btw).
My offer for help still stands though (but with karma prize).


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The Sanctity of Marriage: I'm not sure where to even start with this one, but here goes. The following all comes courtesy of Marple Newtown Patch:
Damon Feldman is a Broomall resident and the founder of a TV show called Celebrity Boxing, which is exactly what it sounds like. Feldman told police that earlier in the year, he had set up an event that included an appearance by Nadya Suleman, better known as " the Octomom."
According to Feldman, part of the event included a fake wedding proposal between himself and Suleman, in which he gave her at $7,500 diamond engagement ring. The event was in February and, according to Feldman, Suleman has yet to return the ring.
The full report is here, and it might shed a little more light on this extra-unusual OMG PD item.
Texting while Peeing: According to a report from Bryn Mawr Patch, police observed a man peeing in Bryn Mawr. When approached, the man alleged to be urinating denied that he had been relieving himself, claiming that he had only been texting. Police observed, however, that he was standing next to a large puddle on the ground. Check the full story here.
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LONDON (AP) — The U.S. men's boxing team is heading home without an Olympic medal for the first time. Welterweight Errol Spence dropped a 16-11 decision to Russia's Andrey Zamkovoy in the quarterfinals on Tuesday night, ending the last chance for the most successful team in Olympic boxing history to add to its record 108 medals. Instead, the Dallas-area fighter started slowly and never got going in his team's ninth loss in 10 fights. Spence only reached the quarterfinals after the Americans successfully protested a loss to India's Krishan Vikas over an accumulation of uncalled holding fouls last week. Given a second chance to avoid the shutout, Spence said he had no reason to argue about this loss. "I'm glad a better guy beat me this time, because I didn't like the way I went out last time," Spence said. "I didn't think about the pressure on the team. I just tried to fight my fight, and it didn't work out. He was the better man." Spence struggled to feel out Zamkovoy, a more polished amateur who knows how to hit and get away. Spence slightly increased his aggression in the third round but couldn't land nearly enough scoring blows. The Americans won their first four fights on the opening weekend in London, but never again left the ring with their arms raised. The U.S. men did even more poorly than the squabbling Beijing team that had the previous worst performance — yet at least that team won six fights and Deontay Wilder's bronze medal. U.S. women's boxers Marlen Esparza and Claressa Shields already have clinched medals in their sport's debut tournament, but the team that sent giants from Cassius Clay to Joe Frazier to Oscar De La Hoya on to Olympic success — and to pro stardom — is at its absolute nadir. "I think the foundation is kind of crumbling a little bit, but we're going to rebuild it," U.S. assistant coach Charles Leverette said. "The support is there, but we have to figure out the best way to help these athletes get back to the top." Besides the American team's quiet exit, the card at ExCel arena featured solid action and eight more fighters clinching medals. Welterweight Freddie Evans secured Britain's fifth medal of the Olympic tournament with a tiebreaker victory over Custio Clayton, who fell just short of Canada's first boxing medal since 1996. Canada protested the defeat. Two more fighters protested the results of their bouts after losing on tiebreakers in an increasingly bad-tempered tournament. Amateur boxing's governing body was expected to rule on the protests late Tuesday night. France's Alexis Vastine put on a theatrical display of disappointment after losing to top-seeded welterweight Taras Shelestyuk of Ukraine, flopping on his back in the ring and punching a turnbuckle before collapsing in the tunnel in body-shaking sobs. The session also included two of the most impressive fighters in the London Olympics. Top-seeded flyweight Misha Aloian of Russia continued his outstanding tournament by reaching the semifinals with a 23-13 win over Puerto Rico's Jeyvier Cintron, and Cuba's Robeisy Ramirez pulled off one of the most difficult feats at these Olympics when he beat a British boxer, flyweight Andrew Selby. Selby fought gamely, but couldn't keep up with the talented Ramirez, who broke through Selby's defense repeatedly to score points. Selby was the second-seeded flyweight after winning a silver medal at last year's world championships, but said he's open to staying in the amateur ranks until the 2016 Rio Games. "He wasn't so much fast, he was just clever," Selby said. "He knew when to hit me at the right time, and he's very strong." Vastine was a bronze medalist in Beijing, but he left the Olympics feeling robbed after dropping a decision to gold medalist Manuel Felix Diaz of the Dominican Republic in 2008 on a final-round point deduction. This time, Vastine felt he had won a close fight with Shelestyuk, who took the decision on a tiebreaker. When he finally made it to the tunnel, Vastine gave a hysterical interview to a TV reporter before collapsing in sobs — and hurling a large water bottle so hard it broke on the floor. Clayton took his narrow loss with much more aplomb, praising Evans while acknowledging the home crowd is an obstacle just as large as the fighter. "I didn't even hear them against me, but it probably makes a difference sometimes on the scorecards," Clayton said. "It felt like a close fight, but I thought I won." Flyweight Michael Conlan clinched Ireland's latest medal with a gutsy 22-18 win over France's Nordine Oubaali. Conlan and Oubaali were tied going into an all-out third round. Aloian was impressive in dispatching Cintron. Aloian's next fight should be a corker against Mongolia's Tugstsogt Nyambayar, another entertaining brawler who clinched a medal by beating Uzbekistan's Jasurbek Latipov.
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Another day in the office… The PM's office…
I was most appreciative to have been invited in to No. 10 today to air WEXO's views on youth unemployment…
1) What it's like going to No. 10?
2) What was discussed?
3) What can be acheived?
If truth be told, I was a little apprehensive (a fair reminder of how many of you feel, when invited in for interviews). On arrival at Westminster, I manoeuvred my way through a throng of people alongside the Cenotaph and crisply announced that I was 'here for a meeting at No. 10′. My credentials and bags checked, I strode on down Downing Street half expecting to bump into David (PM's Question Time and a defence of GDP growth beckoned) or at least Nick Robinson (presumably contemplating whether Obama was born in America) but calm was all around.
Not sure what the protocol was, I rang the bell alongside the door which was instantly opened by an official looking gentleman who asked me to leave my phone in one of the cubby holes (Slot '007′ was inauspiciously unoccupied but I plumped for it). I then obligingly took a seat below a long and winding staircase which conjured up visions of an seemingly 'home-alone' PM/Hugh Grant dancing down it.
My host, an assertive yet accommodating senior policy adviser with a testing mandate (Education, Welfare and Pensions), shortly emerged and there followed a concise yet considered exchange of views which hinged on 'supply versus demand', budgetary pressures and the role of government. Youth unemployment it seems is shortly to be moved up the agenda and it was encouraging that players like ourselves were to be consulted in plotting its demise.
One of the key concerns seemed not to be the apparent difference of opinion between DC and NC on access to work experience (understandably – I believe the two can be aligned: sharp elbows are fine so long as everyone knows where the starting line is); rather it was the current reluctance of companies to back 'first timers' in lieu of 'tried and tested' recruits. Youth unemployment is hovering around the 1m mark. We reflected on how depressing this was when recent figures suggest that graduates (at least) offer a 500% Return On Investment (ROI) over 3 years – adding over £1Bn of value to the UK economy last year.
On the disclosure that we had previously tried to form an 'Internships Alliance', it was inferred that if we wanted to assemble some of the key players in this space, government advisers and representatives from BIS would be happy to invite us in to consider our suggestions. This I see as the 'Big Society' in action. I sensed that although the government does not see merit in state intervention, it could see value in working WITH select partners in the public and private sector to INSPIRE and INCENTIVISE (corporate) society at large to effect change (investing in an otherwise 'lost generation'). It does not want to be seen as a 'bully pulpit' but it does perhaps acknowledge that it is best placed to showcase good practice and then 'spread the word'?
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* NETWORKING v NEPOTISM: WEXO doesn't believe there's anything wrong with using your network to get a job / work experience (it's a useful skill for the working world) so long as other people are presented with the means to be considered too (and the opportunity goes to the most suitable candidate based on merit). Our technology encourages this by ranking and matching candidates to opportunities.
* SMEs: Many large companies already offer structured work experience and internship programs, but we believe the government should focus on enthusing / incentivising small and medium-sized businesses to take young people on (we have historically suggested recouping costs from VAT hike?). It is these SMEs that represent the backbone of the British economy (60% of GDP?) and which we (and other potential Internships Alliance lobby members) particularly represent. WEXO offers companies a platform to promote opportunities democratically and low maintenance cost, efficient schemes (via STEP and endorsed by Boris Johnson) to pay interns fairly.
* WORK EXPERIENCE V INTERNSHIPS: There is a clear distinction between 'work experience' and 'internships' and this is critical in the 'unpaid' debate. We encourage companies to offer work experience (unpaid but preferably with expenses covered) for periods of up to 2 weeks. Thereafter (when the value generated exceeds that which is which is earned), we suggest companies offer paid internships for anything up to 3 months. For us, this is more a moral issue than a legal one (Blog here). After 3 months we suggest companies either offer people a job or let them get on with their job search. Otherwise they get stuck in the 'internship trap'. Although WEXO is clear that work experience, apprenticeships and internships are totally different entities (based on duration, who applies, and remuneration or who derives value), the public at large might not be and so consideration needs to be given to this. Furthermore, we see the need for clarity on interns being entitled to National Minimum Wage, apprentices being entitled to £2.50 an hour and job seekers being allowed to do work experience for up to 2 months on JSA (Job Seekers Allowance).
* CAREERS ADVICE: Against a backdrop of record youth unemployment, a recent Ofsted survey suggested that one in three schools are failing to give good advice to students about future career prospects. A report by Deloitte said that 95% of young people want employers to be more involved in providing guidance about careers citing that they feel 'bewildered' and 'uninformed' by the career choices on offer. We would encourage government to back inspirational careers guidance to the like of the 'How I Made It in…' Events involving executives from the front line of their industries as featured on WEXO tv.
* FUNDING: As per our blog at the time, in the budget, George Osborne committed to investing in 4 times as many 8 week work experience placements as previously for 18-21 year olds. The scheme, administered by Job Centre Plus allows those doing so to collect JSA (Job Searchers Allowance). It's a reasonably well conceived initiative but it doesn't address the issue of finding rewarding work experience. "As George pointed out, the problem is that only 1 in 10 companies in the UK offer work experience as opposed to 1 in 4 in Germany. If George wants to see a return on his recent investment he needs to address both sides of the equation". So funding for this and the £180m 'Apprenticeships' packages should address supply of opportunities as well as demand.
With the above in mind, WEXO is excited about the prospect of working with the powers-that-be to help educate companies and incentivise them to recruit and invest in young people who are better informed.
* PROBABLE OUTCOME: At the very least, we feel sure that the government will honour its offer to listen to, acknowledge and where possible, address, the consensus suggestions of the key players in this space. We trust that this will not be a repeat of the unfulfilled promises of 3 years ago when we met the Panel for Fair Access to the Professions and offered to help with The Graduate Talent Pool.
* POSSIBLE OUTCOME: Even if say just SMEs (and especially 'STEM' [Science, Technology Engineering and Maths] companies – the future?) could recoup the costs of one 3 month internship each from VAT at National Minimum Wage (~£220 a week), it would help them show commitment to the managers of tomorrow? Instead of giving £15m worth of funding directly to the Higher Education Authorities – HEFCE (which was largely left unspent?) – we would suggest that the government 'atones' itself for the recent tuition fee hikes (which we actually support) and invests some of the proceeds in subsidies that public-private sector partnerships (including HEFCE) can promote to companies that are desperate to take on young people. Perhaps funding could come from the new £50m 'Growth and Innovation Fund'? We believe that given the ROI generated by graduates any such initiative would be cost-neutral at worst.
* PREFERRED OUTCOME: WEXO was recently a member of two syndicates that spent a considerable amount of time, money and energy submitting tenders (and being shortlisted) for grants to supply work experience and Internships across London. With the funding then being clawed back from the LDA, the projects were subsequently abandoned. We acknowledge that the government would rather let the market decide who the winners are (and we are happy to operate on this basis) but what IF this government decided that it would like to back responsible corporate and social enterprises (as well as banks) and actually INVEST in the next generation through performance related, service provision grants to the like of the ones discussed above? A little could go a long way to get the motor running and generating decent GDP growth.
My thanks for the opportunity.
Robin Kennedy. Co-Founder, WEXO


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Three separate vehicles caught fire during business hours in Troy Wednesday. No one was seriously injured, report Troy fire officials. A morning call sent crews to the area of North Hampton and Castleton as a vehicle — five feet from a home on the 1900 block of Castleton — caught fire and began leaking gasoline. Another fire, this time along I-75, sent Troy firefighters along the expressway near Wattles Road. Several small explosions occurred from tires and airbags of a 1997 Dodge Caravan, said Assistant Troy Fire Chief David Roberts in a media release. Later in the afternoon, highway traffic was brought to a halt when a semi truck caught fire — again on I-75, near Big Beaver Road. The driver wasn't seriously injured, but the entire front of the cab, pictured above, was destroyed in the blaze, said Troy police. Officers at the scene said the driver was able to get out of the cab of the semi and place emergency road markers around his truck, but injured his ankle.
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