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The Federal Reserve Violates the Constitution
Cross-posted at JackandJillPolitics.
I linked to this in a response on the Tuesday Open Thread, but if you want to know why America is going to hell in a handbasket on the economic tip, you should watch the video, "FIAT EMPIRE - Why the Federal Reserve Violates the Constitution." It's a video you will not see in the United States unless its on late night TV with informercials. Here's a preview:
This documentary helped me put the Wall Street failures into perspective and gave me a desire to break back out my econ books (as a matter of fact, I'll have a certificate in International Commerce Policy in the next six months, so you know what they say about an educated sista, here).
If this doesn't draw you to attention, you're already brain dead.


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Weekends on CSPAN2 is about books, mostly non-fiction, and author interviews.
The title Religion for Atheists did NOT persuade me to get the book, but did persuade me to watch the hour-long author interview.
The author said he's an atheist. I concluded that he is not yet able to accept atheism's seeming chaos, and he ought to have titled his book Religion for Me.
I say "seeming chaos" because for me, leaving Catholicism was like leaping into a void. The torment Catholicism had inflicted on me made retreat impossible and I leaped.
I soon began telling people that someday, though not soon, the tactics used in church schools (telling kids of a fall from grace, original sin, a lake of fire, etc) will be seen as child abuse.
For me, xianity was pessimistic and atheism is optimistic. I'm glad I leaped.
Did leaving a religion require you to leap into what seemed like a void?
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"Richard, you chose to intellectualize…"
Well, not really, I mistook your reply for intellectual honesty, I'll only make that mistake once though.
"As for your name calling, sticks and stones…."
Ha! Great finish to your own ad hominem attack. What's that word again, starts with an "H"?
…nice try though, thanks for playing, you can put the straw man away now.
I, like other atheists, am only responding to de Botten, in kind.
Joan, I think he is probably the worst kind of atheist, aside from the Ayn Rand cultists, that there is. He's not only a theism accommodationist, he validates and perpetuates the false characterizations fundies sell to their flock, that we are out to destroy them. I'm not convinced he is an atheist, more a privileged pedant child of wealthy Swiss parents who fancies himself a philosopher. But, our friend Ruth is "in his camp", perhaps she knows something I don't.
Don't read Amazon reviews for enlightenment, go to any credible well-known atheist blog and search his name to find much worse descriptions than "asshole and idiot", …you may find I was being charitable with my opinion, …all things being relative.
I Googled reviews and came up with
~Marc Mohan
~Aengus Woods
Others were from sources I don't care for: Huffington, ...
Who do you like?
The main ideas I came up with between these two reviewers were the things they described as transferable to atheist life, i.e. community, ceremony, and tradition.
the things that would not be desirable to transfer are myths, fables, claims of a personal god who hears prayers, promise of an afterlife, whether heaven or hell.
Claims of kindness, tenderness and empathy do not stand up to examination with examples from the Crusades to the overthrow of native cultures. The claim that religion provides solace to grieving loved ones, based on a mythology cannot be proven. Religion has led to prejudice, oppression, bloodshed, and false hope.
What is lacking in religion is critical thinking and values that are based on thriving, in the sense that Harris describes.
I would agree with you that Alain deBotton is simplistic in his thinking, that he gives credit to religion when it comes to community, ceremony, and tradition, but fails to quality these advantages as being based on mythology.
I wouldn't say, as you have, "de Botton is an ass and an idiot. A Douche." But what do I know, I didn't leave abuse for 38 years.
"Who do you like?"
I don't consider book reviewers relevant.
Merely PR tools, …nothing other than.
Here, try this.
Without the name calling, …much.
Hmmm, "community, ceremony, and tradition," eh?
Community? Community we got here, albeit a cyber-community. Absolutely I've come to enjoy the company or most of it and participating here, exchanging ideas. That's probably the primary reason why I've stuck here for over two years. One day when I have the bucks to spare, I may join up with the Northeast Ohio branch of CFI, but for now, this does well enough.
Ceremony? For WHAT? Like church services which open the same way, get conducted the same way and close the same way they did since who-knows when? NO THANK YOU!
Tradition?!? The ONLY traditions I might subscribe to are those which are useful, dynamic, and serve the above-mentioned community. Otherwise, you're talking about RITUAL, which I am instantly suspicious of and which too much resemble the "ceremony" mentioned above.
I should mention that I have not seen the de Botten video and probably just as well - my wife wonders about me when I shout at the computer screen! From my own personal standpoint, I have no desire to emulate religion or its usages in any way shape or form. If creating a community is imitating religion, then chess and science clubs are doing the same thing.
My impression here is that someone suggests that, when filling a gap created by an absence, that the replacement material resemble what was originally there, a false assumption from where I sit. I quit going to church regularly 40 years ago and had no need for a substitute back then, nor was I looking for one. When I stumbled onto an atheist community, I was pleased to find it , but it was an ADDITION to my life, not a substitute for something I had supposedly LOST.
Perhaps not quite by definition, but atheists tend to want to think for themselves, and not fit into artificial molds of either ceremony or tradition unless those molds demonstrably WORK and can flex with the times and the people The community I can dig. The rest can go fish.
In my case, I had three 10-year old children when I left the institutions of marriage and religion and wanted my children to experience the richest, most affirming aspect of living. Therefore:
Community. I deliberately created a community of people who had fun together, enjoyed each other's company, had varied interests, especially sports and motors because I have no interest in either. Over the years, especially as the children matured, I realized they needed to be on their own and I needed to have support. I created a very strong support system for me, and they join as they please. My friends and children have close emotional ties that sustain us when we need it, inspire us, and refresh us. My grown children know I do not have to depend only on them for support and they feel supported by my friends and their families.
Ceremony. When we belonged to religious communities we were very active in ceremonies of the church. Upon leaving a faith community, we started a more active recognition of birthdays, and recognizing changes of season by such things as a time of planting seeds in the spring, celebrating our harvest, putting the garden to bed, and going dormant in winter. One ceremony involved cabbage and it usually meant a meal with family and friends invited, planting seeds in th spring, making sauerkraut at harvest time with a long table set up for washing, shredding, salting and putting the mixture into toilet bowl reservoirs. Go ahead and laugh; it is true. We celebrated winter with opening the first crock of cabbage and a huge gathering to peel back the moldy, smelly, layer on top and tapping into the most delicious sauerkraut you can imagine. The final crock was usually opened at our summer festival. So, there you have the wheel of life, the realization you can't have sauerkraut if you don't plant cabbage seeds. Well, that is a stretch, but you get the intent.
Tradition. By focusing on celebration of the individual at birthday time, we are able to recognize individual differences, prepare favorite foods, select gifts that we think the individual will enjoy and it is a family effort. Thus, self-esteem and appreciation of the individual as part of a larger community builds a firm foundation upon which they can launch their lives and know there is a place of safety and support.
Joan, thank you for your description of some of the benefits of community, ceremony and tradition. Your experiences with their uses by religion to control people appear to have left you with no post-traumatic stress.
I enjoy communities and am active in several of a non-religious nature. My experiences long ago with Catholicism left me with that mildest level of ptsd, a hyper-alertness, about ceremony and tradition. A man I met in one of my communities helped me deal with my suspicions of tradition (ah, the curative power of humor) when he defined it as the mistakes we made yesterday. I remain suspicious of ceremony.
Tom, it is interesting how each one of us has our own reason for leaving or staying with a church community, and then what we choose to do after leaving if there any gaps in our lives. Your hyper-alertness about ceremony and tradition makes perfectly good sense to me. When I developed those strategies, my children were ten years old. Now they are 49, they have given me four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren and it is joyful that the fun we have with the changing seasons seems to appeal to the young ones ... until they get about high school age ... then they come back when they have children.
Another tradition they like is putting their mark on the wall throughout the year with their age marked. Each can see how tall they are when compared to the other kids, or to moms, or grandma's or great-grandma's. Silly fun.
"I remain suspicious of ceremony."
If you are in fact an atheist, you fit the description of what de Botten as labelled a "raging fanatic".
But, hey, …sticks 'n stones.
No, not leaping into a void. Just the opposite. Leaving it was like opening a door in a very dark room and suddenly all this light and warmth came in. Like you, I also left Catholicism. Rather than abandoning something that gave me a false promise of comfort in exchange for my conscience, I suddenly saw a smorgasbord of opportunities, knowledge that had been denied, and an entire world of possibilities that was suddenly there for the taking. It was exhilarating, and I never once looked back.
Pat, what a lovely experience you had. Thank you for sharing.
My pleasure Joan. I'm still feasting at the smorgasbord. Occasionally, there's something that doesn't agree with my palate. The obvious thing is to put it down, and move on to the next dish.
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"The Drowsy Chaperone"
Feb. 22-March 17. Winner of five Tony awards, this dazzling 1920's show-within-a-show musical comedy is filled with everything from fantastical illusions to mistaken identities. Musical songs include: "As We Stumble Along," "Accident Waiting To Happen" and "Bride's Lament." Book by Bob Martin and Don McKeller. Music and lyrics by Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison. Directed and choreographed by Kathie Doyle-Lipe and Jean Hardie. Thursdays-Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday matinees at 2 p.m.
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Guest Blog: "The Skuse Family, Batty About Tattooing"
Today, we have Paul Roe of Britishink taking the blog reigns to offer a history lesson and share his own experience becoming part of The Bristol Tattoo Club. A fantastic story.
By Paul Roe:
There has been a tie between British and American tattooing since the very beginning. Techniques, machines and designs have been exchanged and traded for more than a century. One of the oldest international bonds between tattoo artists is still running strong -- The Bristol Tattoo Club -- established in 1953 by the legendary Les Skuse.
Les Skuse started tattooing under the guidance of Joseph Hartley in Bristol,1928, and tattooed tens of thousands of people around the world until his death in 1973. In 1956, he was invited to Sandusky, Ohio by Al Schiefley. Invitations were sent out to the Sandusky Tattoo Club Members all over America and the first American tattoo convention took place on September 8th and 9th, 1956. In attendance were Paul Rogers, DC Paul, Milton Zeis, Huck Spaulding and many more.
The list of Bristol Tattoo Club members reads like a list of who's who in the world of tattooing: Norman Collins, Paul Rogers, Milton Zeis, Leslie Burchett, Ron Ackers, Cash Cooper, Jessie Knight, Lone Wolf, Jack Zeek, Jock Liddle, Doc. Forbes, Doc. Webb, Lyle Tuttle ... on and on and on. The purpose of the club was to bring together the artists. In the words of Les:
I have always been ready and willing to learn, never thinking I knew it all and continually searching for ways in which to improve my work and equipment. It is my firm belief that the more tattooists meet, correspond and exchange ideas, the better it will be both for the individual and the profession.Danny Skuse took over the presidency of the club after Les passed and the mantle has now fallen to Jimmie Skuse, the third-generation Skuse to tattoo in Bristol.
So in August this year, I made the pilgrimage from Washington DC where I run Britishink Tattoos back to my home country, back to Bristol to receive the BTC "bat" tattoo. It is customary to bring gifts of vintage tattoo related items to add to Jimmie's collection and I came prepared even donating a custom made machine, which will be included in the BTC tattoo machine poster available later this year.
The logo of the club is a bat with the letters BTC around it. This tattoo is on about twenty people alive today and was on the arms of all those legends before me. I was honored to be included in such a group, to be tattooed by a Skuse family member, to spend the afternoon sitting on the floor with Jimmie bringing out historic machine after historic machine from his museum collection: Hartley machines -- I have only seen a photo of one once and here are seven in my lap. George Burchett machines, Paul Rogers, Sailor Jerry, Percy Waters ... I was the proverbial kid in the candy store. The best was saved till last, the Edison Autographic Printing Device -- the device on which Samuel O'Reilly based the first electric tattoo machine in 1891. [The Smithsonian doesn't even have one of these.] It was tiny, perfect and exquisitely made.
And so to the tattoo, with the question: "Do you want me to make a new stencil or do you want me to use one from Les?" The sentence wasn't finished and I cut him off -- of course the original stencil. How many arms had this been used on? How many of my heroes had this touched? Now the faint impression was on my arm and Jimmies machine buzzed. It was quick, painless and suddenly I was a fully fledged member.
We chatted and made dinner arrangements for that night; after a slap-up meal, champagne and toasts we walked Jimmie and his lovely wife Jackie to the car to say goodbye, he handed me an envelope. "Don't look at it until you get back to your room. You was looking at it today, and I think you should have it." We said our goodbyes.
Back in the hotel room I found an acetate from Christian Warlich (the only tattooist in Third Reich Germany) tucked in the envelope. Jimmie is a true gentleman and I can now say a good friend.
Jimmie Skuse Tattooing Paul Roe.
The next day we traveled back to my home town of Norwich for the Body Art Festival and had a very successful convention with close friends and made many, many more. In eight days in England, hanging out with hundreds of artists and thousands of tattoo enthusiasts, I did not hear the term "tattooer" once. The British term "tattooist" is suitable and dignified, applicable to all.
When I returned to Washington DC, there was an announcement on the BTC Facebook group stating that, for the first time in the club's history, a British Ambassador was appointed to the United States, an Englishman who could apply the official BTC bat tattoo to those members on this side of the Atlantic: Mr. Paul Roe of Washington DC. I am humbled and elated to receive such a great honor.
The membership continues to grow. Tattooists are applying and our ranks swell. Current members include John Black, Dana Brunson, Scott Sterling, Shane Enholm, Todd Hlavaty, Seth Ciferri and many more. Jimmie Skuse will be producing some collectibles for purchase including the a fore mentioned tattoo machine poster and a series of flash books of the current members' artwork.
It is important to me to know and understand the history of this craft. It is even more important that the history of tattooing is in the hands of a group of dedicated professionals who will tend it, grow it and pass it on to generations to come --The Bristol Tattoo Club.
Information, history and a great set of pictures are available at Lesskusetattoos.co.uk.
Jimmie can be reached on Facebook as well.
Paul Roe -- Anglo-Romany, tattoo historian and artist -- has been tattooing since 1998 in Washington DC. For more from Paul, check www.britishinkdc.com and www.tattoodles.com.


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WASHINGTON, Oct. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --A study funded in part by The ALS Association has revealed a potential new target for therapy to treat amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) or Lou Gehrig's Disease. This new study, published today in Nature Genetics, shows that lowering the level of a cellular enzyme reduces the disease-causing activity of a major ALS-related protein called TDP-43.
Most people with ALS develop clumps of excess TDP-43 protein within their motor neurons, nerve cells that control movement. The protein clumps, or aggregates, are believed to be toxic to the neurons, through unknown mechanisms. ALS occurs when motor neurons die.
"This finding shows us there may be a variety of ways to target the excess TDP-43 seen in most people with ALS," said Lucie Bruijn, Ph.D., Chief Scientist for The ALS Association. "That is encouraging news for the development of new therapies."
The new study was conducted by Maria Armakola, a graduate student at Stanford University in Palo Alto, Calif., and Matthew Higgins, Ph.D., of the Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease in San Francisco, Calif., under the direction of Aaron Gitler, Ph.D., of Stanford and Robert Farese, Jr., M.D., of the Gladstone Institute.
The study was conducted in yeast cells at risk for dying from TDP-43 aggregates or clumps. The researchers found that deletion of the cellular enzyme called the "RNA lariat debranching enzyme," rescued the at-risk cells. The enzyme normally destroys excess RNA. Without the enzyme, cells accumulate small pieces of RNA, which, the researchers suggest, may act as "decoys" to trap excess TDP-43, thus preventing it from aggregating and causing toxicity. The same protective effect was seen in rodent cells, an encouraging sign that a similar strategy may be effective in human cells.
ALS is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and the spinal cord. Eventually, people with ALS lose the ability to initiate and control muscle movement, which often leads to total paralysis and death within two to five years of diagnosis. For unknown reasons, veterans are twice as likely to die from ALS as the general population. There is no cure, and only one drug approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) modestly extends survival.
"There will be much more work to do to determine if this finding can be developed into a therapy for ALS," Dr. Bruijn said. "Importantly, though, this work may also tell us more about how TDP-43 causes disease and suggest other ways to interrupt it from doing so. That should accelerate the development of new treatments against ALS."
The ALS Association is the only national non-profit organization fighting Lou Gehrig's Disease on every front. By leading the way in global research, providing assistance for people with ALS through a nationwide network of chapters, coordinating multidisciplinary care through certified clinical care centers, and fostering government partnerships. The Association builds hope and enhances quality of life while aggressively searching for new treatments and a cure. For more information about The ALS Association, visit our website at www.alsa.org.
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Yamaha Enters Portable PA Market with STAGEPAS 300
Once reserved for simple speech reproduction, portable PA systems have had to meet the increasing demands of complex multimedia presentations and live performances. Yamaha Professional Audio answers the need for more professional features, increased coverage, clarity and performance with the STAGEPAS 300, making its debut at Winter NAMM. With its easy-to-use, ultra-compact design, 2-way loudspeakers and an eight-channel (four mono, two stereo) mixer, the STAGEPAS is a perfect choice for corporate multimedia presentations, schools, churches, solo performers and small music groups. STAGEPAS is also the first portable, completely self-contained PA system manufactured by Yamaha.
Each speaker contains an 8\" woofer and 1\" compression driver, driven by an efficient 150-watt (x 2) Class D amplifier. The STAGEPAS 300 mixer features balanced XLR connectors, mic/line switches and balanced 1/4\" jacks, 2-band channel EQ and switchable 24-bit digital reverb. RCA connectors with separate level control for a tape recorder or a CD player are conveniently located on the front panel, plus stereo-out and monitor connections. For added convenience, both high-impact molded speaker enclosures include pole mount adaptors and rear compartments that house the mixer, cabling, mics and accessories.


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The Ohio Machine is welcoming new sponsors for its sophomore season including the latest addition Odor Gladiator , a Pennsylvania-based company that is passionate about lacrosse. Odor Gladiator sells deodorizers that help neutralize and eliminate the smells in sports equipment bags and allows its customers to personalize their own odor gladiators. The lacrosse ball-sized product is conveniently sized to fit into any sports bag and is used by lacrosse players and other athletes from high school to professional levels.
"Everyone has carried a stick or shot a puck in our family," said Chief Gladiator Mike Morneault. "As parents, my wife and I spent a lot of time trying Febreeze and dryer sheets in our kids' bags and nothing worked; it didn't neutralize or crush the smells. We spent two years working with a company to design our product and give it a swag appeal."
As a family-oriented company with a love for lacrosse, Morneault said partnering with the Machine made sense. Morneault said he met Machine players Greg Bice and Eric O'Brien and knew the Machine was the next step for Odor Gladiator. The company is excited to partner with a Major League Lacrosse team and help support its friends on the Machine, as well as grow its presence through word of mouth and social media.
"So much of our success comes from social media and word of mouth from athletes," said Morneault. "It's what we're focused on with the Machine. Odor Gladiators are the prize for the Ohio Machine trivia contests at games and in return, the Machine is giving us a number of Facebook posts and tweeting about us. We're going to be running contests and giving out free tickets to the games with our Facebook fans as well."
Going into the upcoming season, Odor Gladiator is most excited about the family atmosphere with the Machine's players. The odor-neutralizing products themselves can be customized to resemble the Machine's team colors for players and fans and are sold at Midwest Lacrosse and the Resolute Athletic Complex in Easton. Morneault said he's looking forward to coming out to Selby Stadium, watching some good lacrosse and celebrating another successful year with the team.
"We love being able to partner with companies that not only share our love for the game but also provide a product that can really benefit our players and fans," said Machine President and GM John Algie. "Odor Gladiator is no exception and I expect our sports-playing fans will quickly come to appreciate what Odor Gladiator can do for them."
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NAMM 2010: Roland Octapad SPD-30 digital percussion pad
Roland announces the Octapad SPD-30 digital percussion pad. Featuring eight trigger pads, built-in sounds, multi-effects, and external trigger inputs, the Octapad SPD-30 is the perfect portable electronic percussion instrument for any playing application.
Using the latest trigger technology from Roland's industry-leading V-Drums, the pads on the Octapad SPD-30 feature an extremely natural and responsive playing feel. The eight separate trigger surfaces provide superior dynamic response and trigger consistency over the whole surface of the pad, as well as the elimination of crosstalk.
The Octapad SPD-30 includes 50 kits and hundreds of cutting-edge drum and percussion sounds. Powerful onboard effects include 30 types of multi-effects that can be used on individual kits, and Ambience with an Equalizer and Limiter which can be applied to the overall Octapad SPD-30 sound.
The Phrase Loop recording feature allows the player to loop record sounds in real time, and then overdub additional parts or sounds. With the ability to record three parts per phrase, Phrase Loop is a powerful creative tool for live performance and recording.
With its large backlit LCD and intuitive interface, navigating menus and editing parameters on the Octapad SPD-30 is extremely easy. The pads also feature illuminated LEDs, helpful for performing in low-light settings.
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Hood River Fire has once again done a great job of scaring up funds for the Muscular Dystrophy Association.
This year's haunted house fundraiser has proven to be the most successful in the event's seven-year history, according to Hood River Fire Lieutenant Paul Henke.
Henke, who started and is responsible for much of the work that goes into the annual production, reported that the haunted house raised $8,500, which he said was "over double what it was last year." That represents approximately 1,500 trips through the house over a period of five days.
Henke said having the house open for two days the weekend before Halloween made the difference in fundraising for this year's event.
"We got a lot of repeats (of visitors) from the first week," he said.
Every single dollar raised from the event will be put toward helping children with the degenerative neuromuscular disease attend summer camps, which Henke said in an earlier story was "the one week (the kids) get to do whatever they want."
Henke thanked everyone for attending this year's event and for all it supporters.
"The businesses were great supporters this year," he said. "They contributed greatly and they were happy to do it."
Tracy Klas, who did the art direction, promotion and prop sourcing for this year's production, thanked the public as well on the event's Facebook page and to "all the community contributors and donations."
The house at 1145 Alameda Road in Hood River that was used for this year's haunted house will be burned by the fire department in the spring for training purposes. Henke said he has also gotten burned out on the haunted house and won't be seeking for another house to use next year.
However, he did say that if someone offered up a house to use next fall, he might consider giving the haunted house another go.
"I really don't plan on it, but I'm not going to totally rule it out," Henke said.
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History of Thanksgiving
In 1621, the Plymouth colonists and Wampanoag Indians shared an autumn harvest feast that is acknowledged today as one of the first Thanksgiving celebrations in the colonies. For more than two centuries, days of thanksgiving were celebrated by individual colonies and states.
It wasn't until October 1777 that all 13 colonies celebrated day of Thanksgiving.
The very first national day of Thanksgiving was held in 1789, when President George Washington proclaimed Thursday, Nov. 26, to be "a day of public thanksgiving and prayer to be observed by acknowledging with grateful hearts the many signal favors of Almighty God especially by affording them an opportunity peaceably to establish a form of government for their safety and happiness."
Though a national day of Thanksgiving was declared in 1789, Thanksgiving was not an annual celebration.
We owe the modern concept of Thanksgiving to poet and editor, Sarah Josepha Hale. Hale wrote the famous nursery rhyme, "Mary Had a Little Lamb," and was editor of "Godey's Lady's Book." She spent 40 years advocating for a national, annual Thanksgiving holiday.
In the years leading up to the Civil War, she saw the holiday as a way to infuse hope and belief in the nation and the constitution. So, when the United States was torn in half during the Civil War and President Abraham Lincoln was searching for a way to bring the nation together, he discussed the matter with Hale.
On Oct. 3, 1863, Lincoln issued a Thanksgiving Proclamation that declared the last Thursday in November (based on Washington's date) to be a day of "thanksgiving and praise."
For the first time, Thanksgiving became a national, annual holiday with a specific date.
For 75 years after Lincoln issued his Thanksgiving Proclamation, succeeding presidents honored the tradition and annually issued their own Thanksgiving Proclamation, declaring the last Thursday in November as the day of Thanksgiving.
However, in 1939, during the Great Depression, the date of Thanksgiving was scheduled to be Nov. 30.
Retailers complained to President Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR) that this only left 24 shopping days to Christmas and begged him to push Thanksgiving just one week earlier. It was determined that most people do their Christmas shopping after Thanksgiving and retailers hope that with an extra week of shopping, people would buy more.
When FDR announced his Thanksgiving Proclamation in 1939, he declared the date of Thanksgiving to be Thursday, Nov. 23, the second-to-last Thursday of the month.
The new date for Thanksgiving caused a lot of confusion. Calendars were now incorrect. Schools who had planned vacations and tests now had to reschedule. Thanksgiving had been a big day for football games, as it is today, so the game schedule had to be examined.
Before 1939, governors followed the president in officially proclaiming the same day as Thanksgiving for their state. In 1939, many governors did not agree with FDR's decision to change the date and refused to follow him. The country became split on which Thanksgiving they should observe.
Twenty-three states followed FDR's change. Twenty-three other states disagreed with FDR and kept the traditional date for Thanksgiving. Two states, Colorado and Texas, decided to honor both dates.
This idea of two Thanksgiving days split some families because not everyone had the same day off work.
Did it work?
The answer was no. Businesses reported that the spending was approximately the same but the distribution of the shopping was changed.
For those states who celebrated the earlier Thanksgiving date, the shopping was evenly distributed throughout the season. For those states that kept the traditional date, businesses experienced a bulk of shopping in the last week before Christmas.
In 1940, FDR again announced Thanksgiving to be the second-to-last Thursday of the month. This time, 31 states followed him with the earlier date and 17 kept the traditional date. Confusion over two Thanksgivings continued.
Lincoln established the Thanksgiving holiday to bring the country together, but the confusion over the date change was tearing it apart. On Dec. 26, 1941, Congress passed a law declaring that Thanksgiving would occur every year on the fourth Thursday of November.


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500 Kisses : Kissing is one of the most sensual sexually stimulating expressions of love and lust one can experience. Many relationships hinge on the first kisses. A bad one might lose you the love of your life. Now in this new book, you will discover the secrets to make you one of the best kissers in the world.
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'30 Rock' Casts Emma Stone and Every Celebrity Ever In 'MLK Day' [VIDEO]
Hollywood has always been good at getting us into the spirit of things by releasing star-studded holiday themed movies like 'New Year's Eve' or 'Valentine's Day' at appropriate times during the year. This year, NBC's '30 Rock' has is its own holiday movie to promote. You might recognize some of the cast members.
Clearly Jenna Maroney will appear in anything.
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Savannah-Chatham police are investigating an armed robbery that took place Sunday at Family Dollar, 4601 Skidaway Road.
Employees told police that the suspect walked in and acted like he was going to make a purchase, then he showed a weapon and demanded the money in the register, said Gena Bilbo, police spokeswoman.
The suspect is described as a black male, 5'8"- 5'10", in his 30s, medium complexion with a thin mustache and light goatee. At the time of the robbery he was wearing a white T-shirt over his waist, grey pants, and a grey bucket cap.
The suspect left the store with an undisclosed amount of money.
Anyone with information on this suspect or robbery is asked to call Crimestoppers at 912-234-2020 or text CRIMES (274637). In the body type, include "CStop2020" plus the tip. Tipsters remain anonymous and may qualify for a cash reward.


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Field hasn't had Doubtfire call
Sally Field has admitted she hasn't been contacted about the Mrs Doubtfire sequel.
The Amazing Spider-Man actress played Miranda Hillard in the 1993 comedy, who is divorced from Robin Williams' character, but revealed on The Late Show With David Letterman that she hasn't yet been asked to reprise the role.
"They didn't call me, but I was the mother that divorced [him]," she said.
But Oscar-winner Sally, 67, hinted that she could still be in the sequel, which has been in the pipeline for some time and was officially resurrected earlier this year.
When host David suggested that she won't be in it, she replied: "Why? I don't know."
David, who recently announced he is stepping down from his late night talk show, also joked that if Sally didn't sign up for Mrs Doubtfire 2 he would happily take her place.
News of a sequel was announced earlier this month and star Robin is already attached to the project.
The actor won a Golden Globe for his performance as a man who disguises himself as a female housekeeper in order to spend time with his children following a bitter divorce.


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Welcome back to Android Gaming Weekly, our weekly recap on new game releases. We still plan to cover upcoming releases and games we're playing, but this column is dedicated to new games you can install and start playing right now. Check out our top picks and let us know if you have any suggestions for next week in the comments below.
Super Mega Worm
Description: Mother Earth is on the brink of extinction and has released her last defense, the Great Death Worm, Wojira. Wojira is on a revenge mission to destroy all the Human parasites. Crawl and eat your way through waves of humans and their robots of destruction. Grow and evolve into the ultimate weapon of destruction. You are the last line of defense, can you save the world?
Tiny Thief
Description: In a world of greed, corruption and injustice, one little guy decides to stand up for the little guy! Say hello to Tiny Thief, an unconventional hero who uses cunning and trickery to out-smart his opponents across six epic medieval adventures. But beware! He faces fearsome foes, like the Dark Knight, rogue pirates and even a giant robot! Tiny Thief brings back the magic from the point-and-click games of old, charming you with its very own visual style and offbeat sense of humor.
Robot Unicorn Attack 2
Description: Choose between Team Rainbow or Team Inferno and compete on a unique level every day for prizes. Race through 2 worlds at war, one of Rainbows and Harmony and one of Ice and Wonder. Build and customize your very own unicorn, selecting from different bodies, manes, wings, horns, tails and more. Unlock and arm yourself with 12 different boost abilities, including "Rainbow Savior" and "Gallow's Gallop"
Turd Birds
Description: Look out below, these birds need to POOP! Birds of a feather drop turds together in this high-flying, tap to crap hunt for targets to poop on. Flock to beaches, construction sites and city parks to take aim on unsuspecting lifeguards, grannies and Facebook friends below! Watch out for helicopters, UFOs and toxic waste as you soar through the rapid-fire skies. Snag power-ups, scoop up mystery boxes and collect as many coins as you can before running out of gas!
Leisure Suit Larry: Reloaded
Description: Leisure Suit Larry in the Land of the Lounge Lizards was first released by Sierra On-Line in 1987 and became an international phenomenon. The lovable loser Larry Laffer — a 40-year-old virgin in pursuit of losing his vir….um, finding true love — and risque humor were unlike anything anyone had ever seen or played. Now Larry's original creator, the world-famous game designer Al Lowe, has teamed up with Sierra veteran Josh Mandel, to bring this amazing, perverted game back to life — updated and expanded in every way imaginable!
Sprinkle Islands Free
Description: Titan burns again. Award winning, fire fighting, water-physics puzzler Sprinkle is back with an all new adventure! In a not-so-distant future, a garbage hauling space ship from Earth has gone off course and burning trash falls all over the beautiful islands of Titan. The innocent Titanese villages have been set on fire by burning trash and they need your help!
Pacific Rim
Description: Pacific Rim is an all-new action fighting game inspired by the Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures film from acclaimed filmmaker Guillermo del Toro. Piloting weaponized robots known as Jaegers, Earth's defenders must train their jockeys from rookie to ace in a Story Mode or challenge themselves to last as long as they can against waves of monstrous creatures, known as Kaiju, in Survival Mode.
Stay Alight
Description: Meet Mr. Bulb, who is gonna free the planet from cartoon microbes with your help. Green microbes captured the planet; it's up to you to find all their secret covers and destroy them using tactic skills and projectile weapon. Game's mechanics are based on real physics, so you should very attentively calculate shot power completing more than 60 unique levels in fascinating artwork.
Warcom: Genesis
Description: The world's resources are running out, plunging the planet into bloody chaos. From the ashes of the old order rise three mighty factions: the fundamentalist Fatwa, the enigmatic RAD, and the brash WarCorps. WarCorps has an elite covert action team used only for the most dangerous missions, and you're its newest member. Welcome to the HellHawks.
TITAN Escape the Tower
Description: Locked up in an 80-level tower by a mad scientist, use your brainpower to help you to escape. Armed with your pod (a cubic robot) and a metal ball, avoid the numerous traps and try to find the way out.


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I will write an application that work with an Access DB.
My database have 5 table that have a relationship to each other.
tables in DB:
Table 1: Car: CarID, Manufactore, Colour, Hp, Displacement, Price, Model
Table 2: SaleContractCar: SaleContractID, CarID
Table 3: SaleContract: SaleContractID, CustomerID, Date
Table 4: Customer: CustomerID, CustomerAddressID, Tel, Age, SeconCar, Name
Table 5: CustomerAddress: CustomerAddressID, Street, StreetNr, Zip, City
relationship between the tables:
Table 1 (one to more) Table 2
Table 2 (more to one) Table 3
Table 3 (more to one) Table 4
Table 4 (more to one) Table 5
at this moment I don't know how to start.
should I first load all tables I one DataSet?
and create for each table a DataTable?
how I should start?
how I should write an update SQL statement for this DataSet?
where I can find some sample application that work with Relational Data?
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How to Play/transfer Panasonic HDC-SD60 AVCHD to iMovie on Mac
Recently, when we go to buy camcorder, Salesman will certainly to introduce us the HDC-TM60, HDC-TM55, HDC-HS60 and HDC-SD60 which is the most popular camcorders that provide us with a variation in recording media such as 16GB twin-memory (HDC-TM60), 8GB twin memory (HDC-TM55) and 120GB HDD plus SD memory card (HDC-HS60), the new HDC-SD60 enables recording of HD video and stills to SD memory cards only and is available in a choice of Black, Red or Silver colour options. Undoubtedly, the HDC-sd60 is a popular consumer camcorder which stayed in sell-out model last year.
Howerver, how to Play Panasonic HDC-SD60 AVCHD to iMovie on Mac? For iMovie cannot support HDC-SD60 for Mac natively, we need a third-part tool to convert HDC-SD60 to iMovie for Mac. Here I'll introduce a wonderful conversion software which is the best HDC-SD60 to iMovie for Mac I have used to you. It is Mac HDC-SD60 to iMovie Converter that can convert HDC-SD60 to iMovie on Mac with lossless quality at super-fast speed. With it, you can convert HDC-SD60 to iMovie for Mac easily and can enjoy your Panasonic videos on iMovie freely.
What's more, you can edit your video with this Panasonic to iMovie Converter Mac at ease. With it, you can crop unwanna clip, trim video, merge clips into one, adjust effect at your own idea and other editing functions. Besides, Mac Panasonic HDC-SD60 AVCHD to iMovie Converter provides a user-friendly face which make it easy to use, you can control it freely and customize your video at anytime anywhere.
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Free download, install and run Panasonic HDC-SD60 AVCHD to Mov Converter for Mac, then click "Add Video" button to select your Panasonic HDC-SD60 AVCHD files that need to be converted from the "file type" list in the pop-up window.
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Step 3: Convert
When you get ready to convert the added Panasonic HDC-SD60 AVCHD videos on Mac, Click the "Convert" button to start conversion


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By the Court of Macerata (Italy), where it is being lawsuit among Gianluca Francioni against the city of Corridonia, the manager of the stadium "Martini" and the team of Athletics N.A.Fanfulla of Lodi for the payment of damages, arrive finally after almost three years the first sensational answers.
For example, came out that the town of Corridonia has not been established at this stage of the process and seems to want to give up to defend themselves. Instead, according to the manager of the stadium Martini", the champion Francioni was not authorized to use the facility and in fact could be called an "abusive" and that those structures was at regular maintenance. The athletic team N.A. Fanfulla of Lodi with which Francioni was affiliated at the time, in response, calls into question the City of Corridonia and the manager of the Stadium, as the team says, would be held responsible for non maintenance of the platform that caused the accident and was the athlete to want to train in Corridonia, Fanfulla instead,never interested the conditions under which the thrower training. This is normal because the throwers are not considered as the other athletes.
Recall that the story dates back to the winter of 2010, when Gianluca Francioni, shot putter corridoniano Italian champion, Italian record holder and 5 times on the national team , was training at the stadium "Martini" and because of the failure of the launch platform where he was training one of his usual workouts, suffered the rupture of the patellar tendon in his right knee that forced him to surgical operation for the reconstruction of the same. It should also be noted that in the past the stadium facilities underwent numerous reports made by the athlete for the bad state in which they was and it seems unlikely that regular maintenance work has been carried seen what happened.
The 40-year-old thrower announce that he wants to close permanently with competitive athletics: "I no longer want to compete given what's going on. Be defined as an" abusive" after more than 25-year career that I was the protagonist of competition in Italy and abroad bringing up the name of Corridonia city, really leaves me baffled, disappointed and sorry. And to think that the cost of the restructuring of the platform did not went beyond a few hundred-dollars and all this could be avoided. In any case, I have confidence in the judiciary and I am confident that justice will surely make light of this sad story, "said the former Italian record holder, until 2010 under the NA Fanfulla of Lodi and that in his long career he wore the shirts of the most prestigious and important Italian teams in athletics and was coached by the famous Tony Naclerio, selector team usa at the World Championships in Tokyo in 1991, and coach at Rutgers University.
Now, the next court date is set for November 22, 2013 and we will see what will be the developments.
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Functional Fantasy Garden Furniture: Laura Spector
I always like outdoor art that serves some functional purpose, whether as furniture, as fountain, as fireplace... the possibilities, of course, are endless. And functional outdoor art made from organic material really melts my butter, which is why I can't stop thinking about these stunning pieces by artist Laura Spector.
Connecticut-based Spector uses a vine called Oriental Bittersweet to create her elegant, gorgeously gnarled benches and other works. Those of you who are gardeners will likely cringe at the mention of Oriental Bittersweet, which was introduced from Asia back in the 19th century and proceeded to run wild, becoming a horribly invasive weed that strangles other trees and shrubs. Spector works with parks, townships, private companies and so on, removing the vine to help them keep their landscapes healthy, then using it for her artworks. Pretty ingenious, I think, to turn a often hated plant into an object of such staggering beauty.
Many of Spector's pieces are garden benches inspired by 18th-century British and French furniture traditions. She also produces furniture and accessories for interiors, like sconces and headboards. Personally I think the style lends itself more naturally to the outdoors, but in the right home with the right dramatic scale, some of her tables and chairs could be just right.
The works pictured above, from left to right:
• 1 - "Dangerous Beauty": a serious arbor for a seriously gigantic garden.
• 2 - 18th-century English Romantic bench
• 3 - French bench looks like it belongs in the Tuileries.
• 4 - A more modest arbor is right at home in a cottage garden.
• 5 - Entrance arbor: beats the pants off a fabric awning.
• 6 - A child's bench with a painted seat looks perfect for the seaside.
• 7 - Another whimsical child-size bench is crowned with a large mushroom cap.
• 8 - A giant Bittersweet ball would be perfect for an artful childrens' garden.
To see more of Laura Spector's work, visit her website. Also check out the endlessly inspiring garden blog where I spotted these benches: Studio G.
Images: Laura Spector Design


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Ed Westwick: Feather Tattoo Explained!
Ed Westwick and girlfriend Jessica Szohr come out to support their Gossip Girl co-star Penn Badgley at the premiere of his new movie, The Stepfather at NYC's SVA Theater on Monday (October 12).
About a month ago, Ed got a huge feather tattooed on the back of his left arm. What significance does the new ink have for the 22-year-old British actor? "My mate and I got it together," Ed exclusively tells JustJared.com. "He got an American eagle feather from a Native American and it means a lot to us. This is a world exclusive, Jared!" (He then proceeded to pat my shoulder in his charming Ed way.)
What does the eagle feather symbolize to Ed? "America has been good to me!"
10+ pictures inside of cute couple Ed Westwick and Jessica Szohr…


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Angels try to make it two in a row against Reds
C.J. Wilson's first year with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim didn't exactly go as planned. He's hoping for better results in year two which gets underway Wednesday when the Angels play the middle test of a three-game series against the Cincinnati Reds at Great American Ball Park.
Wilson, who signed a 5-year, $77.5 million deal with the Angels last winter after spending the first seven years of his career with the Texas Rangers, never got it going for the Halos last season and posted a 13-10 mark to go along with a 3.83 ERA.
The left-hander had actually pitched to a 2.43 ERA in the first half of last season, but struggled to 5.54 mark after the break.
"If last year's my down year, in a nine-year cycle, and it's the worst year I have, perspective-wise, I think a lot of pitchers would take those results," said Wilson, who pitched to a 2.94 ERA in his final season with Texas. "Not me. I'm not happy with that."
Los Angeles started its season on a winning note Monday, as Chris Iannetta delivered a two-run single in the top of the 13th inning to lift the Angels to a 3-1 win.
After Los Angeles had stranded two men in the 11th and wasted a one-out triple by Peter Bourjos in the next frame, Iannetta ripped a bases-loaded single off J.J. Hoover (0-1) past diving third baseman Todd Frazier to score high-priced free-agent acquisition Josh Hamilton and Howie Kendrick.
"It was a great at-bat," Angels manager Mike Scioscia said of Iannetta's efforts. "He got himself in a hole, worked himself back in, fouled a pitch off and then hit a rocket."
Ernesto Frieri worked around a one-out walk in the bottom of the inning to earn the save.
Reliever Mark Lowe (1-0) tossed two innings to pick up the win.
To make matters worse for the Reds outfielder Ryan Ludwick dislocated his right shoulder and will miss at least three months.
On Wednesday, Cincinnati will turn to righty Mat Latos, who was terrific last season in his first year with the Reds, going 14-4 with a 3.48 ERA.
Latos made five starts in spring training. He was 0-2 with a 5.49 ERA in 19 2/3 innings. In his last outing of the spring, Thursday against the Royals, he gave up five earned runs on nine hits in three innings.
"The spring was really good," Latos said. "The one thing I've been wanting to work is not letting the small things get to me. I controlled it for most of the spring, except for that last outing. I was a little aggravated with myself for letting it get to me. It���s a new day, and the season is just getting started."
He'll have to deal with Anaheim's "big three" of Hamilton, Albert Pujols and Mike Trout, a trio that combined to go 1-for-14 in Monday's opener.
Los Angeles and the Reds have played each other in just two previous interleague series, with the Angels winning four of the six games.


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Vice President, Architect, HOK
As well as leading on a number of Court Projects for the Ministry of Justice, he was the architectural technical advisor to the Ministry of Justice for its new £100m HQ redevelopment project at 102 Petty France – the former Home Office. As part of the Corporate and Public and Institutional Leadership Groups at HOK, he is involved in the development and progression of both sectors as well as being market focused in the PFI/PPP/PDS and Government sectors. Femi is also currently heading up HOKs expansion in Africa.


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'The Selection' Pilot: Officially Dead at CW
Sad news for The Selection fans — the CW has passed on the second pilot.
This was the second go-around for the show, based on Kiera Cass' novels which centered on a working class young woman chosen by lottery to participate in a competition with 25 other ladies for Prince Maxon's hand to become the nation's next queen.
Filmed in Budapest, Yael Grobglas starred as America Singer with Michael Malarkey as Prince Maxon, and Lucien Laviscount as Aspen.
The second book, "The Elite" is on bookshelves now.
ARE YOU SAD that The Selection is not coming to the CW?
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Cyrillian Inc. necesitaba un nuevo diseño de otro y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 65 diseños de 12 diseñadores freelance.
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We are working on a new iPhone game we call "Generals". The game is similar to the board game "Risk" where the player tries to conquer all available territories. As we are not committed to any particular design concept (although the first release will feature a game board with a map of the globe) please use your artistic license!
The following iPhone games have art styles that we admire and aspire to:
* Flight Control (we like the simplicity and cleanliness of this design) http://www.firemint.com/flightcontrol/index.html
* Lux Touch (a simple game that includes a subset of the features we are looking to provide) http://sillysoft.net/lux/touch/
iPhone and iPod Touch users. Our users are at a variety of ages and place a high value on design and usability. Our audience will be global in nature.
- All files in Photoshop PSD format
- A logo (Generals); Perhaps a silhouette of a general? Perhaps some stars? Please use your imagination!
- Splash screen (480x320 - landscape) (with the logo)
- Game specific generic menu background: We would like to have a unified background for all our game menu screens (480x320 - landscape). See Flight Control menus for a great example of this kind of implementation.
- Various Control Elements: We need the following customizable control elements that can be used on the background:
> Button
> Table view style (i.e. list) – header and row styles (alternating colors?)
> Radio/toggle buttons (for options)


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Dolphin Closes Huddersfield Store
Dolphin Closes Huddersfield Store
Following recent additions to our ever-expanding web offering, including free delivery on orders over £149, our Huddersfield store will close for the last time today.
We feel that the wider product selection and improved prices we can offer online, combined with our timed delivery options, including a next day service, will allow you to have your instrument or equipment delivered at your convenience, for the best price possible.
We also have an extensive call centre, staffed by experts, perfectly placed to advise you on what products to choose, or simply to answer your technical queries.
Please be aware that our online capacity will honour the usual Dolphin warranties and return guarantees for any product bought within the Huddersfield Store
If you need further assistance, please call us on 0844 815 0888
We'd like to take this opportunity to thank all of you for your custom, and we hope to see our Huddersfield customers online in the very near future!


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2013-05-16 / Politics
Ball Says He Won't Run for Congress
State Senator Greg Ball made it official Monday: He will not be running for Congress. Ball, who represents constituents in Putnam, northern Westchester and southern Dutchess, had been mentioned as a possible challenger to freshman Democrat Representative Sean Patrick Maloney of Cold Spring next year.
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Paul Waldman has an important article at The American Prospect addressing the defenders of torture and their, yes, tortured reasoning in defending American actions in the war on terror. He asks a question that defenders of torture cannot answer without contradicting themselves:
Here's the question I've never heard someone like Rodriguez answer: Can you give a definition of torture that wouldn't include waterboarding, stress positions, and sleep deprivation? I have no idea what such a definition might be, and I have to imagine that if they had any idea they would have offered one. Because here's the definition of torture you'd think everyone could agree on: Torture is the infliction of extreme suffering for the purpose of extracting information or a confession. That's not too hard to understand. The point is to create such agony that the subject will do anything, including give you information he'd prefer not to give you, to make the suffering stop. That's the purpose of waterboarding, that's the purpose of sleep deprivation (which, by the way, has been described by those subjected to it in places like the Soviet gulag to be worse than any physical pain they had ever experienced), and that's the purpose of stress positions. The "enhanced" techniques that were used weren't meant to trick detainees or win them over, they were meant to make them suffer until they begged for mercy.
So to repeat: If what the Bush administration did wasn't torture, how would its apologists define the term?
And here's another question they can't answer honestly or coherently: If one of our enemies waterboarded American citizens, would you consider it torture then? The answer to that is obvious, because it's not a hypothetical. We have charged citizens of other countries with war crimes, including the Japanese after WW2, for waterboarding American soldiers.


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Death notices 11-5-12
Sr. Bernice Buescher
Nov. 2, 2012
DONALDSON — Sr. Bernice Buescher, PHJC, 97, died at 6:20 p.m. Friday Nov. 2, 2012 in the Catherine Kasper Life Center on the grounds of Ancilla Domini at Donaldson.
She is survived by two brothers, Charles and Ray Buescher.
Visitation will be held Monday, Nov. 5 from 4:30 to 8:30 p.m. in the Catherine Kasper Home Chapel, 9601 Union Road, Donaldson with a prayer service at 7 p.m.
Funeral will be at 11:15 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 6 in the chapel.
Burial will follow in the Mt. Carmel Cemetery in Donaldson.
Notes of condolence may be sent to the Community through the website: www.johnson-danielson.com
Ernest Parke Baxter
Nov. 3, 2012
ROCHESTER — Ernest Parke Baxter, 84, died Saturday, Nov. 3 at home.
He is survived by his wife, Fran; a daughter, LeeAnn (Buddy) Pollock of Rochester; a son, Douglas (Christina) Baxter of Rochester; three grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; and a sister, Gloria Ann Gallop of Cornwall, Pa.
Services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 11 in the Good Family Funeral Home, 1200 W. 18th St., Rochester. Visitation is from 3 to 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 10 and an hour prior to services Sunday. Memorials may be made to the Grace United Methodist Church or the Northern Indiana Community Foundation. Online condolences may be made at www.goodfamilyfh.com
Lily V. Bair
Nov. 3, 2012
WINAMAC — Lily V. Bair, 85, of Winamac died Nov. 3, 2012 at 7 p.m. at Hickory Creek at Winamac.
She is survived by a daughter, Judith (Ronald) Loehmer, Winamac; son, Michael (Margaret) Bair, Knox; four grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild; and brother, Paul (Wilma) Miller, Royal Center.
Visitation will be 3 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012 at Frain Mortuary, Winamac. Funeral services will be held at Frain Mortuary, Winamac, Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012 at 11 a.m. Memorial contributions may be given to the Friends of Pleasant View Retirement Home. Burial will take place at Reed Cemetery, Winamac,
Online condolences may be offered in the guestbook at www.frainmortuary.com
Wayne W. Maupin
Nov. 3, 2012
NORTH JUDSON — Wayne W. Maupin, 59, of North Judson died Nov. 3, 2012 at Porter Regional Hospital, Valparaiso.
He is survived by his wife, Anna of North Judson; sisters, Frances Smith of Knox, Gracie Babb of Norfolk, Va.; and brothers, Herman Maupin of North Judson, Raymond Maupin of Austin.
Visitation is Monday, Nov. 5 from 4 to 8 p.m. CST at O'Donnell Funeral Home, Inc., North Judson. Funeral service is Tuesday, Nov. 6 at 11 a.m. at the funeral home. Burial will be at Highland Cemetery, North Judson.


text: On Mon, 3 Jan 2005, Stavros E. Zogas wrote: > Hi at all > I want to set up a beowulf cluster for scientific purposes (In a university) > using mainly fortran compilers.I want your help to choose between MPI and > PVM > Thanks in Advance > Stavros This is an interesting choice. MPI is likely more "portable" as it was originally designed to be a common interface to big iron supercomputers and is still a nearly universal parallel API for supercomputers of all sorts, including beowulfish clusters. MPI typically has support for native hardware drivers for advanced networks as well, although this may depend somewhate on the particular flavor of MPI you select (there are several available). PVM, OTOH, was from the beginning an open source project for building possibly heterogeneous parallel HPC clusters. There are (IIRC) some drivers available for advanced networks, but support for this sort of thing is a bit spottier. If you've been doing cluster supercomputing for more than a decade (noting that this means from before the "beowulf" project itself got started, or at least was publicized) then chances are pretty decent that you got started with PVM and still prefer it overall today (according to my own VERY informal and anecdotal poll on the issue). If your plan is to use ethernet as a network and to write just one or two simple applications, PVM is a pretty reasonable choice. I provide a PVM project template master/slave application, ready to build, on my personal website here: http://www.phy.duke.edu/~rgb/General/project_pvm.php However, it is in C. However, the fortran interface is very similar, I believe (I haven't willingly used fortran for nearly 20 years at this point) and you could probably hack the template to make it a fortran template with a bit of effort. If you plan to use an advanced network, now or later, I'd have to suggest that you use MPI. It is also worth pointing out that there is a regular MPI column in Cluster World Magazine, while PVM only gets occassional attention from folks like me there (I wrote the template for a CWM column). However, I don't recall that it focusses on Fortran. rgb -- Robert G. Brown http://www.phy.duke.edu/~rgb/ Duke University Dept. of Physics, Box 90305 Durham, N.C. 27708-0305 Phone: 1-919-660-2567 Fax: 919-660-2525 email:rgb at phy.duke.edu _______________________________________________ Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf at beowulf.org To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf


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Late Tuesday night, the world lost what some would call a legend. Massachusetts Senator, Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy passed away at the age of 77 at his home in Hyannis Port Massachusetts after a long battle with brain cancer. Often called the Lion of the Senate, Senator Kennedy assisted as well as lead in the passing of legislation's that decreased inequality and fought for the basic rights of Americans. Senator Kennedy has worked on and had a major part in the passing of laws addressing civil rights, mental health benefits, cancer research, and the more recent universal health care initiative spear headed by President Obama. More than 300 of the bills he and his staff have written have been enacted into law. Serving nine terms as a U.S. Senator since 1962 up until his death, Kennedy was the second most senior member of the Senate, as well as the third longest serving senator in U.S. history.
Ted Kennedy was born on February 22, 1932 in Boston Massachusetts into the politically prominent Kennedy family. The youngest of nine children and the brother to historical political figures such as President John F. Kennedy and Senator Robert F. Kennedy (both having been victims of assassination), Senator Kennedy's younger years were plagued with several unfortunate family deaths losing his brother Joseph to a World War II casualty, sister Kathleen to a plane crash, and finally a failed lobotomy performed on his sister Rosemary. Despite this Kennedy entered into Harvard University (then called Harvard College) in 1950, but was expelled when a friend was caught taking a Spanish exam in his place, after the Senator feared a failed exam would deny him eligibility to play football for the college. Although being informed that with good behavior he could be readmitted to the school Kennedy decided in 1951 to join the armed forces.
After being discharged from the Army in 1953 as a private first class, Senator Kennedy returned to finished his studies at Harvard, graduating in 1956 with a Bachelors in government and history. From there he attended University of Virgina Law School graduating in 1959. During his time at UVA he became the official manager of his brother John F. Kennedy's Senate re-election campaign. His ability to connect with normal, hard working citizens gave JFK the credibility to run for President, a campaign in which Ted Kennedy served as manager of the western states in 1960.
Though he was not old enough to take over his brothers Senate seat in 1960 (you must be 30 years old), he eventually went after the position in 1962. His campaign was met with hesitation; reports of his suspension from Harvard, as well as his inexperience became public during his race. With his brother John the President of the United States, and the other Robert the U.S. Attorney General, many believed that Ted was just one Kennedy to many. Despite this, Kennedy won the 1962 primary and eventually won the Senate seat defeating Republican George Cabot Lodge II with 55 percent of the vote.
Several unfortunate events followed Kennedy's successful campaign to the Senate. His brother John became the victim of assassination, he was involved in a airplane crash where the pilot and one of his aides what killed forcing him to endure chronic back pain for the remainder of his life. During this time Kennedy had a hand in the passing of several influential legislation's including the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 ending a quota system based on national origin, and played a role in creating the National Teachers Corps. During the Presidential campaign in 1968 Senator Kennedy's brother Robert was assassinated in Los Angeles. Being the closest to this particular brother, Senator Kennedy gave the eulogy at his funeral, a speech that is often quoted.
Although he was often shown in good light with his political work Ted Kennedy was known socially as someone who loved women and alcohol. Aside from his work as a Senator, he is probably best known for an incident referred to as Chappaquiddick Incident in which after a party the car Kennedy and 28 year old Mary Jo Kopechne was in, ended up a tidal channel in Chappaquiddick – the result of Kennedy driving their vehicle off a bridge. An unharmed Kennedy swam safely to shore while Mary Jo drowned. After fleeing the scene and not calling authorities until the next day, Kennedy was charged with leaving the scene of the accident and was sentenced to two months in jail. During his run for the Presidency in the 1980's the Chappaquddick incident, then becoming public knowledge, was one of the significant issues that lead to the campaigns demise.
Since his run for President, Kennedy has become one of the most recognizable figures of the Democratic party. As mentioned before, he along with his staff have written about 2,500 bills, 300 of which have been made into laws. Known for having the ability to effectively communicate the Democratic agenda to Republican party officials, Senator Kennedy has been ranked first in Democratic bipartisanship by the Republican party.
Republican Governor of California and Kennedy relative Arnold Schwarzenegger described "Uncle Teddy" as "a liberal icon, a warrior for the less fortunate, a fierce advocate for health-care reform, a champion of social justice here and abroad" and "the rock of his family"
The Associated Press wrote that, "Unlike his brothers, Edward M. Kennedy has grown old in public, his victories, defeats and human contradictions played out across the decades in the public glare."
During the 80's, 90's, and 2000's, Senator Ted Kennedy championed some of the most crucial legislation of our time. Although still plagued with a unfavorable reputation outside of the Senate and several other family crisis', within the Senate walls he certainly stood up for the little guy. Fighting very hard for women's rights, the civil rights movement, LGBT rights, equal pay, HIV AIDS and cancer research, as well as disability equality and working so that all Americans could afford basic necessities such as health care, Senator Kennedy is deserving of the title The Lion of the Senate.
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Hazard Communication
General Information
In 1983, the Federal Government, through the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), established the Hazard Communication Standard (HCS) codified in OSHA 29 CFR 1910.1200 "to ensure that the hazards of all chemicals produced or imported are evaluated, and that information concerning their hazards is transmitted to employers and employees."
Wright State University developed and maintains a Hazard Communication Program to give all employees the right to know about any type of hazard they may encounter while performing their duties. The program complies with all requirements of OSHA's Standard for Hazard Communication.
All employees must complete Hazard Communication Training.
Compliance with this program at Wright State University is mandatory.
Five Elements for Compliance
The following five key elements are outlined in the standard and are included in the Wright State University Hazard Communication Program:
- Materials Inventory and Hazard Identification – A list of the hazardous materials present in your work area.
- Safety Data Sheets (SDSs) – A detailed description of each hazardous material listed in the Materials Inventory.
- Labeling – Containers of hazardous materials must have labels to identify the material and warn of its potential hazard to employees.
- Training – All employees must be trained to identify and work safely with hazardous materials.
- Written Program – A written program must be available to all employees
Additional Information
Marjorie Markopoulos, Biological and Chemical Safety Officer 937-775-2797
Greg Merkle, Environmental Health and Safety Specialist 937-775-2217
When is training required?
Employees require effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area
- at the time of their initial assignment, and
- whenever a new chemical hazard the employees have not previously been trained about is introduced into their work area.
Information and training may be designed to cover categories of hazards (e.g., flammability, carcinogenicity) or specific chemicals. Chemical-specific information must always be available through labels and SDSs.
What is included in the training?
The training includes information on the following:
- Requirements of the HCS2012
- Operations where hazardous chemicals exist
- Location and availability of the Written Program (Hazard Communication Policy)
Required elements of training
- Methods and observations to detect the presence or release of hazardous chemicals (such as monitoring conducted by the employer, continuous monitoring devices, visual appearance or odor of hazardous chemicals when being released, etc.)
- Chemical hazards in the workplace including
- Physical,
- Health,
- Simple asphyxiation,
- Combustible dust, and
- Hazards of chemicals in the work area
- How employees can protect themselves
- Details of the hazard communication program
All information and training specific to individual work areas will be given to each group at the site-specific level by the employee's supervisor and/or the Department of Environmental Health and Safety.
Forms & Resources
Forms and Resources
- Chemical Inventory Form (XLS)
- Hazard Communication Program (PDF)
- Hazard Communication Standard (29 CFR 1910.1200)
- Right to Access Medical Records for Employees (PDF)
Additional Information
- Marjorie Markopoulos, Biological and Chemical Safety Officer (937) 775-2797
- Greg Merkle, Environmental Health and Safety Specialist (937) 775-2217


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Marcella M Collette
September 10, 1926-December 13, 2012On December 13, 2012 our Mother left this earth. Marcella M Collette was born in Orleans on September 10, 1926, the daughter of Delphis and Juliette Souliere. Growing up with 10 brothers and sisters was a story within itself. She leaves 2 younger sisters Sr. Carmel, Theresa, and her brother Beeb. Marcella married the love of her life, Philip R Collette who predeceased her exactly 6 months to the day. They celebrated their 65th anniversary in Florida where they had lived in harmony since 1980. Their summers at Shadow Lake Camp "LUVITHERE" were many and their family visited often to see their parents and grandparents until the trips north proved to be too much. Mom had three sons: Richard and his wife Joyce of North Carolina, David and Kathleen of North Carolina, and Mark and wife Dee-dee of Orleans, Vt. She was the proud grandmother of 9 grandchildren and 6 great-grandchildren. Her education was at Orleans and Sacred Heart High School and her working life started at the local pharmacy, her father's businesses and the Orleans Commission Sales for brother Joe. For the next 20+ years she was a partner with her husband operating Phil Collette Plumbing Heating in Orleans. About 40 years ago, she was awarded a special honor from the Lions Club as Citizen of the Year as she was recognized for donating a kidney to her brother "Gassy," which was quite a gift. Putting others before herself reflected her strong faith in God which helped to be well prepared for her day of reckoning. This inner strength was evident as her challenges were met every day for the last two years. Mom was an awesome quilter and won many blue ribbons at the local fair, her quilts will be cherished by the family. We admire our Mother for many reasons but the fact that she accomplished so much throughout her life – a marriage that worked, a family to be proud of, over 30 years of retirement, returning to her home in Orleans with her independence just in time for Thanksgiving. She didn't ask for much – her own kitchen, lap top for her emails and a lot of family and friends to share her remaining days back home, just taking care of business. Many times we heard one of her favorite sayings:"Yesterday is historyTomorrow a mysteryToday is a giftThat's why we call it the present."The care she received from her family, special friends, Home Health/VNA, professional health providers and many others, was admirable and will always be remembered. Funeral arrangements will be at the family's earliest convenience. At this time, any gifts offered in her memory could be directed toward the Orleans County Home Health/Hospice/VNA organizations. Those people are indeed ANGELS on earth that made the last days as comfortable as could be, special people indeed. Thanks to all of you!Mom is at peace with Phil, family and friends and her spirit will always be with us. If anyone knows the words to an old Jimmy Durante' song called "SIDE BY SIDE"- the lyrics sum up her outlook of what is important in life. Wasn't long ago we were singing it going down the road - she knew all the words.


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But I do not own a Kindle. What should I do?
If you buy it on Amazon, you can read it "on the cloud", ie straight from your computer after your purchase.
Amazon also has some good reviews of the Essay if you are interested in reading them before you buy it. I've bought it, enjoyed it, but also felt that it would have been so much better if it was a small, maybe 100-page book. At the same time, it's less than a cup of starbuck's coffee, and proved for some entertaining morning reading.
Hope this helps,
You can download the PC Kindle software for free from Amazon, set up an account and all that, and you can use that just like you would a Kindle.


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The research in this lab is heavily related to The Nobel Biocare/University of Michigan "Center For Excellence". The Nobel Biocare/University of Michigan "Center For Excellence" was established in January of 1994 through mutual cooperation of the School of Dentistry and Nobel Biocare. The international reputation of investigators in the School of Dentistry and Nobel Biocare researchers and personnel, and the commitment of these individuals to excellence provided a sound basis for establishing such a Center at the School of Dentistry. The mission of the Center is to investigate areas of health care and human services that are of mutual interest to both Nobel Biocare and scientists in the School of Dentistry. Upon completion of these investigations, the results will be posted to the web site where they can be read by clinicians, teachers, researchers, and other interested parties throughout the world
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Greetings to all "Vintage Lante" lovers. I haven't been over here in a looong time. But after catching up I had a couple of thoughts...well, maybe a few more than just a couple, LOL!
It's that word "vintage" that Caitie so beautifully expounded on that perfectly describes the beautiful pair of talented people that comprises our favorite soap couple that survived for four and a half years. I'd also add that "vintage" is also very descriptive of that which is considered "classic".
It's no wonder that, being a ballet instructor training children in what many believe is a dying art form, I am more than ever aware of just how much of what is considered "classic" is used to build what is current in the dance world. Ironic, then, to see "classic", "vintage" Lante torn down to re-create something that is new but has seemingly nothing (or very little), of the elements, structure and characteristics that made them so special, a couple that was built to weather as many storms as could be thrown in their path.
I draw some comfort that, from my perspective, Dominic has done yeoman's work. His performance in his scenes with Maurice Benard (12/12/13), were a prime example of what is still possible when an actor of his caliber is given material worthy of investment. (It didn't hurt that Kate Hall was the script writer, either.) If I thought that the recast was his equal in talent, ability and presence, I might be convinced that something resembling "classic", "Vintage Lante" would be enough to satisfy my sincere wish to continue to be touched and moved by this fictional couple who so captured my imagination, affection and heart. I guess the joke was on me for thinking this would be something that could be achieved with the current occupant of the role of L.
Julie and Dominic, as a dramatic pairing, were on a level with my favorite Pas de Deux couples, dancers that I continue to hold up as examples, both individually and together, for my students to emulate. For me, they will always and forever be the ultimate portrayers of these "classic" roles. And if that makes me a figure to be mocked, laughed at, or scorned for "living in the past" and not able to "look to the future", well, so be it. The future has it's roots in the past, and as it is with the best dancers in the industry today, there are very few that have gotten to their "future" without building their training on what is considered the "past", namely, "classic" ballet steps and structure.
RC has conciously chosen to bulid his version of Lante with very little that looks to be "classic". That is on him. The recast has chosen to build her version of L as she sees fit. And that's on her.
For me, it will always be "classic", "Vintage Lante" (and by extension, Julie's L and Dominic's D), by which whoever follows will be measured. High standards for acting that match what I ask my students to strive for as dancers. And I don't think asking for something that is excellent is asking for too much....But that's me.....
God bless and have a warm and lovely Christmas/Holiday season....B!


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Car Review
2013 Ford F-150 King Ranch: First Drive
Spend a year behind the wheel of Ford's 2013 F-150 King Ranch and you could see many of the King Ranch's 800,000 acres and roughly 1,300 square miles. As mentioned by King Ranch chairman Jamey Clement at this year's State Fair of Texas, there are few better ways of doing so than at the wheel of Ford's 2013 F-150 namesake. Although not a reinvention of the F-Series, Dearborn builds on its powertrain updates in 2011 with both cosmetic and functional enhancements for the 2013 Ford F-150. And given that the F-Series King Ranch was the first to establish what is now a luxury pickup category, there are few better ways of surveying the ranch or driving your way out of an economic downturn.
Park the 2013 F-150 in the middle of, say, Amarillo, and you would be hard pressed to recognize the differences between it and the 2012 model. Park it immediately next to a 2012 F-Series and the new modifications are more easily apparent. The F-Series grille, already dominant, receives a new 3-bar grille, while its stance is strengthened by 20-inch aluminum wheels. Our test vehicle received the King Ranch's available monotone paint (in this truck it was Tuxedo Black), and benefited from an optional King Ranch chrome package. Think of the latter as your typical Western belt buckle: big and shiny.
Climbing into Ford's F-150 King Ranch, you can better see where your $50K went (on a base MSRP of roughly $44K). Saddle-like leather has been a key touch point of the King Ranch F-Series, and the new 2013 doesn't disappoint. What Ford describes as Chaparral leather, in either traditional Adobe or all-new black, generously covers the seats and door panels. And what isn't enveloped in leather reflects care in its quality design and execution. MyFord Touch is optimized for truck owners, while ambient interior lighting is standard.
It might have taken a few years, but the 2013 Ford F-150 King Ranch has a powertrain fully competitive in both performance and efficiency. King Ranch prospects can choose from either a 5.0-liter V8, delivering 360 horsepower and 380 lb-ft of torque, or a 3.5-liter V6 EcoBoost (our preference), an option that delivers V8-like performance. With 365 hp, 420 lb-ft of torque and V6-like efficiency, it boasts a city/highway estimate from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) of 16/22 mpg for the King Ranch 4x2 and 16/21 mpg for the 4x4.
Behind the wheel, the F-150's EcoBoost V6 does everything you ask of it; acceleration is effortless and on-road cruising almost serene. And while there is little new in the 2013 Ford platform, the engineering team nails the ride/handling compromise with a composed ride, well-connected steering and almost nimble handling (in the context of just over 12 feet of wheelbase and 5,000 lb). Of course, despite its efficiency and luxury, the F-150 retains its blue-collar roots, with class-competitive towing and cargo capabilities.
What to Buy
Our test vehicle, a 2013 Ford F-150 King Ranch SuperCrew, included the 5-1/2-ft box, EcoBoost V6, 4x4 drivetrain and Ford's 6-speed automatic. With the King Ranch Luxury and Chrome packages, the cost (with destination) is just over $52,000. Available incentives reduce that by $1,000. Of course, the buyers of full-size pickups enjoy a highly competitive environment, where window stickers are generally only a suggestion of the final transaction. For those wishing to enjoy some ranch-like ambiance at a lower window sticker, Ford's Lariat combines an ample amount of Big Ranch swagger with a savings of approximately $8K. It's one thing to be big but something else entirely to be king.