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Contraceptives can be divided into groups. In this particular text, natural contraceptives will be discussed. The natural options include abstinence, breastfeeding as birth control, pull out method and fertility awareness methods. Abstinence and pull out are quite clear, but the other two can be somewhat tricky.
The average menstrual cycle lasts from 21 to 35 days and the amount of time before ovulation occurs varies from woman to woman and from month to month. Its range can be from 13 to 20 days long. After ovulation a normal cycle will occur 14 to 16 days later.
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Fertility Awareness Methods
It consists of keeping track of your ovulation period, sexual activity is then timed to avoid those days. Women abstain from sex or use other types of protection when it is known for them that they are more fertile. For it to be effective, menstrual cycle should be regular and sex should be avoided 3 to 4 days previous and after ovulation day.
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Ovulation is being identified by taking your body temperature every day in the morning at the exact same time. Women's temperature will rises after ovulation and will remain that way until her next period starts. Temperature must be recorded to a tenth of a degree. Changes are subtle but have to be jotted down. Before ovulation temperatures will range between 35,5 to 36,6°C and from 36,1 to 37,2°C after ovulation. A disadvantage of this method in particular is that any condition that could raise your temperature like a fever or your blood pressure like stress, anger or anxiety even in the slightest will alter the results. Pearl Index is 12.2%.
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Also known as the Billings Method developed in Melbourne in 1953. Hormones as well as controlling your menstrual cycle, produce mucus. It will change color, consistency and amount through the whole cycle and through ovulation. After menstruation, less mucus will be produced and these are the safe days where you can have intercourse. When the egg is getting ready, a white odorless sticky discharge will be seen. When ovulation is happening, the consistency will change into slippery instead of sticky and the amount will increase. 4-5 days after, it will go back to less mucus and considered safe days again. It should not be used until at least 1 cycle has been charted and works best if sex is avoided for that cycle.
The least safe days will start 3 to 4 days before the slippery, wet mucus appears. The safe days begin when the discharge is cloudy and sticky and the most safe are the dry days.
Some disadvantages are that more than one cycle has to be charted before trying to rely completely on this method. Women who are breastfeeding, have undergone cervical medical procedures, have had current STD's or were using hormonal contraceptives can alter the results of the mucus and can't rely on this method. The Pearl index is 3%


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Dr. Shriver was president of Union Theological Seminary in New York City in 1987.
This article appeared in the Christian Century February 2-9, 1977, p. 87. Copyright by the Christian Century Foundation and used by permission. Current articles and subscription information can be found at www.christiancentury.org. This material was prepared for Religion Online by Ted & Winnie Brock.
At both seminaries, Candler and Union (N.Y.), students and faculty participate in the perplexed American religious consciousness of the '70s: In a global community whose faiths are many, by what faith shall we live? In a time of disjunction between old and new languages of faith, by what language shall we witness to faith? And in a society whose institutions, seem mostly to threaten personal integrity, can we minister to persons without overhauling institutions?
My perceptions of the fit between piety and learning in the current world of theological education are conditioned by a recent move from one province of that world -- Candler School of Theology at Emory University in Atlanta -- to another, Union Theological Seminary in New York. The opportunities and the problems of achieving the fit are similar in both places; the contexts, histories and accents differ.
There, at Candler, a certain piety -- Methodist -- shapes the educational ethos. Here, at Union, we regularly experience an ecumenical collision of pieties. There, the move toward a parsonage dominates the expectations of most students from their junior year on. Here, students tend to ask a double "I-dare-you" question: "Can you intrigue me out of professional church leadership with your learning? Or into it?" There, ordinary popular doubt centers on the threat of learning to piety, and professors engage in running debates with students on the final usefulness of the scholar to the preacher. Here, doubt moves the other way.
Yet in both places students and faculty participate in the perplexed American religious consciousness of the '70s: In a global community whose faiths are many, by what faith shall we live? In a time of disjunction between old and new languages of faith, by what language shall we witness to faith? And in a society whose institutions, seem mostly to threaten personal integrity, can we minister to persons without overhauling institutions?
The image under which many of us carry on our educational work at Union is that of the crossroads. For over a century students have been coming here because they have the fortitude to risk all sorts of collisions: of world cultures in a great city, of religions and churches in an ecumenical cloverleaf, of church and academy in a theological school related to a great university but independent of it. There is almost a touch of masochism in the intentional vulnerability which brings many to Morning-side Heights. Their unverbalized commitment seems to be: "I'll test my preferred options for truth and goodness over against other options. Better to test out my stance before getting locked into it!"
As any longtime faculty member at Union will tell you, such a vulnerability carries its peculiar burden of challenge and danger for the nourishing of a fruitful conjunction between piety and learning. Male students feel the burden as they learn firsthand how women students are revising the theological language, ministerial practice, and self-understanding associated with a profession too long captive to the interests of men. Liberal whites confront blacks who affirm a version of "old-time religion" that still has more salvation in it for black people than liberals usually expect in their religion. On all sides here, students and faculty undergo the hard disciplines of American church pluralism. At times the otherness of a neighbor stands in for the otherness of God.
At our best, we suffer all this contradiction gladly, in the faith that out of a multitude of human attempts to glimpse, to trust and to obey the Lord of history, that Lord is weaving together a story he means to tell. Like Bonhoeffer, we yearn for unities and integrities that elude the grasp of so many faithful people in the world that one can easily conclude such yearning is pretentious. There is an enormous scope in the expressed ambitions of students who enroll here. Three examples from what they tell us:
I came because I felt the need to tap into the roots of the ecumenical movement and to a more diverse world -- that is, all those things which are centered for better or worse in New York city.
I came because I didn't want any kind of schmaltzy piety or any sterile intellectualism.
It was important for me to have both a ministerial emphasis and a scholarly reputation.
Students are asking for a complex combination of educational ingredients. A new president senses that "crisis" at Union has always (since 1836) consisted in the threat that some star in its constellation of educational commitments will withdraw from the whole. For example, the field education program, the study of current liberation theologies, and the struggle to keep the school's budget in balance all pose questions of Christian faith and ethics in their relation to urban-institutional structures. And at stake in the dialogue in 'our classes, our refectory, the suburban congregations in Westchester, the inner-city congregations of Brooklyn, and the bureaucratic part-time jobs at the Interchurch Center is a central issue: How does one achieve and combine authentic personal spirituality with equally authentic public spirituality?
Nothing in Union's history or current situation permits any of us to avoid this issue. As Malcolm Warford, our newly appointed director of educational research, said to me recently after interviewing a cross section of our current student body: "Reinhold Niebuhr's critique of shallow piety and privatized learning continues to be our typical understanding of the relationship between pastoral care and theology. Indeed, most students feel that Union's location in New York city is in itself a visible symbol of a public sense of pastoral care."
The phrase is haunting: "a public sense of pastoral care." It resembles the concern Robert Bonthius surfaced ten years ago: "The Pastoral Care of Institutions." Piety in the '70s has become well known now for its reversion to the personal, but I have to report that few rest easy with that reversion at Broadway and 120th Street. If piety did not protect us from it, vivid fact would do so: New York's unemployed wander our neighborhood streets too often for us to stop hoping that persons and systems are both to be saved by "Amazing Grace." (The song is one that we hear gratefully in chapel these days. One reason: a black artist who makes that song alive with herself and with her people.)
The crossroads image, I may add, fits our doctoral work in theology as closely as it fits our work in the M.Div. program. Union has often prided itself on its goal of training the "scholarly pastor." For reasons at once theological, institutional and professional, we are a place for training "pastoral scholars" as well. That very concept, however, violates the sense of intellectual probity that many of us on the faculty learned in our own university-oriented doctoral training. After all, modern university culture inclines to the proposition that objective truth is one thing; the love that commends it -- in the person of a great teacher, for example -- is quite another thing.
Modern intellectual culture assumes the "fact-value dichotomy" so easily, in fact, that the future relations of piety and intellect at Union will undoubtedly involve some mighty wrestling to keep the two intimate with each other, no matter how insulated some of our university colleagues prefer them to be. Our Christian roots incline us to study a truth worth doing, to learn the Word that meets us in human flesh, to speak the truth in love. A specialized, urban-scientific culture makes such combinations hard to believe in. Our task, in university related theology schools, is to teach, administer, learn, relate and act in ways that make such combinations credible.
I may be reading it inaccurately, but the theological axiom behind the quest for a holistic conjunction of truth and faith at Union Seminary is this: A good place to meet the God of Jesus Christ is at the crossroads of theological, sociological and political diversity, because there you are most likely to meet a whole human community. That surmise lies behind the vulnerability of so many persons here to each other's uniqueness. At our spiritual worst at Union, we revere our diversities to a point of despair over the very possibility of a whole. But at our best, we resonate with the famous last paragraph of Schweitzer's Quest for the Historical Jesus:
He comes to us as One unknown, without a name, as of old, by the lake-side, He came to those men who knew Him not. He speaks to us the same word: "Follow thou me!" and sets us to the tasks which He has to fulfil for our time. He commands. And to those who obey Him, whether they be wise or simple, He will reveal Himself in the toils, the conflicts, the sufferings which they shall pass through in His fellowship, and, as an ineffable mystery, they shall learn in their own experience Who He is.
Which is to say that at our very best at Union, we find ourselves listening to words credited to Jesus in his last conversation with Peter:
When you were young, you were able to do as you liked, and go wherever you wanted to; but when you are old, you will stretch out your hands and others will direct you and take you where you don't want to go [John 21:18].

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HTC has given a confirmation that it will be releasing Android 6.0 for its present flagships, while some latest rumors suggest that LG might skip Android 5.1.1 and might roll out the Marshmallow update directly. Some relevant data has been found on the company's Korea-specific support page and the data indicates that the LG G3 and LG G4 devices will be getting the Android 6 Marshmallow update soon. LG hasn't announced it officially, but screenshots of the support page clearly show a new category for "Android 6" apart from the previous versions.
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Crystal Palace vs. West Ham – Betting Tips and Premier League Preview
- Venue: Selhurst Park
- Saturday, 09 Feb, 15:00
- Referee: Craig Pawson
Crystal Palace achieved a crucial victory in their previous match against Fulham and are now four points off the relegation zone. However, Roy Hodgson's team isn't safe yet, so they would need to continue picking up points, especially at home. The new striker Michy Batshuayi who came on loan from Chelsea came as a sub in that match and instantly made an impact, which means Palace now have another offensive threat in their squad. West Ham managed to hold off the league leaders Liverpool to a 1-1 draw after an impressive performance at home, but now they are playing away at Selhurst Park. The Hammers lost their last three away fixtures in the league without even scoring a goal, so this could prove to be a huge advantage for Palace.
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Wilfried Zaha missed the match against Fulham after a suspension, but now the forward is back and ready to help his team. The only doubt for Palace is midfielder Cheikhou Kouyate who has an ankle injury and will be assessed before the match. Pape Souare is out with a long term injury.
Unlike Crystal Palace, West Ham have a lot of injury problems in their squad at the moment. Defenders Winston Reid and Fabian Balbuena are injured, which means the partnership at the back will be Ogbonna and Diop. In the middle of the pitch, things don't look bright either. Carlos Sanchez, Jack Wilshere, Manuel Lanzini and Andriy Yarmolenko will surely miss the game, while Samir Nasri is a doubt for the trip to Selhurst Park. However, probably the biggest problem for the West Ham manager Manuel Pellegrini is the condition of Marko Arnautovic who is also a doubt for the game. The Chilean would like to have at least one of him or Nasri available if his team want to snatch something away from Palace.
The win against Fulham will give Palace some breathing space, but they shouldn't become complacent because each point could be crucial in the relegation battle. The biggest advantage they have over their opponents in the fact that they are playing at home. West Ham's away record has been terrible recently. The Hammers lost their last three away fixtures and failed to score in three of them, whilst conceding at least two goals in two of them. If we add their injury problems to the equation and the fact that Zaha will be back in the Palace side, I think a win for the home team seems like the most likely outcome. However, the game is going to be pretty close and if Palace win I don't see them doing so by a margin bigger than one, especially considering West Ham's decent record when playing at Selhurst Park.Prediction: Crystal Palace to win @ 1/1 at Bet365
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A New Boost For Football Backers
Wednesday - August 19, 2009
Don Weir was a senior defensive back when he played in one of the most memorable upsets in University of Hawaii football history. It was in the early 1970s, and Weir was finishing up his two-year playing career for the Rainbows.
"People forget we were an independent back then. We would play Stanford one week and Puget Sound the next. Or we'd have Grambling on our schedule and then Cal Lutheran. It was really up and down," he recalls.
But then there was that autumn afternoon in 1973 on the road at the University of Washington's Husky Stadium.
"We were huge under-dogs (as much as 50 points, reports say). I remember the smack talk in the newspapers, and we went up there to play in this enormous stadium," he says. "Then our defense really stepped up. Harold Stringer had a couple of key interceptions, Levi Stanley lit up somebody, and Dexter Gomes hit one of their guys so hard he barely got up and was shaking his head. I don't think people realize how tough players from Hawaii really are; I don't think Washington was ready for that. It was phenomenal."
Hawaii won, 10-7.
Thirty-four years later, Weir watched as Hawaii came back to beat Washington to finish an undefeated regular season in 2007. By now, people across the nation were finally beginning to understand just how tough these Warriors were.
Weir had become volunteer president of the UH Letterwinners Club. A year later, he interviewed for the very important position as executive director of the UH football booster club Na Koa. He impressed the selection panel with his passion and enthusiasm.
"I started pounding on the table," he recalls. "I said, 'This is my school, this is who I played for, and this is my job!.'"
The committee took notice and hired Weir as Na Koa's executive director this past winter. He began his new duties on March 1. Since then, he's been spreading his passion and enthusiasm, and trying to build membership numbers even in a tough economy.
"Na Koa has about 850 members," he says. "But look at our population base - it's upward of 2 million. I look at those who aren't signed up yet as an opportunity. I'm not out there asking people for money. I'm interviewing and asking them to help be a part of us."
Weir says Na Koa helps the football program out to the tune of about $1 million a year. "Ticket sales pay for financial aid, like room, books and tuition," he says. "Na Koa does the other stuff, like knee braces, summer school, coach's cell phones, training table and help in (the travel process and logistics of) recruiting. Money is raised through memberships, fundraising events and sponsorships. We're also starting our first endowments."
The next big event for Na Koa is an annual fundraiser in downtown Honolulu. Murphy's Pigskin Pig-Out will be held Thursday,Aug. 20, from 5 to 9 p.m. at Murphy's Bar & Grill.
"The entire proceeds go to helping the football program," Weir says. "We've got a live auction and silent auction. One of the premier items will be a weekend getaway for two to San Diego, (complete with) airfare, hotel, meals and tickets to the Redskins-Chargers game, (where two lucky fans) will hopefully get a chance to see Colt Brennan."
Weir is very excited about the upcoming season. The Warriors open up against Central Arkansas, Sept. 4, at Aloha Stadium. UH also plays host to Boise State, Fresno State, Utah State, New Mexico State, Navy and Wisconsin this 2009 season. Weir hopes fans will step up and find out more about Na Koa.
"I'm inviting everyone who's already a member, or who is interested, to come to the last full scrimmage before the start of the season. It's Saturday, Aug. 22, in the morning. I'm hoping people will drop by the Na Koa office (just mauka of Klum Gym) before the start of the scrimmage. I'll be making coffee."
Weir is hoping his passion and enthusiasm for Hawaii rubs off on those who attend.
"It's like I say in all my e-mails: 'If you buy a ticket, you get to sit in a seat. If you join Na Koa, you're a part of the team.'"
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Should You Buy Acer's Fancy New Tablet/Laptop Hybrid? [Review]
Jeremy gets hands-on with Acer's shiny new toy to see if there's space in our digital device drawer for a slate-laptop hybrid.
Just reading the name of Acer's new hybrid PC/tablet, the Switch 10, lets you know that it has some tricks up its sleeve, and the snazzy new toy doesn't fail to deliver on those preconceptions.
The question around the industry is whether these Frankenstein-like gadgets have a place in our homes, given that most households already have tablets and PCs, but once you get your hands on a device like the Switch 10, it becomes immediately apparent that these crossover devices are the future.
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When using the Switch 10, it's size and build lends for a very on-the-go feel to it. There's no issue of lugging a oversized laptop and massive charger with you. The Switch 10 is pretty small and light, and the charger can be compared to something similar to that of a smartphone's – small, compact and light.
While small, it packs a punch. Its Full HD (1920×1200) Gorilla Glass coated display is beautiful and robust enough to be used for anything. The Intel Atom Z3745 chipset and 2GB of RAM is not going to play high-end game, but it's enough power under the hood to handle your day-to-day chores and video-playing.
Speaking of which – we put the Switch 10 to the ultimate most-common test – how does it fair with media? We decided to watch a movie and some videos on it, and we found the smallest things make it such a joy to use. Firstly, the various layout options you can use make it perfect to place on a bed, counter or desk in any angle you see fit. Secondly, the touch-screen interface made switching between videos and different movies so much easier. There's no need to use a trackpad or mouse from an awkward lying-down angle anymore. It may seem small, but it's a big plus for usability.
As for using it for work purposes (sigh), after a few days, it feels just like a miniature laptop. The key action could be improved, though. You get the same sort of key depth as a Macbook, but they're a little bit "spongy", for lack of a better word. To be fair, you will get used to it, and we were typing away at full speed within hours. But keyboard quality is pretty important in a hybrid such as the Acer Switch 10.
Many of my complaints are fairly minor, however. And they belie the simple fact that the Switch 10 is often a pleasure to use. On the whole, it's a capable and very portable tablet, giving you the full Windows experience in a package that's easy to toss into a bag or backpack. Keyboard gripes aside, we actually enjoyed spending time with the device, and frequently found ourselves sing it as a standard tablet more often than not, leaving the keyboard attachment behind.
Local retailers have priced the Acer Switch 10 between R4,500-5,000.
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Our View: State should not retreat on Maine women's health
The richest country in the world should not also be in first place when it comes to women who die of pregnancy-related complications.
But that's the case in the United States, where there are 26.4 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births, almost three times the rate of such deaths in the United Kingdom and more than six times as often as Finland.
You would think that statistics like that would shock the conscience of policymakers and spur them to invest in reproductive health care. But the Trump administration has done just the opposite and used its power to cut access to family planning and other health care services for low-income women in a misguided attempt to make legal abortions harder to get.
Fortunately, Maine lawmakers have a chance to say that this is not the time to retreat.
At issue are new rules promulgated by the Trump administration that limit the kind of sexual and reproductive care that can be provided to low-income patients under a federal program known as Title X. Under the new rules, providers who receive the funds are prohibited from discussing abortion as an option with their patients. Doctors and other health care professionals are forbidden from referring a patient they are seeing for Title X services to an abortion provider, even if that's what the patient asks for.
Under those conditions, Maine's family planning clinics, Planned Parenthood and Maine Family Planning, chose to withdraw from the program in which they had participated for nearly 50 years. L.D. 1613 would replace the lost federal money with state funds, roughly $2 million a year, keeping alive a vital link in the state's health care network.
Because defunding Planned Parenthood and other abortion providers is the real motivation behind the federal gag rule, you could think that this funding is related to abortion, but it is not.
No Title X money is used to pay for abortion services. It does fund birth control for people who don't have the ability to pay for it. It also covers pregnancy tests, cancer screenings and testing and treatment for sexually transmitted infections. Denying those services to people because they can't afford them will not reduce unintended pregnancies, but it will have other consequences. How do we know?
We can look at the experience of other states. When Iowa forced the closure of family planning clinics, sexually transmitted infection rates skyrocketed. New Hampshire saw an explosion of gonorrhea and chlamydia when it cut money for its testing program.
Health care providers around the state say that the family planning clinics provide a point of entry into the health care system for people who wouldn't otherwise have any access and that the clinics work in partnership with other providers to extend health services into rural areas where access to care is scarce.
Maine lawmakers should step up and fill the gap created by the federal government. This is no time to retreat on women's health.
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November 18 – The entrance to an insurance company headed by under-fire Cyprus Football Association (CFA) boss Costakis Koutsokoumnis has been bombed in the latest ugly protest against his leadership.
According to Limassol investigators, the blast occurred in the early hours of Thursday morning causing extensive damage but no injuries in what was the second explosion at the same offices in four years.
Media sources claimed that Koutsokoumnis told investigators that he suspected "underworld figures involved with match-fixing" were behind the explosion which occurred while Koutsokoumnis was in Greece at the behest of FIFA, ironically in an effort to mediate a deal between the Greek FA and the government over the ongoing crisis in Greek football.
Koutsokoumnis is a symbol of hate among many Cypriot fans, partly because of his efforts to re-unite Greek and Turkish Cypriot football on the divided island.
He recently announced sweeping measures in a bid to eradicate match-fixing, under pressure from UEFA which suspects six first-division matches and a domestic cup match may have been fixed since September. According to Marios Lefkaritis, a vice president at UEFA and honorary president of the CFA, files on 75 matches suspected of being fixed since 2011 are being processed.
Koutsokoumnis has been CFA President since 2001 but according to agency reports has been accused of using his position to bolster his position within the ranks of FIFA and UEFA rather than prioritising more pressing domestic issues.
Even though he is endeavouring to stamp out match-fixing, Cypriot football continues to be plagued by other problems such as hooliganism, while there is discontent over the numbers of foreign players in the countsy. Cyprus has the highest number of foreign imports of any top division in Europe and according to world players' union (FIFPro) has one of the worst reputations in the world for players being left unpaid, largely as a result of clubs being in severe debt.
Within hours of the latest bombing incident, Cyprus' top sports official urged lawmakers to pass legislation enabling authorities to tap suspects' telephones and access bank accounts in the fight against match-fixing.
Cleanthis Georgiades, president of Cyprus Sports Organisation, said the situation was now out of control. "If authorities are going to stamp this out, legislation must be passed that unties their hands because it's wiretapping that helps crack such cases," he told The Associated Press.
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Everything seems to be getting "smarter" these days: Smartphone, Smart TV, Smart Board, etc. Now, even your thermostat is getting smarter. Yes, the thing you use to set the temperature inside your home is getting a facelift. No longer are the days where you are constantly adjusting the thermostat throughout your busy day to try and save money on your energy bill. Now, companies like Nest and others are doing this for you; making your life easier and saving you some money along the way. There are many new gadgets the 3rd generation Nest Learning Thermostat has to offer. These new thermostats are adding another "smart" technology to the ever growing list and changing the energy game.
The Nest Learning Thermostat and other smart thermostats are clean, sleek, and easy to use. They are designed to "learn" from your behaviors and habits. After some time, they will operate themselves. For example, many people make their home cooler at night while they are sleeping. After adjusting the thermostat manually for a week or two, the smart thermostat will pick up on your pattern and start adjusting the temperature for you at that time of night. Due to its motion detectors, these thermostats can also change the temperature of certain rooms inside your home based on your movements and location. Smart thermostats will also adjust themselves based on the exterior wind chill and humidity of that particular day.
These thermostats can even protect your home. They not only monitor the temperature of your heating and cooling units, but also monitor all other aspects. Your "smart" thermostat will tell you if there is something wrong with your heater, or if a pipe were to burst due to freezing exterior temperatures. This thermostat is always looking out for you and your family and will provide peace of mind to all.
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Live Music
The Owsley Brothers @ Funky Blues Shack Baytowne
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Hailing from the northern gulf coast of Florida, The Owsley Brothers began as the bedroom recording project of multi-instrumentalist J.E. Reynolds. Armed with a cheap guitar, makeshift drum kit and an 8-track recorder, Reynolds crafted 2011's critically-acclaimed EP, Pure Lust. Within a few months, his unique blend of lo-fi scuzzed-out blues guitar, combined with his utterly unique vocal twang attracted much attention and glowing reviews from blog community stalwarts My Old Kentucky Blog, Aquarium Drunkard, Rollo & Grady, and Some Velvet Blog.
Their songs are currently getting attention and being played on Sirius/XMU, KEXP 90.3 Seattle, and KXLU 88.9 Los Angeles. The lineup consisted of Reynolds on guitar/vocals, Brian Wise on guitar, John Reinlie on drums, Zion Cochran on bass, keyboards and effects. In addition to they're incessant touring, several of the group's tracks have been licensed for use by Quicksilver, Fox Motorsports, DC shoes for national Ad Campaigns, as well as placements in FX's "The League" ABC's "Revenge", and Showtime's "Shameless"
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Artist Portfolio Magazine's 10 Art Competition
Tal Ben Avi – Kfar Saba, Israel
I practice direct photography, gazing at prosaic sights with intent of creating clear
images out of them. At the same time, my photography seeks to capture the image just before it
disintegrates, before it becomes a texture or a surface. In many of my photographs the
image is established at the very midst of the disintegration process.
The body of work is created solely through analog and chemical procedures, working
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Today at Social Loco, Google's Marissa Mayer gave a keynote presentation outlining some of Google's recent advances with its local products. She also unveiled two new features related to Local: a tablet version of Google Earth for Android, and a new extension of Places called Business Photos (which is essentially 'Street View' for business interiors).
Back in March at SXSW, Mayer announced that 40% of Maps usage was coming from mobile phones. Today, she announced that the number is now up to over 50% (she qualified this by saying the stat is for weekends, but it sounds like the weekday trend isn't far behind). Next, Mayer announced that Google has now racked up some 5 million ratings and reviews in its database of Places, thanks in part to its successful (and oddly named) Hotpot project.
The keynote then turned to some product launches. The first is Google Business Photos, which will allow users to explore the interiors of select businesses in the US, Japan, Australia, and New Zealand. The interface looks identical to Google Street View, allowing you to 'look around' the interior by dragging your mouse. Oddly, instead of allowing businesses to take these photos themselves, for the time being they have to request a Google photographer — though I won't be surprised if Google eventually launches a photo app that makes it easy to take these 360 degree photos. You can find an extensive FAQ on the process (which includes the cities that Google will be supporting initially) right here.
Second, Mayer announced that Google Earth is coming to Android Tablets. Google launched an Android version of Google Earth last year, and now they've launched a tablet-optimized version of the application. It's available in Android Market right now.


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The University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine is mourning the death of Dr. Robert Morrison, a faculty member in its Department of Veterinary Population Medicine. Dr. Morrison, his wife and several companions were involved in an auto accident north of Prague in the Czech Republic. They were traveling prior to attending a swine health management conference in Prague. "Dr. Morrison was an international leader in the swine industry," says Dr. Trevor Ames, dean of the college. "This is a tragic loss for the strong team of students and faculty that Bob helped us build. Our thoughts and prayers are with the Morrison family."
Dr. Morrison was hired by the University of Minnesota in 1986 and recently launched the Swine Health Monitoring Project, which provides weekly reports on the health status of over 50% of the U.S. sow herds. Dr. Morrison also coordinated two internationally-respected swine health management conferences: the St. Paul, MN-based Allen D. Leman Swine Conference and the Leman China Conference in Nanjing, China. The conferences are named for UM professor Dr. Al Leman, who served as Dr. Morrison's graduate advisor.


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Manchester United travels to Monlieux to take on their boogy team as Wolverhampton Wanderers look to make it four straight without a loss against the Red Devils across all competitions (Watch live, 3:00 p.m. ET on NBCSN and online via NBCSports.com)
The last time Manchester United beat Wolves was in 2012 when they won 5-0 at Monlieux in a season that saw Wolves eventually relegated. They were winless in all three matches against Wolves last season, including two in Premier League action and one in domestic cup play. To end that drought, they'll need to break a Wolves streak of eight consecutive top-flight matches unbeaten at home, making their midlands ground a fortress of late.
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To help snap the streak, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has handed winger Daniel James a full debut, coming into the side in place of Andreas Pereira as the only change from the team that topped Chelsea 4-0 to begin the season. Juan Mata stays stuck on the bench, while Jesse Lingard, Marcus Rashford, and Anthony Martial all spearhead the attack alongside James. Paul Pogba again partners with Scott McTominay in midfield to reprise a duo that was fabulous against the Blues. Alexis Sanchez remains out of the squad, although Solskjaer confirmed he is "close" to a return.
For Wolves, they deploy an unchanged side from the opening day draw with Leicester City. Diogo Jota and Raul Jimenez are back leading the lines after being rested midweek for their Europa League win over Pyunik. Nuno again deploys a 5-3-2, with wingers Johnny and Matt Doherty serving as wing-backs along the three central defenders in Connor Coady, Wily Boly, and Ryan Bennett.
Wolves XI: Patricio; Doherty, Bennett, Coady, Boly, Jonny; Dendoncker, Neves, Moutinho; Jota, Jimenez.
Subs: Ruddy, Neto, Cutrone, Gibbs-White, Saiss, Vinagre, Traore.
Man United XI: De Gea; Wan-Bissaka, Lindelof, Maguire, Shaw, McTominay, Pogba, James, Lingard, Rashford, Martial.
Subs: Romero, Tuanzebe, Pereira, Mata, Matic, Greenwood.


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Former MK Dons SET Netball's Megan Thorne helped England to be crowned champions of U21 Netball Europe last weekend at the University of Worcester Arena.
England took home the trophy thanks to victories over Northern Ireland (83-20), Wales (58-26) and Scotland (74-21).
Megan, aged just 16, featured off the bench in all three matches for the young England side, who are looking good ahead of the Netball World Youth Cup in 2021.
Now a member of the Wasps Super League Under-19s squad, Megan was a MK Dons Under-16s player last season.
Speaking to mkdons.com, her former coach with MK Dons, Julie Tucker, said: "I knew Megs had what it takes to get there when first working with her at 13 because of her sheer spirit and determination.
"Netball is clearly in the genes at the Thorne household, with Dad, Mum and baby sister Tayla all playing at a high level. Megan's grandmother Audrey Castle is a nationally and internationally respected umpire and assessor who still gives her time in Milton Keynes to help develop netball too.
"As the European city of sport for 2020, Milton Keynes is producing some amazing talent across a variety of sports and Megan is raising the bar even higher for Netball in MK."


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Gvtaren stepped warily into the cool passageway. She was early, she knew that, but she also knew that it was best that way. This was new terrain for her, but the rules were the same as always: Stay low, stay downwind, don't make eye contact… and always, always, remember that you are here to observe, not to interfere.
There was a doorway at the end of the corridor. Frosted glass, gold lettering. She stopped, sniffed the air, and frowned. A new scent, layered on top of the light aroma of oak, leather-bound books, and cleaning fluid. Could it be fear? Her heart pounded just a little as she pushed open the door.
Before her lay a narrow table, and next to it the thin, boxy frame of a metal detector. She knew what to do. "Don't make eye contact," she reminded herself as she placed her purse on the table and a uniformed guard scurried over to sniff it.
The guard looked up at her and nodded. "Evening miss," he said with a smile.
"Show them your teeth," she reminded herself of something she had heard once. In a lecture, perhaps. "They like it when you show your teeth." And she smiled back.
When she had passed through the metal detector, another guard handed her her purse. "Have a good evening!" He said to her. She smiled and said "you too!" She pushed through the next door, and entered the chamber.
More guards stood inside the door, and on the other side of the room. A few other people were milling about quietly. Speaking, but only so those very close to them could hear. Gvtaren found a seat at the back of the chamber and settled in to wait.
She watched closely as the room began to fill up. A few rows in front of her, at the end of the row, sat a man and a young woman. Their faces looked grey, she thought. And she thought she had seen the man's face somewhere. They were perfectly silent, sitting quietly together, unsmiling, eyes focused on the empty seats at the front of the room. Slowly, more and more people came into the room, wandered about, found seats, and waited.
After a while, the seats at the front of the room began to fill up too. There were eleven of them, five on either side of one very large seat in the middle, behind a long curved table, perched up on a small stage, looking out over the rest of the room. The men and women who came to sit in these seats were considerably louder and cheerier than the people who now filled the seats in the main part of the room. A young man in a freshly pressed suit was with them, but he had no seat. Instead, he stood next to the end of the long table, holding a notepad and pen, and scurried from time to time to the side of one or another of the people in the seats. Gvtaren guessed that he was some kind of intern.
She had been scribbling away in her notepad, writing down her observations as she had been trained to do. Nothing was too small, no word or gesture insignificant. She was here to capture it all. She scanned the room slowly, taking note of the faces, the attitudes, the emotions… where had she seen that man's face before? She watched as he wrapped an arm around the young woman next to him, and she leaned in to rest her head on his shoulder.
A hush came over the room, and Gvtaren looked up. The man who sat in the big chair had just entered the room, and was making his way over to his seat. This must be the Council Elder, she thought, and scribbled something in her notepad.
"Glad you could join us!" Called out one of the people in one of the seats on the little stage, cheerily. A woman in her forties in a bright blue suit, with orange-ish hair that framed her face like a lion's mane – but a very stiff one, one that would never blow in the breeze or bounce along with her as she pounced across the savannah, Gvtaren imagined.
"We were about to give your seat away!" Chirped another – a Hispanic man with a tight goatee, probably in his mid thirties. Gvtaren's hand was scribbling quickly.
The man who had just come in stood in front of the big chair and began to tap on the microphone that was perched in front of him. A loud whupping sound filled the room.
"Well, looks like they've got the mics working this week!" He chuckled loudly.
The others in the seats at the front of the room chuckled too. This man was a little older than the others, probably in his fifties, Gvtaren guessed. His hair was greying but not quite grey, and his face had the soft-but-stern appearance of a kindly father. She kept scribbling.
The man looked out over the seats in front of him, and boomed: "All rise for the Sky Cloth Chant!"
Gvtaren watched as everyone else in the room stood, turned toward the Sky Cloth that hung in one of the front corners, placed their hands solemnly over their hearts, and recited the Chant in unison. When they were finished, they all sat down again.
"So, Councilmember Peters," the Council Elder called out cheerily, through his fully functional microphone, "I hear there was a birthday this week!"
The woman with the frozen lion's-mane hair, who Gvtaren now recognized as Councilmember Peters, beamed and prattled on for several minutes about how they had originally planned to have her son's birthday party at Six Flags, but then they found out that WonderSlides Water Park had a discount for City employees, and they were able to rent out the entire park for only $300! The other Councilmembers ooohed and aaahed and asked what flavor the birthday cake was.
"Well, I prefer plain vanilla myself," the Council Elder chuckled. "No, it's true!" He replied to the giggles from the seats to his sides. "Now," he turned to each side, "who else? Anything else to share?"
A few other Councilmembers piped up with accounts of their activities during the past week. There was much chuckling, and everyone showed their teeth.
By the time the Council Elder announced that it was time to begin Official Business, Gvtaren had been sitting in her seat for nearly an hour and a half. The grey-faced man and young woman sat stiffly ahead of her. "Official Business", according to the printed schedule Gvtaren had picked up when she entered the chamber, began with a series of announcements, and then moved on to comments and presentations from the public.
By the time the Councilmembers had finished making their announcements, Gvtaren had been sitting in her seat for two and a quarter hours. Finally, it was time for the Council to hear from the people in the seats. The grey-faced man leaned over and kissed the young woman on the forehead, she gave his arm a squeeze and whispered something to him. He stood up and made his way over to the podium that stood just below the long curved table.
The man leaned into the microphone on the podium, and began to speak:
"Good evening," he began. "I came here tonight to ask the Council…"
"Excuse me!" There was a loud squealing through the speakers, and everyone in the room covered their ears. "Excuse me!" A small Councilmember with mousey hair screeched into her microphone. "I've just been informed that the Chippewa Chachalacas have just won the Division A state tournament!"
There was light clapping from the room, and delighted ooooohs and aaaaahs from around the table. The man with the grey face seemed to sag just a little. He stood there at the podium, unsure what to do.
"Well," the Council Elder boomed, "I think we're going to have to hear about this!" He waved at the man with his hand. "Let's hold off on comments from the public for a little longer!"
The man at the podium remained standing there. His eyes closed for a moment, and then opened again.
"With all due respect," he began, "my daughter and I have been here since six o'clock. It is now eight thirty. I came to ask a few simple questions, that I have submitted repeatedly to the city over the past two months and have received no response…"
It was then that Gvtaren remembered where she had seen the man's face. She watched as the muscles on the Council Elder's face tightened, and a darkness descended upon his brow.
"Sir," he barked, his voice deeper now, "you will have to sit down now. We've had a change to the program, and you will just have to be patient. Everyone else is waiting patiently, I think you can too."
Gvtaren noticed the guards on either side of the raised platform adjust their stances and bring their hands to the sides of their hips.
The man just stood there for a moment, as if in disbelief. Then, without a word, he turned and walked back to his seat. His daughter was waiting for him, her head shaking slightly.
"Now!" The Council Elder brightened. "Let's hear about those Chachalacas!"
And for the next twenty minutes, the Councilmembers heaped lavish praise upon their beloved Chachalacas. The Chachalacas who had valiantly gone forth into battle against one rival sportsing team after another, vanquishing them one by one and bringing honor to their people; The Chachalacas who had made generous donations of their time and efforts to local Scouting troupes, teaching them the ways of their sportsing; The Chachalacas who have a long history of overcoming adversity, and who are models for us all.
Meanwhile, Gvtaren began to recall in vivid detail the reason she knew this man's face: There had been a front-page story in the Chippewa Herald with an image of a dozen police officers standing in the man's yard; another image of the man's fifteen-year-old son lying dead on the lawn in front of him; the words "mentally unstable", and "ongoing investigation."
One of the Councilmembers sniffed as she read from a scrapbook of newspaper clippings about the Chachalacas. Then, the intern raced breathlessly to the table with the news that the entire team would be stopping by later to receive their congratulations in person. There was talk of a cake.
When, finally, the discussion of the Chachalacas came to an end, it was nearly nine o'clock. The Council Elder reminded the room that "sportsing is all about family!" And called for a big round of applause for the local team.
"Well," he said as the applause died down, "now I guess it's time for the boring part of the meeting!"
Once more, the man with the grey face made his way up to the podium.
"I don't think what I have to say is boring," he said to the Councilmembers seated before him.
"I never said that!" The Council Elder exclaimed. The man at the podium just looked at him.
"Please proceed with your comments," A male Councilmember with thinning hair and a plaid jacket smiled and invited the man to continue.
"Thank you, Councilmember Evans," said the man, and then he began to speak.
He started by saying that those he was addressing already knew why he was here, as he had been requesting information from them for the past three months with no response. So he had come here tonight to make his request once more, in person.
He told the story of how, on June 18th, his fifteen-year-old son began acting erratically, screaming, throwing things, threatening other family members. He told how his son had been receiving treatment for mental and emotional problems, but how they had never seen him like that before. He told how he and his wife felt desperate, didn't know what to do, and decided to call the police for help.
He told of the dozen police officers who came to his home, how they tried to get his son to calm down, how they were equipped with tasers and other non-lethal weapons, but somehow ended up shooting his son multiple times and killing him.
He told of his attempt to get answers from both the police department and the City Council to his questions, namely: Why twelve adult men with non-lethal weapons were unable to subdue a mentally unstable teenager; why they believed they had no other option but to shoot to kill his son; and what the City planned to do to change how the police handle situations with mentally unstable people in the future so that something like this never happens again.
As he began to speak, the Councilmembers, who only moments ago had been cheering their town's sportsing victory, quickly put on their somber faces. They looked at him as he spoke, occasionally cocking their heads or nodding solemnly.
He told of submitting multiple requests for answers to these questions, and how, for more than two months now, he had received no response.
Around the table, the Councilmembers nodded their heads sympathetically. The Council Elder leaned forward to speak.
"Sir," he began, "I can understand your frustration. But you need to understand that the wheels of justice, and of administration, often turn very slowly. Now if you can submit to us a written account of what you've just said here, including your questions, I can promise that I will do my best to get it into the right hands."
The man gave a deflated sigh.
"I've already sent it to you, and to every office I can think of," he said. "But if you can think it will help for me to send it one more time, then I will do that."
"I will do my best," repeated the Council Elder.
"In the meantime," the man continued, "I did want to bring to the Council's attention an irregularity I encountered while making my inquiries…"
"I'm sorry," the lion's-mane Councillor spoke into her microphone, "your three minutes are up."
The man stared in disbelief.
"I was just finishing," he said. "Could I just tell you about the issue is that I encountered, and that I think you all should know about? What I found was…"
Lion's mane was shaking her head. "I'm sorry," she said, more sternly this time, "but your time is up!"
There were calls from the people seated in the room: "Let him finish!" "Let him say what he has to say!" "For God's sake, let him talk!" And Gvtaren saw that same darkness that had descended onto the brow of the Council Elder earlier, now fall across the face of the lion's-mane lady.
The Councillor addressed the room now: "There are rules of order!" She almost yelled. "And if we let this man break those rules, then we will have to let everyone else break them! And we would have nothing but chaos!"
"Chaos!" "Chaos, yes!" "It would be chaos!" "Chaos!" The Councillors around her nodded and murmured in unison.
"Please," the man continued, "I only…"
"Don't raise your voice!" The Councillor with the stiff lion's-mane hair bellowed into her microphone, her face shaking, but her coif remaining eternally still. Each of the guards leaned forward just slightly, their hands still on their hips. Gvtaren scribbled furiously in her notepad.
"Please sit down!" The Councillor bellowed, "or you will lose your privilege to be here and you will be ejected!"
For a moment, the room was entirely still, and the only sound was the light scratching of Gvtaren's pen on paper. She stopped quickly when she realized she might draw attention to herself. Her heart was pounding. This was precisely the kind of interaction she was hoping to witness, and the last thing she wanted to do was alert the others to her presence, thereby disrupting their natural behavior. She tried to make herself smaller in her seat, and waited quietly.
Just then, as if on cue, the door to the chamber swung open and the entire team of Chippewa Chachulacas bounced in in their bright silver and blue uniforms, four of them carrying between them an enormous sheet cake decorated as a blue-and-silver sportsing field with a wobbling bird perched atop it.
There was a moment of stunned silence, and then the mousey-haired Councilmember began to clap her hands.
"Oh hurrah!" She cried out in a small voice. The rest of the Councilmembers joined her and soon all were cheering for the victorious Chachalacas who, taking their cue, began to trot around the room with the cake, hi-fiving the people sitting near the aisles and chanting some sportsing song that no-one else knew the words to.
The man at the podium just stood there. As the Chachalacas neared the far end of the room, he turned to his daughter who beckoned him back to his seat with a look of disbelief. He walked back to her, and the two just stood there for a moment before picking up their things and walking toward the exit.
Gvtaren sniffed the air. There was that smell again. It wasn't fear, but something else.
The cake was being set down on a hastily cleared space on the great curved table, and the young intern worked quickly to carve it up. The Chachalacas and Councilmembers gathered in an uneasy huddle around the cake. The Council Elder went first, grabbing a great fistful and stuffing it into his mouth.
"Mmmmmmm….!" The Elder gave a thumbs up to the cake in his mouth, then spread his hands out over the cake to indicate that the others might now have some too. Gvtaren watched as the junior members hung back while the more senior members got first pick.
From the front of the huddle, the intern gave a yelp and bent down, clutching his ear.
"He's not sure where the nip to his ear came from," Gvtaren scribbled quickly, "but he's learned an important lesson. It will be a long time before this youngster tries again for a corner slice."
The people who filled the seats in front of the long curved table watched silently as the Councilmembers and the sportsing team vied for position at the feed. The guards looked nervously between themselves, adjusting their positions slightly but unsure what to do. A few of the people in chairs began to get up and quietly leave the chamber.
There was a snarl and Gvtaren tried in vain to identify the source. She continued scribbling. Pieces of cake were now flying in the air above what could only be described as a melee. Yelps and snarls filled the air, as everyone dove into the remains of the cake, oblivious to status and rank. The intern, Gvtaren noted, was hunkered under the table, trying in vain to lick his wounded ear. Just out of curiosity, she began looking around for the nearest exit.
She heard a cry and looked back just in time to see the Council Elder wrestling one of the last pieces of cake from the hands of the lion's-mane Councilmember – whose impeccably coiffed frame was now splattered with blue and white frosting… and possibly, Gvtaren noted in her pad… blood.
She could see that the guards were frightened now and did not know what to do. Finally, one of them took charge and strode up to one of the microphones on the table – the one farthest from the frenzy.
"Alright, everyone!" He bellowed out to the remaining crowd of citizens who sat frozen in their seats. "Please stand up and file out of the room in an orderly manner!"
People around Gvtaren began to scramble for their belongings and stumbled for the exits. Gvtaren made motions of gathering her things, but no real effort to evacuate: Her job was to record what was happening here and she wanted to be able to capture as much of it as she could. She continued scribbling as she pretended to look for her purse beneath the seats in front of her.
"Come on, everyone! Out!" The guards were now walking through the aisles, hurrying people out of the room.
From Gvtaren's position on the floor, she could see that the Councilmember with the lion's-mane hair had joined the intern below the table up on the platform, and was nursing her wounds. At first, Gvtaren was confused that the woman had given up so easily, but then she remembered something. She nodded and muttered to herself "of course, of course…"
"Miss! You need to leave now!" A guard stood directly above her, and Gvtaren knew that she could stay no longer. She scribbled down a few last notes before being forced from the chamber:
"The female cowers on the ground, knowing at some level that she must conserve her energy so that she can nurse her young – that they may one day grow strong enough to rip the head from the Council Elder and in this way take his place…"
"Keep moving please! Or you will be forcibly ejected!"
"…as has been the custom for generations."
(This account is fictional. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.)


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We would like to thank the following for their support of this year's San Pedro ♥ Festival of the Arts. We are pleased to have you as friends and hope you will continue to support this free festival. The list at the end is part of the drawings during the festival for free prizes.
We invite you to join as contributor, friend, or volunteer of the San Pedro ♥ Festival of the Arts held annually and currently in its 9th year. We are looking for contributions in the form of cash, objects that could be prizes at the free drawings every hour, water and food snacks for the performers, plus other possible items. All contributors will be listed as friends on the official website and for cash or donated items over $500 your name and logo, if given, will be displayed and linked on our sponsors page. Sponsors over $500 will also be listed on the program. You can download the form here: Contributer Form
City of Los Angeles Dept. of Cultural Affairs/Grants
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors through the Los Angeles County Arts Commission
County Supervisor Don Knabe
Joe Buscaino, Los Angeles City Council Member District 15
Jayme Wilson, Ports O'Call Restaurant & Spirit Cruises
Matt Lincir, Alvas LLC
Stacy Alvarez
Louise Reichlin
Jan Kain
Beacon House
Alvas – t-shirts
Pacific Battleship Center – USS-Iowa tour tickets
Ports O'Call Restaurant – champagne brunches
Spirit Cruises – cruises at the Port
Peoples Place San Pedro – tickets to swing peedro
San Pedro City Ballet
Journeys Martial Arts Academy


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There was a two-week gap between lab testing on a murder victim's fingernail sample and a swab from a rape victim, the Claremont serial killings trial has heard, as the defence seeks to establish possible contamination.
Bradley Robert Edwards, 51, admits raping a 17-year-old girl at Karrakatta Cemetery in 1995 and attacking an 18-year-old woman in Huntingdale in 1988 but denies murdering Sarah Spiers, 18, and Jane Rimmer, 23, in 1996, and Ciara Glennon, 27, in 1997.
The epic WA Supreme Court trial last week heard when Ms Glennon's left middle fingernail was initially tested, only her DNA came up - not Edwards'.
But in a combined sample with Ms Glennon's torn left thumbnail in 2008, Edwards' DNA was detected by UK scientists, although the ex-Telstra technician was not identified until 2016.
Yesterday, the court heard there were three possible explanations: the clipping never contained Edwards' DNA; it was always there but not detected by the technology used at the time; or it was present but not in the extracts initially analysed.
There were several tests conducted on various samples and sub-samples in WA over the years.
Pathwest scientist Anna-Marie Ashley testified the rape exhibits were not tested on the same day as Ms Glennon's nail samples.
In fact, Ms Glennon's samples were tested two weeks earlier in May 1997 and that was the closest they ever got to each other, Ms Ashley said.
The defence claims the rape swabs contaminated Ms Glennon's fingernail exhibits via secondary transfer in the lab.
Asked under cross-examination whether it was ever communicated to her that police were under pressure for results in the case, Ms Ashley replied: "I can't recall that being communicated to me."
Ms Ashley said improvements were later made to reduce the chance of contamination in labs, including masks, hair nets and double gloves.
Defence counsel Paul Yovich also asked Ms Ashley if she recalled anyone working on phone lines in the lab but she said no.
During re-examination, prosecutor Carmel Barbagallo asked Ms Ashley if she was aware of any contamination in relation to the two cases and again, she replied no.
WA Police Commissioner Chris Dawson sat in court yesterday morning and spoke with Ms Glennon's father, Denis, and detectives.
"The purpose of me visiting today is just to encourage the prosecution and the police teams who are working very, very hard in a very difficult and challenging trial," Mr Dawson said outside court.


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For the past six weeks, Pakistan has echoed with ferocious opposition to the CIA's covert drones program that targets al-Qaeda and Taliban militants hiding in the tribal areas along the Afghan border. Ever since Pakistan's army chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani issued a rare and fiercely worded condemnation of a March 17 drone strike, his criticism of the U.S. has been repeated by the prime minister, opposition politicians, and media commentators alike. And in that time, the CIA has fired only two drone more strikes, breaking a pattern of around a dozen a month.
The latest drone strike happened on Friday, on the heels of U.S. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, Admiral Mike Mullen and U.S. Army Chief Gen. Martin Dempsey's visits to Pakistan. Top American and Pakistani military, intelligence and government officials have been trying to calm the tensions between the allies through meetings in Washington and Islamabad. But little progress has been made: Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani continues to call for the drones to stop, as Friday's strike killed 25 people, including four women and five children, according to Pakistani officials. The reasons for Pakistan's sudden decision to end seven years of either tolerating or silently approving of the drones program remain unclear, raising questions about the nature of its current vehement complaint.
In fact, the ambiguity of the situation arises from the ranks of the Pakistani military out of the public arena. For example, on March 23rd, Gen. Kayani played host to a clutch of senior retired generals and, amid the tea and collegial bonhomie, the conversation casually turned to Kayani's statement a week earlier. Some of the visitors wondered why he had adopted such a sharp tone, describing the March 17 attack as an "unjustified and intolerable" violation of human rights. "These drones do have some use," one of the retired generals said, according to someone present. "Yes, they do have a use," Gen. Kayani was heard to reply.
Ever since the advent of the CIA program, the Pakistani security establishment has been content to at least tolerate the covert drones, and even come to discreetly approve of it. The very first drone strike in 2004 killed Nek Muhammad, a forerunner to the Pakistani Taliban. In 2006, when an airstrike killed some 80 people in Bajaur, provoking domestic outrage and the first major retaliatory suicide bombing, Pakistan maintained that its forces were responsible for the incident not the U.S. And, over at least the past year, Pakistani generals have come to be impressed by the accuracy of the drones and their ability to limit militant movements.
One general had even gone public with his approval. In early March, before the strike that stirred up the controversy, Maj. Gen. Ghayur Mehmood, the general officer commanding Pakistan's seventh division in North Waziristan, told reporters: "Myths and rumors about U.S. predator strikes and the casualty figures are many, but it's a reality that many of those killed in these strikes are hardcore elements, a sizeable number of them foreigners." According to the general's own figures, 164 predator strikes had killed over 964 terrorists over the past four years. The results have won the drone program some supporters in the tribal areas; the loudest protests emanate from areas well removed, like Punjab.
Drones have always been a delicate and difficult issue for the U.S. and Pakistan. The benefits to Washington are obvious a pilotless means of warfare that allows high-value targets to be eliminated in a territory where it cannot deploy troops. In recent years, the CIA has developed its own, impressive network of local assets that pinpoint targets; meanwhile, enhanced drone technology with smaller, sleeker missiles has meant fewer civilian casualties. For the Pakistanis, the use of technology that surpasses their own has been welcome, where the targets have been of mutual interest members of al-Qaeda and the Pakistani Taliban.


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Usually when you tie a course record, you're having a very good day.
That can certainly be said for Adam Scott at Round 1 of the 2012 British Open at Royal Lytham and St. Anne's. The Australian shot a 6-under 64 on Thursday morning to take an outright lead into the clubhouse, currently one shot ahead of Zach Johnson, Nicolas Colsaerts and Paul Lawrie.
Tiger Woods also had an excellent day, shooting 3-under and positioning himself nicely for a lengthy run heading into the second round. Woods is tied for fifth.
Phil Mickelson had a struggle of it in the wet conditions, putting himself nine shots back with a 3-over with just one hole remaining. Rory McIlroy has played well thus far, as he is 3-under and watching the action from the clubhouse.
On the local side of things, the St. John's alum Keegan Bradley started off hot but lost some strokes on the back nine, ending his day 1-over. New York City native John Huh is currently tied for 135th, after shooting a 5-over 75.
For the entire leaderboard, please follow this link.
For more on the 2012 British Open, please be sure to check out our Golf Hub and SB Nation New York for all the latest news and updates.


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Tailor-made programs
Since its foundation, the Colegio de España has established Spanish Programs for Groups (short or long duration) with universities, high schools, lyceums, etc. which include both the Spanish courses, extra-curricular activities and accommodation for students and accompanying teachers.
All Spanish Programs for Groups (contents, start date, duration, accommodation, etc.) are designed according to the academic requirements and interests of each institution.
At the end of the course all students will receive an Attendance Certificate or Study Certificate and the possibility to obtain University Credits.
What does the Spanish Program for Groups include?
Apart from the Spanish Language Classes we include a wide variety of activities to obtain a full immersion into the language.
Visits and trips
- General tour of the city of Salamanca on the first day of course.
- Possibility to visit specific monuments (Cathedrals, University of Salamanca, San Esteban Convent, etc.).
- Optional one-day trips to cities of historical-artistic interest cloase to Salamanca (Madrid, El Escorial, Ávila-Segovia, Toledo, Astorga-León, etc.).
- Longer optional trips (Galicia, Andalusia, Portugal, etc.).
- Aimed to help the students understand current events that might take place during their stay.
- Aimed to give students a better approach of the cultural trips organized by the group: the Holy Week in Spain, the Pilgrim's Road to Santiago de Compostela, Velázquez at the Prado Museum, Dalí and Picasso at the Reina Sofía Museum, etc.
Theatre Workshops
- Adapted to the different levels of Spanish Language.
- Amusing complement to the classes.
- Taught by specialists in music or scenic arts.
Other activities
- Typical breakfasts "Chocolate con churros", Tapas tours, dinners at typical restaurants.
- Traditional song class, Spanish guitar, dance class.
- Sports activities with Spanish students (football, basketball, , etc.), bicycle rides, horse-back riding, etc.
During all activities the group will be accompanied by teachers or monitors from the school or by Art History teachers or official tourist guides.
Spanish Program for Groups
Start of the program: to be determined by the Institution.
Flexible duration: to be determined.
Levels: all levels (A1, A2, B1, B2, C1, C2).
Daily sessions: to be agreed.
Weekly sessions: to be agreed.
Activities: to be agreed.
Accommodation: the most popular option is to stay with a Spanish host family, but we also offer other options: university residences, hotels, etc.
Airport transfer: optional from and to the airport.
Validation of University Credits granted by the Pontifical University of Salamanca
If the group is interested, our school offers the possibility to obtain University Credits (granted by the Pontifical University of Salamanca) for the Spanish program taken.
Certification of the course
At the end of the course, all students will receive an Attendance Certificate of Study Certificate.
Public Holidays (will not be recuperated): 1st January; 28th and 29th March; 23rd April; 1st May; 12th June; 15th August; 9th September; 1st November; 6th and 9th December.
The school will be closed from 23rd December 2024 and will open again on 7th January 2025.


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The project Playing with Virtual Realities takes place in the research group gamelab.berlin, at the Excellence Cluster an Interdisciplinary Laboratory, Humboldt University of Berlin.
The project explores how VR-technology and the embodied practices of gaming and dancing enact and design imagination and perceptual experience. The project is a collaboration of gaming, dancing, VR design, philosophy of technology, embodied…


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I'm happy to run in to Nat, a Thai guy who has a very chilled out appearance. But in Bangkok Nat worked successfully for years as a visual artist, dj and he runs a bar and record label in Bangkok.
Three years ago, he decided his lifestyle in Bangkok did not fulfill him any more and he wants to contribute to something bigger, more meaningful. Thus he moved back to his native town Ranong. There he worked on renovating a 5 story building into an artist & community center.
The aim is to have national and international artists stay in the residency while they work on community related art projects and give workshops.
When I arrive in the soon to open Reposition artist community center, I'm eager to contribute. Together with one of my Dutch friends and Nat we create a piece of wall art, as well as a 3 meter long piece with a map of Ranong city center and all the interesting places marked.
While we work, Nat serves us delicious local Robusta roast coffee, homemade cashew-banana milk and other delicious bites. In between work we make music on the balcony and explore Ranong and surroundings and discover that it indeed has a lot more to offer than the ferry to Koh Phayam 🙂 Thanks Nat for sharing your creative talents and passion with us!


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Here is Think IP Strategy's weekly selection of top Online intellectual property news breaking in the blogosphere and internet.
Highlights this week included:
Review of US Digital Millennium Copyright Act brings new exemptions (IP Watch) (Electronic Frontier Foundation) (Plagiarism Today) (Public Knowledge) (Filewrapper) (IPBiz) (ArsTechnica)
Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit: Breaking DRM for a 'fair use' is legal: MGE Ups Systems v GE Industrial and Consumer (ArsTechnica) (Copyright Litigation Blog) (Public Knowledge)
Landmark software copyright case in the UK: SAS Institute Inc v. World Programming Ltd (Technollama) (1709 Blog) (Innovationpartners) (IPKat)
Higher Regional Court of Düsseldorf overturns injunction again RapidShare (ArsTechnica) (TorrentFreak)
Please join the discussion by adding your comments on any of these stories, and please do let us know if you think we've missed something important, or if there is a source you think should be monitored.
Global – General
IP is to Gates what Oil was to Rockefeller (IP Think Tank)
Facebook egg on face? (IP Think Tank)
Global – Copyright
Flipping out over Flipboard 'social media aggregator' (IP Whiteboard)
Smoking pipes and other copyright tales – recent P2P and ISP liability decisions in US, Germany and Ireland (1709 Blog)
Only 0.3% of files on BitTorrent confirmed to be legal (ArsTechnica) (TorrentFreak)
Google helps to fight plagiarizing bloggers (IPBiz)
BitTorrent releasers slice the top off movie piracy pyramid ( TorrentFreak)
PK In The Know podcast – next generation DRM (Public Knowledge)
Global – Trade Marks & Domain Names
Keyword advertising: When are competitors allowed to use your trademark? (IP Osgoode)
Global – Patents
Horns on scalability of the patent system (Lenz Blog)
Search IBM Redbooks in IP.com library (Securing Innovation)
Free software, the international forum (IPtango)
US developments demonstrate Canada's C-32 digital lock rules more restrictive than DMCA (Michael Geist) (Michael Geist)
CETA update: EU continues to press on IP (Michael Geist)
University of Ottawa Press launches open access collection (Michael Geist)
New article – Google China struggling to build its China business (China Vortex)
Finnish ISPs to warn pirating customers (TorrentFreak)
Higher Regional Court of Düsseldorf overturns injunction again RapidShare (ArsTechnica) (TorrentFreak)
South Africa
Domain names registration: South Africa doing well (BizCommunity)
Peter Sunde banned from operating The Pirate Bay (TorrentFreak)
United Kingdom
Landmark software copyright case in the UK: SAS Institute Inc v. World Programming Ltd (Technollama) (1709 Blog) (Innovationpartners) (IPKat)
British Library on copyright: Help or hindrance? (Michael Geist)
United States
US General
Motorola and Huawei lawsuit re trade secret theft (Tangible IP)
US Patents
Is it 'spare time' if your employer owns your work? – Microsoft issue staff with Windows 7 phones (Property, intangible)
US Patents – Decisions
District Court Delaware – Amazon's infringing use of One-Click technology didn't irreparably harm digital identity business sufficient to warrant permanent injunction: Cordance Corporation v. Amazon.com Inc (Docket Report)
District Court E D Texas: Patent case transferred to California, citing location of defendants and witnesses: Software Archives v. Google (EDTexweblog.com)
ITC issues notice of no violation in encapsulated circuit device investigation based on complaint by Amkor against Carsem (ITC 337 Update)
US Patents – Lawsuits and strategic steps
Kodak – Commission issues notice of determination to review ID in 337-TA-703 Certain Mobile Telephones and Wireless Communication Devices Featuring Digital Cameras and Components Thereof involving Apple and RIM as respondents (ITC 337 Update) (ITC Law Blog)
Microsoft – Bilski to be expanded in RCT v Microsoft (AwakenIP)
Nokia – ALJ Gildea issues initial determination granting partial termination of electronic device investigation against Apple (ITC 337 Update)
O2 Micro – ITC affirms ALJ Gildea's overall determination of no violation but does so on modified grounds in certain cold cathode fluorescent lamp ("CCFL") inverter circuits (337-TA-666) (ITC Law Blog)
Planalytics – Patent granted for Planalytics weather-based financial index, after Bilski (Securing Innovation)
STC.UNM – New investigation 337-TA-729 instituted against Taiwan Semiconductor and Samsung Electronics (ITC 337 Update)
Vizio – Vizio files New 337 complaint regarding certain flat panel digital televisions (ITC Law Blog)
World.com – Worlds.com case reopened???: Worlds.com v. NCSoft (Patent Arcade)
US Copyright
Review of US Digital Millennium Copyright Act brings new exemptions (IP Watch) (Electronic Frontier Foundation) (Plagiarism Today) (Public Knowledge) (Filewrapper) (IPBiz) (ArsTechnica)
There's no 'third way' on copy ownership (Public Knowledge)
Hot news – too hot to handle? (IPKat)
Payola! (or, How to undermine your own argument to Congress) (ArsTechnica)
Hollywood: Google TV would put us on board big pirate ship – comments on FCC's AllVid proposal (ArsTechnica)
'Operation in our Sites' – Busted movie site pleads for cash to fight Feds (TorrentFreak)
ABA Journal: $17M for legal fees is money well spent, RIAA says (Recording Industry vs. The People)
In the pipeline: another Google copyright story – Satre's 'Nausea' and Google Books (JIPLP)
US Copyright – Decisions
Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit: Breaking DRM for a 'fair use' is legal: MGE Ups Systems v GE Industrial and Consumer (ArsTechnica) (Copyright Litigation Blog) (Public Knowledge)
District Court N D California: Judge denies Facebook's request for judgment on the pleadings and strikes Power.com counterclaims: Facebook v. Power.com (Technology & Marketing Law Blog)
US Copyright – Lawsuits and strategic steps
Blizzard – Starcraft II tournaments are copyright infringement (Public Knowledge)
Facebook – Facebook's attempts to end lawsuit before trial fail: Miller v. Facebook (Patent Arcade)
Google – In Perfect 10 v. Google, Round 3 goes to Google: No sloppy DMCA notices (Electronic Frontier Foundation)
Lucas Entertainment – Mass BitTorrent lawsuits now target private trackers (TorrentFreak)
Righthaven – The copyright troll is born: Righthaven v Las Vegas Review Journal (IAM)
Tenebaum – Labels file notice of appeal in Tenebaum case (Copyrights & Campaigns) (Recording Industry vs. The People)
Ultimate Fighting Championship – Ultimate fighters ask streaming sites to unmask uploaders (ArsTechnica) (TorrentFreak)
Universal Music Group – Recording Industry giant tries to undermine 'safe harbor' rules for online video sites: UMG v. Veoh (Electronic Frontier Foundation)
US Trade Marks & Domain Names – Decisions
No immunity for credit card processors of counterfeit goods: Gucci America, Inc v Frontline Processing Corp et al (IP Whiteboard)]
ABA journal reports on decision: Tiffany v. eBay (Seattle Trademark Lawyer)
US Trade Marks & Domain Names – Lawsuits and strategic steps
Healthy Pets – 'Appeal' of UDRP to District Court: NUPRO.COM (Trademark Blog)
Google – Yet another TM owner gives up against Google: Ezzo v. Google (Technology & Marketing Law Blog)


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Some of the Vine and recently announced Instagram videos are just super awesome because they allow you to express something in very short period. Now that said if you ever though how you can download the one which you like or even one which you actually made and posted. All it needs a simple right-click.
- First Launch of the vine video you want to download (On Twitter Obviously)
- Wait for the 6 second video to start playing.
- Right click on the video and select save as.
- This will then download the video in MP4 format on your computer.
First I thought this was because of some plugin I had installed but then later I realized that this option shows up in all possible browser. Some of the options along with the video was different as an example :
- IE has Pause, Mute, Save Video, Copy Video URL and Change Play Speed.
- Firefox has Play, Mute, Show Controls, View Video, Copy Video Location, Save Video as.
- Chrome has Pause, Mute, Loop, Show Controls, Save Video as, Copy Video URL and open video in new tab.
Remember, these options will appear only when you right-click over a vine video and not on any other videos.
These videos are actually hosted on Amazon and have a very long name. So when you hit save as make sure to download it proper name. Also, I haven't tried Instagram videos yet so not sure if similar options are available for them as well but I will fiddle around to find something on similar lines.
Those are not aware, Vine is from Twitter where you can use the official apps to create a short video and post it on twitter. They can watched on twitter web directly or if the client support it. These videos are posted with audio which you need to turn on manually, if you want to have more fun.