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Monday's chill sure came as a shock to the system! Following Sunday's 76° high temperature, a potent cold front swept in from Lake Michigan and sent temperatures spiraling downward! The temperature plunge didn't end until we reached a 36° low temperature Monday morning with wind chill values in the 20s! Monday's 47° high temperature wasn't much better! It goes down as the coldest temperature here since March 9th, and the first day below normal in three weeks! The long layoff between below normal days is likely why many have been up in arms about the chill! The 47° temperature, while a stark contrast to the 80s of last week, is only a level 5° below normal!
It's hardly unheard of to have this kind of chill take up residence here this time of year. In fact, it's EXTREMELY common to see temperatures even colder! Historically speaking, we're just about guaranteed to see another freeze before the cold moves out for good! In fact, every year has seen at least one more freeze beyond today's date areawide! Furthermore, we've got about a month until the historical average date of our last freeze, and freezes have been known to occur here as late as Memorial Day! Those who've already begun their planting this year will still have to prepare to cover those plants at least once more this spring!
This will, though, be the last time we worry about cold temperatures for at least the next week. Winds are to shift bodily out of the South overnight, setting the stage for strong warming into Tuesday. A cold front will be approaching into Tuesday afternoon and evening, which will likely be enough to set off a few scattered showers and t-storms. The Storm Prediction Center outlooks the Stateline for a slight risk of severe thunderstorms, and to an extent, our in-house RPM Model (Timecast) agrees! The key will be the amount of sunshine we see during peak heating times in the afternoon. The more sun we see, the better chances for storms to contain hail and gusty winds. The less sun, the smaller our chances for severe activity! We'll be watching this situation unfold during the afternoon hours, as we expect the best opportunity of storminess to be after 5pm.


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Did you try to do a Reindex it's been working for me since my last re-post.
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Did you try to do a Reindex it's been working for me since my last re-post.
Not sure if this will help everyone but I just did Reindex and now my auto-complete works. For now.
It started to work on its own like I stated over 2 weeks ago but it has stop again.
I so want to quit this email client but its the only one I've found that will work with my none plus account with...
Mine stared working for a couple weeks and I did nothing to get it working and it now stopped working. 7.1.4GA Build 11299
I found a work around for autocompleat that makes it work for me because apparently no one else has the problem. Only certain letters will work for autocompleat. The letters that dont work are as...
Thanks ZMike I appreciate the response. The real issue is the Autocomplete not working. I'm I the only one with this happening to.
Here's a little more incite, if I type in a few letters or numbers in the to:, cc: or bcc: box then highlight them then type the letter of the person I want to email the autocomplete will work and...
Wow 50 views and no one has a answer. I tried to do a repair than tried to uninstall and that didn't work. I would switch to another email client but my Rocketmail account only works on Zimbra....
Since the new update my auto complete fails Can anyone help to get it working again.
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Zimbra Desktop 7.1.4 GA (build 11299)
I was having that happen a lot in 2.01 version. Since I updated to Beta 7.0.1 (build 10791) it happened only once. I been use the new version about a week.
Make sure if you download the new version...
Good luck trying to get any help here I've post twice and never got any responce.:( I'm only a single user so I can't be any help to you but it does work pretty satisfactory for me.
I'm glad you got it to work, I'm still having the problem even with the 2.0.1 upgrade and know one on the forum is helping me out.:(
I'm using Widows XP SP3
Comcast email Smartzone full version POP3
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Since I didn't receive any responses I uninstalled the program and reinstalled it but I still had to...
Can anyone figure out why I cant foreword my emails?
When I use the drop down arrow to change to html or change to a different email address the foreword freezes and the email client say not...
In my Comcast account (Smartzone) when I go to send an email the TO, CC & BCC buttons are grayed out.
When I switch to my Yahoo account they are not grayed out and they are usable.
I also a have...
Move to General questions since no responses here!
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Word Smart for the GRE, 2nd Edition
Written by Princeton Review
Format: Trade Paperback, 384 pages
On Sale: July 2007
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About This Book
Word Smart for the GRE will help you build your vocabulary and boost your GRE verbal scores. It provides you with successful strategies for learning new words as well as proven techniques for scoring higher on the GRE Verbal exam. It also includes
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Are your cosmetics actually making you sick?
Most natural consumers are concerned with the products they put in their bodies and on their skin. In a polluted, industrialized system that sometimes seems a bit powerless to meet our needs, we try to gain some kind of control over our health by buying healthy chemically free products.
We're sure that we want only "natural" and "pure" products, but have a difficult time finding these products on the shelves that qualify.
There is a reason why it is so difficult to make truthful choices that reflect our needs. The natural products consumer is targeted by commercial companies that want our revenue, but don't have the deep desire to promote healthy products that we assume.
It's all about packaging and marketing. Marketers, advertisers, and CEO's of personal care products companies literally sit around tables figuring out how to convince us that what they are selling is natural. This is done with clever wording, choice of color and label design, packaging style, and choice of ingredients. Many of these products contain plant extracts that are highlighted on the label, but the base ingredients are synthetic. The same companies that are producing synthetically based products set aside "a portion" of their budget to create and promote a "natural line".
So how are we, as caring and educated as we are, so easily fooled? The first mistake that we make is when scanning an ingredient list on the back of a product, our eyes (and minds) skip over the long, complicated ingredients that we don't understand, and rest on ingredients such as chamomile, lavender, and aloe. I cannot count the number of customers who have said to me, "Oh I just bought a natural chamomile lotion by "such and such (commercial brand)", it smelled so good, and it's all natural". If I ask "Does it have methylparaben or propylene glycol in it?", the answer is invariably "No, it's all natural". Upon follow up research, I consistently find that though the product may contain some plant-based ingredients, it also lists some dangerous chemicals.
I personally take offense at the large number of chemical-bearing personal care products that line the shelves of natural food stores. A natural products consumer goes to this type of store looking for a haven; a safe-house, where the frightening chemical-laden society recedes, and Nature presides. Because they are so trusting of the establishment, they are less critical of the products, and more likely to believe the advertising claims on the bottles of shampoo and lotion. As a case in point, one of the largest "natural food chains" boasts that they don't carry any food items with preservatives, yet they carry hundreds of personal care products that contain those exact preservatives.
It is a well known fact that 60% of what we put on our skin is absorbed into our body. If you have convinced yourself that these questionable ingredients are not something that you have to worry about, then ask yourself these few questions:
- Do you know, or know of a woman that has or has had cancer?
- Do you know, or know of a woman, man or child that has eczema, psoriasis, or scalp problems?
- Do you know, or know of a woman or a man that is suffering from hair loss or arthritis?
- Do you know of a child that has suffered from genital infections?
If you can say yes to any of these questions, and if any of them apply to you, then you do need to become concerned about some of these questionable ingredients.
One last point, before presenting an informative list of ingredients to avoid, is the question that our customers constantly ask: Why does the FDA allow so many products to carry toxic ingredients? The answer revolves around capitalism, greed, and power. Laws in Congress are influenced by lobbyists, and the large personal products manufacturers have very powerful lobbyists. The FDA does not require studies on the long-term health risks of the ingredients in personal care products, only short-term irritancy tests (think animal testing). To change this we must band together and become a more powerful voice, and let our congressman know that our and THEIR mothers, sisters and friends are dying of cancer, in direct relation to the quantity of chemicals that they apply to their skin over a lifetime.
QUATERNIUM 15: (DOVE, Johnson's Baby Shampoo) FORMALDEHYDE, a carcinogen.
FD&C DYE: These dyes are produced from COAL TAR, and are documented to be CARCINOGENS.
BUTYL CELLOSOLVE, and ISOBUTENE: (Fantastic, Windex, and Formula 409)
A neuro-toxin. Damages the central nervous system, kidney and liver. Listed as a pesticide.
DIOXIN: Lysol disinfectant. Carcinogen, 500,000 times more deadly than DDT Ethyl Alcohol.
PROPYLENE GLYCOL: (contained in shampoo, conditioner, deodorant, lipstick, lotion, face cream, etc) This industrial solvent is so HIGHLY toxic, that industrial workers are warned of SEVERE health risks if contact occurs, such as brain, liver, and kidney abnormalities. They are required to wear protective clothing, gloves, and goggles during handling, and PG can only be disposed of in hazardous waste sites at a cost of $500.00 to $1,000 per drum!!!
Sodium Lauryl Sulfate
Sodium Laureth Sulfate
Ammonium Lauryl Sulfate
Sodium Myreth Sulfate
The above ingredients and other detergents are industrial surfactants that are linked to cancer, and literally strip the scalp and skin of necessary oils, leaving it dry, and severely itchy and flaky. They were originally designed to clean floors and engines and now are found in 95%!!!! of shampoos and body cleansers, even the NATURAL brands. The saddest aspect of this is that this SLS causes irritation and infection in the genitals of young children, yet is the main ingredient in baby shampoos and bubble bath.
TALC: (contained in baby powder, foot powder, pressed eye shadow and blush, and foundation)
Linked to uterine cancer and respiratory problems in infants. Literally "suffocates" the skin.
DEA, MEA, and TEA: Repeated use of these chemicals leads to a major increase in the incidence of liver and kidney cancer. Restricted in Europe.
DMDM Hydantoin & UREA: Preservatives that release FORMALDEHYDE into the body. Funeral directors are now saying that there is such a high concentration of formaldehyde present in the human body at death that they are using 50% LESS formaldehyde than they used to.
FRAGRANCE (including FRAGRANCE OILS): Linked to cancer and mental problems including depression.
TRICLOSAN (found in ANTI-BACTERIAL SOAPS): Registered as a PESTICIDE with the FDA, linked to cancer, a hormone disruptor.
METHYLPARABEN, PROPYLPARABEN: Preservatives that deposit in the human system that disrupt normal enzyme activity.
PTHALATES: (Used nail polish, fragrance and a host of other products) Extremely toxic chemicals (regulated under environmental law) that reduce fertility, harm the male reproductive system, and are especially dangerous to pregnant womens' fetuses. Found in products by Proctor & Gamble, L'Oreal, Lever Brothers, Maybelline, Chesebrough-Pond's, Colgate, Elizabeth Arden, Kraft, and Revlon.
CARMINE: (found in lipsticks, glosses blushes, and eye shadow) This extract from the carmine beetle in South America, has been connected to heart problems.
Now, aside from these obviously toxic chemicals, there are other issues that arise with products that claim to be "all natural from pure vegetable sources".
There are several ways to extract an oil or a wax from a plant, (eg. jojoba oil, evening primrose oil, shea butter, cocoa butter). It can be extracted with a solvent, which leaves toxic residues in the products, or by extremely high heat, which DESTROYS the botanical properties associated with the plant, or by the cold-pressed method. If you are a consumer or a manufacturer, ASK QUESTIONS. How was the shea butter extracted? Are the oils cold-pressed? Is the vitamin E or glycerin synthetic or natural?
Find out if the ingredients are organic. This is an extremely important issue, due to the very high toxicity level of pesticides that become concentrated in liquids extracted from plants.
Look for the words 'cold-pressed' and 'organic' on labels, and if you don't see them, put the product down and keep looking. Ask questions to store owners, who in turn can call suppliers and manufacturers.
Stay away from ingredients that contain long words you cannot pronounce, that have the phrase "from coconut oil" in parentheses. Any natural products that have been chemically broke down are no longer natural and should be avoided at all costs. Sodium Laureth Sulfate is derived from coconut oil is still an unhealthy product, despite its source.
This list could go on for ages, but if you would like to gain more knowledge, start asking questions. Call the manufacturer, log on to the FDA website, and get the word out.


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"I loved this book. A worms'-eye dissection of the Wall Street crisis from a very sharp and very knowledgeable labor economist. Here's hoping that before the Washington consensus gets set in stone, policymakers will read it and reflect on the havoc the masters of the universe have wreaked on ordinary people." --Charles Morris, author of The Trillion Dollar Meltdown: Easy Money, High Rollers, and the Great Credit Crash and Money, Greed, and Risk: Why Financial Crises and Crashes Happen How could the best and brightest (and most highly paid) in finance crash the global economy and then get us to bail them out as well? What caused this mess in the first place? Housing? Greed? Dumb politicians? What can Main Street do about it? InThe Looting of America, Leopold debunks the prevailing media myths that blame low-income home buyers who got in over their heads, people who ran up too much credit-card debt, and government interference with free markets. Instead, readers will discover how Wall Street undermined itself and the rest of the economy by playing and losing at a highly lucrative and dangerous game of fantasy finance. He also asks some tough questions: Why did Americans let the gap between workers' wages and executive compensation grow so large? Why did we fail to realize that the excess money in those executives' pockets was fueling casino-style investment schemes? Why did we buy the notion that too-good-to-be-true financial products that no one could even understand would somehow form the backbone of America's new, postindustrial economy? How do we make sure we never give our wages away to gamblers again? And what can we do to get our money back? In this page-turning narrative (no background in finance required) Leopold tells the story of how we fell victim to Wall Street's exotic financial products. Readers learn how even school districts were taken in by "innovative" products like collateralized debt obligations, better known as CDOs, and how they sucked trillions of dollars from the global economy when they failed. They'll also learn what average Americans can do to ensure that fantasy finance never rules our economy again. As the country teeters on the brink of what could be the next Great Depression, we should be especially wary of the so-called financial experts who got us here, and then conveniently got themselves out. So far, it appears they've won the battle, but The Looting of America refuses to let them write the historyor plan its aftermath.


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Windows Ultra-Antivirus is a fake computer protection software that will attempt to induce computer users to pay for its licensed version. This malware will display bogus alerts stating that several threats were found on the computer. Due to its nice-looking design, we believe that it can easily deceive users. If you click on it, Windows Ultra-Antivirus will advise you to buy the full version and promises that it can normalize the computer after removing Trojans and viruses. Keep in mind that what it shows you is fictitious; they do not exist in the PC at all. They are made to frighten users like you so that authors behind the malware may gain profit after you purchase the program.
Aside from flashing dozens of alerts, Windows Ultra-Antivirus also provides scan results full of wrong data. It will found dozens of threats after the scan even if your computer is free from threats. Again, it will advise the purchase of the paid version.
To defend itself inside the computer, Windows Ultra-Antivirus may disable your antivirus program. The rogue software accomplishes this action with Trojan. Moreover, it may block you access to security web site to prevent you from having a removal tool.
So far, the best advice we can share with you is to ignore Windows Ultra-Antivirus. Never spend for this malware. If you need to remove it from the computer, you can simply follow the guide we have outlined on this page.
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What are the Symptoms of Windows Ultra-Antivirus Infection?
When Windows Ultra-Antivirus infiltrates your computer, virus scanner like the one below will display on your screen. It runs even without any user involvement. In short, it is included in your Windows start-up entry. It quickly scans the computer and provides fake results.
It will modify Windows Registry and add the following entries:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run "(random characters)"
The threat will drop the following malicious files:
%System%\(random characters).exe
%System%\drivers\(random characters).sys
Follow these Procedures to Remove Windows Ultra-Antivirus
Procedure 1: Scan Computer in Safe Mode Using Installed Anti-virus Program
1. First, we will try to remove Windows Ultra-Antivirus by running a virus scan under Safe Mode with Networking. To perform this task, please complete these procedures.
Start in Safe Mode with Networking (Windows XP/Vista/7 Instruction)
- Please restart the computer and just before Windows start, press F8 on your keyboard repeatedly. You will be presented with Advanced Options Menu.
- From the selections, choose Safe Mode with Networking. Please use keyboard's arrow up/down to navigate between selections and press Enter to proceed.
Start Windows 8 in Safe Mode with Networking
- Please restart the computer and as soon as it begins to start, please press Shift+F8 keys.
- Instead of seeing Advance Boot Options, Windows 8 will display Recovery Mode. Continue with the given steps until you reach Safe Mode function.
- Click on 'See advanced repair options'.
- Then, click on Troubleshoot.
- Next, please select Advanced options.
- On the next window, please choose Windows Startup Settings.
- Lastly, click on Restart button. Windows 8 will now restart and boot into Advanced Boot Option wherein you can run the system in Safe Mode with Networking.
2. Open your installed anti-virus programs and update it to the most recent version by automatically downloading necessary updates.
3. Thoroughly scan the computer and remove all identified threats. Do not restart or turn off the computer after the scan process. You still need to run another scan. Please follow the next procedure.
Procedure 2: Scan and remove Windows Ultra-Antivirus files with MalwareBytes Anti-Malware
To remove Windows Ultra-Antivirus, download Malwarebytes Anti-Malware by clicking on the button below. This tool is effective in getting rid of Trojans, viruses and malware.
1. After downloading, please install the program using the default settings.
2. At the end of the installation, please make sure that it will download necessary updates.
3. Once update has completed. The tool will launch.
4. Thoroughly scan the computer and remove all threats detected by this anti-malware program.
Procedure 3: Run TrendMicro's Anti-Threat Toolkit (ATTK) to check and delete any remnants of Windows Ultra-Antivirus.
As an added help to remove Windows Ultra-Antivirus, you can scan the computer with Anti-Threat Toolkit. This software is provided and distributed by TrendMicro. Follow this procedure to run a scan with this tool.
1. Download the package by clicking on the button below. This will launch a new browser window that contains further details about the tool.
2. Save the file to a location on your hard drive.
3. Browse for the location of the file and double-click to run. If you are using Windows Vista or Windows 7, right-click on extracted file supportcustomizedpackage and click on Run as Administrator.
4. When program launch, it will run a command prompt to initialize, prepare components, and update the program.
5. Next it will open the graphical user interface (GUI) of Anti-Threat Toolkit.
6. Click on Scan Now. This operation will scan all Windows Ultra-Antivirus files and processes in your computer and display a list of result for possible Fake Antivirus program and malware that needs to be removed.
7. Tick all items that are detected by the program, and then click Clean. The tool will start removing Windows Ultra-Antivirus components from the computer.
8. If it asked you to restart Windows, please do so.
Protect your PC from Windows Ultra-Antivirus or Similar Attack
Turn On Safe Browsing Features
Internet Explorer - Activate SmartScreen Filter
Internet Explorer versions 8 and 9 has this feature called SmartScreen Filter. It helps detect phishing web sites and protect you from downloading malicious files online. To turn on SmartScreen Filter, follow these steps:
1. Please open Internet Explorer.
2. On top menu, select Tools (IE 9). For IE 8, please look for Safety menu.
3. Select SmartScreen Filter from the drop-down list and click on Turn on SmartScreen Filter.
4. Please restart Internet Explorer.
Google Chrome's Enable Phishing and Malware Protection
With Google Chrome's Phishing and Malware Detection feature, you will have lesser risks browsing the web. It will display a warning when the site you are trying to visit is suspicious. To enable Phishing and Malware Protection, please do these steps:
1. Open Google Chrome.
2. Click on the Customize and control Google Chrome (3-Bars Icon) located on top right corner of the browser.
3. Select Settings from the drop-down list.
4. Once on the settings page, click on Show advanced settings... at the bottom of the page to see the rest of the Chrome setup.
5. Locate Privacy section and mark 'Enable phishing and malware protection'.
6. Please restart Google Chrome. New settings keep your browser safe while surfing the web.
Mozilla Firefox - Block Attack Sites and Web Forgeries
Phishing and Malware Protection is a built-in feature on Firefox version 3 or later. It warns you when a page you are trying to visit contains phishing content or an attack site designed to drop threats on the computer. To help you keep safe while browsing the Internet using Firefox, please follow this guide:
1. Open Mozilla Firefox browser.
2. On top menu, click on Tools. Then select Options from the list.
3. Select Security and put a check mark on the following items:
- Warn me when sites try to install add-ons
- Block reported attack sites
- Block reported web forgeries


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Carroll County Deputy Clerk Patti A. Mefford was indicted Monday night by a Carroll County Grand Jury for the alleged theft of money from the county clerk's office.
After nine hours of testimony and deliberation, the grand jury of eight men and four women presented their decision to Circuit Court Judge Stephen Bates. The grand jury decided there was enough evidence to indict Mefford. They chose not to indict Carroll County Clerk Alice Marsh or any other employee of the Carroll County Clerk's office in the matter.
Carroll County Deputy Clerk Patti A. Mefford was indicted Monday night by the Grand Jury for allegedly stealing money from the County Clerk's Office. County officials confirmed Mefford also was terminated from her position Monday night. The full story will be in tomorrow's edition of The News-Democrat.
What is your favorite thing about school?
"Social studies. I like to learn about history, and I like history."
Who is your favorite teacher and why?
"Ms. Haun. She explains things when you don't get it, and she'll help you out."
What was the last book you read?
"'Who Harnessed the Horse?' It's a fiction book about a boy back in Wooly Mammoth time who finds a wild horse and decides to ride it."
Jefferson Community and Technical College has always been in the business of educating local students and helping them achieve their educational and career goals. In today's tough economy having the skills to compete in the job market is more important than ever.
JCTC's applied process technology degree is just one example of how JCTC can provide those skills and elevate our local workforce to meet the demands of the high skill, high wage job market.
Before she had even started her senior year of high school, Danielle Wheeler was focused on her freshman year of college. Wheeler visited eight colleges this past summer, narrowed the list to four or five, and pared it down even more after a second visit. In August, Wheeler applied to Berea College and Morehead State University. Accepted to both schools, Wheeler is among 25 other Carroll County High School seniors so far who have already gotten in to college.
Head Start
Ms. Hunt
Dear Santa,
I will give you some milk and cookies.
I want a 4 wheeler and a basketball hoop and a bicycle and a motorcycle and an elephant and a little truck that rolls around and I want a horse.
Love, Hapley
I want a Go-Go and a puppy. I want a toy dog that's named Cinderella with a dress and some toy heels. I want a pink princess dress and a toy duck. I will give you some milk and cookies.
Love, Cali
Wednesday, Dec 14, Walk away the pounds, 9 a.m.; Wednesdays at One, The Way We Get By, 1 p.m., 10 a.m.-noon; YAH book group, 4 p.m.; Zumba, 5:15 p.m.
Thursday, Dec. 15, Walk away the pounds, 9 a.m.; Yoga, 9:45 a.m.; music makers, age 18 months and up, 11 a.m.; story hour, age 4-6, 1:30 p.m.; GED Help, 3:30 p.m.; ESL Class, 6 p.m.
Friday, Dec. 16, Walk away the pounds, 9 a.m.; creative Fridays, 10-noon; computer basics, 10:30 a.m.; greasy, grimy grossology, sign-up please!, 3:30 p.m.
Kroger Relay for Life bake sale and pictures with Santa will be held, Saturday, Dec. 17, at Krogers in Carrollton.
The bake sale will be held from 10 a.m. -1 p.m. and pictures with Santa Claus (donation of $1) from 1-3 p.m. All donations will be given to Relay for Life.
The Carroll County Senior Center is located at 110 Sixth St., Carrollton, (502) 732-7026
Wednesday, Dec. 14, Euchre, pool, Wii games, rummy, 9:15 a.m.; b-day flowers, 11:30 a.m.; 12 days of Christmas, noon.
Thursday, Dec. 15, Euchre, pool, Wii games, rummy, 9:15 a.m.; Bunk-O, 10:30 a.m.; nutrition with Grace, 11:45 a.m.; 12 days of Christmas, noon.
Friday, Dec. 16, Euchre, pool, Wii games, rummy, 9:15 a.m.; PACS nutrition, 10:30 a.m.; 12 days of Christmas, noon.
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Hacked documents cast suspicion on Mt. Gox CEO Karpeles
Evidence based on documents acquired from the hacked accounts of Mt. Gox CEO Mark Karpeles leads some jilted users to believe the company's very public downfall was actually an internally executed fraud.
Amid those claims, a federal judge froze Karpeles' U.S. accounts Tuesday while former Mt. Gox users push for Karpeles to reveal more information on Mt. Gox's collapse, according to a Reuters article.
Hackers used Karpeles' own blog and social network accounts to obtain and publicly release spreadsheets and other logs of Mt. Gox's finances that show the company controlled 951,116 bitcoins at the time of collapse. That led to supposition across message boards that Karpeles retained the sum he claimed was lost to hackers as the result of a "weakness in [their] system."
Karpeles said during a Feb. 28 press conference that Mt. Gox--which had been denying bitcoin withdrawals since Feb. 7 and suspended all trades on Feb. 25--was the victim of a cybertheft of more than 750,000 user bitcoins and 100,000 of its own, or about $480 million. He declared the exchange bankrupt, sending markets trading the cryptocurrency into a tailspin.
Mt. Gox has not commented on the recently leaked material, but some online users have verified the authenticity of the logs by tracking their own transactions with the exchange, according to an article in Wired.
Karpeles blamed the loss on a "known issue in the bitcoin protocol that enabled hackers to trick the company's software into thinking transactions failed. Apparently, Mt. Gox's accounting software didn't deal with this flaw and could be tricked into sending repeated bitcoin payouts to the same customers," the Wired report explained.
Some argue that the hacked documents do not support fraud allegations. "Given Mt. Gox's claim that the bitcoins were stolen without anyone at the company noticing, it would make sense that the company's official balance sheets still show a much larger number of bitcoins. Ultimately, even if the document is authentic, it proves nothing one way or the other," Wired noted.
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Holy crap it's hot! I tried to think of cute ways to begin a note about dealing with the heat while painting and all I kept thinking was, 'Holy crap, it's hot!' That's it isn't it? It's just hot. You can put your favorite four letter word in front of it or behind it, or maybe you can't muster the strength, but…still… Holy crap, it's Hot!
Politics aside, a "warming trend" is as real as it gets. 100-year-old heat records are falling like that life alert lady, and we don't have an emergency button around our neck to save us! "Help, it's hot and I can't get up."
The fact is when painting in this excessive heat, paint behaves differently (and so do I really). Paint is designed to coat something with a layer of protection and color. To accomplish this various chemical and physical events take place as paint is applied and as it's drying.
Heat beyond normal can make the chemical drying part of paints react too quickly. When this happens the paint is often over-applied, or forced, in an effort to "flow" or wet up the surface. A forced coat will dry out of sequence with the top drying first. This often will trap solvents and prevent the rest of the layer from drying well, or even completely. Which is kind of weird because it would seem anything drying too quickly would, of course, dry well, right? But, no.
When selecting paint, and additives such as thinners and reducers, select the slower options in very hot climates. It might seem that a slow option would take more time to dry, and we all want fast, but it's simply not true. The fastest, smoothest application will always be when paint is sprayed with the appropriate speed chemicals for the job size and temperature. Sure, when it's cold the slow options might be slower than you would like, but, you have been reading, right? It's hot!
3 Keys to Remember::
1) Keep your air pressures under control: too much air pressure will quick-flash the surface leading to rough texture and poor adhesion.
2) Keep your gun/airbrush in close; paint dries in the air so the more distance the drier the spray will be.
3) Don't wet down the spray area floor; it may seem like a good idea but it will dramatically raise the humidity, another enemy of paint.
These are the top three tips for now. I hope it helps. If you take care of your paint it will take care of you.


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Shorter White House Spokeshole: Shut-the-f***-up, peasants … [Darleen Click]
… how DARE you question Us!
King Barry's toady, Dan Pfeiffer is making the rounds of Sunday shows and is clearly demonstrating the abject contempt this administration has towards anyone who does less than lick the King's ankles.
"Republicans owe Susan Rice an apology"
"the law around the IRS targeting of conservatives is irrelevant."
"I can't speak to the law here. The law is irrelevant. The activity was outrageous and inexcusable, and it was stopped and it needs to be fixed so we ensure it never happens again," Pfeiffer said.
Stephanopoulos asked Pfeiffer if he really thought the law is "irrelevant."
"What I mean is, whether it's legal or illegal is not important to the fact that the conduct doesn't matter. The Department of Justice has said they're looking into the legality of this. The president is not going to wait for that. We have to make sure it doesn't happen again, regardless of how that turns out," Pfeiffer said.
Then there's that word irrelevant again, when it comes to where and what the King was doing while Ambassador Stevens and three others were being murdered, and non-umbrella-holding military personnel were told to Stand Down!
WALLACE: with all due respect, you didn't answer my question. what did the president do that night?
PFEIFFER: kept up to date with the events as they were happening.
WALLACE: he didn't talk to the secretary of state except for the one time when the first attack was over. he didn't talk to the secretary of defense, he didn't talk to chiefs. the chairman of the joint who was he talking to?
PFEIFFER: his national security staff, his national security council.
WALLACE: was he in the situation room?
PFEIFFER: he was kept up to date throughout the day.
WALLACE: do you know know whether he was in the situation room?
PFEIFFER: i don't know what room he was in that night. that's a largely irrelevant fact.
WALLACE: well —
PFEIFFER: the premise of your question, somehow there was something that could have been done differently, okay, that would have changed the outcome here. the accountability roof board has looked at this, people have looked at this. it's a horrible tragedy, and we have to make sure it doesn't happen again.
WALLCE: here's the point, though, the ambassador goes missing, the first ambassador in more than 30 years is killed. four americans, including the ambassador, are killed. dozens of americans are in jeopardy. the president at 4:00 in the afternoon says to the chairman of the joint chiefs to deploy forces. no forces are deployed. where is he while all this is going on?
PFEIFFER: this has been tested to by —
WALLACE: well, no. no one knows where he is, who was involved, the —
PFEIFFER: the suggestion of your question that somehow the president —
WALLACE: i just want to know the answer.
PFEIFFER: the assertions from republicans that the president didn't take action is offensive. there's no evidence to support it.
WALLACE: i'm simply asking a question. where was he? what did he do? how did he respond in who told him you can't deploy forces and what was his president?
PFEIFFER: the president was in the white house that day, kept up to date by his national security team, spoke to the joint chiefs of staff earlier, secretary of state, and as events unfolded he was kept up to date.
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The morning has been bad for the market. The Nasdaq has decreased 0.1%; the S&P 500 has declined 0.2%; and the Dow is down 0.2%. The basic materials sector is the category of stocks that accounts for companies involved with the discovery, development and processing of raw materials. This sector includes the mining and refining of metals, chemical producers and forestry products. The basic materials sector is sensitive to changes in the business cycle. Because the sector supplies materials for construction, it depends on a strong economy. This sector is also sensitive to supply and demand fluctuations because the price of raw materials, such as gold or other metals, is largely demand driven.
Despite a bad day for the market overall so far, the Basic Materials sector (XLB) is up 0.3% and its biggest movers are currently:
|Market Cap
|Percentage Change
|Koppers Holdings Inc. (NYSE:KOP)
|$715.9 million
|OM Group, Inc. (NYSE:OMG)
|$572.7 million
|LSB Industries, Inc. (NYSE:LXU)
|$758.4 million
|Innospec Inc. (Nasdaq:IOSP)
|$729.7 million
|Teck Resources Limited (NYSE:TCK)
|$16.58 billion
|CVR Partners LP (NYSE:UAN)
|$1.8 billion
|Randgold Resources Ltd. (ADR) (Nasdaq:GOLD)
|$8.7 billion
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Taking a 13.6% hit, Koppers Holdings (NYSE:KOP) is currently trading at $29.79 per share. So far today, 128,713 shares have changed hands. The trading volume for a stock indicates the level of investor interest. A company's investment value can be estimated using valuation ratios such as the price to earnings (P/E) ratio, the price to earnings growth (PEG) ratio, the price to sales (P/S) ratio, the price to book (P/B) ratio, and the dividend yield. The capitalization ratio is calculated by dividing long-term debt by the sum of long-term debt and shareholders' equity. KOP has a capitalization ratio of 73.6%, which is on the high end. A company considered too highly leveraged (too much debt) may find its freedom of action restricted by its creditors and/or have its profitability hurt by high interest costs. A low level of debt and a healthy proportion of equity in a company's capital structure is an indication of financial fitness.
After a decline of 6.5%, OM Group (NYSE:OMG) has hit a share price of $16.53. With 433,581 shares changing hands so far today, the company's volume is 1.2 times the current three-month average. If a stock price moves on high volume, this means that the change is a significant one. Understanding investment valuation ratios allows an investor to assess the true value of an individual stock. The price/book value ratio is one of the more common methods of determining whether a stock is fairly valued. The P/B ratio for OMG is 0.42 because the stock is trading for less than its book value. This could mean that either the market believes the asset value is overstated, or the company is earning a very poor (even negative) return on its assets. P/B has its shortcomings but is still widely used as a valuation metric, more relevant for use by investors looking at capital-intensive or finance-related businesses, such as banks; book value does not carry much meaning for service-based firms with few tangible assets. SEE: Using The Price-To-Book Ratio To Evaluate Companies
Increasing 6.5%, LSB Industries (NYSE:LXU) is trading at $36.14 per share. The company is trading at a volume of 158,624 shares. Volume is an important indicator because it indicates how significant a price shift is. In making a decision about a potential or existing investment, valuation ratios are useful as a basis for seeing whether the stock price is too high, reasonable, or a bargain. A price/sales ratio is derived by dividing stock market price by company sales. The P/S ratio for LXU is 1.06, which is relatively high. This could be a good sign if the share price increases. It is important to compare P/S ratios for companies in the same industry, as ratios can vary quite widely for companies in different industries.
Innospec (Nasdaq:IOSP) is down 4.7% to reach $30.14 per share. So far today, the company's volume is 91,594 shares, 1.9 times the average daily volume. Price change alone is not enough to know how a stock is doing. Volume is an important secondary indicator used to confirm trends suggested by price movement. Investment valuation ratios can be very useful in estimating whether a stock price is too high, reasonable or a bargain investment opportunity. The debt ratio shows the proportion of assets that a company is financing through debt. The debt ratio for IOSP is a low 37.7%. A low debt ratio means the company has more available cash flow. However, one thing to note with this ratio: it isn't a pure measure of a company's debt (or indebtedness), as it also includes operational liabilities, such as accounts payable and taxes payable.
Teck (NYSE:TCK) has risen 3.6% to hit a current price of $29.78 per share. So far today, the company's volume is 892,160 shares. Volume is used to evaluate how meaningful the price movement of a stock is. It is important for an investor to estimate the value of any potential or existing investment; valuation ratios make this easier. The price/earnings ratio is calculated by taking a stock price and dividing it by the earnings-per-share (EPS). TCK has a P/E ratio of 8.8. From the investor's perspective, a stock with a lower ratio is relatively cheaper than a stock with a higher ratio. SEE: Investment Valuation Ratios: Price/Earnings Ratio
CVR (NYSE:UAN) has risen 3.5% and is currently trading at $25.49 per share. So far today, the company's volume is 184,115 shares, 0.8 times its average over the past three months. If a stock price makes a big move up or down, volume lets us know the significance of that move. When estimating the value of a particular investment, valuation ratios provide a good basis for assessing the value of an individual stock. A company's capitalization (not to be confused with its market capitalization) is the term used to describe the makeup of a company's permanent or long-term capital, which consists of both long-term debt and shareholders' equity. UAN has a low capitalization ratio of 20.8%. A very low capitalization ratio might be a sign that the company is stagnating and reducing the potential earnings for shareholders. This ratio is considered to be one of the more meaningful of the "debt" ratios - it delivers the key insight into the use of leverage by a company.
Randgold Resources Ltd (Nasdaq:GOLD) is currently trading at $97.76 per share, a 3.2% increase. The company's volume for the day so far is 329,241 shares. Volume indicates the level of interest that investors have in a company at its current price. Investment valuation ratios can be very useful in determining the value of a stock, but it is very important to keep in mind that while some financial ratios have general rules (or a broad application), in most instances it is a prudent practice to look at a company's historical performance and use peer company/industry comparisons to put any given company's ratio in perspective. The assumption with high price/earnings stocks (generally of the growth variety) is that investors are willing to buy at a high price because they believe that the stock has significant growth potential, and the price/earnings to growth (PEG) ratio helps investors determine the degree of reliability of that growth assumption. PEG ratio for GOLD is 2.26. While P/E ratios are important indicators of market value, a high P/E in and of itself is not bad because it may indicate a company whose earnings are growing very rapidly, so many investors look at the PEG ratio in order to get an idea of whether or not a particular P/E ratio is justified by underlying earnings growth.
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Wednesday, September 1, 2010
(UPDATED) DEVELOPING: Azarenka collapes during second round match at US Open
Victoria Azarenka was rushed to the hospital after collapsing during her second round match at the US Open today. She was trailing Gisela Dulko 1-5 in the first set when she fell to the ground.
There haven't been any updates on the cause of her collapse or her current condition as of yet. As soon as more information is released I will update this post.
It was another day of searing heat at Flushing Meadows with temperatures expected to reach the mid-90's with high humidity. And, believe me, after dealing with it yesterday I can tell you it's BRUTAL. Although we don't know if it was the heat that caused Vika to fall, please take precautions and stay hydrated if you are visiting the Open this week.
Here's video of the moment Vika fell to the court (not sure what the strange video game music is all about...) edit: I found a better video of the incident
UPDATE #1: The Washington Post blog The Early Lead is reporting Vika received treatment from a trainer for an arm injury and complained of blurry vision.
UPDATE #2: USTA statement via Jon Wertheim: "She was taken to a nearby hospital for diagnostic testing. Out of respect to her privacy, we can not give any more details. However, we can say that this does not seem to be primarily a heat-related illness." They also mentioned "headache-like symptoms." Okay, vague - even a bigger mystery now. But apparently she had fallen during an earlier practice and had the medical staff alerted during the Dulko match.
UPDATE #3: Vika diagnosed with a mild concussion. She fell in the gym while doing sprints and hit her arm and head.
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Rosary for Justin Ray Lozano, 17, of Lubbock will be 7 tonight, May 13, 2005, at Calvillo Funeral Home Chapel. Services will be 10 a.m. Saturday , May 14, at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church with Father Andres Mendoza officiating. Burial will be at Peaceful Gardens Memorial Park under the direction of Calvillo Funeral Home of Lubbock.
He died Monday, May 9. Justin was born Nov. 25, 1987 in Lubbock to Reyes Jr. and Yolanda Lozano. He was a lifelong resident of Lubbock, a Catholic, and a junior at Monterey High School. He enjoyed playing baseball with his family and will be truly missed.
Survivors include his parents of Lubbock; a brother, Reyes Lozano III; four sisters, Megan, Raegan, Jessica, and Amanda Lozano, all of Lubbock; maternal grandparents, Espiridion and Victoria Garcia of Idalou; and paternal grandparents, Reyes Lozano Sr. of Meadow, and Janie Strickland of Lubbock.
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For When You Have To Change Your Name
We already talked about Lana Del Leo's astrology right here – her Gemini Sun/Lilith conjunction, Venus/Ascendant-Pluto square (she has "trust no one" inked on her right hand) Neptune-Sun opposition (she is now sober, having beat a drinking issue in her teens) and hard-driving Mars in Capricorn, the most ambitious Mars of all.
But it's her Leo Rising that most interests me today because she dumped her "Lizzie Grant" persona and created the more theatrical and marketable Lana Del Rey right after Saturn had crossed her Leo Rising and when Uranus was trining it from Aries. Pluto was also on her Neptune so maybe she was harnessing Haute Neptune powers and thinking in pure deep terms of self-recreation, not just a mere stage name.
Changing your name is ULTRA strong mojo – it's one of the most depth-transformations you can do even though, of course, on the face of it is fairly simple – just words and some bureaucracy. She obviously was striving to evoke olden day starlets and all but did she also check the numerology? I'm not a numerologist – i just know the basic system A = 1 and so forth but it's fascinating.
Could you/would you create a whole new identity – beyond what we have online & digitally? – how far would you go? Is new persona creation a speciality of strong Leo/Neptune types…The most potent example of a Leonic – Neptune type who stage managed a new persona is Marilyn Monroe…My theory is that Lana Del Leo knows of the similarity in their astro (Marilyn had a strong Lilith too) and hence the referencing of her in National Anthem.
She gets to preserve her Moon-Uranus in Saggo radical candor (Moon in Saggo should never ever lie, it's terrible for them) by saying 'no' when asked the idiotic question: does she have collagen in her lips? because obviously it would be a more contemporary dermal filler.
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Industry trends show that companies that have been asking the question 'why outsource' have become vocal advocates of the offshore model. Outsourcing work has come to be a tried-and-tested model and is recognized as a long term competitive strategy for success. The question going around now is not 'why outsource?' but 'why not outsource?'
The economist, Adam Smith, says in his treatise The Wealth of Nations, "If a foreign country can supply us with a commodity cheaper than we ourselves can make it, it is better to buy it of them." Outsourcing as we know it today is merely a progression of an idea that has existed since early days of trade.
As companies grow in size and operations, it becomes increasingly clear that their focus has to be redirected to their core activities while the non-core functions can be 'sent out' or 'outsourced' to vendors specialized in that particular function.
Have you found yourself faced with any of the following doubts in recent times?
If you are asking yourself the question 'why should I outsource', consider the following top reasons for outsourcing cited by companies that have successfully made offshore outsourcing work for them.
Focus on core functions: Companies that outsource certain routine functions to offshore experts are capable of focusing on their core competency. Before outsourcing caught on in such a big way, healthcare practices had to deal with functions like transcription, medical billing and claims processing which consumed a lot of their time and resources. However, now by outsourcing these processes to external locations these practice are able to focus on their primary concern - 'patient care'.
Redirect strategic internal resources for core activities: Outsourcing processes to external third party ensures that an organization's internal resources are freed up for more mission-critical activities.
Accelerate migration to new technology: Migrating to newer technologies allows companies to make better use of their investments and enjoy enhanced productivity and quality. Companies with outsourced IT processes are better enabled to migrate to new technologies with minimum downtime and productivity disruption.
Enhance risk management: In any outsourcing model the offshore partner supplements the operations of the outsourcing company with redundancies and back-up mechanisms. In the event of any natural calamities, accidents, market fluctuations or technical crises the rigorous disaster recovery mechanisms and detailed back up plans at the offshore vendor's end can help companies to rapidly respond to the situation and get operations back on track within remarkable turnaround time.
Lower infrastructure investments: Companies that decide to outsource find that expensive infrastructure requirements are cut back drastically as some of the functions move to external locations. Cutting edge IT systems, state-of-the-art customer service call centers and technical support entail heavy investments to companies. By outsourcing these functions to external vendors, companies can keep their investments in these areas very low.
Access to world-class capabilities: Apart from the financial benefits associated, another reason why companies outsource work is to have processes delivered by teams that have operational expertise in the outsourced process. Outsourcing gives companies access to world-class capabilities and infrastructure in the outsourced function.
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Improve operational performance: Companies outsource to vendors who have domain expertise in the outsourced process. Their experience in the field translates into greater operational efficiencies for the outsourcing company.
Talent shortages in countries like the U.S. and UK: One of the key reasons why outsourcing has become a necessity is the shortage of talent in countries like the U.S. and UK. As the previous generation of workers approach retirement, there are precious few newcomers coming in to fill the skills pipeline. The obvious outcome of this acute talent shortage is an increased demand for skills wherever they may be available.
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BLOOMER TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) -- Officials say corn stalks prevented a vehicle from crushing a 7-year-old boy following a rollover crash and allowed him to escape with minor injuries.
WOOD-TV reports (http://bit.ly/sPCJ6O) the boy was thrown from the vehicle following Monday's crash into a corn field in Montcalm County's Bloomer Township, about 45 miles northeast of Grand Rapids. The station says he was treated at a hospital and released.
Authorities say the driver lost control on an icy road, and the corn stalks propped up the vehicle. Two adults and several other children in the vehicle weren't hurt.
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Pretty Little Liars
Pretty Little Liars Burning Question: Should Hanna and Caleb Get Back Together?
Though Caleb (Tyler Blackburn) has returned to Rosewood, that doesn't mean he and Hanna (Ashley Benson) can reclaim the relationship they once had — does it? We have a feeling Pretty Little Liars may take a while to answer this question (even if Haleb kissage is imminent), but that doesn't mean we have to wait to answer it for ourselves.
Given everything we know about the complexities of the Haleb love story, should Hanna and Caleb get back together?
Yes, They Still Love One Another
It's obvious that these two still have feelings for one another. Caleb never stopped loving Hanna, even though he felt he needed to stay in Ravenswood to figure out his connection to a centuries-old curse that was trying to kill him. For Hanna's part, she tried to move on with Travis, but as soon as Caleb came back to town she couldn't stop thinking about him.
If their lingering feelings for one another weren't enough to convince you that these two still share something special, then the scene in last week's episode in which Caleb realizes just how much Hanna is struggling with Ali's return to Rosewood should. One of the reasons these two work so well together is they really seem to get each other. They stand up for one another when the other is having trouble standing up for him or herself. They call each other out on self-destructive behavior. And they support one another no matter what. Given that these two are both in such dark places right now, we think Haleb needs each other now more than ever.
No, Not Until They Work Through Their Issues
On the other hand, getting back together right now might be a bad idea if they don't first work through the issues that saw them break up in the first place. We're referring mostly to Caleb's continued lies (or, at least, lack of communication) regarding his time in Ravenswood. We know he doesn't want to talk about the ghostly horrors of his time away, but, if Haleb ever stands a chance at working out, then he needs to open up to Hanna about them. She deserves it. She needs to understand why he left. Otherwise, their relationship will never work.
On Hanna's side, she is dealing with some pretty intense issues of her own. Girl is having a full-on identity crisis. It might not be the best time for her to start a relationship — not until she's worked out why she is feeling so confused, sad, and angry about what's happening in her life. We're not saying we don't want these two to get back together ever, but we might not want them to get back together now. Not if we want Haleb to last through another two seasons.
Do you think Haleb should get back together? Why or why not? Sound off in the comments below!
Catch the next episode of Pretty Little Liars on Tuesday, July 22, 2014 at 8 p.m. ET on ABC Family.


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In a few days we will celebrate the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Like every Feast, it is a celebration of Jesus Christ. This feast shows us that because of her unique role as his mother, Mary received from Jesus a full share, body and soul, in his victory over death. The feast is a reminder that in Christ, we all will share resurrection of the body.
Mary has it now, because in the human family, which God decided to join, there can be no closer bond than mother and child. They belong together; their destinies are intertwined.
That is one of the central messages of the pro-life movement. To love and care for a mother necessarily means protecting, loving, and caring for her child. Mothers can never benefit from the destruction of their children.
Priests for Life mourns the passing of Rev. Howard Creecy
ATLANTA — Dr. Alveda C. King, Director of African American Outreach for Priests for Life, today mourned the passing of the Rev. Howard Creecy Jr., president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.
"Howard will be sorely missed. He was a man of integrity and deep compassion," said Dr. King
Rev. Creecy, 57, died Thursday, July 28, at his Atlanta home. The cause of death has not yet been determined.
He was elected to lead the SCLC in January, when Bernice King, the daughter of SCLC co-founder Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., declined the position. A third-generation preacher, he also was the senior pastor of Olivet Church in Fayette, Ga.
When he assumed the SCLC post, Rev. Creecy acknowledged that internal divisions had troubled the 54-year-old organization in recent years. His goal was to get past those divisions and move the organization forward with a clearly defined mission.
SCLC spokesman Maynard Eaton told Reuters that Rev. Creecy "saved this organization. It was on the brink of disaster. He became this organization's lifeline with his charisma and his preacher passion."
Dr. King was looking forward to working with Rev. Creecy to raise awareness of the devastating impact of abortion on the African-American community.
"Howard and I spoke just a few weeks ago at a women's conference honoring both our mothers. He stopped me in the hallway and said, 'Alveda, we should meet soon. I am with you in the fight for life.' He went on to say that he had attended a pro-life prayer meeting with Dr. Billy Graham, and had also participated in Operation Rescue pro-life rallies."
Isaac Newton Farris Jr., a nephew of Martin Luther King Jr., has been named interim president, the organization said.
Rev. Creecy is survived by his wife, Yolanda Grier Creecy, and two children. The funeral will be Saturday at Jackson Memorial Baptist Church in Atlanta.
Blessed Are the Pure of Heart
Blessed are the pure of heart, for they shall see God. This beatitude impels us to ask ourselves what our deepest longings and desires are, what motivates our choices, and how consistently we want to do what is right. The pure of heart seek to please God before they please themselves, even at the cost of great sacrifice.
Having a pure heart protects us from the temptations of the culture of death. Meeting the needs of a vulnerable child in the womb requires a new and selfless center of gravity. We put the child first and our own plans and conveniences last.
And when we speak up for that child, we stop worrying about the criticism we might receive. The pure of heart don't care about that. They only care about doing what's right.
Priests for Life Mourns Passing of Fr. Richard Hogan
Fr. Pavone expressed sadness today at the death of Fr. Richard Hogan, a priest of the Archdiocese of Minneapolis-St. Paul who was released in 1995 to be the full-time Associate Director of Priests for Life. He served in that capacity for five years. He was the first priest, aside from Fr. Pavone, to be given permission to serve Priests for Life as his full-time ministry.
Fr. Hogan was a scholar and author, and wrote on the theology of the body and the philosophical and theological thought of Pope John Paul II, especially as it relates to the cause of family and life.
Fr. Pavone stated, "Fr. Hogan gave witness to the Church's teachings on life in a persuasive and compassionate way. He enjoyed traveling and speaking on the Priests for Life mission, and was convinced that the Church is the key to resolving the problem of abortion. In particular, his willingness to serve this mission full-time, and the willingness of his Archbishop (who at that time was Most Rev. Harry Flynn) to allow him to do so, was a sign to the Church that saving the unborn is important enough for us to invest money and manpower into that specific mission.
"With the passing of Fr. Hogan, it is my prayer that we will continue to see more priests and deacons seek and receive permission to minister to the unborn on a full-time basis. Moreover, we renew the call for lay people to devote themselves full-time to the pro-life cause," Fr. Pavone said.
For more information about Fr. Hogan and about Priests for Life, visit www.priestsforlife.org.
Alveda King Says her Uncle Martin was a Social Conservative
Atlanta, GA – Dr. Alveda King, full-time Director of African American Outreach for Priests for Life and niece of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., said today that advice columns written by her uncle for Ebony magazine in 1957-58 reveal a man who today would be regarded as a social conservative.
"In advising men and women on questions of personal behavior 50 years ago, Uncle Martin sounded no different than a conservative Christian preacher does now," said Dr. King. "He was pro-life, pro-abstinence before marriage, and based his views on the unchanging Word of the Bible. Today, Planned Parenthood would condemn Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. as part of the 'religious right.'"
In advice columns written for the African American-oriented magazine, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. told a young man who had impregnated his girlfriend and refused to marry her, resulting in a "crime," that he had made a "mistake." He urged another reader to abstain from premarital sex, noting that such activity was contributing "to the present breakdown of the family."
"Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was a man of peace, justice, and most of all a man of God," added Dr. King. "Were he alive today, he would be working to secure peace and justice for those in the womb and healing for a nation that is still pained by over 50 million missing lives."


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|Dedrick, Elandre
|child labor, narratives of development, the nature of exploitation, and the experience of economic marginalization
|Holley-Kline, Samuel
|Mexican archaeology, historical archaeology, cultural heritage, disciplinary histories, and ethnographic methods
|Issavi, Justine
|Archaeological theory, Neolithic, Central Anatolian societies, spatial analysis, sociality of space
|Marks-Block, Tony
|Indigenous ecological knowledge, California Indian land management, participatory action research, environmental justice, political ecology
|Maull, Samuel
|manifestations of urban poverty in western cities; and how this manifestations e.g. gangs, female headed households etc. are related to the social and material environment in which they exist
|Papazian, Sabrina
|Heritage and museum management, tourism, heritage and conflict, diasporas and identity, globalization, and the trade in illicit antiquities
|Perera, Dilshanie
|post-war transformations of urban space, how conflict inheres in built environments, the politics and aesthetics of infrastructure, militarism outside conventional wartime categories, and how all of this affects sociality within cities
|Phelps, Dana
|Mediterranean archaeology, identity, community archaeology, Roman Imperialism, heritage ethics, material culture, isolationism, colonial theory
|Silva, Nestor
|Extractivism and Development, State-owned Companies, Political Ecology and Economy, Critical Social Theory, Visual Anthropology, Colombia, Ecuador
|Wirth, Ciara
|common property regimes, indigenous resource use, political ecology, traditional ecological knowledge, intercultural and bilingual education; Waodani Nation, Ecuadorian Amazon
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|The emerging forms of modern empire and local intimacies in the transnational flow of goods, peoples, and capital.


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This 1951, 2.5 tonne beast has just been rebooted after restoration.
Restored the oldest digital computer still running | Tech News Pedia
It's difficult to compare to present day machines as they are so far removed. However, it is decimal rather than binary and originally had 20 x 8-digit dekatron counters which is roughly 160 bytes of RAM (later upgraded to 40 x 8-digit dekatron). Input via ticker tape and took up to 10 seconds to multiply two decimal numbers.
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The Dark At The End
by F. Paul Wilson
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Well, I didn't see some of that coming. I should have, but I didn't. I still feel like a lot of the stuff from Jack's past is being shoehorned into the present. I mean, considering all the weird shit that supposedly happened to Jack as a kid, I'm surprised he was so resistant to the weirdness he encountered as an adult. Whatevs. We're almost done now. Time to read about the end of the world...
Can't say much without spoilers, but IMO there were too many improbabilities (including massive stupidity of one or two of the characters, again) just to bring us to the end the way it was pre-conceived. I can't wait to read the new Nightworld, though. The description reminds me of
This is the last Repairman Jack book. I hesitate to call it a novel, since for the past six or seven books, the RJ saga resembles less a series of novels and more a continuing saga, each book ending in a cliffhanger. This book ends in a cliffhanger, too, and the saga will dovetail into Wilson's "Adversary Cycle". The final book of the Adversary Cycle came out in 1992, but a new revision of it will be coming out in a few months, and will cap the storylines.
Repaiman Jack is a resourceful guy who lives off the grid: no last name, no social security number, no legal existence. He's kind of a freelance vigilante, helping out people who are being conned or threatened. Often in his adventures, he takes on paranormal threats, all related to "The Otherness", an interdimensional, Lovecraftian wellspring of horror that wants to take over our dimension. The Otherness is inimical to life as we know it. Jack gradually comes to realize that he's being groomed as Earth's champion against The Otherness. So what starts out as a more earthbound story about a kickass vigilante becomes a high stakes existential horror/adventure story.
The books in the series run the gamut from excellent to so-so, but the series as a whole is very much worth reading, and this volume is a page turner of nail-biting suspense. My advice? Start with "The Tomb" and move on from there.
The last Repairman Jack book. It is like saying goodbye to an old friend. 15 books is quite an investment between the author and the reader. True, Jack will make an appearance in next years finale to the Adversary Cycle (NightWorld) and will also appear in some prequels. Was it a fitting finish? Hard to say. I am still trying to decide. There were parts I liked as well as some I didn't. I guess I can say that about the whole series. Especially the last several books, some of which almost seemed like throwaways, as the story slowly moved along with little actually happening. Maybe having originally written the Adversary Cycle years ago and now having to merge the Repairman Jack books into the Secret History of the World mythology was not the best idea? I did not read the Adversary books as written originally except for the first two so don't know how many changes there are between them and the revised versions. I will be reading the heavily revised Nightworld though to see how the story finally does end. What I wonder though is it because I truly want to know or is it that after 15 books in this series and 4 others from the Adversary Cycle (the Tomb is in both series so I only counted it once) I just want closure without caring how it actually ends? Only time will tell.
Billed as the last Repairman Jack book, this isn't really, not quite. (And not just because there are prequels in the works.) It does draw together the different, ongoing threads, but it's not a conclusion.
Not entirely satisfying.
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Well mamas, I've dusted off the "Mama's Faves" button and carved out a spot for it at the bottom of this post. We've added another unique product to our list of family favorites, and I am certain your family will be jumping on the bandwagon too! This time, we've discovered a game that has turned our family game night on it's head. Get ready to hear about our fun and to enjoy a chance to bring that same fun to your house!
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You've been Sentenced is an absolutely unique game. On the surface, it might appear to be another run-of-the-mill educational game, but inside that shiny red pentagon, you'll find a box-load of sentence building fun. The goals are simple: create sentences and justify the most ridiculous ones to the other players. Reach 200 points and you win. We had an unbelievable time getting familiar with the game and we were not only building sentences as we played together, we were building our little family.
Here are the basics:
- The game is for 3-10 players, ages 8 and up.
- There are 540 cards with over 2,500 words to create TONS of sentences, making every game fresh and preventing repetition.
- Players begin with 10 cards and use as many words as possible to create justifiable sentences.
- If players object to a sentence, they become the jury and vote on whether the sentence should be scored.
Here's what we enjoyed:
- The rules are easy. Although my son is six, he was able to play with a little support.
- Scoring is easy, thanks to the score sheets included in the box (and on the site as a pdf).
- Laughter is guaranteed. I've never seen my kids work so hard to put words together and it was hilarious watching them try!
- The game is expandable—there are 6 add-on card decks available.
- The game is easily extended with the list of other methods of play available on the website.
- The game can be used in classrooms to teach grammar and sentence structure and there is even a lesson plan on their site.
My only suggestion is that they create an add-on deck with sight words for younger kids. This would expand the age range of the game and give the little guys a chance to play and practice key words while they're playing.
Of course, we've given it 5 mamas: [1] I love it. [2] It's kid approved. [3] It works just as described. [4] At $24.95, it's reasonably priced. [5] It is a very unique game that balances fun and education quite well.
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I'm so thrilled to offer you the chance to win a You've been Sentenced prize pack, which includes the game, plus copies of the six, themed add-on decks (Brain Buster, Sports Highlights, Pop Culture, NASA Space Terminology, Sci-fi/Fantasy and Gourmet Cuisine). The prize value is $75 and entering is easy (just follow the instructions in the Rafflecopter form below). If you don't want to wait until the contest is over, you can grab the game at Amazon.com where it's on sale for $20.59!! Have fun entering, and I especially hope you'll like their page on Facebook. All the best…
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Usher's babyUsher has finally confirmed he is to become a father.
The 'Confessions' singer is expecting his first child with fianc?Tameka Foster, who is due to give birth this autumn.
The couple announced yesterday (27.06.07): "We are extremely excited at this point in our lives planning our wedding and the joy that comes from expecting our first child together.
"We hope people will be happy for us and respect our privacy during this happy period in our lives."
In an interview last week, Tameka hinted she was pregnant and dismissed claims the couple were rushing intomarriage.
She is quoted by website Essence.com as saying: "What people don't realise is that Usher and I were friends for nearly seven years and I worked as his personal stylist for five years. I was the only female friend he felt he could talk to.
"Yes, I do plan to have children with Usher. This is the man I love and plan to spend the rest of my life with, so why wouldn't I want to share that bond of bringing another life into this world with him?"
In April, it was rumoured Tameka was pregnant with another man's child.
The 38-year-old stylist - who already has three children - divorced her first husband Ryan Glover at the beginning of the year and was alleged to be four months pregnant with his baby.
Usher, 28, and Tameka were reunited in February after a brief split and his spokeswoman announced their engagement on March 30.
A source suggested the hasty proposal happened because of the pregnancy and that the couple plan to marry in November.
Usher - who has previously said he would love to tie the knot before the end of the year - has repeatedly dismissed rumours Tameka is pregnant by her former husband.
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BlackBerry bests iOS, Symbian, Windows Phone in security drill
Orlando, Fla.--Research in Motion's (NASDAQ: RIMM) BlackBerry bested Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) iOS 5, Nokia's (NYSE: NOK) Symbian S60 and Microsoft's (NASDAQ: MSFT) Windows Phone 7 in 10 of 11 threat categories, according to a study by Strategy Analytics.
The report, sponsored by RIM, also found that BlackBerry architecture, which includes encryption for data at-rest and in transit, mitigates the maximum amount of risk for a 100 smartphone deployment.
"Security remains one of RIM's competitive edges. It is always something that we focused on," Jeff Holleran, senior director of enterprise product management at RIM, told FierceMobileIT.
Holleran noted that BlackBerry Enterprise Server was the first mobile platform to achieve common criteria certification, an international certification recognized by 25 countries, as well as qualifying for the federal information processing standard in the United States and Canada, and the UK government's CESG, the national technical authority for information security.
The study also found that after one year, the cost to securely manage non-BlackBerry devices using a "walled garden" architecture is 39 percent more expensive than BlackBerry devices in a BlackBerry Enterprise Server deployment. Strategy Analytics defines the "walled" garden as an approach to mobility where any non-BlackBerry device is given VPN access to a secure limited zone on a network and is managed by third-party mobile device management software.
"They found it is much more expensive to put security on top of an insecure platform than it is to build security from the ground up," Holleran explained.
This was some good news for RIM, after Gartner's head of research, Peter Sondergaard, predicted in his keynote address to the Gartner Symposium ITxpo 2012, that in two years iPads will be more common in enterprises than BlackBerrys.
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- check out Strategy Analytics report
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