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I want to try out something different which will taste alike bread or sweet bread :) Finally got a name called Focaccia!!! Never heard of, but want to try it:) Then i had googled about Focaccia in the website.Its similar alike pizza but it is not considered to be the same.Its very flat oven- baked bread originated from Italy. It is very popular in Italy.You can make this bread of 2 types mainly Sweet and Savory.
If you want to make sweet bread,you can add fruits and other preserves.
If you want to make savory bread,you can add garlic,herbs and other spices.
I had made both breads and I am posting a sweet Focaccia bread :) Here is the recipe as below.
For the Dough:
- 1 Package (1/4 ounces) Active Dry Yeast
- 6 Tablespoons Unsalted Butter or Olive Oil or Veg oil.
- 2 Tablespoons Sugar
- 1/2 cup light brown sugar
- 1 1/4 Cup warm water plus 1/4 cup warm water for yeast.
- 1 Teaspoon Salt
- 1/2 Tsp Ground Cinnamon
- 4 cups All purpose Flour
- 1 cup strawberries and blue berries or any fruit of your choice.
- 1/2 Teaspoon Ground Cinnamon .
- 1/2 cup Light brown sugar
- Vegetable oil or live oil for greasing.
- In a small bowl, Combine the yeast by adding sugar and water.Stir it gently.
- Let it stand for about 5 minutes and dissolves till it gets foam
- Take a wide bowl add flour,salt,cinnamon,brown sugar and mix well.
- Add the yeast mixture to the dry mixture.
- Add water gradually while kneading to form a right consistency,relatively wet,smooth and pliable.
- Take another bowl,grease it with veg oil,
- Put the kneaded dough into the oiled bowl,cover it with plastic wrap and let it rise at the warm place for about 1 hour or until it is double in size.
- Grease the baking sheet by oil.Place the dough on the baking sheet.Stretch out the dough by using your hands gently to form a 1/2 inch rectangular dough as same as exactly the baking sheet.
- Cover the flattened dough pan with plastic wrap and allow it to rest for about 20 minutes.
- Preheat the oven to 350 F or 180 C
- Once rested,with your greased hands, spread sliced strawberries or chopped strawberries and blueberries,sprinkle brown sugar and cinnamon evenly on the flattened dough baking sheet.
- Let it cover with plastic wrap and allow to rest for about 25 minutes
- Remove the plastic wrap once rested.
- Bake it for about 15 to 20 minutes or until golden brown.
- Slice it and Serve warm along with your favorite jam or dip into any favorite preserves.
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I shared this layout on the Shimmerz Paints blog yesterday. I used some of my favorite summer-inspired hues of the Coloringz, Creameez, and Dazzlerz paints from Shimmerz!
I started by lightly misting the striped patterned paper that I chose to use as my background with some Don't Citron Me Coloringz spray.
After the spray ink dried, I used a stencil and some of the Dazzlerz Pucker Up Pink dimensional paste to create the tiny triangles that I placed across my page. I love how the Dazzlerz dimensional paste really adds some brightness and texture to my layout, with just the right amount of color pop!
After the paste dried, I started maneuvering my photos and embellishments around until I was satisfied with their placement. I typed my journaling and printed it off to fit inside one of the die cut frames I used from Hip Kit Club and then layered even more items here and there on my page.
I wanted to add a little more color to my background paper, so I poured a little bit of the Well Blue Me Down and Oh Say Can U Sea Coloringz mist into separate containers and used the lids to create the circle array I added to my layout. I love how simple and subtle the circular shapes came out using this technique!
To complete my layout, I layered my title "Happy Together" toward the bottom of my page and used some Creameez Lettuce Get Together to the white "happy" phrase using a watercolor brush so I could coordinate it with my color scheme.
I love how well the color scheme on my layout turned out thanks to the Shimmerz paints I used! I hope I've given you some summer-themed inspiration for your next page and a new technique or two for you to try!
Shimmerz Paints Used: Coloringz - Don't Citron Me, Well Blue Me Down, Oh Say Can U Sea; Creameez - Lettuce Get Together; Dazzlerz - Pucker Up Pink
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text: A Peak Inside Design School from a Student's Perspective August 9, 2010 Back a few months ago I talked about my excitement for beginning design school, and I've posted a bit about some of my projects here and here. Since I've successfully completed my first quarter (and made the President's List, no less!), I figured I'd take a few days to do a first quarter re-cap on some of the lessons I've learned. Lesson #1? It's harder than you think. Really, it is. And it's not because the work itself is hard, but because it requires a lot of what most of us have little of, and that's time. Design school sounds fun and fluffy, like you'd be drawing and matching fabrics all day, but it's much more. I've met so many people who have gone to design school, and they all remember sleeping in their buildings to get work done. Now I'm not quite to that point, but it has definitely been an adjustment, especially trying to balance the other obligations I have in my life. I have a BA in Sociology, and I've always considered myself to be a good writer, so I used to be able to spend a short amount of time writing a paper, embellish for a few pages, and be done–not so with design school. The majority of the projects are time consuming, and what they really require for a job well done is time. Having a photographic memory won't be of too much help here. Instead, you'll spend hours preparing presentations, cutting & re-cutting matting, sketching, toiling over computer programs, drawing blueprints by hand, building & creating, and there's no way to bluff your way through it–it has to be given the time it requires if you want to put forth your best effort. If you decide to got to school because you have a passion for interior design, putting the time in won't be a burden (more of the opposite), but just remember that it's a true commitment. On the flip side, another piece of advice would be to remember to make sure you don't get so bogged down by the work that you forget about your love for the discipline. There have been a few nights where I've had to take a step back and remember that no matter what happens or what grade I receive, I will still be okay. Over the last few months, I haven't been able to devote as much time as I'd like to refinishing furniture, blogging, and finishing spaces in my own home, but I know it will all pay off in the end. Not to mention the fact that I love what I'm learning! (can you believe this is only the beginning???) This quarter I'm taking Intro to Drawing, and right now we're drawing the blueprints for a 2 story garage conversion by hand. We were given a plan for a garage and allowed to change the floorplan to suit our desired design plan as long as it conforms to NKBA & generally accepted construction guidelines (i.e., height clearance requirements, countertop depths). While I love the class, we have to move at a NASCAR pace (to finish everything in 10 weeks), and I find that my meticulous attention to detail (and wanting everything to look perfect–totally unrealistic) finds me playing catch-up a lot. On the flip side, it's invaluable skill that I would've never learned on my own–drafting by hand is no easy feat! Still, I love it and wouldn't give it up for anything . . . . 🙂 Share this: Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Related 25 Comments on A Peak Inside Design School from a Student's Perspective Tonia @Chic Modern Vintage August 9, 2010 at 7:19 am (9 years ago) Best Wishes to you. I know how you feel. I am a drafter by trade, but I use AutoCAD, and do not have to desire to learn to do blueprints by hand at all. You're special when you can do them by hand, and for sure 1 in a million. Reply Erika at BluLabel Bungalow August 9, 2010 at 7:31 am (9 years ago) This is going to be a great series with a very insightful and honest perspective! I only wish that clients understood how much work goes into a full design. Congrats on making the President's List! It's great to reap the rewards of such tedious work! Press on!! Reply Jade @ Flip Flops + Pearls Design August 9, 2010 at 9:03 am (9 years ago) Awww…brings me back to my design school days! It is a very time consuming degree and I remember spending many a night in my living room cutting mat boards and tweaking floor plans! Enjoy the process and you're right, no matter what, you'll be ok!! Reply Fran August 9, 2010 at 9:47 am (9 years ago) Wow, it sounds intense. Good Luck to you. I love hearing about your learning – it is so interesting. This was a great post!! Reply Dayka (Life +Style) August 9, 2010 at 9:54 am (9 years ago) thanks for the encouragement, ladies! Reply Mrs. Chic August 9, 2010 at 11:29 am (9 years ago) Congrats Dayka – love hearing more insight from your what you've learned thus far in design school. Seeing your room layout takes me back to drafting classes (minus the furniture!) I've always loved seeing floor plans 🙂 Please share more when you have the time Reply alissa August 9, 2010 at 12:23 pm (9 years ago) Congrats Dayka! I'm glad to hear that you are learning hand drafting. Even though I never get to use it anymore I loved it when I was in school. Your hand-writing will never be the same! Reply niki.mac August 9, 2010 at 12:38 pm (9 years ago) OH! I need that book – do you have it? I know you're working so hard in school and it will pay off in multiples later! Hang in there! 😉 Reply Flavia @ Estilo Home August 9, 2010 at 5:21 pm (9 years ago) Glad school is going so well, despite being so busy! You're making me miss drafting. I really enjoyed it in school. Reply LindsB August 9, 2010 at 9:34 pm (9 years ago) I 100% feel your pain as I am in the exact same spot! In fact those drawings look like ones I just finished 🙂 Reply AB HOME Interiors August 9, 2010 at 9:44 pm (9 years ago) I hear ya! Holy crap design school kicked my ass. No one saw me for two years. All our holidays I was in the attic drawing, coloring building, etc. Yikes, wait till you get your own business!! youll never have TIME!!!!! haha I swear to you I will call tomorrow….I think! hahahahaxoamanda Reply Stacey August 10, 2010 at 8:38 am (9 years ago) I just hopped over here from Tam's blog. I am happy that you're going to design school and it sounds like you're doing great. I'm a teacher by profession, but i am obsessed with design:-). Good luck to you! Reply Stephanie Sabbe August 10, 2010 at 8:43 am (9 years ago) yay! design school is so much fun and your drawings are awesome! Reply theLENNOXX August 10, 2010 at 8:57 am (9 years ago) It does sound like a lot of work, project based work always is. But we all know you have a natural eye for design, so out of everyone, you can definitely do this =) xo Linda Reply Tiffany August 10, 2010 at 12:22 pm (9 years ago) Fabulous information! "Time" is certainly the word of the day! But there is no such thing as a "lack of time" when you are doing something you love. Im so excited for you and you have definitely given me some things to think about. Good luck! Reply alison (semi-fab lane) August 10, 2010 at 2:51 pm (9 years ago) good for you! although i don't envy you…just thinking about all the time involved on those projects makes me feel a little sick. if you love it though it will definitely pay off in the end. good luck! Reply AB HOME Interiors August 10, 2010 at 2:58 pm (9 years ago) Design school! oh the memories that brings back! Have fun and work hard it will DEFINITELY be worth it! XO, Amanda Reply Symone's Mommy August 10, 2010 at 3:35 pm (9 years ago) Hey, Day! Hope all is well. Just catching up in blog world. Reply L.Duncan@Home23DuncanBoys August 10, 2010 at 5:03 pm (9 years ago) Oh Dayka! I'm so excited for you! And your drawings look great, girl:-) For the time being, I'll live my design dreams through you! Reply Design Esquire August 11, 2010 at 8:43 am (9 years ago) What a great attitude! How exciting that you're enjoying everything so much. Your drawings look awesome by the way. Reply Kelly Galvin Robson August 11, 2010 at 9:48 am (9 years ago) these look so awesome!! you should be proud of yourself! oh, and it will all be worth it in the end. you're right, it's an invaluable skill… and, you will ROCK at creating floorplans. 🙂 xxKelly Reply Claire Watkins, ASID allied August 13, 2010 at 1:52 pm (9 years ago) I know you're making wonderful connections and learning so much from the people around you. Hang in there, you're a dynamo, Ms. Dayka! Reply Diva Style August 13, 2010 at 4:05 pm (9 years ago) YOU CAN DOOOO IIIT!!! Sending my support your way! You'll be graduating with honors in NO TIME.:-) Reply Hello Lover... August 17, 2010 at 4:13 pm (9 years ago) Love seeing this two posts on design school – I so wish I could do this now as well but frankly (and sadly) we can't afford it right now. You are doing an amazing job and I think your drawings look great! Reply Symone's Mommy August 17, 2010 at 11:13 pm (9 years ago) Dayka! I'm so proud and happy for you for going to design school. How empowering and inspiring…WOW! Reply Leave a Reply Cancel reply Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *Comment *Name* Email * Website Notify me of follow-up comments by email. Notify me of new posts by email.


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Thu, 8 November 2012
Shek & Rank kibitz with Jay Glazer about Dez Bryant and the Dallas Cowboys, Michael Vick and the Philadelphia Eagles, and Jay Cutler's demeanor with the Chicago Bears. Shek also makes his Week 10 "speed picks" before controversy surrounding producer Black Tie's "Shout-outs" ensues. Then the "ATL Debate Club" wrap the show comparing the New England Patriots to hit TV series, "The Office."
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|Nonduality Salon (/\)
September 11, 2001 and Beyond: Letters from the NDS email list
Also see Part Two
of the Self is the greatest help that can be rendered to
humanity. Therefore, the saints are said to be helpful,
though they remain in forests. The help is imperceptible
but it is still there. A saint helps the whole of
mankind, unknown to them."
Another plane-crash attack in Washington, the Pentagon was hit and there's a fire there now.
Terrorism for sure. My
sister's husband works there. :-(
No words at all.
Thanks, Nina. I can't
get through to my mom on Long Island, phone circuits are
vastly overloaded.
I just found out my
brother-in- law is OK -- he was riding the subway when it
I don't have to turn on
the TV, I can look out my window. The skyline of New York
City has changed. Oops. It just changed again. The second
tower just fell down.
Hi Greg,
Greg works in the WTC -
Is this true? Do we know
this for sure?
Thanks for the inquiry -
no, I am pretty far away from the WTC, halfway across
Manhattan, in a relatively short building (30 stories).
Manhattan has only foot traffic and a bit of automobile
traffic for now. No public transportation.
Thanks for checking in
Greg. After Michael's message I got pretty worried. Glad
to hear you are okay.
Dear Greg,
I couldn't get to a
computer, but was listening on the car radio, wondering
if you were alright, Greg. You had an amazing experience
For those of you who
would like to send thoughts and prayers for the 13 people
still unaccounted for from my company, which was located
in the world Trade Center, they are: David, Melissa,
Karen, Thomas, Carlos, Adrian, Billy, Courtney, Diane,
Douglas, Wen, Paley and Daniel.
Dear All,
Pray is the song of our
I mourn not only for the
dead, and for those who mourn those who have died, but
also for the loss of the world as we have known it. As
stressful and challenging as it was, it was not so bad of
a world.
A Great Need
I briefly turned the
T.V. on this morning. The world seemed normal and the
stock futures were positive. I left home and went to the
Dentist. After the dental work, I went to my college and
immediately noticed a big crowd gathered around a
television. For a few seconds I kept walking past it. Had
much to do today and an important meeting as well. Then I
turned back and went towards the T.V. to join the crowd
and realized what was going on.
Where I was, what I thought
Kelly and I were taking
a morning class in fire safety (we work parttime in the
same place). Afterward we went to St. Mary's University
so Kelly could buy books for her course. I waited in the
car. I hardly ever turn on the car radio, as I like
silence. But I turned on the CBC. There was live news
coverage, but I couldn't figure out what was going on.
Something about people remaining calm in the aftermath of
something. Nothing quite came together until there was
mention of the twin towers of the World Trade Center
crumbling to the ground. What? Then I heard the story.
Where do we run to,
hi xan,
I've been numb all day
today. I guess the challenge is allowing all of the pain
and grief and fear and horror to be there and to hold the
view of truth at the same time. To see this horrible
fucking human insanity arising within the perfection of
creation, knowing that in spite of all this nothing is
happening. This is where the spiritual rubber meets the
Just having seen the
summary of the war scenes, they remind somewhat of the
version fought out about 40 years ago in Nam. The horror
of innocent civilians, being showered with bombs and
napalm. Misled soldiers, tortured by the North
Vietnamese... Disdained when returning home to the US...
From reading many of the
posts the last few days it's becoming clear that most
Americans are pretty much clueless about who and what the
terrorists are and what their view is.
Nisargadatta on
'the war'
Questioner: The war is
on. What is your attitude to it?
"The only solution
is Ahimsa---Peace."
I live within the
commuter circle of Manhattan, a
Thanks for sending this
to us. There is awesome devastation. There's Su's letter
asking for prayers for her co-workers and she names each
one. That's 'all she wrote' as fas as I'm concerned. What
else can anyone say or need be said?
Let's not forget the
violence elsewhere in the world that provides the motives
and the excuses for fanatics. May the mailed fist of
retaliation spare the innocent. There are so many widows,
widowers, and orphans of violence all over the world.
This is not just an acute and unprecedented American
tragedy, it is a chronic and seemingly eternal human
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|Pattern - Tula Pink 'LOVE'
|Paper pieced numbers pattern - Kristy@quietplay
|Pattern - Tula Pink 'LOVE'
|Paper pieced numbers pattern - Kristy@quietplay
Looks fabulous well done! And good luck tomorrow, aren't you quite the gallivanter this week!ReplyDelete
wow, love your quilting. It looks fabulous, and what a fantastic idea adding the date, too.ReplyDelete
Very cute idea for a wedding quilt! I love (hehe) it!ReplyDelete
Brilliant and great quilting!! Have fun tomorrow :)ReplyDelete
Wow, what a present and more power to you quilting in this heat!! Enjoy the day by the sea! xxxReplyDelete
Love it! The quilting is amazing :DReplyDelete
Oh yay this is fab! Is that the Tula pattern we got last year? Love the pebbling and wavy lines and the date on the back is The B*llox!ReplyDelete
it's fab! Love it :-DReplyDelete
Awesome quilting and I love how you put the date on the back.ReplyDelete
See, there are compensations for living where you do. You're going to a Lisa Lam workshop tomorrow which is more than I am ;-)
Great quilt btw.
I love your back. I just did something similar on the back but I love how you spread your date over the back. I have 39 days to finish my wedding quilt as well. I need to baste and quilt. Your finish is getting me inspired to finish. I love the LOVE too! Great work.ReplyDelete
god, you make some beautiful things. and a lisa lam workshop #welljeal!ReplyDelete
What a wonderful quilt! There is so much to love about it- the LOVE centred with those fabulous solids and your creative quilting! And the back is just perfect! Congratulations on a great finish!ReplyDelete
Wowzers!!! Your quilting is unbelievably stunning! It's fabulous!!ReplyDelete
What a stuning wedding gift. May it bring them may years of happiness together! Well done you!ReplyDelete
This is beautiful. I'd be so thrilled if I received it as a gift!ReplyDelete
What a great wedding quilt! It just looks fantastic and your quilting is perfection!ReplyDelete
Looks amazing! Great wedding quilt, so modern and different!ReplyDelete
Love this - your quilting is amazing!ReplyDelete
Just started following you on Bloglovin after finding you via Dandelion Liz - Hello from a fellow Brit quilter!ReplyDelete
It's wonderful!! Have a great day making bags!ReplyDelete
Your quilting is super nice for this quilt!ReplyDelete
How awesome! Is this quilt. Love it. The quilting is perfectReplyDelete


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Argued January 16, 1969
Decided March 6, 1969
Appeal from the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the Fourth Judicial Department, FREDERICK M. MARSHALL, J.
Vincent E. Doyle, Jr. for appellants.
Michael F. Dillon, District Attorney ( Leslie G. Foschio of counsel), for respondent.
Blair Young, an employee of Buffalo Automatic, Inc., arrived at work at approximately 8:00 A.M., on May 11, 1963, only to discover that the company's premises had been burglarized the previous night. Further investigation on his part disclosed that the company safe had been opened. He then summoned members of the safe and burglary squad of the Buffalo Police Department who immediately responded to his call. A subsequent search led to the discovery of certain tools apparently used by the burglar. One of the investigating officers then took the tools and proceeded to the Buffalo suburb of Cheektowaga where he spoke to a hardware store clerk, Walter Neubauer.
Mr. Neubauer had been previously instructed by the Buffalo police to report sales of certain items to them as part of a general plan to combat crime. Accordingly, when he sold an axe and crowbar to two men on May 8, he made a notation of the license plate of the vehicle used by the purchasers and notified the police of the sale. When the detective arrived at the hardware store three days later with the axe and crowbar, Neubauer was able to positively identify the items as ones that he had sold. A trace of the license plate number revealed that the car had been rented on that day by one Esther Bozeman, whom the police knew was a friend of defendant James Pelow, a suspected burglar. While the investigation was proceeding as outlined above, a Detective Sergeant Quinn, in charge of the Buffalo safe and burglary squad, immediately suspected Pelow and, responding to this intuitive inclination, ordered his arrest on an outstanding assault charge.
The defendants were married subsequent to their arrest and prior to the trial. I shall refer to the defendant Esther Pelow by her maiden name, Esther Bozeman.
Sergeant Quinn found Pelow at the Markeen Hotel in the presence of Miss Bozeman and another girl. After arresting Pelow, the sergeant suggested to Miss Bozeman that she accompany them to police headquarters for questioning concerning the burglary. At this time, the officer had no information directly linking her to the crime. Nevertheless, Miss Bozeman was placed in the custody of a policewoman and taken to police headquarters where she was booked on a charge of vagrancy. At the time of her arrest, she had over $500 on her person, secreted in the bottom of her pocketbook.
Following the arrest of the defendants, Sergeant Quinn ordered the arrest, also on the assault charge, of Pelow's sister, Mrs. Kelly. When the police arrived at her apartment, they were greeted by another sister of the defendant Pelow, who informed them that Mrs. Kelly was not at home. The police entered the premises, apparently with permission, and found a briefcase and pail containing coins which were later identified as the fruits of the burglary.
After these coins had been seized, Sergeant Quinn commenced questioning the defendant Bozeman about the burglary. During this interrogation, she admitted that she accompanied Pelow and another man to Cheektowaga on May 8, and that they purchased some tools on that occasion. While she was being interrogated, Mr. Neubauer was brought to the station house and, after viewing six men in a room for a considerable period of time, identified the defendant as the person who had purchased the tools from him several days before.
The defendants were tried jointly. James Pelow was convicted of grand larceny, burglary in the third degree and possession of burglar's tools and sentenced to imprisonment of from 10 to 20 years. His codefendant and spouse, Esther Bozeman, was convicted of grand larceny and sentenced for from one to three years. The convictions were unanimously affirmed by the Appellate Division, Fourth Department. We granted leave to appeal.
Appellants present four points for our consideration. They argue: (1) that the coins found in Mrs. Kelly's apartment were illegally seized; (2) that the station house identification of Pelow by the witness was unnecessarily suggestive and constituted a denial of due process; (3) that Esther Bozeman's statement that she was with Pelow when he purchased the tools should not have been read in evidence against her, and (4) that the court erred in not redacting the reference in the afore-mentioned statement to defendant Pelow.
The Judge at the suppression hearing concluded that the officers searched the apartment of Mrs. Kelly with the consent of her sister. This affirmed finding precludes the defendants from asserting that the coins found in the apartment were illegally seized. It is thus unnecessary for us to consider the additional conclusion of that Judge that the defendants lacked standing to object to the search and seizure on the ground that they were not occupants of the premises.
Appellants' second argument, pertaining to the station house identification of the defendant Pelow, does not convince us that the identification procedure was "so unnecessarily suggestive and conducive to irreparable mistaken identification" as to amount to a denial of due process. ( Stovall v. Denno, 388 U.S. 293, 302.) At the time of the identification, Mr. Neubauer was asked to identify the defendant while viewing six men in a room. Five of these men were police officers in plain clothes. There was nothing distinctive about them that would cause Mr. Neubauer to immediately select the defendant. On the contrary, the fact that he took over 15 minutes to make his identification illustrates the fairness of the procedure. Since evidence of prior identifications is expressly permitted by statute (Code Crim. Pro., § 393-b) and, since the procedure employed was proper and in accord with our prior decisions (see People v. Brown, 20 N.Y.2d 238; People v. Ballott, 20 N.Y.2d 600), we conclude that this identification was proper and did not deny the defendant due process of law.
Defendant Bozeman contends that the court committed reversible error when it admitted her statement that she was with Pelow when he purchased the tools used in the burglary. Her contention is virtually identical to that advanced, quite recently, in People v. Jackson ( 22 N.Y.2d 446).
In that case, defendant Shelly Jean Jackson was arrested for vagrancy by two members of the Rochester homicide squad. Police records listed him as a homicide suspect and the arraigning Judge denied bail. The sham was completely unveiled by the fact that the vagrancy charge was then completely forgotten. To cull from our opinion in that case: "there is not the slightest indication that the police ever seriously considered a bona fide prosecution for that offense." ( 22 N.Y.2d, p. 452.) While defendant Bozeman was initially booked on a vagrancy charge, the record nevertheless clearly demonstrates that this charge was a sham. Esther Bozeman was arrested by a member of the Buffalo safe and burglary squad. Her arrest, made while she had over $500 on her person, was attributable solely to the fact that she was a close friend of defendant Pelow who was the suspected burglar at that time. Under these circumstances, we reiterate what we said in Jackson that "statements taken from a defendant after he [or she] has been subjected to a sham arraignment, usually for vagrancy, are inadmissible" ( 22 N.Y.2d, p. 451). As we view the record, the major portion of the total evidence presented against defendant Bozeman consisted of her statement — given while in custody under a sham arraignment — that she was with defendant Pelow when he purchased the tools used in the burglary. Accordingly, her judgment of conviction should be reversed and a new trial ordered.
Defendant Pelow contends that the unredacted admission into evidence of the above statement was a denial of his right to confrontation and cross-examination which cannot be cured without a new trial. His contention is predicated on recent decisions of both this court and the United States Supreme Court. (See People v. Baker, 23 N.Y.2d 307; People v. Jackson, 22 N.Y.2d 446, supra; Roberts v. Russell, 392 U.S. 293; Bruton v. United States, 391 U.S. 123.)
While we acknowledge the impropriety which occurred when this statement was introduced, we cannot accept the defendant's contention that this single error mandates a new trial. Eliminating the statement from the record, we are left without any evidence to connect defendant Bozeman with the purchase of the crowbar and axe and very little evidence to connect her with the crime itself. The independent evidence is overwhelming, however, when we consider defendant Pelow's guilt. As we noted at the outset, Walter Neubauer, the clerk at the hardware store, testified that the defendant Pelow and another man had bought these tools from him. His story was buttressed by his prior identification of the defendant and by his ability to recognize the tools as merchandise handled by his store. Finally, it should be noted that the purchase of the tools in and of itself was not a criminal act and was not a basis for the punishment subsequently imposed. Rather, the statement merely referred to the commission of an act preparatory to the burglary. In this setting, neither justice, common sense nor prior judicial decisions warrant a new trial.
It should be noted that we neither approve nor condone the admission of this statement against the defendant Pelow. However, as the Supreme Court remarked in Bruton, "`A defendant is entitled to a fair trial but not a perfect one.' Lutwak v. United States, 344 U.S. 604, 619" ( 391 U.S., p. 135). Were this statement deleted from the record, there would remain an overabundance of admissible evidence establishing the defendant's guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. (See People v. Kingston, 8 N.Y.2d 384, 387; People v. Cocco, 305 N.Y. 282, 288.) The error committed must, therefore, be considered harmless pursuant to our rules of criminal procedure. (Code Crim. Pro., § 542.)
The judgment of conviction of defendant Bozeman should be reversed and a new trial ordered; the judgment of conviction of the defendant Pelow should be affirmed.
Chief Judge FULD and Judges SCILEPPI, BERGAN, KEATING, BREITEL and JASEN concur.
In People v. James Pelow: Judgment affirmed.
In People v. Esther Bozeman Pelow: Judgment reversed and a new trial ordered.


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The UK has taken a giant step into the unknown, launching Open Banking ahead of its European counterparts. While not all the designated banks were ready on time, the initiative lays the groundwork for a range of new propositions for consumers and businesses. Joy Macknight reports.
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Sarah Cahill hosted the Schnabel Music Foundation on KALW radio on March 26, 2017
François and Ann Mottier in the KALW studio (Photo Sarah Cahill)
On Sunday evening Sarah Cahill received Ann and François Mottier for a two hour radio show on the San Francisco radio station KALW. She played much music recorded by all of the musicians of the Schnabel family. They are, in reverse order of birth date: Claude Mottier (1972), Helen Schnabel (1911), Karl Ulrich Schnabel (1909), Artur Schnabel (1882), and Therese Schnabel (1876).


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I couldn't care less what you have to say,
it would all just be empty words to me anyway.
What did I expect, a prince in shining armor?
You wore Spider-man converse, drove a cube car.
I don't understand those who prefer to wear a mask,
but your true self has been revealed to me at last.
Good bye. Good luck. I'll never speak of you again.
I've already forgotten- it's like you never happened.
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Outdoor cinema 2014: Los Últimos Días (The Last Days)
Àlex Pastor, David Pastor. Spain, 2013. 100'.
In the year 2013, a mysterious illness is spreading all over the planet. Panic takes over, and no one is going outside, because if they do, they risk immediate death. The whole world has locked themselves in their homes. As civilization crumbles, Marc, sets out on an almost impossible mission to find Julia, his missing girlfriend, without going outside.


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|Detail from Maria Grazia Giacomini
work exhibited at the museum
(it is a reflection)
area Trieste
|The mayor and the organizers welcoming
everyone to the opening.
Work above/below by Ilana Efrati
We also saw some innovative things.
|Gorgeous work from Ilaria Margutti
There was some patchwork as well.
|The town was lined with wrapped trees. Gorgeous!
We walked over to the small but impressive Textile Museum to see the "Il Filo Infinito, la Pace" (Infinite Thread of Peace) exhibit curated by Elvira Guglielmi.
There were 2 other exhibits to see on the walk back to the main area.
We stayed on the grounds for lunch and were ready for our 3 pm class with art therapist, Tiziana Luciani. She is an author and works in Assisi and Milano as well as collaborates with a university in Venice.
She taught an exhilarating workshop where we used the idea of a ball of yarn to express all the big moments in our lives.
We had a full day once again.
|"In My Hands"
my piece from the workshop.
Today is our last day, actually! I can't believe we are leaving tomorrow morning!
|One of the travellers journal pages
|Another traveller's first day entry
|Still another traveller's second day entry
|Carolyn's book is full!
She wrote some beautiful things!


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any picture comes to my mind, i try to give it a body of words, love to sit on other blooms, for honey, color, fragrance........
Wednesday, 30 September 2015
My Prayer
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A heartfelt plea. Sometimes we do need to look above for our healing....and know we are being heard.ReplyDelete
The prayer flags are so cool. Such a tangible way of letting go to write it there and leave it for the gods to collect. A removal of the hatred would be a beautiful step forward to healing as well.ReplyDelete
This is a beautiful prayer itself.
A touching poem....dark and vivid, Sumana. It almost brought a lump to my throat. Beautifully penned....ReplyDelete
Oh so fervent a wish, which I share for the war-torn earth to be cupped in peaceful healing hands. Sigh. A beautiful poem, Sumana.ReplyDelete
Oh Oh Oh!ReplyDelete
I see the disease of Death is different than the healing of Death, the death that undoes the burden of evil our senses are exposed to in the outcome of hatred. I too yearn for a rest where life's "cool hands of love" is "healing touch." I've had to sit with these words a while as they convey a little more truth than I can bear, dear poet. Thank you for this prayer.
A prayer so noble. What we wouldn't do to have peace on Earth. But somehow it is so elusive!ReplyDelete
Such a heartfelt write :DReplyDelete
Beautifully penned.
Lots of love,
A soothing, beautiful prayer that touched my soul!ReplyDelete
O if only there were a way to recover from death!ReplyDelete
A heartfelt prayer for peace.ReplyDelete
This plea is so heartfelt that ,of itself, it invites us to join our prayers to yours..ReplyDelete
this is yet another wonderful poem of hope. it is hope and strength that keeps others going...beautiful!ReplyDelete
Sadly that battle with death's untimeliness takes time. There is however always a part of your loved one within you still for they are part of you.ReplyDelete
A powerful poem Sumana - what I love about your writing is how gently you use word and language to convey such primal thoughts, fears and hopes...it is both skilful and as others say beautiful...ReplyDelete
Beautiful, heartfelt prayer xReplyDelete
I think this will happen...ReplyDelete
Magiceye is right.ReplyDelete
I hope the warriors are listening. Very inspiring!ReplyDelete
So prayerful...beautiful...I really enjoy this,ReplyDelete
"Let my eyes see not
Ears hear not
Tongue speak not"
To me, this speaks to a non-being sort of being...a way of getting out of the way being present for the Presence. Really special.
Thank you.
O, this is really healing prayer! Love the flags, very emotional, moving and hopefully works...ReplyDelete
Prayer heals the soul, and only if the soul is healed can we hope for the healing of the body...ReplyDelete
Those soft, cool hands... exactly what one needs in times of suffering and despair.ReplyDelete


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Despite being rife with stunning visuals, wildlife and activities, the lush British countryside unfortunately is not home to any kebab shops or takeaways; making life a little harder if you are not well versed in cooking.
Often being limited to one hob ring, it can be a difficult task to create home favourites when cooking facilities are at the bare minimum, but that doesn't mean great flavours can't be made with a little bit of inspiration and skill. This recipe is exclusively for campers with at least one hob and a grill.
Pizza is certainly a recipe never associated with camping - unless you're camping in Pizza Hut car park that is. Traditionally pizza requires an oven which is great news for those who have an oven installed in their van conversion but more often then not campers exclusively use hobs and a grill.
Fear not, the one pan pizza allows you to enjoy the taste of
Italy while enjoying British scenery and its nearly as easy as chucking a frozen one in the oven. Feel free to add and replace ingredients to get the perfect pizza.
The One Pan Pizza
225g self- raising flour
3 tablespoons of olive oil
1 tablespoon of olive oil
1 red onion
3 crushed garlic clothes
Olives (to taste)
1 pack of cherry tomatoes
4 tablespoons of tomato puree
50g of cheddar cheese
1 pack of pepperoni
Crush the garlic cloves, finally chop the onion and heat in the frying pan for 5 minutes. Chop the cherry tomatoes in half and add them to the pan along with the tomato purée and simmer for 5 to 10 minutes.
Remove contents from pan and place in a container for later.
Put the flour in a bowl, create a well in the middle and add 3 tablespoons of olive oil and 6 tablespoons of warm water and need until a soft doughy consistency is achieved.
Tip the mixture onto a floured board or table and roll out to fit the frying pan.
Fry the base in the pan for around 10 minutes until golden brown. Spread the tomato, onion and garlic mixture and layer on the pepperoni, olives (pitted and chopped) and cheese.
Place the pan under the grill and heat until the cheese is beautifully melted.
Serve and enjoy!


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Morning News Roundup
By DEALS INDIA STAFF
News roundup from Indian newspapers, news wires and websites on Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2013. Deals India has not verified the stories from other media organizations and does not vouch for their accuracy.
IT Firm Saksoft Acquires U.S.-based Firm
IT firm Saksoft has acquired US-based business intelligence and information management company, Electronic Data Professionals, through its subsidiary for an "undisclosed amount". (Source: Financial Express)


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[ Game Candy celebrates just how cool games look, by bringing you choice snaps from interesting moments in games. ]
Nothing like a little postmodernism* to spice up a game some. Above we have Michelangelo's "David", but with a few obvious alterations: there is a leaf covering his junk, and of course it's a minotaur instead of a hunky rendition of Biblical hero David. This bullish reinterpretation can be found in Impire, a not-half-bad attempt at blending Dungeon Keeper with a few of the unique elements found in Majesty (with which it shares a universe).
* I have no idea how to use the term correctly.


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A detailed examination of the assassination of U.S. President John F. Kennedy, with emphasis on the discrepancies and inconsistencies in the government's official version of events.
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Web Design and SEO
Not exactly about web design and SEO, but Aaron Wall's excellent seobook.com blog featured an article entitled How do I Become an SEO?. From the article:
If you sell SEO services most people who want to buy SEO services want services which can not be done at the prices they are willing to pay unless you do things that will damage their brand. Stay away from bad customers. If you can create passive income streams they will pay you just as much as bad customers do while requiring far less work.
Substitute "web design" for "SEO" and you'll see how the advice applies to web designers as well. Excellent advice. In addition to Jeffrey Zeldman's Don't Design on Spec, I'd add one more: don't bid on price — sell quality.
2 Comments to "Web Design and SEO"
So true. I'm shifting a bulk of my work to search engine marketing and a few other "passive income streams" myself…
Sorry I missed this, Teli. (Where are my manners?)
Are you talking about pay-per-click? Ah … Adsense?
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Collected news and opinion about the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, the domain name business, Internet governance, and miscellaneous other cyberlaw topics for September 16, 2014.
The European Broadcasting Union's bid for the .radio TLD prevailed in Community Priority Evaluation Sept. 10, knocking out generic-string applications from Donuts, Afilias, and BRS Media. Under ICANN rules, a top-level domain application fairly representing a well-delineated "community" moves to the head of the line, and need not participate in an auction with other non-community applicants for the same string.
Until recently, community applications were believed to be longshots, as evidenced by CPE losses by applicants for .taxi, .art, .tennis, .inc, .immo, and others. However, victories by community applicants for .hotel and .radio might have breathed new life into some community applications -- particularly the community application for .music filed by Far Further/.music llc on behalf of the sound recording industry establishment.
If the global recording industry gets past CPE, it will not need to compete in an auction against other well-financed applicants such as Donuts, Google, and Amazon.
"Music" is an awfully fuzzy community. However, in order to prevail in a CPE proceeding, Far Further doesn't have to conclusively prove the existence of a clearly delineated music community. Close enough could be good enough. In order to prevail in a CPE proceeding, it is necessary for the applicant to receive a score of 14 out of 16 available points. The CPE panel decision involving .radio awarded the EBU 3 out of a possible 4 points for whether a clearly established radio community existed, and 3 out of 4 possible points for whether there was a nexus between the radio community and the applied-for string. The CPE panel gave the EBU a perfect score on the rest of the scorecard, including 2 out of a possible 2 points for lack of opposition. There was opposition, but the panel discounted it as irrelevant.
This is an opening that Far Further's application could squeeze through.
CPE panel decisions are something of a black box. Decisions are rendered, unsigned, by the Economist Intelligence Unit, and there is no way for the parties (let alone the public) to know who decided the dispute and on what evidence. The system is wide open for ex parte, back-door lobbying. Which is good, I guess, until you lose. Donuts and other applicants for the .hotel TLD tried to persuade ICANN's Board Governance Committee to shed some light on CPE decisionmaking processes but they have so bar been rebuffed.
|Starting Dot Ltd.
|Taxi Pay GmbH
|Interlink Co. Ltd.
|Prevailed [pdf]
|Tennis Australia Ltd.
|Canadian Real Estate Assoc.
|TLDDOT GmbH
|Dot Registry LLC
|Dot Registry LLC
|Dot Registry LLC
|European Broadcasting Union (EBU)
|Prevailed [pdf]
|HOTEL Top-Level-Domain S.a.r.l.
|Prevailed [pdf]
|Dadotart Inc.
|Big Room Inc.
|DotKids Foundation Limited
|Change Request Pending
|dotgay LLC
|.music LLC
ICANN's proposal to amend its bylaws to require a two-thirds board majority in order to override advice from its Governmental Advisory Committee continues to play to overwhelmingly negative reviews.
Comments submitted by Google -- a company with large interests in both the DNS and in global government relations -- made a couple points that are widely shared within the ICANN community. First, strengthening the GAC's hand might impede ongoing efforts to improve the GAC's ability to participate constructively in ICANN policymaking:
By making it more difficult for the Board to reject GAC advice, the proposed bylaws change would further cement the current arrangement between the GAC and the other stakeholder groups, wherein the community develops policy largely without direct governmental stakeholder participation and the GAC weighs in at the end. This proposed change disincentivizes governments from contributing to policy development via the Policy Development Process by strengthening their ability to veto the end result of that process. Rather, the community should be encouraging a working relationship between the GAC, the Board, and the other stakeholder groups within ICANN.
Second, the ICANN community should be protected against future revisions of GAC operating procedures that might produce GAC advice based on less than consensus:
Commitment to consensus is a fundamental element of the ICANN multistakeholder model. Google believes that the bylaws change should only be adopted if its application is limited to GAC advice that is adopted with the full consensus of its members. To the extent that the GAC were to issue nonconsensus advice, such advice would have limited weight and the Board should not be subject to a higher threshold in rejecting it.
Comments filed by the Internet Society did not take a position on the GAC super-majority proposal, instead inquiring diplomatically whether ICANN ought to give additional attention to a number of questions before proceeding further down this path:
Many of ICANN's constituency groups have yet to be heard from. They have until Oct. 6, the conclusion of the reply period, to file comments.
Here is a quick list of federal legislative measures addressing the prospect that the National Telecommunications & Information Administration will transfer its stewardship role over ICANN's performance of the IANA functions.
Today, the plan for Congress is to go home to their districts on Sept. 18 and campaign for reelection, then return Nov. 12 for the lame-duck session.
http://t.co/Drl3DGmLHi Sells On Sedo For $50K http://t.co/3PQyWk2QJq— The Domains (@thedomains) September 15, 2014
I will never understand how domain names are valued. So cabs.com is worth $50,000. I wonder how much the founders of the Uber alt-taxi service (recently valued at over $18 billion) paid for uber.com. And I wonder whether Yahoo! got $5.7 billion in value from broadcast.com, which feebly redirects to yahoo.com, existing only as an entry in a root zone file. The value is in the business. Is the taxicab business a good one to be in right now?
Thomas O'Toole is managing editor of Bloomberg BNA's Electronic Commerce & Law Report and a contributor to Bloomberg BNA's Internet Law Resource Center.
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Lubbock Apartment Fire Victims Need Assistance
A West Lubbock apartment complex caught fire around noon today, displacing 40 residents and causing the apartment's roof to collapse.
The two-alarm fire was at Twin Oaks Apartment complex in the 5800 block of 22nd Street.
Firefighters were joined by residents as they attempted to extinguish the blaze.
One entire building of the complex was deemed completely destroyed.
Fire trucks caused traffic to back up on West Loop 289.
The Salvation Army, Red Cross and local businesses and churches responded to the displaced residents, providing them with food and shelter during the evacuation.
The cause of the fire is not yet known.
Volunteers are needed Saturday, January 22, to help organize donations for victims of yesterday's apartment fire.
Volunteers are needed beginning at 9 AM and working throughout the day.
The Salvation Army of Lubbock will be accepting donations for victims of yesterday's Apartment fire. These individuals are in need of basic necessities including mattresses, bed frames, cribs, other furniture, clothing, kitchen ware and appliances and general home items.
The Salvation Army Thrift Store truck will be accepting donations at United Supermarket located at 98th and Quaker Avenue today and Saturday from 9 AM to 7 PM. All donations given specifically for fire victims will be gathered in a location separate from our thrift store where only victims of the fire will have access.
Donations may also be made at The Salvation Army office located at 1111 16th Street in downtown Lubbock.
Victims will have access to these items beginning Monday morning.
For more information about this or other stories, please contact:
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We also got this from a listener:
Hi Landon,
This is Laura Parker, I own My Friend's Closet and I closed the store last night, I have inventory left over and Salvation Army is supposed to come tomorrow, but I am here today and tomorrow, if any of the fire victims need clothing today. I have ladies shoes left over from Famous Brand Shoes, and a few tween sizes, a few junior sizes, but they are welcomed to come in and get anything they need. Please just have them call me at 771-5713 at the store, and 786-7164 is my cell. Thank you!
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Do you own a Chris Hall 'Italian'?
Fri, 05 Aug 2016
FIRE stations in Hungerford, Lambourn, Pangbourne and Mortimer are seeking retained firefighters, with a recruitment drive this weekend (Aug 6/7), in Reading.
Retained firefighters often have other employment and respond to call-outs via a pager. Applicants must be aged over 18, with a good standard of fitness.
Anyone interested should attend the open day, at 9.30am on either Saturday or Sunday (Aug 6/7) at Whitley Wood Fire Station, in Whitley Wood Road, Reading, RG2 8FS.


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Jeff "LCDRMiller" Miller, Environmental Artist on Neverwinter, has posted some new information about the creation of Strongholds maps on the Neverwinter forums. As the free to play MMORPG gets ready to launch its Guild battle focused module, Cryptic Studios is sharing the news that these Strongholds maps will be the largest maps introduced into the game…by FAR the largest.
"You heard correctly, this is the biggest map we have ever made! There are two main reasons for the map being the size it is. The first being, we wanted players to feel a sense of exploration as they roam the lands and fight off enemies to expand their guild's stronghold," wrote Miller. The huge size serves two purposes.
On the PvE side of business, this larger map gives players a huge portion of the world in which to explore and take part in adventures, while giving Guilds the space they need to build their Strongholds. PvP players will of course love the increased space that frees up the intense guild versus guild competition planned for the module.
If you've every been a bit curious about environment creation, check out the full post for a "step by step" guide on how the Neverwinter team approaches map building.
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When does Neverwinter come to Ps4?
you better hope you never get this unoptimized laggy, buggy and exploit ridden piece of crap. read the official xone and pc forums to see how bad things are (moderators there delete a LOT of posts with bad comments for the game's state btw)
lol how old are you ? *Mounted* funneh
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Wednesday, December 25, 2013
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Broken Trust, Not Condoms
Freedom of the Press?
Broke No Laws
Legal experts have said that WikiLeaks has "likely broken no laws" and this is in contrast with the branding that top US politicians called the website. Politicians are calling WikiLeaks a terrorist group and some had even gone further to even cause to endanger the life of its staff.
WikiLeaks is providing information to the public based on documents provided by various whistleblowers. These documents came from legitimate sources and are authenticated documents even by those in the US military and US political sphere. However, with the potential sensitivity of data various governments had called the move by WikiLieaks and Julian Assange as careless and may cause potential casualties.
US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates admitted in a letter to the US congress that no sensitive intelligence sources or methods had been compromised by the Afghan war logs disclosure. The Pentagon stated there was no evidence the WikiLeaks reports had led to anyone being harmed in Afghanistan. NATO in Kabul told CNN it couldn't find a single person who needed protecting.
Lawmakers and Legal Experts Call For Restraint in Wikileaks Hearing
The House Judiciary Committee held a surprisingly subdued hearing this morning on the legal and constitutional issues surrounding Wikileaks' publication activities. Committee members repeatedly emphasized the importance of protecting First Amendment rights and cautioned against overreaction to Wikileaks. The seven legal experts called to testify agreed, almost all of them noting that:
Excessive government secrecy is a serious problem that needs to be fixed,
It's critically important to protect freedom of expression and the press, and
The government should be extremely cautious about pursuing any prosecutions under the Espionage Act or any legislation that would expand that law, which is already poorly written and could easily be applied in ways that would be unconstitutional.
Is Julian Assange arrest really about sexual misconduct?
Since the first mentions of a leak of potentially embarrassing U.S. diplomatic cables, a quiet war has blossomed between those who claim they support openness and free speech and those who claim they are protecting lives, international cooperation, and the rights of the Swedish court system.
The war has opened on two fronts: The first front is an attempt to stop the public from getting access to WikiLeaks' trove of diplomatic cables and war documents. The second front is an attempt to get WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange either behind bars or, if Assange's claims are to be believed, assassinated.
-In August, 2010, shortly after Wikileaks announced it would be releasing thousands of documents about the wars on Iraq and Afghanistan, Swedish prosecutors open an investigation into charges of rape and sexual molestation of two women in Sweden against Assange. Charges against him are promptly dropped.
Rape Charges Dropped
One week after the initial charges are dropped, Swedish prosecutors reopen the case against Assange and seek an International Arrest warrant for the Australian national because, prosecutors said, he refused to come in for questioning. Assange and his lawyers claims the case is politically motivated and fights the order; his lawyers call it part of a larger "smear campaign."
The two women who filed the original claim, are said to have had sex with Assange on two successive nights. There's not much in the reports about forced sex or molestation, or rape. In fact, besides stating Assange had "an aversion to the word no" there is no description of anything resembling rape. The rape charges were dropped in August 2010.
Julian Assange no longer faces sex abuse charges in Sweden after a prosecutor decided to investigate only one of two complaints against him, and not as a sexual offense. Mr Assange is still suspected of molesting a woman on August 13, but molestation is not a sex crime under Swedish law, according to a spokeswoman for the Swedish Prosecution Authority. It can cover a wide range of offenses, including reckless conduct or inappropriate physical contact with another adult, and can result in fines or up to one year in prison.
Daniel Ellsberg, the man who famously leaked the Pentagon Papers during the Vietnam War defended both WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and the Army private suspected of providing the site with thousands of sensitive government documents.
Daniel Ellsberg said Thursday that Wikileaks' disclosure of government secrets on the Iraq and Afghanistan wars and thousands of diplomatic cables was "exactly the right thing" to do.
Daniel Ellsberg said the government is wrong to pursue criminal charges against Assange, comparing him to New York Times and Washington Post journalists who have published information from classified documents.
Thank you for the update on Wikileaks. The last I had heard anything military secrets such as troop movements had been posted for the world (and our enemies) to see.
It this type of thing is not true, then I cannot see any reason to persecute him either socially or legally. I've always suspected that the sex scandal was just that - a scandal with little substance.
Great article.
I don't know if you've seen this yet... but I wanted to send it along.
It is a real eye opener.
Great hub, catchy title! Thanks for keeping me informed!
I don't think he is about sexual misconduct, and always thought that whole part of the bigger issue was odd. Potentially hurting whole groups of people in a country shouldn't be encouraged and allowed. I found it sad that to express that, that some make it sound like that you are "for corruption" in government, which I am not. All very odd, and very indicative of what we are dealing with today in the world. Thank you for sharing!
Those are the very same problems that keep good people from coming forward to report incidents of corruption. It is precisely how the powers that be remain in power. The simple message is, report and we will make your life holy miserable. Miserable for ever. Voted Up!
Interesting little bug in your vote widget. You can say 'no', and it reports you said 'yes'. The only thing worse than a bad poll, is a pollster that only hears what he wants to hear.
As for Assange, I have no doubt that making folks in the U.S. mad is near the bottom of his worry list. We play fairly mild and sedate compared to others he's offended.
Now I worked for organizations that required me to have a top secret clearence, now I have had two. If you work into a sector of our government and if the reasons are for national security, it is very important to honor that role. With that said, I have not followed this issue as I am so busy trying to figure out what is going on with Nancy Grace. Free speech is an issue, but what exactly has been leaked and to whom, and who benefits from this kind of progranda? Love & peace Darski rate up
brilliant up to date summary of this major issue - thank you.
My son was asking me about this today, so in that context I had to think about it.
In the first place, Assange had the right to do as he pleased.
In the second place how he obtained the information is subject to interpretation.
In the third place, even if all the knowledge that he was purported to have stolen and released were released to the public, what good or bad will it do?
We are already swimming in a sea of data than we care to analyze.
My one cent.
It seems to me the biggest issue here is what he exposed, not why or how, WHAT!
I gotta say why the secrets, and shouldn't government be held accountable. I can imagine the desire to let the public know about these issues and topics. We are a democracy and enjoy freedom of speech. I'm amazed at the details put in such fragile areas, we all know smart computer hackers can access most anything so why store it in this method. It's just wacky...
If I were to have such a vital job in government, I'd do my job as a servant and earn every dollar and never imagine my work would be kept secret and if I were to do something stupid I'd feel most confident I'd be exposed for it. I just don't get it, where's the accountability? Hmmmm weird science. Well done and thought provoking. peace :)


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- For info on Nightmare Fredbear's core series character, click here.
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— Nightmare Fredbear's Loading Screen
Nightmare Fredbear is an unlockable character in FNaF World and a nightmarish incarnation of Fredbear.
Nightmare Fredbear has an almost identical appearance to his core series counterpart but he is smaller, glossier, and has less damage to his body. He wears a purple hat, bowtie, and two buttons. Along with the other nightmares, he has four fingers instead of five, with silver claws on his hands. He has several rips on his arms and legs. A bottom set of endoskeleton teeth is visible behind his main set of teeth. He lacks some brown parts on his body, wiry eyelashes, and has a single set of teeth on his belly. He lacks the black stripe that appears on his hat.
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|Massively damages and poisons a single enemy.
|Summons a stampede of Freddles that massively damages all enemies multiple times.
|Deals an incredible amount of damage to enemies.
Pre-Update 2
|Massively damages and poisons a single enemy.
|Massively damages all enemies.
|Deals an incredible amount of damage to enemies.
Nightmare Fredbear is a very powerful character to have. He has Toxic Bite 2 which can do big damage and poisons an enemy and others nearby. Like Nightmare Freddy, he has Freddles which can do huge damage to groups of enemies.
Lastly, Mega Bite can do very big damage to a single enemy and others nearby, more damage than Toxic Bite 2.
- Interestingly, Nightmare Fredbear doesn't have a red tint on his teeth which references Fredbear being the animatronic behind what is believed to be the Bite of '83. However, his idle animation does bite down in front of him, though this may just be a coincidence. His attack animation, however, is very clear.
- However, this is most likely to keep the game kid-friendly, as the main part of the game is supposed to be for kids.
- Nightmare Fredbear's Mega Bite attack is a homophone with Megabyte.
- It seems that Nightmare Fredbear's attack animation is mainly for his "bite" attacks.
- Nightmare Fredbear's loading screen may refer to his original counterpart's job as the lead singer and the mascot of both Fredbear's Family Diner and "Fredbear and Friends".
- Nightmare Fredbear is one of the four characters capable of using Mega Bite, the other three being Fredbear, Nightmare BB, and Nightmare. This is a reference to Fredbear being the animatronic to commit what is speculated and believed to be the "Bite of '83", and its shadowy counterpart.
- However, Nightmare BB is not related to the Bite.
- When as a challenger, Nightmare Fredbear's name will be known as "???".
- This applies to all the characters in the second to last bottom row of the "Party Creation" menu, excluding Springtrap.
- He is one of three counterparts of Freddy who doesn't posses a microphone, the others being Nightmare Freddy and Nightmare.
- In the 1.1 update, Nightmare Fredbear can be seen having the "Freddles" attack replacing the "Bad Pizza" attack. in the "Party Creation" menu. It was still "Bad Pizza" ingame.
- However, in the 1.2 update, he has this attack.
- This makes Nightmare Fredbear the first (and only) character to have their attacks changed.
- However, in the 1.2 update, he has this attack.
- If one looks closely at Nightmare Fredbear's idle animation, it would seem that as his left knee bends (right if a challenger), his lower leg costume clips through his foot.


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The Legendary Pokémon Rayquaza is still appearing at Pokémon GO Gyms, and for a limited time, it is being joined by two other Legendary Pokémon originally discovered in the Hoenn region. Kyogre and Groudon are briefly returning to Gyms from now until March 5, 2018. If you need help taking down these powerful foes, be sure to check out the official tips for Kyogre, Groudon and Rayquaza. To see official updated artwork for each of the three Legendaries, click here. Read on below to learn more about the Legendary Kyogre:
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Like the limb-dragging zombies it depicts, The Walking Dead franchise has already transformed once from a little-known comic series to a hit TV show on AMC. Now, Activision has enlisted game developer Terminal Reality to give it yet another life: As a first-person shooter. Fans of the show, which has become one of the top cable series on TV, will get an origin story for Daryl and Meryl Dixon.
"These guys seemed like a perfect fit for the game, because as we looked at the Internet and what the fans really liked, they really loved Daryl," said Glenn Gamble, principal effects artist, Terminal Reality. "If you've watched the series over the course of Season 2, he really has shown this huge growth in his character."
Working with AMC, Terminal Reality has planted the seeds of what Daryl becomes in his early days. The game will sketch in a number of details from his past, including how he acquires his famous crossbow, what he was doing when this whole apocalypse went down, and what events transpired to bring him and his brother to Atlanta.
"We've also got other aspects in the game," said Gamble. "These two guys seemed like a perfect fit because they're also natural hunters and survivalists. Since this game is focusing heavily on survival, that format fits them really well."
Like the television series, the game will challenge players with more than just aiming at "walkers." The structure of the game will allow players to make decisions both minor (like what direction to venture), moral (like which survivor to invite into your truck) and tactical (whether to shoot the undead with a headshot and risk more coming your way).
Because of the horde mentality of walkers, Gamble said guns are usually a last resort in taking out these zombies. Melee weapons, which are strewn throughout the game world, make a more discreet way to eliminate threats. The game also rewards players for avoiding walkers completely, something the characters in the TV series do regularly. Sometimes it's hard to see enemies, which blend into the surroundings. And dark areas inside structures are perfect places for zombies to take you by surprise. One bite is all it takes to end your life, and the game.
The undead won't look alike in this game. Terminal Reality is randomly generating its zombies from a palette of hundreds of options, including skin tone and quality, animation, eyes, wounds, and other deformities.
The Dixons aren't the only humans remaining in the world. They'll come across many survivors as they navigate towns, cities and open fields on their journey to Atlanta. And not every human will be equal. For example, a hunter will be a sharpshooter when targeting walkers, but a doctor can find the necessary medicine to keep your group alive.
"We've been working on an original story that takes place only a very short time after the apocalypse hits," explained Gamble. "AMC has been really helpful in helping us guide our story, so it feels more like a story arc and not just like an episode of the show. There are certain rules we need to follow from the show, like: Walkers are slow and stupid and they can't use weapons or anything like that."
Many of the developers at Terminal Reality were fans of the show even before Activision approached them to develop this prequel. Gamble said fans will get a lot more back story and history.
"I'd love to tell you some of the ideas we have of where to take these characters, but unfortunately, I don't want to ruin anything for anybody," said Gamble. "I can guarantee you that there will be some surprises along the way and a lot of interesting events. Hopefully, if you re-watch the first episode of season one, you'll see these guys in a different light after you play the game."
Gamble said the game's focus is on a survival-FPS type hybrid. The player has to figure their way across a town. They can look for supplies to help them out later as they're travelling, or they can try to blaze their own trails. There are all these open options to the actual game and how the player plays it themselves.
"You're travelling across Georgia, collecting resources, and finding other survivors," said Gamble. "We're trying to go with a deep story, because that's what Walking Dead is all about, that deep story with engaging characters. The Walkers are there to never let you feel comfortable. Then we've got the whole FPS aspect of it, where the player is actually in survival scenarios, going through a town that's maybe abandoned. Maybe there's someone trying to get their attention or trying to send a signal."
Because of the decisions players will make, the adventure should offer a variety of twists and turns that separates one player's experience from another. Gamble said this game will separate itself from the critically acclaimed The Walking Dead from Telltale Games, which is based on Kirkman's comic book.
"It's actually a great world that we live in that we can actually have two Walking Dead games at the same time," said Gamble. "As a fan and a developer, I'm excited to be working on one and being able to play the other."
With the third season of the show debuting this fall, the new game will launch in 2013 to offer fans another entry into Kirkman's acclaimed work.


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ULTIMATE SECLUSION | 72 m2
Arriving at the private garden suite with its two sets of gates opening into a secluded courtyard, Dina Ferri proffers complete solitude. Named in honour of renowned local 'shepherdess poet' Dina Ferri (1908–1930), whose powerful words still evoke the spirit of place surrounding Borgo Santo Pietro and its Tuscan environs. Its four sets of French doors allow the luminous energy of nature to blend seamlessly with the spacious interior landscape of calming green and soft blue hues, a sweeping painted pastoral setting of the fields, a stone carved fireplace and creamy stone floors throughout. The private gardens on two sides envelop the suite in total privacy and silence.
Harmonious living extends to the enormous bathroom that is designed for pure indulgence, featuring an elegant sofa, a walk-in stone shower and double vanity, and a hand-painted claw-foot bath that invites sated repose by the open French doors leading onto the private terrace.
The lush scented garden provides many places in which to unwind and reflect, be it sipping morning coffee on the eastern private patio, sprawling on a luxurious curtained daybed tucked away on its own lawn, lazing on the sunbeds or imbibing fire-side terrace tranquility at night under the stars. This is an oasis that is difficult to leave.


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Cultural Tourism in Southern Africa Edited by: Haretsebe Manwa, Naomi Moswete, Jarkko Saarinen
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This volume provides an accessible overview of cultural tourism in southern Africa. It examines the utilisation of culture in southern African tourism and the related impacts, possibilities and challenges from deep and wide-ranging perspectives. The chapters use case studies to showcase some of the cultural tourism which occurs in the region and link to concepts such as authenticity, commodification, the tourist gaze and Otherness, heritage, sustainability and sustainable livelihoods. The authors scrutinise both positive and negative impacts of cultural tourism throughout the book and explore issues including the definition of community, ethical considerations, empowerment, gender, participation and inequality. The book will be a useful resource for students and researchers of tourism, geography, anthropology and cultural studies.
This book is a comprehensive, critically informed overview of cultural tourism in Southern Africa. Drawing on a range of examples from Southern Africa, the book critically explores and challenges the growth of cultural tourism in the region. The book provides deep insights into the impacts and management of cultural tourism in Southern Africa, offering lessons for developing regions around the world.- Li Yang, Western Michigan University, USA
This book offers a carefully composed variety of chapters. Readers are invited to partake in educational reflections on personal, collective and institutional problem formations, aspired solutions and modes of local governance for development. Guided by the paradigm of sustainability, and linked to ideas of regional knowledge-economies and their actor-networks in the glocal tourism industry, this recommendable work is a must-read.- Fritz Becker, University of Namibia, Namibia
This fascinating book covers a wide range of topical and pertinent issues in cultural tourism studies from a previously under-researched region of the world. The authors provide an intelligent and sensitive analysis of the ways in which cultural and community-based tourism are being developed, managed and promoted with a focus on both ethics and sustainability.- Melanie Kay Smith, Budapest Metropolitan University of Applied Sciences, Hungary
The book is a great reference to open people's eyes on current cultural tourism issues in Southern Africa. The book also discussed on specific cases of how problems were addressed and tried to be solved. Due to that, the book is an extremely important reference for further discussion and development of cultural tourism; especially for the Africans. On top of that, the book can definitely assist in future projects and initiatives, to ensure a higher rate of success, as it emphasizes on the concept of authenticity.- Journal of Tourism Futures, Vol. 3 Issue 2 - Christian Kahl, Taylor's University, Malaysia
Haretsebe Manwa is Associate Professor at North-West University, South Africa. Her research encompasses tourism and poverty alleviation, wildlife tourism, community-based tourism and cultural tourism.
Naomi Moswete is Senior Lecturer at the University of Botswana. Her interests include tourism as a strategy for rural development, community-based natural resources management and trans-frontier park-based tourism.
Jarkko Saarinen is Professor at the University of Oulu, Finland and the University of Johannesburg, South Africa. His research interests include tourism and development, sustainability and tourism-community relations.


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November 17th, 2012 | Tags: amiga, apple, computing, patents | Leave a comment
In December 2011, Apple filed for a patent on page-turning animations in software. This patent was granted last week. Now there's nothing left to keep Apple from suing MicroIllusions into oblivion:
(I'm still trying to discover whether or not Apple has also patented a system and method for ensuring that a user has the map from the original packaging before allowing him to play the game.)


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Monday, November 15, 2010
iRead - Connect at the Marriott Library
By Bess Gonglewski
Here's a clever display by Bess that is sure to catch the attention of our techno-savvy students.
Its message is that through the library, like an iPod, students can 'connect' with books, ebooks, the on-line bibliography tools as well as all the databases. Each square is a different e-tool or type of book.
This could be a great way to visually back up the introduction of your library resources to new students as part of library orientation.
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This cooperative agreement is to provide assistance to the Houston-Galveston Area Council - to retrofit forty-seven (47) school buses with EPA-certified diesel particular filters (DPFs) and closed crankcase ventilation (CCV) systems, bringing them up to the 2007 federal emissions' standards. The retrofits will occur on school buses that are part of Waller Independent School District. Implementation of this project will help reduce children's harmful exposure to particulate matter and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and air toxics, and improve overall regional air quality within the 8-county Houston-Galveston-Brazoria (HGB) ozone non-attainment area, which includes Waller County. The results of the project will be reduction of emissions of a variety of air toxins. Among these benzene, formaldehyde, and 1,3-butadiene, which are known carcinogens.
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This was my first clown painting. The initial expression on the clown's face was sadness. I can't remember whether the art director has requested such an expression, but the painting was accepted and published as an oversized greetings card. After that the art director asked me to repaint the clown's face and to make him smile, which I apparently did. However, this painting was never printed as a poster.
Back than the headquarters of Verkerke Reproducties were far from the place where I lived. In fact they were at the opposite side of the country. Although the Netherlands is not very big, it took me a few hours to get there by several trains. Once, I brought one of my clown paintings to the art director (see below). She was at first very pleased with the painting, but after a while she started to doubt. At the end she told me that she wants me to bring the painting back home and to paint a red rose on the ground next to the plate ( this was before the internet and Photoshop). Why, I asked. Because, she said, they have found out that, regardless the main subject, the posters that have a red rose included in the composition sell better than the posters without it! Also, a red rose was selling better than, for instance white or yellow rose. So, I brought the painting back home. A week later I was again sitting in the train with the same clown painting next to me, but this time with a red rose in it.
There were many situations of a similar kind during that period. I never complained about not having enough artistic freedom while doing this kind of job. I guess I did not need the artistic freedom at that time. Instead I needed enough work in order to survive physically and mentally, and I needed a challenge that would help me to develop my artistic skills. Most of these 120 paintings were not very good, some of them were really bad. There were only a few of them that I was completely satisfied with. And although I now don't like to look at most of them, these works were extremely helpful and important to me. I have had my share of ultra commercial art which does not deal with the terms like artistic freedom, or free self-expression. I have tasted the humility and the obedience, which are the indispensable elements in the illustrator's arsenal of qualities.
Nowadays the things are different. I guess I have earned my artistic freedom. I know now what I want, and what I don't want, and when to insist on my own freedom of artistic expression. But I also know when to put the thoughts about this freedom aside; I know when to shut up and do as the client requires, in order to refill my piggy bank.
All creatures great and small, 1994, oil on wooden board, 100 X 70 cm, 39 ¼ X 27 ½ inch.