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- Midodok said...
Thanks for posting that article! KOCCA is a very active organization in the Korean animation industry. They even support the production of projects that do not necessarily have a guaranteed way to generate income, such as funding a pilot. Some complain that this support leads to projects about traditional Korean themes that, although beautiful and culturally specific, will never really resonate with an audience and have a long life.
In any case, KOCCA affords some vibrancy in the animation industry even if it may just seem political at times.
- November 12, 2007 5:43 PM
I was going to work for KOCCA as their English language communicator in early 2006.
They decided it wasn't worth having an English speaker on board, which is their choice but from everything I've seen of KOCCA, they certainly need someone/something to sell Korean content abroad instead of winging it through bad ESL skills. KOCCA don't do a good job of promotion- yes SICAF is okay but it comes down to freelance writers interested in the subject to promote Korean animations.
Judging by Midodok's familiar avatar there, I'd say he did his mandatory military sevice with the police.
- December 06, 2007 9:42 AM


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>> Last week, Coco Rocha showed up to the Chanel-sponsored Winter Wonderland Ball with nary a hair out of place, ready to tape her newest video interview installment for Style.com. Upon closer inspection, however, there was something astray — the matting of a wig was visible at her part. A couple of weeks before, she attended the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund awards wearing a head-encompassing scarf. Granted, she was milliner nominee Albertus Swanepoel's date, and the scarf was his creation, but something still seemed a bit off, especially when paired with this cryptic (or perhaps joking) comment: "I had to come with Albertus because Vogue has rights on my hair until next month's issue."
Rewind back to the Nov. 3 ACE Awards, and Coco had neither headcovering nor wig — so did Vogue ask Coco to do something crazy with her hair? She appears in the December 2008 issue, but as Romeo's paramour Juliet, so no dramatic haircut there. Perhaps she was referring to the January 2009 issue? Or is something else going on? Hopefully she's not ill. She is about to take off for two months on a lengthy vacation — is there an ulterior motive there?
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Who is Sam Childers?
This page combines a series of five blog posts I wrote on Sam Childers (starting with this post) into one long narrative.
UPDATES (9/24/2011): This post doesn't have all the most recent information — for updates see my follow-up posts, "More on Rev. Sam Childers," "How Sam Childers endangers humanitarians everywhere," and "Machine gun roundup: the story gets worse." Also, my piece "Machine Gun Menace" in Foreign Policy summarizes much of what I wrote here but extends the argument against vigilante humanitarianism, and Christianity Today explores allegations of neglect at Childers' orphanage.
He goes by many names, Reverend Sam and the "Machine Gun Preacher" amongst them. If you haven't heard much from Sam Childers, you will soon. To date he's been featured in a few mainstream publications, but most of his exposure has come from forays into Christian media outlets and cross-country speaking tours of churches. In 2009 he published his memoir, Another Man's War. But Childers is about to become much better known: his life story is being made into a movie titled Machine Gun Preacher. It hits the big screen this September, starring Gerard Butler (300) and directed by Oscar-nominated director Marc Forster (Monster's Ball, Quantum of Solace).
Why should you care? If you're concerned about Africa (especially the newly independent South Sudan), neutrality and humanitarianism, or how small charities sometimes make it big on dubious stories, Childers is a scary character. By his own admission Sam Childers is a Christian and a savior to hundreds of children, as well as a small-time arms-dealer and a killer. And, as far as I can tell, he's a self-aggrandizing liar who chronically exaggerates his own stories and has been denounced by many, including the rebel group of which he claimed to be a commander.
It's hard to get to the bottom of much of Childers' story. I first heard of him months ago and have been scouring the web, but the trail is still pretty thin. On the on hand there's a ton of copy written about him – but almost all of it originates with Childers' own storytelling. I think there are a number of good reasons we should be skeptical.
The short version of his coming-to-the-big-screen-soon story is this: Childers used to be a drug-dealing gang member who loved motorcycles almost as much as he craved women, drugs, and violence – especially violence. He fell in love with his wife after they met through a drug deal, and she convinced him to turn his life around. Sam found Jesus, got involved with the church, and went to Africa. There he encountered the Joseph Kony's Lord's Resistance Army and it use of child soldiers. He found his calling leading armed rescue missions to free enslaved children in northern Uganda and southern Sudan. Now that his life story is being made into a movie — a goal Childers has long sought — his ministry will only grow stronger and save more children.
His website, MachineGunPreacher.org, makes no apologies about his violent tactics. Here's one of the banners that adorns the front page:
What you see now is a slickly-polished presentation, but it hasn't always been that way. Childers' story has grown over time, apparently aided by a PR firm, sympathetic media, and a quest to be ever more sensational. My gut reaction is that he's making much of it up – and I'll present evidence that shows at least some of his claims are likely falsehoods. We can choose to believe that Childers' claims are true, in which case he is dangerous, or that they're false and he's untrustworthy. The reality is probably that he's a bit of both.
Crush the wicked where they stand
Some of Childers' most outrageous claims are his most recent. An April 2010 Vanity Fair profile, "Get Kony" by Ian Urbina – worth reading in full – focused on Childers' personal quest to kill Joseph Kony. Kony is, of course, a really bad guy. He's the leader of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), a guerilla group in northern Uganda known for its use of child soldiers. Childers claims to be hunting him. Urbina's story doesn't present Childers as particularly good at hunting or much closer to catching Kony than any of the others who are out for his head. But the beginning gives you a taste of Childers' character:
It's two a.m., and we're barreling down a deeply pocked dirt road in Southern Sudan. In the cool of night, the temperature is nearly 100 degrees. Sam Childers, 46, is behind the wheel of a chrome-tinted Mitsubishi truck. Christian rock blares on the speakers. He has a Bible on the dash and a shotgun that he calls his "widow-maker" leaning against his left knee. His top sergeant, Santino Deng, 34, a Dinka tribesman with an anthracite complexion and radiant black eyes, sits in the passenger seat, an AK-47 across his lap.
In time, he liquidated his construction business, sold his pit bulls, auctioned his antique-gun collection, and mortgaged his home to help pay for regular trips to Sudan, where he began spending most of his time. He became obsessed with the fate of the thousands of children who have lost their parents to the fighting. In due course he would set up an orphanage in Sudan. But it was Joseph Kony who grabbed his attention. "I found God in 1992," Childers says, in what is by now a ritual formulation. "I found Satan in 1998." He has vowed to track Kony down and, in biblical fashion, to smite him.
From there the story gets more elaborate. According to Vanity Fair, Childers claims to be feeding and supplying the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA), a southern Sudanese armed group whose political wing has more recently become a major component of independent South Sudan's government. Childers said that he "made his home in Uganda available to the rebels for a radio-relay station." He also claims to have been present when the SPLA captured "an L.R.A. soldier believed to be part of Kony's inner circle. Childers wanted to sedate the man and surgically implant a transmitter so he could be tracked when he returned to the base camp. An S.P.L.A. commander overruled Childers and dealt with the man the old-fashioned way—he executed him."
No word on whether Childers reported this to anyone before the interview; executing prisoners is a war crime.
God's RPG stockpile?
The profile continues, describing how a group of soldiers arrive to discuss the hunt for Kony. They ask to see inside his church:
The building, with a high sheet-metal roof and glassless windows, displays no religious markings. Inside, stacked floor to ceiling, sit hundreds of oblong olive-green crates. They contain rocket-propelled grenade launchers, AK-47s, and thousands of rounds of ammunition. The room is dusty, and birds flutter in the rafters. Childers says he supplies mostly the S.P.L.A., and also stores some of its arms. He adds that he has sold weapons to factions in Rwanda and Congo, but declines to specify which ones.
Childers said he gets his weapons from Russians, but only legally. He eventually got frustrated with Urbina's questions about his arms dealing, but he already admitted a lot. Childers is stockpiling arms, including heavy weapons like RPGs that seem excessive for the needs of an orphanage's self-protection. He's storing these weapons in a church at his orphanage (which presumably might make it a target) and he sells weapons to the SPLA, which is not a squeaky clean group. While better than the LRA, the SPLA also has been known to use child soldiers during the period Childers sold them arms. Worse is Childers' mention of selling weapons to "factions in Rwanda and Congo," all of which are involved in a convoluted series of conflicts in which all parties have committed terrible crimes. If Childers is truly trying to bring an end to conflict in the region, he should start by recognizing that pumping more small arms into the area isn't going to help.
In addition to selling arms, Childers claims that his "rescue missions" have also led to his personal engagement in combat. When asked how many LRA members he personally killed, "[Childers] reluctantly admits to 'more than 10.'" In another long profile – from April 9, 2011 in The Times of London (which I unfortunately can't find online) Childers appears to say he's only killed in self-defense, though it's hard to deem armed expeditions to find the LRA "self-defense." That profile also emphasizes the primacy of Childers' hunt for Kony. It also describes him showing off the guns he keeps in his bedroom at the orphanage:
He hauls an Uzi machine pistol out of one [plastic crate] and clicks in a 32-round magazine. From another comes a longbarrelled Magnum revolver, and from under his narrow metal-framed bed comes a case containing a Mossberg bolt-action sniper rifle and a pump-action shotgun. Another box beneath the bed is full of hand grenades.
If you're not convinced already that his tactics are shortsighted and part of the problem, rather than a solution, you might be wondering if – just maybe – Childers knows the local situation so well that he was able to pick the "right" side in the conflict. Other stories indicate that Childers is impatient and interacts poorly with the Sudanese people. Urbina's profile continues (emphasis added):
A little later we pull to the side of the road for firewood to bring back to the orphanage. A woman and her husband stand there with a listless baby who is gravely ill from parasites and malaria. Childers offers to take the woman and child to the hospital in Nimule. The father shyly declines, saying he plans to take her to a different clinic tomorrow. A look of rage flashes in Childers's eyes. "I ought to beat you right here, you know that?" he yells. "What kind of father are you? You are not serious about your children." Childers points to a nearby grave, where the family has already buried an infant. "What is wrong with you?" Childers by now is surrounded by several of his soldiers, guns on their shoulders. He steps toward the man. "I should really beat you," he repeats. Terrified, the father gives in. We take mother and child to the hospital.
The child recovers; Childers almost certainly saved its life. But the bullying lingers in memory long afterward. I remember once asking Childers whether any villagers had ever declined his offer to take their children, or whether he had ever taken any against their will. He erupted angrily: "You know what? I don't have time to be distracted by this sort of interrogation."
This is hardly reassuring. While Childers doesn't answer Urbina's questions about taking children against their will (or detailed questions about his arms dealing), it's clear that his own ambitions feed off of media coverage. How else did Urbina come to profile him? Self-aggrandizing is a good word for it. Urbina describes Childers as "droning on about the feature film that he hopes will be made about his life, a project advanced by a Hollywood agent." Who does that?
To be lowly in spirit
Childers has never been a modest man. More from Urbina's profile of him:
[Childers] compares himself to the biblical figure Ishmael, whose wild spirit, he says, drove women into transports of desire. "It was insane. I would have five girls in a single night. I mean, seriously, I could have had your mother if I had wanted her." He glares at me, a speck of food stuck in his mustache, as if I don't believe him. More than the drugs and sex, it was the violence that fed Childers.
That is the image the Reverend Sam chooses to project. He's a violent man on a mission, and God is on his side. To some that message may be horrifying, but he's obviously found a niche. Unfortunately there is a strain of American Christianity that eats this up. It's quite different from the church I grew up in, which was historically pacifist (but has lately strayed towards mainstream Republican militarism). I hope most Christians will recoil in horror when they hear what Childers does in the name of God, but not everyone will. Those groups will latch onto Childers' violent streak will just pour more money into his work.
The story could end there – with Childers as some bizarre mash-up of Rambo and missionary – except that it gets stranger. Childers claims have grown more grandiose with time, and/or he's tailored them to fit different audiences to avoid mentioning important parts of his work that might be relevant to donors.
Childers' organization is now called Angels of East Africa. If you go to their website,www.AngelsofEastAfrica.com, you get redirected to MachineGunPreacher.org. But, if you go to any other page on the website the content is still there, giving you a taste of how the site looked before it got the fancy (and I imagine expensive) Machine Gun Preacher makeover. The original Angels of East Africa "About" page is here. The history page has more. Much of the story is the same, but there are glaring omissions: no mention of being involved with the SPLA. Despite a description of Kony, there's no indication that Childers was trying to hunt him down. It's all much simpler — just rescuing orphans and building the orphanage.
Angels of East Africa is also associated with a Christian ministry called Boyers' Pond / World Missions New Sudan. Their website (www.boyerspond.com) also now redirects to MachineGunPreacher.org. But the original webpages behind the main page are still there, including descriptions of rescue missions January 2007 (including an ambush) and May 2007. Again, there's no mention of fighting with the SPLA or tracking down Kony. Incredibly, Childers does note in the January 2007 report that as "many times happens, several were not healthy enough to make the trip and we had to leave them behind."
You shall not swear falsely
All of this made me think: when and where did Childers first claim involvement with the SPLA? As late as 2007 he wasn't making those claims in material clearly written by him, even in places you'd expect him to do so. After some searching, the earliest instance of his more outrageous claims regarding active involvement in combat and interactions with the SPLA didn't come from Childers. It came from this 2005 article written by Maria Sliwa (emphasis added):
With a physique like Jean Claude Van Damme, 42-year-old Sam Childers has hunted alligators in the US and has smacked down miscreants in Africa. This titan, who could easily pass for Hulk Hogan's younger brother, sold hard drugs in the late 70s and early 80s and was a rider with the Outlaws, a motorcycle gang in Florida. He has since put his notorious ways behind him and now uses his muscular prowess to save lives in Sudan and Uganda.
On a recent morning, Sam surveyed the orphanage he built on the 36 acres of bush land he cleared four years ago in Nimule, South Sudan. His orphanage is a safe haven for children who are captured out of, or are lucky enough to escape from the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), a rebel paramilitary group operating in Uganda and Sudan, which has been designated a terrorist group by the US State Department. Though Sam's gut is overstocked with intestinal fortitude, the terror that rages around his orphanage is so frightening that just thinking about it can send a cold shiver of electric sparks up and down his sturdy spine.
Sam is a pastor and is the only white commander in the Sudan Peoples Liberation Army (SPLA), another rebel group, which, like the LRA has troops in Sudan and Uganda.
Maybe Childers has been telling a consistent story all along in private, but this is (as far as I can tell) the first public mention of his work with the SPLA. And this narrative took over the others until it became the hyperbolic Sam we hear from today. So who is Maria Sliwa? Though she didn't disclose it in writing her article, Sliwa runs a PR firm, and Childers is her client (Updated Correction: Maria Sliwa left a comment on this post saying that she did not begin representing Childers until 2008. I had assumed so because a) the page that has her contact info appeared to be much older, judging by the web design, and b) it reads more like a PR piece than objective journalism. She later clarified that she does not currently represent Childers.) An old page on the Boyers' Pond site lists her as his press contact. Her website (and an older version) lists media appearances she's arranged for clients, and her ability to push a story is quite impressive.
Maria Sliwa's clients include several people connected to modern-day slavery and Sudan (such asSimon Deng) but also many conservative figures. One is Joseph Farah – founder of World Net Daily and one of the leading proponents of Birtherism (the "birther czar"). Farah is known to play fast and loose with the facts, to say the least, so Sliwa's work promoting him should not inspire us to have confidence in her devotion to the truth.
So how do we know that Childers isn't telling the truth? His SPLA buddies said so. After claiming that he was the only white SPLA commander, that he let them use his house as a radio base, and that he recruited SPLA troops as his own personal child-rescuing mercenary outfit, in October 2010 the SPLA put out a press release (through long-time Sudan hand John Ashworth). It reads:
Sam Childers is not associated with the SPLA
This is to inform all who are concerned that Sam Childers is not associated with the SPLA. Sam is alleged to be busy now collecting money in the USA using the name of the SPLA. He went to the level of alleging that he is "paying his militia force – a platoon of seasoned fighters recruited from the SPLA – and for his effort, he says, the Government of Southern Sudan has named him an honorary commander, the only white man to achieve that distinction".
The SPLA does not know Sam Childers. SPLA cannot release its soldiers for militia purposes as that is not allowed by the SPLA Act of 2009. If the allegation is true, then the SPLA is appealing to those who are concerned to take legal measures against Sam for the misusing the name of an organization which is not associated with him.
Thanks. Signed: Lt. Gen. Kuol Deim Kuol, SPLA Spokesman
A rather inconvenient truth. This press release was actually the first I had heard of Childers, as the blogger Roving Bandit (formerly of Sudan) highlighted both Childers' story and the SPLA's press release.
Post-press release I believe the most sympathetic possible view of Childers is that he started an orphanage and rescued some children… but maybe he's prone to exaggerating his feats and the means by which he accomplishes them. Maybe Maria Sliwa got carried away in promoting him writing about him and exaggerated his SPLA claims and violent tactics. But even if those stories originated with her (who can ever know?) (Update: see previous note re: Sliwa's work as his publicist not beginning at the time of her article) [Now] Childers has now fully claimed them as his own. You can read a few excerpts of his memoir through Google Books. In it he claims:
I had SPLA soldiers with me from the first time I went to Africa. Once they realized I was as committed to helping the people of Sudan as they were, they accepted me as their friend and fellow soldier. When I saw that they didn't have the equipment and supplied they needed in the field, I started bringing them gifts like binoculars, tents, and sleeping bags.
I started hiring the SPLA for security work, and because we worked so close together, I became an SPLA soldier myself. They saw that my heart was to make a difference in the lives of their people, so they started calling me a commander. I carried truckloads of food, salt, sugar, blankets, and other supplies to the front for soldiers, as well as preaching to them and encouraging them in battle.
In his book Childers also claims to have been present during the negotiation of the CPA (which brought Sudan's civil war to a close). By his own telling he was the only one at the table concerned with the humanitarian needs of the Sudanese people, which didn't make people happy: "U.S. secretary of state Colin Powell had some representatives at the talks, and I heard they got upset with me. One of them asked somebody else, 'Who the hell is this white guy?'"
So who the hell is Sam Childers? He wants you to believe he's working to resolve South Sudan's problems, but to me he seems dangerously unstable. Here's a man with a temper, selling arms to groups he likely doesn't understand, and promoting himself with dubious claims. I certainly won't donate. But like it or not, the Machine Gun Preacher movie is coming soon. USA Today has a brief preview, and more is sure to come. In the meantime Childers has been touring the country's churches in a custom-painted Machine Gun Preacher truck and raising money through the Machine Gun Preacher store.
Those who follow the aid and philanthropy world may find all of this a bit reminiscent of the Greg Mortenson scandal. The Mortenson scandal erupted in part because people who were suspicious about exaggerations in Mortenson's story kept quiet for much too long. I imagine there are many people who have met Childers throughout the years who feel the same. The United States has thousands of tiny charities – many of them with a religious mission – that never make it big. Mortenson's claims were finally scrutinized when his books became bestsellers, but by that time his organization had already raised millions of dollars. I'm worried that Sam Childers is about to see the same type of fame: a massive increase in donations driven by his book, and especially by the Machine Gun Preacher movie.
To be fair, I see no indication that Childers has mishandled money as Mortenson apparently did. You can look up the tax records for "Boyers Pond – Shekinah Fellowship – Angels of East Africa Inc" using their tax number, EIN 251841332. (See the note at the end of this series for more on the finances.) But the lack of accountability is troubling. If the organization has a board it's not listed publicly. The main employees of the charity appear to be Childers, his wife, and their daughter. That may be standard issue for smaller charities, but with revenues approaching $1 million annually – and certain to increase after the movie is released – it should be cause for some concern.
In the April 2011 Times of London profile (not online), Childers said this:
"I tell you this – and I believe the day is coming soon – if I had the money, I could have Joseph Kony's head. I could bring him down. And I will have the money, soon." […]
… Childers insists the film will be a hit: "It's going to do unbelievable well." He hopes it will make him famous, so he can raise more funds for his manhunt and his orphanage.
My hope is that more people will think critically about what the "Machine Gun Preacher" is advocating and doing in Sudan, and choose to give to other organizations instead. There are plenty of reasons to doubt his work:
- Violence. By his own claims Childers has personally killed people – in the double digits. He is not a man of peace, and it's hard to see how his claimed tactics bring the situation closer to that. Even if he were the best option for getting Kony (highly doubtful), it doesn't seem to me that the use of child soldiers in the region would disappear with Kony's demise. Also, since many of Kony's troops are themselves soldiers, how does Childers avoid killing them?
- Weapons. Again by his own claims, Childers has sold weapons to armed groups in Sudan, Rwanda, and the Congo. There are no happy-go-lucky bands of nice Christian warriors in the area; every group I've read about has been accused of terrible crimes at some point. Feeding more weapons into the conflict will only make things worse, and end up hurting the children Childers purports to help. His solutions are woefully shortsighted.
- Lies. Childers claimed to be a "white commander" in the SPLA, but the SPLA has publicly denounced him and called for legal action. This apparent falsehood casts some doubt on whether Childers really does the things he claims – the violence and weapons described above – so we're left choosing between whether he is dishonest or dangerous. Or both. (Update: see Childers' letter of support from an SPLA general here — but also note that this isn't the only of his claims that begs skepticism.)
- Disrespect. Much of what Childers' trafficks in – weapons aside – is poverty porn of the worst sort. By only emphasizing the worst aspects of any situation Childers may drive up his donations, but he demeans those he seeks to serve. He goes even further in his report on South Darfur, prompting a commenter who worked in the region to call him out.
- The White Man's burden. Childers' story is only the latest in a long history of "Whites in Shining Armour" narratives that emphasize the heroics of white Americans and Europeans while downplaying the agency of the people of Sudan and elsewhere in Africa.
- It's a bad model to begin with. Saundra S of the blog Good Intentions Are Not Enough has written extensively on why donors should be wary of orphanages.
What then shall we do?
I realize some people will find these posts and be discouraged because they were moved by stories of suffering in Sudan and just want to give to someone. Don't respond to the emotion you're feeling by supporting Sam Childers, as there are – contrary to his claims – many other organizations working in South Sudan that do good work. If you feel compelled to give to a charity in South Sudan you might consider Oxfam. If you only give to Christian groups, consider World Vision. No group is perfect, but these are both reputable charities. My apologies for not being familiar with smaller charities on the ground, and I would appreciate suggestions from those who are more familiar with the area.
Ironically, I think Sam Childers is best summed up by blogger Chris Baron in this review – where Baron obviously believes in Childers. He asks good rhetorical questions, but obviously I think the evidence points to a different conclusion:
There are only two options, he is either an insatiable liar or there is a God in Heaven who has tasked his angels concerning Sam's work. And how many liars do you know give up everything in order to save children, build orphanages and fight enemies who are not their own? Liars don't do that. Liars are self serving.
Notes on Angels of East Africa's finances: The organization's income has increased in recent years from $309,166 in 2006 (tax PDF), $578,992 in 2007, $446,294 in 2008, and $877,755 in2009. Vanity Fair reported that the orphanage has an "annual budget of about $600,000, raised primarily through Childers's speaking fees and donations from a global network of evangelicals."
I'm not a Form 990 tax expert, so I will leave more detailed explorations to others. The travel costs ($233,717 in 2008 and $216,809 in 2009) seem high to me. Childers certainly isn't taking a huge salary: the first year his salary was listed was 2008, at a mere $38,900. It's hard to tell what all they've spent money on – all orphanage expenses are listed under line items such as "Wires to Africa." Presumably some of this money went to purchase weapons as well?
Miscellaneous notes: here are some additional semi-relevant links that I could not work into this narrative but you may enjoy:
- The FAA fined Childers $28,000 in 2007 for transporting oil and other hazardous materials by plan.
- A bunch of photos of Sam Childers in Africa.
- A video interview in which Childers says he joined SPLA, features sick, crying Africans and naked children, and describes him as a "a rebel turned savior called the bearded white man."
- An adaptation of a chapter in Childers' book.
- It's not clear to me where the claims in this PDF come from, but they outline some even more grandiose claims supposedly made by Childers – seems less reputable to me.
- This video is a short documentary on Childers (or maybe a preview for one?).
- Childers has a second book titled Living on the Edge coming out in a year or less.
- This long-ish MSNBC story also features Childers. It's remarkable how uncritical the coverage of him has been by so many media sources. I also find it hard to imagine that they would take his more extraordinary claims seriously if he were an African rather than an American.
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New photo of Emily Dickinson?
"Rarely photographed'' does not accurately describe Emily Dickinson. There is exactly one authenticated photo of the famously reclusive poet — a daguerreotype showing her as a teenager in 1847. But a second photo believed to be Dickinson has just surfaced, and scholars are excited.
"Emily Dickinson is an icon in American literary history, but our image of her has been frozen,'' says Martha Nell Smith, a professor at the University of Maryland who is credited with bringing the new image to light. "This powerfully changes our image of Dickinson.''
Born in Amherst in 1830, Dickinson spent her entire life in and around the tiny Western Massachusetts town. She was the subject of a 1976 Broadway play, "The Belle of Amherst,'' starring Julie Harris, and her stately home near the Amherst College campus is now the Emily Dickinson Museum.
But for all of that, Dickinson has remained something of a riddle. Smith says the celebrated poet's supposed back story is almost a cliche: She wore white, toiled in isolation, and wrote because of a broken heart. That there are almost no photos of her only enhanced the myth.
Smith said she was first contacted about the new photo over three years ago. She received a letter from a collector who claimed to have a daguerreotype, purchased at an antique shop, depicting Dickinson and another young woman. Smith was highly skeptical and sent the man, who is not being identified, a note politely thanking him.
"It was basically a form letter because I get things like this all the time,'' says Smith, who has written or edited five books about Dickinson and also oversees the Dickinson Electronic Archives. "People say, 'I found a new poem' or 'I found an envelope with Emily's toenails.' OK, that's an exaggeration, but it's that kind of thing.''
But the collector, who bought the picture at a shop near Springfield, didn't give up. He and Smith went back and forth over e-mail and, eventually, while attending a daguerreotype conference in D.C., arranged to meet at a restaurant a block from the White House.
"He flips open the laptop and I looked at the picture,'' says Smith. "I was trying to be impassive, but I was thinking, 'Oh my God, that could be Emily Dickinson.' We needed to think how to bring this out in the world.''
What followed was a lot of testing, comparing the facial features of the teenage Dickinson, shot in 1847, with the woman in the newly discovered picture. (Experts believe the photo was taken in 1859.) After studying both, professor Susan Pepin of Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center deemed the eyelids, nose, earlobes, and the women's cowlicks to be almost identical. The new photo was revealed at a conference in August of the Emily Dickinson International Society.
The other woman in the photo has been identified as Kate Scott Turner Anthon, with whom Dickinson was known to be friendly and perhaps, says Smith, briefly romantically involved.
While there's no guarantee the photo is of Emily Dickinson, Smith said she's convinced.
"I've been keeping this close to the vest for a few years because I wanted it to be verified,'' she said. "And I think it is.''


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Korn's Jonathan Davis: Satan Not to Blame for Accused Craigslist Murderer Miranda Barbour
If you've turned on CNN or read the news lately, you've probably heard about 19-year-old Miranda Barbour, a young woman who is accused of killing a man she met via a Craigslist ad, and who has confessed to killing at least 22 other people as part of a Satanic cult. But regardless of her association with the cult, Korn's Jonathan Davis says that Satan really has nothing to do with it.
Speaking with TMZ (as seen in the video above), Davis stated, "They just blame that s--- on the devil cause they've been blaming it on the devil forever. It's got nothing to do with the devil."
At one point in his life, the Korn vocalist had a fascination with serial killers, going so far as to purchase memorabilia from convicted serial killers Ted Bundy and John Wayne Gacy, but Davis says he will not be ponying up for any items from Barbour.
In fact, Davis says that his serial killer fascination is behind him, adding, "I'm past that. It was something I was into at the time cause I worked in a coroner's office and was doing autopsies and stuff like that."
Barbour told The Daily Item (via MSN) that she killed a man that she and her husband met through Craigslist and that she had been involved in at least 22 other killings while being a member of a cult.


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IP Litigation Falls In The US... But Someone Is Confused As To Why
from the the-*successful*-RIAA-strategy? deptThere's a new report out that highlights that there were fewer IP related lawsuits in the US in 2008 than in 2007. The drop was about 10%: from 10,276 to 9,210. However, the reasoning given in the report for the decline is difficult to square with reality. It claims that: "The trend reflects the success of the recording industry in protecting its copyrights, leading the industry to bring fewer lawsuits in the past few years." That isn't even close to accurate. The RIAA has had very little success protecting its copyrights. The legal strategy has been a colossal failure, without a single legal win that held up, and file sharing has only grown over time. Hell, the RIAA has admitted failure in their lawsuit strategy, hence the decision to cut back on them (not end them, completely, as was originally claimed). So, it's difficult to see how anyone could conclude that the program was a success, and resulted in fewer lawsuits. And, of course, the aggregate numbers may not be all that telling, either. In the past, patent system defenders have noted a drop in cases filed recently, but they fail to note that it was because more patent litigation these days is filed against a long list of companies, rather than just one or two. So, in actuality, more companies are getting sued for patent infringement, even if there are fewer overall lawsuits.
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Did I miss anything?
Another case of an ounce of prevention being worth a ton of cure?
If it were to be a formal wedding, the shotgun would be white..
They might be getting ready to go New Years shooting.
Herb, Yes I think you may have missed the most important part – or at least what I would consider the most important part. This is one of the few 1916 Centerdoor early photos I have seen. Note the lack of brass trim on the lamps. But those could have easily been replaced and/or painted over. But also note that the car has the later two piece rather than three piece front windshield. Below is a photo of the three piece front windshield from the early 1915 Centerdoor that Kim Dobbins used to own [courtesy of Kim]. Notice it shows those curved supports on both sides of the top windshield.
Ford manufactured the 1915 Centerdoors in Dec 1914, Jan & Feb 1915. If we could find some additional details out about that car it might provide some important clues. Such as when did Ford change to the later two piece windshield as well as the steel rather than aluminum body? Current information would have that occurring with the 1916 cars. On page 195 of Bruce's (RIP) book he has 1859 Centerdoors (Sedans) produced in 1916.
As is often the case -- would you please send me or let us know where we can obtain a higher resolution copy and or additional information about the photo/car?
Note it also appears to have a double wishbone (they must have read the thread about that...)
Always the optimist, some additional photos from other angles would be great! I wonder if there are any? Bob Kiefaber has a 1916 Centerdoor (as well as Ghost 1915 and a later starter model Centerdoor). It also has the two-piece front windshield.
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Hey; isn't that woman Amelia Ehrhart?
I do not think so. In 1916 she lived in St. Paul MN. Her father worked as a station or depot railroad agent and was assigned in St. Paul for several years. She went to St. Paul Central High School.
Hap I sent you an email.
Nope. Not Airheart. But the guy might be Professor Moriarty up to some foul deed.
Thanks! I wish it had been on a historical site etc. where we might have been able to obtain some additional information. And it clearly is a 1916 (or a 1916-1918 body [the 1919s had electric starter and would not have had the side lamps] ) placed on an earlier chassis or a brass radiator and hood and hood former placed on a 1917-1918. But assuming it is an early photo – it most likely actually was a 1916 Centerdoor.
Again thank you and others for the early photos that are posted -- we never know which one may contain the missing information we are looking for.
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I think that's Cliff, with his daughter.
They're up on Wolverton Mountain.
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There has to be an interesting story to go with that picture.........
If it wasn't for her hair doo, you could wonder if that was a recreation.
Is that a teens era of Bonny and Clyde, the background looks like Death Valley?
Is that a teens version of Bonny & Clyde, the background looks like Death Valley.
What's going on with this double posting?
The last couple of posts, a bunch of words came up that didn't make sense and I didn't know what to do, click it again or what, so I clicked back to my post and was afraid if I hit again it would double post. Then I hit the back arrow, don't know much about these damn computers, and checked and it was posted.
I would sure love to have seen that photo about twenty years ago. There was a lot of discussion about whether or not the '16 sedan was ever even built or not. It is still up for debate. But having had owned one, I have my opinion about it. Mine was not great evidence either way. However there were a few things about it that indicated it was real. It ended up being owned by a (well, lets not say that sort of thing?), but I often wonder what later became of it.
It was a great running car.
One of the first things I noticed on the photo you posted was the windshield. There are a bunch of things more I wish I could look at. Think he'll let me look inside at the rear seat?


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The 2012 elections mainly extended Washington's status quo, though it is the Republicans who will do the most post-election soul-searching of the kind that could open new opportunities for a budget stalemate breakthrough.
So asserted four scholars speaking Wednesday morning at the Brookings Institution, as the final tallies continued following an election night that gave President Obama a second term with the same divided control of Congress he faced during the past two years.
Obama had a "decisive electoral college win of at least 303 votes and more than half the popular vote with a 2.5 million margin, while the Republicans lost three Senate seats," noted Thomas Mann, a Brookings senior fellow in governance studies. But this "vindication of pollsters" leaves a status quo as it rested in May, and "if anything, it points to an exacerbation of partisan voting and no new coalition building" or a move to the center, he said. "If the mandate didn't mean anything in 2008, it doesn't mean anything in 2012."
Among the losers this time around were Republican strategist and fundraiser Karl Rove, Mann said, predicting some "contributors remorse" among business leaders who donated money to the Republicans.
Because Republicans "gambled and lost in their scorched earth" strategy of opposing everything Obama wanted -- regardless of the harm to the economy or Washington's public image -- Mann said he holds out some hope the president's electoral success will give him an opening, for example, to pressure the Senate to reduce use of filibuster.
Isabel Sawhill, co-director of budgeting for national priorities at the think tank's Center on Children and Families, largely agreed. Democrats have a new advantage because, "with the economy now in recovery -- barring a crisis around the fiscal cliff or in Europe -- Obama will benefit from the economic growth," which will force Republicans to rethink some of their positions, she said. The $500 billion in automatic tax hikes and spending cuts that would hit in January absent a new budget deal is larger than the 2009 stimulus package and risks a new recession, she noted. "But Congress might find a way to go over the fiscal cliff temporarily with a deal that cuts taxes and cuts spending to reset the fiscal clock," which might be in both parties' interests, Sawhill said, adding "the key is willingness to compromise."
Don't expect much action in the lame-duck session, which is too short, she said. More likely, Congress will address in the short-term such issues as the alternative minimum tax and the payroll tax, which affect the 2012 tax season, and then "kick the can down the road." Republicans have a "huge club in their hands" in the form of the debt ceiling that they are loath to give up, she added. "But Democrats could say, 'Come to the table and compromise or we go off the cliff.' " Whether or not Obama has "the steel for that," she said, it will be threatened.
Given more time for a long-term bargain, Sawhill said, the two parties could pursue what Obama has called "a balanced deal" of spending cuts and a tax hike -- though the $1.5 trillion in spending cuts already committed to since passage of the 2011 Budget Control Act probably would mean more on the revenue side, she said. That could come through a base-broadening tax reform like candidate Mitt Romney proposed, along with some entitlement reform spread over a decade.
Jonathan Rauch, guest scholar in governance studies, pointed to the voters' approval of gay marriage ballot questions in four states, as well as two liberalizing use of medical marijuana. Gay marriage, he said, "is a microcosm of the Republican Party's unpleasant place" on the budget and other issues in that a solid traditionalist wing is determined to oppose such social movements, thus preventing the party from attracting centrist voters needed to win.
Robert Kagan, senior fellow at the think tank's Center on the United States and Europe, said, "even though national security is not a big part of the election, it's obvious the United States has to show the world it is capable of getting its house in order -- and actually do it.
"There's tendency to succumb to the notion that the United States can be absent while Congress is locked in gridlock," he said. But meanwhile Iran will proceed to acquire nuclear weapons; U.S. troops will continue in Afghanistan (probably under a new name); and the Arab spring will require a U.S. response in countries such as Egypt, Libya, Tunisia and Syria. Republicans, he added, will have to be talked to on revenues for national security reasons.
Because 90 percent of the electorate is "dug in," Mann said, "talk of a grand bargain is naïve." Given defiant post-election statements by House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., "we'll see nasty, hardball politics" that won't be eased if Obama merely invites his opponents to the White House "for bourbon," he said. House members elected in safe districts are less interested in national progress if it doesn't help them get reelected, panelists agreed.
But the parties usually come together "not out of love but because it's in their interest," Mann said. "Political reality can impose itself on recalcitrant parties," and Obama "has a shot at it if he uses incentives and the bully pulpit to make a public case."
Sawhill said she is "more optimistic" that there are still Republican moderates in the country, pointing to business leaders who are organizing to fix the debt and a recognition by some in the GOP of the country's demographic changes. "But first they must go through the blame game," she said, predicting accusations about the party picking the wrong candidate, the impact of Hurricane Sandy, New Jersey Republican Gov. Chris Christie's cooperation with Obama on disaster relief and the "liberal media."
But in the end, she concluded, "the country benefits if both parties are strong."
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We aim to enhance medical students' and house officers' ability to provide high-quality, humanistic clinical care through experiences and analysis of the musical, dramatic, and visual arts, thereby improving clinical care. We are currently midway through the first year of a two-year project funded by the Doris Duke Foundation. Our current website is here: http://themedicalarts.med.umich.edu/ .
Medical students and house officers at University of Michigan (UM); our funder the Doris Duke Foundation; UM administrators including the Dean of the Medical School, the leader of the UM Health System, and even UM's president; our partners in this program, the UM Museum of Art (umma.umich.edu) and University Musical Society (UMS.org); and other researchers across the USA interested in studying and learning about how exposure to the arts can impact the care doctors provide. All these people tend to be highly educated, and share a passion for medicine and scientific research, as well as the performing and visual arts.
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Color scheme is not yet finalized and may depend on what the logo ends up. If you need further inspiration, UM colors are maize and blue and the University has a very distinctive "block M" logo (see umich.edu) but it is not essential to stick to these.
We would like something playful, but classic looking.
We don't want a design that emphasizes only one particular branch of the arts (i.e. a paintbrush or a musical note).
The size of the logo should not be very big -- ideally it will end up being less than 100x100 pixels in size, given the size constraints of the header in our website, so we need something that is simple and that looks good at very small sizes. The website uses the Drupal content management system, its current theme is Garland, and the logo will go in the upper left hand corner next to the title of the site.
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God put Abraham to the test. 'Abraham, Abraham' he called. 'Here I am' he replied. 'Take your son,' God said 'your only child Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah. There you shall offer him as a burnt offering, on a mountain I will point out to you.' (Genesis 22:1)
Not a nice story we feel. A God we would prefer to throw on the rubbish heap of anthropological waste. Yet the land of Moriah is a reality in the deeper, inner realms of our being. It is where, as the mystics of all traditions, remind us, we have to surrender ('sacrifice') everything to which we are attached. And what human being is not attached to what they love?
How can we not be? We know the land of Moriah exists but we don't know on what mountain – in what circumstances or at what time or in what way – we will be forced to let go of everything. But there is no love without sacrifice because love can only grow through detachment, a continuous letting-go. And if there is no love in our life we still have to let go.
Meditation makes this unpleasant story easier to understand. John Main said that 'as we enter the silence within us.. we are entering a void in which we are unmade. We cannot remain the person we were, or thought we were. But we are in fact not being destroyed but awakened to eternally fresh source of our being.' (Word into Silence).
Even so we may not be very keen to face this depth of reality. Probably, at first, we can only make short visits before returning quickly to the surface to breathe the air of familiarity and comfort. The desert is about learning to increase our capacity in the real, to endure the demands it makes.
The point of it all, however, is that we can make sense of today's gospel reading, which the church brilliantly juxtaposes with the story of Abraham and Isaac. Today we read of the transfiguration of Jesus on the 'holy mountain' in the presence of those he loved and shared himself with.
Jesus took with him Peter and James and John and led them up a high mountain where they could be alone by themselves. There in their presence he was transfigured: his clothes became dazzlingly white, whiter than any earthly bleacher could make them.
The transfiguration came from those deep inner realms where he dwelt. It touched and changed even his clothes: beginning from the depth where there is no trivial detail, only particularity, to the surface where the business of daily life is transacted.
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Let's put aside for a moment McCain/Feingold and the right's other grievances against John McCain. When it comes to the war on terror, is he the Lincoln of our time? McCain has now launched a petition drive, under the name Surrender Is Not an Option. McCain says:
* The supplemental appropriations bill that passed the Senate on March 27, calling for a date certain withdrawal from Iraq, is nothing more than a guaranteed date of surrender.
* It is a refusal to acknowledge the dire consequences of failure, in terms of the stability in the Middle East and the resulting impact on the security of all Americans, whether home or abroad.
* Democrats have chosen the politically expedient position of failure rather than putting aside the small politics of the day in the interest of our nation and the values upon which this nation rests.
* We the undersigned remain steadfast in our support for the war against terrorism and mindful of the consequences of failure in Iraq, even if Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid refuse to acknowledge those consequences.
* We support our troops and the new strategy and believe it should be given the opportunity to succeed. American national security interests are directly at stake. Success or failure in Iraq is the transcendent issue for our foreign policy and our national security. People say they want to defeat the terrorists, but if we withdraw from Iraq prematurely, it will be the terrorists' greatest triumph.
* If we leave Iraq based on an artificial timetable, al Qaeda will be free to plan, train for and conduct operations from Iraq just as they did in Afghanistan before 9/11.
To repeat just one line: "Success or failure in Iraq is the transcendent issue for our foreign policy and our national security."
I've signed the petition.
PAUL adds: I respect and admire John McCain, especially on the issue of Iraq. But I'd have to put aside his advocacy on behalf of detainee rights before I could consider him the Lincoln of our time on the war on terror.
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[Illinois] CNST 2012: Nano-enabled Systems: From Materials to Devices to Systems
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CNST Workshop 2012
May 2–3, 2012
Showcasing University of Illinois research in bionanotechnology/nanomedicine, nanoelectronics/nanophotonics, and nanomaterials/nanomanufacturing, leading to cross-campus and industry collaborations
National Center for Supercomputing Applications Micro and Nanotechnology Laboratory University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Workshop Premise
The broad objective of the University of Illinois Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology (CNST) workshop is to showcase University of Illinois research in bionanotechnology/ nanomedicine, nanoelectronics/nanophotonics, nanomaterials/nanomanufacturing, and computational nanotechnology/nanomechanics.
The general framework of the nanotechnology workshop is similar to those held on campus since 2003; which were all well attended by industry and academia. Some of those interactions have since then led to industry and cross-campus collaborations. The CNST-led forums and workshops have contributed tremendously toward the formation of multidisciplinary teams leading to the establishment of multimillion dollar new nanotechnology centers on-campus. The workshop will provide a forum for industry interactions and collaborations. The workshop brings together campus community (faculty, graduate and undergraduates, administration) from UIUC and other academic institutions, and industry engaged in cutting-edge research. A workshop panel will discuss the roadmap to future direction of research and development in nanotechnology and regional partnerships.
Established in 2001–02, the University of Illinois Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology (CNST) is the premier center for nanotechnology research, education and training, and entrepreneurial and outreach activities.
CNST draws its strength from working as a collaboratory involving the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, Roy J. Carver Biotechnology Center, Coordinated Science Laboratory,Frederick Seitz Materials Research Laboratory, Institute for Genomic Biology, Micro and Nanotechnology Laboratory, Center for Nanoscale Chemical, Electrical, Mechanical, Manufacturing Systems, National Center for Supercomputing Applications, the Schools of Chemical Sciences and of Molecular and Cellular Biology, and other multidisciplinary centers.
It brings together nanoscale research from across the campus, drawing faculty from engineering, chemistry, physics, biology, neuroscience, agriculture, medicine, and other areas. The center envisions seamless integration of research from materials to devices to systems and applications. CNST is uniquely located to harness the entrepreneurial and technical spirit in downstate Illinois, with ongoing linkages with the University Research Park, the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, and the State legislature. Industrial and international linkages have also been initiated through multidisciplinary centers. In addition, CNST has embarked on developing a curriculum for nanotechnology education, which will transcend a number of campus departments and units. Exceptional students with interest in nanotechnology projects have been awarded fellowships, as the center prepares the next generation workforce. CNST-led efforts have led to leveraging of existing nanotechnology research labs into also hands-on training sites for molecular and cellular biology, mechanobiology, micro and nanofabrication, and enabling technologies, and tissue engineering.
Workshop Sponsored by:
The Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Micro and Nanotechnology Laboratory
National Center for Supercomputing Applications
Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology
Coordinated Science Laboratory
Frederick Seitz Materials Research Laboratory
Institute for Genomic Biology
NSF STC Center on Emergent Behaviors of Integrated Cellular Systems (EBICS, co-location)
NSF Nano-CEMMS
Network for Computational Nanotechnology/NanoHub at Illinois
Nanotechnology Community of Scholars at ACES
Tayo Akinwande, Ph.D. Program Manager for the Microsystems Technology Office, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), and Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Dr. Tayo Akinwande joined the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency in September 2009. His interests include emerging micro/nano-electromechanical systems, large area microsystems, and electronic and actuation devices based on charged particle beams. Dr. Akinwande came to DARPA from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he is a professor in the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department. Joining MIT's Microsystems Technology Laboratory in 1995, his research focused on microstructures and nanostructures for sensors and actuators, vacuum nanoelectronics and large area electronics with particular emphasis on smart sensors and actuators, intelligent displays and devices based on charged particle beams. Prior to MIT, Dr. Akinwande worked for Honeywell where he conducted research on GaAs complementary FET technology for very high speed and low power signal processing. He was later a member of Honeywell's Si Microstructures group, where he conducted research on pressure sensors, accelerometers, thin-film field emission and display devices. Dr. Akinwande is the recipient of numerous awards including the 1996 National Science Foundation Career Award and the Sweatt Award, Honeywell's highest technical award. He served several technical conference committees including the Device Research Conference, International Electron Device Conference, International Display Research Conference and International Vacuum Microelectronics Conference. In addition, he is the chair of the IEEE Electron Device Society Nanotechnology Committee and a Fellow of the IEEE. Dr. Akinwande received his B.S. (1978) in Electrical Engineering from the University of Ife, Nigeria, and his M.S. (1981) and Ph.D. (1986) in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University.
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Joan Rivers: 'Palestinian quotes were taken out of context'
JOAN RIVERS is adamant her controversial comments about Palestinian casualties in the ongoing Middle East conflict were "totally taken out of context".
The fiery funnywoman hit headlines this week (beg04Aug14) when a video appeared online showing her talking about the civilian victims in Gaza following clashes between Israeli and Palestinian forces.
In the clip, she appears to say, "They started it. We now don't count who's dead. You're dead, you deserve to be dead... Don't you dare make me feel sad about that... You don't get out, then you know you're an idiot. Then at least the ones that were killed were the ones with very low IQs."
However, Rivers is adamant the video does not tell the whole story and blames bad editing for her inflammatory remarks.
She says in a statement, "I am both saddened and disappointed that my statement about the tragedy of civilian casualties was totally taken out of context. What I said and stand behind is, war is hell and unfortunately civilians are victims of political conflicts... The media, as usual, has decided to only quote the most out of context and inflammatory non sequitur...
"I am praying for peace. It is stupid and wrong and I am tired of bearing the brunt of attacks by people who want to sell newspapers or gain ratings by creating a scandal about me that is non-existent."


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Justin Barbour, CA had een nieuw logo ontwerp nodig en lanceerde daarom een wedstrijd op 99designs.
Een winnaar werd gekozen uit68 ontwerpen ingezonden door18 freelance designers.
We are a 3 year old two partner Chartered Accountant Firm located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. We feel we are professional, extremely competent and focused on superior client service. We offer individualized, client focused relationships. We would not be considered your typical stuffy, suit wearing accounting firm. We are casual, laid back and let our high quality work and relationships speak for themselves.
Our target market is current and new small to medium sized owner-managed businesses throughout the Edmonton and Alberta marketplace. We offer business start-up assistance, bookkeeping, financial statements, corporate and personal tax return preparation. As well we offer tax and estate planning and general business consulting.
We require a corporate identity including a logo to be used for business cards, letterhead, envelopes, folders, marketing materials and a website. We would like something with a balance between professional and unique.
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Equitrekking Adventures "Belize" In Equitrekking Belize, visit the Cayo and Mountain Pine Ridge Districts of this small Central American country, exploring Maya sites and caves and a variety of jungle lodges. Who knew that you could find a horse ranch in Belize? Equitrekking's Emmy nominated TV host Darley Newman rides a few of the 100 horses at Banana Bank Lodge, a farm and ranch near the capitol city of Belmopan. Next Darley takes on the jungle with Albert Garbutt, who points out medicinal plants that Belizeans use to treat everything from diabetes to sunburns. D
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Equitrekking Adventures "Texas" Equitrekking's host Darley Newman cowboys up to explore Texas Hill Country, Fort Worth and North Texas, riding with modern day cowboys to learn about Texas horse culture. At Wildcatter Ranch, Darley attempts to feed giant longhorn cattle, before driving a wild group of fresh cattle across a stream. Equitrekking helps viewers explore the rich oil history of this area of Texas with guide Jay Brewer, who gives a genuine feel for this area where he grew up and that he loves dearly. D
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Nature "Attenborough's Life Stories: Our Fragile Planet" Sir David Attenborough reflects on the dramatic impact that human beings have had on the natural world during his lifetime. He tells entertaining and deeply personal stories of the changes he has seen, the pioneering conservationists in whose footsteps he has followed, and the revolution in attitudes toward nature that has taken place around the globe. Part 3 of 3G
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Wild! "Animal Inventors: Animal Engineers" The animal world is a vast untapped reservoir of engineering design and technology. This film explores the design principles that the natural world has been built on and looks at the parallels in the human world, demonstrating that animals beat us to the patent office by several million years with solutions to many of the great engineering challenges. D


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You might be surprised but lamb is a relatively new ingredient to my kitchen. I never enjoyed it because my family simply never prepared it. The first time I ever ate lamb was several years back. And what I remember about it is that it was a plate of perfectly grilled succulent chops. It was outstanding. After that, I was completely hooked on lamb.
Whenever I purchase lamb at the store I always buy the local organic lamb. It's not exactly cheap and not all grocery stores carry it. However, I make it a point to support our local farmers and ranchers. Not to mention, I truly believe that organic ingredients taste so much better! I have found that buying the lamb stew meat is one of the least expensive ways to go if I want to add lamb to our plates. Little lamb chops run over well over ten dollars a pound and the stew meat is about half that. So, for everyday occasions, I generally buy the stew meat.
Lamb tomatillo tacos are simple to make and taste wonderful. I like to cook the lamb until it is fork tender and then add it to warm tortillas topped with shredded purple cabbage, sliced jalapenos and a squeeze of lime. Sometimes I serve it with a bit of sour cream or salsa on the side. Enjoy! Tessa
- 1 pound lamb stew meat
- 1 tsp canola oil
- 6 tomatillos (husked, washed and quartered)
- 1 cup chopped onion
- 1 tsp ground cumin
- 1 chicken bouillon cube
- 1/2 cup water
- salt and pepper to taste
- 6 taco sized tortillas
- 2 – 3 cups shredded purple cabbage
- garnish with limes, jalapenos, salsa or sour cream
In a medium sized pot with a lid brown the lamb meat in canola oil until golden. Add tomatillo and onion. Cook until onion is opaque. Add cumin, bouillon cube, water, salt and pepper. Cook covered on low until lamb is tender. Taste and correct your seasonings. Add additional water if necessary. Using a slotted spoon add lamb to warm tortillas. Fill with the shredded purple cabbage and garnish. Makes 6 tacos.


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Royals Birthdays – November 11
1971 – Roland de la Maza (Pitcher – 1997)
1964 – Roberto Hernandez (Pitcher – 2001-02)
Happy Birthday!
Did You Know: You probably remember that Roberto Hernandez came to the Royals in the 'Johnny Damon' trade, but that trade was a bit more complicated than that and involved three teams…
The Royals catcher A.J. Hinch? SS Angel Berroa and cash from the A's? and Roberto from the Devil Rays; the A's receive P Cory Lidle from the Devil Rays? and OF Johnny Damon? IF Mark Ellis? and a player to be named from the Royals; and the Devil Rays receive OF Ben Grieve and a player to be named from the A's. Did you get all that?…
Roberto would later go on to record his 300th save with the Royals on May 25, 2002 – only the 15th pitcher to ever reach that milestone.


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This course introduces students to the tools used to capture data in a 3D environment. Emphasis is placed on capturing data from motion capture and/or 3D scanning devices for use in 3D models and animations. Upon completion, students should be able to capture data from a 3D environment and import for use in 3D models, simulations, and animations.
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15 Days of Screenshots - Day 7 Best Screen Shot of the Year
This post is part of my series in participation of Saz's Through your Interface 15 day screenshot challenge.
Day 7: Best Screen Shot of the Year
Show us the best screen shot you believe that you have ever taken and why you think it is the best (content, meaning, how you framed it, etc).
This deceptively simple shot of Bastion of Twilight in Twilight Highlands was actually very hard to take. I ended up having to cheat and take a video to actually get the shot I wanted, hence the odd size of the picture. I like the colours of the lightning, I like looking at the sky with those menacing clouds, and I like that I haven't seen anyone else (yet) with a screenie like this. Sometimes I feel when I take a great screenie of something I go to someone else's website and a very similar shot is there! And of course if I see a great screenie on someone's website I want to go and try to take a picture like that too. Angelya (Revive and Rejuvenate) and Rioriel (Postcards from Azeroth) have some of the best screenies in WoW (my personal opinion), and I love to go there to see what pictures they have.


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STOCKTON - As police announced the arrests of three young teens in connection with the shooting death of a mentally ill man, the victim's loved ones gathered to express sadness over their loss, gratitude to the community and forgiveness for the killers.
STOCKTON - As police announced the arrests of three young teens in connection with the shooting death of a mentally ill man, the victim's loved ones gathered to express sadness over their loss, gratitude to the community and forgiveness for the killers.
Dozens met Thursday evening at the East Sonora Street home where 28-year-old Jaime Ramirez lived and died. Ramirez was shot to death about 11:40 a.m. Aug. 16 when he interrupted a burglary at the home he shared with his parents and other relatives, authorities said.
Earlier in the day, while the family held a funeral service, police announced they had arrested a 13-year-old boy and two 14-year-old boys on suspicion of homicide in connection with the killing. Two of the boys were arrested in central Stockton and one in downtown Stockton, said Officer Joe Silva, a spokesman for the Stockton Police Department.
"I hope this is a lesson that we need to take care of our children," said Beatrice Ramirez, 27, one of the victim's sisters. "We need to teach them right from wrong."
The boys' names were not released because they are minors. The San Joaquin County District Attorney's Office will decide whether to try them as juveniles or adults, Silva said.
Ramirez's relatives said the perpetrators stole electronic items worth less than $300.
"We don't have much, and what they stole wasn't worth my brother's life," Beatrice Ramirez said. "But we can't have hate toward them, because our religion teaches us to forgive. We forgive them. We've been praying a lot, and we know a lot of people in the community have been praying for us."
One of the victim's brothers described him as "very friendly" but said he suffered from mental illness.
"He would always say, 'Hello,' 'How are you?' or 'How's your day?' " said Victor Ramirez, 22, who also expressed forgiveness for the killers.
Fourteen days have passed since Jaime Ramirez was gunned down in front of his home. Those days have been difficult for family members who had to explain the man's death to his young nieces and nephews, but they said they are helping each other cope with the grief.
"It's been difficult, but we'll get through this," Beatrice Ramirez said. "We'll remember the good times and the memories. God decided to take him now, and now he's somewhere where there's peace."
Contact reporter Jason Anderson at (209) 546-8279 or firstname.lastname@example.com. Visit his blog at recordnet.com/crimeblog.


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Dazzling 4 claw rectangular radiant cut diamond solitaire pendant with modern setting and supplied with 18 inch chain.
4 Claw Radiant Cut Diamond Solitaire Pendant
Dazzling 4 claw rectangular radiant cut diamond solitaire pendant with modern setting and supplied with 18 inch chain.
Radiant Cut Solitaire Pendant
Radiant cut diamond. Choice of diamond carat weights, colours and clarities. Simple, modern 4 square claw setting. 18 inch chain supplied. Wood boxed. Gift packaged. Approx. 14 working days for manufacture.
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