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SPECIAL!! Five-star religion-and-science bore banished to horrid 1960s rec room!
In an article in Skeptical Inquirer Paul Kurtz announced that religion and science are compatible:
... there is an appropriate domain for religion, and in this sense science and religion are not necessarily incompatible. That domain is evocative, expressive, emotive. Religion presents moral poetry, aesthetic inspiration, and dramatic expressions of existential hope and yearnings.
In other words, religion represents what yer know ain't so.
I don't imagine he'll sell too many of those to people who take their faith seriously.
More to the point, the relevant question is not whether "religion" and "science" are compatible. When categories are as broad as that, anything can be compatible with anything else, or not. The relevant question for Western culture is whether Judaeo-Christianity and Darwinism are compatible. The Pope, to give an example, seems to think not. Some intelligent and progressive Muslims are getting restless too. Stay tuned.
What about "Five-star religion-and-science bore banished to horrid 1960s rec room!"? Aw, that was just an example of my "dramatic expressions of existential hope and yearnings." I guess you guys all prefer facts. Yeah, I kind of thought so. You guys are a tough crowd.
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In 1798, President John Adams signed a law that required the owners of American ships to withhold 20 cents a month for each crewman's pay and to forward the money to customs offices in various ports. Customs officers were required to forward the money to the secretary of the Treasury, who would use the money to pay the hospital bills of ailing sailors. The funding also supported a network of marine hospitals.
Congress Helps Itself
"Congress is on the verge of giving itself a bump in its annual budget — even as local governments, families and businesses across the country are tightening their belts in the worst recession in decades," Politico reports.
White House Reinflating Housing Bubble
The Wall Street Journal reports that the Obama administration plans on spending $35 billion on state and local housing agencies to bolster lending to low- and moderate-income home buyers. The effort would come on the heels of other federal interventions to prop up the ailing housing market:
ACORN Scandal Should Spur Broader Cuts
Republicans are all over the ACORN scandal and calling for an end to federal subsidies for the group. That would be a good step, but it's not exactly going out on a limb and pushing for major budget reforms.
Congressional Conflict of Interest
It looks like farm subsidy reform is unlikely for another few years. Senator Blanche Lincoln has been selected the new head of the Senate Agriculture Committee. Dow Jones notes: "Lincoln is a two-term moderate Democrat who described herself Wednesday as a 'farmer's daughter.'"
Bailout for FHA?
For the past couple of years the Department of Housing & Urban Development's Federal Housing Administration (FHA) has been doing its best to re-inflate the housing bubble.
"Stimulating" Beer and Cigarette Sales
Sometimes it's hard to figure out which is more infuriating for taxpayers: illegal fraud in a government program, or legal abuse of that program. The State of New York recently took $140 million in federal "stimulus" money and handed it out with no strings attached to people on welfare for the ostensible purpose of back-to-school needs.
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My TDU project is finished.
Initially, I wanted to write a long post, starting with my flight(thanks Virgin Blue!), my meeting with my mate Phil, the party at Stephen and Jane's, the South Australian sea and landscape, the wines and gourmet cheeses of the Adelaide Hills, McLaren Vale and the Barossa, and naturally: the stages of the Tour Down Under.
I wanted to write about everything but that would have been a very long post, perhaps too long. And perhaps too personal as a lot of this journey had to do with my return to Adelaide after almost 16 years.
Hence, the decision to put together a video with some of the images of the trip. I just hope that it gives an idea of the TDU itself and what a great experience it was.
Enjoy it!
Friday, January 30, 2009
2009 Tour Down Under Video
5 comments:
- Colin said...
Congratulations on the compilation.
Some great shots and the video footage showed a different perspective from what we see on TV. I particular liked the crowd shot in stage 4 at 3 min 25 secs of the crowd with te cyclists in the background - very Euro shot.
Thanks for sharing
- January 30, 2009 at 8:38 PM
- AMR said...
Thanks for your commemt Colin.
It was a fantastic event. The crowds and the festive atmosphere made it even better. Sandra and I are already planning next year's trip, with Lance or no Lance...
- January 31, 2009 at 11:52 AM
- Chris said...
I would have like to be there!
It looks like they are hammering up that hill - unless you sped up the replay :)
- February 3, 2009 at 8:20 AM
- AMR said...
They were. Did you notice who was driving the bunch on the first climb?
What about the Tour of California? That's going to be huge!!!
- February 3, 2009 at 11:12 AM
- kelvin newman said...
looking forward to watching this
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From October 2008 to April 2010 I led the Germany program of the European Climate Foundation and was actively involved in stopping new coal plants. From 2004 to 2008 I was also at Greenpeace International. As a Political Advisor, I led work on trade, corporate accountability and climate issues.
Prior to joining Greenpeace first time around, I worked as Head of International Campaigns at Friends of the Earth Germany (BUND) for four years.
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For my degree, I studied at Edinburgh University from 1992-1996, though I spent one year at Queen's University in Canada, learning lots about development and its pitfalls... A lot of my campaigning skills, meanwhile, I learned by volunteering at Friends of the Earth Scotland.
My affinity for Canada comes from having gone to the Canadian United World College: Pearson College. If you have kids, do consider if they may want to apply for a UWC! I have to warn them, though. I am now on the German selection committee (after three years on their board, managing press and PR) ..
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I'm betting $30 to $40. The B-Wing was $40 IIRC and that's about what the POTJ one was actually. Not bad really if you wanted it. It's $29.99 now too, clearanced fairly quickly.
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If you were a song, what song would you be?
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What's your favorite movie to quote?
Troop Beverly Hills. "Excuse me officer, don't you know who this man is? This here's the man who put the space in Spacer's teeth. The man who knocked the hair of Hatler's head. He's the best. He's the greatest. He's my daddy, James the Jackhammer Shakar. Now daddy, shake the man's hand and let's be on our way."
If you had to eat one thing for the rest of your life what would it be?
Sushi…and if someone wants to sneak a pizza in, I'd be fine with that too.
What's the first/most important fashion (or beauty) tip that you'll give your daughter?
My mom never let me leave the house without lotion and oil. Stay hydrated, too!
Do you smile at strangers?
Duh—I'll smile at anybody.
What's the one no-fail item a girl can wear on a date?
A black mini dress.
What are the top three shows you're watching—or dying to watch—right now?
Orange Is The New Black, Scandal, and anything Bravo puts in front of me.
If you could star in the remake of any movie, which would you choose?
Grease 2. My moves would have made Michelle Pfeiffer look like an extra.
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Santa Cruz County Bank reported double-digit growth in deposits and assets and a downturn in income in the first quarter of 2008, compared to the previous quarter. The four-year-old locally owned bank reported deposits grew 20 percent to $166.3 million compared to the previous quarter. Assets grew 17 percent to $187.9 million; loans grew 4 percent to $124.4 million. The growth came in face of competition from Lighthouse Bank, a locally owned bank that opened in October. David Heald, Santa Cruz County Bank president and chief executive officer, said the growth "shows the community's continued support of its local community bank and its commitment to local reinvestment." He cited the bank's strategic locations in Santa Cruz, Capitola, Scotts Valley and Watsonville and a business lending office in Capitola. Pre-tax net income was $323,580, down 36 percent from the prior quarter, and net interest income was $1.99 million, down 10 percent. The reason is the decline in interest rates resulting from rate cuts by the Federal Reserve, Heald said. The year-to-year picture shows an upward trend with net interest income for this quarter up 15 percent in the same quarter a year ago and pre-tax income up 8 percent. The provision for loan losses was reduced by 53 percent to $77,900 this quarter compared to the prior quarter. Spokeswoman Mary Anne Carson said the change was made after an analysis of the loan portfolio. The first-quarter loan growth was 4 percent compared to 14 percent in the fourth quarter of 2007. The bank, which hit the four-year mark in February, earned a five-star rating from Bauer Financial Reports, the highest award made by the rating service. Bank officials expect to move their main office in the summer to 720 Front St., Santa Cruz. Renovations are under way, with Bogard Construction of Santa Cruz the general contractor and L. Kershner Design overseeing interior improvements. The goal is to earn "silver" certification under the U.S. Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design program. Santa Cruz County Bank would be the first bank in the county to meet LEED-certified standards for commercial interiors, Heald said. Only one bank in California has a LEED-certified building, according to Carson. Contact Jondi Gumz at 706-3253 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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What's it like being represented by William Bennett, who mainly shows dead people/artists you were reading about in school? How did that come about?
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Describe a good day in the studio/ bad day in the studio.
Good day: when I wake up and I'm ready to work cause I have some super great ideas in mind. Bad day: When I get indecisive about EVERYTHING because I'm thinking too much. It's like a belligerent hamster on the wheel is going 120 and there is no slowing him down.
Name drop it on me, what is the best shit ever?
Music: Black Mountain, Red Sparrows, Tom Waits, Gillian Welch, Townes Van Zandt, The Boss, Mulatu Astatke, Joy Division Food: Shrimp and grits, kalamata olives, cheese (any kind), Belgian beer. All pretty fatty I guess? Movies: CONTROL, No Country for Old Men, The Royal Tenenbaums, anything with Sylvester Stallone in it. Artist: Anna Conway, Ernesto Ciavano, Inka Essenhigh. Places: Po' Monkeys juke joint - Cleveland, MS Activities: skydiving - went on a whim as we were driving across the country.
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March Madness means that guy came around the office handing out sheets of paper and browbeating you into forking over the $10 you had earmarked for a five-dollar footlong and afternoon coffee.
Now, after procrastinating for three days, the deadline is fast approaching -- the bracket has to be filled out by the time the games tipoff at 12 p.m. ET.
He'll be around before lunch to pick up the bracket, so be ready. Here is what you need to know:
Knowledge is a killer: There are people on sports radio who call themselves "bracketologists." This is stupid even by sports radio standards. They may watch a lot of games, but none of them has ever won an office March Madness pool. The real winners always arrive at their picks by methods that would horrify and frustrate sports fans.
Intimidate others around you: Talk about how you've been "swept along" by Murray State's "magical" 30-4 season. Ask someone who the Colonials play in the first round. When you get a quizzical look, muster up some exasperation and say, "You know, Robert Morris. Oh, what's the use?" The buzz around the office will soon be that you're the favorite. It's not much, but being smug for a couple of days can be rewarding.
Pick top seeds, with a twist: You won't win by simply going through and picking the highest-seeded team to win every time. And even if you do, people will say, "Oh, she just picked according to chalk." (That's the term those sports radio guys use. Try to work it in). Instead, find a "dark horse team" and pick them to go all the way. Then, pick all three other brackets according to seed.
Choosing your winner: Do not get crazy. If you've never heard of the school, it isn't going to win. Avoid schools with "agricultural" in their name. Schools with compass directions in them are always bad unless it is part of their state's name. West Virginia is fine. East Tennessee State is ridiculous. Your best bet is a No. 2 or No. 3 seed.
Show and tell: Since you've convinced your co-workers that you're some sort of guru, they will be clamoring for your approval. Humor them. Examine their sheets as they stare at you, trying to read your expressions. If you wear glasses, lower them to the tip of your nose or take them off and chew on the earhook. Finally, hand them back their sheet and dismiss whoever they picked to win by saying you "don't like the semifinal matchup." Refuse to elaborate.
Monitoring the tournament: That guy will appear in your sector every morning, posting an update somewhere prominent. Do not be caught looking at this! Keep track from afar. If you're winning, you'll look extra cool by not gathering around the update. If you're losing, it will appear that you don't care. But getting all Pavlovian and running over is a big, big fail.
If you win: Be obnoxious. You earned it. Tell people you're donating your winnings to charity. Do not let your spouse find out about your windfall. And best of all, consider yourself lucky. You will never win this thing again. So next year, when that guy comes around, tell him no thanks, you're going to "give someone else a chance."


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BOSTON (Reuters) - A man who says he was shot in the face by ex-NFL star Aaron Hernandez is being sought by Connecticut police after he skipped a court appearance related to a double-homicide probe in Massachusetts targeting Hernandez.
Hartford Superior Court Judge Joan Alexander issued an arrest warrant for Alexander Bradley after he failed to show up for a Tuesday hearing on whether he should be compelled to testify as an "interstate witness," a court clerk confirmed on Wednesday.
Massachusetts authorities believe Bradley may have information related to a drive-by killing of two men, Daniel Abreu and Safiro Furtado, in Boston in July 2012, a source familiar with the case said on condition of anonymity. Bradley's lawyer, David Jaroslawicz, declined to comment.
Bradley, a former friend of Hernandez, has sued the former New England Patriots tight end, alleging that he shot him in the face. Hernandez is in jail awaiting trial on a murder charge, and has also become a focus of the investigation into the unsolved Abreu and Furtado killings.
Bradley claims Hernandez shot him in the face last February, in a dispute after the two men visited a Miami strip club, according to a civil suit Bradley filed in June. Bradley claimed he lost an eye in the incident.
Jake Wark, a spokesman for the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office in Massachusetts, declined to comment on Bradley or the alleged links to Hernandez. He said no official suspects have yet been identified in the 2012 double-murder case.
Hernandez was arrested June 26 and the Patriots cut him from the team. Authorities allege that he orchestrated the execution-style murder of semi-pro football player Odin Lloyd, whose bullet-riddled body was found less than a mile from Hernandez's house in southern Massachusetts.
Hernandez pleaded not guilty at his arraignment last week as Lloyd's family members wept, and his lawyers called the prosecution's case weak. A lawyer for Hernandez did not respond to requests for further comment on Wednesday.
Before his arrest in the Lloyd case, Hernandez starred as a flashy tight end in the high-powered passing attack of the Patriots, a perennial top team in the National Football League. His long-term contract was worth about $40 million.
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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (Feb. 1, 2010) - Despite a 16-2 run that pulled the ETSU men's basketball team to within two points in the final two minutes, freshman guard Sheldon Cooley (Tampa) missed a dunk that would have tied the game and the Belmont Bruins used the momentum shift of that moment to pull away for a 74-67 win in Atlantic Sun Conference action Monday evening inside the ETSU/MSHA Athletic Center.
A crowd of 4,137 fans looked on as the Bruins surged ahead to a 63-47 advantage with 6:23 left in the game. However, the Bucs used a frantic pace and fullcourt defense to force the issue in the final minutes, going on an offensive run that ultimately led to Cooley with the ball in his hands going to the basket. On the play, though, senior guard Jocolby Davis (Meridian, Miss.) appeared to be shoved to the floor, distracting Cooley at the final moment before he dunked the ball.
"People may look at that last play, but overall Sheldon played a good game and did a lot for us during the run in the second half," said ETSU head coach Murry Bartow, whose team drops to 11-12 overall, 7-5 in A-Sun play, which puts them two games back of the league lead. "We just didn't get the production we need from some guys, and we struggled to get things going offensively early in the second half. We still believe this team has a lot of potential, we just need to get back on the right track."
Both teams battled back and forth in the first half, with the Bucs using an 8-0 run to build a seven point lead at 22-15 with 8:04 left before the intermission. However, the Bruins (13-10, 8-5) answered over the next seven minutes to take a 33-30 edge into the locker room.
In the second half, the Bruins kept converting on the offensive end as the Bucs struggled to find their comfort zone in the halfcourt offense. The result was a Belmont lead that grew to as many as 17 points when an Ian Clark 3-pointer found the bottom of the net with 7:08 left in the game.
However, the Bucs rallied thanks to a 3-pointer from Cooley, five straight points from sophomore forward Isiah Brown (Miami), four straight free throws from junior forward Tommy Hubbard (Boston), and four final points from Davis on a pair of free throws and a layup. Those scores came as Belmont could only get a pair of free throws from forward Jon House.
For the game, ETSU got a team high 17 points from Brown, while Hubbard finished with his 11th double-double of the season with 16 points and 12 boards. Belmont got a game high 18 points from Keaton Belcher, while Mick Hedgepeth posted 16 and Drew Hanlen added 15.
ETSU shot 45 percent from the floor, but just 13 percent from 3-point range. The Bucs held Belmont to 40 percent shooting and 22 percent from beyond the arc. Belmont won the battle of the boards 39-35, and both teams committed 16 turnovers each.
The Bucs must regroup as they head on the road for two straight at Florida Gulf Coast on Thursday, followed by a visit to Stetson on Saturday. For more on the ETSU men's basketball team, visit ETSUBucs.com and click on the men's hoops link.


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Before we get started I would love to give credit where credit is due by linking you to the quilt that inspired my design, but for some reason the link is no longer working! It was inspired by a detail shot from a Tokyo Quilt Festival quilt - sorry, I don't know who made it.
The block design is a variation on Boy's Nonsense I loved the name so I kept it, it's as simple as that ;)
Fabrics used are Field Study by Anna Maria Horner, Kona cotton solids and a few Art Gallery prints.
Today we'll cover fabric requirements and cutting instructions.
The fabric requirements are based on one fabric used for light value (A) one for medium (B) and one for dark (C)
In reality I used fat quarters of different fabrics for my dark and medium values and two shades of Kona white for the background. If you plan on adding borders or making your quilt larger you will need to adjust the fabric requirements accordingly.
Finished block size 10" x 10"
You will need:
- Fabric A - 5\8 yard
- Fabric B - 7\8 yard
- Fabric C - 3\4 yard
- Backing fabric - 1 1\2 yard
- Binding fabric - 1\2 yard
- Batting
- Sewing supplies (rotary cutter, thread, scissors etc.)
You can make your quilt larger by adding more blocks or a border. If you are planning on making this quilt I would like you to consider adding a border, I think it would look great with this pattern!
- From fabric A cut 40 3"x 3" squares, cut on the diagonal to make 80 half square triangles.
- From fabric A cut 20 4 1\2" x 4 1\2" squares, cut on the diagonal to make 40 half square corner triangles.
- From fabric B cut 20 5 1\2" x 5 1\2" centre squares.
- From fabric B cut 20 4 1\2" x 4 1\2" squares, cut on the diagonal to make 40 half square corner triangles.
- From fabric C cut 80 2 1\2" x 5 1\2" rectangles.
My quilt consists of 10 blocks with light value corner triangles and 10 blocks with relative medium or dark value corner triangles.
|Light corner triangles.
|Dark corner triangles.
You could choose to make all blocks the same (medium centre square, dark rectangles for instance) or if you are like me and find it difficult to stick to just one block repeat mix it up a bit. The value repeat of the blocks with light corners provides enough contrast for a little freedom to play around with the other blocks.
|Alternating dark and light value corner triangles.
|Same value pattern repeated.
|Alternating, light and dark value rows.
x Leila


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Robert Crawford was a Congregationalist minister at the "Orthodox Society" in Deerfield, Massachusetts. The society had been formed in the 1830s in response to liberal trends in the Congregationalist church. Crawford was born in Scotland and migrated to Canada, where he worked as a canal worker. His experiences as a working man may be reflected in his diary. Although Crawford viewed the world through the eyes of a conservative believer in tradition, he seems sympathetic to the plight of the worker. Here he comments on the "conflict between capital and labor," perhaps a reference to the recent violence in Chicago known as the "Haymarket riot."
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Marquette University Counseling Center (MUCC) is a comprehensive counseling center. The Center has a history of training and an advanced clinical/counseling psychotherapy program. The full range of clinical, training, and developmental services are provided to full time graduate and undergraduate students at Marquette University. Because the length of treatment at MUCC is limited, MUCC emphasizes training in brief therapy.
The post-doctoral residence is designed for a doctoral graduate of a psychology program who is seeking licensure and is interested in combining clinical work with supervision, consultation, and outreach. The majority of the resident's time will be spent delivering clinical services with the remaining time spent in a combination of receiving and providing supervision, consultation, outreach, prevention programming or other center activities.
Qualification and Stipend:
It is preferred that applicants have completed a doctoral degree in counseling or clinical psychology prior to the program starting date. Applicants who are all but dissertation (ABD) will be considered but preference will be given to those who have completed their doctoral degree. A completed internship is also required. Qualified candidates should have strong clinical skills in differing lengths of treatment, assessment and crisis intervention. Some experience in a college/university counseling center is preferred. The applicant should have values compatible with Marquette's mission as an urban, Catholic, Jesuit university. The program is for twelve months with a starting date of on or about mid to late August. The position carries a stipend with medical and vacation benefits.
Resident Activities:
The resident is expected to provide individual and group counseling services, as well as intake assessments, career counseling, crisis intervention, on-call services, educational presentations, prevention programming, training and supervision activities, outreach, consultation with systems and other administrative activities in which the staff participate. The Fellow also has the opportunity to be a member of the MUCC Training Committee and other university-wide committees. Fellows receive one hour of individual clinical supervision per week, one hour of group case conference per week and one hour of group psychiatric consultation per week.
To Apply for Post-doctoral Resident position:
The post-doc position will be posted on Marquette's Human Resources page sometime in December and review of applications will begin in January. The position will remain open until it is filled. When the position has posted, applications will be submitted through Marquette's Human Resources page, https://employment.marquette.edu/posting/search
Practicum students have the opportunity to: carry a caseload of 8 to 10 clients per week; experience one-on-one individual supervision; attend weekly group supervision/training meetings to address clinical and practice issues; participate in weekly psychiatric/case conferences and in-services with all MUCC staff. The experience includes psychological counseling involving many conditions including: career concerns, transition issues, mood disorders, anxiety disorders, eating/body image issues, ADHD issues, alcohol/substance abuse issues, and interpersonal issues, among others. Additional opportunities may include crisis intervention, group counseling, and participation in Awareness Weeks and outreach programs.
Requirements of the Practicum:
This advanced practicum requires: (1) prior practicum experience in which the student was responsible for seeing clients on a one-on-one basis and that included conducting intake assessments, developing treatment plans, implementing intervention strategies, documenting interactions with clients and conducting individual counseling and/or psychotherapy; (2) knowledge of the DSM-5; and (3) a commitment of 20 hours per week for the academic year which starts at the beginning of the fall semester and ends at the completion of the spring semester at Marquette University. Verification of personal malpractice insurance coverage and completion of a background check are required prior to commencement of the practicum.
To Apply for an Advanced Practicum position:
Submit a letter of interest including a summary of your prior experience with counseling, the number of direct face-to-face client contact hours you have, your training goals; resume; graduate transcripts, and two letters of recommendation from professionals familiar with your clinical work.
Applications are typically accepted in January and are reviewed until the practicum openings are filled. Typically two to three practicum students are selected.
Applications should be sent to:
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Nature "Honey Badgers: Masters of Mayhem" Little is known about the honey badger's behavior in the wild or why this so-called "thug of the savannah" is so aggressive. But experts know this much: This relentless creature is one the most fearless animals in the world.G
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NOVA "Mystery of Easter Island" Rapa Nui, the bleak speck of rock in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, known as Easter Island, has been a place of mystery since Europeans first arrived in 1722. How did ancient islanders build and move nearly 900 giant statues weighing up to 86 tons each. A NOVA team uses a 15-ton replica statue to test out controversial recent claims on how the statues might have been moved.G
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Super Skyscrapers "The Vertical City" Shanghai Tower is a collection of businesses, services and hotels all in one place, fitting a population the size of Monaco into a footprint the size of a football field. When complete, the structure will dominate Shanghai's skyline, towering 120 stories over its neighbors as a testament to China's economic success and the ambitions of the city's wealthy elite. Part 3 of 4G
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Can Eating Insects Save The World? In this BBC documentary, British food writer Stefan Gates meets the people in Thailand and Cambodia who hunt, eat and sell edible insects for a living. He slowly learns that insects are high in protein, require little sustenance to survive, and are easy to breed - in other words they are the ultimate eco-food and a plausible alternative to the traditional Western meals of fowl and red meat.G
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Hilary Duff just can't commit!
Six months ago, The Beauty & the Briefcase star, 23, dyed her hair chestnut brown and added eyebrow-skimming bangs earlier this month. "Wow! Yes! A success! Thank God you guys love it makes me feel so good!" she tweeted to fans March 21.
Now it seems Duff has already tired of her darkened 'do. She stepped out in L.A. on Wednesday showing off blonde-again locks.
PHOTOS: Which hair color is better?
Why the change? "She wanted a change for the summertime season," Tracey Cunningham, her colorist for the past four years, tells UsMagazine.com exclusively. "She loved being a brunette as well. She's one of those lucky people who can wear any color with her skin tone, but she felt like a change."
She adds: "I gave her highlights, some of them were bigger chunks, others finer strands. And I use a summery blonde shade to give her a beach look. It looks amazing on her."
Duff, who wed hockey player Mike Comrie in August, has a history of dramatic hair transformations. The typically toe-headed Lizzie McGuire actress has sported raven, red and strawberry blonde looks in the past.
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Don't wait for services that were inactive, #183667 thanks to Daniel Drake
Don't set an early font if consolefont isn't in a runlevel, #183773.
Add --no-ldconfig option to env-update to match portage.
Change pwd to / for all init scripts, #181224.
--nocolor works again, #181011 thanks to Daniel Drake.
Allow urandom location to be customized #134489.
add missing ChangeLog entry
Fix from comio for /proc/filesystems typo in localmount #180621.
Don't warn about Factory clock when booting off of livecd.
Use killall5 again so we can cleanly remount / readonly, #168977 and #177689.
Only call systohw in clock when we don't have adjfile or we aren't UTC.
Release alpha3
Should fix this bug too
RC_INTERACTIVE now works, #178331.
Add --startas back to s-s-d, #175980, #175981.
Allow time for pidfiles to be created, #178274. Use int instead of char for getopt, #178084 thanks to drizztbsd.
Store the defined random pool size, #177722 thanks to Yaroslav Isakov.
Use auto for /mnt/cdrom, #177990.
When we don't have an address return 1, #176577.
Fix KV_to_int working with funky kernel versions, #177197.
Fix unicode keymaps, #173528. Some fonts show the currency symbol instead of the Euro when doing AltGr-E, so we provide an easy setting to fix this. Release alpha2
Allow ip6to4 tunnels to use any derived address, #170290.
dns_sortlist and dns_options now work as documented, #175367.
SSD_NICELEVEL can now affect the nicelevel for daemons started by start-stop-daemon, #175397.
Don't delete addresses for PPP interfaces, #176764.
Stop using the [ -z "$@" ] test, use [ $# = 0 ] instead, #176554.
Fix style
/etc/init.d/foo start and stop no longer exit when service is fully started or stopped, #176452.
env-update now respects COLON_SEPARATED and SPACE_SEPARATED env.d values, #176198.
checkroot and checkfs now use more friendly generic options, #116016
We now have an alternative to buffering stdout and stderr. RC_PREFIX="yes" will put the service name as a prefix to all output made by the service. Thanks to Ciaran McCreesh for the idea.
We now buffer stdout and stderr to a file and flush that when running in parallel. RC_PARALLEL_STARTUP has been renamed to RC_PARALLEL.
Added the rc-abort command, #175106 thanks to Daniel Drake.
Automatically mount selinuxfs on /selinux in localmount.
Plugins now run in a forked process for extra resliance.
Fix bridge, vlan and bonding modules to work together, #174792.
Rationalise our colour usage a little.
env vars EINFO_GOOD and friends now override our hardcoded builtins.
Allow addons to pass up their exit status in import_addon. Simplify /dev handling in init.sh and add mdev as an option.
Punted the volumes init script. Volume handling will be handled by init script that can be run at any point, even before checkroot.
Don't search for a space after interface names in /proc/net, #174792 thanks to Mike Auty.
netmask -> CIDR is worked out correctly #174341.
Fix module loading, #174360. s-s-d now changes group when changing user, #174362.
Release alpha1 of baselayout-2
modules-update -> update-modules
Rewrite the core parts in C. We now provide librc so other programs can query runlevels, services and state without using bash. We also provide libeinfo so other programs can easily use our informational functions. As such, we have dropped the requirement of using bash as the init script shell. We now use /bin/sh and have strived to make the scripts as portable as possible. Shells that work are bash and dash. busybox works provided you disable s-s-d. If you have WIPE_TMP set to yes in conf.d/bootmisc you should disable find too. zsh and ksh do not work at this time. Networking support is currently being re-vamped also as it was heavily bash array based. As such, a new config format is available like so config_eth0="184.108.40.206/24 126.96.36.199/16" or like so config_eth0="'188.8.131.52 netmask 255.255.255.0' '22.214.171.124 netmask 255.255.0.0'" We will still support the old bash array format provided that /bin/sh IS a link it bash. ChangeLog for baselayout-1 can be found in our SVN repo.
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There's a different mood at this year's Detroit auto show. Upbeat to be sure, but calm, more restrained than bubbly. I haven't seen anything quite like this in 30-some years on the auto beat. It seemed familiar, but I couldn't put my finger on it.
Then I got it. Everybody gathered here in the Motor City has the attitude I saw in my parents and their generation: Depression survivors.
That's today's auto industry. Those who survived the Great Recession -- and there are far fewer of us -- are stronger, more resilient.
We've learned the bitter lessons of severe business hardship. How to slash costs. How to cut capacity yet keep investing in the future. How to lay off hard-working people.
We don't scare easily.
Like the generation that grew up in the Depression.
Late 2008 and 2009 taught us a brutal lesson. But we're still here. And like my parent's generation, the skills we acquired during the desperate years will be valuable the rest of our careers.
After 2009, is anything likely to make you panic, to paralyze you into inaction?
We're all combat veterans.
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Metallica's Kirk Hammett Has No Intention of Retiring
Despite being in the music business for more than 30 years, Metallica's Kirk Hammett has no intention of slowing down. In a new interview, he says that he can envision himself still rocking 20 years from now, as the Rolling Stones are doing.
"The word 'retirement' doesn't really sit well with me," he told Loudwire. "There comes a time when you reach a position in society or culture where people will not let you retire. You can say, 'Alright, I'm going to hang up my guitar,' but people will still not let you retire. They'll constantly remind you of who you are and what you've done, so you might as well keep on doing it."
Hammett, who claims to have written more than 400 new riffs for Metallica's next album, has put out a new book, 'Too Much Horror Business,' which goes inside his personal collection of memorabilia from classic horror movies. He says the appeal of the genre is simple: they're fun.
"It's not unlike a roller coaster ride, you know?" he continued. "A good horror movie should have peaks and valleys, a good horror movie should move you emotionally, a good horror movie should be exciting to watch and energizing in a weird kind of way. Those are all sensations that everyone loves, or I would think everyone loves. Horror movies deliver that. I've always been attracted to the darker things in life. I was never one to go for light, airy stuff, even as a child. My whole aesthetic has always been one of the darker side. That rings true also in my tastes in music. It's just always something I've gravitated to naturally."


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As mentioned in the BIOS section the board suffers from not being able to reduce CPU VCore in idle-mode when the CPU is overclocked, but the VRM is improved compared to the Deluxe series. When only slightly overclocked it is close to the MSI P35 Platinum. Only when extreme overclocking is applied it seems the VRM is not very efficient, but this is still a huge step forward for ASUS.
We did run our tests with 2nd LAN and JMB363 disabled and without the LCD-Display.


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ST. LOUIS (Reuters) - A three-run home run by unexpected starter Jonny Gomes lifted the Boston Red Sox to a 4-2 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Sunday that tied the best-of-seven World Series 2-2.
Gomes, inserted into the lineup just before Game Four when outfielder Shane Victorino was scratched due to tightness in his back, welcomed reliever Seth Maness with a drive over the fence in left-center with two men aboard in the sixth inning to snap a 1-1 tie.
"I just wanted an opportunity," said Gomes, who had been 0-for-8 at the plate over the first three games. "I take a lot of pride in my at-bats."
The victory ensured the Fall Classic would return to Boston following Monday's Game Five in St. Louis.
Felix Doubront, who came on in relief of Boston starter Clay Buchholz in the fifth inning, registered the win, while St. Louis starter Lance Lynn took the loss as he left a 1-1 game after a two-out single and walk before the Gomes home run.
St. Louis failed to take advantage of a slew of opportunities, stranding two men in the second, fourth and seventh innings and failing to cash in with a runner on third and one out in the eighth.
"We didn't get a lot going, and didn't have any momentum offensively," said Cardinals manager Mike Matheny.
The Cardinals still had life in the ninth after Allen Craig banged a one-out single to right off closer Koji Uehara.
Rookie Kolten Wong pinch-ran for Craig but one out later, Uehara wheeled and fired to first base to pick off Wong for a surprise end to the game.
The Cardinals had clawed back a run in the seventh on a two-out, pinch-hit double to left-center by Shane Robinson and a single to right by Matt Carpenter off reliever Craig Breslow that brought them within 4-2.
After Breslow walked Carlos Beltran to give the Cards men on first and second, Junichi Tazawa replaced lefty Breslow and got Matt Holliday to ground out sharply to second to end the inning.
Buchholz, who has been complaining of right shoulder tightness, worked gamely through four innings, giving up one unearned run on three hits and three walks before giving way to a pinch-hitter in the fifth inning after only 66 pitches.
"He gave us everything he could," said Boston manager John Farrell, saluting Buchholz's effort.
Doubront was the first of five relievers used including starting pitcher John Lackey, with Uehara nailing down the save.
The critical sixth inning started with Jacoby Ellsbury popping out to short and Daniel Nava grounding out to third.
Lynn then gave up a single to Dustin Pedroia and walked the dangerous David Ortiz. He was removed in favor of Maness, who left a pitch up to Gomes and was punished for the mistake with a three-run blast.
Gomes said "Big Papi" Ortiz, an emotional leader of the team, called an impromptu meeting in the dugout after the fifth inning and fired up the team.
"David Ortiz rallied us together," said Gomes. "As far as the message, I think we'll keep that in house. But I think it just sums up the type of guy he is, the superstar he is. The team mate he is.
"If this guy wants to rally us together for a pep talk, it was like 24 kindergartners looking up at their teacher. He got everyone's attention, and we looked him right in the eyes. That message was pretty powerful."
Ortiz collected half of the team's six hits by going 3-for-3 with a walk and two runs scored.
"I just keep telling them you don't come to the World Series every day, so let's just loosen up," said Ortiz. "We are a better team than what we had shown. We have guys with heart."
The fifth game will feature a reprise of the Game One match-up featuring St. Louis starting pitcher Adam Wainwright and Boston's Jon Lester. The Red Sox won the opener 8-1.
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Brazilian Steakhouse Rodizio & Churrascaria
Located near Downtown Seattle in Belltown, The Grill From Ipanema offers a unique, authentic Brazilian dining experience. Rodizio is a popular Brazilian style of enjoying dinner among friends.
Rodizio offers a wide variety of different cuts of beef, lamb, pork, poultry, fish and vegetables slowly roasted in specially designed charcoal grills that preserve all the natural flavors.
Our Rodizio also includes unlimited visits to our "Mesa de Frios" (cold table) where you'll find an array of cold cuts, cheeses, salads, and exotic Brazilian specialties to compliment your meal (including many vegetarian dishes).


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See You at the Pole events to be held at Wayland Baptist University
PLAINVIEW – Wayland Baptist University will once again host events to celebrate the annual See You at the Pole prayer gatherings, slated for Wednesday, Sept. 27.
The day begins with prayer outside the school flagpoles, with Wayland's event slated for 7 a.m. at the pole outside Gates Hall, located at 7th and Quincy streets.
That evening, the Saw You at the Pole Rally will be held in Harral Auditorium at 7 p.m., featuring Chase Bowers as speaker. Music will be by the worship band Standing Firm, featuring Wayland student Trae Sweatt of Shamrock. The rally is free and youth leaders are encouraged to bring their groups. The general public is also welcome.
This year's See You at the Pole is themed "Be Still," taken from Psalm 46:10, and encouraging students, school employees and city residents to take the opportunity for prayer to listen to God speak.
See You at the Pole is a student-initiated and student-led movement that started in the Ft. Worth suburb of Burleson, Texas, in 1990. It originated with just one youth group, who met at night at several schools around Burleson during a weekend retreat. SYATP brings students to their school flagpoles to intercede for their leaders, schools, and families, asking God to bring moral and spiritual awakening to their campuses and countries.
In 2005, more than two million students met for See You at the Pole in all 50 states. Internationally, reports came in from countries on six continents, including the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ecuador, Germany, Ghana, Guam, Hong Kong, Japan, Kenya, South Korea, Malaysia, Nigeria, Norway, Peru, Portugal, Scotland, and South Africa, according to the SYATP Web site.


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Precious Metals and Miners Flash Short-Sell Signal
Staying in cash or shorting metals is the play for the next couple weeks. Here's why.
The good news is that the bottom has likely been put in for gold, silver, and gold miners, however the recent rally in these metals and miners looks to be coming to an end. While we could see another pop in price over the next week or so, the price, volume, and momentum seem to be stalling.
What does this mean? It means we should expect short-term weakness and lower prices over the next month or two.
Below are several charts; the forecasts were based on simple technical analysis using cycles, Fibonacci, and price patterns. As you can see, we are not trading at my key pivot level; I expect selling pressure to start to increase and eventually overpower the buyers send prices lower.
Gold Trading Weekly Chart
When viewing the weekly chart, you can see that gold is technically in a bear market. If you were to pull up a daily chart, you would likely notice how the price of gold is trading at a key resistance level and has reached its full flag measured move.
This means the odds are pointing to lower prices for gold in the next few weeks. Keep in mind, however, that I do feel as though a major bottom has been put in place for the precious metals sector, so buyers are likely to step back in around the $1,300 area.
Silver Trading Weekly Chart
Silver's chart looks a little bit different, but the same analysis that applies to gold applies here.
Gold Miners Trading Monthly Chart
Gold miners may have bottomed on this monthly investing time frame chart but the daily chart (which you will see next) clearly shows short-term weakness has started.
Gold Miners Trading Daily Chart
This daily chart really shows my thinking for miners and the overall precious metals sector as a whole. The recent weakness in gold miners to the downside points to distribution of shares. This is very negative for the price of physical gold and silver as gold mining stocks tend to lead physical metals.
The yellow box shows a possible major stage-one basing pattern forming. If this is the case, then we will have a great opportunity in the coming months when the precious metals downtrend completes a reversal and starts heading higher.
In short, I think that staying in cash or shorting metals is the play for the next couple weeks. After that, anything can happen. And until price breaks down or finally completes the basing pattern and confirms a market bottom, I would be very cautious trading here.
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2015 Chevy Colorado Spied with Less Camo
The upcoming 2015 Chevrolet Colorado small pickup inches closer to production, and drops some of its disguise along the way.
There's a dearth of options for small-truck shoppers, and GM isn't letting that opportunity pass it by. A new small truck is on the way, in the form of the 2015 Chevrolet Colorado, and its inevitable stablemate, the 2015 GMC Canyon. We've seen both before, but today we get our clearest look yet at the upcoming small truck as its engineers use less camouflage to conceal it...and some of it just plain falls off.
While there is a small truck called "Colorado" on sale in Asia and elsewhere, the U.S. version is shaping up to bear little resemblance to that pickup. Instead, what we see peeking out from under the black canvas is more like a shrunken version of the full-size 2014 Chevrolet Silverado and Sierra that recently debuted. The grille is more prominent, and fully chromed. The headlights have a more truck-like appearance, eschewing the Malibu-like styling of the Asian version. The profile is also much closer to what we traditional expect from our trucks. However, it does appear as though the nose of the new Colorado will have softer curves than its blunt-looking bigger brother. As for the dropped camo? It's in back, where it apparently peeled away from the tailgate, revealing...an expanse of white tailgate with a handle in the middle. Was that really worth disguising?
There's still no word on what will power the new truck, although it's a sure bet that the all-diesel engine selection from the Asian version won't make it to the U.S. Instead, it's likely we'll get a V-6 of some sort as the top-line engine, likely a permutation of the 3.6-liter V-6 that seems to be in every GM product these days. As for the base engine, it's likely to be a four-cylinder; maybe the 2.0-liter turbocharged version we've seen in recent Cadillacs, but more likely to be the 2.5-liter engine found in the Malibu. On the other hand, there's the 2014 Chevy Cruze Diesel on sale now, so it's possible a small diesel could make it to the U.S. Colorado. Whatever winds up under the Colorado's hood, we'll likely get a better look at it soon as development finishes up, with a full debut likely sometime early next year, possibly at the 2014 Detroit Auto Show.


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Actress HAYDEN PANETTIERE has revealed she became preoccupied with her weight as a teen after her figure was criticised in a magazine.
The Heroes star was horrified when she saw an unflattering photo of herself in shorts with the word 'cellulite' printed next to her bottom, and the image sent her into a downward spiral, sparking body dysmorphia, a condition which affected the way she saw herself.
She tells Women's Health magazine, "I was mortified. It gave me such body dysmorphia for so long. But I remember reminding myself that beauty is an opinion, not a fact. And it has always made me feel better."
The former child star, now 23, has since managed to overcome her demons and she feels more confident than ever about her shape.
She says, "People can tell when you're happy with being you and when you're not. It's only cheesy because it's true. As I've gotten older and grown into my body, I've started realising that the way you carry yourself and that light coming out of your eyes are the most attractive things about you."


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Drivers are often stranded in snow not because their cars get stuck or break down, but because they are hemmed in by other disabled vehicles or trapped by traffic jams on highways with no paths of escape. If this happens and you aren't within short walking distance of a travel plaza or other shelter, the car becomes your residence.
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I've always loved day games during the week, especially when the Mets were on the road because it enabled me to explore a city, check out a restaurant, and in the case of a getaway game, catch a flight to the next city.
The Mets scheduled today's game in the afternoon not so New York fans could watch the NFL draft, but so they could fly to Denver and check into their hotel at a decent time.
I've always thought every getaway game should be in the afternoon so teams could be fresh for the next series. I wonder how many times a team might have lost because their players were dragging from flying all night.
The Mets are looking to sweep the Marlins this afternoon behind Jon Niese. Here's his support:
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LINEUP COMMENTS: Ike Davis will move up to sixth in the batting order, but that has more to do with Jordany Valdespin playing left. With Jason Bay out Terry Collins will juggle that position. When Andres Torres returns presumably sometime next week, I would think Kirk Nieuwenhuis will play left field and stay at the top of the order. He's done nothing to warrant a demotion to the minors or a drop in the batting order.


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Cool vid I found in the wake of this Pacific swell.
It would be cool if we get some footage like this on Friday...
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Cool vid I found in the wake of this Pacific swell.
It would be cool if we get some footage like this on Friday...
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Another trip around the sun ?
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Hmm I wonder if that footage was a helicopter or drone?
More and more drones these days....saw one the other day at Ocean Beach.
I don't suppose you guys followed the "Take back the Bay" thing that went down in Socal at Lunada Bay......the idea was to swarm the localized surf spot and overwhelm the locals (I grew up down there and think any localism is hypocritical but these guys have long gone way over the top). Here's their take on drones:
I wonder how long it'll be before somebody's UAV gets taken down while filming kites.......
These things are great.....can't wait til the local police start using them to issue jaywalking tickets......?
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Pretty insane pick. Pilot has some crazy skill. Would love to see video.
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Got to see that day in person. I heard they were filming Point Break 2. There was a grip truck, that black helicopter, drones & others. The drones were able to go in tight without all the noise & rotorwash that the helicopters created. I heard the drones can handle up to 20mph.
There were only a handful of guys out. One guy wearing red was killing it, going for everything, sitting way deeper than everyone. Don't know who he was but he was head & shoulders above the rest. He was getting barreled & paying the price. Saw 2 guys have 2-wave hold downs in which their boards didn't even surface before they were hit by the second wave - that's deep!!!
A few days before there were 40+ guys out & it looked like most of them weren't really trying to go for reals. Could've been some movie double's or something. They were far over on the shoulder & when they paddled, you could tell they weren't going full gas & going for it.
Nevertheless it was pretty cool to see;)
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You know a spot is crowded when there's a drone snaking your wave
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Agriculture Secretary Ann M. Veneman announced the new funding proposal during a stop in San Angelo, Texas, on a four-state tour aimed at explaining the Bush administration's budget requests for the next fiscal year and the president's state of the union address.
Besides Texas, the secretary was scheduled to speak in Georgia, Michigan and Ohio. Veneman toured cattle and cotton operations in San Angelo with Agriculture Commissioner Susan Combs and talked with farmers about the importance of homeland security.
"This new funding reinforces this administration's commitment to strengthening our protection systems to ensure agriculture and our food supply is guarded against potential threats," said Veneman.
"It is extremely critical that we remain vigilant and work together with our federal and state partners, as well as the food and agriculture industry, to ensure the integrity of our food systems."
The Secretary outlined the following areas in the FY2003 agriculture budget that relate to homeland security and the protection of agriculture:
- $49 million increase for animal health monitoring to enhance the ability to quickly identify potential threats. These additional resources will be used to improve the emergency management system that coordinates and implements rapid response to an animal or plant pest or disease outbreak.
- $19 million increase in the Agricultural Quarantine Inspection (AQI) program for improved point-of-entry inspection programs by providing additional inspectors, expanding canine teams and state of the art high definition x-ray machines at high-risk ports of entry. This additional increase in FY2003 will bring staffing at ports of entry to 3,974, a 55 percent increase in three years.
- $11 million increase for programs to expand diagnostic, response, management and other technical services within the Animal Plant Health Inspection Services (APHIS).
- $28 million increase to provide record funding for the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS). The increase will support FSIS food safety activities, including maintaining approximately 7,600 meat, poultry and egg products inspectors. This funding would include $14.5 million to improve the information technology infrastructure to improve risk management systems and $2.7 million for slaughter epidemiological surveys and risk prevention activities.
- $24 million increase to support research aimed at protecting the nation's agriculture and food system from attack by animal and plant diseases, insects and other pests and to reduce the incidence of food-borne illness in humans due to pathogens and other threats to the food supply. These increases will emphasize development of improved detection, identification, diagnostic and vaccination methods to identify and control threats to animal and plant agriculture.
"This budget proposal will provide important resources to help strengthen our homeland security efforts," said Veneman. "The protection of our food supply is critical. We must continue to invest in food safety, research and pest and disease programs to ensure America's consumers and food and agriculture systems are strong."
Earlier this month, President Bush signed the Defense Appropriations Act, which provided an additional $328 million in USDA funding for homeland security protections. This includes $105 million for APHIS pest and disease exclusion, detection and monitoring; $80 million for upgrading USDA facilities and operational security; $50 million for an animal bio-containment facility at the National Animal Disease Laboratory; $40 million for the Agricultural Research Service; $23 million for the Plum Island Animal Disease Center; $15 million for security upgrades and bioterrorism protection for the FSIS; and $14 million for increased security measures at the National Veterinary Services Laboratories in Ames, Iowa.
Beginning last year, USDA has worked to enhance many of these programs through annual budget requests and emergency appropriations. Secretary Veneman has repeatedly called for more long-term planning in infrastructure programs to ensure American farmers and consumers are protected against threats such as foot-and-mouth disease, which ravaged the UK and parts of Europe this spring. In addition, Veneman has urged that further consideration of such critical programs be examined as part of the next farm bill.
Since Sept. 11, USDA has worked with the newly created Office of Homeland Security, other federal agencies, states and industry to examine immediate emergency needs and develop longer-term strategies to continue protecting America's food and agricultural systems.


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If the purpose of red light cameras is to raise cash from unsuspecting drivers, officials in Springfield, Mo., did everything wrong.
Before even switching on their cameras in June 2007, traffic engineers reduced red light running by changing the length of yellow lights to make signals consistent across the city. The launch of the cameras was preceded by a major education campaign urging drivers to "respect red," and once cameras were installed their locations were clearly marked. Officials put the cameras at intersections with the biggest traffic volumes to get the message to the greatest number of drivers, though those intersections weren't necessarily where the most violations occurred.
So what happened with that easy money for the budget? Two years and eight months after the cameras were switched on, the program was $33,000 in the red.
Fortunately for the city, making money was never the goal. Improving safety was, and by that measure, the cameras were a success. City officials say their data show red light running crashes decreased both at camera-equipped intersections and citywide. Citations fell 36 percent to an average of 1.05 a day per camera.
Springfield traffic engineer Jason Haynes says the fact that the program didn't make money helped to maintain community support. Another plus was that the vendor operating Springfield's cameras had no vested interest in busting drivers. Instead of paying the company per violation, Springfield paid a flat fee for each camera.
The biggest key to the program's success, says Earl Newman, who recently retired as Springfield's assistant director of public works, is that the city first did all it could from a traffic engineering standpoint to reduce red light running. That meant fixing the yellow timing problem, which the city discovered as it was preparing to install the cameras. The problem stemmed from the fact that some intersections were controlled by the state and others by the city, and the state signals had longer yellow times. There was rampant red light running at the city intersections, perhaps because drivers used to state roads weren't expecting the lights to change so quickly.
Springfield and the state transportation department worked out a compromise, lengthening the yellow phase at many signals and shortening it slightly at others. Only after giving drivers months to get used to the new times did the city switch on the cameras, which led to a further reduction in red light running.
City surveys showed high support for red light cameras, but the program had determined opponents. A legal challenge brought the program to a halt last March, when the Missouri Supreme Court ruled that Springfield's administrative hearing process for contested citations was inadequate.
Haynes says the city's lawyers have come up with a fix and that a new contract for cameras is in the works. But Newman says he's not sure whether the program has much of a future now that violations have fallen so low. Too few citations could mean the red light cameras won't pay for themselves.
"Money is the issue here whether we like it or not," he says. People don't want the cameras to make money, but "as soon as it comes to the point of the taxpayers paying for it, it's a problem again."
Cameras automatically photograph vehicles whose drivers run red lights. The cameras are connected to the traffic signal and to sensors that monitor traffic flow just before the crosswalk or stop line. The system continuously monitors the traffic signal, and the camera captures any vehicle that doesn't stop during the red phase. Depending on the particular technology, a series of photographs and/or a video clip shows the red light violator prior to entering the intersection on a red signal, as well as the vehicle's progression through the intersection. Tickets typically are mailed to owners of violating vehicles, based on a review of photographic evidence.
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For 20 Years, Zapatistas Pursue Their Own Way Of Life Away From Mexican State
LA GARRUCHA, Mexico (AP) – Since their uprising 20 years ago, the Zapatistas of southern Mexico have lived in five secretive, closed-off enclaves that they hold in the poor state of Chiapas.
But the rebels opened up their communities over the past five months to more than 7,000 Mexicans and foreigners who came to learn about how the movement self-governs and maintains its autonomy and way of life. Those invited stayed for a week at a time and lived with a Zapatista family.
Some of the visitors came to the lush, misty mountain Zapatista village of La Garrucha in December. Children and adults wearing ski masks invited their guests to attend classes or spend the day at an arts and crafts workshop.
In all of the Zapatista communities, children attend schools called "Sun Seeds," where they learn to read and write and study about nature conservancy and the environment. They also learn how to be productive members of their communities and how to protect their autonomy.
Adults participate in collective projects such as bakeries, arts and crafts, agriculture, beekeeping and ecotourism, among others. Each community decides what collective project its residents will take on and how to distribute the funds they earn.
Most Zapatistas still eke out meager livings as corn farmers, and the communities' material conditions haven't improved since their rebellion, in part because the Zapatistas refuse all government aid.
Two decades after their revolt stunned Mexico and drew widespread support from leftists around the world, the government doesn't recognize the Zapatista communities as autonomous, but officials leave them alone and they live according to their own rules.
Zapatista leader Subcomandante Marcos said recently that the act of rebellion itself is enough reason to celebrate.
"Rebellion, friends and enemies, is something that has to be celebrated, every day and at every hour," he said.
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Barry is the new General Secretary of Friends General Conference. He was interviewed by Chris Pifer, Web and Online Communications Manager for FGC.
1. For those Friends who have never met you, tell me a little about yourself. Where did you grow up? How did you come to Quakerism?
"If I wasn't Catholic, I'd be Quaker." One of my college professors made this remark during a lecture on the Reformation and then started to move on to other topics. Fortunately, a classmate asked the question that was already on the tip of my tongue. "Professor, what's a Quaker?" I was twenty-one years old, born in Tennessee, and had lived all my life in Arkansas, Texas, and New Mexico without knowing anything about Quakers. Upon hearing the question our professor lit up and said something like, "Oh! Interesting people. They believe in direct access to God without an intermediary. They believe in full equality of men, women, and all races. And, for over three hundred years they've been witnesses for peace and justice." That exchange was the seed that started my Quaker journey.
2. You've worked in a wide variety of positions, in the for-profit and nonprofit sectors and inside and outside the Quaker world. What are some of the highlights of this past work that you feel have particularly prepared you for your new position with FGC?
In my early thirties I spent two years working for a company where the first couple hours of most mornings were spent cold calling technology executives. It was my job to introduce them to our computer remarketing and recycling services. In some ways, it was difficult. But in those two years, not a single soul hung up on me, and I helped that company expand significantly. I still remember what it felt like to work in partnership with my employer, to close my first million-dollar deal with a Fortune 500 company, a deal which started with a cold call several months earlier. I'm not saying cold calling is a fun way to spend my mornings, but it taught me a lot about perseverance and how to engage someone with whom you've never spoken. I also learned the value of having services that people actually want, need, or believe in. People listened to us and we grew because we had a service that mattered to our customers, but equally as important, we also listened to our customers and developed new services based on what they told us they needed. Whether the business is a nonprofit or a for-profit, listening is what makes it work.
Later I was a Quaker working at an international Buddhist institution, Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition (FPMT). This organization has roots stretching back many decades but wasn't incorporated until the 1980s. Starting as a small and dedicated group of students, FPMT now has almost as many people associated with it as the yearly meetings affiliated with FGC. There is no doubt that the majority of this happened because of the inspiring presence and teachings of Lama Yeshi and Lama Zopa. However, it also happened because they were determined to make the Tibetan Buddhist experience teachable, repeatable, and clear. They put in place tools, videos, books, conferences, and teachings that made Buddhism scalable—if people wanted to practice Buddhism they could. They had removed the barriers. If there was not study center near you, FPMT had retreats that would teach you how to start one. Needed a teacher of Buddhism in your region, they would send one. Needed videos to familiarize yourself with teachings, they produced them. The list goes on. While Quakerism is a completely different religion and mindscape with different structures, I learned a lot in my four years at FPMT about how accessibility, scalability, and clarity can transform lives. For the past four of five years I've been working with many others in Quakerism to lay the foundation so we can construct more tools and services for meetings, making it easier for them to engage and nurture newcomers. Seekers need access to the knowledge and tools that will allow them to be deeply and experientially engaged early in their journey with Friends. These same tools will also serve many of the needs of experienced Friends. I'm excited that there is a call being experienced by more and more Friends to make a spiritual offering of Quakerism to newcomers. I think it's becoming clear for many Friends that proselytizing and outreach are different concepts and that to make our tradition visible and accessible is a form of deeply grounded service that enriches us all. As the growing number of meetings who are participating in Quaker Quest can attest, outreach has actually deepened their in-reach and has made their meetings more vital. My time as a Quaker working for the Buddhadharma was deeply rewarding, and I believe my experiences there are enriching my service to Quakers.
With this experience as context, the last two years I've spent at Pendle Hill have been critical in my development as a Quaker. Pendle Hill serves all the branches of Quakerism, people from other faith traditions, and those who do not affiliate with any religious tradition. I've always believed there are many ways to God, and pluralism is important to me. But, my understanding of the religious and spiritual paths of others has deepened. Like many Friends, I came into Quaker practice feeling wounded by traditional Christianity. I understood clearly when I started my walk with Friends that Spirit was inviting me to immerse myself in a tradition that originates from the life and witness of Jesus. However, I was very resistant to embracing the Christian narrative within Quakerism. In the two years prior to coming to Pendle Hill, I started to open up, and since arriving at Pendle Hill that opening has grown. Studying with Will O'Brien at The Alternative Seminary in North Philadelphia, talking with Marcelle Martin about the writings of John Woolman, listening to Shane Claiborne talk about his witness as a Christian, being engaged by Lloyd Lee Wilson's lecture "Who Do You Say I Am," deepening my understanding of the theology of early Friends through time in the Pendle Hill library, talking with FUM and EFCI affiliated Friends about their spiritual journeys, meditating on the heart of Christ—these are just some of the experiences that have helped me re-imagine my understanding and experience of Christianity within and beyond Quakerism. I believe my time at Pendle Hill has helped ground and open me so I can hear and walk with people who come from many different perspectives and experiences including Christian and non-Christian, as well as theist and nontheist, from inside and outside of the Religious Society of Friends.