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Pardew: goal can settle Cisse down
Newcastle manager Alan Pardew challenged Papiss Cisse to rediscover his killer touch in front of goal after seeing him end an 11-game drought.
The Senegal international powered home a 31st-minute header to send the Magpies on their way to a 2-0 Capital One Cup third-round victory over Sky Bet Championship Leeds with his first goal since April 11.
Cisse announced himself on Tyneside in style when he plundered 13 goals in his first 14 appearances for the club following his £9million switch from Freiburg in January 2012, but his recent barren spell had proved hugely frustrating.
Pardew said: "All strikers when they are not scoring don't feel like they have done their job. Goalscorers want to score goals and he is always disappointed if he hasn't scored.
"He has had a few good chances in these last few games, but that was an important goal tonight - how important, we will have to wait and see.
"He had a couple of big chances before that and snatched at them, and it just goes to show where he was, really.
"Goals can settle a player down and hopefully it will because he has not been as powerful and as good as he had been."
Cisse's big moment came 14 minutes before the break when he made the most of good work by youngsters Paul Dummett and Sammy Ameobi by beating keeper Paddy Kenny with a bullet header.
However, Newcastle had to wait until the 67th minute to put the game beyond the visitors when Yoan Gouffran accepted Ameobi's pass and turned defender Scott Wootton before blasting home an unstoppable shot.
Kenny kept the scoreline respectable as time ran down, saving twice from substitute Gabriel Obertan after he had been played in one on one, but the Magpies were already home and dry.
It was just what Pardew had asked for to exorcise the ghost of Saturday's 3-2 Barclays Premier League defeat by Hull at St James' Park in which his side had twice taken the lead.
He said: "It was a super performance. I am still hurting from Saturday, if I am honest because I can see on the training ground that we have got the squad in a good place.
"All the guys who came in tonight have done terrifically and therefore, that compounds the result on Saturday.
"I am not going to get carried away tonight. We are in the last 16, as we should be, but it's a reminder to us that we have got to get consistency at this football club and if we have got the group below as good as that, then that bodes well."
The Magpies' reward for their efforts was another home tie in the fourth round, but a daunting one after they were paired with Manchester City.
Pardew said with a smile: "Well, it's a home tie. I am 100 per cent at home in the cup."
Leeds boss Brian McDermott was pleased with his team's performance, and was convinced they should have had a penalty after a coming together between Fabricio Coloccini and Matt Smith.
He said: "Their [first] goal, from their point of view, was a little bit of quality on the left-hand side and maybe we needed to do better in that situation, but it was a good header, and their second goal was a great finish.
"Having said that, at 1-0 Matt Smith was bundled over in the penalty area and I think because he is a big lad, the ref didn't give it. But it was a certain penalty, there's no doubt about that."
Meanwhile, Pardew applauded both sets of fans for chanting Gary Speed's name as the game entered its 11th minute.
He said: "I was really impressed with the two sets of fans - that Gary Speed moment was one of the highlights of the season."


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Mark your calendars now for the annual holiday Craft Fair & Bake Sale!
Submitted by Jessica Paxton on Thu, 11/08/2012 - 3:50pm
Dec 7 2012
Location:Weitz Center for Creativity, 320 E. Third Street, Northfield
Mark your calendars now! Carleton College's annual holiday Craft & Custodial Bake Sale will be held Friday, December 7 from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Commons area of the Weitz Center for Creativity. A wide variety of hand-crafted items -- including jewelry, afghans and quilts, baskets, candles, outerwear and more -- along with an array of delicious baked goods will be available for purchase. Vendors will donate a portion of the proceeds from their sales to the Carleton College Custodial Scholarship Fund. This very popular event is free and open to the public.
Long-time Carleton employee Loretta Springer first organized this event in 1982, as a way to showcase and sell homemade items made by Carleton staff. Today, around 30 vendors participate each year, from Carleton as well as the greater Northfield community, offering a wide range of apparel, crafts, accessories, and more. The fundraiser also continues to serve as a fun way to demonstrate the wide-range of hobbies and crafts engaged in by Carleton staff and community members.
Carleton custodian Pat Flynn established the Custodial Scholarship Fund in 1993. Over three-quarters of the custodial staff at Carleton donate back a portion of each paycheck to help fund an endowed scholarship given each year to at least one Carleton student. In 1997, Flynn organized the first annual bake sale in partnership with the craft sale to help raise money for the Scholarship Fund; the bake sale raised close to $700 in 2011.
The Weitz Center for Creativity is located at 320 East Third Streeet in Northfield. For more information on the event, or if interested in participating as a vendor at the sale, please contact Loretta Springer at (507) 222-4186. The cost for members of the Carleton community is $10, and $20 for non-Carleton participants; fees will be donated to the Custodial Scholarship Fund.

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text: This post was written by Twila Rios, Intern in the department of Prints, Photographs and Architectural Collections. It's tempting sometimes to define history as only items no longer in living memory. Items over 100 years old usually fit into this definition. But as an archival student, I've often heard the opposite: "History happens under our…Read More


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AMI Semiconductor Chooses ARM To Drive Automotive Electronics For Information, Performance And Safety In Cars
POCATELLO, IDAHO AND CAMBRIDGE, UK - Sept. 1, 2004 - AMI Semiconductor (Nasdaq: AMIS), and ARM [(LSE:ARM); (Nasdaq:ARMHY)], today announced that AMIS has selected the ARM® architecture for a new range of programmable automotive electronics solutions. AMIS has licensed two ARM7™ family processors to develop industry-specific solutions that will help improve driver information, in-car entertainment, body electronics and passenger safety.
The intelligent, low-cost, high-performance ARM7TDMI® and ARM7TDMI-S™ microprocessors will enhance silicon solutions produced by AMIS, including high-voltage interfacing, low data rate wireless solutions, system-level integration and sensor interfaces used by Tier 1 automotive system suppliers worldwide.
Gartner Dataquest's estimates for the automotive semiconductor market in 2002 show a growth of 4.3 percent to US$13.1 billion. Much of the growth came from semiconductor applications including enhanced powertrain electronics like direct injection engine control units and anti-lock braking systems with an electronic stability program (ESP) or brake booster. Emerging applications that enjoyed healthy demand included airbag accelerometer sensors, rain sensors, ultrasonic parking sensors, telematics and yaw rate sensor integrated circuits (Gartner Dataquest, 'Production surge boots automotive semiconductor market', 17 July 2003).
The new ARM Powered® AMIS solutions will help suppliers and manufacturers improve engine control to meet environmental legislations as well as increase car safety and performance via enhanced powertrain electronics. The first ARM technology-based automotive solutions from AMIS are expected to be available in 2006.
"The ARM architecture overall provides the flexibility we need to create new solutions, and improve on existing ones, for a constantly changing market," said Tony Denayer, senior vice president, product development, AMIS. "The ARM7 family cores suit multiple technologies and can be adapted to specific application requirements, such as low power consumption, low radiation or emission, or they can be optimized for specific high-speed capabilities."
Cost, size and power benefits were other important factors when AMIS chose the ARM7 family. They will now be integrated into user specific integrated circuits (USICs) and application specific integrated circuits (ASICs) ) and application specific standard products (ASSPs) to create flexible system-on-chip (SoC) solutions combining mixed-signal and high-voltage functionality, complex digital circuitry and embedded microprocessors in a single chip.
In addition, the flexible nature of the ARM processors means they can be used in AMIS chips for other industrial applications, such as high-end circuit breakers for home safety, or even in aerospace and military applications.
"AMIS provides unparalleled manufacturing adaptability and dedication to its customers," said Wayne Lyons, global automotive segment manager, ARM. "The ARM architecture provides a robust standard, extensively supported by developers across the industry. This infrastructure will help protect AMI Semiconductor's current developments and provide greater re-use of the technology in the vehicle network, and beyond, to other industries."
The ARM7TDMI-S core will be used in AMI Semiconductor's 0.35µm, 0.25µm or 0.18µm I3T mixed-signal high-voltage solutions, and potentially in its field programmable gate arrays (FPGA) to ASIC conversion solution, XPressArray™.
About AMIS
AMI Semiconductor (AMIS) is a leader in the design and manufacture of silicon solutions for the real world. As a widely recognized innovator in state-of-the-art integrated mixed-signal semiconductor products, mixed-signal foundry services and structured digital products, AMIS is committed to providing customers in the automotive, medical and industrial markets with optimal value, quickest time-to-market semiconductor solutions. Offering unparalleled manufacturing flexibility and dedication to customer service, AMI Semiconductor operates globally with headquarters in Pocatello, Idaho, European corporate offices in Oudenaarde, Belgium, and a network of sales and design centers located in the key markets of the United States, Europe and the Asia Pacific region.
About ARM
ARM designs the technology that lies at the heart of advanced digital products, from wireless, networking and consumer entertainment solutions to imaging, automotive, security and storage devices. ARM's 16/32-bit RISC microprocessors, data engines, peripherals, software and tools, combined with the company's broad Partner community, provide a total system solution that offers a fast, reliable path to market for leading electronics companies. More information on ARM is available at http://www.arm.com.
ARM, ARM Powered and ARM7TDMI are registered trademarks of ARM Limited. ARM7 and ARM7TDMI-S are trademarks of ARM Limited. All other brands or product names are the property of their respective holders. "ARM" is used to represent ARM Holdings plc [(LSE: ARM); (Nasdaq: ARMHY)]; its operating company ARM Limited; and the regional subsidiaries ARM INC.; ARM KK; ARM Korea Ltd.; ARM Taiwan; ARM France SAS; ARM Consulting (Shanghai) Co. Ltd.; and ARM Belgium N.V.
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Your Lord says, "Call on Me and I will answer you. Those who are too proud to worship Me will enter Hell abject." (Qur'an, 40:60)
When harm touches man, he calls on Us, lying on his side or sitting down or standing up. Then when We remove the harm from him he carries on as if he had never called on Us when the harm first touched him. In that way We make what they have done appear good to the profligate. (Qur'an, 10:12)
And Ayyub when he called out to his Lord, "Great harm has afflicted me and You are the Most Merciful of the merciful," We responded to him and removed from him the harm which was afflicting him and restored his family to him, and the same again with them, as a mercy direct from Us and a Reminder to all worshippers. (Qur'an, 21:83)And Dhu'n-Nun [Yunus] when he left in anger and thought We would not punish him. He called out in the pitch darkness: "There is no god but You! Glory be to You! Truly I have been one of the wrongdoers." We responded to him and rescued him from his grief. That is how We rescue the believers. (Qur'an, 21:87-88)And Zakariyya when he called out to his Lord, "My Lord, do not leave me on my own, though You are the Best of Inheritors." We responded to him and gave him Yahya, restoring for him his wife's fertility. They outdid one another in good actions, calling out to Us in yearning and in awe, and humbling themselves to Us. (Qur'an, 21:89-90)Nuh called out to Us and what an excellent Responder We are! (Qur'an, 37:75)
2005-07-04 16:03:41If My servants ask you about Me, I am near. I answer the call of the caller when he calls on Me. They should therefore respond to Me and believe in Me so that hopefully they will be rightly guided. (Qur'an, 2:186)


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Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 108 diseños de 33 diseñadores freelance.
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We are a team of 4 mental health nurses employed by a pharma company providing training and support programmes to Mental Health Nurses in the UK around the field of medicines management in managing schizophrenia. Our focus is on supporting the use of long acting injections in managing schizophrenia. We provide training in pharmacology, medicines choice and injection technique. Our work is primarily intended to support nurses but also support sales staff.
Primarily Mental Health Nurses. Nurses in the UK are mostly government employees.though there are some private providers. Mental health nurses in the UK can be cynical of the pharmaceutical industry.
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Three people, including a 15-year-old boy, were shot to death on the West Side Monday afternoon, police said.
Hours later, three others were injured in separate shootings on the South Side.
The 15-year-old boy, Ed Cooper, was shot in the chest about 5:08 p.m. in the 600 block of North Lawndale Avenue in the East Garfield Park neighborhood, Chicago Police News Affairs Officer Daniel O'Brien said.
He was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was declared dead at 5:54 p.m., according to the Cook County medical examiner's office. Cooper lived in the 1200 block of South Kostner Avenue.
Police were dispatched to the block following a report of a person shot and found the boy, O'Brien said.
The boy was playing a ballgame at the playground of Laura Ward Elementary School, formerly Ryerson Elementary, 646 N. Lawndale Ave., when he was shot, according to a relative who did not want to give her name. Ryerson was one of 49 elementary schools closed this June by the district.
Robert Williams, who lives near where the shooting took place, had just settled in to watch the 5 p.m. news when he heard several shots fired. He went outside and saw the shooting victim lying on the ground in a vacant lot, across the street from the playlot near Ohio Street.
People were yelling, asking if anyone had a cell phone to call for help. Williams told them he had a phone and made the 911 call. An ambulance arrived quickly, but Williams, an Army veteran, said that the victim looked as though he was already dead as he was being loaded into the ambulance.
In a separate attack in the Lawndale neighborhood, a 30-year-old woman was declared dead at Mount Sinai Hospital after having been shot multiple times in the 1600 block of South Drake Avenue about 5:20 p.m., O'Brien said.
The woman was identified as Georgina Randell, of the 1600 block of South Drake Avenue, according to the medical examiner's office.
Police officials said a man is believed to have shot his girlfriend three times in a domestic violence attack.
A little before 8 p.m., police reported a barricade situation involving a murder suspect near where the woman was killed. The person in the standoff with a Chicago SWAT team was believed to be the attacker in the woman's slaying, police said. The suspect was later taken into custody "without incident," News Affairs Officer Ron Gaines said.
In West Garfield Park, a 20-year-old man was shot about 3:20 p.m. in the 400 block of South Pulaski Road, O'Brien said. The man, later identified as Marquise Chandler, of the 4000 block of West Lexington Street, was declared dead at 3:30 p.m. at John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital, according to the medical examiner's office.
The man was in a car at a gas station when someone in another vehicle pulled up and shot him, then drove off, O'Brien said. Police did not have a description of the vehicle or attacker.
Later Monday, three people were injured within ten minutes of each other in separate South Side shootings.
About 11:25 p.m. in the Englewood neighborhood, a 26-year-old man was shot twice in the leg in 5800 block of South Aberdeen Street, police said.
The man was taken to Stroger in serious condition.
About the same time in the West Pullman neighborhood, a gunman on foot shot a 35-year-old man multiple times in the 100 block of East 117th Place, police said. The man was critically injured and taken to Stroger.
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Just minutes later, a 16-year-old boy was shot in the foot in the 1400 block of West 73rd Street, police said. The boy was taken to Holy Cross Hospital, where his condition was stabilized.
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A new Photoshop logo ALREADY? So much hate brewing over at Adobe Photoshop's Senior Product Manager, John Nack's blog.
'light garden' - jason bruges has teamed up with greenpeace to create a 'groundbreaking ultra efficient' dimmable light installation as part of the 100% design exhibition
UWISHUNU ~ their name cracks me up, and i'm loving their webdesign
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Beautiful Photography of Dolls , by Lolita*Pop , <3
The new McCafe in this stunning ad by Heye & Partner, Unterhaching, Germany
It looks like Five to Nine has just released another issue, all about Polaroids!
NEW urban hats designs by Vancouver designer - Claudia Schulz
New VDO from NYC secretists LVHRD to promote their next event, DNCHRD III: VNYL DJ competition. Watch Lil' DJ Fingertips show off his sick moves and see if you don't want to dance.
I'm loving this fire hydrant bed by For The Dogs. I'm sure my Dachshund would too.
"The Access" is universal fitness equipment that accommodates both wheelchair users and able bodied users. " Email designer firstname.lastname@example.com for more info.
The environmentally friendly clothing brand HOWIES commissioned Tom Seymour to come up with an idea to make people think. The result was a blackboard van asking the public "Is nuclear power green or dumb?"
the design of viktor & rolf antidote reminds me a little bit of absinthe and some doctor Jekyll and Mr.Hyde and it smells terrific!
I'm liking the new look of the ErgoRapido stick vac by Electrolux. Check out the "Formgivarna" tab for a little behind the scenes look at the Designers.
An insight into how Tom Seymour constructed his giant Honey Comb light for Tom Dixon.
Demelza Hill designed this beautiful bag that transforms into a picnic blanket. The graphics are gorgeous!
a bit more research reveals horst wackerbarth's red couch project, which is fascinating in its own right. love a good story and the idea of a museum of mankind.
great nytimes article on couch surfing and i just love that image.
Greenlight Concepts creates retro-modern lighting fixtures using glass lenses recycled from discarded traffic lights.
FEATUREDAndrew Zuckerman's upcoming book Creature... incredible imagery of animals ~ with a teaser making of the book, and video of the photoshoot to keep you going until you can see the real thing Oct 07.
ViewAt.org > Enjoy the world in panoramic 360º images. [Editor's Note - Absolutely breathtaking... This has made my day - embedded/posted on NOTCOT.com]
Great shoelace packaging by Overkill for their Zillion line of laces
Vinyl Pulse has some great pics of Shag's Conspicuous Consumption show at Billy Shire Fine Arts... i love that there are life size rooms that match the lives you see in his work.
Bill Shannon 'The Crutch Master' [Editor's Note: We've featured a video of his before, but this post is a great roundup of videos, including interviews with Bill about his medical condition and how's its become and art]
Enjoy more horsepower! Creative print ad of VW
Whiskas` DogaCat. This ad is silly, maybe even stupid, but it was the first thing that I've seen today that made me smile.
Can a product grow? can it multiply?
A shoe whose infrastructure in the net,
created by scanning a foot using a 3D scanner. by the designer adva abdu from israel .
Access and services for the South Metrpolitan Park by Polidura + Talhouk Architects. Featured on a special series of posts dedicated to the Chilean Expo at the Lisbon Triennale in Plataforma Arquitectura.
Ferguson Hill's horn speakers feature a huge acrylic horn, balanced on top of a minimal aluminum frame.
Faux iPod shuffle sighted in Korea. I love that the navigation is in an octagon.
NEW Fashion, beauty and advertising photography by Vancouver photographer - Trevor Brady
FEATUREDI'm obsessing over Blu Dot's Bonnie And Clyde sectional ~ bonnie is the one with the two arms... and their nook bed as well!
A huge installation of a man swimming on the grass on the South bank of the River Thames. Commissioned by The Discovery Channel to promote its newest reality show, 'London Ink'.
fishbowl take away.to carry your fish friend with you outdoors.
by the designer michal shabtiali from israel made that product for "kids with divorced parents"
"Durex Performa. The delay condom." 39 seconds of great advertising by McCann-Erickson UK
Young-Hae Chang Heavy Industries has been doing Flash based web art for at least 5 years now. In a sentence: Visual beat poetry and narratives (with a little humour)! Samsung means "to come" :)
There are hot tubs.... and then there are super crazy jetted molded seat hot tubs... and then there is THIS 42 inch Theater Spa, where they wont even tell you the price. Wow. and look at the add ons.
Undoboy installing his city of BLIK! Great video that is mesmerizing - both visually and musically!
Pangeaday proposes to use the power of film to promote better understanding of our common humanity. A global acceptance of diversity, mediated through the power of film
ACRILIA set a new step in a baroque way to treat acrilyc laminate.
The Igloolik collection of tableware from Bleu Nature design in france incorporates real rocks into the porcelain. The best of nature and design.
A whimsical way of looking at storm drains by 6emeia, a project created by SAO! and Delafuent.
Great window speech bubbles fill Conran's windows with snippets about design
Great Light Giveaway by TOM DIXON
ATOM design gives the hammer a makeover.
Cute illustration style for Mentitas Strong Mint. Made by Lowe Porta, Santiago, Chile
Plans have been approved for the world's first large scale wave farm off the coast of Cornwall, UK. Generating electricity and directly saving 300,000 tonnes of CO2 over 25 years. The future?
What a difference a trim makes: barber shop project from photographers Big Rocket shows how important it is to get the right haircut


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April 24, 2012 - Larry DeHays
A guy walks into a bar carrying a cooler of beer. He tells the bartender to serve him one of his own beers as he needs them, and has a seat on a bar stool. Wait, I got that wrong, it was a guy going into a garage carrying his own spark plugs and telling the mechanic to install them. A patient tells the doctor that he just doesn't feel right. He can't explain it, but he knows it isn't the way he used to feel. Can't he just give him something? Someone tells their mechanic that their car just isn't running right, and sometimes makes a strange sound, but not lately. How much is this going to cost? A patient goes into a doctor's office and announces that they want a shot of antibiotics, and they know the price from a Canadian pharmacy. No, they don't want an examination first. A driver tells his mechanic that he wants a new oxygen sensor installed, for the K-mart price, and their brother-in-law has already diagnosed it. A patient wants his money back from a doctor because he did not get better after the office call and treatment. A driver wants his money back because his gas mileage did not improve after the tune-up. A driver notices a problem with his car, and accuses the last mechanic who worked on it of causing the new problem. This may be unique to the car repair business. A man eats a lot of junk food, smokes, drinks heavily and doesn't exercise, and then blames his weight gain on "a bad thyroid, or genetics or something". Maybe he'll sue McDonalds, or somebody else. A lady drives fast, brakes hard, doesn't have time for oil changes, spends nothing on the car until it breaks down, then does the minimum required, and gripes about the "lousy" car. She tells the mechanic to "just patch it up" and get her back on the road. A mechanic discovers that a car's brakes are shot, ready to fail completely at any moment. The owner refuses to have it fixed because the car isn't worth much. He apparently feels that parts and labor should be cheaper for old cars than for new cars. He drives away in it. If you recognize yourself in any of the above, you may not get the point. If, however, you get the point, then you may be a customer who "is always right". So choose sides, and let's play the game. The adage could be true for you. Or not.
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Dozens of city police officers trudged through the Gilmor Homes housing project in West Baltimore on Tuesday afternoon, passing out fliers and hoping to turn up tips on several recent shootings.
Battered by 27 shootings that claimed nine lives over five days, police said they need help to make arrests and prevent additional violence. Deputy Commissioner John Skinner said crime-weary residents have been coming forward.
"We have incredible leads on some of these incidents, and those are coming from the neighborhoods themselves," Skinner said. "We're hoping to hone in on those tips and hold people accountable."
On Thursday evening, 27-year-old Darrell Banks was fatally shot in the 1600 block of Mountmor Court, on the northwest edge of the Gilmor Homes housing project. Residents said many people were out that night, but police haven't been able to gather enough evidence to close the case.
Streaks of red and white candle wax marked the steps of an apartment where police say Banks died, along with balloons that read, "You'll be missed." Banks was known around the neighborhood as "Buck," but no one offered a reason why he might have been targeted.
As Baker Street resident William Richardson blared "We are the World" from speakers propped up in his front door, a commander in a crisp white shirt tossed a football with a young boy. Several residents took the fliers and chatted briefly with the officers.
Sharon Parham, 57, was not among them. Standing in front of an apartment with an open beer bottle, she complained that police harass residents for minor violations and then ask them for help in solving crimes. She pointed to surveillance cameras hanging over the spot where Banks was killed.
"Two of 'em, [and the shooting happened] in the daylight," Parham said. "Why are they trying to use us to find information?"
Sitting on a front step, Linda Lawson, 41, said she makes sure to keep her son inside or engaged in activities, and said moving somewhere else has taken on greater urgency. "What these mothers go through [losing children], I can't go through it myself," she said.
In Remington, a nonprofit that works with city youth called The Intersection launched a "listening campaign" to draw awareness to urban gun violence. An organizer, Zeke Cohen, noted that more people were killed in Baltimore in 2012 than those in mass shootings in Aurora, Sandy Hook, Columbine and Virginia Tech combined.
"I've lost cousins, uncles and friends to gun violence," said Taikira White, a 16-year-old high school student at Baltimore City College. "I am sick of people losing their lives. I am sick of funerals; I am sick of brothers and sisters killing one another."
Dena Robinson, a teacher at Hamilton Elementary/Middle School, said she polled her students about gun violence and whether it had personally impacted them, and said 95 percent had witnessed a shooting, lost close family members or nearly become victims themselves.
"We should not become complacent in a society where gun violence is as ingrained in our daily realities as brushing our teeth," Robinson said.
The violence continued Tuesday evening, when five people were shot, one fatally, in four separate incidents within a three-hour span.
A man and woman were both shot in the leg by unknown assailants about 6:30 p.m. in the 700 block of North Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard in the Upton neighborhood, near a Wendy's restaurant. Police said the shooters fled and believe the incident was partially captured on video.
About 7:10 p.m., a male was shot in the leg near the intersection of Sinclair Lane and St. Lo Drive, next to the Clifton Park golf course in Northeast Baltimore, police said. His age was not given.
Shortly after 8 p.m., a man was shot, also in the leg, in the 2000 block of Northbourne Road, in the Perring Loch neighborhood of Northeast Baltimore, police said. Police said they believe the incident might be related to the earlier shooting near the intersection of Sinclair and St. Lo.
Before 9 p.m., another man was fatally shot near the intersection of Gwynns Falls Parkway and North Longwood Street, just south of Hanlon Park, police said. The man was shot multiple times, police said.
"These acts of violence are unacceptable, and those responsible will be held accountable for their actions," said Col. Garnell Green, the department's chief of patrol, who briefed the media late Tuesday. He said detectives are working "around the clock" to investigate.
"We have good leads in many of these cases and we expect arrests soon," Green said.
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LONGMONT — They don't make them like Hearthstone anymore. Or at least, they're not going to.
Ask the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Make no mistake. No one expects the 50-unit Hearthstone at Hover Crossing, dedicated on Tuesday, to be the last project of the Longmont Housing Authority. But it probably will be the last one built as a "HUD 202," where federal money pays most of the construction costs.
"Just when the boomers are about to retire," LHA executive director Michael Reis said in between tours of the property. "We do make some odd choices, don't we?"
Aimed at low-income seniors, the development at 1762 Cook Court was built for $8.68 million. About $6.3 million of that came from a long-term zero-interest HUD loan, the same kind of funding that helped build its sister property, The Lodge at Hover Crossing.
Residents will begin to move in on Saturday. And there's already a 160-name waiting list to live in Hearthstone or The Lodge, where the rent's set at 30 percent of income.
But HUD's reorienting the 202 program. Instead of helping construction, the funds will be used for rental vouchers, to help make existing housing more affordable.
Dan Gomez, a HUD deputy director in the agency's Denver office, said there's nothing wrong with rental assistance but he hates to see the earlier thrust abandoned.
"It should not be an either-or in my opinion," Gomez said. "It should be both."
Residents at Hearthstone must be at least 62 years old and meet income guidelines. The single-bedroom apartments measure about 540 square feet, built for energy efficiency and ADA compatibility.
That doesn't mean the setting is institutional. There's small touches throughout — a piece of Amish-made furniture here, handmade lamps from a small company in Jeffersonville there, even patio furniture made from recycled milk jugs and heavy enough to not blow away with the breeze.
The final result drew a strong thank-you from Mayor Dennis Coombs.
"I'm just proud to be a mayor of a city with so many passionate people, who care about other people," Coombs told an audience of the project's supporters, backers and builders. "A lot of different people with different agendas came together and made something truly great happen."
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Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Franklin, You're an Ace. Everybody Knows It.
So…Lacey Underall, Bushwood's resident Siren, niece of Judge Smails, who loves bullfights on acid…(and who doesn't?) Thinking of Lacey then reminds me what a fantastic movie Caddyshack is. The performances by Chevy Chase and Bill Murray, not to mention Ted Knight as Smails are just fantastic. Danny Noonan sucks, but, hey, the world needs ditch diggers too. My favorite character, though, is one, Al Czervik. Rodney Dangerfield's real estate mogul, Czervik, is a terribly underrated part of Caddyshack, and should get way more credit for making the movie what it is. In fact, his dinghy is bigger than your whole boat. It's really true that Czervik/Dangerfield gets no respect. So what? So let's dance!
I don't really like stats unless they are for my fantasy team, but I wanted to try to quantify what Dangerfield brings to Caddyshack, taking my subjective opinion, proving it with hard numbers. After hours, days, a week… yeah, yeah, I know it's been a long time between Rants… I've come to the realization that it's pretty hard to do. However, I refused to sell myself short, even if I am a tremendous slouch. So I figured it out, here are the numbers that prove the value of Al Czervik to the movie Caddyshack:
1,253, 4.4, 11, and just as important: 1.
That's right, as so much of my life is, I related it back to the Packers. You see Al Czervik is the Ryan Grant of Caddyshack. Neither gets no respect. All the talk is about Webb, Spackler, Smails, Rodgers, Jennings, Driver, and Finley, but both Czervik and Grant are glossed over in discussions.
I want to right this grave injustice. You need to watch this to see what I mean…if you don't have time to watch all 3:51, just fast forward to the 2:35 mark and view a thing of beauty…on par with this.
Now tell me both guys don't deserve no respect. You can't. You may think this a weak comparison, but I don't keep score. How do I measure myself with other bloggers, you ask? By height.
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Adrian Peterson only rushed for 130 more yards than Grant last year, had the same 4.4 YPC, but fumbled it 6 more times than Grant - not to mention he has a better offensive line. Give me Grant! Dark horse candidate for Team MVP and possibly more this year.ReplyDelete
I love Grant, plus, he's a good Twitter follow. Intelligent and thoughtful.ReplyDelete
Thompson stole him from the Giants, and he probably got a discount on his contract for the production.
2:35 is my favorite part of that song.ReplyDelete
- PackersRSJuly 15, 2010 at 1:01 PM
I love Grant, I'm a ND fan.ReplyDelete
That being said, can you imagine his potential if he starts shooting through the holes from week 1, instead of running into his OL and falling to the ground? He appears to only get his shit together after the first half of the season...
Ryan Grant highlights just got me so jacked up. When does training camp begin? Dallas baby!ReplyDelete
New site is the shizzle.ReplyDelete
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I have taken this road several times and the photo alway turns out different with the position/strength of the sun and the different seasons. I just love the way the Amish have restored the rural environment of the countryside..
I have taken this road several times and the photo alway turns out different with the position/strength of the sun and the different seasons. I just love the way the Amish have restored the rural environment of the countryside..
You're going to go back and remove the beer can? It's precisely this attention to deal that leads to these kinds of photos.
An old fence, windmill and a low sunlight in a blue sky.
This was taken at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City MO. The Stsdium is udergoing massivbe restorations and improvements and the Season Ticket Holders were invited out to the Stadium for a last look. The Royals colors are blue and white note the home team dugout in the foreground, the blue skies, the blue trimmed scorebaord, the blue of the water in the fountains and of course the red white and blue blowing in the breeze. This was taken with my point and shoot and you can see the distortion in the corners from the lense. Really taken as a commemorative snapshot, but still fit the idea of blue.
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It is a new to me 1988 R100gs. The bike has a White GS flyscreen/windshield that I am will someday put back on. The Front fender I plan on raising to the original high location.The GS looks like and old school R80 GS without the flyscreen. The 1988 is just like the Black Bumble Bee GS.
I had a 1985 R80RT that I sold last spring, with the intent to get a Airhead GS. I was telling that to a friend and I now am a GS Airhead owner. It cost me $1500 to upgrade. I am happy. The GS has a bunch of the needed upgrades. The Airhead with the white paint is a little harder to blend into a photo than my silver 2002 Oilhead GS.
I have been on a few Dual Sport Adventure Ride with the Oilhead GS, but it is just to heavy to do what I want it to do.
Here are a few pics that I took last Saturday of my "new" GS
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Sweet bike Santa! It looks like it is really in great shape.
Neat shots of a neat bike. The first and fifth shots above might very well have been in the original sales brochure. You sure have some cool places to ride, man, and a cool ride to do it on.
When I show a person who lives in Wisconsin my Wisconsin photos, they comment great photos. Show the same photos to someone who lives outside of Wisconsin, and they will comment what a beautiful place.
One aspect of living in a area that has distinct season changes you can play the four seasons to your advantage. As you have noticed I headed north till I hit Fall colors three weeks ago. I will follow the Fall Colors south into southern Wisconsin (or maybe I should get some yard work done) in the next few weeks. We have the Lake Michigan effect, also as a factor and I actually took Fall colors into November. After the Fall colors and the leaves are on the ground, bare trees are also cool to photograph.
Many times I am taking picture, and I get "the look", and I know what people are thinking. They are thinking what the heck is he taking a picture of that for or why is he laying on the ground or climbing on something.
That is when you know it going to be a good shot.
Yer killin' me over here, man.
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Taken at the Return to Shiloh Rally last Saturday. It was a lazy day in the pines.
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That's a beautifully simple composition Marilyn. Often less is more.
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KABUL (Reuters) - Five service members were killed when a British helicopter crashed in southern Afghanistan on Saturday, the NATO-led coalition forces and the British Ministry of Defense said.
An Afghan official said the helicopter carrying soldiers from the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) had crashed due to technical problems.
"ISAF is still in the process of reviewing the circumstances to determine more facts," ISAF said. It did not provide details of their nationalities.
A spokesman for Kandahar Governor Tooryalai Wesa confirmed the crash occurred near Kandahar City.
"Today at 11 am (0630 GMT) an ISAF helicopter crashed due to technical problems in Takhteh Pol district. As a result five ISAF soldiers were killed," spokesman Dawakhan Minapal said.
In London, the Ministry of Defense said the helicopter was British but did not elaborate on the nationalities of the dead.
"We can confirm that a UK helicopter crashed in southern Afghanistan today," the ministry said in a statement. "The incident is under investigation and it would be inappropriate to comment further until families have been notified."
Foreign forces casualties have fallen in the past few months, as U.S.-led forces start to wind down operations ahead of a year-end deadline to leave Afghanistan.
The United States has been at odds with President Hamid Karzai who has refused U.S. entreaties to sign a bilateral security agreement that would permit about 8,000 U.S. troops to remain in the country after the formal U.S. withdrawal at the end of the year.
The leading contenders to replace Karzai have, however, said they will sign the agreement to allow the small contingent of U.S. forces to stay in the country for counter-terrorism and Afghan training purposes.
Since the start of the year, nearly twice as many foreign civilians have been killed in attacks this year compared to foreign troops. At least 24 foreign civilians, including doctors and journalists, have been shot or killed in bomb attacks.
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Darrell Criddelbaugh, then a delivery man for General Welding Repair Service at 1965 S. Bannock St., recalled noticing the yellow 1970 Oldsmobile parked in a muddy alley near the business.
The windows of the car were frosted over, an indication that it had been sitting there for some time, according to a Denver Post article at the time.
The car seemed to match the description of one owned by a woman who had been missing from Castle Rock for several days. When he looked at the license plate, the number EJA-680 matched that of the woman, Darcie Anderson, 24, a mother of a 6-year-old boy.
When police opened the trunk they found Anderson's body draped over a toy she had purchased for her son three days before Christmas in 1986. She was wearing a black jogging suit but no shoes. Her right arm was lying over a box containing a Sesame Street Big Bird Globe. Police found spots of blood inside and out of the car.


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She may not be full of gizmos like Bond's DB5, nor does she talk like Knight Rider's KITT, yet Chitty Chitty Bang Bang remains one of the most loveable motors in the history of cinema. Which is why collectors will be chuffed to know she's going under the hammer next month.
If you wish to take Chitty on a trip to find the gloomy land of Vulgaria though, you'll have to spend millions to do so. Fuel aside, the vehicle is expected to fetch up to $2m (£1.2m).
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The Creation Of The Universe
The Basic Concepts in the Qur'an
Men of Understanding and the facts that hinder wisdom
What does "the men of understanding" mean, then? The answer to this question is provided in the Qur'an. Vain desires and passions are the major factors that hinder one's heart from understanding. Envy is an example. One cannot expect one whose mind is occupied with the feeling of envy to have wisdom. Under the influence of jealousy, he feels too distracted. He cannot keep himself from thinking about the person he is jealous of, he becomes angry and has a feeling of rancour towards him. In this state of envy, his mind is riven by jealousy, and he remains deprived of the ability to think clearly, or make sound assessments.
All other ambitions and passions are also a hindrance to wisdom. The allure of possessions and wealth greatly influences a man. An unbridled passion for possessions enslaves him willy nilly. All mental capabilities are concentrated on ways of gaining more possessions and more money.
These are the fears and passions that are a hindrance to understanding. Man, becoming a slave to these passions, can never focus his attention on the main issues that he has to consider. A person should divert all his thinking abilities to his Creator, who brought him from nonexistence to glorious creation. However, a heart full of worldly ambitions fails to occupy itself with the remembrance of Allah. Only those who are "endued with understanding", in other words, those who are purified of ambitions, fear and selfish greed can have a profound understanding of Allah and obey Him.
The men of understanding are the people who take warning from Allah and who readily accept the truth communicated to them. They never demonstrate arrogance. They do not insist on their misdeeds; they change as soon as they feel something is erroneous. Their purpose in an argument is to find out the truth; not to impose their opinion on others. That is why Allah states that they are "those who listen to the Word, and follow the best (meaning) in it: those are the ones whom Allah has guided, and those are the ones endued with understanding." (Az-Zumar, 18)
Since unbelievers are devoid of wisdom and understanding, they cannot see the great signs surrounding them. The heavens, the earth, and all that is in between are the signs of Allah. However, an unbeliever can never see them; his sight is blurred with ambitions and worldly pleasures. He puts his mind to his minor benefits and selfish desires. His mind has surely a poor grasp of Allah. That is why Allah calls on "men of understanding" to believe in Him:
(Moses ) said :Lord of the east and the west, and all between ! If you only had sense! (Ash-Shura, 28)
It is interesting how the unbelievers are addressed to in the Quran; Allah and His messengers call them to wisdom in the first step."Nor did We send before you (as messengers) any but men, whom we inspired - men living in human habitations. Did they not travel through the land, and see what was the end of those who disbelieved before them? But the home of the hereafter is best, for those who do right. Will you not then understand? (Joseph, 109)
People of the Book! Why do you dispute about Abraham, when the Law and the Gospel were not revealed till after him? Have you no understanding? (Al-Imran, 65) We have revealed for you (O men!) a book in which is a Message for you: will you not then understand? (Al-Anbiya, 10)
Say: "Come, I will tell you what Allah has really prohibited you from doing: There are no other gods besides Him; be good to your parents; do not kill your children on the plea of destitution;- We provide sustenance for you and for them;- do not commit shameful deeds, whether openly or in secret; do not take life, which Allah has made sacred, except by way of justice and law: thus He commands you, so that you may learn wisdom." (Al-Anaam, 151)
After them came an evil generation: They inherited the Book, but they chose for themselves the vanities of this world, saying for excuse: "(Everything) will be forgiven us." Even so, if similar vanities came their way, they would again indulge in them. Was not the covenant of the Book taken from them, that they would not ascribe to Allah anything but the truth? and they have studied what is in the Book. But best for the righteous is the home in the Hereafter. Will you not understand? (Al-Araf, 169)
Say: "If Allah had so willed, I should not have recited it (i.e. the Qur'an) to you, nor would He have made it known to you. A whole life-time before this have I tarried amongst you before it was revealed: will you not then understand?" (Jonah, 16)
What is the life of this world but play and amusement? But best is the home in the Hereafter, for those who are righteous. Will you not then understand? (Al-Anaam, 32)
The only people who can grasp and understand the evidence of the creation of Allah and the existence of Allah are men of understanding:
And in the earth are neighbouring tracts (diverse though) and gardens of vines and fields sown with corn, and palm trees - growing out of single roots or otherwise: watered with the same water, yet some of them We make more excellent than others to eat. Behold, truly, in these things there are signs for those who understand! (Al-Rad, 4)
Say: "He has the power to send down calamities upon you, from above and below, or to cover you with confusion in party strife, giving you a taste of mutual vengeance - each from the other." See how We explain the signs by various (symbols); so that they may understand. (Al-Anaam, 65)
It is He Who has produced you from a single person: here is a place of sojourn and a place of departure: We have made plain Our signs for people who understand. (Al-Anaam, 98)
...Thus Allah makes clear his signs to you: so that you may understand. (Al-Noor, 61)
And from the fruit of the date-palm and the vine, you derive wholesome drink and food: behold, in this also is a sign for those who are wise. (An-Nahl, 67)
He has made subject to you the Night and the Day; the sun and the moon; and the stars are in subjection by His Command: turly, in this are signs for men who are wise. (An-Nahl, 12)
He propounds to you a comparison from your own (experience). Do you have partners among those whom your right hands possess, to share as equals in the wealth We have bestowed on you? Do you fear them as you fear each other? Thus we explain the Signs in detail to a people who understand. (Al-Room, 28)
Moses said (to the Pharaoh): "He is the Lord of the east and the west, and all between that lies! if you only had sense!" (Al-Shuara, 28)
And among His signs, He shows you the lightning, by way both of fear and of hope, and He sends down rain from the sky and with it gives life to the earth after it is dead: truly in that are signs for those who are wise. (Al-Room, 24)
There are also different levels of wisdom. The extent by which one purifies his heart of worldly desires and selfishness determines the level of wisdom. The attachment one feels for this life and following vain desires are also major factors in determining the level of wisdom.
Man will either obey Allah, or his vain desires. When he obeys Allah, he is saved from the limitations of his desires and attains wisdom. The reverse is also true; worshipping desires means reprogramming all of one's thoughts and behaviour to accord with the unlimited wishes of the soul.
In case desires have control over one's soul, the heart also becomes sealed. It becomes blunted towards divine enlightenment. Thus the heart loses its properties of "understanding" (At-tawba, 87), "knowing" (At-Tawba, 93), and becomes dull and loses its sensitivity. The heart loses its light.
In the process, the individual can never realize that he has lost his understanding, since he has also lost the criteria by which to judge between right and wrong.Although one acquiring wisdom is always aware of this positive change in himself, the same does not hold true for the opposite. This is just like the case of a man who falls into a faint or slips into a coma; in both cases he would never know what state he had been in until he recovered.
In the Qur'an, the state of those who are devoid of wisdom is also explained:
The parable of those who reject faith is that of one shouting like a goat-herd, to beasts that can hear nothing but calls and cries: Deaf, dumb, and blind, they are void of wisdom. (Al-Baqara, 171)


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We are edging closer to an "ecological calamity" in the Amazon rainforest and a vote in the Brazilian Senate has pushed us closer to the brink. Yesterday it voted to approve destructive changes to the laws governing forest protection – called the Forest Code - that would open up the Amazon rainforest to rampant destruction. But it is not too late. Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff will have the opportunity to veto the changes - you can ask her to protect the Amazon and veto the new Forest Code.Losing the Amazon rainforest to further deforestation would be an unimaginable loss for our planet and life on it, and the approval of this new Forest Code in Brazil would bring us one step closer to this terrible reality. Not only is the Amazon home to one out of every ten species on the planet and important to the livelihoods of local communities, but it also functions as a carbon storage system, which can help us avoid some of the worst consequences of climate change. If deforestation and degradation of the Amazon continues increasing at the current pace the damage could actually transform the Amazon into part of the problem instead of part of the solution. The emissions from Amazon destruction contribute to a feedback cycle that will not only make climate change worse, by increasing warming trends, but cause further damage to the remaining forest, as forest fires in the region would intensify. The new Forest Code would bring us closer to this vicious cycle. Some scientists are already discussing the potential of losing the Amazon completely – imagine a world with no Amazon rainforest.It won't happen, because we will all keep demanding real protection for the rainforest until we get it. We know that a future free from destruction is possible, and we'll condemn any attempts to destroy that future for the short-term profit of a few – the new Forest Code is one such attempt.This past year the agricultural lobby pushed hard inside Brazil to weaken forest protection, many of the people pushing for these changes have been fined themselves for illegal deforestation. The result is the new Forest Code – it reduces the size of areas under protection, pardons people who deforested illegally and weakens enforcement of protection laws.
The text that has now been approved by the Senate is really bad; after the vote, Greenpeace Amazon campaign director Paulo Adario reemphasized that it opens up the rainforest to further deforestation. He also pointed out that scientists and the public prosecutors office have already said that the new Forest Code is not good for the environment and will be challenged.
There is still time to turn this situation around. You can send President Dilma an email right now and make it clear that she has a duty to protect the Amazon rainforest and veto the new Forest Code. All of us, including President Dilma, have a stake in the survival of this amazing ecosystem. We'd like to keep you updated on this situation as it develops, so please keep in touch and make sure you are following us on Facebook and Twitter.
In the meantime if you are looking for more information, here is the new Forest Code explained in 1 minute and 30 seconds:
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One more centimetre of rainforest destroyed was criminal fifty years ago already. Please be warned that we as a generation of planet savers will one d...
One more centimetre of rainforest destroyed was criminal fifty years ago already. Please be warned that we as a generation of planet savers will one day enact a retroactive law to judge all those who have destroyed our planet.
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i agree, wiyhout a forest we can die now, or not so long time
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Read well and study on your own after you have read this.
This is not a game or joke our Sun gives off a Solar Wind all day year r...
Read well and study on your own after you have read this.
This is not a game or joke our Sun gives off a Solar Wind all day year round if you live in the State of Alaska you see it in the sky above what a sight it is going through our Earth's Magnet Polls of the North and the South, North Poll. Its Called the Northern Lights or the Aurora Borealis.
The day will come when you will be able to see it all over Earth as in the year 1859 Solar Flare, It was the largest in 500 years. Two Astronomer's Hodgson and Carrington told the World that the Solar Flare made a Geomagnetic Storm reach Earth in hours not days. Back then it gave new meaning to Reach For The Skies from Telegraph Operators. For hours sparks flew from the key board. Even after the Batteries were disconnected. Nov 3 and 4, 2003 had a X40+ Class Solar Flare.
Our Sun's UV Rays will get stronger as each passing day go's by, read and i will tell you why.
The Great big forest have be striped from most of the Earth for Greed of Money by the Wicked. The trees our are Main Source of Oxygen on this Plant.
The Forest Trees scrubs the Pollution out of the air and makes Oxygen from the rain and dirt that it grows in.
The Forest Trees do more then just make Oxygen they stop Soil Erosion, just Look at the 1930 Dust Bowl. Greed by our Government taxes led farmers to clear cut all their Forest and farm all the land they were being Tax on. They had to farm it to pay for the Taxes. Why leave the Trees when food crop makes Money. This Did not Help the Depression that effected most all Worldwide. This year 2012 more then 100 million will suffer from Malnutrition and Dehydration. Many will die!
In the United States of America alone more than 45 Million Americans Received Food Stamps and that number is going up every day every year.
The Pollution and CO2 Carbon Dioxide go into the Tree Bark as a shield from most bugs so they do not eat the tree.
Less Forest less Oxygen this is why the moon. That has no Oxygen is very cold on the side with out Sun Light, And hot as ever on the side with Sun Light. Way too cold and too hot to live there. You would need at least 10 times the Energy we use on Earth to even live there and life on the Moon would be very short.
With no blank of Oxygen to lessen or reduce the Sun's UV Rays and Solar Wind they are deadly there on our Moon. Every Mt. Climber and Aircraft Pilot knows the higher you go the thinner the Oxygen and colder it gets.
Just spend a night on a Mt. top above 13,000 feet with no Sun Light and you will see or should i say feel the cold stinging any of your exposed skin. If you are new to Mt. Climbing stay below 10,000Ft. The Astronauts and the Cosmonauts and Fighter Pilots that i have been with for years know this very well, and the Radiation Hazards to humans at High Altitudes.
Soon the Sun's Solar Wind and UV rays will be way to strong for most to go out in the Sun Light for even a short time. The Geomagnetic Storm to come and the Bad Weather Storms well you have not seen nothing yet and the Sea Level is Rising the Oceans. Many Millions have been affected by Floods in China and Pakistan just last year. In 2005 Over a Thousand dead in New Orleans flood, and the list going on.
And there shall be famines, and pestilences, and Earthquakes, in divers places such as was not from the beginning of the Creation.
The last 30 years On Earth we have broke all high temp records and the temp it is still going up. All the Worlds Ice Glacier are melting at an Accelerating Rate. The Glaciers and Polar Ice Caps store more water than all the Fresh Water Lakes on Earth.
The Bad Weather Storms now are Babies compared to what is to come.
They will get even bigger and worse less Oxygen the more UV Rays to the Earth and more Water molecules will evaporate and go up into the Earth's Atmosphere. Less Oxygen the colder with out sun light and hotter with it.
The Sky full of more water vapor molecules, more snow in the winter and more Flash Floods in the Summer. All earth will see way more fires and the Deserts are growing larger.
If every living person on Earth were to Plant A Tree Today we might have a chance.
The Earth's Atmosphere Blanket surrounding it protects life on Earth as Our Lord and GOD will all that seek Him.
Then it is written when the tree is full it is harvest time. All the Earth will someday burn away.
This is all Foretold in the Bible Read it
and may our Lord Bless all that do so.
The Lord's Little Helper
Paul Felix Schott
2 Peter 3:10
But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, in which the heavens will pass away with a roar and the elements will be destroyed with intense heat, and the Earth and its works will be burned up.
GOD Bless You and Your Love ones
Give thanks to our Lord Jesus Christ every day.
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Heavy Karma is due to very serious mistakes in previous lifetimes and in this lifetime, including killing, harming,taking advantage, cheating,stealing...
Heavy Karma is due to very serious mistakes in previous lifetimes and in this lifetime, including killing, harming,taking advantage, cheating,stealing and much more. The govern from Brazil knows better, to expand electricity by new ways ( sun, wind, etc) without use this barbarian destruction of rivers and everything on it, thousands of trees, animals and the proper planet. Earth is in dangerous. Quem avisa amigo e. When start the big flood who sign the destruction of the forest will go first. It's about time to think better.
Love, Peace and Harmony for the Earth and for the Humanity.
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Rumer Willis was born to be an actress
When you're the daughter of a couple of the sexiest screen stars of their generation, going into the family business is a no-brainer.
"My earliest memories were from movie sets," says Rumer Willis, daughter of Bruce, and a young woman who has the same raspy voice as her mom, Demi Moore. "I got to see my parents doing that work every day, and I couldn't think of a more fun job to have, a more fun career to pursue."
It hasn't hurt that she was one of People Magazine's "most beautiful people" in 2008 and landed a spokesmodel job with Ocean Pacific last year.
A tabloid favorite since birth (named for the writer Rumer Godden), she celebrated her 21st birthday in August in Vegas, with parents and step-parents (Ashton Kutcher and Emma Heming). And she is in the horror film "Sorority Row." It's Hollywood royalty's version of paying one's dues. So was her last film, "The House Bunny," and so is her recurring role on TV's new "90210."
"I don't think I realized until I started working myself what it was that I'd been privileged to see, growing up," Willis says. "I saw two actors who were in a place that I would want to be, someday, at the top of their profession. When I started acting, I had to realize that they were at a different level than me and that the roles would be smaller, that I'd have to work my way toward what they have. It was a conscious decision on my part to try and do this on my own."
So while she still lets Mom and Dad read her scripts or listen to her audition, she's determined to "make it by myself." Besides, she's the one who's actually in the demographic for sorority horror films.
"Scared sorority girls are just funny, right?" she says with a laugh. "I love the fact that this movie is female-driven and character-driven, not a horror movie that just has people you don't know dying, one after the other. This is about these girls facing the consequences of their actions (a practical joke turns deadly, and the dead return for revenge, apparently), how we try to cope, emotionally and physically, with this horrible thing. It's pretty funny, too."
She's film-savvy enough to know that roles in such movies have "functions," and she knows where her character, Ellie, fits in.
"Somebody's got to play the girl who can't handle this situation at all. That's Ellie. She's the one overwhelmed by all this.
"But I'm perfect for that. I barely got through 'The Ring' the one time I tried to watch it. It's not blood that gets me. It's the stuff we can't see that freaks me out."


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My son went to a girl's house for dinner last night. This is the girl he has - for months - told me about, the one who likes him but he doesn't like her back like that, he just wants to hang out with her, you know? There is a girl-ask-boy dance right now (they call this Morp now, which is backwards for prom, or forwards for no one has any idea who is supposed to pick who up for the dance) and according to him yesterday, no one else asked him, and he wanted to go to the dance, so here we are.
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Mild weather continues for South Florida Wednesday.
Expect partly sunny skies with highs near 80 degrees and east winds at 5-10 mph.
Easterly breezes will bring a passing shower onshore along some of the beaches, but most areas will be rain-free. There is a better chance of rain on Thursday.
For the boaters on Wednesday, expect east winds at 10-15 knots, 2 to 3 foot seas and a light chop on the bay and inland waters. Please be careful if you are headed to the beach, as there is the possibility of some rip currents. The water temperature is 77 degrees.


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January 16, 1998-Life On The Hard
Wings gets a new bottom in Puerto Vallarta.
At 9:00 am on a beautiful sunny morning I was standing on Wings' afterdeck, 20 ft above the hard pavement of the Opequimar boatyard, watching boat traffic in the Marina Vallarta channel 50 yards off our stern. Robbie Swan, at the helm of Saga, waved at me and yelled, "See you in the South Pacific Fred" as he and Michelle headed out to sea.
Saga was leaving ahead of us by at least a month or two but we figured we'd see them again somewhere out there. I waved my arm over my head and wished them good luck as I remembered years of racing and cruising on Saga with our good friends Joann and Pat. Now Saga has new owners and I enjoyed thinking of the adventures ahead of them as I watched them move slowly along the channel.
The narrow waterway going into Marina Vallarta is a busy place, and also one where you might meet almost anyone, if you are willing to wait a little while.
During our stay in the boatyard we have seen dozens of boats and yachts enter or depart from here past our stern, and each day we watch the multitude of Pangas, Sports fishermen, tour boats, and charters which all work the tourist business, come and go.
Of our own friends, in addition to Saga, we have seen
Far Niente ,
Stone Soup,
Scot Free,
and High Roler just this week.
We have seen dingy's of all sorts and mega yachts so huge they hardly fit in the channel.
One of the best times of the day for watching the activity is at 4:00 PM when the working fleet all comes in. The tourists are all sunburned, Pina Colada' d out and exhausted after their day on Banderas Bay, and they trudge happily off to thier hotels while the crews sing their ballads, stack chairs, and wash up the boats.
Today three guys from the boatyard paddled over to a charter fishing boat in a dingy with no oars and came back with a 7' Sailfish and two big Billfish which they cleaned on the float just behind us. There were a couple dozen Pelicans waiting nearby for scraps.
I've hired a fellow to sand our boat and he and his sons, who are also working on the the two boats next to me, are hardworking and freindly. His name is Heliodoro, but he goes by Lolo and I know two of his sons, Richard and Orturo. They always greet me with huge cries of "Fredereeeko" and I reply with "Heliodurrrro, Reeecardo, Orturrrro" each day. We share barrels, hoses and electrical cords as we work on the boats. Richard and Orturo live in Pittillal, a town near here with cheap apartments, and they call it "Pity City". I used to say "Que Pasa" to them but they are cool young dudes and they use the more modern "Que Onda".
We are staying in a cheap hotel in old town and last night we stopped at the Roxy night club on the way home and stayed until 1:30 AM. There is a band of young Mexicans playing there that we really enjoy. We met the singer last year and he was talking of the difficulty of getting the club owners to allow them to do their own compositions. I guess it is still rather difficult since they played only covers last night, mostly rock standards by Santana, Beck, Robin Trower and the Stones, but the young Indian playing lead guitar is so good we didn't care what songs they played.
The owner of the club plays with the band too, a pretty good guitar himself, but he looks sort of out of place with his Maynard G Crebes goatee and his Greek fisherman's cap. The other musicians all are young Mexicans with long dark hair and sort of grunge clothing.
We listened to them and danced a lot too and went back to the Hotel pretty tired. This morning we arrived at the boat to work at 10:30 AM. but so what, we don't have a schedule, do we?
bottom paint
We've taken all the old off, the first time we've ever done that since we had Wings, fixed the rudder, smoothed the whole bottom, repaired some old leaky IOR bumps, and now we are getting ready to paint. Plus we are working on the propshaft a little.
At the end of this haul-out Wings' bottom will never before have been so smooth, her keel never so fair, or her paint never so perfect as they will be this time. Plus we'll have a epoxy barrier coat for the first time, new rudder bearings, new stern tube packing and fittings, and of course new zincs. We should be back in the water by the 30th and then we need to spend a few days cleaning the yard dirt off of everything. If anyone has ever wondered what people who are cruising do with all their free time, this should satisfy their curiosity. By the second week of Feb. we'll be sailing south and we will write to you from Acapulco.
Looking Young
Fred & Judy, SV Wings, Puerto Vallarta


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As many as 12 women are killed by their partners or family members every day in Europe alone. In 2008, more than a third of all murders of women in Europe were carried out by the victim's spouse or former spouse and an additional 17 percent by a relative. (In the same year, only 5 percent of male homicides were committed by the victim's spouse or former spouse.) These figures represent only a tiny fraction of the relentless assault on women occurring worldwide — one that is not confined by boundaries of wealth, culture, age, race or geography.
Such violence is happening everywhere: at home, on the street and in the workplace. The UN estimates that up to seven in 10 women worldwide experience physical or sexual violence — or both — during their lifetime.
However, violence against women can be difficult to detect. Even those who are aware of it may choose to ignore it, believing that it is none of their business or too widespread for them to affect, or because they are too busy. Clearly, a global shift is needed in gender-related attitudes and standards.
National governments have a responsibility to develop policies and practices that are sensitive to gender — policies that effectively discourage gender-based discrimination, while preventing violence, including by punishing its perpetrators. A shift in how governments address gender-based crimes could go a long way toward overcoming deep-rooted discriminatory mindsets and behaviors.
To be sure, some progress is already being made, with governments increasingly passing laws aimed at protecting women. However, the impact of such laws is frequently undermined by inadequate enforcement — and it is often too little, too late.
The UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) is working to improve the situation for women worldwide, approaching gender-based violence from the vantage point of crime prevention and criminal justice. In particular, it aims to augment the support that justice systems provide to victims of such crimes. In South Africa, for example, the UNODC has established three centers (in Mpumalanga, the Eastern Cape and the Northern Cape) that offer legal counsel and medical care to women, and that work with men to help break the cycle of domestic violence.
Moreover, because more needs to be done to improve the world's understanding of gender-based violence, the UNODC is working with the international community to develop a more detailed and accurate picture of the problem. This includes examining the causes of male-on-female violence and assessing the associated risk factors, such as the incidence of drug and alcohol use.
However, gathering information is only one step toward closing loopholes in criminal laws and overcoming gaps in prevention policies. Decisive policy action, supported by more rigorous enforcement of relevant laws, is needed to improve reporting and prosecution rates, which remain low in many countries.
Furthermore, victims must be informed of their rights and, if needed, protected during high-risk periods — for example, during or after a divorce. Every woman should have access to legal, medical and psychological support — even if she is experiencing economic hardship. This means offering victims protection, compensation, free legal aid and, where appropriate, interpretation services.


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With February having come to a close, let's take a look at the books I read last month.
1. The Survivor, by Vince Flynn and Kyle Mills
2. Black Wolves, by Kate Elliott
3. The Sympathizer, by Viet Thanh Nguyen
4. Hunter's Oath, by Michelle West
5. 1634: The Baltic War, by David Weber and Eric Flint
6. This Census-Taker, by China Mieville (unfinished)
7. The Force Awakens, by Alan Dean Foster
8. The New World, by Chris Adrian and Eli Horowitz
9. Grantville Gazette: Volume I, by Eric Flint (editor)
10. Step Aside, Pops, by Kate Beaton
11. Oreo, by Fran Ross (unfinished)
12. The Book of Aron, by Jim Shepard (unfinished)
13. The Drowning Eyes, by Emily Foster
14. City of Blades, by Robert Jackson Bennett
15. Lightless, by C.A. Higgins
Best Book of the Month: Black Wolves was a standout. See the review over at Nerds of a Feather. This is also a virtual tie with City of Blades as to which book was the best I read in February.
Disappointment of the Month: I always count the unfinished books in my tally because I still want a record of what I've attempted, even if I elected to not finish the book. This was a rare month when I decided I didn't want to finish three books. Some years I don't hit three, but I attempted the Ross and Shepard because I'm trying to read my way through the Tournament of Books and sometimes that means I hit books I just bounce off of and probably wouldn't have read otherwise. I bounced off of Oreo and The Book of Aron for very different reasons, but bounce I did. As well as with the Mieville.
Discovery of the Month: Emily Foster's The Drowning Eyes was amazingly good. I must read more from Foster, in that particular setting if possible. So, so good.
Worth Noting: I loved City of Stairs. City of Blades was even better.
Gender Breakdown: My gender breakdown for February was a bit weaker, with only 6 out of 15 books this month being written by women. This drops my overall percentage down to 53.12%. While I do not a have specific goal this
year to read more books written by women than those written by men, I
would like to at least keep the breakdown near a 50/50 split. Thus far I am on track to accomplish that.
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- Kendall said...
I'm happy to hear you liked Blades even more than Stairs; I've heard the reverse from a couple of other people.
I'll check out Foster's novella. The covers great; I really like Cynthia Sheppard's art!
BTW the post title is "February 2015" - time warp? ;-)
- March 4, 2016 at 1:36 AM
- Joe said...
How embarrassing!
- March 4, 2016 at 7:03 AM
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This issue came up recently for me (and I've been prompted to lodge it as a specific question about it):
My system is not dual-boot, I run a standard Ubuntu desktop system "on the metal" (I think running it in a VM is the same).
Pressing c while booting does not cause the GRUB menu to appear (which I believe it does for a dual-boot system).
How can I get the GRUB-menu to present itself on a single-boot system?