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A stroll in the Alcudia Valley
Countryside in Ciudad Real
Come to Castile-La Mancha, in central Spain, and discover a unique area of countryside: the Alcudia Valley. In this huge Mediterranean forest there are archaeological sites, a host of animal species to be seen, cave paintings, thermal springs, lakes, rivers, tracks and trails... This is the area that Miguel de Cervantes immortalised in his novel Don Quixote.
The Alcudia Valley is in the southwest of the province of Ciudad Real, in Castile-La Mancha. A quick, convenient way to get there is on the High Speed Train (AVE) that runs between Puertollano, the town at the gateway to the valley, and Madrid, taking just one hour. The best way to get around and really get to know the region, however, is by car. If you do not have your own, you can hire a vehicle right at the AVE station in Puertollano. Within a few kilometres you will find some of the most beautiful landscapes in this part of inland Spain. Forests of holm-oak, cork, rockrose and oak await you, some with trees hundreds of years old. There are also olive groves and even narrow canyons carved out by rivers and streams in the Sierra Madrona Mountains, a refuge for endangered species such as the Iberian lynx and the wolf, as well as eagles, vultures, deer, boar…
This part of the the La Mancha Region has extraordinary natural wealth. You will see for yourself as you explore its tracks and trails, ideal to discover on foot, on horseback, or by mountain bike. This area also offers a range of possibilities for lovers of other sports such as hunting, fishing, climbing, and even kayaking and sailing on reservoirs such as Montoro.
Much more than nature
The Alcudia Valley has a wealth of art and history too, always in touch with nature. Don't miss: the Retamar Lake Paleolithic remains, in Almodóvar del Campo; the Iberian-Roman ruins of La Bienvenida, one of the province's most important archaeological sites; the prehistoric cave paintings at Peña Escrita and Batanera; old Roman mines like the Minas Diógenes, and numerous fortresses, castles, churches and convents spread amongst the small villages that make up the region. We would also recommend a visit to the Fuencaliente Thermal Spa Resort, a wonderful place to get away from it all, set in countryside with many waterfalls.
As you can see, nature, leisure and culture come together in the Alcudia Valley, a region described five centuries ago by writer Miguel de Cervantes in his most universally known novel, Don Quixote. Places such as the Alcornoque Spring, Los Batanes Stream, the village of Tirteafuera, and the prehistoric paintings at Peña Escrita and Almodóvar del Campo, are just some of the places visited by the immortal knight errant and his faithful squire, Sancho Panza, on their search for adventure.
So, you have been told: dress comfortably, don't forget your camera, and get ready to discover a fascinating region.
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Internet Population Tops 1 Billion, Most of Them Asian
The key metric in the number of users is that most of them are from Asia, predominantly so: 41 percent, compared to 28 percent in North America and 18 percent in Europe. Although a sizeable percentage of Europe speaks English in some capacity (as does Asia), the numbers indicate that most of the world's Internet traffic will most likely be communicated using some non-English language. China, for example, had 179 million users, topping the list of wired countries; the U.S. was second, at 163 million. Japan, Germany, and the United Kingdom rounded out the top five.
Given the relatively low percentage of Latin American users, Spanish may play a disproportionately low role in the online world, at least for now. Spain and Mexico ranked 12th and 13th, respectively, in the comScore table, with a combined total of about 3 percent of the world's 'Net population.
The top sites worldwide? About what you'd expect, with Google topping the list with a 77 percent share, or 776.0 million unique users. Microsoft was second, with 64.2 percent of all users, followed by Yahoo (55.8 percent), AOL (27.1 percent) and the Wikimedia sites, including Wikipedia, at 27.1 percent.

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Important Travel Lesson - Passportsby Paul Motter | 07.19.12
Your cruise can be denied for the simplest of reasons, like forgetting which pocket you placed your passport.
We just received a heart-breaking story about a group of young boys and the couple escorting them on a Caribbean cruise. This couple was responsible for the welfare of all the boys, and it was a first cruise for everyone in the group.
We always tell people to take two pieces of luggage at a minimum, the one with all of your clothes that you plan to check onto the plane and to check in at the pier, and your "carry-on" where you keep everything of value. That means anything that if lost could ruin your entire vacation, such as your identification (passport), money, credit cards and medication.
Always keep this bag on your person – do not even stow it away on a bus or plane unless you know exactly where it will be, can keep an eye on it and will have easy access to it.
In this case of these young boys; one who had never been on a cruise before placed his passport inside his suitcase before he boarded the shuttle to the cruise ship. When his bus arrived at the pier there were a number of stevedores, the men who take each piece of luggage, check it for tags with cabin numbers, give a blank tag if there is not one on the luggage already and place it in bins to be delivered to the ship in bulk. On board the ship crewmembers then sort the luggage out and hand deliver each piece to the staterooms of each guest.
Unfortunately, when he gave up his luggage just after leaving the bus no one thought to check to make sure every boy had his passports on his person first.
Has something like this unfortunate incident ever happened to you? Do you have any additional tips to share? Talk about it in the First-Time Cruisers forum.
With cruise ship embarkation baggage is usually taken long before the check in process begins. After the bags are taken each guest then proceeds to walk, sometimes a considerable distance, to the cruise ship terminal where a number of desks are set up with computers to verify the credentials of each arriving passenger.
When this boy was asked for his passport he said he had it, but it was in his luggage. Now, with an airline check-in the passport and luggage checks happen at the same time, so he could have retrieved his passport. But in this case that luggage was already long gone – mixed in with literally thousands of other bags piled in a haphazard manner in the terminal to be sorted later according to where they would arrive on the ship.
The facilities where luggage is stored pre-cruise are huge. At Ft Lauderdale's Port Everglades cruise terminal the buildings range from 15,000 to 50,000 square feet. In checking the process for most cruise terminals I found that in most cases the luggage is taken as soon as the person steps off the shuttle bus bringing them to the port. In some places (Charleston) luggage is actually taken at the entrance to the parking lot – before the guests park their car. So, the bottom line is that each guest should verify that his passport is in his carryon bag and not in his luggage before he even leaves for the cruise terminal.
In the case of our boys on their first cruise, the cruise line was sympathetic and tried to locate his bag, but unfortunately was not able to find it before the ship set sail. The boy was not allowed to board the ship without his passport, even though he swore it was in his luggage. Sure enough, when the luggage was finally delivered to what would have been his stateroom the passport was inside - and his luggage had sailed without him.
At the same time, there was a couple escorting these boys with their own child as one of the group members. When the one unfortunate lad could not board the ship there was no one else to watch over him, so the father of the escorting couple rightly chose to remain in Miami with the young man while his wife and son took the cruise without him.
The couple told us that the cruise line tried to find the luggage, and that they were with another person, a stranger to them, who had the same problem but whose luggage was found in time to retrieve the passport bfore the ship sailed.
It just didn't work out for our friends and this was an expensive lesson. We have been trying to warn people about such things ever since we started CruiseMates. Always have a separate bag with you for your entire trip with everything in it that you cannot possibly live without; identification, medicine and money – basically the things you must have that cannot be replaced on the spot if they are lost or stolen. Never let this bag out of your sight.
By the way a very similar event happened last month on a Carnival cruise, except the missing piece of luggage was a dialysis machine, and the woman who owned was not allowed to sail because they could not locate it before the ship left the port and the doctor said she could not risk being without it. Then, ironically enough, the ship left the port with the dialysis machine onboard, but the woman who was denied the cruise had remained on shore. What a mess!
It's a tough lesson – but your cruise can be denied.
Yes, the cruise was denied to the boy and no, there was not any compensation from the cruise line. It is the individual's responsibility to make sure all of the necessary credentials to get aboard the ship are ready.
Sometimes that means just a passport, but it also can mean other documents such as visas, especially if you have a non-U.S.-passport and are going to certain countries.
I once heard from a lady with a passport from Macau being denied a cruise from New York to Bermuda because Chinese citizens need a visa (in fact, this case was contested because Macau is considered an exception to the Chinese citizen rule, just like Hong Kong – but because the person could not prove she was right about the exception the final word came down from the Bermuda immigration official on the spot and he denied her entry). It turned out the woman was right, but it was not the cruise line who denied her cruise, it was the Bermuda immigration offical at the pier.
In another case, I was with a married couple flying into Greece. She had a Jamaican passport for which the Greeks require a visa, even though they were married making her a U.S. citizen. If they had a copy of their marriage license she might have been admitted, but they did not have one. She never made it out of the Athens airport. First she tried flying to London to get the visa at the consulate, but she was not successful so she had to fly home to New York from London.
Another "gotcha" is for people taking a cruise to Alaska where the cruise stops for just one day in Canada (and all of them do). Canada requires a visa for people from many countries in South America, Europe, the Caribbean and the Middle East on cruise ships stopping in Canada, even if they plan to stay on the ship!
You must acquire the visa in your home country or while you are in the U.S. waiting to get on the cruise ship. There are different kinds of Canadian visas, and a "transit visa" is not acceptable, it must be a "temporary resident visa" and Canada may refuse the visa for many reasons, including a drunk driving conviction.
Has something like this unfortunate incident ever happened to you? Do you have any additional tips to share? Talk about it in the First-Time Cruisers forum.


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Editor's Note: Today we are pleased to publish the first in a series of blog posts from the world Synod of Bishops on the new evangelization by Bishop Gerald F. Kicanas of Tucson, Ariz., one of four delegates chosen by the U.S. bishops.
By Bishop Gerald F. Kicanas
One in a series
Sunday, Oct. 7, 2012
VATICAN CITY — Two hundred and sixty two synod fathers participating in the XIII General Assembly for the Synod on the New Evangelization for the Transmission of the Christian Faith concelebrated Mass today in the piazza in front of St. Peter's Basilica with Pope Benedict XVI. While it was the XXVII Sunday of Ordinary Time, it was an extraordinary moment.
The concelebrants included 103 bishops from Europe, 63 from the Americas 50 from Africa, 39 from Asia and seven from Oceania. Forty delegates were appointed directly by the Holy Father. One hundred and seventy two bishops' conferences elected representatives as we did in the United States.
The U.S. delegation consists of seven, including Cardinal Donald W. Wuerl of Washington, the "relator general" for the synod, a significant and demanding responsibility. He and Archbishop Jose H. Gomez of Los Angeles and Archbishop William C. Skurla, who leads the Byzantine Catholic Archeparchy of Pittsburgh, were appointed by the Holy Father. The others elected by the U.S. bishops' conference are Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York, president of the conference, Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz of Louisville, vice president of the conference, Archbishop Gustavo Garcia-Siller of San Antonio, and me serving as an alternate to Cardinal Francis E. George of Chicago, who was unable to attend because of sickness.
Three cardinals will serve as presidents of the synod, including Cardinal John Tong Hon of Hong Kong, a good friend, Cardinal Francisco Robles Ortega of Guadalajara, Mexico, and Cardinal Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya of Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
In addition to bishops there are 15 fraternal delegates representing 15 churches and ecclesial communities not necessarily in union with Rome. Included among the fraternal delegates are two who will make a speech at the synod: Archbishop Rowan Williams of Canterbury and Patriarch Bartholomew, the Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople.
This synod is about mission as St. Mark said at the end of his Gospel, "Go into the whole world proclaiming the Gospel to all creatures." We are to always and everywhere announce the Good News. Pope Benedict in his homily talked with us of the joy of living our faith in such a way that inspires others to meet Christ. He is calling the church to a new evangelization from within. He is awakening us from our tiredness and challenging our lack of confidence as a church to discover anew the call we have received to make all things new.
At the beginning of this Mass Pope Benedict proclaimed two new doctors of the church, the 34th and 35th in church history: St. John of Avila and St. Hildegard of Bingen.
John was born in Spain on the feast of the Epiphany, 1499. He was a priest, a friend of St. Ignatius and Teresa of Avila. He cared for the poor. He had wanted to go as a missionary to New Spain but never did leave Spain. He was a great preacher and mystic. He was accused of heresy and jailed. There he became intensely aware of God's love and how we have benefited from Jesus, the one who redeemed and saved us. He was exonerated. Known as the Master of Avila, he published a catechism and treatises on God's love. His words and teachings brought others to Christ.
Hildegard of Bingen was born in 1098. She became a Benedictine abbess and was also a mystic, philosopher, writer and composer and a great promoter of the Christian faith. She was respected by popes and bishops, kings and princes. She wrote on a wide range of subjects like health, natural science, the cosmos, ethical questions and theology. Her great mind clarified the faith, what we believe.
Both St. John and St. Hildegard are models of the importance of verbal proclamation in evangelization. Pope Benedict holds them up for us at the beginning of the synod as model teachers of the faith, who drew others to Christ and his church by their words. Cardinal Avery Dulles wrote an article before his death on the modes of evangelization. He lists six: personal witness, verbal proclamation, worship, community, inculturation and works of charity and justice. Clearly St. John and St. Hildegard remind us of the importance of verbal proclamation, the need to teach and communicate the faith to others.
This synod and the Year of Faith are meant to stir new ardor in us for the faith, as Blessed John Paul II before and now Pope Benedict urge. We are being called to stir the embers of faith and bring new enthusiasm, new zeal, new energy to the living of our lives as disciples of Jesus Christ.
As bishops gather from all around the world for this synod, I was thinking of what it must have been like for the bishops to gather in Rome for the Second Vatican Council called for by Blessed John XXIII. Bishops from all over the world gathered then as we are now gathering. You could hear, as we hear, the varied languages and see the diverse cultures that have gathered as they did 50 years ago. A dynamism developed among the council fathers as they deliberated over the many important documents of Vatican II that gave the Church an inspiring vision of what it means to be church. There was a great deal of excitement generated by the council which I hope we can recreate at the synod and in this Year of Faith.
Mass was the only event of the day. We got off easy. Tomorrow the work begins. I remember well from the last synod in 2008 on the Bible the many demands and amount of time the synod entails. But I look forward to meeting and hearing the synod fathers as they begin their comments on the theme of the synod. I pray the Spirit will bring a new Pentecost from our gathering in the upper room of the Paul VI audience hall for the next three weeks.
Bishop Kicanas, of Tucson, Ariz., is chairman of the board of Catholic Relief Services and is a former vice president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. Also a former chairman of the U.S. bishops' Communications Committee, he is blogging from the world Synod of Bishops this month by special arrangement with Catholic News Service. He was elected an alternate delegate to the synod by the U.S. bishops and became a full delegate when Cardinal Francis E. George was unable to attend.


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June 4, 1921 - January 16, 2013
Newburgh, NY
Mariana Rios Pineda, 91, a resident of Newburgh since 1980 and formerly of San Pedro Sula, Honduras, died on Wednesday, January 16, 2013 at Vassar Brothers Medical Center.
Born in Honduras on June 4, 1921, she was the daughter of Santos Rios and Victoria Pineda. Mariana attended St. Patrick's Church in Newburgh and was extremely devoted to God and her family.
Mariana is survived by her son, Pedro Rios and his wife, Carmela of Newburgh; her grandchildren: Daniel and Melissa Rios, Pedro Rios and Carmen and Kevin Jacobs; and her great-grandchildren: Deanna, Vanessa, Christopher and Jonathan Jacobs, Siara, Michaela, Nicholas and Jaden Rios, Brandon, Samantha and Matthew Rios. She was predeceased by her son, Daniel Rios.
Calling hours will be held on Friday from 5 to 8 p.m. at the McHoul Funeral Home, Inc., 895 Route 82, Hopewell Junction. The Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Saturday at 10 a.m. at St. Columba Church, 835 Route 82, Hopewell Junction, followed by interment in Wallkill Valley Cemetery in Walden.
For driving directions and online condolences, please visit Mariana's Book of Memories at www.mchoulfuneralhome.com


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There is an unmistakable sound that occurs when a sweating glass is set down onto a wooden bed stand. The ice clicks like finger nails on a piano but doesn't clank because the corners are rounded by time. Not until just before the heavy bottom kisses the surface of the table, leaving an indelible water mark just like a good paper maker would, do you hear the ice. Of course if someone is setting a glass on your bed stand first thing in the morning one of two things has happened. You are hung or you are going to be.
Sometimes there are moments in life that are greater than the individual. It is recognizing these moments and rolling with it that separates the ordinary from the extraordinary. If I had known this in my youth I might have steered clear of that gas station but when there is little or no choice, sometimes, you have to surmise it is fate.
I had finished up my last one to ten PM shift at the American-Statesman and went home to the wood-roach infested Holiday Inn cum-apartment and packed. It was two AM before I got loaded-up and I hit the road for Atlanta.
It was an ungodly hour sometime between Austin and New Orleans when I started to get nervous about ever finding an open gas station, in all honesty I was ready to pull off into a station lot and just sleep until they opened. At each exit I looked over the tops of the swamp mangroves hoping to see the green beacon of mercury vapor lights that might indicate an open shop. The fuel light on my metallic red Honda Accord had been on for more miles than I had ever tested before I made it off the highway. The station wasn't right off the road but somewhere between Highway 10 and a small town of no significance. The decision to go this route was one of desperation, figuring if there was going to be gas it might be in town so I was surprised when I found an open station at the halfway mark between the superhighway and the city limits.
Immediately it became apparent as the two good ole boys rushed out the gas station door dressed in camo and hunters orange, that this had at best a fifty fifty chance of going well. Sometimes when it is too dark and too secluded you just know.
Now in my world it is not like I was ignorant, after all I grew up in Indiana and the way I have always seen it is, the only difference between a ridge runner and a Cajun is accent. Culturally they were close relatives after all and many great friends call this heritage home but as with everything there are bad apples and sometimes there is no way around it.
As quick as I grabbed the pump handle, a meaty greasy claw grabbed hold and took it from my hand. I was informed it was full service, just stand back and everything would be fine, satisfaction guaranteed. When the skinny one, cause in stories like these there is always a skinny one and fat one, got into the front seat of the car to pop the hood and the gas tank and didn't immediately get out but started rifling around in compartments I knew this was going be an expensive tank of gas.
As they started to hassle me verbally I started to assess my options which at the moment seemed few, but if I kept my mouth shut and was polite maybe the odds would continue to rise as I also knew in a moment, said options would be greater because the car would be full of gas. It is not like I was going to take these two on. They were far more equipped, with Buck knives on their belts and who knew what in their boots, than I.
It was at this very moment, out of one of those gas station bathrooms on the side of the building with a rusty paint chipped vented door and a pad lock that needed a key from an attendant, that I saw him hopping across the pavement. White Stan Purcells, white socks, white Fila tennis shorts, white shirt, tear drop sunglasses and that fucking Panama hat. In each hand a trademark. One brandishing a Smith and Wesson .357 magnum with a six inch barrel. It harnesses enough power to knock down a full size buck at a considerable distance. In the other a Dunhill full flavor cigarette stuffed into a plastic Joyu 450 cigarette filter.
If I was an older man my heart would have exploded out of my chest but instead it just raced like a 426 Hemi with out a drive shaft, engine racing but my body wouldn't move. For all intensive purposes I was a deer in the headlights.
Hunter S. Thompson just came out of the bathroom in Bumfuckeygpt, had a gun to a hillbilly's head and was telling them to eat shit. He held them back at gun point and grabbed me by the collar and shook. " Move God damn it!" and he threw me to the drivers side of the car. I got in and he on the passenger's side. I had both hands on the wheel and was leaning slightly forward with a look on my face like I had just run over my favorite dog. Just as he was about to shout at me the baseball bat slammed into the trunk. It was enough to shake me from my shock and finally I got my head out of my ass and drove off but not before we lost the back drivers side window to a brick.
Thompson threw the black gym bag he had over his shoulder into the back seat with all the photo stuff I was toting home, turned, grinned then stuck out his hand to shake and in his staccato voice, said, "Hunter Thompson". Before we got to the highway he had convinced me I needed to take him where he needed to go.
More specifically to a secluded banana plantation owned by a bunch of Rastafarians somewhere near the Guatemalan Mexican border. They had developed an iguana problem and were licensing people to come and hunt them. It was remote, secluded and the Rastas didn't license just anyone.
I didn't think I owed him my life because I was pretty sure the Cajuns at the station just wanted stuff and they didn't want to hurt me. So my decision was based on one fact and one only. It was Hunter S. Thompson. I buckled my seatbelt and settled in as chauffeur. Thompson was an avid amateur photographer so we easily dropped into a conversation about f-stops and shutter speeds, Cartier-Bresson and Capa.
At the Texas Mexico border he had me park my car at Nuevo Laredo. Said we would take a bus across and pick up a car that would be waiting for us in Sabinas Hidalgo. There, we would drive along the mountains and find our way to the plantation.
There are few people who are apparent in their persona and Hunter S. Thompson was one. If his look wasn't loud enough the cherry red 1976 Eldorado convertible waiting for us was like the second coming. His theory, as he explained it to me, was create enough noise and people will look the other way.
I would never get to test this theory with Thompson. We began to relax and as he relaxed the pharmaceuticals came out to amp things up again. It was at this point that I took my first ever mescaline and without a doubt the world has never looked the same.
Honestly I can't recount any other part of this sordid tale because from here out it was an overload of drugs and tequila and until it stopped there was no end in sight. Not until I woke up hearing, for the first time ever, ice clicking was there a coherent moment to recount.
"Its the cure not the culprit," he said setting the tall tumbler onto the bed stand. I looked down and to my surprise there was a bandage on my leg and the sheets were covered in blood.
I ran my hand down to feel a chunk of my calf gone.
I looked at Hunter with wonder and a pinch of dismay.
"Iguana bite. Biggest damn iguana ever and you slayed it with one shot just after it got a piece of you."
"Iguana tacos," I said.
"Best ever just like you said, " he replied
I took a drink. Hunter S. Thompson never lied. —thirschfeld
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HTML5: Past, Present, Future
The future is now! HTML5: Past, Present, Future infographic from Dot Com Infoway takes a trip trough time to explain how evolutionary HTML5 is.
HTML5 is the next evolutionary step for the Web world. With HTML5, the possibilities for Web usage are endless. At DCI, we are proud to be ahead of the game in offering HTML5 development for our many clients.
The published HTML5 infographic elucidates the history of HTML through an appealing timeline from its inception in 1990 to HTML5 in 2009. It also lists out the key features, uses and the role of HTML5 in Web applications in a captivating manner. The infographic also illustrates the compatibility of Web applications with various web browsers. It is interesting to note that Chrome and Safari maintain a higher compatibility rating than that of Opera and Internet Explorer.
Mobile applications are what we excel at. We understand how to create the most advanced apps through our development and work with our clients. Research indicates that by 2016, HTML5 usage with mobile browsers will surge to 2.1 billion. And by this year alone, the use of HTML5 in mobile application development has increased to 78%.
It is evident from the research data that HTML5′s trajectory will continue to grow to unbelievable heights in the near future.
This is a beautiful, clear infographic design. The color palette is kept simple, and the use of icons is fantastic.
From a data visualization perspective, there are a couple of things that would make the design even better:
It might be just my own taste, but I think the timeline should be laid out to match the correct spacing of the years. Visually it looks like some something happened every year on the timeline, when in reality each step jumps a different number of years.
Most of the data sources are cited in among the the visualizations, but no source is cited for the Browser Compatibility numbers. Where do these values come from? Are they believable?
Also in the Browser Compatibility, the shaded portion visualizations are wrong, and don't match the values they are supposed to represent. First, because the icons are circles, you have to shaded the AREA of each shape to be true to the data. If you shade the height of a circle based on the data, the visual doesn't match the values. Second, even shading them by height was done incorrectly. For example, Opera compatibility on Mobile is listed as 60%, but the visualization shows some number under 50%.
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The Supreme Court today agreed to hear tomorrow the plea of one of the six accused in the December 16 gang-rape and murder case for shifting the trial to a place outside Delhi.
A bench headed by Chief Justice Altamas Kabir listed the matter for tomorrow after the advocate for accused Mukesh pleaded for an urgent hearing on the ground that free and fair hearing is not possible here because of strong public sentiment against him.
Mukesh, who has been charged with murder, gang-rape and unnatural offences, submitted in his petition that in view of regular agitations, police and judicial officials are allegedly under pressure to pass orders according to the demands of the agitators and a fair hearing is not possible.
"The sentiment has gone into the root of each home in Delhi by which even the judicial officers and the State are not spared and in these circumstances, he cannot get justice in Delhi at all," the petition, filed through his advocate, said.
The case has been assigned to the fast track court where the day-to-day proceedings will begin from today.
The petition said "due to media reports and agitations and due to political statements and personal interest shown by the Chief Minister as well as various Cabinet ministers, the judiciary is under pressure to work against the petitioner".
The accused has sought transfer of the case to Mathura in Uttar Pradesh.


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elegant & intimate by design
Escape to Spanish Garden Inn, a jewel among Santa Barbara luxury hotels and your intimate retreat in the heart of downtown. Revel in genuine boutique accommodations, elegantly appointed and nestled in our lush garden surroundings. Discover for yourself the tranquil ambiance and ever attentive service that have made us the top rated hotel in Santa Barbara, California.
"Top 10 Hotel in Southern California"
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With the introduction of the first fully-integrated communication system for the Schuberth C3 and C3W helmets, riders can enjoy bike-to-bike intercom, cellular phone, GPS, or MP3 functions without the visible bulk and aerodynamic drag.
The ultra-slim SRC System is attached directly to the helmet, encased in a replacement neck collar that snaps into place and is fully operational within minutes after initial charging.
-Up to three riders can communicate within a range of up to 300 meters
-Automatic connection set-up by speaking; automatic connection shut-down after 30 seconds of silence (two-channel system of communication)
-Automatic reconnection when call is cut off
-Most MP3 players connect using a USB cable (no cable required if MP3 supports Bluetooth A2DP technology)
-Simple control of device with the SRC System control keys
Phone + GPS
-Simple set-up between the SRC System and cellular phone and GPS with Bluetooth capability
-Incoming calls accepted with a voice command or the SRC System control keys
-GPS voice instructions received over speakers
Rechargeable Li-Po Battery
-10 hours of talk time
-1 week of stand-by time
-2 hours (approximately) of charging time
-Schuberth offers a 2 year manufacturers warranty from the date of purchase on the SRC system.
Note: Does not work with factory audio system on R1200RT, K1600GT, and K1600GTL.
Schuberth C3|C3W SRC System
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Targeting Lawyers: America v. Paul Bergrin - by Stephen Lendman
Post-9/11, thousands of political prisoners languish unjustly behind bars or await trial.
They include lawyers for challenging injustice, especially for defending the "wrong" clients after America declared war on humanity.
Longtime human rights lawyer Lynne Stewart got 10 years for doing it. In a recent interview she said:
"I believe I am one of an historical progression that maintains the struggle to change (America's) perverted landscape....It seems that being a political prisoner must be used as a means of focusing people's attention on the continuing atrocities around them....I might think I hadn't been doing my utmost if they didn't believe I was dangerous enough to be locked up!"
Explaining how outrageously prisoners are treated, she added:
"Human rights do not exist in prison....I see day-to-day brainwashing that teaches all prisoners that they are less than nothing and not worthy of even the least human or humane considerations."
It shows up in "adequate medical care, the appalling diet....no access to the Web....an absence of legal advice," and so much else "to keep us dumbed-down, docile and estranged."
"The outside world is oblivious....brainwashed into believing (everyone locked up is) less than human."
Inhumanity is official policy in America's gulag. It's by far the world's largest, and for many in it as brutal as some of the worst. A growing part includes filling prison beds for profit, many in them victimized by injustice.
Lynne's there for defending a client Bush officials wanted locked up for life - no matter his innocence.
Paul Bergrin now awaits his turn, behind bars ahead of his trial. A previous article discussed his case, accessed through the following link:
It said the Sixth Amendment assures defendants in "all criminal prosecutions" the right to speedy, public, fair trials with "the Assistance of (competent) Counsel for his (or her) defense" provided free if unable to pay for it.
The Fourteenth Amendment holds government subservient to the law and guarantees due process respect for everyone's legal right to judicial fairness on matters relating to life, liberty, or property.
In America and elsewhere, defending unpopular clients is a long, honored tradition. So is upholding the law and challenging unfettered power defiling it. Yet doing it risks lawyers being criminalized for doing their job too vigorously or making enemies in high places.
Before being targeted, Bergrin was a formidable advocate. The New Times Times called him a "top prosecutor" before becoming one of New Jersey's "most prominent defense lawyers representing clients as varied as Abu Ghraib defendants, the rap stars Lil' Kim and Queen Larifah, and members of Newark's notorious street gangs."
They and others deserve the same legal rights as everyone, nothing less. So does Bergrin as an unjustly accused defendant, targeted for doing his job.
He defended US soldiers accused of killing four Iraqis near Samarra during Operation Iron Triangle in May 2006. The case made international headlines when evidence showed Col. Michael Steele gave orders to "kill all military age males."
It was no ordinary murder case. It involved government conspiracy, cover-up and intrigue against scapegoated soldiers to absolve higher-ups throughout the chain of command to the top.
As a result, four soldiers were convicted of conspiracy, murder, aggravated assault, or obstruction of justice for following orders. If disobeyed they'd have been court-martialed, dishonorably discharged, fined and imprisoned.
Guilt or innocence didn't matter. They never had a chance, and for using his formidable skills for them, neither perhaps does Paul.
Obama officials want him crucified and locked away for life, turning justice into a four-letter word like for so many others targeted for political advantage.
Prosecutorial Charges
On May 20, 2009, a Department of Justice (DOJ) press released headlined "Newark Lawyer Arrested, Charged with Racketeering Conspiracy, Including Murder of a Federal Witness (along with) Three Others Also Arrested and Charged."
The 14-count indictment (now 33) accused him of "using various legal entities, including (his law office) to conduct illegal activities, including murder, to protect criminal clients, perpetuate their activities and shield them from prosecution."
Specifically cited was his alleged role in the "murder of a confidential witness in an Essex County (New Jersey) federal drug case, and his efforts to hire a hitman from Chicago to kill at least one witness in a Monmouth County drug case."
Bergrin was charged with "racketeering and racketeering conspiracy, wire fraud and wire fraud conspiracy, murder of a federal witness, and conspiracy to murder a federal witness, and, separately, witnesses in a state case, as well as Travel Act violations and conspiracy to commit Travel Act violations."
If convicted of murder, racketeering and conspiracy, potentially he faces life in prison.
Bergrin v. Attack Journalism
On June 5, New York Magazine writer Mark Jacobson headlined, "The Baddest Lawyer in the History of Jersey," practically convicting him without trial by his title.
Naming some of Essex County's most notorious scoundrels, including Mafia boss Lucky Luciano, he called Bergrin a "strong candidate for addition to this list.... facing charges that are a good bet to keep him behind bars for the rest of his life."
In other words, he swallowed government accusations hook, line and sinker pre-trial, what legitimate journalism never should do. He accepted inflammatory charges as truth, no matter how implausible and bogus.
American justice accuses innocent victims spuriously with crimes they didn't commit, including terrorism, conspiracy to commit it, and murder.
In Bergrin's case, Jacobson admitted that federal authorities hated him, without saying why. It was because of his skill and commitment to expose their crimes, the same ones ongoing daily in war theaters.
Anyone doing that for a living or pro bono will be targeted the same way. Authorities don't like effective thorns in their side, so stop at nothing to remove them. Innocence doesn't matter, only continuity of unchallenged crimes of war and against humanity with impunity.
Bergrin knew it and wanted top chain of command officials exposed and prosecuted. As a result, he's behind bars facing possible life in prison.
Based on government charges and uncorroborated hearsay, Jacobson said he'd "gone rogue," crossed "that border between what was allowed and what was not..."
Yet he admitted that "(h)e knew the reality, how the deck was stacked, and was willing to fight fire with fire" for justice. "He went to war for you," said a former client. "That's why Paul was loved in the streets." They're aren't enough like him.
The deck is so stacked against him that former counsel Lawrence Lustberg believes it's impossible he can get a fair trial in this environment. Attack journalism, of course, doesn't help.
ABA (American Bar Association) Journal contributor, Martha Neil, discussed Bergrin's case in previous articles.
On June 7, she headlined "Expanded New RICO Indictment Accuses Alleged Rogue Attorney of More Law-Firm-Related Charges," saying:
A "new racketeering indictment (read more like) the latest John Grisham legal thriller" from murder one to piling on lots more. In other words, the more charges, the more likely some will stick, whether or not credible.
On August 30, she headlined, "High-Profile Defense Attorney Accused of Practicing Law in RICO Enterprise May Represent Himself," saying:
Jailed since 2009 "on charges that he ran his law practice as part of a criminal racketeering enterprise," he may do what "one expert" calls a good idea, given his skill representing others.
"Three of the government's main cooperating witnesses (include) his mistress and alleged top criminal associate, his former law partner, and a drug kingpin ex-client."
All copped a plea for lighter treatment in return for testifying against Bergrin, the main target prosecutors locked up for life, even by framing him on bogus charges.
On September 12, Neil headlined, "Attorney Paul Bergrin's Biggest Trial is About to Begin: His Own Racketeering Case," saying:
Federal Judge William Martini agreed to let him proceed pro se, but he'll "be restricted in his courtroom movements."
He won't be allowed to approach jurors, hand documents to witnesses, or participate in private out of earshot sidebar conferences at the bench where legal issues are considered.
At the same time, federal marshals will monitor him closely, giving jurors the appearance of a guilty man going through the motions.
Overcoming a stacked deck will be Bergrin's greatest challenge. Some, however, say if anyone can do it he can, given his reputation as a formidable adversary other lawyers feared, knowing how tough he is to beat.
However, judicial restrictions will impede his every move, making jurors believe he lacks credibility and is guilty. On October 11, his trial is scheduled to begin, fair or foul.
A Final Comment
The entire case is based on fabrication and intimidation to suppress hard truths and convict lawyers trying to expose them. Bergrin was framed to discredit and silence him. In November 2009, he said:
"This virtual nightmare has destroyed everything I worked my heart and soul out for, including my family. What hurts me the most is I am not guilty and totally innocent."
I was about to change the course of history that I had affirmative proof that President Bush, VP Cheney, Defense Secretary Rumsfeld, Assist. Secy. of (Defense) Wolfowitz, Carbone and White House Counsel, (Alberto) Gonzales (later US Attorney General) had lied, deliberately and intentionally when they denied knowledge of the torture techniques at Abu Ghraib."
He never got a chance to prove it. Instead, he's been convicted in the court of public opinion. His trial won't be about alleged crimes. It's for threatening the wrong people up the chain of command to the top.
Imagine the possibilities if he'd done it, putting Bush/Cheney & Co. in the dock, instead of himself because he tried.
Stephen Lendman lives in Chicago and can be reached at email@example.com.
Also visit his blog site at sjlendman.blogspot.com and listen to cutting-edge discussions with distinguished guests on the Progressive Radio News Hour on the Progressive Radio Network Thursdays at 10AM US Central time and Saturdays and Sundays at noon. All programs are archived for easy listening.
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Pine hopes J.J. Abrams treks back from 'Star Wars'
On its way back to Earth, the crew of the Enterprise discovers a one-man weapon of mass destruction, and begins a hunt for him.
Chris Pine is thrilled that 'science fiction genius' JJ Abrams is directing 'Star Wars: Episode VII.' He just wants to make sure Abrams comes back for more 'Star Trek'...or else.
Star Trek franchise star Chris Pine says he's thrilled that his director is shipping out to another universe for awhile — but he better return at warp speed.
When Disney announced last week that J.J. Abrams, director of 2009's Star Trek and the forthcoming Star Trek Into Darkness (due May 17), had been hired to direct Star Wars: Episode VII for 2015, it shook up everyone in the cinematic sci-fi world, particularly its leading lights.
"The only way I'll be disappointed is if he doesn't direct our third movie," says Pine, who plays Captain Kirk. "I think if that turns out to be the case we'll have to kidnap him and hold him hostage until he agrees to do a third."
All jokes aside, Pine believes Abrams will rock the Star Wars series.
"From my standpoint, J.J. is a science-fiction genius," says Pine. "To have him over in the Star Wars camp is going to be a great thing. I'm sure it's going to be a great film."
Last week, Paramount Vice Chairman Rob Moore said Abrams is committed to produce another Star Trek film, but there's no word as to whether he will direct.
Pine, who'll also assume the CIA agent title role in Jack Ryan (out Christmas Day), acknowledges that a controversy has arisen over a director moving back and forth between the two mega-bucks franchises: "There are fans from both camps who have their opinion on that.''
As for speculation that Pine or Kirk might appear, even in cameo, in Star Wars, Pine puts up the full deflector shields.
"Now you're really playing with fire,'' he says. "I wouldn't say that even lightly."


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I've heard so much about this band, but literally never anything by them. :-/ It looks like this is something of a good place to start. Typically good review, etc.
Yeah, get either this or "Yes". Nacho seemed to think in his review of "Yes" that that one is a better starting point, so maybe you'd be better off getting that one. Zappa gave "Yes" a 5/5 so you know it's quality.
This is the first album I've heard from them and I can't decide whether I like this or "Yes" more. Nice review man.
I can't believe that only 2 people have commented on this legendary album.
Album Rating: 4.0Awesome album, but I prefer Yes.
pretty good album, but i think i'm still into the general jazz. ya'll should check out joshua redman, AMAZING sax player!
Album Rating: 5.0Great jazz/rock recording. Soulful and strong vocals, and brilliant saxophone lines. It's indeed a classic.
Album Rating: 4.5I saw them discussing Morphine in the Alt/Indie forum, so I figured I'd take a look at some of their albums. Very nice review, by the way. I have not fully listened to the album yet, but so far it is simply amazing. I won't rate it yet, of course, but if the rest of the album is like this, it's definately got a high rating in my book.
Album Rating: 4.5Believe it or not I just bought this a few days ago and it's amazing. In Spite of Me, Buena, and Thursday are my favorites however I don't think there's a bad track on the album. I also dig the bass saxophone combination, what a unique sound.
Holy fuck.
Great album. I got it based off of this review. Why do I always find out about this stuff after the band already breaks-up/dies?
Album Rating: 5.0this has to be one of the greatest albums ever. cool songs + unique sound + unified mood and theme = my qualifications for classic album.
Album Rating: 5.0in spite of me is absolutely fucking fantastic. obviously this whole album is but that track really sticks with me.
Album Rating: 5.0Soooo glad to see this recognized for the classic it is. "Sheila" has to be one of my favorite songs ever and the rest of the album is just one highlight after another.
Digging: Moonsorrow - Suden uni
Album Rating: 4.0Oh my godddd I just remembered this album
And how cool it is
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i really want to like this a lot more than i do
Album Rating: 4.5Oh man, this is the coolest band ever. I think Good is just a bit better though.
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Source: ''2008 Boy Scout Handbook''
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Computers allow access to a vast amount of knowledge. By logging onto the Internet, you can contact sources of information around the world and download material about any subject. You might already be using the Internet for schoolwork, hobbies, or simply for enjoyment. You can also develop online friendships with Scouts anywhere on the globe.
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For all of its benefits, though, the Internet can also present hazards you should know about and avoid. Most people using the Internet are friendly and honest. However, there are some who use the Internet to take advantage of others. There are also Web sites with content that is unsuitable for young people. Use the following guidelines to protect your privacy and gain the most good from your time online:
- Whenever you go online...
- (1) Don't respond to inappropriate messages or Web sites. If you stumble across information or images that you don't understand, it's OK to talk about it with your parent or guardian;
- (2) Don't share personally-identifiable information (PII), such as your name, address, telephone number, school name, or your parents' work address or telephone number, and never send any photos via the Internet unless you have permission; and
- (3) Never agree to meet anyone who has contacted you online, unless your parent or guardian goes with you.
Another hazard of the Internet is called the cyber-bully. A cyber-bully uses electronic communications such as the Internet to harass, threaten, and harm others. Some tactics that cyber-bullies use include dissing (spreading damaging gossip about a person), harassment (repeatedly sending hateful messages), and impersonation (pretending to be someone else and posting damaging information to harm another's reputation).
If you feel you are the victim of a cyber-bully, do not retaliate. Ask the cyber-bully to stop. Do not make your message aggressive or emotional. Let the bully know that you will take other steps if the abuse does not stop. If that does not help, tell your parent or guardian right away. Cyber-bullies can't be seen when they are online; this gives them a false sense of security. What they don't know is that they can be found out, caught, and even punished.
The best way to protect yourself is to be a good online citizen. Don't post information that could be used against you or other people. Stay away from sites that tolerate and encourage bullying. Be kind online.
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By Alex Becker
Did you know there are presently 220 retired priests ordained for the Archdiocese of Chicago? Of that number over 100 priests are over 80; 18 are over 90; and come October our first priest will reach 100 years old. Taken together these priests represent over 11,800 years of service as priests to the Archdiocese. Collectively these men have celebrated the Eucharist over three and a half million times. They have been a crucial part of sustaining and enriching the Church of Chicago in the last half of the past century and beginning of this century.
On June 12th and 13th the Archdiocese will take up a collection for these retired priests. This collection benefits the Priests' Retirement and Mutual Aid Association. The PRMAA was formed backed in 1967 as an offshoot of the Infirmed Priest's Fund. One of its first acts was to institute a pension plan for retired priests. Over the years health care and other benefits were added to its responsibilities. Today the PRMAA is responsible for coordinating and providing over $5,000,000 annually in benefits for our retired priests.
Providing supplemental health insurance to Medicare allows our retired priests to live without the fear of catastrophic illness consuming their life savings. A major part of this benefit is the prescription drug coverage. Our retired priests, similar to many of our senior population, are on multiple prescriptions to keep their bodies functioning as long as possible.
Not all our retired priests are able or choose to live in rectories. The Archdiocese of Chicago has two subsidized retirement residences for priests able to live independently.
St. Benedict Home in Niles and the Bishop Lyne Residence in Palos Park provide a communal setting for over 25 of our senior priests to share meals and memories.
When the infirmities of old age become severe enough to require nursing home care, PRMAA is there to offer financial assistance. Twenty-four priests currently receive assistance in a nursing home setting or through a home health provider present in their rectory or place of residence.
The theme of the annual collection is "We need each other now." As the Archdiocese needs the assistance of our retired clergy to continue their priestly ministry in parishes throughout the Archdiocese, so too our retired priests need the support of Chicago Catholics to help finance the benefits that keep them doing what they were ordained to do.
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Is there anything better in the world besides peanut butter fudge? Maybe fudge fudge or dark chocolate fudge. Still, PB rocks and this recipe from my Grandmother is the BEST! I remember her making fudge for the Holidays when I was little. She would make all kinds….PB, plain fudge, fudge with nuts, white chocolate fudge. Really, there was way too much fudge, if there can be such a thing. I think that I am going to try to make Dark Chocolate Fudge this year. This is an afterthought, though, as I just bought the supplies for all of my baking yesterday and it didn't dawn on me to try dark chocolate.
Peanut Butter Fudge
12 oz Peanut Butter
½ pound oleo (butter)
3 TBSP milk
4 cup powdered sugar
1 tsp vanilla
Melt the first 3 ingredients over low heat and add vanilla. Work in powdered sugar. Press into pan. Grandma's recipe didn't say what size pan, I think an 8 x 11 would work great. Cool in the fridge for several hours before cutting.
In the pan before cutting.
Cut into small squares and wrap for gifts or enjoy! The moans & groans coming from Jon and I after eating this were enough to make Aaron look at us like we were crazy! LOL!
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Designer Benedicte de Blavous Moubarak went on a very big shopping trip before Christmas — to junkyards in Beirut.
She had a lot of things to buy. Shattered doors. Broken window frames. Old railings. Wrought iron gates. Wooden arches. And other architectural elements from stately, albeit crumbling, Lebanese homes that were destroyed, she said, "because of the war or because of greed."
Moubarak, who moved to Cambridge from Lebanon in September, is a familiar presence in Lebanese salvage yards. What she buys will be incorporated into her one-of-a-kind home furnishings line, and sold through 2b design, a company on Mount Auburn Street she cofounded with her husband, Raja.
The couple's ambitious agenda is to sell home furnishings, while preserving Lebanon's cultural and architectural heritage, improving lives, and promoting reconciliation and understanding.
Chef Jody Adams has bought lamps from their collection for her restaurant Rialto. "I think [the company has] a very compelling story," Adams said. "They're preserving architectural artifacts from Beirut and employing people who are underemployed. If, as a consumer, I can purchase something to keep the circle going, that's a win situation for everybody."
In short, 2b design is both a business and a social enterprise. Products are handmade in Lebanon by marginalized, disadvantaged people from diverse religious groups that have sometimes fought against each other during Lebanon's wars. She'd see a piece of an ornate wrought iron railing and imagine an elegant lamp base. An arch would suggest a decorative wall hanging. Doors made from juniper wood were perfect for coffee tables. "I can see beauty everywhere," she said. "Even in the worst broken house."
To Benedicte and her husband and business partner, Raja, life is about restoring unseen beauty into things that are broken.
"Broken items. Broken heritage. Broken people. And broken reconciliation," said Benedicte, meaning reconciliation between ethnic and religious groups. By selling Middle Eastern products to Western customers, they also want to build bridges between East and West. Now they are working on replicating the model in the United States.
Their new home base is an unassuming showroom and retail shop called Beyt. (It means "home" in Arabic and in Hebrew, too, just with a slight pronunciation difference.) They're hoping it will be the first store of many they open across the country. They're also planning to start their first workshop in Boston, hiring homeless women to help manufacture some of their products.
"We're swimming against the tide at a time when US companies are outsourcing their work," said Raja Moubarak. "It's a financial risk because it costs more to produce things in the US. But it carries meaning. . . . We want to be a values-driven business, not just profit-driven, to be truly transformational."
Susanna Snyder, an assistant professor at the Episcopal Divinity School in Cambridge, said she planned to bring her students to the shop to hear a presentation on the company's business model. She teaches a course about how social justice, the arts, and faith can intersect, "and this is precisely what in some ways Raja and his wife are doing," she said. "It's a real model of how you can integrate faith with a commitment to social justice and [have] a viable economic enterprise."
Raja and Benedicte are both 51 or, as Benedicte likes to say, "just starting over at 51." Raja, who grew up in Beirut, is half Lebanese, half French. He has a business degree and spent much of his career working for US multinational corporations around the world, including Coca-Cola. He met Benedicte in Paris in 1991.
Benedicte, who is French, is a lifelong idealist with an artsy bent. She'd spent a decade traveling the world, drawn to slums and shantytowns in places as diverse as Africa, Thailand, Burma, Nepal; she worked in missions and orphanages and with Mother Teresa's team in Calcutta. Passionate about design and craft, she sought out craftspeople everywhere she went.
Raja's job kept them moving, and they lived in Cyprus, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, and Tunisia. Benedicte began designing furniture, lamps, and other home decor items. In 2003 they decided to make another, dramatic move, to Raja's homeland, Lebanon. "After 20 years of civil war, we thought the country was reviving from the ashes," said Benedicte. "We wanted to be part of a new Lebanon."
Raja started a consulting firm to develop socially conscious international companies in the Middle East. Benedicte started 2b design, sifting through junkyards around Beirut and later Syria for raw materials — architectural salvage from homes from the 18th, 19th, and early 20th centuries, some of it inspired by Venetian and Ottoman architecture. Many of the houses had been destroyed during the civil war, others by zealous developers eager to raze the old to make way for the new. "The government doesn't really take care of its heritage," Benedicte said.
But the salvage was a treasure trove. Benedicte managed day-to-day operations of the tiny company while Raja oversaw marketing and development. Their team now includes an iron worker who can't speak and is partially paralyzed ("still, he is very precise," she said), and a blacksmith injured during the civil war. Workers include Christians, Sunnis, Shiites, and Armenians.
In 2005, Lebanon's powerful former prime minister Rafiq Hariri was assassinated, plunging the country into a spiral of political crises and acts of violence. In the summer of 2006, a war broke out between Hezbollah, the Shiite Muslim armed group, and Israel.
"It was a new cycle of nightmare," Benedicte said. Bridges were bombed and the airport closed. The couple was separated from their young daughters, who were vacationing with relatives in France. Ultimately, Benedicte and Raja also fled to France, evacuated by the French Embassy. When the war ended, Raja returned to Lebanon to run the country's largest department store chain. Benedicte and the girls joined him a year later. "We felt our story wasn't finished with Lebanon," Raja said.
Eventually, though, the chaos of life in Lebanon wore them down, especially the daily struggles just to get a working Internet connection, working phones, and electricity. "Everything is against you," Benedicte said. "You have to fight against corruption. No one helps you. Daily life is so hard — nothing works properly."
They wanted to keep 2b design going in Lebanon, in order to supply finished products to Europe. But they decided to uproot their family and move to the US to take advantage of the sizable furniture market. They thought the Boston area, where there is high interest in social and environmental issues, would be perfect. "We thought [people] would be receptive to our message," Raja said.
They arrived in Cambridge in September and quickly settled in. Two of their daughters go to Cambridge Rindge and Latin School, while their oldest attends Northeastern University. They rented a former architect's office, and in no time turned it into Beyt, filling it with tables, fireplace screens, lamps, and other items constructed from reclaimed remnants of Lebanese architecture, and shipped here from Lebanon. They hung huge photos on the wall of the artisans. The plan is to hire local people to fabricate lamp shades and wire the lamps, and they've begun discussions with a local homeless shelter.
"It's an incredibly admirable venture," said Eva Bellin, professor of Arab politics at Brandeis University. "It sounds like it's motivated by humanism, which often seems to be in short supply in that region."
The Moubaraks say they love it here: It's peaceful, the electricity always works, and the neighbors are welcoming and encouraging. "We are seeing an amazing engagement," said Raja. One customer is trying to help them find workers who are homeless.
Raja said they hope to inspire other retailers with their social and environmental message. "Someone told me we could become the next Restoration Hardware," he said. "But that's not the point. The point is to make an impact beyond making money."
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Discover It Online necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 70 diseños de 29 diseñadores freelance.
Discover It Online
Discover It Online is an up and coming online business directory - we will be maintaining many directories, aimed at many different business segments. Our sites will be designed to be easy to use and attractive to our users - we are open to any ideas and suggestions as to themes and overall design directions as the contest continues. DIO is a young vibrant team, looking to make a big impression in the online world. So please, come along, and share what you have.
Here at DIO, we aim to please both our business clients who advertise, and the consumers who will benefit from the services we'll be providing. Without giving too much away, we need our designs to appeal to both. This is a very broad audience but the underlying pretence, is professionalism.
This is more or less, open. The one thing to remember is that, we have many directories, and it is very important that our name and logos tie together.
What we would like from this competition, are submissions for 2 of our sites (both under construction).
1. http://www.discoverrealestate.com.au
2. http://www.discovertravel.com.au
Our only suggestion is that that the word 'discover' be the same for all sites, EG, the distinguishing feature that ties us together. And each site should have its own logo, distinct from the site wording. We would like to see examples, with the web address below, you are the designers, surprise us.
NOTE: There are many more to do and winning designer will be asked to assist with those and other projects!
Goodluck and have fun.
Discover It Online Team.
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For that task I have a "Calibration Set", and a "Test Set".
We can read details for this task in the IDRC web page: "instructions".
Spectra is acquire in an FTIR instrument, and the space between wavelengths (X axis) is non linear, so I changed it by values 1.0, 2.0,.......,372.0.
I had to arrange the data to import it into R, and to organize the data frame in order to start with the observation of the spectra and the distribution.
As in other posts I am going to use "Chemometrics with R" package.
If we plot the calibration samples without any treatment we see like two sets of samples. This is an indication (as we work in transmittance) that probably there are differences in the pathlength:
Now we can apply the MSC (Multiple Scatter Correction) to reduce this physical proprieties and to enhance the chemical changes:
MSC here works really well and we can see that most of the variability is in the area from 200 to 240 aproximatelly.
+ lwd=0.1,xlab="wavelengths",ylab="T%")
Now we can see at less 3 clusters.
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No noble motivations here. Nope. My reasons for starting to blog—for starting this blog—are on the silly side.
I like walking in cemeteries and daydreaming stories about the dead. It helps to have a halfway decent excuse to visit the graveyard. Gotta go. Gotta do it for The Blog.
I like taking photos, cropping photos, and placing photos on a page. Have been known to nudge a photo by just a wee bit so that it is just right—at least to my eye.
I like the Graveyard Rabbit badge. Had to have it.
Thank you
Thank you to everyone who voted for Gravestoned and who continue to visit. Thank you to Family Tree Magazine and the Family Tree 40 panel. We are honored to be one among the 2011 Family Tree 40.
Back to more serious business tomorrow in an attempt to live up to your confidence.
Thursday, March 10, 2011
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That wasn't quite a whole New Obama we saw at Wednesday's gun violence announcement. As ever, the President's affect was calm and composed. But something in him is subtly different. It's no longer quite correct to call him No Drama Obama. No Melodrama Obama, perhaps—that's still true. But no Mellow Obama, either. As the curtain rises on Act II of his Presidency, he is as ready for conflict as for compromise.
Or so it seems, judging from yesterday's announcement and two other recent episodes. His nomination of Chuck Hagel for Secretary of Defense was both a gesture of defiance to the unrepentant neocons who gave us a war in Iraq, and hope to give us another in Iran, and a signal that the Greater Israel tail cannot forever count on wagging the American dog. His determination to resist Republican blackmail on the debt limit, repeatedly emphasized at his press conference on Monday, was equally telling.
The proposals he outlined on Wednesday were stronger than many of us had expected: a requirement for universal background checks on gun purchasers, including those who buy from private sellers; a renewal of the assault-weapons ban; the outlawing of ammunition magazines that hold more than ten bullets; and more. The theatre of the event was effective and, in the end, moving. In the audience facing the President were family members of the Sandy Hook children; sitting behind him were four well-scrubbed kids, fourth or fifth graders by the look of them, whom the White House had picked from the multitudes of post-massacre letter writers. After the President spoke, he turned and solemnly high-fived each small hand.
Two things that Obama said were, to my mind, especially striking.
One was a frank call for mass political mobilization. "I will put everything I've got into this, and so will Joe," the President said (referring, of course, to his comrade-in-anti-arms, the Vice-President). He continued:
But I tell you, the only way we can change is if the American people demand it. And by the way, that doesn't just mean from certain parts of the country. We're going to need voices in those areas, in those congressional districts, where the tradition of gun ownership is strong to speak up and to say this is important. It can't just be the usual suspects. We have to examine ourselves and our hearts, and ask ourselves what is important. This will not happen unless the American people demand it.
The other was a powerful argument that "gun rights" are not the only rights Americans possess:
The right to worship freely and safely: that right was denied to Sikhs in Oak Creek, Wisconsin. The right to assemble peaceably: that right was denied shoppers in Clackamas, Oregon, and moviegoers in Aurora, Colorado. That most fundamental set of rights: to life and liberty and the pursuit of happiness—fundamental rights that were denied to college students at Virginia Tech and high school students at Columbine and elementary school students in Newtown, and kids on street corners in Chicago on too frequent a basis to tolerate, and all the families who'd never imagined that they'd lose a loved one to a bullet—those rights are at stake.
For reasons John Cassidy crisply explains, the odds are against Obama, against those Sikhs and shoppers and street-corner kids, against the majority of citizens who want something done about the gun plague. It's the system, stupid, and the only way to beat it is to win sloppy. That's what Obama did on health care. That time, he played a slow, excruciating inside game. This time he's going public, and, as he says, he's going to need all the help he can get from the rest of us.
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Beyonce is revealing more details about her surprise self-titled album, particularly the whopping number of songs she recorded for it.
"When I started picking the songs that I gravitated towards, because I recorded about 80 songs, it was the songs that were more effortless for me that stuck around that I still love that I loved a year ago when I recorded them," she said on the third informational video for her album called, "Part 3 Run 'N Gun."
She went on to talk about how she recorded "Drunk in Love" and had a party with her hubby Jay Z when they recorded the song together with producers Timbaland and Details, drinking a little D'Usse while they were at it.
"I kind of freestyled the verse, and Jay went in and he started flowing out his verse...we just kinda had a party," the songstress said. "It was so great, because it wasn't about any ego, we weren't trying to make a hit record...we were just having fun...and I think you can hear that in the record."
NEWS: Beyonce attends Jay Z concert in Atlanta, duo dances to "Drunk in Love" at afterparty
Beyonce went on to give fans an inside look at their video shoot for "Drunk in Love" calling it the "most organic shoot I've ever done."
"I wanted to carry this idea of being in the moment and embracing mistakes and effortlessness into the videos," she went on with a giggle. "I wish every video was like 'Drunk.'"
The Grammy-winner said she tried to "rebel against perfection" when making all of the videos for the album, saying "we've been deciding what we're going to do as we're there, and it's something about that freedom that's different for me, because I usually plan things...it's fun because you never know what's going to happen.
Beyonce and Jay Z are still celebrating the success of her latest hit album (and his tour).
The duo was spotted partying in Atlanta after Hov's "Magna Carter" concert at Reign Friday night, dancing to their song "Drunk in Love" at a private table.
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PORTSMOUTH — RiverRun Bookstore welcomes Newmarket author Kristi Larrabee to read from and discuss her new memoir, Acceptance: Why Can't I Have a Child?, on Thursday, April 11 at 7 p.m.About the author:
Kristi is a first-time author. She has always loved reading from a young age and has memories of carrying tall stacks of books home with every library visit. Writing, however, has only become a passion within the last eight years. Her true love is writing fiction and she plans to continue in that vein in the years to come.
Six years into her journey to have a baby, the Lord laid it on Kristi's heart to write a book sharing her struggles with the world. It wasn't an easy task bringing up all those old feelings, but she truly hopes that God will use her pain to minister to other women going through the loss of their pregnancies.
In her real life, Kristi lives in Newmarket and works as a dental hygienist. She is a wife of twelve years and the mother of a three-year-old son and three dogs.About the book:
Roughly 25 percent of fetuses do not survive the nine months of pregnancy, resulting in thousands of miscarriages each year. Though these mothers didn't get to hold their babies in their arms, these children live on in their hearts forever.
Kristi Larrabee and her husband, Jason, suffered six miscarriages. Each failed pregnancy brought a new sense of loss, from denial to anger to depression, until finally they decided not to try again. They would find alternative methods of becoming parents and therein find peace.
As they researched other methods and began their planning, Kristi was surprised to discover that she was pregnant again. She was determined not to get her hopes up. Months went by, but she was able to get through her pregnancy with no complications. After seven years of trying, their son Caden was born.
Kristi and Jason were able to have their happy ending, but many couples are not. Acceptance is Kristi's raw emotions throughout her miscarriages as well as her encouragement to overcome these trying times. Most of all, it reminds all couples that they are not alone. No matter what stage of parenthood you are in, there is someone there to help. Someone who knows exactly how you feel. Laugh and cry with Kristi Larrabee as you learn to find Acceptance in your own life.
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38 new projects to irrigate 25,000 acres of land: Zamir
38 new projects to irrigate 25,000 acres of land: Zamir
KABUL (Pajhwok): Implementation of 38 irrigation projects would help water 25,000 acres of land in 10 provinces of the country, the Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock (MAIL) said on Tuesday.
Contracts for the projects were signed between Agriculture Minister Asadullah Zamir and representatives of 16 construction companies in Kabul.
At the signing ceremony, Zamir said the projects worth more than 366 million afghanis would irrigate 25,000 acres of land and benefit more than 44,000 people. The projects would also create jobs for more than 5,000 people.
Three of the projects would be enforced in Samangan, six in Balkh, four in Parwan, one in Panjsher, four in Kabul, seven in Herat, four in Kunar, three in Laghman, two in Takhar and four in Baghlan.
Construction of each irrigation network would help prevent the waste of 40 percent of water, cover 15 percent of new area and increase production by 20 percent, the minister added.
He said 295 irrigation networks had been built over the past two and a half years and the number would increase to 320 by the end of current solar year.
Shafiullah, a representative of a construction company implementing the projects in Laghman, assured his firm would focus quality and meeting the timescale.
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50% OFF Butterfly Knitted Culottes - Never-ending Summer Bobo Choses SS18Brand: BOBO CHOSES
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" The new Bobo Choses Spring Summer 2018 collection Neverending Summer is inspired by a child's curiosity and where our curiosities can take us. "As a child, Jane Goodall was gifted with a chimpanzee cuddly toy. It was named Jubilee. Her love for it was the beginning of her love for animals. At age four, curious Jane wondered where did eggs come from. She and Jubilee snuck into the henhouse and hid all day long until they observed the miracle. She grew up and her curiosity led her to Gombe, Africa, where she spent her life watching and learning about chimpanzees. Our Spring Summer 2018 collection Neverending Summer is inspired by Goodall's life and the never-ending curiosity of children who love to ask questions. How many questions can you fit into a neverending summer's day?" "
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Bobo Choses is one of the fashion brands participating in ECAP (European Clothing Action Brand), a project that focuses on the clothing supply chain specially to reduce waste and to bring about effective waste recovery.
We are cooperating with Made by, the label of sustainably produced fashion, on our way towards achieving the collective environmental reduction targets.
60% of SS18 fabrics are organic. The whole new underwear category is made of 100% organic cotton. 100% of SS18 production is local made. (89% Spain and 11% Portugal) 81% of the cotton used in SS18 Baby collection is organic cotton. *GOTS certified
All of our Pollybags are biodegradable.
Bobo Choses is located in Mataró, by the Mediterranean Sea, about thirty miles from the city of Barcelona. Occupying an old toy factory two blocks from the beach, you can recognise the offices by the two giant coloured rhombus painted on the main doors. Bobo was born in 2008 with the idea of creating a clothing brand that could capture the magical, passionate look and language of children. The first collection, autumn- winter 2009 The Englishman and the Sitting Bull, was successfully received by both public and media. Bobo Choses' team works passionately to create innovative and fun worlds for children. The creative department is led by Adriana Esperalba, founder and creative director of the company. Each collection tells a story that is published as a children's book, making clothes special and meaningful. Bobo Choses loves hand-illustrated prints that go along with carefully selected colours and fabrics in comfortable shapes.
Bobo Choses speaks the language of children. With core values of creativity, passion, honesty and a sense of humour. Have fun!


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Balocco, founded in Fossano (Cuneo) in 1927. Balocco replaces Estathe'.
"The Giro is without a doubt one of the most iconic events in our country, and thanks to its international coverage, shows wonderful images of our Italy around the world," said Alberto Balocco. "Our sponsorship of the maglia rosa is therefore a fantastic way of reaffirming our Italian pride and increasing our global profile.There's always a risk in anything you do but were convinced that we've made the right choice. I've seen that the testing is severe and gives little chance to anyone who thinks of cheating. We've signed a two-year contract, with an option for a third year. We're not interested in a short-term sponsorship, we want people to remember our name."
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Atkins "Nightmare" Diet
When Dr. Atkins Diet Revolution was first published, the President of the American College of Nutrition said, "Of all the bizarre diets that have been proposed in the last 50 years, this is the most dangerous to the public if followed for any length of time."[1]
When the chief health officer for the State of Maryland,[2] was asked "What's wrong with the Atkins Diet?" He replied "What's wrong with... taking an overdose of sleeping pills? You are placing your body in jeopardy." He continued "Although you can lose weight on these nutritionally unsound diets, you do so at the risk of your health and even your life."[3]
Chair of Harvard's nutrition department
went on record before a 1973 U.S. Senate Select Committee investigating fad diets: "The Atkins Diet is nonsense... Any book that recommends unlimited amounts of meat, butter, and eggs, as this one does, in my opinion is dangerous. The author who makes the suggestion is guilty of malpractice."[4]
The Chair of the American Medical Association's Council on Food and Nutrition testified before the Senate Subcommittee as to why the AMA felt they had to formally publish an
official condemnation
of the Atkins Diet: "A careful scientific appraisal was carried out by several council and staff members, aided by outside consultants. It became apparent that the [Atkins] diet as recommended poses a serious threat to health."[5]
The warnings from medical authorities continue to this day. "People need to wake up to the reality," former U.S. Surgeon General C. Everett Koop writes, that the Atkins Diet is "unhealthy and can be dangerous."[6]
The world's largest organization of food and nutrition professionals,[7] calls the Atkins Diet "a nightmare of a diet."[8] The official spokesperson of the American Dietetic Association elaborated: "The Atkins Diet and its ilk--any eating regimen that encourages gorging on bacon, cream and butter while shunning apples, all in the name of weight loss--are a dietitian's nightmare."[9] The
has been warning Americans about the potential hazards of the Atkins Diet for almost 30 years now.[10] Atkins dismissed such criticism as "dietician talk".[11] "My English sheepdog," Atkins once said, "will figure out nutrition before the dieticians do."[12]
The problem for Atkins (and his sheepdog), though, is that the National Academy of Sciences, the most prestigious scientific body in the United States, agrees with the
and the
in opposing the Atkins Diet.[13] So does the
American Cancer Society
;[14] and the
American Heart Association
;[15] and the
Cleveland Clinic
;[16] and
Johns Hopkins
;[17] and the
American Kidney Fund
;[18] and the American College of Sports Medicine;[19] and the National Institutes of Health.[20]
In fact there does not seem to be a single major governmental or nonprofit medical, nutrition, or science-based organization in the world that supports the Atkins Diet.[21] As a 2004 medical journal review concluded, the Atkins Diet "runs counter to all the current evidence-based dietary recommendations."[22]
A 2003 review of Atkins "theories" in the Journal of the American College of Nutrition concluded: "When properly evaluated, the theories and arguments of popular low carbohydrate diet books... rely on poorly controlled, non-peer-reviewed studies, anecdotes and non-science rhetoric. This review illustrates the complexity of nutrition misinformation perpetrated by some popular press diet books. A closer look at the science behind the claims made for [these books] reveals nothing more than a modern twist on an antique food fad."[23]
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Atkins Facts:
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- Atkins "Nightmare" Diet
- Dr. Atkins had a Dream
- "The Diet Fad of the 21st Century"
- The South Beach Diet: All Wet
Faulty Science
- Phony Baloney
- Losing (Water) Weight
- Calories Count
- "Metabolic Advantage" Advantageous Only in Selling Books
- Low Calorie Diet in Disguise
- The
Big Fat Lie
Short-Term Side Effects
- "Extraordinarily Irresponsible" -- Atkins and Pregnancy
- More to Lose Than Weight
- Constipation
- "Disease of Kings"
- Prescription for Muscle Cramps
- Cognitive Impairment
- "Emotional Zombie"
- "Sunshine and Sex"
All Long-Term Studies on Atkins a Wash
- Atkins Comes in Last for Long-Term Weight Maintenance
- Long-Term Weight Loss Secrets
- Atkins Missing in Action
- Bringing Home the Bacon
Long-Term Side Effects
- "Massive Health Risk"
- Malnutrition
- Cancer
- Kidney "Scarring"
- Peeing Your Bones Down the Toilet
- "Eaters of Raw Flesh"
- Atkins Distorted His Record on Cholesterol
- The Proof is in the SPECT Scan
- Saturated Fat and Cholesterol Are Bad for You
- Closing Off His Heart To the Atkins Diet
- Rachel
- Down on Atkins Down Under
- Only Under Monthly Clinical Supervision
The Safer Alternative
- Where Atkins Deserved Credit
- The Answers are
- Too Good to Be True
- Atkins is Based on a Half-Truth
- You Can Have Your Carbs and Eat Them Too
- Lose Weight Without Losing Your Health -- or Your Life
- Fading Fad
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Project U (2009)
Project Description
Project U will determine the most appropriate "social software" functionality to implement to meet the needs of LITA membership. We will specifically look at why the software is needed and how it should be deployed.
Team Members
Team Name: Team UNIT
Tracy Sutherland, Chanitra Bishop, Holly Tomren, Ligaya Ganster
Jean Rainwater, LITA Web Coordinating Committee Chair (2008 - 2010)
Michelle Frisque, firstname.lastname@example.com
ALA Staff Liaison
Melissa S. Prentice American Library Association
50 E Huron St Chicago, IL 60611-2788
Work: 312/280-4268 Fax: (312) 280-3257 E-mail: email@example.com
Progress Timeline
Feb.13- Decided on plan of action for working with LITA based on Michelle's suggestions/ our own ideas. Decided to use Skype as a means of communication.
Feb. 23- Discussed communication efforts. Discussed Jean's recommendations to work on ALA Connect. Contacted appropriate ALA contacts for ideas/suggestions.
March 9- Following the last email from Michelle, we agreed to focus our efforts on ALA Connect and Twitter. However, to round things out, we would also like to look at Facebook and YouTube. Began collecting articles/info via Delicious.
March 23- Discussed our next steps. Concluded we would focus on exploring tools, information gathering, compiling information, and making recommendations for LITA's use of social software for next meeting.
April 6- Discussed ideas for Final Project, which include: a)List of References for use of Twitter & other web tools b) List of Guidelines for organizational use of Twitter & other web tools c) Poster d) Online Presentation.
Current Action Items
1.) Due Date: Friday June 26th Final Projects completed.
2.) Email Michelle, give update on our projects (after completion)
3.) Add graphics to wikis. Add YouTube section.
4.) Add information about our communication tools on our EL wiki.
5.) Go over EL poster session information (http://wikis.ala.org/emergingleaders/index.php/Poster_Sessions)