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I'm really excited to tell you about the first season Star Wars rubbles my son is really into Star Wars right now and he loves this show. He can sit down and watch this DVD forever. This DVD is basically the first season of the TV show Star Wars revels. This would be a great Christmas gift if you know a little boy who loves Star Wars. The characters in the TV series are really interesting and Darth Vader is pretty cool. This two disc set includes all the episodes from Star Wars rebels that includes all the recon episodes we saw on YouTube some Star Wars celebration footage the second Star Wars the force awakens teaser and a lot more the first episode also includes the Darth Vader opening which was added a few weeks after the premiere episode.
A Spark of Rebellion Ignites the Galaxy in
Star Wars Rebels: Complete Season One!
On Blu-ray™ and DVD September 1, 2015
BURBANK, California, June 26, 2015 –– Star Wars Rebels: Complete Season One delivers all 15 action-packed episodes plus never-before-seen bonus material and cast/crew interviews revealing the magic behind the making of the hit series. Releasing on Blu-ray and DVD on September 1, this is a must-add collection to the library!
In the first groundbreaking season of Star Wars Rebels, young hero Ezra Bridger joins the clever but motley crew of the starship Ghost in their resistance against the Empire. As the series begins, Imperial forces have occupied a remote planet, ruling with an iron fist and ruining the lives of its people. Ezra and his new rebel friends -- Hera, Kanan, Sabine, Zeb and Chopper -- embark on daring adventures in their fight against oppression across the galaxy, receiving help from familiar heroes such as Lando Calrissian, Ahsoka Tano, and Jedi Master Yoda. Pursued relentlessly by the Imperials and a Jedi hunter called the Inquisitor, this tenacious ragtag band of rebels will find itself in the crosshairs of none other than Darth Vader when season one closes in a shocking two-part finale.
Star Wars Rebels is created by Dave Filoni ("Star Wars: The Clone Wars"), Simon Kinberg ("X-Men: Days of Future Past," "Sherlock Holmes"), and Carrie Beck. The Lucasfilm Animation production is also executive-produced by Filoni and Kinberg as well as Greg Weisman ("Gargoyles").
Featuring the voices of Freddie Prinze Jr. ("I Know What You Did Last Summer") as Kanan, Vanessa Marshall (TV's "Young Justice") as Hera, Steve Blum ("The Boxtrolls") as Zeb, Tiya Sircar ("The Internship") as Sabine, Taylor Gray (TV's "Bucket and Skinner's Epic Adventures") as Ezra, David Oyelowo ("Selma") as Agent Kallus and Jason Isaacs ("Harry Potter") as the Inquisitor.
Bonus Features:
- Rebels Infiltrates Star Wars Celebration (Exclusive to Blu-ray)
- Season One shorts: "The Machine in the Ghost," "Art Attack," "Entanglement," "Property of Ezra Bridger"
- All DVD Bonus (see below)
- Rebels Recon: 14 behind-the-scenes featurettes
- Star Wars Rebels – The Ultimate Guide
- Star Wars Rebels Season 2 – A Look Ahead
Disc Specifications:
Release Date: September 1, 2015
Format: Blu-ray (2-Disc) & DVD (3-Disc)
Rating: TV Y7 FV
Run Time: Approximately 330 minutes (not including bonus)
Closed Captioned: Yes
Aspect Ratio: 1:78 (Widescreen)
Audio: 5.1 Dolby Digital
Languages/ Subtitles: English, French & Spanish
About the TV Show:
New episodes of Star Wars Rebels Season Two premiere this fall on Disney XD.
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Blake Shelton, Brad Paisley to Co-Host Grand Ole Opry's 95th Anniversary TV Special
Country superstars and Grand Ole Opry members Blake Shelton and Brad Paisley will be at the helm of the iconic venue's upcoming anniversary show, a two-hour commemoration of 95 years of the Grand Ole Opry. The big event will air live on national television in February.
The show, dubbed Grand Ole Opry: 95 Years of Music, will spotlight some of the stage's most special moments, featuring archival footage and behind-the-scenes, firsthand memories from some of its members. Additionally, the night will include several original performances from some of the artists who call the Grand Ole Opry home.
The two-hour Feb. 14 celebration will be an especially poignant one for Paisley, who will be celebrating his 20th anniversary as an Opry member a few days later. The singer was inducted into the hallowed country music institution on Feb. 17, 2001. For the ceremony, George Jones wrote a letter that was read aloud in front of the crowd.
"I am counting on you to carry on the tradition and make folks sit up and listen to what good country music should sound like," Jones told Paisley in his letter, and in the years that followed, Paisley lived up to that call: He became a global country superstar with a slew of awards and 24 No. 1 hit singles to his name, the first artist to achieve 10 consecutive Billboard Country Airplay chart-topping hits in 2008 and the CMA's Entertainer of the Year in 2010.
Like his co-host, Shelton has proven his dedication to the genre and his staying power as a country star, both on the radio and onstage. He celebrated his 10th anniversary as an Opry member in October. On the night that he was inducted in 2010, Shelton shared from the stage on what the Grand Ole Opry means to him.
"I get the same feeling when I come to the Opry as when I see one of my heroes. I am in awe," Shelton reflected that night. "To me, the Grand Ole Opry is an artist and I'm really proud to be one of its songs."
Grand Ole Opry: 95 Years of Music will air live beginning at 9PM ET on NBC.
Nope, These Country Superstars Aren't Opry Members:


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31 December 2008
news from the smoking gun
Dear Friends:
Up until the last 12 hours, 2008 was shaping up as a mediocre year for celebrity mug shots. And then ex-NBA superstar Charles Barkley got arrested on a drunk driving charge. The arrest report contains some incredible quotes from the former NBA star, who spoke with Arizona cops about, um, oral favors. As Sir Charles would say, that's terrible:
And actor Matt Dillon got popped for driving 106 mph on a Vermont interstate:
As if being linked to the Rod Blagojevich case wasn't enough of a headache, President-elect Barack Obama's name may soon pop up at the criminal trial of a man charged with operating a massive Ponzi scheme. No, not that massive Ponzi scheme, the other massive Ponzi scheme:
A female lobbyist is suing The New York Times for $27 million, claiming that she was defamed by a story reporting that she engaged in an "illicit and inappropriate romantic relationship" with Senator John McCain. Details here:
The author of a book about Anna Nicole Smith is using a novel legal defense to a defamation claim filed by a confidante of the late actress. It's the Seinfeldian "not-that-there's-anything-wrong-with-it" strategy:
For a shot at a truly fine prize package (including assorted DVDs and valuable TSG swag), enter our contest now:
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alexandrian michael goins on city of alexandria vs cleco fraud suit settlement
some people might find mr. goins words hard to understand. in reality though, mr. goins speaks volumes. he was the only citizen who stood up and questioned what the city and cleco is really up to. he should be commended. too bad five councilmen: myron lawson, everett hobbs, roosevelt johnson, harry silver and chuck fowler, didnt heed his words of wisdom.
check out the silly jack-boot in the background running a clock on everyone. the police are not interested in solving crimes or ferreting out corruption.
30 December 2008
former congresswoman cynthia mckinney on the israeli navy ramming her boat
UPDATED with full version
cynthia mckinney on a peaceful, humanitarian mission to deliver medical supplies to gaza when the boat she was on the "dignity" was rammed three times by the zionist israeli navy.
ms. mckinney calls on president-elect obama to say something about the humanitarian crisis being experienced right now by the people of gaza. good luck with that, seeing as how obama has surrounded himself with zionist, israel - firster jewish criminals and who can forget how he dishonored himself this past june when he groveled to aipac.
former congresswoman mckinney infers that todays incident is reminiscent of the zionist regime's thursday 08 june 1967 unprovoked, false-flag attack upon the uss liberty in which israel murdered thirty-four american sailors and injured many more.
see also
jcn international news
we lived to tell the story: lebanon rescued us
by cynthia mckinney
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alexandria, la. city council votes 5 - 2 to settle the cleco fraud suit
alexandrians suckered again
voting no: jonathan goins and edward lavardain
voting yes: myron lawson, harry silver, chuck fowler, roosevelt johnson and everett hobbs.
more later...
kalb 10:00 "news" makes no mention of the settlement vote or any mention of the city council meeting whatsoever!
the light
alexandria city council approves proposed settlement with cleco
and also
the light - 31 december 2008
alexandria's settlement with cleco: "a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush"
FLASH: u.s. bankruptcy court appoints fred rosenfeld to manage the alexander fulton hotel
u s bankruptcy court appoints a company owned by fred rosenfeld, to manage for the next ninty days, the alexander fulton hotel property.
UPDATE: the gannett/town talk, in a story posted on 31 december 2008, identifies the company as b.k. fulton management, l.l.c., however a search for b.k. fulton management, l.l.c. from the louisiana sec'y of state corporations database returns no information for that company.
barry cooper launches new reality show; website: kop busters.com
Kop Busters Episode #1 Free Yolanda!
It's called an informant plant. The Odessa narcotics unit illegally compelled an informant to plant drugs on Yolanda Madden. The informant testified in federal court he planted the drugs on her and he passed a polygraph confirming the same.EXTERNAL LINK
Yolanda also passed a polygraph along with a hair follicle and urine test. Our broken criminal justice system ignored the evidence and railroaded her through court sentencing her to 8 years in prison.
Her father hired KopBusters, a new reality show produced by NeverGetBusted, whereby Barry and Candi along with their detectives set up stings across America to catch crooked Kops.
KopBusters rented a house in Odessa, Texas and began growing two small Christmas trees under a grow light similar to those used for growing marijuana.
When faced with a suspected marijuana grow, the police usually use illegal FLIR cameras and/or lie on the search warrant affidavit claiming they have probable cause to raid the house.
Instead of conducting a proper investigation which usually leads to no probable cause, the Kops lie on the affidavit claiming a confidential informant saw the plants and/or the police could smell marijuana coming from the suspected house.
The trap was set and less than 24 hours later, the Odessa narcotics unit raided the house only to find KopBuster's attorney waiting under a system of complex gadgetry and spy cameras that streamed online to the KopBuster's secret mobile office nearby.
KopBuster's attorney, Adam Reposa, was handcuffed and later released when eleven KopBuster detectives arrived with the media in tow to question the illegal raid. The police refused to give KopBusters the search warrant affidavit which is suspected to contain the lies regarding the probable cause. ~ read more
29 December 2008
city of alexandria, la. could purchase two used trolley buses
at least one alexandrian -- shaunte spears, sees that in this economy, wasting money is foolish!ALEXANDRIA CITY COUNCIL
7) To consider final adoption of an ordinance authorizing the Mayor to enter into a contract with the Central Oklahoma Transportation and Parking Authority to acquire two trolley buses. (LEGAL 12/30)
UPDATE: city council approves trolley bus purchase
jena 6 ringleader mychal bell in trouble again
excerpt:MONROE, La. (AP) — One of the youths known as the "Jena Six" was arrested Christmas Eve and booked on a shoplifting charge.EXTERNAL LINK
Police say 18-year-old Mychal Bell was freed on $1,300 bond after his arrest at a Monroe mall.
Bell allegedly tried to steal shirts from a department store and fled when a security guard and off-duty police officer tried to detain him. Bell also was booked on a charge of simple battery because he allegedly struck the security guard with an elbow. ~ read more
UPDATE: gannett/monroe news star via louisiana now:
Bell, 18, who lists his current address as 109 Grayling Lane, Monroe, is free on bond following a Christmas Eve arrest on multiple charges, including shoplifting, resisting arrest and simple battery, related to an incident at Dillard's in Pecanland Mall. ~ read more
UPDATE: gannett/town talk: mychal bell shoots self in chest
UPDATE: click here to download the monroe, la. police department offense reports for the attempt suicide/overdose and theft/poss.of stolen things. four page .pdf [747 kb]
28 December 2008
how judaized christians enable war
now that israhell has launched its latest attacks upon the christian and muslim people of gaza, its worth taking a look to see where the zionist regime of israel gets its power to undertake its murderous actions.
israel's power is mostly due to the support from the united states government whose support is in turn demanded by millions of american evangelical "christians" (christian zionists) who themselves have been deceived for the past 100 years by false and deceptive doctrines.
the christian zionist reprobates quote from genesis 12:3 "i will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee," as evidence that christians must support israhell and jews in in everything they do, no matter how ungodly, repugnant or unchristlike or risk being cursed by god.
the apostle paul, (nee saul of tarsus) in galatians chapter 3 clearly explains that the "blessing" spoken of in genesis 12:3 is jesus christ! not jews and certainly not israhell.
in titus chapter 1, christians are told DO NOT GIVE HEED TO JEWISH FABLES. who are you going to believe? the scriptures which were written thousands of years ago or these fake, lying celebrity preachers?
learn more about zionism:
eric hufschmid
jews united against zionism
neturei karta international: orthodox jews united against zionism
learn even more about the ashkenazi / khazar "jewish" imposters
the thirteenth tribe by arthur koestler
benjamin h. freedman nee freidman:
facts are facts the truth about khazars
u.s. presidents - jewish pawns
1974 speech
and also:
rabbi chaim lefkowitz - zionists stole the true name of the jews
and also
jack bernstein
my farewell to israel the thorn in the mideast
27 December 2008
renee allen departs kalb
aww thats a shame. we always liked ms. allen all the way back to her klax days. we wish her the best.
see kalb: saying goodbye to renee
NOTE: the low sound is due to a problem with youtube. if you come across a youtube video with low sound try adding: &fmt=18 at the end of the youtube url.
george w bush federal judge appointee jay zainey orders that the birth certificate of a same sex couple's adoptive son bear the name of both "fathers"
this would seem to be in line with the bush regime's general destruction of traditional values. whats more - the federal judge is catholic! By JANET McCONNAUGHEY
Associated Press Writer
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A same-sex couple in California has won a federal court ruling that their adopted son's Louisiana birth certificate must bear the names of both adoptive fathers.
The facts are so clear that no trial is needed, U.S. District Judge Jay Zainey wrote.
Louisiana's Office of Vital Records must give full faith and credit to the New York State court in which Oren Adar and Mickey Ray Smith of San Diego adopted the boy, he ruled Monday. The office had refused to issue a birth certificate listing both as the boy's legal parents.
Zainey wrote that Louisiana law requires a new certificate when it gets an adoption decree, and the law does not include any limits or restrictions. The state's arguments would make the adoption law's "plain language ... meaningless by reading in restrictions and requirements that simply are not present in the text of the statute," he wrote. ~ read more
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26 December 2008
uss indianapolis disaster survivor passes
grover cleveland carver, who was a survivor of the uss indianapolis ca-35 disaster and an uncle to local blogger buddy martin, died in california this morning. see buddymartin.net - a tribute to a hero of our family.
At 12:14 a.m. on July 30, 1945, the USS INDIANAPOLIS CA-35 was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine in the Philippine Sea and sank in 12 minutes. Of 1,196 men on board, approximately 300 went down with the ship. The remainder, about 900 men, were left floating in shark-infested waters with no lifeboats and most with no food or water. The ship was never missed, and by the time the survivors were spotted by accident four days later only 316 men were still alive. ~ read more at ussindianapolis.org
councilman harry silver: cleco settlement a 'coverup'
freudian slip? was councilman silver trying to tell us something? and just why is the city, cleco and federal judge dee drell working together to suppress the cleco audit known formally as the kpmg report?
in the meeting it was suggested that the audit would never be released to the public.
why is the city asking alexandrians to settle their fraud lawsuit against cleco without being fully informed?
25 December 2008
polar bear meets dogs
via david icke
Norbert Rosing's striking images of a wild polar bear coming upon tethered sled dogs in the wilds of Canada's Hudson Bay
The photographer was sure that he was going to see the end of his dogs when the polar bear wandered in, but...see what happened
UPDATE: oyster @ your right hand thief links here and provides a link to these photographs snopes entry - see noble encounter
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2008 friends we've lost this year
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24 December 2008
merry christmas from oak alley plantation
from all of us at
Oak Alley Plantation
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Oak Alley snow -- 11 December 2008
As another year draws to an end, we invite you to
celebrate the most important things with us ... the comforts of home,
family, love, friends, joy and peace.
Thanks for being an important part
of our extended family!
Have a wonderful Christmas and may you
enjoy a healthy and happy New Year!
Oak Alley Plantation
3645 Highway 18
Vacherie, Louisiana 70090
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23 December 2008
H.R. 1424 wall street bailout: where did the money go?
$350 billion dollars have been spent so far on the wall street bailout. this is more than what was spent on the marshall plan, more than the apollo moon program and nearly as much as was spent to build the nations interstate highway system and the banks wont tell what they are doing with the money. there is another $350 billion dollars waiting to be spent.
louisiana congressmen who voted for the wall street bailout (H.R. 1424) were: rodney alexander, charles boustany, jim mccrery and charlie melancon. louisiana senators katrina mary landrieu snellings and david vitter voted no.
elijah cummings the congressman interviewed for this ac360 piece also voted for the wall street bailout a/k/a emergency economic stabilization act of 2008.
see also the
2008 american financial collapse
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22 December 2008
farmington new mexico community still sending kind thoughts to injured jonesville la bull rider corbin carpenter
excerpt from a piece captioned "check your list, mr. claus" written by farmington, new mexico, the daily-times, sports writer, darren vaughan:Please be kind to Louisiana cowboy Corbin Carpenter this year and give him the chance to fulfill his dream of competing in rodeo again. He gave us all quite a scare back in July when he suffered a broken neck after falling off of a bull, but he's been a true inspiration since as he's regained his ability to walk. It'd be a gift not only to him, but to all of us, to see him get back in the arena again.
see also the corbin carpenter label in the footer of this post
19 December 2008
video: george w bush remarks on financial assistance to troubled auto makers
UPDATE: general motors ceo rick wagoner on auto bailout.
daily kingfish sends up a trial balloon for mayor jacques roy 2010 la-05 congressional run
la-05: alexander running for re-election in 2010
excerpt:The question then becomes whether there is a Democratic candidate out there willing to challenge Alexander in a general election. There were rumors that such a candidate would emerge during the filing period this summer, but none did.
I wonder if Alexandria Mayor Jacques Roy would be willing to take on this fight. Doing so however, would mean foregoing a re-election campaign for Mayor, which is that fall as well. ~ read more
18 December 2008
levees.org catches the u.s. army corp of engineers flooding its comments section with stupid and deceptive messages!
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA our hats are off to levees.org and ms. rosenthal;
in october 2005, eric hufschmid, wrote a piece to help you understand how deceptive message board commenters operate -- see 'wolf in sheeps clothing to get away with crimes pretend to be a crime fighter.'
17 December 2008
power supply agreement between cleco and the city of alexandria, louisiana
UPDATE: councilman harry silver: cleco settlement a 'coverup'
note: the .pdf itself says that it is eighty-one pages long but the copy that the town talk has posted is only seventy-nine pages.
kalb's 5:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. treatment
terrebonne and lafourche, louisiana parishes 'hole in the sky'
sandra ledet of raceland, louisiana took this photograph on saturday, 13 december 2008.
ms. ledet told the houma courier:
"My daughter called me and she said, 'Mom, look at the sky,' and I went back in, got my camera, and started snapping," Ledet said. "It completely circled my house and then disappeared. It was too big, too round and too low to be caused by a jet." ~ read more
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15 December 2008
jfk on a potential political career for his children
a clip from an nbc sunday political show, hosted by martin agronsky, called "look here."
this clip is from sunday, 24 november 1957.
the david vitters' invite you for christmas cheer
MetairieMonday, December 15th, 6-8 PM
Andrea's Restaurant
3100 19th Street
Tuesday, December 16th, 6-8 PM
A La Carte Restaurant
301 Heymann Boulevard
Wednesday, December 17th, 6-8 PM
The Cambridge Club
2024 Fairfield Avenue
Baton Rouge
Thursday, December 18th, 6-8 PM
Juban's Restaurant
3739 Perkins Road
no louisiana congressional criminals cosponsoring rep louie gohmert's 'tax holiday' bill
on 09 december 2008, texas republican, louie gohmert, introduced his H.R. 7309. a bill "to amend the internal revenue code of 1986 to suspend employment and income taxes for the first two months of 2009, and for other purposes."
according to the library of congress, as of 1:09 p.m. cst, monday 15 december 2008, rep. gohmert's bill has thirty-seven co-sponsors:
surprisingly -- or not -- not one louisiana congressman has signed on to co-sponsor rep. gohmert's bill.
rep.'s mccrery, cazayoux and jefferson, perhaps can be excused since they are all on their way out of the congress.
however, there is no excuse for republican rep.'s rodney alexander and charles boustany (who both voted for the wall street bailout) for not co-sponsoring this bill. nor is there any excuse for democratic rep. charlie melancon's (another rat who voted for the wall street bailout) not co-sponsoring this bill either. the other republican -- rep. steve scalise, his name is also inexplicably absent.
call rodney alexander [contact], charles boustany [contact]. charlie melancon [contact]. and steve scalise [contact] and ask them to co-sponsor H.R. 7309 and to do everything within their power to pass this bill.
see also
world net daily
tax holiday bill picks up steam
and also
gohmert's tax holiday squelches paulson's squandering
GovTrack.us. H.R. 7309--110th Congress (2008): To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to suspend employment and income taxes for the first..., GovTrack.us (database of federal legislation) (accessed Dec 15, 2008)
14 December 2008
iraqi journalist throws shoes at bush
good thing it wasnt molotov cocktails eh
via what really happened
Dec. 14 (Bloomberg) -- President George W. Bush ducked two shoes thrown at him by an unidentified man during a press conference in the Iraqi prime minister's office....
In Arab culture, throwing shoes is a grave show of disrespect. The man shouted an Arabic phrase, which an Iraqi present translated as "this is a farewell kiss, dog."
beware of obama's groundhog day
john pilger/information clearinghouse via david icke
excerpt:One of the cleverest films I have seen is Groundhog Day, in which Bill Murray plays a TV weatherman who finds himself stuck in time. At first he deludes himself that the same day and the same people and the same circumstances offer new opportunities. Finally, his naivety and false hope desert him and he realises the truth of his predicament and escapes. Is this a parable for the age of Obama?
Having campaigned with "Change you can believe in", President-elect Barack Obama has named his A-team. They include Hillary Clinton, who voted to attack Iraq without reading the intelligence assessment and has since threatened to "totally obliterate" Iran on behalf of a foreign power, Israel.
During his primary campaign, Obama referred repeatedly to Clinton's lies about her political record. When he appointed her secretary of state, he called her "my dear friend".
Obama's slogan is now "continuity". ~ read more
13 December 2008
who is bernard madoff?
christopher bollyn via wake up from your slumber via what really happened:excerpt:
So who is Bernard L. Madoff? Apart from running his "investment company" and being a former chairman and director of the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASDAQ), Madoff is a very committed Jewish Zionist who has served as the treasurer of two leading Zionist organizations.
Like Richard Fuld of Lehman Brothers, Sanford Weill of Citibank, and Maurice Greenberg of A.I.G., the major culprits behind the $2 trillion bail-out, Madoff is another New York Zionist Jew who has committed a massive financial fraud and cheated Americans and others out of untold billions of dollars.~ read more
see also
christopher bollyn
9-11 and the crisis on wall street
and also
the jewish week
feds argue return law makes jews flight risk
of friends and tails
an essay by the late father paul a. keenan
excerpt:Yes, some of my best friends have tails. Knowing nothing about cats years ago when I first brought Teddy and Flicka home, I remember spending a nervous night before they arrived. I made a promise that I would never treat them as my cats, but always as my friends. It was the best promise I ever made.
For these animals have taught me so much. They insisted that I get past those early sad experiences of animals, and open my heart to a depth of love that I never thought I could know. They've given me hours of fun. They've shared their sadness and illnesses with me, and have allowed me to heal them.
Teddy and Flicka were part of my healing from my nearly fatal illness, and today I notice that whenever I am down or sad, my kitty friends make every effort to cheer me up or at least to let me know that they care. ~ read more
captain kirk on gun control
link to video watch/download page
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12 December 2008
today's cold moon to be biggest moon in 15 years
Dec. 12, 10:37 a.m. CST — Full Cold Moon; among some tribes, the Full Long Nights Moon. In this month the winter cold fastens its grip, and the nights are at their longest and darkest. Also sometimes called the Moon before Yule. The term Long Night Moon is a doubly appropriate name because the midwinter night is indeed long and the moon is above the horizon a long time. The midwinter full moon takes a high trajectory across the sky because it is opposite to the low Sun. The moon will also be at perigee later this day, at 4:00 p.m. CST, at a distance of 221,560 mi. (356,566 km.) from Earth. Very high ocean tides can be expected from the coincidence of perigee with full moon. ~ read moreIf the shortening days are getting you down, be sure to catch a glimpse of tonight's striking full moon.
It will appear 14 per cent bigger than usual and a stunning 30 per cent brighter thanks to a rare, natural coincidence.
Each month the moon orbits the Earth and tonight it will skim by at its closest distance for the last 15 years. ~ read more
11 December 2008
west monroe teen stabs 35 year old boyfriend after he refuses sex
Louisiana man gets fat lip for refusing to have sex with girlfriend
DECEMBER 10--Meet Brittany Phillips. Early Saturday morning, the 19-year-old Louisiana woman wanted some sex from her boyfriend. But Todd Stewart, 35, was apparently not in the mood. In fact, he tried to push Phillips off of him in the bedroom of the pair's West Monroe home.
That much the couple can agree upon, according to Ouachita Parish Sheriff's Office reports. Phillips claims Stewart became violent after rebuffing her advances. Stewart told an investigator that he left the bedroom to sleep on a living room couch, but that Phillips "would not leave him alone."
At some point, he added, things got physical and he was stabbed in the lower lip with "a long metal object which appeared to be a knife." For her part, the frisky Phillips acknowledged to Deputy Shane Smith that she struck Stewart, but said it was done "to protect herself."
Phillips, was charged with aggravated battery, R.S. 14:34, while a bloody Stewart, seen here, was charged with simple battery R.S.14:35. Phillips was also booked on a pair of outstanding warrants, for simple battery and damage to property. ~ read more
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k*b toys bites the dust - retailer has 5 stores in louisiana
The nations number 2 toy retailer, KB stores has declared bankruptcy and will close down it's 277 stores citing a "sudden" drop in sales. The companies 11,000 employees will be left looking for work.
KB Stores was founded in 1922. The store began as a candy wholesaler and later grew to become one of the largest toy store retailers in the world. KB was able to make it through the first great depression but couldn't manage to survive the current collapse. ~ read more
k*b toys has five stores in louisiana: bossier city, gonzales, houma, metairie and slidell ~ source k*b toys.com store locater
senator david vitter on cnn about why he opposes H.R.7321 the auto bailout bill
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10 December 2008
H.R. 7321 auto bailout bill house final passage vote
louisiana's congressional delegation vote:
cazayoux - voted against the wall street bailout bill (H.R.1424)
jefferson - voted against the wall street bailout bill
mccrery - voted for the wall street bailout bill
melancon - voted for the wall street bailout bill
alexander - voted for the wall street bailout bill
boustany - voted for the wall street bailout bill
scalise - voted against the wall street bailout bill
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george w bush: bible 'probably not' literally true
via: the raw story
we're not holding our breath, but it should be interesting to see how some of the gannett/town talk 'your mail' fake christian, gas-bags like ruth barden, spin this because either the entire bible is literally true or none of it is.US President George W. Bush said in an interview Monday that the Bible is "probably not" literally true and that a belief that God created the world is compatible with the theory of evolution.
Nabil Shaath says: "President Bush said to all of us: 'I'm driven with a mission from God. God would tell me, "George, go and fight those terrorists in Afghanistan." And I did, and then God would tell me, "George, go and end the tyranny in Iraq …" And I did. And now, again, I feel God's words coming to me, "Go get the Palestinians their state and get the Israelis their security, and get peace in the Middle East." And by God I'm gonna do it.'" ~ god told me to invade iraq, bush tells palestinian ministers ~ bbc
"I think you can have both," Bush, who leaves office January 20, told ABC television, adding "You're getting me way out of my lane here. I'm just a simple president."
But "evolution is an interesting subject. I happen to believe that evolution doesn't fully explain the mystery of life," said the president, an outspoken Christian who often invokes God in his speeches.
"I think that God created the Earth, created the world; I think the creation of the world is so mysterious it requires something as large as an almighty and I don't think it's incompatible with the scientific proof that there is evolution," he told ABC television.
Asked whether the Bible was literally true, Bush replied: "Probably not. No, I'm not a literalist, but I think you can learn a lot from it."
"The important lesson is 'God sent a son,'" he said.
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Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism
"One of those life-changing reads that makes you see-- or, in this case, hear--the whole world differently." --Megan Angelo, author of Followers
The author of the widely praised Wordslut analyzes the social science of cult influence: how cultish groups from Jonestown and Scientology to SoulCycle and social media gurus use language as the ultimate form of power.
What makes "cults" so intriguing and frightening? What makes them powerful? The reason why so many of us binge Manson documentaries by the dozen and fall down rabbit holes researching suburban moms gone QAnon is because we're looking for a satisfying explanation for what causes people to join--and more importantly, stay in--extreme groups. We secretly want to know: could it happen to me? Amanda Montell's argument is that, on some level, it already has . . .
Our culture tends to provide pretty flimsy answers to questions of cult influence, mostly having to do with vague talk of "brainwashing." But the true answer has nothing to do with freaky mind-control wizardry or Kool-Aid. In Cultish, Montell argues that the key to manufacturing intense ideology, community, and us/them attitudes all comes down to language. In both positive ways and shadowy ones, cultish language is something we hear--and are influenced by--every single day.
Through juicy storytelling and cutting original research, Montell exposes the verbal elements that make a wide spectrum of communities "cultish," revealing how they affect followers of groups as notorious as Heaven's Gate, but also how they pervade our modern start-ups, Peloton leaderboards, and Instagram feeds. Incisive and darkly funny, this enrapturing take on the curious social science of power and belief will make you hear the fanatical language of "cultish" everywhere.
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Become an affiliateA fascinating, enthusiastic narrative on the loaded language of cults. -- Kirkus Reviews
"A rigorous and fascinating examination of the power of language to spellbind us all. Montell's command over cultish language makes her as mesmerizing and charismatic as the gurus she dissects." -- Molly Ringwald, actress and author of When It Happens to You
"You will never think of cults the same way again--this is an unforgettable look at human nature and the power of language. I couldn't put it down. Amanda Montell blends true journalistic sorcery with her trademark humor and intrepid curiosity to create a linguistic narrative so delicious and searingly smart, you will wonder, like I did, can we join her cult? If so, count me in as a follower for life. I'll read anything this woman writes." -- Chelsea Bieker, author of Godshot
"Whip-smart, engaging, and utterly intriguing. Cultish is a witty and thorough examination of power, community, words, and the junctures between them." -- Alexis Henderson, author of The Year of the Witching
"A playful but canny exploration of the ways language can entrance and beguile us--sometimes past the point of no return." -- Elisabeth Thomas, author of Catherine House
"One of those life-changing reads that makes you see-- or, in this case, hear--the whole world differently." -- Megan Angelo, author of Followers
"Compulsively readable and startlingly of-the-moment, this witty, slick, and self-assured book is as intriguing as the spellbinding groups it examines." -- Andrea Bartz, author of The Lost Night and The Herd
"At times chilling, often funny, and always perceptive and cogent, Cultish is a bracing reminder that the scariest thing about cults is that you don't realize you're in one till it's too late." -- Refinery29.com
"We're all susceptible to coercion, and Montell's phenomenal book that chilling point as clear as can be." -- Bitch Magazine


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Company stocks plummeted with this incident for sure. If they are operating in other locations, aside from the PH, Will they ever recover?
Philippine court rejects OceanaGolds bid to keep mining on expired permit
MANILA A Philippine court has thrown out an appeal by a mining company seeking to continue operations despite its permit having expired last year.
The decision by the Philippine Court of Appeals against OceanaGold Philippines Inc. (OGPI) marks the latest legal victory for the Indigenous community in the Didipio region, some 270 kilometers (170 miles) northeast of Manila, who for a quarter of a century have fought against the destruction of their environment.
The ruling was handed down on June 30 but only made public by parties in the case on July 11. In a statement, OceanaGold said it wasnt aware of the decision and only learned of the ruling through social media. The Company [OGPI] has not received any formal order from the Court of Appeals and is seeking confirmation, OceanaGold said in a statement issued July 13. If the denial of the injunction is in fact accurate, the Company will continue to defend its right to operate the Didipio Mine in the interim whilst it completes the [permit] renewal process.
The 37,000-hectare (91,400-acre) Didipio gold and copper mine (limited to 10,266 hectares, or 25,368 acres, in 2018) straddles the border between the provinces of Nueva Vizcaya and Quirino. It was covered under a mining permit known as a Financial and Technical Assistance Agreement (FTAA). Such agreements are valid for 25 years, with a possibility for renewal for another 25 years. In the case of Didipio, the initial validity expired on June 20, 2019, making OceanaGolds mining permit the first to expire under the Philippines Mining Act of 1995.
Without a precedent to refer to, developments in the post-expiration phase have been marked by legal wrangling and conflicting stances by the authorities. The Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB), under the national governments Department of the Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), issued a letter which OGPI claimed gave them the go-ahead to continue operating pending its FTAA renewal application. The site is believed to hold 1.41 million ounces of gold and 169,400 tons of copper.
But the provincial government of Nueva Vizcaya issued a directive on the same day the FTAA expired, calling on locals to restrain any operations by OceanaGold. Residents, mostly members of the Indigenous Ifugao-Tuwali tribe, erected two blockades. They worked in shifts, barricading the entrance to the mine site to prevent service vehicles from going in.
The blockade prompted OGPI to file five legal cases against the provincial administration of Governor Carlos Padilla last year, including an injunction against the barricade. Last year, the regional court rejected OGPIs request for an injunction, forcing the Canadian-Australian mining giant to take the ruling to the countrys Court of Appeals.
But the higher court has dismissed the petition on the same grounds. Since the initial term of the FTAA already expired without it being renewed yet, there is no prevailing agreement on which the petitioner can anchor its right to continue its mining operations, the court said in the ruling seen by Mongabay.
The appellate court also said no Philippine law grants OGPI any right to conduct mining operations after the end of its mining agreement or while in the process of applying to renew its mining permit.
The court said the injunction OGPI was seeking must be granted only in the face of injury to actual and existing substantial rights and that it cannot be a remedy to protect or enforce contingent, absolute or future rights.
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"Head Straight on to Europe!"
"Do you have a pound for a berth on a boat to Italy?" asks an old one-eyed man with a walking stick, turban and long bushy beard. He's grinning through the open car window. In the run-down Egyptian coastal town of Abukir, west of the Mediterranean port of Alexandria, even the beggars have a clear aim – and that lies behind the sea's horizon. The hope is there, where the Europeans sunbathe on the beaches, or it dies on en route.
If Abukir was once the place where Britain's Lord Nelson and his Royal Navy sank Napoleon's fleet, today it is the place where refugees, most of them Syrian, embark on the dangerous crossing to Europe. Syrians are paying up to 4,000 dollars for a berth on one of the boats, says Abou, who runs a small kiosk on the beach. The boats mostly set sail at night, full to capacity with around 200 people on board and a few smaller boats in tow.
The refugees are transferred to the smaller craft shortly before reaching the Italian coast, and then it's just a matter of heading straight on to Europe! "For those who drown, it's tough luck, those who get there, well, they've made it, and those who are arrested, that's just the way it turns out. The traffickers win whatever happens," Abou summarises the people smugglers' business model.
The boats are only worth a fraction of what the Syrians crammed onto them have paid. Sometimes the refugees are set down on one of the few small off-shore Egyptian islands, where they are later picked up by the coastguard and arrested.
Firing on refugees
One such boat set sail on 17 September with 240 refugees on board. But it didn't get very far: before long it was intercepted by the Egyptian coastguard. The officials ordered the boat to stop, but the traffickers continued, probably out of fear. The coastguards then fired on the boat. Two of the refugees on board were killed and another seriously injured before the ship was forced to stop and the refugees taken back to shore.
Egypt is perhaps the only nation in the world that opens fire on refugees that are trying to leave the country. "Egypt is doing the dirty work for those European countries who've demanded that the nation on the Nile stop the wave of refugees coming via the sea route," explains Egyptian human rights lawyer Ahmad Nassar from Alexandria. Over the past two months, since the coastguard has been taking a tougher line, almost 1,000 refugees have been detained.
Shock and panic
Some of those who survived the ill-fated trip on 17 September are being held at the Abukir's small police station. Just over 100 refugees, including 40 children, are being detained here. After much negotiation, a police officer finally opens the padlock securing the door. "I could get into trouble for this, but these people need help. Please write about them so that the Europeans understand what's going on here," he says.
The atmosphere here is more like that of a refugee camp than a police station. Washing hangs out to dry. One of the rooms serves to accommodate women and children, another is for the men.
Muntazir is a self-appointment spokesman for the group. He again tells the story of how they were intercepted by the coastguard. He shows mobile phone footage as evidence. The film also captures the moment after the boat was fired upon. Shock and panic are visible in the eyes of the refugees on board. And the mobile phone video repeatedly pans over the two corpses, that of a young man and a woman.
They also took photos. One shows the two dead bodies covered with ice blocks to prevent them decomposing in the heat. "We knew the crossing would be dangerous, but back home in Syria it was even more dangerous," Muntazir sums up his dilemma.
The 35-year-old is alone here. His wife and his daughter are still in Damascus, although their house in the Palestinian quarter of Yarmuk has in the meantime been destroyed. "My 12-year-old daughter started wetting the bed again out of fear at the almost daily bombardments. It was then I knew we had to leave," he says. Because he didn't have enough money for the whole family to make the crossing, he planned to be the first to go on ahead and try and fetch his family later.
If not illegally, then how?
Crossing the sea from Lebanon costs twice as much, so he came to Egypt. "I thank God that my family was not with me on that trip," he says in hindsight. "In Europe they only give us refugee status, if we manage to get there at all. But how are we supposed to get there, if not illegally via the sea route?" he asks and adds: "People need some kind of hope. We have to risk our lives to find a safe place." Muntazir has spent many years working as surgical assistant. He believes there is a need for people with this kind of experience in Europe.
Alaa, another refugee at the station with his wife and three children, says that just a few days before the ill-fated journey, he was still at the Austrian embassy in Cairo. He wanted to present his case there in the hope of being accepted. They didn't even get past the security official at the door. "That was the day we decided to try it illegally by sea. What other choice did we have?" He is interrupted by a woman holding a mobile phone with a photograph on it. The picture shows a ruined building. "That's our house. Are we supposed to go back there?" she asks.
European pressure on Egypt
"The Europeans give Syrian refugees few options to reach Europe through legal channels. Italy and Germany in particular are pressurizing Egypt to stop the boats," explains human rights lawyer Nassar. "The solution would be to officially accept more refugees in Europe and also help Syria's neighbours absorb them," says the activist. "These Syrian refugees are people who are being treated like animals."
The Egyptians will offer the people at the police station in Abukir the option of travelling on to a nation of their choice without a deportation stamp in their passport. The only two countries they can choose from are war-torn Syria and Lebanon. The latter nation is completely overwhelmed by the refugees. It is estimated that by the end of the year, 40 percent of people living in Lebanon could be Syrian refugees. Transposed to Germany, this would be equivalent to 32 million refugees; to Austria 3.2 million.
In a corner of the police station sits 13-year-old Ibrahim, staring into space. It was his mother who was shot dead on the boot – directly alongside him. He relates what happened, rattling off an account almost mechanically. He also reports that he sat next to her and cried. Now it's just him and his 21-year-old brother. The two were allowed to leave the station once for a short while: to bury their mother at a cemetery in Abukir.
Anyone sitting opposite Ibrahim quickly forgets what he actually wanted to ask, the boy's pain and shock are so tangible. What would Ibrahim liked to have done in Europe, if he, his brother and his mother had managed to get there? "It was my greatest wish just to go to school again," he replies briefly. And what did he want to be later? Ibrahim thinks for a moment: "I would most like to be a doctor," he says, "so that I can help other people."
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A Beautiful Evil by Kelly Keaton
Hardcover, 285 pages
Expected publication: February 21st 2012 by Simon Pulse
A power she can't deny. A destiny she's determined to fight.
When Ari first arrived in the dilapidated city of New 2, all she wanted was to figure out who she was. But what she discovered was beyond her worst nightmare. Ari can already sense the evil growing inside her—a power the goddess Athena will stop at nothing to possess.
Desperate to hold on to her humanity and protect her loved ones, Ari must fight back. But Athena's playing mind games, not just with Ari but with those she cares about most. And Athena has a very special plan for the brooding and sexy Sebastian.
Ari is determined to defeat Athena, but time is running out. With no other options, Ari must unleash the very thing she's afraid of: herself.


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Biological Sciences Division
Staff Awards & Honors
June 2014
Brian Thrall Named Associate Editor of New Nano Journal
Congratulations to Dr. Brian Thrall, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, on being selected as an associate editor of Nanobiomedicine, an international, peer-reviewed, open-access scientific journal that premiers in July. Nanobiomedicine will publish significant contributions in the cross-disciplinary area intersecting nanotechnology with biomedicine, with particular interest in the applicability of these discoveries and advances.
Thrall was selected based on his scientific background, record of scientific accomplishment, and expert knowledge in the field. He manages the Systems Toxicology and Exposure Science Group at PNNL. He also is Director of PNNL's Center for Nanotoxicology, a multidisciplinary research program focused on understanding interactions between engineered nanomaterials and biological systems funded by the National Institutes of Environmental Health Sciences.Page 179 of 559


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Administration Commitment to Reinventing the IRS. The Administration began a program of reform at the IRS more than three years ago and has supported two major external reform initiatives since that time: the National Commission on Restructuring the Internal Revenue Service, which completed its work almost a year ago, and House passage of H.R. 2676, the "Internal Revenue Service Restructuring and Reform Act of 1997" on November 5, 1997.
The Administration's ongoing program to reform the IRS includes the work of Vice President Gore's Customer Service Task Force, the efforts to establish Citizen's Advocacy Panels, the reviews of IRS criminal investigation and inspection programs by outside experts, the actions taken to increase awareness and improve implementation of current regulations concerning innocent spouse relief, and the improvements to customer service through the creation of National Problem Solving Days and extended office hours and telephone service. The Administration will continue these efforts to improve the agency.
H.R. 2676 -- Senate Version. In general, the bill reflects the bipartisan consensus for reforming the IRS by expanding taxpayer rights, institutionalizing oversight and ensuring the continuity of the new leadership for the agency, granting the agency greater flexibility in exercising personnel authorities, and making better use of private sector expertise in customer service and technology. The Administration worked extensively with Chairman Roth, Senator Moynihan, and other Members of the Senate Finance Committee to include additional taxpayer rights provisions, address issues raised in Finance Committee oversight hearings, and to refine the bill's provisions related to personnel flexibility. The Administration is pleased that the bill includes provisions that guarantee Executive Branch accountability for the IRS. The bill provides for: Presidential appointment, with Senate confirmation, of the IRS Commissioner; the authority of the Secretary of the Treasury to administer and enforce the internal revenue laws; and the inclusion of the Secretary or Deputy Secretary (as well as an employee representative) on the Oversight Board.
Concerns About Unintended Consequences. The Administration unequivocally supports efforts to ensure fairness for the substantial majority of taxpayers who comply voluntarily with the requirements of the tax system. However, some of the new procedural provisions in the reported bill may unintentionally make it easier for noncompliant taxpayers to avoid paying their fair share of taxes. For example, the bill would allow additional appeals and court challenges before the IRS can collect tax from a taxpayer who refuses to pay, even if the taxpayer has voluntarily self-assessed the amount due or a court has held that the taxpayer owes the tax. Other new provisions in the Senate bill that may have unintended effects and raise compliance concerns include suspending interest and penalties when the IRS fails to provide deficiency notices to taxpayers within one year, allowing joint filers to elect out of joint and several liability, shifting the burden of proof in statistics and penalty cases, and requiring the IRS to notify taxpayers before each third party contact. The Administration would like to work with the Senate to focus the taxpayer protection provisions more precisely on compliant taxpayers who are making a good faith effort to comply with their obligations, and eliminate the unwarranted benefits for those who are willfully evading their responsibility to pay tax.
Burden of Proof. The Administration continues to be concerned about the provision that would shift the burden of proof in certain circumstances and wants to ensure that taxpayers are not provided a disincentive to keep records to support their tax returns. The Administration is also concerned that the provision may have unintended and undesirable consequences, such as making audits more intrusive, and would like to work with the Senate to minimize those consequences.
Accountant-Client Privilege. The Administration believes that creating a new evidentiary privilege for communications between accountants and other tax advisors authorized to appear before the IRS and their clients would be unwise and unwarranted. The Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Investigation view the creation of this privilege as an impediment to the prosecution and investigation of fraud matters, and the existence of the privilege will inhibit the investigation of the types of civil tax matters that often lead to criminal tax referrals. In addition, this proposal could also dramatically increase the courts' burden with summons-related and fact-intensive litigation over whether the privilege applies in an expanded universe of cases. The Administration strongly urges the Senate to consider the potential impact on law enforcement and strike this provision from the reported version of the bill.
IRS Computer Systems and Year 2000. The Administration has serious concerns with provisions of the bill that require changes to IRS computer systems in 1998 and 1999. Mandating these changes according to the schedule currently in the bill would make it virtually impossible for the IRS to ensure that its computer systems are Year 2000 compliant by January 1, 2000, and would create a genuine risk of a catastrophic failure of the Nation's tax collection system in the year 2000. Both Secretary Rubin and Commissioner Rossotti have written the Senate Finance Committee warning them of this risk and recommending that the effective dates be modified in accordance with the schedule set forth in Commissioner Rossotti's April 23, 1998, letter. The Administration strongly urges the Senate to make the changes recommended by the Commissioner.
Inspector General for Tax Administration. Finally, although the Administration endorses the creation of a separate Treasury Inspector General (IG) for Tax Administration, the provisions creating the new IG may have the unintended effect of weakening the independence and/or effectiveness of that office. For example, the provision requiring the Treasury IG for Tax Administration to conduct all audits or investigations requested by the Commissioner or the IRS Board inappropriately restricts the IG's authority to make judgments as to the best use of audit/investigative resources. No other IG faces a similar requirement. The Administration looks forward to working with the Senate to address this and other issues.
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H.R. 2676 would affect receipts; therefore, it is subject to the pay-as-you-go requirements of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990. The Administration's pay-as-you-go estimate for this bill is currently under development. The Congressional Budget Office estimates that the reported bill would result in net savings of $75 million during FYs 1998-2002 and net costs of $9.8 billion during FYs 2003-2007. The Administration has serious concerns about the significant net costs of the bill which are not offset. These costs would drain anticipated budget surpluses prior to fulfilling our commitment to save Social Security first. The Administration supports Senate passage of this bill with the modifications described above and with further modifications necessary to eliminate the bill's adverse budget effects.
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Pratt & Whitney Transforms Middletown Assembly Area for New PurePower® PW1100G-JM and F135 Engines
MIDDLETOWN, Conn., Feb. 27, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Pratt & Whitney completed the first phase of an assembly-floor transformation project at its Middletown, Conn., facility that prepares the Engine Center to produce its portion of PurePower® PW1100G-JM engines for the Airbus A320neo and increases production capacity for the F135 engine powering the F-35 Lightning II for the U.S. Military. Pratt & Whitney is a United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX) company.
Pratt & Whitney leadership and employees gathered today in Middletown for a ribbon-cutting ceremony to mark this significant milestone, which is part of a larger company initiative to transform Pratt & Whitney's manufacturing sites as they prepare to deliver a record volume of engines.
"This is a time of transformation at Pratt & Whitney," said Joe Sylvestro, vice president, Manufacturing Operations, Pratt & Whitney. "This new addition to the engine facility in Middletown will play a pivotal role in the production ramp-up for our PurePower engines. This achievement was truly a team effort and signifies our ongoing investment to meeting our customer commitments by delivering game-changing engine technology within a lean manufacturing operation."
The PurePower PW1100G-JM engines deliver benefits including double-digit reductions in fuel burn, environmental emissions, engine noise and operating costs compared with today's jet engines. The F135 engine powers the F-35 Lightning II – a stealthy, supersonic, multirole 5th Generation fighter designed for U.S. and international partner requirements.
Pratt & Whitney is a world leader in the design, manufacture and service of aircraft engines, space propulsion systems and industrial gas turbines. United Technologies, based in Hartford, Conn., is a diversified company providing high technology products and services to the global aerospace and building industries.
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This 2.5 hour webinar provides a complete overview of NIST Handbook 133, "Checking the Net Contents of Packaged Goods".
After this webinar, participants will be able to:
There are no prerequisites for this seminar.
In order to receive a digital Certificate of Attendance, students must be in attendance for the entire webinar.
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Set Up Password-less SSH
To have Ambari Server automatically install Ambari Agents on all your cluster hosts, you must set up password-less SSH connections between the Ambari Server host and all other hosts in the cluster. The Ambari Server host uses SSH public key authentication to remotely access and install the Ambari Agent.
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You can choose to manually install the Agents on each cluster host. In this case, you do not need to generate and distribute SSH keys. |
Generate public and private SSH keys on the Ambari Server host.
Copy the SSH Public Key (id_rsa.pub) to the root account on your target hosts.
Add the SSH Public Key to the authorized_keys file on your target hosts.
cat id_rsa.pub >> authorized_keys
Depending on your version of SSH, you may need to set permissions on the .ssh directory (to 700) and the authorized_keys file in that directory (to 600) on the target hosts.
chmod 700 ~/.ssh
chmod 600 ~/.ssh/authorized_keys
From the Ambari Server, make sure you can connect to each host in the cluster using SSH, without having to enter a password.
ssh root@<remote.target.host>
has the value of each host name in your cluster.If the following warning message displays during your first connection:
Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)?
.Retain a copy of the SSH Private Key on the machine from which you will run the web-based Ambari Install Wizard.
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TIBURON, CA-August 4, 2011—Jon Peddie Research (JPR), the industry's research and consulting firm for graphics and multimedia, announced estimated graphics chip shipments and suppliers' market share for Q2'11.
Shipments during the second quarter of 2011 did not behave according to past years with regard to seasonality, and was higher on a year-to-year comparison for the quarter. 2011 is shaping up to be an anomalous year as businesses take their own path to recovery.
Normally, the second quarter of the year is a slower business quarter in the graphics industry (and in the PC industry as a whole). This year, Q2'11 did not conform to the normal seasonal cycle. Instead, sales were up significantly compared to previous years. The growth in Q2 comes as a welcome change, if not a bit worrying—is it inventory building for back to school and the holiday season, or channel stuffing?
Our forecast for the coming years has been modified since the last report, and is less aggressive on both desktops and notebooks—tablets have changed the nature of the PC market. Our findings include Desktops, Notebooks (and Netbooks), and PC-based commercial (i.e., POS) and industrial/scientific and embedded; and do not include handhelds (i.e., mobile phones), x86 Servers or ARM-based Tablets (i.e. iPad and Android-based Tablets), Smartbooks, or Servers.
The quarter in general
- In Q2'11, Intel celebrated its sixth quarter of Embedded Processor Graphics CPU (EPG, a multi-chip design that combined a graphics processor and CPU in the same package) shipments, and enjoyed a 21% average growth in Desktops and Notebooks.
- AMD and Nvidia lost in overall market share, while Intel grew compared to last quarter.
- Year to year this quarter Intel had tremendous market share growth (14.7%), AMD had a loss of 14.2%, and Nvidia slipped 18.4% in the overall market partially due to the company withdrawing from the integrated segments.
- The Q2'11 change in total shipments from last quarter increased 6.3%, significantly above the ten-year average of 3.5%, and raising concerns about an inventory buildup.
- Netbooks contributed to notebook growth a bit,however, iPads and Android tablets have probably cannibalized some netbook sales.
- Over 84 million PCs shipped worldwide in Q2'11, an increase of 2.4% compared to Q1'11, (based on an average of reports from Dataquest, IDC, and HSI) causing speculation that the 6.3% up-swing in graphics could be an inventory buildup and have a negative impact on Q3 or Q4.
- AMD's HPU quarter-to-quarter growth has been extraordinary at an average of 80% for desktop and notebook, and Intel's EPG growth was significant at an average of 41%. This is a clear showing of the industry's affirmation of the value of CPUs with embedded graphics and is in line with our forecasts. The major, and logical, impact is on older IGPs, and some on low-end add-in boards (AIBS).
Graphics chips (GPUs) and chips with graphics (IGPs, HPUs, and EPGs) are a leading indicator for the PC market. At least one and often two GPUs are present in every PC shipped. It can take the form of a discrete chip, a GPU integrated in the chipset, or embedded in the CPU. The average has grown from 115% in 2001 to almost 160% GPUs per PC.
Since the crash of 2009, combined with the introduction and influence of ARM-based Tablets, the PC market has deviated from historical trends. Until the segment for Tablets is clearly defined the fluctuations in the market data is likely to continue. The disruptions probably won't settle down for a while as Tablets find their place in the market and agreement can be reached on to include them in the PC market analysis, or to not include them.
Market shares shifted for the big three, and put pressure on the smaller three, and they showed a decrease in shipments as indicated in Table 1 (units are in millions.)
Intel continues to be the overall market share leader in Q2'11, elevated by Core i5 EPG CPUs, Sandy Bridge, and Pineview Atom sales for Netbooks. AMD gained market share quarter-to quarter and Nvidia lost share. Nvidia is exiting the integrated graphics segments and shifting focus to discrete GPUs. The company showed significant discrete market share gain (30% qtr-qtr) due to they say strong connect with new Intel Sandybridge notebooks. Ironically Nvidia enjoyed some serendipitous sales of IGPs in Q2. AMD share dropped 7.3 points.
Market share this quarter | Market share last Qtr | Unit Change Qtr-Qtr | Share Change Qtr-Qtr | Market Share last yr | |
Intel | 60.7% | 54.7% | 19.6% | 11.0% | 52.9% |
Nvidia | 17.5% | 19.9% | -5.3% | -12.1% | 21.4% |
Matrox | 0.04% | 0.0% | -8.3% | -14.9% | 0.1% |
SiS | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.1% |
Total | 100.0% | 100.0% | 7.7% | 100.0% |


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Best Wishes to These Country Stars Who Got Engaged or Married in 2019!
Love is in the Nashville air! The year 2019 has been a good one, relationship-wise, for a number of country artists.
The biggest marriage of 2019 was, of course, Miranda Lambert's surprise wedding to New York police officer Brendan McLoughlin. The country superstar — who divorced her first husband, Blake Shelton, in 2015 — met and married her new husband in the span of only a few months.
Both rising singer-songwriter Devin Dawson and country singer/DJ Chuck Wicks popped the question in early March, and they've already tied the knot with their respective significant others. In fact, there were a few other country artists who got both engaged and married this year.
Who else is hearing wedding bells? Read on!
Country Singers Who Got Married or Engaged in 2019


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When I graduated from college, I thought my days as a student were ended. I learned how erroneous that assumption was as my life changed, first as a new nurse, then as a new parent, and now as a reluctant member of the Chronic Illness Club. It seems that life has a never-ending curriculum. And yes, there is always a test. It will be interesting to see what grade I will earn on the final.
In all honesty, membership in this new club stinks. It has, however, forced me to continue my role as a student, and as always, I am most successful as a student when I do my homework. I found an impressive number of great books to add to my required reading list.
Joy Selak and Dr. Steven S. Overman, in their book, You Don't Look Sick! Living Well with Invisible Chronic Illness, lists several strategies for life students dealing with chronic illness. They title them as the "Top Ten List for Living Well, Even While Sick":
1. Put yourself first.2. Never, never, never give up.3. Know who you are now, and let others know who you are now.4. Enroll in the School of Whatever Works.5. Make friends with fatigue.6. Live as a child.7. Step out of the box.8. Search for silver linings.9. Find a way to share your gifts.10. Avoid any medicine that will make you fat.
My favorite item on the list is number four - Enroll in the School of Whatever Works.
I love this idea, but it has taken me awhile to transition from appreciating this concept, to actually putting it into place. Change is hard. Even if the change results in a decrease in fatigue, it requires expending a certain amount of energy to discard old expectations and behaviors in order to learn the new. Living with a chronic disease forces one to look at all aspects of one's life in a whole new light.
I enrolled in this school kicking and screaming and feeling pretty sorry for myself.
Early on in this process, it seemed that all of the adjustments that I had to make following my diagnosis involved lowering my expectations. Expectations for my quality of life, my income, my ability to contribute to my family and community. This perception, while not entirely incorrect, was an underestimate of my abilities and future.
This school taught me that there were still an enormous amount of opportunities out there for me to make things work.
I did have to quit my previous job. But, with the increased amount of free time, I was able to begin volunteering for a few hours per week in a church ministry which allowed me to continue to use my education as a nurse. It worked.
I learned that being engaged in my family members' lives wasn't limited by my energy levels. What worked for me was using cell phones and computers to keep connected when I couldn't be there in person.
Knit pants, air dried hairstyles, sunscreen, and moisturizers took the place of work clothing, hair dryers and makeup.
Expectations for a spotless home and elaborate meals went by the wayside. In all honesty, this one was easy to let go.....and it worked.
The School of Whatever Works has indeed taught me several important lessons, and the most important of these is this: I can make a difference. I can enjoy my life, I can continue to be involved in the lives of my husband and kids, and even though my impact will not be made in the same manner as previously, I still have a useful place in this world.
I'll bet there are many more semesters ahead for all of us.
Top Ten List from: Joy H. Selak and Steven S. Overman, MD, MPH. You Don't Look Sick! Living Well With Invisible Chronic Illness, 2005, pg.85.


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I have heard some amazing stories about paranormal type experiences here in Utah. A recent conversation proved interesting, because I was able to finish the story, from using an experience I had meditating on Mount Shasta in California.
I was talking to one of my contractors at work and we got on the subject of the local strangeness. I asked if he had any paranormal encounters since he had lived here. He said yes, one up in Big Cottonwood Canyon, in the Brighton, ski area. Right behind the Silver Fork Lodge, he had a friend who owned a nice cabin. One Friday night, his friend was having a party with a bunch of his young friends and after the party he offered some of the attendees to stay and not drive down the winding canyon road. My contractor friend stayed and slept in a bunk bed in the same room with the cabin owner. In the middle of the night my friend woke up and seemed to see something moving (shadow like) outside back and forth in front of the bedroom window. And then suddenly the thing was in the room moving back and forth quickly, so quickly he couldn't focus on it. The owner of the cabin was now sitting up in his bed staring at this thing also.
The creature was a 6 ft., ugly by human standards, it suddenly stopped its rapid movement and got into my friends face, who was still lying on his side. It had darker skin, rather large eyes, crooked nose and kind of blue glow or blue skin. It was eye to eye with my contractor friend and after a few minutes of terror, the being left. Both men were in shock and never forgot the experience.
So how does my Mt. Shasta experience fit in? Well back over twenty years ago – I was meditating on the side of Mt Shasta and I contacted a group of beings that lived inside the mountain in the caves and the old mine shafts. They were blue and quite ugly and not happy that I was meditating too close to one of their caves, and asked me to leave, so I left, quickly, very quickly.
Well I used this information to solve the strange creature in the cabin experience the two guys had encountered, 10 years ago. I asked my contractor friend about any mines close to the cabin. He said interesting you asked that, his friend the cabin owner, had recently at that time been exploring old mines close to his cabin and he had found one creepy one. He didn't say why it seemed creepy.
So I told my friend, that I believed the being they encountered was from the mine that his friend had explored. The being was letting him (the cabin owner) know he (the Blue Being) could come anytime and invade their house and get in their face. So the warning was stay out of my home and I will stay out of yours.
Sleep tight, even the underground ones – like their privacy. Always ask for permission to come into anyone's house, cave, mine, or anywhere else an entity may reside.


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Sleep is crucial to maintaining good health, but many people tolerate restless nights because they are used to it. Sleep apnea is a common condition that interrupts nighttime breathing, causing people to toss and turn. If you feel exhausted during the day, you may be suffering from sleep apnea.
Sleep apnea is a disorder that blocks your airway sporadically during the night, interrupting your sleep. Snoring and gasping are two symptoms, but there may be other signs that harder to diagnose. Having a professional evaluate your condition can help you get the treatment you need. Individuals with sleep apnea generally have one of two types; Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) and Central Sleep Apnea (CSA).
OSA can be caused by inherited issues like an abnormally small throat, but weight and age also contribute to the disorder. CSA is a neurological issue, where the brain is not communicating correctly with breathing muscles and tissues. Treating sleep apnea is a priority because the problem has serious implications for your general health. Research suggests that adequate amounts of sleep promote optimal heart and mental health, while a lack of rest puts additional stress on the cardiovascular system and increases your stress levels exponentially. The most immediate issue, however, is how you aren't free to enjoy daily life.
Since sleep apnea is caused by a collapsing or improperly working airway muscles, patients need instruments to keep them open throughout the night. Oral appliances keep the jaws positioned in a way that helps you breathe easier. These devices will restore your night's sleep, especially in patients experiencing OSA, or mild CSA. Some of the typical sleep apnea appliances used include:
• TAP®3 (Adjustable)
• Klearway
• Herbst Telescopic Appliance
Oral appliances help sleep apnea patients by positioning the jaw in a way that increases the size of the airway, which helps prevent sleep apnea and snoring. Other benefits include:
Patients who suffer from sleep apnea often undergo a sleep study from a physician who specializes in sleep disorders. In some cases, these physicians will prescribe a CPAP machine, and for others, they will recommend an oral device. Although a physician typically determines which form of therapy is best, a dental professional is qualified to carry out and monitor the treatment plan.
When apnea conditions are severe, a CPAP machine can help you breathe properly throughout the night. This device maintains a consistent amount of airflow through the throat and nose, keeping tissues out of the way. The CPAP mask and constant air pressure allow you to inhale and exhale normally.
While physicians often recommend CPAP therapy, many patients aren't suitable candidates for the treatment due to dry nasal passages and claustrophobia, among many other issues. For these candidates, dental appliance therapy can alleviate their concerns. If you have already tried a CPAP machine and did not achieve the desired results, your dentist can review your sleep study and give you an oral appliance that will meet your needs.
The right sleep apnea treatment can eliminate morning headaches, sleepy afternoons, and snoring at night. More importantly, it can help those who stop breathing while they sleep – a serious condition that can be dangerous. If you suspect you may have sleep apnea, your physician or your dentist can help you get the right treatment and a good night's sleep.
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Avoid photographing towards the sun is one of the most common tips you'll hear for landscape photography. In fact, it's a tip that I've shared previously myself.
While it's not without a reason that's it's a well-known tip, it might not be as relevant today as it was several years ago. Today's sensors and post-processing opportunities are much more forgiving and what once was a bad idea can now be an opportunity.
In this article, I'll show you how including the sun in the frame can enhance the atmosphere and add an extra dimension to your images as well as sharing my best tips for doing so.
Why you should include the sun in your images
I'm sure that many of you are ready to jump straight into the comment section right now and tell me how much of a bad idea it is to shoot towards the sun. But give me a minute to explain a few reasons why it's something you might want to consider doing with your landscape photography.
The greatest benefit of adding the sun in the frame is that it adds depth to the image. Take the image above as an example. Remove the sun and the image becomes flat and much less interesting. With the sun included, the image comes to life and drags you into it.
Compositionally it can also be beneficial. Of course, this depends on where you place the sun. In the example above, the bright sun serves as a focal point. Naturally, the viewer's eye is guided along the cliffs and up towards the bright area.
Keep in mind that our eyes are naturally attracted to the brighter parts of the image.
Another benefit of shooting towards the sun is that you often get beautiful shadows striking towards you. This serves as additional leading lines and benefits the composition.
Tips for including the sun in your images
Now, there's one thing I need to make clear; including the sun in an image won't always be beneficial. There are certain conditions or methods you should take advantage of for this to work. Here are some tips.
The time of day matters
While there are exceptions, the best images come when the sun is low on the horizon. The sun then creates a soft glow and gives a nicely balanced light.
During midday when the sun is positioned higher in the sky, the light is harsh and less pleasing to the eyes. Generally, this is something you want to avoid.
Consider the sun's placement within the frame
I'll start by saying this, there's no one single correct spot to place the sun within your image. Sometimes it's beneficial to place it in the center, while other times it's better to place it on the side.
This is where trial and error, and experience come into play.
In the image above, I chose to place the sun at the very edge of the frame. Partly obscured by the clouds, it doesn't take too much attention but instead, you're drawn to the beautiful light hitting the landscape.
If you are familiar with semi-advanced post-processing techniques, you might be aware of a processing style called light bleed. This is a technique that involves heavy dodging and enhancing/creating a light source that strikes through the image. However, this is an effect you're able to get in-camera as well by placing the sun at the corner or edge of your frame.
Other times, you want to place the sun in the center of the image. In the image above, placing the sun in the center adds a light source that your eyes naturally go toward. Had I instead placed the sun to the side, this image would be less balanced.
Obscure the sun
In my opinion, one of the most efficient ways of including the sun in your image is by partly obscuring it. Combining that with a narrow aperture, you get a nice sun-star or sunburst.
Use a Graduated ND Filter
Since the sun is so much brighter than the surrounding landscape, it can be hard to capture a well-exposed image when including it in the frame. By using a Graduated ND Filter you're able to darken the sky in your image – meaning that you can capture a well-balanced image even with the sun in the frame.
Unfortunately, a Graduated ND Filter is not always ideal. Since the transition between darkened and transparent parts of the filter is a straight line, it can create some unwanted effects if you're photographing a scene where something is projecting above the horizon.
Graduated ND Filters are better to use when the horizon is flat, such as the image below:
… Or bracket multiple exposures
Another more flexible method of capturing well-balanced images with the sun included is to bracket multiple exposures and blend them in a photo editor. This is the better choice when the sun is at the highest position in the sky, as the contrast is even greater.
For the image below, I captured three images; one exposed for the landscape, one exposed for the sky and one even darker to balance out the brightest parts.
Your turn
Hopefully, I've been able to convince you that shooting towards the sun isn't a complete no-no anymore. Have you captured any images that are shot towards the sun for your landscape photography? I would love to see them in a comment below!
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