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Look back at the arrests during the RNC. This will literally be the same thing.
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2016 Saturday PerformersFrom EDEN to ORLANDO, with LOVE
Femme Deadly Venoms (FDV), includes emcee and vocalist Aima the Dreamer and DJ, producer and vocalist Lady Fingaz in a sweet gumbo of Hip Hop, Funk, Soul and Electronica. Aima the Dreamer has been rocking' crowds from Oakland to Barcelona. She has shared the stage with such greats as; Roy Ayers, Les Nubians, DJ J-Boogie, Jazz Mafia Hip Hop Symphony, Bahamadia, Chali 2na to name just a few! In 2010 Lady Fingaz placed second in the U.S.A. Team DMC competition. Lady Fingaz's production of Hip-Hop and EDM reflects her love of music, incorporating her soulful voice and turntablism into every piece. 2015 brings the rebirth of Femme Deadly Venoms in the form of their latest EP "Planet Femme", entirely produced by Lady Fingaz and Aima the Dreamer on lead vocals.This dynamic duo shares a musical point of view that spans space and time. A refreshing balance between smart and sultry lyrics over smoking hot beats. Lady Fingaz and Aima the Dreamer invite the world to experience their music as a journey and not a destination.
Zakiya Harris is a shapesifter. She is an afro-eclectic mix of soul, dance and theater. Her music has been compared to the works of Janelle Monáe, Erykah Badu and MIA. Along with her dynamic band Elephantine she seamlessly blends the genres of Soul, Electronica, Hip-Hop and Afro-Beat music within her repertoire.
Zakiya has shared stages with Talib Kweli, Dead Prez, Digable Planets, Gil Scott-Heron, and Tatiana Ali. She's also been featured at Art Basel, Life is Living, The New Parish, Brick and Mortar, Cafe Du Nord and The Legendary CBGB's Gallery.
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Born and raised in San Francisco. Micahtron has traveled the world performing from the Bay to Berlin and everywhere in between. She will be hitting the EDEN stage Saturday night for the first time, and tearing up floor. MicahTron is an ORIGINAL lesbian Hip-Hop artist who has opened for artists such as Lil Kim, The Internet, Le1f, GirlTalk and many more. Representing the young and talented independent female artist, but most importantly, the queer!!!!
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The elderly Baton Rouge woman who died over the weekend from listeria has been identified by her family.
Elaine F. Babcock, 87, died Saturday "from complications of listeria, a bacterial infection," according to a written statement from the family.
The statement said Babcock became sick six days before she died.
"We do not know how or when she contracted listeria or what foods she might have consumed that might have been responsible," the statement said.
The epidemiologist for the state Department of Heath and Hospitals, Dr. Raoult Ratard, said Monday the woman who died liked and ate cantaloupe, but medical officials have no idea if the woman ate tainted cantaloupe connected to illnesses and deaths around the U.S.
Department spokeswoman Lisa Faust said Sunday that epidemiologists are investigating whether tainted cantaloupe is connected to Babcock's death.
Cantaloupe from Jensen Farms in Colorado has been linked to more than 80 illnesses and as many as 17 deaths in 19 states.
State Agriculture Commissioner Mike Strain said Friday that Jensen Farms had added Louisiana to its recall list for cantaloupes shipped between July 29 and Sept. 10.


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Liza provides clients with rigorous qualitative and quantitative analyses to guide strategic tradeoffs and organizational design.
Prior to joining Camber, Liza was a consultant in the New York City office of Navigant's healthcare practice, working with multinational pharmaceutical companies, biotechs, and healthcare management investment firms to assess global market opportunities, conduct due diligence, and facilitate management workshops. Previously, she also worked in a neurological disease research institute at the University of California, San Francisco.
Liza holds a MS in Neurobiology and Behavior from the University of Washington, where she was a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow, and graduated magna cum laude from Bowdoin College. A Seattle native, Liza is thrilled to be living in her hometown after multiple cross country moves. She was also featured on an episode of NPR's Radiolab.


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The Center for Belarusian Studies supports one or more visiting scholars annually.
The purpose of this program is to encourage the professional development of carefully selected Belarusian scholars through a variety of activities at the Center, located in Winfield, Kansas, USA, and elsewhere in the United States. Typically, the visiting scholars are recent graduates of master's or doctoral programs (or their equivalents), are native speakers of Belarusian, and have a demonstrated commitment not only to returning to Belarus following the program but to working actively toward that country's societal renaissance.
Visiting scholars lecture at the Center and elsewhere within the Southwestern College academic community, at civic gatherings in the local community and regionally, and at other institutions of higher education in the United States on topics related to the professional competencies of the scholar as well as, more generally, on Belarus-history, culture, current events.
During the 2009-2010 academic year, this program allowed for the development and teaching of an undergraduate course on Belarus at Southwestern College. The class is the first of its kind in the American university system and is ongoing.
Scholars also meet, as invited, with communities of the North American Belarusian Diaspora to brief them on developments in Belarus and to publicize widely the existence and activities of the Center for Belarusian Studies. In addition, the Center facilitates attendance at professional conferences as a Center representative, such as the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies (AAASS), presenting papers where appropriate and developing contacts with scholars in the United States and Canada.
To date we have hosted five visiting scholars from Belarus.
While in residence in 2006, Mr. Aliakasandr Lahvinets lectured widely and attended the Global Learning Conference at Wichita State University.
Mr. Lahvinets has served as a Senior Lecturer at the French-Belarusian Department for Political Sciences and European Studies at the European Humanities University of Belarus. He was a Parliamentary candidate for the pro-democracy party in the Sukharava District of Minsk and prepared for that campaign while in residence. In the year following his residency, he was awarded the Schwarzkopf Europe Prize by the Young Europeans of that foundation. He has also served as an adviser and personal assistant to Dr. Aliaksandr Milinkevich.
Mr. Dzmitri Korenko served as the visiting scholars from 2006-2007. At the time of his residency, he was a Ph.D. student at the Polish Academy of Sciences. In addition to furthering his research interests, Dzmitri designed and taught a course for undergraduate students in which he introduced U.S. students to Belarusian studies. Although Dzmitri has returned to Belarus, he remains connected to the Center for Belarusian studies and serves as a language interpreter for various symposia. When Dzmitri is not working in new media, he teaches at the European Humanities University, Lithuania.
Mr. Piotr Rudkouski was the visiting scholar for 2007. A member of the Dominican Order and a promising philosopher, Piotr wrote a variety of academic articles while in residence.
Ms. Nadzeya Sychuhova, actively worked to catalog archival donations to the CBS and she presented to both academic and Diaspora audiences. While she was in residence, Nadzeya served as a mentor to Belarusian graduate students, she designed and taught a course in Belarusian Studies, and she was instrumental in helping Southwestern College Academic Press produce its first book in Belarusian Studies.
Mr. Aliaksandr Paharely joined the Center for Belarusian Studies in 2010. He holds Master's degrees in History from Belarus State University and specialized in the ethnic identity of the Catholic Population of Belarus in the mid 19th-early 20th century. He is currently a Ph.D. student at the Graduate School for Social Research at the Institute of Philosophy and and Sociology of the Polish Academy of Sciences. Ales has actively presented his scholarship at a number of professional conferences and will be in residence at the Center for Belarusian Studies 2011-2012


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In this life on Earth there are many types of love. There's puppy love, deep love, crazy love, boundless love, mushy love, special love, and more, but there is one type I see every day between my husband and our oldest child, Addie, and that is PERFECT love.
Know how you see people together and you can SEE the love and FEEL the love between those people? Well, that's what Grouchy and Addie have. It's beautiful, wonderful, visible tangible and PERFECT!!
As Grouchy was trying to get packed for this trip out of town to the north slope of Alaska to be gone for a while, he was bound and determined he would build the girls a balance beam he had told them he could build. Meanwhile, the girls had used masking tape to make a beam on their floor, and they used it every day. There were other projects ahead of the beam....fencing, wheels on the wheelbarrow, fixing a couple of Garrett's toys, getting Grouchy's cold weather gear washed and packed, hanging out with my parents while they visit, shuttling kids and horses to and fro for 4-H and other activities, but the beam WAS GOING TO BE finished, PERIOD. On his departure day before he had to catch an early afternoon flight, he started filing, cutting, sawing, sweating it until it was just right. He still thinks it isn't just right, but I have news for him. It is JUST RIGHT, and it is another example of the perfect love he has for his family. And by the way, Addie loves him with perfect love, too!! We are so blessed by this amazing, Godly man!!!


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Doomwatch was a British organisation. In 2003, when PSI machine technology was developed, they feared that such devices could be used to alter people's memories, removing elements that would be deemed "undesirable". When Brigham Elisha Dashwood III developed his own version of the PSI machine, the United Nations sent Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart to investigate its possible misuse. (AUDIO: Minuet in Hell)
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The Doomwatch organisation first appeared in the 1970s TV series of the same name, created by Gerry Davis and Kit Pedler of 1960s Doctor Who.


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For your weekend reading pleasure, the articles listed below contain some of the best dividend and value investing insights found on the web. They were written by various members of the Dividend Investing and Value Network over the past week:
Articles From DIV-Net Members
- 8 Dividend Stocks Acting Like A Money Machine With Increased Dividends
- How to buy dividend paying stocks at a 25% discount
- Sysco Corporation - Dividend Stock Analysis
- Low Oil Prices lends to 10 High Dividend Yielding Stocks
- A Rising Bearish Wedge Pattern Is Developing In the S&P 500 Index
- Freedom Exists On A Spectrum
- Dividend Update - November 2014
- Portfolio Update: New Addition (JNJ; February 09, 2015)
- What to expect from SPX next week?
- Don't let ego get in the way of becoming a great investor
- Some questions on an above average interesting 13-F season
- Buying with the Trend
- Portfolio overview 2015 - Week 6
- It's Time to Start Nibbling the Canadian Banks
- Dividend Increases, February 2-6, 2015
- Budget and Investment Income – January 2015
- How to start dividend investing today
- Bert's Savings Rate Summary: January
- Interest Rates Creeping Higher
There are some really good articles here, please take time and read a few of them.
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Weekend Reading Links - February 15, 2015
For your weekend reading pleasure, the articles listed below contain some of the best dividend and value investing insights found on the web. They were written by various members of the Dividend Investing and Value Network over the past week:
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text: |Over the last 15 years, Mexico has registered a fast development of large-scale wind farms in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, located in the south-western part of Oaxaca State. This region is considered to have 44,000 MW of wind power potential capacity with 33,200 MW suitable for commercial development. The territory comprises traditional lands of the Binnizá and Ikjoots groups (Zapotecos and Huaves in Spanish), most of them organized through communal land regimes and customary law. Indigenous communities in the area heavily depend on traditional livelihoods rooted to the territory, including fishing and farming activities. The Isthmus is also part of the Mesoamerican Biological Corridor and one of the largest migratory bird routes, making it a sensitive and controversial area for windmill siting. As of the beginning of 2015, the Wind Corridor in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec comprises more than 15 private wind power projects reaching an accumulated installed capacity of 2,077 MW. Most of these projects are intended to supply electricity to private companies, while the rest is destined to sell electricity for public distribution in urbanized areas of the country. Opposition towards wind farms in the Isthmus started in 1994 and has gained force as private projects have spread out over the territory. In this context, local organizations expanded through several political instances with the contribution of different external actors. Such groups claim that government and private companies have not made formal consultation processes to indigenous communities affected by windmills. They have also sued over illegal land leasing contracts and environmental impacts on construction and operation phases. Additionally, indigenous communities have made strong complaints against the privatization and dispossession processes over their lands and local resources. One of the most visible cases of opposition in the region is located in the community of San Dionisio del Mar. Here the Spanish Company Preneal planned to deploy 102 turbines through the Santa Teresa Coastal Bar and 30 additional turbines in Santa María del Mar. Together, they would comprise an ambitious project (latter known as Mareña Renovables) expected to reach an installed capacity of 396 MW. The project was granted in 2006 to provide electricity to large beverage companies (including Cuauhtémoc Montezuma brewery and Coca-Cola Femsa). Two Environmental Impact Assessment studies for both installations were completed in June 2009, indicating potential biodiversity loss and increasing social conflict in the area. However, the project received strong support of both the Mexican government and the Inter-American Development Bank, promoting it as a significant step to expand energy supply while reducing emissions of greenhouse gases. Opposition against the Mareña project was mainly lead by the San Dionisio community, where most of the windmills were to be deployed. San Dionisio"s landowners filed a lawsuit to nullify land leasing contracts with Preneal, claiming several irregularities committed by the company during the process of contract signing. Lawyers claimed that such irregularities violated both the Mexican Constitution and the ILO Convention 169. These claims were highly supported by the Assembly in Defense of the Land and Territory of the Indigenous People in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec ("the Assembly"), a resistance network which was getting a stronger presence in the region. Mobilizations were also joined by other thirteen nearby communities that would be affected by the enclosure of the inner sea, disturbing fishing and local commerce. The conflict expanded and became more complex when the land leasing contracts intensified previous agrarian conflicts in the region. This happened among the Santa María and San Mateo del Mar communities, where an old struggle to define their borders restarted with the agreement of building 30 windmills in a disputed area, including a zone traditionally used for indigenous and catholic celebrations. This led to further tensions between both communities, while San Mateo del Mar refused to accept the project. Except for Santa María del Mar (which accepted the contract with Preneal) local groups started a visible and organized opposition in 2011, when the Assembly demonstrated outside the Federal Electricity Commission office in Oaxaca. Further mobilizations included railway blockades, street protests and the occupation of the San Dionisio Municipality. All these actions created political pressure and hampered the entrance of machinery in the region, delaying the project's construction. Given such conditions, Preneal decided to sell the project by 89,000,000 USD to a transnational consortium constituted by Fomento Económico Mexicano (FEMSA), the Macquarie Mexico Infrastructure Fund (MMIF) and the Macquarie Capital Society. However, this strategic shift came with an additional corruption scandal on the accusation that the new consortium gave 20,000,000 Mexican Pesos (1.33 Million USD) to the local Mayor in order get support for the project. Controversies and tensions lead to stronger local mobilizations and a wave of violence increased against the members of the Assembly who were struggling against this and other future wind power projects in the region. Cases of harassment and persecution, as well as illegal detentions were registered. An emblematic case happened in 2012 with the arrest of Bettina Cruz, a local female leader who is member of the Assembly as well as of the National Network of Women Human Rights Defenders in Mexico. According to the International Service for Human Rights, the process against her was based on unfounded and baseless accusations. Although she was eventually freed of charges, such accusations were seen as a clear message against social opposition. However, at the end of 2012, political pressure finally succeeded when a Federal Judge ordered the suspension of the project in San Dionisio, arguing the violation of communal property rights. Although the government and the consortium resisted this decision trying to re-locate the project, the Assembly recognized this process as a successful outcome for local communities. Key words: windmills, indigenous complaints, international capital


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Mourning Endures As Warrior
"I don't have to be the all-star, I'm over that,'' Mourning said in 2003. "Still, you go through withdrawals, like, 'I used to be able to get that shot,' and 'What's this guy doing blocking my shot?' ''
On the Mount Rushmore of rugged players with an indefatigable spirit -- Charles Oakley, Rick Mahorn, Jim Loscutoff, Jerry Sloan, Isiah Thomas, Allen Iverson immediately come to mind -- Mourning has to be at the top. It says everything about his career that he went down while trying to prevent a score. The man refused a ride on the stretcher afterward, limping badly back to the bench with the help of teammates, one of whom, Udonis Haslem, stood over him after he went down.
"We tried to help him up and he just said, 'It's over, it's over,' " Haslem said.
"That's not the way I envisioned myself walking off the court for the last time in my career," he said afterward. "I've been through so much in my life. If I had to crawl off the court, I would have. Nobody was going to push me off on a stretcher off the court. That wasn't going to happen."
He went out standing up; remember that, too.
"Next to the word 'warrior' in Webster's dictionary you should put Alonzo's picture," Thompson said. "Based on how he played, overcoming what he's overcome. There is no better definition of a player as a warrior than Alonzo. He gave everything -- everything he possibly had."
Michael Wilbon had the good fortune of being there the night Mourning came out for his first Hoyas game. To everyone's astonishment, the gangly freshman entered the layup line wearing No. 33 -- only the number belonging to Patrick Ewing. (The idea that Mourning not only wore No. 33 but actually upheld the honor of the greatest player in school history says everything.)
Wilbon asked Thompson how that was possible and, furthermore, wouldn't Ewing's number be retired? "We don't retire numbers," Thompson said. "We retire memories."
Barring another miraculous return -- he underwent knee surgery yesterday, don't tempt him -- the days of Mourning, the player, have very likely come to an end.
"Each of you here know I've been through a whole lot worse than this,'' Mourning said after the injury. "It's disappointing to even think that my career would end this way, but there are so many other things that life has to offer for me. I have a great family and I have so many other opportunities out there."
In the mind's eye, seeing 'Zo pin a ball against the glass backboard is almost fresh. Same with that now almost comical clip of Jeff Van Gundy holding onto his leg like a bull terrier after Mourning squared off with Larry Johnson, which 'Zo laughs about now.
But what endures the most if the memory of an expectant father crisscrossing continents on 19-hour flights, leaving Sydney and the Olympics, trying to get back to his wife, Tracy, in Miami, to help her with the birth of his daughter. He came back to Sydney and won a gold medal. A few days before the kidney disorder that was supposed to end his career was diagnosed, Mourning chalked up his fatigue to jet lag.
Say what you want about denial, but that's perseverance. That's Alonzo Mourning.


text: It's almost main event time here on Precision. The Blade vs Joseph Diamond, Iron Man Champion vs European Champion, both first round draft picks to Ryan Blake and Buster Gates teams respectively, the draft has put these two on a collision course, and we get to see that collision, LIVE! Next as Precision rolls on Joseph Diamond makes his entrance....with the European Championship nowhere to be seen, when Diamond rolls into the ring, he quickly rolls back out and grabs a microphone, before rolling back in so he can begin to explain just whats going on. Joseph Diamond: I know what you're gonna say....where's the European Championship, Joseph? And thats a great question, I can understand why you're confused. Y'know, when I woke up Monday morning I felt accomplished, I had finally achieved what for so long I've longed for. To be called a champion. I was the European Champion. So when I got up, and got ready to take my kids to school, I took a glance at my European Championship. And a thought ran through my head. "Why am I the champion of Europe? I've never even been there", and my mind kept running, and I had another thought, "everyone who has ever held the European championship becomes irrelevant as soon as they lose the European Championship", that title isn't a symbol for greatness. It's a symbol for failure. Disappointments. I am neither a failure nor a disappointment. And so, it is with all of the pride in my heart to introduce you to a championship to surpass the European Championship. Hopefully this goes better than it did in rehearsal. Well it'd be difficult for it to go worse. A championship belt begins to descend from the rafters, and after about 15 seconds, The championship comes face-to-face with Diamond, and Diamond takes it off of the device it was hanging from previously, and throws the new championship over his shoulder. White strap, gold plating, a blue centerpiece, and a surprisingly low amount of diamonds make up this new belt. Joseph Diamond: This championship will represent the greatness that comes with this industry. Whoever wears this around their shoulder will become the diamond standard. This is championship is one that Disputes the Undisputed Championship. This championship is a clean slate. This championship is my redemption. This championship is a reminder to everyone in the back that they are not as good as Joseph Diamond. And they never will be. Team Blue, Team Green. It doesn't matter, I am a level above, and because I have this championship, I always will be. This is the Intercontinental Championship. Sorry, I misspoke. This is MY Intercontinental Championship. And until Wrestle Dynasty, it will represent Team Diamond's domination over Team Blue. And tonight. It will represent when Joseph Diamond beat The Blade, and prove, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that I am the Diamond Standard of this industry. Oh and here comes The Blade! And it looks like all Joseph Diamond has done is motivated the Iron Man Champion even further! Oh my! Mentions that Matter (Move your mouse to reveal the content) Mentions that Matter (open) Mentions that Matter (close) @Gambino


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Women's Auxiliary & SVA Filmmakers Dialogue
Most avid filmgoers are critics — but without anybody to sound off to.
Imagine being in a theater after previewing a major new film, the lights go up,
and in front of you are the creators of the film...
Welcome to Ralph Appelbaum's Filmmakers Dialogue, New York's premier film preview series...now celebrating its 35th year!
For 10 weeks — without waiting in line (except maybe for popcorn) — you can preview important new studio and independent releases and meet the films' actors, directors,
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Tuesday, March 7 through May 9, 2017
(No class April 18 and 25. Dates are subject to change.)
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Milo v. Martin, 311 S.W.3d 210 (Tex. App. Ct. 2010) (full-text).
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Defendants Guy Martin, Sandy Martin, Boll Cochran, Jr., and Melvin Douglas operate a website known as "The Watchdog." The first page of the site states:
| The unfiltered truth about Conroe politics and your tax dollars.
The Watchdog is a monthly publication by newsletter and website. It contains facts believed to be totally accurate by sources with character and truthfulness as their primary attributes. Our agenda is the truth and nothing less. Our sources and any information obtained are absolutely confidential and will remain so.
Trial Court Proceedings Edit
Plaintiffs Walter Milo and Anthony Shelton brought a lawsuit against the operators of "The Watchdog," alleging that comments posted to the "Guest Book" section of the site were defamatory. The trial court granted defendants' motion for summary judgment based on the immunity that Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act (CDA) grantd to internet service providers.
Appellate Court Proceedings Edit
On appeal, the plaintiffs raised the issue of whether the CDA shields a website operator from liability if the website endorses and vouches for the truthfulness and veracity of the postings. Ultimately the court determined that The Watchdog did not participate in the creation of the comments in any way, and that given the location of the comments in question, a reasonable visitor to the site would not have assumed that the guarantees posted on the home page would have extended to those comments.
Plaintiffs' argument relied on Texas tort law, which establishes that an individual can be liable for defamation when defamatory comments are republished and exceptions to the protections granted by the CDA. According to their argument, the passive act of allowing the comments to remain on the site, given the statements on the home page regarding the operators' belief that the content on the site is "accurate," constitutes republishing or a classification of defendants as information content providers.
A failure to verify the accuracy of posts to a website, or a failure to remove inaccurate or potentially defamatory statements, is not enough to break through the protections granted to service providers under the CDA. Even if the court were to find that "The Watchdog"'s guarantee on the home page amounted to an act of republishing or some type of ratification of the statements made on the site, the fact that the comments in questions were posted to the Guest Book made such an analysis irrelevant.
While "The Watchdog" may have vouched for the posts on the regular sections of the site, the Guest Book was open to all visitors to post whatever information they desired. The court took note of comments in the Guest Book that criticized The Watchdog and found it hard to believe that an ordinary visitor would have assumed that such posts had been verified for accuracy and could therefore be attributed to the website operators themselves.


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In any city, in any country, go to any mental institution or halfway house you can get yourself into. When you reach the front desk, ask to visit someone who calls himself "The Holder of the Story". A look of puzzlement should come across the worker's face. "Who?" she'll ask.
Repeat yourself again calmly. She'll insist that she doesn't know who that is. Keep repeating yourself in a calm manner. The number of times you have to repeat yourself is unknown, but it is better to be safe than sorry. After awhile, you must show anger in your repetition, and she'll threaten to call security. When this happens, cease your repetition and walk away, and go back home immediately.
When you go to sleep that night, you will have a vivid dream, the dream differs from person to person. If you don't have a dream, then God help you, for you will spend an eternity in a dreamless limbo, and you will not awaken. If you do awaken, then they now know your purpose, and have found you.
Now you must go to the nearest library you can get yourself into. The time you do so does not matter, you can even wait years to do this, or never at all, but know that the vivid dreams will persist every night and will grow in disturbance until your insanity, like the dreams, becomes vivid.
Once you reach the library, go to the front desk and again ask to see the one who calls itself "The Holder of the Story". The librarian will disappear underneath the counter and come back up with a library card. Written on it, are words in an unrecognizable language, and your name written in your first language. Accept the card gratefully. You will feel an imense feeling of surprise and dread at the card, but do not show it, for you will upset the Holder of the Story. The librarian will then point you to a section of the library that you've hadn't noticed before, and walk away. Make your way to this section.
The shelves will be lined with old tomes with covers made of the skins of animals unknown to you. Their titles will be in languages that evade you. You must read the title of every book in the section to impress the holder. The more you read, the clearer and clearer the meanings of the titles and even the stories will become.
Stories of redemption, romance, adventure, the mere titles will make you cry. Bring elation to your heart. The tales will have both familiar and completely alien themes and tones. Something in you will long for these stories. Just as you long for answers to your questions and solutions to your problems. The temptation to read these books will become greater as you read, almost unbearable. Your curiosity will be like a great weight on your shoulders.
There is no harm in pulling a book out and skimming through the pages., you must do this. The language will again be unknown to you, but the image of the story will manifest in you mind. Soon enough you'll know the story in it's entirety. Place the book back perfectly where you found it. In place of your tempation to read will now be a feeling of odd certainty.
An old blind man dressed in a simple white cloth robe will appear and approach you. He will ask you for your library card. Give it to him calmly. He will place it in a small knapsack hanging at his side. "What is your story?" he will ask you. Tell the story of the book you just read, in complete detail, it will be easy for you. You'll start off talking in your first language, but then slowly change to the language in the book unknowingly.
Even as your tongue twists and cracks, you must speak on. Be sure to put an ample amount of enthusiasm and volition in your words, to impress the old man. If the old man likes your story, and thinks highly of you, he will return your library card to you. If not, then be thankful your mouth is too dry to be able to scream at what will become of you.
You'll notice that your name is no longer on the card. In its place, is the last word of the story you read and told. Now you must return back to your home immediately and sleep. If you don't immediately, then God help you the next time you finally decide to. Your path has been chosen. You have attracted them.
Now you can neither scream in any instance, nor beg for yourself, or any cause. The dreams will stay vivid, or if you waited for a time and the dreams had turn grotesque, they will return to said vivid state. When you are ready again, head to the next nearest library. But know again that the longer you wait, more and more grotesque the dreams will become.
When you go to the next library and reach the front desk, ask to see "The Holder of the Story" again. This librarian will disappear under the desk as well and will come back with another library card. Again, words written in an indiscernible language will be on it, and your name in your first language as well. Accept the card gratefully, and again hide your surprise and dread with the utmost care, for those feelings will be even stronger.
The librarian will point to a section of the library that you hadn't seen on your way in, and will walk away without a word. Make your way to this section and you will notice that it is also lined with old tomes with covers in animal skins you've never seen before. Their titles in languages you still don't understand. You again must read the title of every book in the section. And again their titles and meanings will become clear to you.
The same stories of redemption, romance and adventure, albeit with different plots and tones. Their themes familiar and alien. You will again cry at these tales, and feel elation in your heart. The same longing feeling will arise in you again, and the need for your answers to be answered and your problems to solved. The temptation to read these stories will be even more unbearable. The weight of your curiosity even heavier. But you must continue to read the titles no matter how great the feelings. Do NOT read or pick up any book this time. Woe to you if you do.
After all the titles have been read, an old blind man in the same simple white cloth robe will appear. He will ask you again for your library card. Hastily give it to him, for his patience is now thin. He will place it in his knapsack hanging at his side. "What is your story?" he will ask again, in a more harsh and rushed tone than the last. You must say that you have no story, and say "What's theirs?" The old man will smile.
From his mouth will spill a story never before conceived by any author. It will be spoken in a language that you will not understand, but the meaning will be crystal clear for you. The story will make you weak, and it will try to break your mind. You must stay steadfast and strong. When the last word is spoken, and if your mind is weak, your sanity will flee you, but the story will stay buried in your mind forever. The old man will nod and disappear. You'll notice the library section has turned into a maze of shelves, and you will wander them forever.
But if your mind is strong, and the now buried story doesn't tempt your insanity, the old blind man will smile at you, and motion you to turn around. You'll be outside the front door of the library. This story is object 330 of 538. It has determined many ends, but it is up to you to determine its own.


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- Ioannis Kontoyiannis, Peter Harremoës, Oliver Johnson
- IEEE Transactions on Information Theory
- 2005
Two new information-theoretic methods are introduced for establishing Poisson approximation inequalities. First, using only elementary information-theoretic techniques it is shown that, when S/sub n/=/spl Sigma//sub i=1//sup n/X/sub i/ is the sum of the (possibly dependent) binary random variables X/sub 1/,X/sub 2/,...,X/sub n/, with E(X/sub i/)=p/sub i/… (More)
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- 2004
We give conditions for an O(1/n) rate of convergence of Fisher information and relative entropy in the Central Limit Theorem. We use the theory of projections in L 2 spaces and Poincaré inequalities, to provide a better understanding of the decrease in Fisher information implied by results of Barron and Brown. We show that if the standardized Fisher… (More)
- Oliver Johnson
- 2008
We prove that the Poisson distribution maximises entropy in the class of ultra-log-concave distributions, extending a result of Harremoës. The proof uses ideas concerning log-concavity, and a semigroup action involving adding Poisson variables and thinning. We go on to show that the entropy is a concave function along this semigroup. It is well-known that… (More)
An information-theoretic development is given for the problem of compound Pois-son approximation, which parallels earlier treatments for Gaussian and Poisson approximation. Let P Sn be the distribution of a sum S n = n i=1 Y i of independent integer-valued random variables Y i. Nonasymptotic bounds are derived for the distance between P Sn and an… (More)
- Matthew Aldridge, Leonardo Baldassini, Oliver Johnson
- IEEE Transactions on Information Theory
- 2014
We consider the problem of nonadaptive noiseless group testing of N items of which K are defective. We describe four detection algorithms, the COMP algorithm of Chan et al., two new algorithms, DD and SCOMP, which require stronger evidence to declare an item defective, and an essentially optimal but computationally difficult algorithm called SSS. We… (More)
- Yaming Yu, Oliver Johnson
- 2009 IEEE International Symposium on Information…
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Building on the recent work of Johnson (2007) and Yu (2008), we prove that entropy is a concave function with respect to the thinning operation T<inf>α</inf>. That is, if X and Y are independent random variables on Z<inf>+</inf> with ultra-log-concave probability mass functions, then H(T<inf>α</inf>X + T<inf>1-α</inf>Y) ≥… (More)
English abstract: We consider the Student-t and Student-r distributions, which maximise Rényi entropy under a covariance condition. We show that they have information-theoretic properties which mirror those of the Gaus-sian distributions, which maximise Shannon entropy under the same condition. We introduce a convolution which preserves the Rényi maximising… (More)
- Dino Sejdinovic, Oliver Johnson
- 2010 48th Annual Allerton Conference on…
- 2010
An information theoretic perspective on group testing problems has recently been proposed by Atia and Saligrama, in order to characterise the optimal number of tests. Their results hold in the noiseless case, where only false positives occur, and where only false negatives occur. We extend their results to a model containing both false positives and false… (More)
- Oliver Johnson, Yaming Yu
- IEEE Transactions on Information Theory
- 2010
We consider the entropy of sums of independent discrete random variables, in analogy with Shannon's Entropy Power Inequality, where equality holds for normals. In our case, infinite divisibility suggests that equality should hold for Poisson variables. We show that some natural analogues of the EPI do not in fact hold, but propose an alternative formulation… (More)
- Oliver Johnson, Ioannis Kontoyiannis, Mokshay M. Madiman
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- 2008
Motivated, in part, by the desire to develop an information-theoretic foundation for compound Poisson approximation limit theorems (analogous to the corresponding developments for the central limit theorem and for simple Poisson approximation), this work examines sufficient conditions under which the compound Poisson distribution has maximal entropy within… (More)


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OC Pioneers Who Were Klan Members: Earl B. Tozier, Founder of Fullerton High School's Band
Next year, the Fullerton High School band will celebrate its 90th anniversary. Today, it's a fine, multiculti group of kids, including more than a few Mexis who want to become rich and famous blowing the tuba.
Given I'm not an Indian (I'm an Anaheim Colonist, and the cosmos take sick pleasure in that they always kicked our ass in football, so much so that the two schools no longer play each other in the regular season), I don't know TOO much about the history of the Fullerton High band. But I do know that the founder, Earl B. Tozier, was a Klan member.
Wonder how Tozier would react today to all those coloreds mucking up his program?
Tune in every Monday around 5 p.m. for the latest entry exposing Orange County city fathers who were Klan members!
Previous entries:
Dr. Charles V. Doty, Santa Ana Dentist
Orrin M. Thompson, Fullerton Councilmember
Albert O. Nelson, Placentia Constable
Earl G. Glenn, Santa Ana Postman/Record-Breaking Cyclist
Arnold F. Peek, Santa Ana Butcher
William A. Culp, Brea Schools Board of Trustees President
Harry E. Inskeep, Fullerton Justice of the Peace
Arthur E. Koepsel, Chair of the OC Republican Party Central Committee
Frederick Bastady, Buena Park Citrus Rancher/School Board Member
Charles C. Kinsler, Brea Fire Chief/Clerk/School Board Member/Pioneer
Alvin L. Hitchcock, Orange County Chief Deputy Clerk
George W. Cullen, Brea Schools Clerk
Walter S. Gregg, County Statistician/Aid Commissioner
Forrest Hurst and Ben Blanchard, Brea Councilmembers
Evrit S. Boice, La Habra's First Mayor
Morris W. Martenet, Jr., Anaheim Councilmember, Owner of Martenet Hardware
William F. Espolt, Jr., La Habra Banker/Citrus Grower
Perry Woodward, Deputy County Assessor, Failed Supervisorial Candidate
George Annin, Fullerton Police Officer, Councilmember
Harry E. Becker, Mayor of Brea
Francis Allen Kidder, Santa Ana Father and Son
Leslie C. Rogers, Santa Ana City Marshal
Earl Sechrist and Burton Young, Brea and Yorba Linda Ministers
Rollin Marsden and Roy Davis, Fullerton Councilmembers
William French, Fullerton's First Deputy Police Officer
Rudolph Kroener, Co-Owner of Former Gas Station that's Now Orange's Filling Station
William E. Fanning, Brea Schools Pioneer, Namesake of Fanning Elementary
Jesse L. Hunter, San Juan Capistrano Innkeeper, Owner of Mexican Restaurant
John A. Leuzinger, Brea Mayor, Founder of Brea Electric
Newton E. Wray, SanTana Rancher, Failed City Council Candidate
Samuel F. Hilgenfeld, Buena Park Minister, Founder of Anaheim's Hilgenfeld Mortuary
Elmer E. Heidt, OC's First Scout Executive for Orange County Boy Scouts Council
James W. Newell, Fullerton-area Miner/Mason
Garland C. Ross, Santa Ana dentist, batted against Walter Johnson
Ferris F. Kelley, San Juan Capistrano Postmaster
Clyde Fairbairn, Longtime Olive resident/nice guy
Charles McClure, Brea's first police chief
John F. Pieper, Tustin feed-store owner, councilmember
William Starbuck, Fullerton school trustee, druggist
Hoyt Corbit, Yorba Linda pioneer, fan of Richard Nixon
Lucien Proud, La Habra mayor/school trustee
Albert Hetebrink, Fullerton rancher
Henry W. Head, Orange County godfather
Dr. Roy S. Horton and Marshall Keeler, Santa Ana Unified trustees
Sam Jernigan and Jesse Elliott, Orange County sheriffs
Herman Hiltscher, Fullerton bureacrat
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Comic-Con 2010: Robert Rodriguez Shows Off His 'Machete' (Plus Trailer)
Eschewing the familiar convention hall cast panel, Robert Rodriguez instead chose to promote his upcoming film "Machete" by filling a nearby parking lot with lowriders and custom Harley motorcycles from local San Diego bike and car clubs. The "Desperado" director then continued his street side fiesta by serving carne asada tacos out of a lunch truck to amused industry guests and members of the press. He was ably assisted by "Machete" co-stars Danny Trejo and Michelle Rodriguez.
The three later joined the press for a roundtable interview and fielded questions that ranged from the portrayal of Latinos in film to immigration policy.
Michelle Rodriguez, who plays taco truck lady Luz, seemed to be the most at ease, and she made thoughtful remarks about the role of film art and why the entertainment industry doesn't need to be political.


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How long did it take you for your period to return? My son was born in September and thought I had one in January but not so sure since I haven't had another one since.
it was a good 3 months for me... not sure why but I guess just the way the body adjusts for each individual!
My son is 10 months and I have had a could instances of like a pink mucus, but that's it. I'm kind of wondering the same thing. I have the IUD and no symptoms of being pregnant again. But no period yet. Not that I really miss it ;)
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Not sure if this is actually the place to post about this book. However, since it was very inspiring I thought I would take a chance. This book is now a movie. I haven't seen the movie however, the book is great. The book is a bunch of diary entries from about 150 students who started out in the reject freshman english class and became the Senior class that everyone was inspired from. The teacher inspired this students and gave them the encouragment and love that they need to succeed in life.
The diary entries are very harsh and very detailed. All I can say is have a box of tissues next to you.


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LOS ANGELES (CBS) BP is trending across social networks because today is the anniversary of BP's Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico.
To date, it is the nation's most devastating environmental disaster. Social media in the form of tweet donations, pictures and even a live stream of the massive leak quickly captured the attention of the world in real-time.
While most of the world turned to social media to express its outrage and helplessness in face of the unfolding live tragedy, one man took a different approach and the Twitter account, @BPGlobalPR was born. The parody feed acting as official BP representatives immediately caught the attention of the web for its Daily Show-esque comments mocking their real PR efforts--or lack thereof.
He quickly gained over 100,000 Twitter followers. The man behind the tweets even remained anonymous throughout the buzz, revealing himself only in October as 26-year old Josh Simpson, a former Funny or Die employee.
A year later, it seems the online conversation leading up to the anniversary has reflected the general attitude toward the disaster--it's been largely out of mind. Even @BPGlobalPR has stopped tweeting as frequently (his last tweet was on March 25th) about the ongoing catastrophe and when he does, social media fatigue has resulted in the account losing followers.
I caught up with Simpson-- who also caught the attention of the Conan O'Brien staff and is now working in digital for Team Coco-- at our What's Trending studios.
"I think we kind of tapped into something that people were already feeling, just a frustration they didn't know how to express," he told me. "We said what people were thinking. I tapped into people's anger at BP, how they were handling the situation. I think it's partially that our tweets were funny, and I think partially, I mean i didn't even know what it was, it was kind of a new thing."
While the account and Simpson became a fixture for the story on the social media circuit and even on TV, he has seen a shift in interest and attention. "I think we did reach a point...where people got sick of hearing about it, which is really unfortunate...it came to the point where when I'd tweet, I'd lose followers."Why has the hype subsided and can social media movements like his actual create impact on real world disasters and corporate responsibility?
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Andrei Baklanov: "We must strengthen anti-terrorist cooperation with Turkey"
Yesterday, during the opening of photo exhibition in Ankara, Russian Ambassador to Turkey Andrey Karlov was killed by shot in the back. Both Moscow and Ankara have condemned this act of international terrorism, stressing that they will strengthen cooperation in the fight against terror. Deputy chairman of the Association of Russian Diplomats Andrei Baklanov discussed causes and effects of the first assassination of ambassador in the history of modern Russia in an interview with Vestnik Kavkaza.
- Who will benefit from this terrible crime?
- I think the fact that this attack was prepared and carried out yesterday is no coincidence: this large-scale event is associated with new developments in Russian-Turkish relations in terms of talks on Syria and fight against terrorism. It is known that Turkish side has provided some assistance, worked with us to overcome difficult situation in Aleppo. In addition, right now the possibility of replacing negotiating platforms on Syria that existed in previous 3-4 years is being considered, since they did not work as planned, giving rise to attempts of some Syrian groups to usurp the peace talks format. Now, as I understand it, we will try to create a new format, perhaps in Astana, as President Putin proposed, and there is a very significant role of Turkey here, too.
In this connection, I believe that this terrorist act was planned to cause a discord between Russia and Turkey, since it will prevent further rapprochement of the two countries. This rapprochement is extremely disturbing for the international terrorism because it can lead to significant changes in both operational situation in the region and in the fight against terrorism in general. If we cooperate with Turkey and they will put aside their rather ambiguous position, which existed in the last 2-3 years, there will be a qualitatively new situation, much more favorable for us and less favorable for militants. That is why this crime was carried out: to prevent strengthening of Russian-Turkish anti-terrorist front.
- How will it affect relations between Russia and Turkey?
- I think we must act exactly opposite to criminal plans of organizers of this terrorist act. They wanted us to fight and stop cooperation on the anti-terrorist front, which means that despite such bloody incidents, it is necessary to act based on our national interests, interests of the fight against international terrorism, and strengthen anti-terrorist cooperation where it is possible, including with Turkey.
- How will Moscow react on the first assassination of ambassador in the history of modern Russia?
- We must carry out a thorough investigation. This is just a discussion, we need investigation, which would be based on facts, and then we must punish all guilty for this crime. At the same time, it is necessary to improve in other directions: strengthen physical and others securities of our diplomatic missions. It is necessary to analyze whether we are doing everything in order to constantly be on guard organizationally, technically and morally. It is necessary to additionally work with our foreign teams, and most importantly - prevent such acts of terrorism, which requires national efforts, hard work on organization of cooperation between all countries where it can be useful.
Terrorist threat continues to grow in recent years, up to the creation of Daesh terrorist group (banned in Russia), which is completely beyond belief. No one could imagine this even in wartime, that a time will come when medieval bandit state will be established in the territory of two independent states. It shows helplessness of the international community, it is a shame for all of us and it can't be tolerated. But in order to fight against it we must resume cooperation through the Security Council, at least at a minimum level, with the adoption of coordinated, competent decisions.
We had this cooperation in the early 2000s, we had joint working groups with largest western countries and a number of Middle Eastern countries. But then, unfortunately, around 2010-2012, these working groups basically stopped their work and our cooperation on the anti-terrorist front disappeared altogether, Russia is no longer part of the G8. But this policy does not correspond to current historical moment. Moreover, we can say that all kinds of sanctions and pressure on us, imposed by the West, helps terrorists and is a continuation of terrorist activity - it's just another side of it. It must end. Europe should elect leaders of new generation, who would look at the situation more soberly.
How can we discuss anything with Merkel, if she continues to sing this irresponsible song of sanctions? I think we must gradually change our relation to this kind of political dinosaurs, turn away from them. Our position towards this kind of people and their policy must be more strict, since they hinder the fight against terrorism and the lives of their own countries, because they lead them from one disaster to another.
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TS ECET Web Counseling 2015: The Telangana State Council of Higher Education has conducted Telangana Engineering Common Entrance Test. The TS ECET is conducted by the Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad on behalf of TSCHE. A huge number of candidates have applied for the exam.
The results are declared on 30-05-2015 on their official website. The TS ECET exam is conducted on 21-05-2015. The candidates those who have written the exam and waiting for the results can check the results from the official website. The web counseling will be done shortly after the results are declared.
JNTUH will commence ECET-2015 counselling from 4th to 6th July 2015 and web options from 6th to 8th Jul 2015. These candidates can check Telangana ECET 2015 Counselling Dates through official website at below given link.
JNTUH will commence ECET-2015 counselling from 4th to 6th July 2015 and web options from 6th to 8th Jul 2015. These candidates can check Telangana ECET 2015 Counselling Dates through official website at below given link.
The TS ECET exam is conducted for the Diploma holders of Engineering or Technology or Pharmacy and B.Sc Graduates with Mathematics. The candidates who want to get admission into second year of B.E, B.Tech, B.Pharmacy courses offered by AICTE or PCI approved institutions. The candidates can get admissions into both private and University colleges of Telangana.
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Telangana ECET 2015 Web Counselling Procedure
The students who are qualified in ECET examination can only appear for the web counseling. The disqualified students will not get chance to appear for the counseling. The candidates will be able to check their results only in the online mode from their official website.
This year there is a tough competition for the students, so those who got higher marks will be known once the results are declared. The candidates those who have written the exams and anxiously waiting for their results can check their results from the official website.
Required Documents for TS ECET Certificate Verification 2015:
- ECET 2015 Hall Ticket
- ECET Rank Card
- SSC/Intermediate or Equivalent Marks Memo
- Bonafide Certificate from 3rd to 10th Class and Inter (10+2)
- Cast Certificate of SC/ST/BC/Minorities (If Applicable).
- Income Certificate.
- PH/NCC/CAP/Sports and Games Certificate (If Applicable).
- Transfer Certificate (TC)
The persons can check their results in the official website after entering their registration number and hall ticket number. The candidates who have known their ECET results and ranks and are waiting for their Counseling dates will shortly face their web Counseling. At the time of counseling the candidates need to produce their study documents, rank cards, ECET hall ticket. The verification of documents will be done at time of counseling. The candidates will be given options to choose their colleges and the universities based on their score or the rank they got.
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United Way does not sell or share donor information for mailing lists, solicitations, or any other purpose. While we proudly list the names of Leadership Givers in some materials, donors are given an option at the point they make their pledges to remain anonymous if they wish.
We understand that in this age of fast information sharing, it is more important than ever to protect information we may receive about our donors and people who are receiving help.


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What is JotForm?
JotForm is a free online form builder which helps you create online forms without writing a single line of code. No sign-up required.
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Preview Form - no options to view on mobile devicesAsked by Ralf_CT on February 20, 2017 at 03:34 AM
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You can open the advanced Form Designer Tool to use the preview options available on different screen/display sizes.
1. First, click the "Form Designer" icon:
2. Scroll down and you should be able to see the button "Advanced Form Designer".
3. Clicking that option will open the full Designer Tool where you can have access on the different screen display size when previewing.
I hope that helps.
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With LinkedIn plugin you can add Share & Follow buttons, and five widgets:
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Golden Mushroom Tempeh
Recipe by Nikoma
When I was a kid my Mother used to make a recipe useing pork chops and campbell's golden mushroom soup. After a little playing around I came up with this very simple vegetized version of it that I'm very happy with! You can use any vegetarian golden mushroom soup (or non veggies can use campbell's) I make it with Golden Mushroom Soup.
Top Review by cca_stevens
Fabulous Vegetarian Recipe!!! Vegetarians can use Campbells Mushroom Soup too, but not vegans. I added sliced potatoes and fresh shitake mushrooms for a twist!
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Ingredients Nutrition
- 8 ounces soy tempeh
- 2 cups vegetarian condensed golden mushroom soup (I recommend Golden Mushroom Soup )
- 1⁄2-1 tablespoon butter
- salt
- pepper
Directions See How It's Made
- Steam your tempeh for about 20 minutes, then set aside in refrigerator until later. ( I like to completely cool my tempeh after steaming for things like this, I find it makes the tempeh less crumbly).
- When tempeh is cool slice into 1/4 - 1/2 inch pieces.
- Melt butter in large skillet and brown tempeh on both sides.
- Remove tempeh to a plate and add soup to skillet (if useing condensed soup measure after adding any necessary water).
- Heat to a low simmer.
- Now place your tempeh slices back in the pan and let simmer over low heat for about 5 minutes.
- Flip them and let simmer another 3-5 minutes. The soup should thicken up slightly.
- I like to eat this with a salad and some good crusty bread :O).


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The Deciduous Forest
Have you ever wondered what the Deciduous Forest was? Well stay here and I will tell you about it. With this tackk, you will learn about the climate, plants, animals, interesting facts, and how to survive in the Deciduous Forest.
The Climate
The average temperature is about 50 degrees. The average amount of rainfall per year is about 30-60 inches. The temperature is actually pretty warm, if you ask me. The climate might be perfect for hikers!
The Plants
There are beautiful pictures around the world, like roses, lilies, and tulips. But, what are some of the plants that live in the Deciduous Forest? Plants like lichen, moss, ferns, wildflowers, shrubs, and trees live in the Deciduous Forest. The pictures below are some of the plants. (Lichen, Ferns, and Wildflowers.)
Animals live all around the Earth. Ranging from cats, dogs, frogs, horses, birds...etc. But, have you ever wondered what kinds of animals live in the Deciduous Forest? Animals like Hawks, owls, cardinals, woodpeckers, deer, raccoon, opossum, porcupines, and foxes. The pictures below will show you some of the animals. (Foxes and Deer.)
Interesting Facts
The forest is located between the polar regions and the tropics. Because of this, the temperature is hot in the summer and cold in the winter.
The word "Deciduous," means, "falling off at maturity" or "tending to fall off."
How to survive
If you are lost in the Deciduous Forest, or any kinds of forests, then you need to know how to survive, build a shelter, build a fire and how to find food/water.
If I was lost, I would always try to head north. Usually, heading north leads to a clearing. When I am in the clearing, I stop, and try to see if I can hear any signs of people or a highway. If I do, I'll go towards the sound.
But, If I don't and it is getting dark, I would try to start a fire by rubbing two sticks together. When the fire is started, I would build a shelter out of Sticks and pines from pine trees. When I am finished, I will gather water. To gather water, tie a bag to a pine tree branch. and wait. Soon, you'll have fresh water.
If you don't have a bag, you can dig a hole. If you dig deep enough, you'll reach water.
To get food, you can eat certain plants, like honeysuckles, chicory, and asparagus. The picture below is a honeysuckle.


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obit: Leona Balzer Lyons
Leona Balzer Lyons
March 16, 1931 - May 2, 2013
Leona Balzer Lyons, 82, of Columbus,TX passed away on May 2, 2013 in Lakeway, TX.
She was born on March 16, 1931 to George and Henrietta (Schwegmann) Hattermann in Weimar, TX. Leona worked as a Licensed Insurance Agent & Bookkeeper for Drymalla Construction & Texas Lumber and Construction.
She was a member of Ladies Auxiliary V.F.W. Post 6113 and the Ladies Auxiliary American Legion Post 383 in Columbus, TX.
Leona is survived by her daughter, Carolyn Barten and husband John Howard of Austin, TX, step-son, Wilbur "Will" Lyons and wife Margaret of Italy, TX and their daughter Annalee Phillips, brother, Leon Hattermann and wife Alice of Borden, TX, nieces, Janet Mandeville, Sharon Eckert, and Cindy Cooper.
She was preceded in death by first husband, Arnold Balzer, second husband, Wilbur Clyde Lyons, father, George R. Hattermann, and mother, Henrietta Schwegmann Hattermann.
Visitation will be held Sunday, May 05, 2013 from 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm at Henneke Funeral Home, Columbus, TX.and Monday, May 06, 2013 from 9:00 am to 10:00 am at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Columbus, TX. Funeral services will be held on Monday, May 6, 2013, 10:00 am at St. Paul Lutheran Church, Columbus, TX. Burial will take place in the Odd Fellows Rest Cemetery in Columbus, TX.
Memorials are suggested to the Susan G. Koman Atten: Donor Services, P.O. Box 650309, Dallas, TX 75265-0309, or St. Paul Lutheran Church, P.O. Box 267, Columbus, TX 78934.
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1st grade reading/writing
R.L.1.1 and R.I.1.1 Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
Students use their questioning skills to write questions and answers in their journal as they do independent reading. After I preview their work they then create a short comic where the characters will be asking and answering the questions that the student came up with.
Positives-Most students were asking great questions and they put a lot more thought into the quality of their questions when they knew they would be using them to create a comic.
Things to improve-We talked a lot about asking good questions but didn't talk as much about finding answers. I ended up needing to do a mini-lesson on why "just because" was not an acceptable answer. We talked about how we needed details in our answers so that whoever reads our comic strips will have a good visual in their head.


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In his first TV interview on the topic, former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke told CNN's Michael Smerconish that Rep. Steve Scalise may have attended a gathering of a white supremacist group that he founded. The controversy surrounding Scalise's appearance has sparked calls for the No. 3-ranking House Republican to resign from his role as Majority Whip.
"I've got conflicting reports," Duke said on today's Smerconish. "One person said that he was a no-show, that he was scheduled to come — one person said that he did come. I just don't know what the truth is." Duke added that "it seems that Mr. Scalise thinks he may have. That's why he's — he's covering himself."
In the sit-down interview, Duke also threatened to "name names" of lawmakers with whom he's "had relationships" if they continue to attack the Louisiana Republican."I would name names of any Democrat — and I know some Democrats and Republicans in the House of Representatives — who tried, in fact urged me, to support them, legally, in fact I did," he said.
"I was not his supporter, he was not my supporter. I did not contribute to him, he did not contribute to me, okay?" Duke continued when pressed by Smerconish. "He was not a member of my organization — he was an early young representative who just got elected in Louisiana, and he was pushing a tax program, and he was coming to constituents. And again, I believe that every elected official has a responsibility to hear out people who are right wing, left wing."


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Then what would he miss... as da girl won't miss?
What is the difference between marrying a virgin girl and a girl with multiple past partners? If a virgin boy marries da second type of a girl?
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He wouldn't miss much
A lot of cultures just put a lot of emphasis on it for different reasons.
Sex creates certain types of bonds with people, it's said that when you lose your virginty to someone it creates a strong bond. Likewise there's a joke about when a boy "non virgin" takes a girls virginity, he won't be able to get rid of her. Because of the emotional attachment; bond that comes with sex especially with virgins. So you lose out on that because she already gave it someone else. But there will no doubt still be a bond.
Some people also worry with a virgin marrying a non virgin. The mom virgin will possibly seek more experienced partners if the virgin cannot sexually suffice to what she's used to. So that's pressure on the boy to perform but of course practice makes perfect.
Others just like the idea of purity and knowing he/she hasn't slept around too much. Which can be shameful. Me personally I'm a virgin but I doubt I will marry a virgin and his sexual past wouldn't bother me much unless it was severe like several people. Ex a guy whose slept with 1-2 people compared to one whose been with 20-30. I would reject guy two, not because of his virginty status but because he just easily gave it away to so many.
I personally have a friend now from college. She graduated with around 30 sexual partners. She was surprised that majority of people only had 1-2 and thus began to lie about it. So the shame factor is real. One guy even dumped her because he found out the truth later.20|20|0
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But I'm still modern ^_^
I party and drink occasionally, I just don't have sex.
Can you handle that
But agree people with no to few partners is best
For you especially if you have strict culture :)
Yes Can handle... enjoying is not bad but it should not hamper others life... N my friends also drink and party... but stil I stay wid them... but crossing limits (virginity)... I won't b able to
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What's "da" stand for?
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Daniel Hering
Jörg Strackbein
Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB), Berlin - Germany
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The third and deciding Test between the touring West Indies and the hosts Sri Lanka got off to a delayed start due to rain. Beginning two hours late, the Windies won the toss and opted to bat. But Chris Gayle, who has been in good knick through the series, was out for a first-ball duck when Suranga Lakmal got him plumb in front, first ball.
Then one-down batsmen Darren Bravo steadied the tourists' nerves by powering a couple of fours in the 4th over. He and the surviving opener Devon Smith negotiated the Lankan bowling, which included the spinners - Ajantha Mendis and Tillakaratne Dilshan - well through the first hour and took their side into lunch at 45/1.
After lunch, the batting pair continued in the same vein with shades of aggressiveness from Bravo showing through. In the 19th over, he was especially severe on pacer Angelo Mathews, dispatching him for two boundaries, one to midwicket and one through the covers. But rain played spoiltsport yet again with a thick drizzle keeping the players off and the covers on, for over two hours in the afternoon.
After the pouring interlude, Bravo got right back into the swing of things, taking pace bowler Dilhara Fernando for two consecutive fours in the 26th over. With the second shot, Bravo moved to his fifty. Then Smith joined the fun, smacking Mendis for a four in the next over. Shortly after the Windies crossed the 100-run-mark, he notched up his own half-century in the 31st over.
In the following over, the umpire decision review system came into play when Sri Lanka referred a Fernando caught-behind appeal against Bravo. But with replays being inconclusive, the appeal was rejected and Bravo survived. But there was trouble at the other end in the next over when Mendis got Smith bowled for 55.
Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Bravo were just in process of building a little partnership when this time, bad light stopped play with severe overcast conditions looming over the venue. The players had to walk off the field with the score at 134/2 in 40 overs. That was the final score of the day with play being called off. The Lankans will probably feel that the Windies have a slight edge over them, but with two important wickets in the bag, it might be advantage Lanka.