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The Sheriff is required by Florida Statute to serve any legal process originating from the Supreme Courts, Circuit Courts, County Courts, local governmental code enforcement boards and other governmental agencies. The Sheriff is also required to serve other processes directed to him. This task is accomplished by the Court Process Section.
The Court Process Section also serves non-enforceable papers issued out of courts other than the state of Florida. However, the authority is limited to service of process only and does not permit the Sheriff to take any action against personal property, real property, or persons, even though directed to do so by the out of state court. Out of state process will be served in accordance with Florida Statutes.
For information concerning the service of process:
You may contact the Court Process Section at 863.534.6202 or visit the public window during regular business hours Monday through Friday 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Our mailing and physical address:
The Court Process Section will accept documents by mail with the appropriate service fee included. Please include a self-addressed, stamped envelope for a Return of Service to be sent to you.
Court Process Fees for Service
The fee for service of process is set by Florida Statute 30.231 and is due upon request of service. This fee is non-refundable. All checks must be made payable to the Polk County Sheriff's Office.
If authorized to pay your Court Process fees online, click here.
Notices, Subpoenas, Summons, Writs of Garnishment
$40.00 for each person or entity served
Writs of Possession, Replevin and all other types of writs
$90.00 for each person or entity served
Note: A standby fee of $30.00 per hour per deputy will be assessed after the writ is enforced if the plaintiff requests a deputy to remain at the location beyond the enforcement.
Real Property
$2,500 cost deposit
Personal Property (Vehicles, Boats, Motorcycles, etc.)
$5,000 cost deposit and up. (Amount of deposit is based upon type of property and cost of moving and storage)
Large volume of property, such as heavy equipment, warehouse inventory, etc., contact the Court Process Section at 863.534.6202 prior to forwarding instructions for levy to obtain the cost deposit.
NOTE: A standby fee or inventory fee is required after the first hour on a levy. The fee is $30.00 per hour per deputy.
Advanced cost deposit is required prior to levying upon real or personal property. The above deposits are an estimate of the anticipated costs. If the actual cost to levy exceeds the cost deposit the additional monies must be paid immediately upon request.
If you have questions regarding a levy, please contact the Court Process Section at 863.534.6202 during normal business hours.


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I love it when our readers contacts us for more information! That is what we are about here! Sharing information, having conversation, making adventures possible simply by creating more ideas for HOW to make it happen! Recently my friend Amelia from Tales of a Mountain Mama and I got to field some questions regarding backpacking with kids. Our discussion is as follows:
Hello, I stumbled across your website during my ongoing exhaustive search for backpacking gear for young children. I agree quality gear is justified but there isn't a lot of viable items out there and I was hoping you might suggest any options you know of. Especially bags, packs, and pads.
I have a history of camping, backpacking, climbing, skiing, canoeing, and etc. Since the kids were born we have transitioned to the dark side: car camping. My (petite) daughters are about to be 7 and 9. Over the last 2 years they have enjoyed extended day long hikes and canoe trips. I believe they have reached a viable age to begin overnight trips. I have a handle on the logistics for a first overnight canoe trip.
In prep for a first overnight backpacking trip I have considered what I would like them to carry and worked backwards from the weight I think they should carry and most gear doesn't add up. They need ultralight technical gear proportional to their tiny bodies. I may have found a very few options for packs but fewer still for bags. None in the USA.
With a little water and snacks and maybe a few articles of light clothing they are at their weight limit which I am estimating to be 5-10 lbs. And it has to fit in a tiny pack. The objective is to reduce the weight and bulk I carry but more to let them be involved. I will carry food, shelter, stove, mess, etc…
Dear Fred,
I so get your issue! Honestly, most Americans don't backpack with their kids unless it is Boy Scouts and then they only make specific gear for teens.
Most people think we are psycho when I even ask for ideas… We are in the same boat and started doing overnight trips with our kids two summers ago, ages 3, 5, 7 at the time. This last summer was awesome as we nailed down some gear. And for the most part it is an on-going journey, starting small and hoping for longer trips soon.
First, check out our site, I've detailed much of our suggestions:
Our oldest daughter is petite as well, she is 8 and barely hitting 50 lbs. We've found two packs that work great: the Deuter Climber, And the Teton Sports Summit 1500, an adult day pack that adjusts small enough for my 6 and 8-year-old. The detailed reviews are on our site.
We stay in the 5-10 lb. range with light/ less bulky gear, two in specific: Big Agnes insulated core pad (light, small, warm) and backcountry quilts by Enlightened Equipment. Let me know if you want more info. I'll be honest, they aren't cheap. But if bought strategically could last until they are adults or teens.
In addition, while the Deuter Climber is "thin"or narrow, it isn't overly so. This last summer my daughter wore it with her Enlightened Equipment backcountry quilt stuffed in the bottom (no compression sac, we remove them to save on weight and stuff our quilts/sleeping bags, minus any sort of stuff sac, in the bottom of our packs and pack around them. All the packs are lined with a garbage compactor bag for water resistance.
On top of that she had her clothing and small stuffed animal. In the side pocket she had a MSR insulated mug with spork stowed inside, this was used for both drinking and meals. (She could have carrier her camping pad, room wise, but I wanted to make sure she wasn't overloaded.)
When we used the Deuter youth sleeping bags on a previous trip we couldn't fit almost anything else in the kid's bags.
Last summer the camping pads, tent parts and water were all on mom and dad. My daughter did have a water bottle, but it was empty and just for water storage after we reached camp.
And yes, dad's pack was probably around 60 lbs… but mine was around 40 lbs. We also have one more kid than you…
I hope this helps, let's keep the conversation going!
What are your tips for finding the right back pack for your young kids venturing on overnight trips?

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Well it seems our area of the country is quickly turning into the Super Storm capital of the world.
Apparently our local weather station has been naming snow storms for a number of years. They are calling this one Charlotte.
Recently the National Weather Center began naming winter storms as well, they're calling this one Nemo.
I'm calling it Charmo.
No matter what it's called, we're having a blizzard.
It started about mid-morning yesterday and our Governor was requesting people stay off the roads, since I work literally five-minute from work, I stayed for half a day. Then went home to get the dogs out for a walk.
We had just entered the park when I saw movement up the hill and to my right. It was a herd of deer. The dogs were easily redirected although they were definitely searching for something.
What does that smell like to you?
I love pictures of Delilah in the snow, she is so beautiful against the white background. (Is it just me or does her nose look crooked?)
So that's what a blizzard wind feels like.
The snow melts on the dog's fur, but not on mine.
All walked and happy, we went back to the house and are all hunkered down waiting for the blizzard to pass.
Are you in Charmo's path? Did you get a chance to walk before the storm or are you playing indoor games?


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Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel says he and President Barack Obama had "no major differences" that led to Hagel's resignation.
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel says he and President Barack Obama had "no major differences" that led to Hagel's resignation.
Against an Oklahoma-based company claiming it and other natural gas companies gouged two Kansas plaintiffs is headed for the U.S. Supreme Co…
President Barack Obama plans to announce his pick Friday to lead the Pentagon amid the threat from Islamic State militants in Syria and Iraq…
Navy Secretary Ray Mabus and Master Chief Petty Officer Michael Stevens made the announcement Thursday in a statement.
Despite a projected multimillion shortfall in the state's budget.
A market analyst is warning Kansas ranchers not to get too comfortable with the record high cattle prices they have been enjoying recently.
A judge is issuing an arrest warrant for a 77-year-old Utah man who police say was sunbathing nude in his backyard next to a church parking …
Ticket prices and their availability will be announced early in the spring semester.
National Urban League President Marc Morial said the lack of an indictment in the death of Eric Garner was "a travesty of justice."
Mickey is getting into math — and science, art, reading and even teaching social skills.
Oh yeah, and she smoked pot onstage.
Two separate car bomb attacks at a group of restaurants and a market on Thursday killed 18 people in Baghdad, said Iraqi officials.
His doctor described the boy's recovery as "a miracle."
NASA's new Orion spacecraft will have to wait another day to fly.
James Bond is back, in a new film with a retro title that evokes the series' past.
Sixty people have been brought into the emergency room at Salina Regional Health Center in the past six weeks.
Are they a shopper's best friend or another pesky Big Brother monitoring our every move?
The cellphone video of the last moments of Eric Garner's life was watched millions of times on the Internet.
Washington state teacher acknowledged ordering an 8-year-old student to unclog a toilet with his bare hands.
Kansas Senate Vice President Jeff King has hired an aide to a House leader to be his new chief of staff.
Though it may sound like one, this is no joke: Two miniature horses trotted into a hospital.
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by Ethan A. Huff, staff writer
(NaturalNews) By now, most everyone is aware of the massive and devastating 8.9 earthquake that recently hit off the east coast city of Honshu, Japan, and the monstrous tsunami that followed. Combined with continuing aftershocks and several other earthquake incidents that occurred both before and after what has been dubbed the biggest earthquake to hit Japan in recorded history, much of the nation has been left in ruin. Homes and businesses have been leveled, and many people are missing, injured, or dead. These people need our help, and if you feel compelled to help support emergency aid efforts in Japan, NaturalNews has a few trustworthy options you may want to consider.
The Buddhist Tzu Chi Foundation, a credible organization to which NaturalNews has made numerous donations on previous occasions, has set up a relief center in response to the disaster (http://tw.tzuchi.org/en/index.php?o…). The center is providing victims with hot food, snacks, internet access to contact their loved ones, and a place to rest or sleep. To make a financial donation to the Tzu Chi Foundation, visit:
The Salvation Army in Japan has also sent a team to the most damaged city of Sendai to provide basic necessities for victims there, and to assess the situation to see what else they can do to help. This group has long been on the ground around the world providing relief for those in need. You can donate to the Salvation Army efforts by visiting:
As far as the current situation, crews are still rummaging through the wreckage near the areas hit hardest by the disaster in order to assess the full extent of the damage. Tens of thousands of people have been reported missing, thousands of others have been found dead, and the overall destruction is immense. The Boston Globe says that roughly 9,500 people from the town of Minamisanriku, which represents roughly half of the town's total population, are missing (http://www.boston.com/news/source/2…). Another report from CNN states that more than 5.1 million homes are without power, and the Japanese Defense Ministry has deployed 190 aircraft and 25 ships to aid in relief efforts (http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/03/1…).
You can read a full report of the events surrounding the earthquake and tsunami by visiting:


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Friends: Ashley Tisdale, Zac Efron, Vanessa Hudgens, Lucas Grabeel
First Movie: Family Tree (1999, as main role) Soldier (1998, appearance)
TV: guest appearances on ER, Malcom in the Middle, Hannah Montanta
Films: High School Musical 1, 2, 3, Jump In!, Flight 29 Down, The Secret of the Magic Gourd, Catch That Kid, Family Tree. (This year he'll be in Free Style)
Music: Another Side (2007), Speed of Light (2009)
Pet Projects: St. Jude's Children's Hospital, Starlight Starbright and the Make-a-Wish
Favorite Movies: Chicago (2002) and The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975).
Favorite actresses: Jennifer Garner and Angelina Jolie.
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This Month's Contents
- Ask The Doctor
- Open Medicine Institute considers Ampligen, rituximab
- Six Month Disability Follow-Ups Recommended
- $50 Bonus for Referring to HHC!
- CFS/ME/FM Treatment Website
- A New Imaging Technique Reveals Brain Wiring
- Having Trouble Getting or Affording Health Insurance?
Ask The Doctor
PWCs often want to ask general questions about CFS/ME or FM. Now there is an easy way to do that – the "Ask The Doctor" blog on the drlapp.com website. Just navigate to drlapp.com, then click on the "Ask The Doctor" button, and then POST your question! It's that easy. Dr.Lapp or Dr. Black will then reply to your query. You can also sign up for an RSS feed on that page so that you will receive all new posting promptly.
Open Medicine Institute
In 2011 several CFS/ME/FM specialists joined together to form a cooperative institute. The goal of the institute is to improve communication among members by meeting regularly and using shared Electronic Medical Records; and to perform CFS/ME/FM research as a group. Group members include the Hunter-Hopkins Center, Dr. Dan Peterson, Dr. Lucinda Bateman, Dr. Richard Podell, and Dr. Andy Kogelnik. OMI already has a study contract with the Centers for Disease Control (see http://drlapp.com/news/me-letter-december-2011 ), and the group is meeting this June in New York City to formulate plans for 2012.
A recent YouTube program that touched on some of our activities can be found at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbvmLXiZJ9w
In this episode of ME/CFS Alert, Llewellyn King interviews Dr. Kogelnik. They briefly discuss the Institute, Ampligen, and an international, multi-center Rituximab trial being proposed by the
Institute and its collaborators.
Six Month Disability Follow-Ups Recommended
Attorney Lynn Bishop recently pointed out that one of the major mistakes made by persons on disability is to not maintain regular visits with their supporting physician. Social Security and most private disability policies require continuing medical follow-up with your advocating physician, which is generally interpreted as meaning at least every 6 months. Disabled persons who do not follow-up regularly risk immediate cancellation of their disability. Recognizing that such medical appointments are difficult for PWCs, Hunter-Hopkins has always encouraged one annual visit and one or two telecom visits. The annual visit includes a comprehensive physical exam, interval history, and necessary lab studies; telecom visits are usually accomplished by telephone, but can also be accomplished on Skype.
$50 Referral Bonus!
As of this newsletter Hunter-Hopkins is instituting a new Referral Bonus Program. Patients can earn $50 in credit toward their next HHC consultation when someone they refer has an initial office visit in Charlotte! Many of our referrals come from you – the friends and clients of HHC – and this is one way that we can say "thanks for your confidence in us!" So if you refer someone to us for an Initial Office Visit, be sure they "drop your name" at the registration desk!
CFS/ME/FM Treatment Website
Many PWCs are unable to find a specialist, nevertheless travel for management of CFS/ME/FM. For that reason Dr. Lapp teamed with Dr. Bruce Campbell to produce a self-help website. One year ago Lapp and Campbell launched www.TreatCFSFM.org to provide step-by-step evaluation and management of CFS/ME and FM. The site has been immensely popular, logging about 8000 visits in the first full month of operation. Dr. Campbell emailed me to report that about 70,000 individuals have visited the site in 2011
A New Imaging Technique Reveals Brain Wiring
The NIH has just described a new brain imaging technique called DSI that displays the brain as a 3D structure composed of criss-crossing network connections. Connections in the brain turn out to be more like flat multi-wire computer ribbon cables than random individual connections.
"Getting a high resolution wiring diagram of our brains is a landmark in human neuroanatomy," said NIMH Director Thomas R. Insel, M.D. "This new technology may reveal individual differences in brain connections that could aid diagnosis and treatment of brain disorders."
The new technique was described in the March 30 issue of Science, and a summary is available at www.nih.gov/news/health/mar2012/nimh-29.htm. Be sure to watch the brief video – it's amazing!
Having Trouble Getting or Affording Health Insurance?
The 2010 Patient Affordable Care Act established a new program to provide health insurance for those who have been denied insurance due to a condition such as CFS/ME or FM. The Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan (PCIP) makes health insurance available to people who have had a problem getting insurance due to a pre-existing condition. This is administered on a state-by-state basis, or by the Department of Health and Human Services. For details on eligibility the application process, go to
www.pcid.gov pcip.gov.
The DHHS has lowered insurance premiums in over 18 states through the PCIP, and many state-run high risk pools have been modified as well. More information on your state's high risk insurance plans can be found at www.healthinsurance.org/risk_pools.
Special thanks to those who contributed to this newsletter: Dr. Alison Bested, Nancy Henson, and Attorney Lynn Bishop.


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I've decided that I really like them.
They give me a chance to visit other blogs and discover new writers that I enjoy.
And they force me to write–something short and sweet, something without the emotional investment and time commitment of a novel.
Blogfests allow me to play in my WIP if I'm in the mood, by either reprinting a scene already written, or creating a side story for a minor character.
But they also give me the freedom to write about something completely different, a way to step foot into another world. And if it's a world I find intriguing once I'm in it, I may explore it more fully in future works.
So in honor of the blogfest, which in reality is a form of writing exercise, I'm going to host my first one.
In fact, I'm not only hosting one, I'm going to jump in with both feet and host TWO.
The first one is in honor of the month of September, the month when the heat of summer fades and the cool, crisp air of fall begins to creep in.
It's also the month many schools start their year after summer break (although some jump the gun and start in August).
I'm calling it:
September's Back-to-School Daze Blogfest
Your assignment?
Write a scene that takes place on a campus. It can be in a classroom, on the football field, in a locker room… (grin – but nothing explicit, please!) – just as long as the setting is on school grounds.
That's it. Keep it short – 999 words is a nice length, but if you go a LITTLE over, I won't slap your knuckles with a ruler. 🙂
AND – if you're late to class, I won't send you to the principal's office. In honor of those of us who are always tardy, I'm running the blogfest through Saturday, September 18 to give everyone a chance to contribute and time to visit all the blogs. However, you must sign up on or before the blogfest date of September 15.
Oh, and please spread the word – copy the banner at the top to paste on your blog and link back to this page so that visitors can read the other entries. I'm sure there are some GREAT school stories out there!
I also ask that you leave comments on the blogs you visit. Let the writers know their works are being read – they'll appreciate the time you take to acknowledge their efforts.
September's Back-to-School Daze Blogfest date: Wednesday, September 15, 2010.
You can sign up with the Mr. Linky thingy below.
But – before you go any further, make note of my second blogfest.
It's taking place on October 23, 2010, and is called:
October's Monster Mash Blogfest
The title should tell you all you need to know for now, so mark your calendar – I'll announce more about it as we get a little closer to the date.
That said, here's the sign-up for September's Back to School Daze Blogfest:


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White Chocolate Cherry Shortbread
- Cooking Time: 10 Minutes per Batch
- Servings: 40-60 depending on size
- Preparation Time: 40 Minues
- 1/2 Cup Maraschino Cherries (drained & finely chopped)
- 2 1/2 Cups Flour
- 1/2 Cup Sugar
- 1 Cup Cold Butter
- 12 Ounces White Chocolate-Baking Squares or Chips (Finely Chopped)
- Seperate out 2/3 Cup chopped Chocolate for the for the cookie dough
- 1 teaspoon Almond Extract
- 2 teaspoons Liquid Shortening
- White Nonpariels and / or Red Edible Glitter
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees
- Spread Cherries on paper towels to drain well
- The original recipe called for baking squares, however I have substituted white chocolate chips and chop them in my food processor.
- Cut Butter into small pieces
- Place Sugar into mixing bowl
- Using a pastry blender, slowly add the Butter until the mixture begins to resemble fine crumbs.
- Stir in drained cherries and 2/3 Cup of Chocolate
- Knead mixture until it forms a smooth ball
- Shape dough into 3/4 inch balls
- Place balls 2 inches apart on an ungreased cookie sheet
- Using the bottom of a drinking glass dipped in sugar, flatten each cookie (each cookie will now be about 1 1/2 inches around)
- Bake in a preheated oven for 10-12 minutes or until the centers are set.
- Cool for 1 minute on the baking sheet
- Transfer the cookies to a wire rack to cool completely
- In a small saucepan combine the remaining White Chocolate and Liquid Shortening.
- Cook over low heat until melted.
- Note: I personally place the White Chocolate and the Shortening in a bowl and place in the microwave for 30 seconds. Take out, stir and repeat until the White Chocolate is melted.
- Dip half of each cookie into the Chocolate, letting the excess drip off.
- If desired, dip or sprinkle the chocolate edge into nonpareils and/or edible glitter.
- Place the cookies on waxed paper until the Chocolate is set.
- Note: These cookies store at room temperature for about 3 days but freeze well for up to 3 months. I normally bake my in November for Christmas and then take them out the week before Christmas to decorate.


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I'm Linux, you're Linux, we're all Linux!
I've been a full-time Linux user since 1999. I've been an advocate for Linux and Free Software for most of that time. My advocacy efforts usually stay within my social group, or at FreeGeek Columbus, though occasionally I'll use my posts here to support the penguin. Linux, as an open source project developed by an ad-hoc group of people, often with competing agendas, has… Read More


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The 'ohana (family) of islands served by Hawaiian Airlines' fledgling subsidiary 'Ohana by Hawaiian will gain two new members in July, when the airline begins turboprop service on Maui and the island of Hawai'i. A total of three new routes will be launched, while an additional flight on the existing Honolulu-Moloka'i route will bump summertime service to four times daily between those two islands.
The announcement of expanding inter-island flights came just days before Hawaiian Airlines debuts seasonal nonstop service from Oakland to Kona and Kaua'i this weekend. The first flight to the Garden Isle departs Saturday morning, with the inaugural flight to the Big Island the following day.
The new inter-island routes will connect Kahului, Maui, with Moloka'i and both Kona and Hilo on the Big Island, beginning July 8 for Moloka'i and Kona, and July 10 for Hilo. Service will consist of one round trip a day for service from Kahului to Hilo and Moloka'i, twice daily for the Kahului-Kona route. The seasonal, extra Honolulu-Moloka'i flight begins July 8.
Operated by Empire Airlines, 'Ohana by Hawaiian began flying from Honolulu to Moloka'i and Lāna'i in March, using 48-passenger, ATR-42 aircraft. The new flights have helped replace capacity lost in April, when Island Air (now owned by Lana'i magnate Larry Ellison) stopped flying its Honolulu-Moloka'i route and Mesa Air Group ceased operations of its Go! subsidiary, which served Honolulu, Maui and Hawai'i Island.
It's kind of a last laugh for Hawaiian Airlines, which has already laughed its way to the bank, in a manner of speaking, over the havoc wreaked by Mesa on the Aloha State's airline business. As Terry Maxon noted on his Dallas Morning News aviation blog nin March, when the demise of Go! was announced:
A judge in 2007 awarded Hawaiian Airlines $90 million, plus attorney fees and interest, on Hawaiian's claims that Mesa had taken confidential information provided by Hawaiian in anticipation of a possible investment by Mesa, then used that information to create Go! to compete against Hawaiian in Hawaii. In 2008, Mesa agreed to pay Hawaiian Airlines $52.5 million to settle the lawsuit.
Mesa also tried to buy the Aloha Airlines name for Go!, but its offer was rejected in 2009 by the bankruptcy judge handling the Aloha case.
"Mesa … entered the Hawaii inter-island air market with the intention of forcing Aloha out of business and with the advantage of confidential information obtained from both Hawaiian and Aloha. Mesa attempted to conceal its misbehavior by document destruction and false statements, made under oath," the judge wrote in his decision.
In case you're wondering about the colorful design on the new 'Ohana by Hawaiian planes, Hilo-based artist Sig Zane and his son Kūha'o created it using Hawaiian Airlines' interisland route map and traditional symbols for inspiration, which resulted in three kapa patterns: "The piko (navel) represents ancestry and progeny; manu (bird), representing both a bird in flight and the prow of a canoe, the traditional form of migration; and kalo (taro), representing family," according to the Hawaiian Airlines press release.
Each of the initial turboprop aircraft were also named after a significant wind on the first islands to be served by 'Ohana by Hawaiian: Holo Kaomi of Paomaʻi, Lāna'i; Kaiāulu of Wai'anae, O'ahu; and Hikipua of Hālawa, Moloka'i.
I have yet to fly 'Ohana by Hawaiian — Mokulele, United and Hawaiian have been my carriers of late — and it's been quite a while since I've flown Island Air to Lāna'i, after what a nearly interminable wait in the spartan commuter terminal. Please share in the comments your experiences with inter-island air service, especially if you have flown 'Ohana by Hawaiian or recently on Island Air.
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Some rather exciting looking rainclouds, and a strong wind! Will we get some decent rain? Something like a biblical downpour, as promised by these clouds?
[Later:] A few spits of rain, but really nothing. Then back to sunshine again, disappointingly. We need some rain here in Los Angeles! Desperately.
To make the point more clearly, have a look at the site Climatestations.com for data on how we're doing for rain as compared to the seasonal average. It is very disturbing.
If you look at the graph from the site, last updated two days ago (click the thumbnail for larger view) you'll see that the blue line is the expected seasonal average (over the long term) while the green bars are the actual rain we've had. January should be closer to 6 or 7 inches… we barely managed an inch!


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General Hospital Spoilers: September 1-5Matt Richenthal at . Comments
There will be no new General Hospital on Monday, Labor Day. But here's what you can look forward to the rest of the week...
- Claudia comes to a conclusion about Logan's death.
- Alexis warns Jax that his heart will be broken.
- Kate finds out that Sonny and Carly made love.
- Maxie (Kirsten Storms, pictured) is the reason a mob war is about to break out.
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having a somewhat bizarre problem that i hope the knowledgeable folks here might be able to help with.
i tried to load some new music on my phone this morning, but i'm unable to see anything under the top level of the phone. e.g. i have all the directories under my phone, but all of them are reporting as empty through ubuntu. checking the filesystem on the phone, i see the content i expect.
on phone i have:
on ubuntu i have:
SAMSUNG_Android/media/<empty directory>
i can create a new directory under media, say 'temp' and i see it on my phone. unmount, remount, temp is invisible to ubuntu.
checking dmesg i am seeing the following error:
[ 313.767405] usb 2-1.3: new high speed USB device number 7 using ehci_hcd
[ 314.099858] iwlagn 0000:02:00.0: Aggregation not enabled for tid 6 because load = 6
[ 315.324946] usb 2-1.3: usbfs: USBDEVFS_CONTROL failed cmd gvfs-gphoto2-vo rqt 33 rq 102 len 0 ret -71
i'm not sure if it shoudl be mounted as a gphoto2 fs or not. it used to work, and when it did i wasn't paying attention to how it was mounted.
i think, but i'm not certain that this problem has arisen as of the latest kernel update 3.0.0-12. i'm running ubuntu 11.10. the problem is consistent across both 64bit and 32bit. i am sad to say that mounting on a windows box i'm able to see all the directories as that seems to put the problem firmly with ubuntu.


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About a month ago our family had an exchange that went something like this:
Mr.: What are you up to today?
Me: Scoop and I are going to go pick up five Farmstr chickens.
Little Helping: Are we going to kill them?
Me: (slightly taken aback) No. The farmer already did that, I'm pretty sure they will be frozen and ready to cook.
Under different circumstances I might be a little worried that my 4-year-old jumps straight from chickens to slaughter but in this context I was proud. He is learning that dinner comes from somewhere before the grocery store. I hope his question implies a respectful appreciation for life and the food chain. On the other hand, I have caught him smashing ants with rocks: learning is a process.
I think it would be wonderful to make regular visits to local farms to see where our food is grown. Last year The Little Helping and I took a trip to Three Sisters Ranch on Whidbey Island to pick up a 1/8 share of a cow. We spent several hours watching the cows and pigs that would eventually feed other customers. It was tremendously educational and we had a wonderful time but I'm grateful the journey isn't part of my regular grocery shopping routine.
Thankfully, for those in the Puget Sound Region, there is Farmstr. The moment I heard about the company I was hooked. Farmstr was developed to allow producers and consumers a way to find each other quickly without a middle step — farmers market, grocery store, etc. I'm not the only one who has embraced this sales model. Sellers are knocking on their door, the customer list is growing like spring greens. The rapid growth has caught the eye of both local and national media. Don't worry if you are not in the current market area, this is going to be big, really big.
The process in a nutshell: Producers upload an image and the details of their offering to the site then customers cruise around to see what tickles their fancy. In the mood for something sweet, you can buy honey by the jar or the gallon. If your taste is a little more exotic, head for the alpaca steaks (yes alpaca). Not ready to commit? Place a deposit on your holiday turkey or goose and you don't think about it again until November!
During previous visits to the site I have found an ever changing variety of seafood, a variety of meat from single portions to whole animals, fruit both fresh and frozen, and a new crop of seasonal vegetables seems to pop up every few weeks. So far everything I've found on Farmstr is grown or raised in the Pacific Northwest. In a very simple sense Farmstr is helping neighbors find each other. Founder Janelle Maiocco eloquently sums it up like this: "We are all about re-connecting folks with local food, their farmers, fishers and ranchers. We are all about food with unmatched quality, just harvested, sustainable – and we are all about helping Little Agriculture succeed!" I pretty much love that.
There are regular drop sites around the greater Seattle area. The predesignated sites help simplify the pick-up and delivery process and keep prices as low as possible. If there isn't one close enough to you to be convenient I would suggest two things: let Farmstr know through email or social media. Like any business they want to serve their customers so give them a wave. Secondly, check back regularly, the company is adding new drop sites as quickly as it can so you might find one pops up in your neighborhood.
Now back to the chickens. Scoop and I bopped down to Portage Bay Grange, near the University of Washington, and picked up our five chickens (plucked, gutted, and frozen – it was a bit of a relief). We didn't just grab and go but took a few moments to shake hands and chit-chat with Bradley from Windy N Ranch near Ellensburg. I thanked him for raising and bringing our food into the city. Turns out the ranch has public tours and he invited us to come out anytime. (I hope we make that happen this summer.) Our exchange was short but very sweet.
The organic pasture-raised chickens were similar in price to organic whole chickens at Costco but, in my opinion, their value is much greater. Farmstr provides an easy way to participate in our personal food supply chain unlike any other consumer model. I feel much more connected to this food. I know I will pay closer attention to the preparation details and eat the finished meals even more mindfully than usual. Buying directly from the producer through Farmstr or any other means is not necessarily healthier but, perhaps this is a more holistic way to eat.
Maybe one day our family will visit a farm and participate in the slaughter of our dinner. For now I am grateful to pick up our meat ready to cook.


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After Adam and Eve sinned, G-d promised that one day He would send someone who would put mankind back in a proper relationship with G-d. (Genesis 3:15) That person is referred to in the Hebrew Bible as the "Messiah", which means "a person who has been specially chosen and empowered".
Over time, G-d revealed more about this "Specially Chosen and Empowered One". In fact, the Messiah's life, death and return from death were foretold by G-d's prophets.
While he was in captivity in Babylon, the prophet Daniel asked G-d what the future would be for the Jewish people. Through the angel Gabriel, G-d told him. In Daniel 9:25-26 G-d said that Messiah would come before the destruction of the rebuilt (Second) Temple.
Daniel 7:13-14 indicates that in heaven the Ancient of Days (G-d) gave authority, rule and an eternal kingdom to someone "like a son of man" and that this person would be worshiped by people from all over the earth.
In fact, through the prophet Isaiah, G-d revealed that this Messiah would be G-d in flesh, that G-d would come in human form.
|For to us a child is born, to us a son is given. And dominion shall rest on his shoulder. And his name is called Wonderful Counselor, God Almighty, Father of Eternity, Prince of Peace.
Simply put, Messianic Jews are Jews who take the G-d of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob at His word. Jews who believe that Messiah came when, where and how G-d said he would. Jews who believe that Messiah did what G-d said he would do: come to earth, live among humans and teach us G-d's ways, die as a kippurah (atonement) for men's sins (Isaiah 52:13-53:12), and then come back from the dead. Before the destruction of the Second Temple, in 70 C.E.
From shortly after the destruction of the Second Temple until Israel's recapture of Jerusalem during the Six Day War in 1967, a Jew who wanted to follow Messiah had no realistic choice but to abandon his Jewish heritage, assimilate, and become Protestant or Catholic.
But G-d is doing a new thing. Or rather, a renewed thing. Originally, all of Messiah's followers were practicing Jews. Not Jews who stopped practicing Judaism, Jews who continued practicing Judaism after accepting Messiah.
Like Messiah's first followers, since 1967 some Jews who learn the truth of Messiah continue to practice Judaism. Judaism that accepts that Messiah has come.
Messianic Judaism.
Messianic Judaism is also called Nazarene Judaism because Messiah lived in Nazareth.
No. Many Messianic congregations choose to affiliate themselves with certain Messianic organizations such as the Union of Messianic Jewish Congregations. However, unlike the Church of England, Methodism, and many other Protestant denominations, Messianic congregations are independent.
There are some significant differences between Messianic theology and mainstream Christian theology. The details and reasons are somewhat complex and beyond the scope of this site. For an extremely well-researched and well-written explanation, see:
www.YashaNet.com/library/law_1.htm (law, underscore, number one)
(Practices vary among congregations.)
Not everyone who considers himself a "Messianic Jew" is. More
Do Messianic Jews keep kosher (kashrut)?
This is a subject of continuing debate in Messianic Judaism. Messianic Gentiles generally say that G-d cancelled the kosher food laws in the Book of Acts (Chapter 10) when--three times in a row--He commanded Shimon Kefa (Simon Peter) to eat "unclean" animals. Messianic Jews generally say that the passage is talking about fellowshipping with gentiles, not food.
Why do Messianics observe the Sabbath when First-Century Jewish followers of Yeshua/Jesus worshiped on Sunday?
Sadly, this is a historical misrepresentation. Despite what many "experts" claim, early Jewish believers did not change the day of worship. The day of worship was changed by Roman Emperor Constantine at the Council of Nicea in 325 C.E.
Although many publications claim Constantine was a Christian, the fact is that he worshiped "Sol Invictus", the Invincible Sun (in the sky). He made gentilized Christianity the Roman state religion solely to strengthen his political power base. To broaden its appeal he brought in many pagan customs.
However, this is not generally known in the modern gentile Church. Searching for Bible support, Christians base the claim that early Jewish believers worshiped on Sunday on two passages:
That isn't talking about the day of worship, it is just financial advice -- put money away before you spend it.
Acts 20:7 On the first day of the week we came together to break bread. Paul spoke to the people and, because he intended to leave the next day, kept on talking until midnight.
This is a common Jewish custom called "chaverah", i.e., "fellowship". It starts Saturday night, after the sabbath is finished. Jewish days start at sundown, so the "first day of the week" runs from Saturday sundown to Sunday sundown.
But let us assume -- "for the sake of argument" -- that it was not a chaverah. The Bible states specifically that it was not normal circumstances -- Paul intended to leave the next day. The passage does not say they customarily met on the first day, only that they met to dine together.
In fact, the Bible does not say what was discussed. It could have been a simple planning meeting, or even just friends "catching up".
It is true that many gentile believers worshiped on Sunday, but Jewish believers generally did not change.
Does Messianic Judaism celebrate Christmas, Easter and Lent, use Christmas trees, etc. ?
No. Messianic Judaism does not celebrate holidays created by the gentile Church centuries after Yeshua came. Messianic Judaism celebrates the biblical feasts ordained by G-d in the Tanakh or by Yeshua in the B'rit Chadasha.
However, to maintain family harmony, individual Messianics with Protestant or Catholic family members sometimes participate in traditional "Church" holidays.
Do Messianic Jews use Christian symbols such as crosses?
Messianic Judaism uses traditional Jewish symbols, not gentile Christian symbols.
However, practice varies among individual Messianic Jews. Although most Messianics regularly use Jewish symbols, some will also use Christian symbols.
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Rory McIlroy did not have a good day today. He shot 74 in the opening round of the European Tour's BMW PGA Championship in England — and also threw a club in frustration, Tiger Woods-like, on the 12th hole.
Not a good look.
The mood was lighter during McIlroy's pre-tournament news conference Wednesday. He was asked about the Giants honoring him on Irish Heritage Night at AT&T Park on June 12, two days before the start of the U.S. Open at the Olympic Club. McIlroy is the defending Open champion, after winning in a romp last year at Congressional Country Club outside Washington, D.C.
McIlroy will be featured as a bobblehead doll — wearing an orange Giants golf shirt, with black collar — and also will throw out the ceremonial first pitch before the team's game against Houston.
"I think the bobblehead might be a little better looking than me, which is nice," McIlroy told reporters in England.
As for throwing out the first pitch, he said, "I'm looking forward to it. I've got a few friends coming over to San Francisco, so it will be a nice night to sort of take my mind away from the golf a little bit and have a bit of fun — and obviously throw the first pitch at a baseball game, something I've never done before.
"I just need to start practicing. I don't really want to make a fool of myself. "
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Google Formalizes Settlement Offer to EU in Antitrust ProbeStephanie Bodoni and Sara Forden
Google Inc. submitted a formal set of remedies to the European Union that will soon be shown to rivals and customers as part of settlement talks to end a two-year probe into claims its search results discriminate against competitors.
The EU's goal is to "secure legally binding commitments" from Google as part of the settlement negotiations, EU Competition Commissioner Joaquin Almunia told reporters in Washington today. European users should have the "widest possible choice in search," he said. A settlement would allow the Mountain View, California-based company to avoid possible fines for abusing its dominance.
"Google has a lot more market power in Europe than in the U.S., more than 90 percent," Almunia said. "To avoid abuse we need to guarantee that users of the search engine have a choice and that search results have the highest possible quality."
The European Commission is investigating Google's search business and its rivals have made nearly weekly entreaties to the EU regulator to take action. Google at the end of January submitted an initial offer to settle the antitrust probe after Almunia asked it to address allegations that it promotes its own specialist search-services, copies rivals' travel and restaurant reviews, and has agreements with websites and software developers that stifle competition in the advertising industry.
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"In the last few weeks, the commission completed its preliminary assessment formally setting out its concerns," Antoine Colombani, a spokesman for Almunia, said by e-mail. "On this basis, Google then made a formal submission of commitments to the commission. We are now preparing the launch of a market test to seek feedback from market players, including complainants, on these commitment proposals."
Almunia said he wants to resolve the Google probe by the end of the year and won't make a decision on whether the proposals are acceptable until he's had them market tested.
"We continue to work cooperatively" with the commission, said Al Verney, a spokesman for the company in Brussels.
The U.S. ended an investigation into Google's search business in January, saying there was no evidence that the company's actions harmed consumers.
Almunia also said today he hasn't yet decided whether an investigation of the use of patent injunctions by Google's Motorola Mobility unit may also be settled.
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3 vehicles collide in wreck on Houston Highway
Oct. 2, 2013 at 5:02 a.m.
Two Victoria women were injured in a three-vehicle wreck on Houston Highway at Ben Wilson Street about 10 a.m. Wednesday.
Laura Soto, 30, of Victoria, who is five months pregnant, and Margaret Brown, 74, were treated and released from Citizens Medical Center, said Shannon Spree, hospital marketing director.
A witness said the driver of a white Ford truck hauling a trailer traveling west on the Houston Highway ran a red light, said Victoria Police Department Patrol Officer Sterling Kocian.
The white truck, driven by Dalton Oates, 21, of Victoria, hit a black Chevrolet truck, driven by 36-year-old Steven Soto, of Victoria, as it traveled north in the outside lane of Ben Wilson Street.
The white truck then slammed into the back door of the black truck. Laura Soto was a passenger in the black truck.
The black truck then veered into the inside lane and struck a tan Chevrolet Cavalier driven by Brown. The Cavalier hit a telephone pole.
"It is a complicated investigation," Kocian said. "There is a lot of secondary damage."
Two lanes of the Houston Highway and all four lanes of Ben Wilson Street were closed for more than an hour while crews cleared the wreck.
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Today, August 27, has come to be known in some circles as Mars Hoax Day, and with the Mars Curiosity rover in action, there's plenty of room for hoax.
The hoax, however, comes from well before Curiosity's time. It originated in 2003, when an email got passed around, claiming that Mars would look as big as the full moon to the naked eye on this day. The email continues to surface each year, and some are receiving it once again this year.
According to Space.com, it may have "begun in innocence" back in '03. They have an article out today explaining the email's history. In that, it says:
That year, the email message (of unknown origin) correctly stated that Mars and Earth would converge for their closest encounter in around 60,000 years on Aug. 27. The distance between the planets contracted to 34.6 million miles (55.7 million kilometers) on that date, a mere fraction of their average separation of 140 million miles (225 million km) and, indeed, the closest to here Mars has come since 57,617 B.C.
The email then claimed that the Red Planet would look supersized. "It will attain a magnitude of -2.9 and will appear 25.11 arc seconds wide," the email correctly stated. (Magnitude refers to apparent magnitude, a measure of the brightness of a celestial object that decreases with increasing brightness; the sun has an apparent magnitude of -26.74, and the brightest star, Sirius, -1.4. Arcseconds are a measure of the width of a celestial object.)
But then, the email offered up this ambiguous sentence: "At a modest 75-power magnification Mars will look as large as the full moon to the naked eye." Close-up pictures of Mars and the full moon side-by-side accompanied the text.
Notice the combination of "75-power magnification" and "naked eye" in the same sentence. Perhaps if "naked eye" was never mentioned, this never would have become a hoax.
Given the media attention Curiosity has been receiving, I would not be surprised to see more Mars-related tomfoolery making the Internet rounds. It might be a good day to take any Mars information you consume with a grain of salt (or at least some fact verification).
Surprisingly, there have been no tweets about Mars Hoax Day from the Curiosity Rover Twitter account.
Interestingly, while Twitter is generally known for spreading hoaxes, it seems to be doing a good job today of exposing the Mars hoax.
More on the Curiosity Rover here.
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By JAMAL THALJI
© St. Petersburg Times, published January 29, 2001
Tampa Bay fans surely recognized how the fourth quarter of Super Bowl XXXV unfolded, with the victory-bound Ravens punishing the bewildered Giants with their own version of "Buc Ball."
Kerry Collins' woes continued as the Ravens harassed him into throwing two incompletions and sacked him, forcing a punt.
Starting from the Giants 38, Baltimore's Trent Dilfer hit tight end Ben Coates with a 17-yard pass to the 21. Then rookie Jamal Lewis took over, pounding against the faltering New York defense, and breaking free for a crucial 9-yard gain to convert third and 1 at the 12.
On the next play, Lewis took the ball and swept left. Three Giants defenders stopped him a yard shy of the end zone, but Lewis extended his hands and stretched the tip of the ball into the end zone, though he fumbled almost simultaneously.
The officials ruled it a 3-yard TD run, but New York coach Jim Fassel challenged the call.
Upon further review, Baltimore had won the Lombardi Trophy.
The Ravens took a commanding 31-7 lead and the Giants' hopes of mounting a historic comeback on the NFL's greatest stage were over.
Even Ron Dixon lost luster off his star within a matter of seconds, fumbling away the ensuing kickoff. James Trapp's strip was recovered by Robert Bailey at New York's 34.
Matt Stover kicked a 34-yard field goal to make it 34-7, and the game was over except for commercial breaks.
Super Bowl XXXV MVP Ray Lewis, who finished with five tackles, was no more humble after the game than he had been in the weeks leading up to it.
"It was incredible the way we played as a team," he said. "But this defense has played this way all year, and we never got any credit for it.
"We're the best ... we're the best ever right now."


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Does it matter which way the lower link is installed, front to back, on a TBc? I just replaced mine, and I'm pretty sure I put it in the same way as the original one, but looking at the last photo in this gallery I have it mounted the other way.
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The "X" has a narrow side and a wide side. In the photo, the narrower side is facing the rear tire. On mine, it's the other way around. Does it matter?


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Kortrijk defender Ervin Zukanovic says Manchester City star Edin Dzeko owes his career to Jiri Plisek.
Zukanovic played with Dzeko at FC Zeljeznicar and is delighted seeing his good friend on the brink of winning the Premier League title.
"Back then he was not too great a worker, although he was already scoring goals very easily. But he was criticized: that he was poor, that he was too tall and technically limited," recalled Zukanovic.
"Until one day the Czech coach Jiri Plisek came into the picture. He believed in him and fetched him for the Czech second division at FK Usti. I think they paid something like $50,000 for him.
"From there he went a year later to the Czech first division at TK Teplice, where he was selected the best foreigner in the league, was called up for the national team, scored a class goal was against Turkey and for four years signed for Wolfsburg. That changed his life.
"At Wolfsburg, his body under the guidance of Felix Magath became very strong. It all changed for him from then on."


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Boston -- Orgill's Jim Wilson, VP of Worldwide Sourcing for the Memphis-based distributor, is philosophical about the role of house brands like MintCraft, Tool Basix and Vulcan.
"We're doing this because it adds value and our customers tell us it's a good thing to do," he told HCN during on the market floor of Orgill's Boston Dealer Market here. "If this was no longer a value, we would exit these categories and lines, but I don't see that happening here or anywhere else in the retail environment."
In fact, Wilson said sales of the distributor's private brands -- including all-purpose MintCraft for items from sledgehammers to bicycles, and Boston Harbor for decorative lighting -- are growing at a faster pace than Orgill's overall sales.
Part of that has been the increase in the breadth of the Worldwide sourcing offering, but also market pressures. More credit goes to the program value than the individual brand names, he said. "The growth that we've seen is really from the value that we've shown in the process that we source products," Wilson said.
The value is on full display here at the Boston Orgill Dealer Market show floor, where "Dare to Compare" signs show the price advantage of various Orgill-brand products in head-to-head competition with those of national retailers -- with actual receipts from Lowe's and Home Depot
The growth of Orgill's worldwide sourcing division comes purely on the merits of the products, Wilson said.
"We don't force any of our customers to buy any of our sourcing products," Wilson said. "And there's no additional incentive for our salesmen to sell any of our sourced products."
Along with MintCraft and Boston Harbor, Orgill's brands include HomeBasix, ToolBasix, Diamondback workwear, Power Zone commodity electrical products and Vulcan tools.
Wilson added that national brands are and will remain crucial to the success of Orgill and its customers. "We could not exist without our manufacturer partners who provide the products and our brands to our dealers," he said.
Still, private label is evolving and will most likely continue to shape the retail environment.
The balance of private label at retail is a deep and important question. "As to where this all going, it's kind of like Philosophy 101," Wilson said. "It's changing the complexion of the retail environment and it's exciting to watch it happening."


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perlquestion perladdict Hi Monks, Below is the code i am trying to list the filnames in a directory
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A healthy, growing and enjoyable part of my work is Music Licensing for TV, Film, Commercials, Websites, Games and many more new media applications . Although fees in general are lower than they were in the ' old ' days before the collapse of the traditional music business model, volume often makes up the difference . At present , I have over 1,500 tracks in all genres on offer to music editors and end users all around the world .
Some notable licensing successes are on all the major networks, ABC NBC CBS FOX PBS and ALL the various cable channels, ESPN Bravo Discovery History MTV VH1 etc. Interesting web licenses have been granted to Nike, Starbucks, Web MD, Disney, Simon & Schuster, Netflix, Time Inc. Lockheed Martin Space Systems and way too many more to list here .
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"I rock? Is that what you said?" Michael Stipe asked a fan who'd been shouting praise at the R.E.M. frontman. "Get a life." A few seconds later, Stipe finished the thought: "I think I rock, too."| The Athens, Ga., quartet then launched into the mandolin-laced "Losing My Religion," one of the few songs that rocked all night, and one of the few times the London crowd removed that deer-in-the-headlights look from their faces.
So much has happened since R.E.M. last toured: primarily, drummer Bill Berry left the band, and the group stopped selling albums. Well, not stopped, but R.E.M. certainly wasn't tapping the keg of hits ("Stand," "Losing My Religion," "Everybody Hurts") that previously had made them automatic for the platinum. The group's evolution into experimental balladry and ethereal instrumentation was to blame, and though it hasn't maimed ticket sales on their new Up tour, it's created the wrong vibe for a big room.
The melancholy beauty of "New Test Leper" and Mike Mills' cozy piano flourishes on "Electrolite" were orchestrated to perfection, as were the delicate, Beach Boys-esque "At My Most Beautiful" and dreamy "Find the River," but these songs ached for the environment of an intimate grotto, where ticket prices reach Stones-ian proportions.
From the outset, the pacing was off. From generic rockers like "Lotus" and "Crush With Eyeliner" to the flaccid, vaguely lounge-y "Suspicion" and banal and broodish "The Apologist," R.E.M. weren't able to hit legitimate arena-rock stride until eight songs in when they dropped the punishing "Wake-Up Bomb."
The dubious beginning would further beg the question, "What's the frequency, London?" Vintage nuggets like "Pilgrimage" and "Driver 8," not played live for a decade, proved ageless and a welcome respite from Up ennui, but seemed lost on the ambivalent crowd. Better received were the jangly "Gardening at Night" (from 1982's Chronic Town EP) and the anthemic "Life and How to Live It" (from 1985's Fables of the Reconstruction), both keptpristine in presentation.
Always the showman, Stipe's pixie-like elasticity had him shakin' and shimmyin' throughout, and striking his now legendary Elvis poses during the riveting "Man on the Moon." Other encore offerings, like the frenetic "What's the Frequency, Kenneth?" and rambling rocker "It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)" (with Stipe belting out bassist Mike Mills' "It's time I had some time alone" during the reprise) finally had R.E.M. taking control of the elements, motivating because the tempo was right, and the sentiment was earnest.


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Currently, until I find out further what's going on with me, I am still mostly gluten, dairy, egg, and soy free. I don't feel deprived anymore—no need to feel sorry for me. In fact, I like it. It's the kind of food that makes me energized and happy.
Happy food.
I feel better then I have in the past few years AND I lost about 24 lbs.! Yay for me.
Lots of people want to lose weight, but they are not willing to do much about it. Just like I was about 3 months ago.
In the past 3 months I grew to love eating a lot more fruit and vegetables, as well as to drink them and make treats—what's not to love about it?–and summer is definitely the season to do it!
I realized that when I eat fresh foods I use much less oil and fats, I don't need to add sugar, I consume less simple carbs (no flour), so, of course, the extra pounds shed off effortlessly.
last night I craved a treat. I wanted a milkshake.
A chilled banana shake hit the spot.
All you need are:
1-2 bananas
vanilla almond milk and/or vanilla coconut milk
vanilla extract
Put all those in a blender and let it buzz until frothy. That's it.
Cheers to life!
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I have been attending Rock Shows for 39 years. My life altering show was the Grategul Dead and the Who Day on the Green. My second best show was Bruce at Winterland. I have to tell you all that this show, of the hundreds that I have been to is easily in the top 5 and maybe the top 3. It was nothing that I expected. I have slowed way down on my concert going. I have seen each of these guys with other bands, side bands, small clubs and the like. I did not purchase the CD before the concert.
The energy between Sammy and Joe was undeniable, but it really was Joe's show. He proved to be one of the best Guitar players ever, at least at the Greek. Each song rocketed with his power play. The rest of the band had enough horse power to keep up and that is why this unexpected treat was soooooo awesome. Thanks to the band and everyone involved in bringing this to the public, it was truly epic.
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text: Dear Wes, The files I threw together are still very much a prototype / proof of concept. But with that warning, everything you need to build libsword for android is included in the svn repository for the SWORD engine. You can get the source here: svn co https://crosswire.org/svn/sword/trunk sword/ The Bishop code is merely a bunch of calls to try out and help develop the libsword bindings and really aren't worth checking in anywhere, but if you'd like me to post them for an example, I can certainly do that. Please again realize these android jni wrappers are fragile and incomplete. Please feel free to improve them, but please don't count on them working dependably. Build instructions. You'll need an NDK with STL support. I have been trying crystax release lately. You can find it on the web. After that, you'll need a basic Application.mk file to place in your apps folder. Mine for bishop is here: ~/android-ndk-r3-crystax/apps/bishop/Application.mk and contains: APP_PROJECT_PATH := $(call my-dir)/../../../src/bishop APP_MODULES := sword swordcore APP_PLATFORM := android-3 and I have a symlink: ~/src/bishop/jni -> ~/src/sword/bindings/java-jni/jni/ ~/src/sword is simply a checkout of the current sword svn repository. Hope this helps get you started. Let me know your progress! Troy Wes Widner wrote: > Hey everyone, > > I'm new to this list so forgive me if it's answered elsewhere and I've > simply overlooked it. Where is the source code for the android project > that uses the sword library via jni? > > Also, does anyone know how I should go about building the jni library > for sword? I can mange to build the .java interface files, but I am > having trouble figuring out where to build the system library (the .so > file). > > Any help is much appreciated! > > Blessings, > -Wes > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > sword-devel mailing list: sword-devel at crosswire.org > http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel > Instructions to unsubscribe/change your settings at above page


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Urgent Homeland Threats To Be Addressed By Congress… Next Week
A week from today, the Republican-led Homeland Security Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives will be holding a hearing to examine "the growing threat America and the West face from ISIS and other terrorist groups, Russia and Iran's actions in Syria, the impacts of the refugee crisis in Europe on America's security, homegrown terrorism, cybersecurity, and other threats to the homeland."
These are serious threats to the Homeland that must be addressed by the federal government, or else… but they can wait until next week, because right now, the U.S. House of Representatives is on vacation. While ordinary Americans get just one day off for Columbus Day, if they get any time off at all, the Republican-led Congress takes a week off.
Rest assured, Republican members of Congress are not slacking off during this extended vacation. On the contrary, they are busy patrolling the homeland, on the lookout for terrorists and Latinos.
In related news, 14 years after the Department of Homeland Security was established, a team of explorers has finally discovered where the Homeland actually is. As the photograph below shows, the Homeland is a parcel of about 20 acres in the Dry Valley of Nebraska. Now that we know where it is, we can focus our defenses against evildoers there.


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Hi Everyone,
This has been quite a month. We are absent more than we are around, I truly apologize for not being caught up with any of you and Coccolino is loudly grunting that I take full responsibility (which I do).
Life lately has included a lot of bathing in rare sun puddles:
and some kisses and cuddles between pig and puppy:
It has also included many orders from my shop. I am very grateful for all these orders but have received so many I have actually had to place my shop on "vacation mode" to finish up current orders!
More pressing lately, life has included this:
That is my kitchen. Two huge (at least 200 pounds each) and several smaller but still sizable ice blocks came crashing through our kitchen skylights. It broke our granite, smashed our dishwasher, dented our floor and left hundreds of ice and glass pieces scattered in the kitchen, hall and even basement stairs.
My kitchen will be fixed, hoping insurance comes through for us, but I am just beyond grateful that the kids and pets were not in the kitchen at that time. I was just washing dishes about 15 minutes before this and happened to usher the kids into the playroom so I could run upstairs and take a shower. When the crashing began, I was upstairs and they were downstairs and my heart nearly stopped. I couldn't even imagine what that noise was.
Thankfully nobody was hurt. Cocco wasn't standing by his favorite heater in the kitchen, Pixie wasn't scouting for squirrels out the kitchen windows, the kids were done with their snack and I was done with the dishes. It was extremely scary, and now it's just a mess that seems to never end, but I can only be grateful nobody was in the kitchen.
I have been thinking of all you friends and I do apologize. I think it's safe to say we are going to take a bit of an official break until I get things back in order. Please know I think of all of you frequently.
I want to send heartfelt hugs and warm thoughts to our dear friends Shelldon, Beachnut and Sarge on the loss of Crabby Girl Oceana. It is heartbreaking and we are thinking of you. Thank you, Lassie and Benji, for waking us up!
We will be back as soon as we can.
~ Katie and your snorty piggy friend Coccolino


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Please welcome to Lizzyland, author Shadow Stephens. I'm happy to be part of her book tour for her book, "Legion of Bats".
In a world governed by fear and corruption, a baby was born and immediately targeted for death. Hidden away in the rural West Virginia town of Tanner, Zoe Masterson grows up feeling like an outsider—just a little different from everyone around her. As bad becomes worse, she is arrested for arson and taken to a mental hospital, where she discovers nothing is as it seems.
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Santos have reiterated they have "received no offer from Milan and do not intend to sell Paulo Henrique Ganso."
The Brazilian has been heavily linked with a move to San Siro and this week there were reportedly negotiations with his agent and the company that owns part of his contract.
"Santos have nothing to say with regards to the transfer speculation," declared director of sport Pedro Luis Nunes Conceicao to newspaper O Globo.
"That is because we have no intention of selling Ganso and have received no offer from Milan or any other clubs recently linked with our player."
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ChildCare Education Institute (CCEI), an IACET approved, nationally accredited, distance training institution dedicated exclusively to the child care and education workforce, provides HLTH100: Early Childhood Obesity to early care educators in efforts to combat the rise of obesity in the preschool environment.
Two years after the "Let's Move!" campaign began, First Lady Michelle Obama has now introduced the "Let's Move! Child Care" campaign focused on obesity in children two through five years of age. According to a White House Task Force, more than half of obese children are overweight by age two, and roughly one out of five children are overweight by age six. Through CHD100, child care providers will learn to identify, prevent and reduce the risks of obesity in the early care environment. This course grants 0.1 IACET CEUs upon course completion.
"There are numerous reasons why we have to address the obesity epidemic in young children, and our Early Childhood Obesity course is tailored specifically for the preschool age group," says Maria C. Taylor, President and CEO of CCEI. "The information within this course gives educators strategies to help children develop healthy habits that will improve their long-term quality of life."
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"I have come here tonight as an American who, like all Americans, kneels to pray with you today, and will stand by you tomorrow…Scripture tells us that there is evil in the world, and that terrible things happen for reasons that defy human understanding. In the words of Job, 'when I looked for light, then came darkness.'"
So said President Obama in his address to the nation in Tucson, Arizona, where he memorialized the victims of the Tucson shooting and prayed for the health of those who were wounded. Obama was exercising his capacity for leadership at a time of extraordinary uncertainty, when the USA is wracked with debate about the reasons for those terrible events, and he drew heavily upon the reservoir of his Christian faith to do so. Repeatedly quoting scripture, enjoining Americans to kneel and pray, and movingly speaking of the heaven to which he believes Christina Taylor Green has gone, jumping in puddles. This is truly faith and leadership in a fragmented world.
"Faith and Leadership in a Fragmented World" – this is also the gripping headline for an intensive "immersion workshop" I will begin tomorrow at Harvard, aiming to explore the relationship between faith and leadership, and how religious traditions can serve as a support for those seeking to lead others through uncertainty, just as Obama did on Wednesday. In anticipation of the workshop I find myself both excited and apprehensive. Excited because the professors on the program are distinguished in their fields and well-regarded teachers. Apprehensive, because as a person without faith, I am unsure as to my role in such a space.
Certainly I have a broad interest in the themes of the course: I hope to become a leader in my community and I am deeply concerned with the role of faith in people's lives. At the same time I see very little space for the nonreligious in the readings we have been tasked with prior to the first day. Although many religious views are represented and discussed, Humanism and atheism are either absent from consideration or, worse, mildly disparaged.
I feel a similar ambivalence regarding the religious elements of Obama's beautiful speech. I am drawn-in by the poetry of his scriptural references, and I am powerfully moved by the image of a celestial Christina jumping in heavenly puddles. I can see that Obama's faith provides him with both courage and hope – essential qualities in a leader facing dark times – and I am challenged by the thought that much atheist writing provides neither. Yet I recognize, too, that I cannot join the ranks of Americans bending knee to pray while remaining true to my beliefs, to myself. I must express my shock and sadness in another way. I'm standing outside the church, my face pressed against the stained-glass windows, longing for solidarity with those inside, but unable to cross the threshold.
Is it possible to build a "church" which could hold atheists as well as the religious, despite their differences? Can we find a way of talking and living which honors the substantial disagreements between people of faith and naturalists, or are we Humanists doomed to forever languish outside in the cold, excluded or excluding on the other side of the "faith gap"? Chris Stedman has written eloquently on this topic on numerous occasions, and he is even involved with a new program from the Foundation Beyond Belief which aims to challenge the "faith gap". Frequently, the answer seems to hinge on some idea of "pluralism". Stedman writes, for example, that " without religious tolerance and pluralism, I wouldn't be free to call myself an atheist without fear of retribution", and calls on atheists to jump into interfaith discussion. He would surely approve of my presence at the Faith and Leadership workshop.
But one of the readings for that workshop has led me to question whether atheists can truly embrace religious pluralism. Diana Eck, head of the Pluralism Project, lays out her definition of "pluralism" in chapter 7 of her book Encountering God. She distinguishes between three approaches one can take toward religions you don't belong to – three "theological viewpoints": you can be an "exclusivist", who "affirms identity in a complex world of plurality by a return to the firm foundations of his or her own tradition", rejecting the claims of other religions simply as false; you can be an "inclusivist", who believes that all religions are pathways toward God – but the God that the inclusivist believes in, such that other religions are essentially lesser (though valuable) "versions" of your own; or you can be a "pluralist".
A pluralist, Eck writes (drawing on the work of British Philosopher John Hick), has undergone a "Copernican revolution" in their thinking about God. Unlike the inclusivist, who sees their religion (a planet in the metaphor) as the center of the universe, with the concepts of other religions (other planets) and God (the sun) revolving around their religious ideas, the pluralist puts the sun (God) at the center of their religious universe. Other religious traditions become other "planets" orbiting that sun, engaged in the same fundamental activity (seeking God) through different trajectories and paths. Just as no planet is "better" than another, no religion, under this conception, has a monopoly on religious understanding.
It is a powerful metaphor, and it is easy to see its appeal in interfaith circles. Eck claims that there are "even avowedly humanistic pluralists". It strikes me, however, and despite Eck's position, that there is no room for the atheist in this solar system. To extend the metaphor, the atheist claims that the sun does not actually exist, and that the planets are circling endlessly to no avail. Worse, the "sun" might even be a black hole, sucking religious adherents into a destructive and unproductive void. In Eck's terms, many prominent atheists are much more like "exclusivists", who reject the accuracy of the tenets of religious faith and who see little value in traditional theology whatever its religious flavor. Even "inclusivist" atheists, who might wish to see religion as a natural psychological urge towards sense-making, are in an entirely different position to religious "inclusivists", who at least think there is a "sun" that shines its light, even if dimly, on religions not their own. And disturbingly, despite quibbles over terminology, I think the metaphor Eck mobilizes is fundamentally correct when it excludes atheists in this way. I don't see belief in God as "another way of understanding the world", or as "a different route to truth". I see it as wrong. Mistaken. Unsupported.
This realization – that despite the positive connotations of the word I cannot consider myself a true religious pluralist (at least in Eck's terms) – has troubled me. I strive for respect in my work and writing, and I want to make it clear the majority of those attending the workshop next week that I respect and value them as people. But Eck's description has led me to the understanding that I cannot honestly say that I respect their faith. There truly is a gap between my worldview and a religious one, and despite the best efforts of Stedman and the Foundation Beyond Belief, I see no authentic way to bridge it. However much I respect an individual and work beside them, I cannot put the Sun of God in the center of my intellectual solar system. However grave the situation, however powerful the incitement, I cannot bend my knee to nothing. I am stuck outside the church, face pressed against the glass.
And it's getting cold.


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Over 50 years ago, then teenager Ken Nealson enjoyed high school, sports and singing in the small farming community of West Liberty.
Today, he is a professor at University of Southern California's Wrigley Institute for Environmental Sciences in Los Angeles, Calif. His work has allowed him to dive into the waters of the Caribbean, study a lake in Siberia and work at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the lead U.S. center for robotic exploration of the solar system.
Though involved with many prestigious organizations, Nealson credited much of what he learned from West Liberty.
"I learned how to enjoy and participate in music and how to enjoy working (in West Liberty)," Nealson said. "If you know these things, the rest is easy."
True to his words, Nealson, who graduated from WLHS in 1961, attended the University of Chicago where he earned his Masters of Science in botany and a Ph.D. in microbiology. From there, he worked post-graduate at Harvard until 1973, when he landed his first job teaching at Scripps Institution of Oceanography in San Diego, Calif.
"I decided early on I didn't want to spend my life in a research lab, so I aimed for marine (aquatic) science. That took me to the study of light emitting organisms and a lot of underwater work around the world."
He said he collected light emitting fish from diving expeditions that are still on exhibit in many aquariums.
"Fun, fun, fun," he said.
During one of his missions, and while on a ship in the Gulf of California, bad weather forced his team to seek the lee of an island. In that same lee was another ship - the famous Calypso. Nealson said famous scientist Jacques Cousteau was on board.
According to Nealson, the two met and enjoyed time sipping wine and singing songs.
"J.C. was a dedicated explorer and protector of the sea and its life," Nealson said. "He was a charismatic and wonderful man who made the world a better place." Cousteau died in 1997.
Another venture for Nealson was studying lakes and cleaning up pollution in Wisconsin. He also traveled to Russia several times to study with scientists on Lake Baikal in Siberia. Lake Baikal is known as the world's most voluminous freshwater lake.
"I learned to speak 'survival Russian' and to read well enough to get around and learned a lot of Russian songs which endeared me to all," Nealson said. "See what I meant by music being important?"
Nealson said he hopes he never stops enjoying singing and playing his guitar and banjo.
Currently, he is working on a project that involves drilling nearly 1.5 miles below the Earth's surface to study bacteria.
He also continues to teach and run a research lab, developing methods to combat pollution.
"I don't plan to retire as long as I continue to have fun," he said.
Ken currently lives in Los Angeles with his wife. The couple has four adult children. His mother, Lucille Nealson, sister, Judy Nealson, and brother, Ed Nealson, all live in West Liberty. His father is the late Otto Nealson.
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Tennis project board regroups
Published 7:00 pm, Saturday, August 1, 2009
Supporters of an ambitious public tennis complex plan were disappointed but not discouraged by the City Council's Tuesday deferral of their request for $2 million in matching money to qualify for a $1 million Texas Department of Parks & Wildlife grant.
They have collected $3 million, but with the cost of the 35 courts and parking lot envisaged at $10-$12 million in the throes of a recession, they need help anywhere they can find it.
Midland Tennis Center board members Clint Alderman and Steve Castle, campaign chairman Charles Spence and tennis professional Luis Valdez said Friday the project is more needed now than ever because the city has only six public courts - two in Washington Park and four poorly lighted ones that need resurfacing at Lee High School.
Invoking their egalitarian family theme, Alderman said, "We're not just building courts, we're building lives and we're not just investing in concrete, we're investing in character."
He said the 20-acre complex might stay in Beal Park in southwest Midland, but the board may end up considering other locations by the time all the money is raised. Other board members include Will Green and Bob Leibrock and Chairman Jim Henry, who says he wants "to keep the kids and the people on the court and out of court."
Alderman said 14 half size "quick start" courts of post-tensioned concrete would afford coaching to players as young as 3 years old.
Castle, a Midland College trustee, said the college tennis complex and its 18 courts could not be expanded because it "is landlocked," but a partnership is logical with Midland Independent School District, which could host tournaments at the center and coach its players there.
"It's not a door slamming," Castle said. "Times are tough, but the will and can-do attitude are here."
Spence said the complex "will be enjoyed for years and years by thousands and thousands of Midlanders.
"People who have made their money by risk-taking in the oil business are willing to give this project to the community," said Spence. "It is not a country club center. We have plenty of those."
Valdez said it was drawn with 16 courts when talks began with city parks officials four years ago, but Ken McAllister of the U.S. Tennis Association in Austin then lobbied for 35, saying that size of a complex "would put Midland on the national tennis map" and bring in numerous visitors for USTA tournaments.
Some might argue Midland is already on that map as much as it can be.
In the past year, the tournaments played in Midland include a prestigious USTA National tournament at Midland College, two UIL tournaments at MHS and Lee, the Pro Showdown at Racquet Club, the Collegiate Invitational at Racquet Club, the Highway 80 youth tournaments and adult league events.
Valdez said an operating endowment will help pay $200,000 a year in maintenance and operating expenses, although help from the city or school district would be welcomed.
"The city has lost 30 courts since 1967," he said, explaining that inexpensively laid courts are hard to maintain.
Using the motto of "Ignite the passion, making Midland Tennis Center a reality," the campaign may be contacted at 620-8180. Its Web site is at midlandtenniscenter.org.
Bob Campbell can be reached at email@example.com.


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04. Desert Dwellers - Moonlit Horizons (Drumspyder Remix)
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