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Nine coqui frogs were captured on Oahu this month, the Hawaii Dept. of Agriculture announced Friday.
Agriculture officials attribute a large part of the captures to the public's help.
"We appreciate the efforts of those who have reported hearing the coqui and their cooperation," said Scott Enright, chairperson of the Hawaii Board of Agriculture. "We need everyone's help to detect them so we can eradicate this and other invasive species that may harm Hawaii's agriculture and eco-system."
Frogs were captured at the following dates and locations:
- May 9: A HDOA team caught one frog at a residence in Kalihi on Papali St. This was the second frog captured at that residence. The first one was captured in April 2014.
- May 12: A HDOA team returned to Kalihi on Papali St. after a resident reported hearing another frog and was able to capture one frog, totaling three coqui captured at that residence. HDOA inspectors followed up by talking to the flower shipper in Kapoho on Hawaii Island where plants were recently purchased. That evening, the team also captured one coqui at a nursery in Waimanalo. A second coqui was heard, but crews were not able to capture it in a bamboo patch.
- May 14: A HDOA team caught a coqui on Nawaakoa St. in Waipahu. A resident used her cell phone to video tape the call of the frog which made it easier to confirm that it was a coqui. The resident had recently purchased plants from various stores.
- May 21: A HDOA team went back to the same Waimanalo nursery they visited on May 12 and captured a second coqui in a very tall bamboo patch.
- May 27: A HDOA team was called to a Kaneohe nursery and caught three coqui. As a precaution, the nursery staff followed up by treating the area with citric acid.
Suspected invasive species should be reported immediately to the state's toll-free pest hotline at 643-PEST (7378).
Click here to hear what a coqui frog sounds like.


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Coming out of the grow-closet.
Not everyone is loud and proud about their affection for cannabis. The stigma around "getting high" as a negative has been promoted for so long now, even those who use cannabis as purely medicine still feel shy about sharing their story. Not to mention those of us who enjoy smoking grass purely for the love of it.
"How I Get High" is a groundbreaking photo series by Rick Proctor intent on removing these stigmas imposed by those ignorant of the myriad of benefits of consuming can
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This is a guest post by photographer Karl Lamb. He can be found at email@example.com
Suwanee's Old Town Holiday Festival and Caboose Lighting is an annual event on main street in Suwanee where Santa Claus comes down to light the train caboose. Local schools performed chorus songs for the event as well.
This year's Caboose Lighting event took place on Dec. 2.


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I'm really proud to announce that scriptwelder studio is joining forces with Armor Games to bring you the next Don't Escape game!
What is it going to be about? When will it come out? How long will it be? Whoa, wait! While it's still very early in development process and lots of things might change, I've got some details for you that are more or less certain:
- The game will be developed by scriptwelder and published by Armor Games
- Full title is yet to be announced, current working title is just "Don't Escape"
- Unlike all previous installments, it's not going to be a web game.
- Instead, we're aiming at a full-featured game with long hours of gameplay content
- Because of that, the developement will take some time
- While Don't Escape predecessors shared 1st person perspective view with static screens, the new game will feature a classic point-and-click gameplay
- No deadline is currently set so please be patient like a Moai statue :)
Does it mean no Flash this time? Yup, Unity engine will be used for the upcoming Don't Escape game instead of good old Flash for several technical reasons that I won't dwell on here.
Does it mean it will land on Steam? That's exactly the plan! Make sure to follow me on Twitter and Like on Facebook to get all the latest news!
Finally, a handful of production screenshots and a bonus Vine!


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LONDON (May. 21)
The British Government was requested in Parliament this week-end to adopt a stronger line of action against Egypt's refusal to permit British oil tankers to travel through the Suez Canal to Haifa refineries.
During a discussion on the rationing of gasoline in Britain, Conservative M.P., J.S. Arbuthnot drew the attention of the government to the situation in the Middle East. "It seems to be an absolutely absurd position," he said, "that we are sending airplanes to Egypt while the Egyptian Government violates international law by refusing to allow British tankers to pass through the Suez Canal.
"If the government would have pursued a stronger line of action with regard to Egypt," the Conservative M.P. continued, "we could have got our tankers through and could have been keeping the Haifa refinery going." He emphasized that the government was responsible for the present difficult position of the British refineries in Haifa which have been rendered idle by Egyptian boycott measures against Israel.


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About the Kansas City Board of Police Commissioners decision to allow off duty police to moonlight a security for local bars and taverns…
Win, win is the way police and bar owners view the move. Stationing cops outside some of the more troublesome nightclubs and bars should work as a deterrent to bad guys doing bad things as well as free up on duty police to attend to murders, mayhem and the like rather than effectively babysitting irascible drunks.
Better yet, with the bars picking up the tab.
It's not like Kansas City Police aren't used to working part time after hours or anything.
"Last year 1,000 different police officers worked off duty," says off duty police coordinator, officer Matt Masters.
That's out of a total KCMO police force of around 1,200 officers. With maybe just 30 to 40 percent of those officers working off duty on a regular basis, with an average shift of four hours.
"The last three years off duty police have worked 300,000 man hours or more annually," Masters says. "Every hour of the day about 30 police officers are working off duty, seven days a week."
Bad guys beware.


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On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 04:43:38PM +1000, Carl Brewer wrote:I have a new Gigabyte GA-G31M-S2L motherboard with a new realtek ethernet chip on board.dmesg shows : re0 at pci2 dev 0 function 0pci_mem_find: void region : RealTek 8168B/8111B PCIe Gigabit Ethernet (rev. 0x02) re0: interrupting at ioapic0 pin 17 (irq 10) re0: Unknown revision (0x3c000000) re0: Ethernet address 00:00:00:00:00:00 re0: using 256 tx descriptors rgephy0 at re0 phy 7: RTL8169S/8110S 1000BASE-T media interface, rev. 2 [...] $ uname -aNetBSD 4.0 NetBSD 4.0 (GENERIC) #0: Sun Dec 16 00:20:10 PST 2007 builds@wb34:/home/builds/ab/netbsd-4-0-RELEASE/i386/200712160005Z-obj/home/builds/ab/netbsd-4-0-RELEASE/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/GENERICCan you try a newer netbsd-4 kernel ? Support for this revision may have been pulled up after NetBSD 4.0 was released.
I'll try it, can I ask a really dumb question? (I have another MB tha I just bought, with yet another unsupported chip, an attansic ethernet chip on an ASUS P5GC-MX mb ... but I see it's supported as of around 200708)
What's the easiest way to grab the kernel source for netbsd-4-stable? Is there a CVS tag for it?


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Blogging is undeniably one of the best ways to make money online. Setting up a blog can take a day, or a few short hours. Depending on how professional you want it to look of course. Blogging is so easy that many people do it; still they fail. Just because you can create a blog doesn't mean you can make it profitable. Not everyone can monetize a blog correctly. However anyone can write convincing and alluring blogs posts that convert.
That is what the subject is today. I am going to tell you how to stop writing nonsense and start writing to convert your prospects into buyers. Get ready!
A reader normally likes to read an article in a short amount of time. They want to read, digest, and usually act on it. So timing is everything. To get a good time keep your articles to around 450 – 500 words. You could also go as short as 350 words. However I recommend the standard 450 – 500. You'll keep your article full of information, cut out the nonsense, and have your reader buying a product or moving on.
However you can write articles with out first knowing what you are doing. How well do you know your target audience? Did you even know that you had a target audience? You should, your audience is who you are suppose to be writing for. Start doing research. How old are the people you are trying to communicate/sell to? What are their dislikes and likes? What is their income? Can they afford the products and services you'll write about? This information is what you need to find out. Start doing research!
Once you have your research complete you can begin writing. As always the first part of an article is the header. Make it stand out! Example:
1. How To Blow Up Bridges (This one tells them what the topic is, but fails to woo them)
2. How To Blow Up Bridges Anywhere & Anytime (This header gives them an urgency! Which is good)
Once you have a good enough header you move on. The introduction is next. Keep it short and sweet. Allow your reader to know what you are going to be talking about. The middle is all the meaty layers. You'll want to let your readers know all the information in compact, short but helpful paragraphs. Keep it to a maximum of 3 paragraphs and a minimum of 2. Once you've finished writing your paragraphs move on to the closing. Like the intro. it should be short and sweet.
Always end your article with a great closing. Keep them coming back. Read it to yourself and make sure that you would want to come back!


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Top 12 Posts in 2012 Minute to Win It: Kids Try This at Home Minute to Win It for Church Fall Festival Games Minute to Win It: The Family That Plays Together Children's Ministry Director Job Description Do Not Fear Halloween Puppet Skit Back to School Bash Fun Ways to Get Preteens Serving Toilet Paper Roll Crafts Practicing Prayer (Free Printable Prayer Cards!) Thrifty Egyptian Crafts (Great VBS Resource!) Birthday Party for Jesus What About You? Is your favorite on the list? … [Read more...]
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Sunday Snapshot: Gingerbread House
Okay, I couldn't help myself! This post has nothing to do with ministry, but everything to do with shameless parental pride. My three year old came home from Grandma and PopPop's house the other day, toting this marvelous creation, which apparently she created "all by herself"! :) … [Read more...]
Preparing Your Lesson {A Ministry Checklist}
Sometimes it's tough to know where to begin when preparing a lesson for Children's Church or Sunday School, especially if you're new to the Children's Ministry game. Here's a checklist we prepared for our volunteers to use and perhaps you'll find it helpful as well! Grab the PDF Printer-Friendly version here. Preparing Your Lesson This format is the "ideal" situation – when you are able to prepare the lesson a little bit each day. Of course, sometimes life happens and you have to cram it … [Read more...]
Sunday Snapshot: Christmas Jeopardy Game
Today, I wanted to cover the Christmas story in a fresh new way, so to begin, we read the Christmas Story from the Jesus Storybook Bible. I'm not crazy about this Bible -- I think the authors take a lot of unneeded liberties, but the pictures are very vibrant and this story was accurate, so we went with it. Afterwards we played Christmas Jeopardy, a favorite among our kids! In case you can't see it, the categories are: Songs, Traditions, Events, Places, and Characters. I made the … [Read more...]
Preschool Homeschool: Owl Week
Our Weekly Planning Sheet Monday: Feathers on Owl (Book & Craft) Full tutorial over at 3 Boys and a Dog. Some great owl books include In My Tree, Little Owl and the Star: A Christmas Story, and Owl Babies Tuesday: Counting For this, I made a simple Word document with owl clipart. I printed it off and then wrote numbers on their little bellies. I was hoping to get them laminated. Oh well. Grab the Word Doc Here. Wednesday: Counting and Matching This one didn't exactly … [Read more...]
DIY Tie Dye Sheets {Toddler Christmas Gift}
Our Christmas shopping is almost {almost!} completed and I wanted to add something homemade to the kids' gifts. For my three year old daughter, I decided to jazz up her bed sheets with some purple tie dye. Want to follow along? New-To-You Bed Sheets! Abigail is almost three and she is starting to develop "favorites" only she doesn't call them that. She always refers to them as "her best". For example, she'll say "Purple is my best color" when she really means that purple is her favorite. … [Read more...]


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December 7, 2012 9:57:04 AM
A husband and wife were arrested Thursday afternoon for allegedly manufacturing a spice lab.
Curtis and April Guenther of 683 Mike Parra Road were each charged with possession of a controlled substance and attempting to manufacture a controlled substance after agents with the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics and the Lowndes County Narcotics Unit executed a search warrant on the couple's home.
Spice, or synthetic marijuana, is a mixture of herbs sprayed with chemicals laced with acetone.
The Guenthers are currently in the custody of the Lowndes County Adult Detention Center, awaiting bond.
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Ed Morrisey has an excellent column in today's edition of The Fiscal Times, analyzing the immediate political impact of the Ryan Veep pick.
Most of the analysis focused on how Romney had put at risk swing states like Florida and Ohio by choosing a man best known for his plan to reform entitlement programs, which would scare seniors away from the Republican ticket. Others wondered why Romney would risk distracting attention from jobs and the economy to make Medicare – a reliable Democratic issue – the main focus of the election. Surely this would allow Barack Obama to take the high road, analysts concluded, and engage in a fight over the very vision of the American system of government, a fight Romney would almost certainly lose.
In other words, Romney took a big gamble with Ryan in two ways – in betting that Obama wouldn't take the challenge for a substantive debate, and that voters will know the difference. A few days later, it's clear that Romney won the first bet, and is at least ahead on the second. . . .
Clearly, the incumbents have no desire to engage Romney and Ryan in a serious debate. Romney's big all-in raise with Ryan has now made that crystal clear. Thanks to the leadership vacuum produced by the current President and Vice President on any kind of substantive economic debate, the Republican challengers are now doing what once seemed unthinkable – launching an offensive on Medicare, one that has Team Obama already stumbling for a defense.
Read the entire article here.


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Im not completely getting line integrals. Can you please help me with these questions.
I get 3 for (a) and (b) is that right?
Not sure how to do this one
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I get and . Not sure what to do next or if that is right.
For green's theorem it would be ? But im not sure about the limits. As for doing it directly, not sure about that either.
Please help. I really need to know this for my final exam


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A University of Georgia student was hospitalized early Wednesday after a pickup truck hit his bicycle from behind on Milledge Avenue near Springdale Street, Athens-Clarke police said.
The 20-year-old student was taken to Athens Regional Medical Center, and the pickup's driver — Thomas Watts, 21, also a UGA student — was charged with DUI and serious injury by vehicle, police said.
The collision was reported at 2:45 a.m., police said.


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Clients must always refer to the database by using the network resource, not the physical hostname. The network resource is an IP address that can move between physical nodes during failover. The physical hostname is a machine name.
For example, in the tnsnames.ora file, you must specify the network resource as the host on which the database instance is running. The network resource is a logical hostname or a shared address. See How to Set Up Oracle Database Permissions.
Oracle client-server connections cannot survive a Sun Cluster HA for Oracle switchover. The client application must be prepared to handle disconnection and reconnection or recovery as appropriate. A transaction monitor might simplify the application. Further, Sun Cluster HA for Oracle node recovery time is application dependent.


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Lemon Meringue Pie Jell-O Shots
Pucker up for these tart and tiny shots.
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Level: Easy
Yield: 24
- 1 c. water
- 3.4 oz. package lemon Jell-o
- 1/3 c. whipped cream-flavored vodka (like Pinnacle)
- 1 c. frozen whipped topping (like Cool Whip)
- 2 sleeves graham crackers (1/2 box)
- 1 stick butter, melted
- 1 can whipped cream
- Zest of 1 lemon
- Pour water into a medium-sized saucepan and bring to a boil over high heat. Once boiling, remove from heat and whisk in Jell-o mix, stirring until thoroughly dissolved, about 2 minutes.
- Add vodka and frozen whipped topping, whisking until combined. Set aside to cool for 5 to 7 minutes.
- Place graham crackers in a gallon-sized resealable bag and use a spoon or can to crush until you have fine crumbs. (Alternatively, place crackers in a food processor and pulse until they're practically dust.) Pour into a large mixing bowl, along with butter, and stir to combine.
- Fill a mini muffin tin with cupcake liners, then press about 1/2 teaspoon of the graham cracker mixture into the bottom of each liner, forming a crust. (Really press it down, so the crumbs aren't loose; otherwise when you pour in the Jell-o, the two will mix together, creating a sludgy shot.)
- Once Jell-o mixture has cooled, pour into mini pie crusts, filling each one almost to the top. Refrigerate until firm, about 3 hours.
- Top with a dollop of whipped cream and a pinch of lemon zest, then serve.
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Standard Saturday night on the Northern line. A boozy bloke sat opposite me strikes up a conversation: "Do they ever have sniffer dogs at Chalk Farm station?". He has a gnarley set of teeth, scraggy long hair tucked into his cap and a poorly concealed tinny on the go.
I tell him I've never seen dogs there and change the subject to Roots Manuva, who I'm on my way to see at the Roundhouse. "Yeah mate, I'm heading there too, s'posed to be on stage with them in fifteen", he slurs. "Sure you are" I think to myself. We get to the stop and part ways. It's snowing and I drop into the Enterprise for a cheeky pint and a jager for some pre-gig cockle warming.
Once in the upmarket surroundings of the Roundhouse I start to question its suitability for hosting the UK's most revered grimey hip hop act. However when Rodney Smith bursts onto stage sporting a bowler hat, bow tie, cape and cane, I realise this is a different breed of hip hop artist. He is accompanied by a full band of synths, drums, bass, DJ and backup MCs, including… a man with scraggy long hair tucked into a cap. Trampy man is in fact Big Daddy Kope, one of Rodney's latest collaborators.
Roots' latest album '4everevolution' is an absolute banger, bursting with genre defying tunes that are so phat they would give Rik Waller a very slow run for his money. The show kicks off with some of the album's highlights, gradually warming up the frostbitten crowd, before slipping into a mix of all the old winners. And by the time we get to the inevitable inclusion of Witness, the audience is in full party mode and the venue is transformed.
Thoroughly boozed up and danced out, the contents of the Roundhouse spills out into a snowy Camden Town for the obligatory snowball fight.
Roots Manuva are a surprisingly excellent live act with some very tight musical performances from the band. I highly recommend catching them at one of their shows, or at the very least go and buy their latest record immediately. You won't regret it.


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Innocent people are dying in Iraq. So far a maximum of 54,134 Iraqi civilians have died because of military intervention, but we aren't sure of the exact amount. About 2,879 U.S. troops have died in the war, and 21,778 have been left wounded.
If this keeps up, more and more people will die, and more families will lose loved ones. Too many people are dead because of this war. If you want to lose more family members, keep the troops in Iraq.
The war is costing us billions. So far the war has cost almost 346 billion dollars, and the cost is increasing rapidly.
At this point the U.S. is spending at least 3.9 billion dollars a month to finance the war. It's hard to believe that we are spending that much money on weapons, food, and fuel. There are a lot of homeless people in our country, and we are spending all our money to finance a war against no one.
Almost all of the terrorists are dead. The main reason why we went over to Iraq in the first place was to catch the Al-Qaeda terrorists that attacked the World Trade Center and The Pentagon.
We caught most of them, but there are still more of them out there.
The other reason why we went there was because it was believed that Saddam Hussein had nuclear weapons and nuclear facilities in Iraq. Well he didn't, and Saddam has been sentenced to be hanged. We have no other reason to be in Iraq.
The U.S. troops should leave Iraq for good. We are killing people just because they are mad that we are there. They should be; we don't belong there. We have people without homes all over the nation because we are spending all our money financing a war.
Saddam Hussein is dead, and it's not our job to help Iraq build a stable government. It's not our job to deal with all the world's issues. We all remember 9/11. We got our revenge.


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I Love "Desperate Housewives"
Personal Stories, Advice, and Support 170 People
I recently saw the episode with John Barrowman,certainly channelling his Captain Jack persona in that episode. I loved it.
LonerGirl24 26-30, F 1 Response 1 Jul 8, 2015
Gale Harold Will Be Back to Desperate Housewives!!Gale Harold will be returning to Desperate Housewives in May. Harold(Queer As Folk)'s Jackson Braddock will resurface in the May 3 episode, and sources are describing his stay on Wisteria Lane as lasting through the end of the season. The housepainter and love interest to...
losttvseries 41-45, M 0 Apr 3, 2009
True Addict.I do not miss an episode of DH... i am absolutely crazy about the bunch of crazy woman.. lol..
Ella06 18-21, F 0 Apr 18, 2008
No sorry I can't hangout... I'm binge watching Desperate Housewives today..CURRENTLY CRYING MY EYES OUT BECAUSE OF DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES...It's unhealthy how much I watch desperate housewives....
Missmini5 18-21, F 1 Response 3 Dec 20, 2014
I Just Cannot Get EnoughI am 17 and go to a high school where nobody understands why i like desperate housewives, but i cant get enough of the girls of wisteria lane.
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I've Never Watched But..I wish I could find one.. Actually I've been eyeing the lady next door. Her husband is ALWAYS gone and she's left home with the kids and she seems genuinely really sweet.
A Real Fani can not beleive there are not more people on this site. This is a fantastic show with really intriguing people. I have been watching the show since it started and have never missed an episode. I know Eddi is going to die and be gone but that is...
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Such A Moving And Witty Show...It is just amazing. I love the way it is witty but can also switch to being serious and moving. It makes me laugh out loud one moment and cry the next. I love the characters especially Susan and Gaby and the storylines are always fantastic. It's my favourite show, can't get...
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I was watching the Season 8 Ep.22. I was moved and touched when Tom said to Lynette, "Before I left, our problems was so big and we were so close up against them, and it covered the feelings of how much I love you. I see that now, and I need to say these things while I still can. I am saying that I know you...
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But Hush!I love Desperate Housewives...but husshh its a bit of a secret!
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Great Show!!!I don't remember how it came to be that I started to watch the show but once I did I just loved it. The characters are great, the stories are fun, and you love the characters. Was very sad when it ended. By far my favorite character is Bree! I love her character it was just...
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Guilty PleasureI have watched every single episode. I love this show so much! I was so shocked to learn just this saturday the the 7th season had already started, 3 WEEKS AGO! I have some catching up to do. I miss Katherine Mayfair!
lonelyguy19 18-21 2 Responses 0 Oct 11, 2010
I DoMy mom got me hooked on this show. We watch it together when we can. It's one of our things. And may I say a big "yum" to the following? Indeed. However, Bree is my favorite by far. Though Edie is right up there. Pretty much everyone on this show is great. Except...
kleisse 22-25, F 2 Responses 1 Aug 10, 2009
GO Edie!!!Edie is not a **** so stop saying she is! I love this show to death! I love Edie! She is the funnest and the funniest out of all the housewives. Gaby is the closet to Edie, though. I don't think Edie is a **** at all! She is HILARIOUS! And she's pretty! I mean, Nicollette is...
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Favourite CharacterMine has always been Susan - she actually reminds me a lot of myself in some ways! I didn't used to be a big fan of Edie but she's grown on me during season 3. And please, no telling any gossip about season 4 'cause it's not been on TV in the UK yet!
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I just finished watching all 8 seasons.I think they could've done the last episode a little better. I wish there were more coming! Oh how I miss the women of Wisteria Lane...
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Federal law regulates American Indian casinos
Federal law regulates American Indian casinos: How much money stays on the reservation varies
Published 4:00 am, Thursday, September 3, 2009
A number of readers and fellow gamblers have asked me recently about how much of the money we wager at Indian casinos actually stays on the reservation.
The answer: It depends.
Background in this area requires a bit of case law. In 1987, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled (in the case California vs. Cabazon band of Mission Indians) that states had no authority to prosecute gaming conducted on Indian land. It was a huge victory for the tribes.
As tribes began reaping huge profits, state governments (including ours) reacted to this decision with alarm, and the U.S. Congress began consideration of federal legislation to regulate the Indian gaming industry. That law, the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, was enacted in 1988 after tribes and states reached a compromise that gave states unprecedented regulatory participation through the negotiation of agreements called "compacts."
Since the passage of the law, California has ratified 67 compacts. These compacts dictate everything from the number of slot machines a tribe can have to the percentage of revenue it must share with the state (the rest would be the amount of each wager that stays on the reservation).
In some cases, environmental impact issues and other stipulations are incorporated into a compact, as well.
The Indian Gaming Regulatory Act also created three classes of tribal gaming:
Class I: Comprises "social games" on reservations played solely for prizes of minimal value. This includes traditional forms of Indian gaming as part of tribal ceremonies or celebrations.
Class II: Includes bingo and related games, including pull tabs, lotto, punch boards, tip jars, instant bingo, electronic bingo and some card games (excluding house-banked card games).
Class III: Consists of all forms of gaming that are not Class I or Class II, including slot machines and house-banked table games, such as blackjack, roulette and three-card poker.
It's next to impossible to find Class I gaming at public facilities, and only Class III games require tribal-state compacts. That leaves Class II. These devices enable tribes to keep more of every dollar (because technically tribes self-regulate with Class II and they are not required to share a certain amount with anyone).
This is the kind of gaming found at San Pablo Lytton Casino in San Pablo, which boasts 1,100 machines that look like slot machines but actually are electronic bingo devices.
Gaming at most other Indian casinos is considered Class III, largely because the owning tribes first were required to iron out compacts with the state. Since a boatload of compacts in 1999, a handful of groups have amended the agreements to allow them to operate a greater number of Class III slots.
Most of the casinos in this scenario are in the southern part of the state, though Thunder Valley Casino in Lincoln and Coyote Valley Casino in Ukiah have renegotiated deals in recent years.
While there's no question that not all of this money will stay on the reservation, more slots, of course, mean more chances to win.
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Here's one of Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Jonathan Tasini's latest Web ads. There are five in all, including one on the Iraq War that was first posted after another anti-war candidate, Ned Lamont, defeated U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman in the Connecticut Democratic primary.
The other ads address healthcare, labor and discrimination. But after the war video, this one, on Israel, is the most eyebrow raising.
In recent weeks, Tasini, who lived in Israel for seven years, said he witnessed fighting there first-hand years, and lost relatives in the violence, has really stepped out on a limb on this issue.
He has said the staunch support of Israel by his opponent, U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-NY, is due to political expediency, for example, and also said he holds her responsible in part for the deaths of 37 children killed in a strike by Israel on the Lebanese town of Qana.
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These ads are in striking contrast to the TV ad Clinton released yesterday – her first of this campaign – which is slickly produced and features a lot of people praising her, but no details when it comes to her positions on controversial policies like the war.
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After its 45-35 victory over top-ranked Oklahoma on Saturday, No. 5 Texas was braced for another showdown of unbeatens next week with No. 3 Missouri. Unfortunately, Mizzou sapped some juice out of that matchup Saturday night by losing to No. 17 Oklahoma State, 28-23.
Still, ABC has decided to make Texas-Missouri its prime-time game next Saturday (8 p.m.).
Other key matchups include Ohio State at Michigan State (3:30 p.m. on ABC or ESPN2), Mississippi at Alabama (3:30 p.m., CBS), Michigan at Penn State (4:30 p.m., ESPN) and LSU at South Carolina (8 p.m., ESPN).
We'll have the complete Week 8 college schedule when it's complete, probably Monday.
Final thought: The top three teams when the polls come out later today likely will be Alabama, Texas and Penn State, in some order. Not much different from what you would have seen in the 1960s, '70s or '80s.


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Sooo, how many of you are avid gameplayers? Maybe we should sort something out, like a channel9 gaming night.
I personally play most games on steam(cs,dod,etc) And I also have a new character on World Of Warcraft.
Anybody else?
I enjoy building/designing gameworlds and managing forums/communities attached to them.
Not the games, so much.
I'm quite the WoW player myself. I have a 60 Tauren Shaman on Tichondrius but I've left that server to join some friends on Blackhand. I'm re-leveling a shaman there (Mogoran) and a mage as well (Kanejin).
As we all know, Horde is way better than Alliance.
As far as other games go, I don't play much on PC or XBox nowadays. I'll probably pick up Dungeon Siege II when it hits the company store (I didn't like the first one that much but I have a strange optimism about the sequel). I'm eagerly awaiting the X-men Legends sequel as well as Fable: Lost Chapters for X-Box.
I'm a demo fiend. I'm too cheap to buy a bunch of games... not only that but I'd really prefer not to spend too much time gaming my life away. Right now I'm playing the Battlefield 2 demo. Nice graphics, and pretty decent gameplay considering the variety of vehicles and weapons. Oh and playing on a really big map is cool.
I play on Kargath (normal realm) in WoW. My main is "Pikatung," a level 45 priest, and my alt is "Raitung," a level 14 rogue. I am thinking about starting on a pvp server though, any recommendations?
Ohh I wish I had WoW, but I will be getting soon I think. I'm playing CSS and BF2 atm. BF2 is great, but really buggy and laggy. That depends what servers you go in.
Right now I'm still running on my 2 year old GeForce 4 Ti4800SE.... due for an upgrade to a sexeh 6600GT in a few weeks time. But until then, my choice in games hasn't exactly been "cutting edge"
Right now I'm playing:
Quake 2
Descent ][
Half-Life 2: Deathmatch
And occasional bouts of ZDoom.
I don't game much. I think the last new game I've played was Need For Speed Underground 2, and right now I'm anxiously awaiting the release of Myst 5.
I recently discovered Pocket Sarien, which is an AGI emulator for the PocketPC, allowing me to run old Sierra games such as Space Quest 1 and 2, Police Quest 1, King's Quest 1 through 4, Leisure Suit Larry etc. on my PocketPC. That, is just incredibly cool.
GTA:SA + Hot Coffee
Stronghold 2
Finished Dungeon Lords
Waiting for anything RPG Coop Multiplayer to come out.
i have played was Chinese Army Chess.
Unreal Tournament 2004 0wnz you all (especially Source).
Edit: Do some of you remember the name of a tank game? By now it's probably more than 12-15 years old. The view was top-down and you had to drive to the enemy base and shoot everything. I always played it in 2 player mode against a friend (on 1 computer).
I personally currently prefer (besides bonk's adventure of course) Battlefield 2. Its really fun to play and I like the stronger focus on team play. Too bad that this games needs an ÜberPC to run smooth.
Starcraft! It just never gets old! I just wish Battle.net weren't so damm laggy these days... Plus the Korean games always have sucky maps.
Michael Griffiths wrote:I enjoy building/designing gameworlds and managing forums/communities attached to them.
Not the games, so much.
Cool so what are you building at the moment, currently i'm waist deep in the source sdk for a project.
Sampy, yes you are correct Horde do rule. <- LVL 12 Tauren Shammy on Burning Leigion.
So if we wanted to organise some kind of channel9 gaming night it would have to be either CS: S, BF2 or UT2K4
I don't play that much games, but when I do play games, it's usually small, addictive games that you often don't even have to install. I like the games PopCap Games produces < http://www.popcap.com >.
I really don't play much either. Occasionally I will play Empires or CS if some of my friends are online.
I prefer the small addictive games nowadays as well like Katamari. I am actually looking forward to the Revolution so I can download the early Nintendo games since they did not take a week to get started with everything.
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Let Go: Sop, Goldson, Ted Ginn
FA: Richard Seymour, Cary Williams
1 - Jonathan Hankins NT - He's quick, he's powerful, he's big. Collapses pockets, brilliant against the run which we struggled on last season, also can require double teams which free's up the rest of the line. Huge upgrade on Sop
2a - Zachary Ertz TE - Redzone, Redzone Redzone. With Ertz we'd have the biggest mismatch of Tight Ends in football. Nobody would be able to deal with us on offense, Davis, Ertz and Walker. I'd keep Walker because he's useful as he's a utility man can play as receiver, fullback, tight end etc. If the salary cap is maxed then by all means he'd have to be cut him but these three could be our goldmine
2b - Da'Rick Rodgers WR - Tall wide receiver, who will do well with YAC. Tough to bring down and has a huge upside. Would be a 1st rounder if not for off field problems but we're willing to take a gamble as we have already got a TE and we're aiming for a 2nd receiver later on.
3a - Baccari Rambo FS (predicting that Phillip Thomas has already gone)
Ok, yes I would prefer Thomas and I would prefer if Goldson stayed but s**t happens. Rambo is a solid enough FS with huge upside, as long as our D-Line and pass rush steps up the secondary should perform much better.
3b Trade for 3rd next year and 4th this year
Don't need this one, lets get an extra pick next year, add a 7th rounder and see if we can manage a 2 to a short term thinking team.
4a - William Gholston DE
I think at this point he'll be best player available. He doesn't need to be an immediate starter but can come in on certain plays and Tomsula could probably make this guy an absolute beast in the NFL.
4b - Ace Saunders WR
Saunders is a a very fast small deep threat who'll gain plenty of space in the backfield. His acceleration is phenomenal. This is kind of a nice little present for Kap.
Also plays as a punt returner so we've replaced Ginn as well.
4c - Marcus Lattimore - RB
If he recovers well enough from his injury then he's Gores replacement for the next 6/7 years. Upside is tremendous as is with most before him. He'll be on IR for a year so he can get a lot of work done in the classroom.
5 - Cornelius Washington - DE
Very good choice for depth on D-Line. He's got 34" arms and is very good at extending blockers. Long term project ideally and if Gholston doesn't make it we have drafted a backup that could.
5b - Dustin Hopkins - K
Akers was atrocious, this is best kicker on the board.
6a - Nickel Robey - CB
Physical corner that adds to depth to much needed secondary. However he short at 5'7 he makes up for it in hard hits. Can help out on Special teams and get that back to where it should be.
6b - Earl Wolffe - SS
Solid safety, another who hits very hard and is a physical specimen. Again more depth to the secondary and special teams player.
7a - Rashard Hall - FS
Good tackler but again add to special teams and get that improved as best we can.
7b - Traded as part of 3a
7c - Travis Long OLB
Could end up on PS otherwise I'm happy trading this pick as well for next year
I mean just think about our Offense setup and trying to defend against it. Crabtree, Davis, Ertz and Rogers with Gore and Kap in the running game. Then just put Sanders in for the extra deep threat if and when needed. It's freakin scary.
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From Erik Boland:Add catcher to the list of offseason needs for the Yankees. In a move that came as a surprise to many, a club source said Russell Martin agreed to a two-year deal with the Pirates early Thursday night. The deal is reportedly worth $17 million. While there were reports the Yankees had made their own two-year offer, the source said the club never made an offer of any kind. ... Currently, the Yankees have Francisco Cervelli, who spent the majority of last season at Triple-A, light-hitting Chris Stewart and Austin Romine as their options. Romine, once one of the organization's blue-ribbon prospects, missed most of 2012 with a back injury. His defense is considered major league-caliber, but his bat is suspect The free-agent market is thin, led by Mike Napoli and A.J. Pierzynski. But both are likely to command dollars similar to what Martin did, dollars the Yankees have made clear to this point -- at least at catcher -- they're not willing to commit.I can't say I'm surprised the Yankees let him walk with that kind of money being offered. Honestly, he's just not worth it. That being said, the catching market is pretty non-existent so it's going to be interesting to see who they can replace him with.
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The recovery is real, even if it's not spectacular, and Gross Domestic Income explains why.
Even if we keep adding jobs at the pace we have for the past three months, it will still be years until we get back to pre-recession levels of employment. The danger that the long-term unemployed will eventually become unemployable makes this reality all the more pressing. Policymakers at the Fed and Congress should still be trying to push harder for monetary and fiscal stimulus. The recovery is real, but it's not so spectacular that we should stop trying to make it better.


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The Scottish Bible Society is pleased to announce the launch of Matthew's Gospel in the New Living Translation (British text edition).
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A rule providing that a fair fly ball hit with a force play at third base, which is deemed catchable by an umpire, be ruled an out irrespective of the fielder's play, eliminating the force play at all bases.
Infield fly rule
The infield fly rule is a rule in baseball intended to prevent infielders from intentionally dropping pop-ups in order to turn double plays. Without this rule, a defense could easily turn a pop fly into a double or triple play when there are fewer than two outs with runners at first and second base or when the bases are loaded. If the runners stay near their bases to tag up, the defense could let the ball drop, throw to third base and then to second, for a force-out at each base. If any of the runners stray too far from their bases, the defense could catch the pop-up and double-off any runner that failed to tag up. When the rule is invoked, the batter is out regardless of whether the ball is caught, thus negating the possibility for multiple outs.
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Italian Cardinal Carlo Maria Martini has described the Roman Catholic Church as being "200 years behind" the times. The cardinal died on Friday, aged 85.
Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera has published his last interview, recorded in August, in which he said: "The Church is tired… our prayer rooms are empty."
Thousands of people have been filing past his coffin at Milan's cathedral, where he was archbishop for more than 20 years. The cardinal, who had retired from the post in 2002, suffering from Parkinson's Disease, is to be buried on Monday.
Cardinal Martini gave his last interview to a fellow Jesuit priest, Georg Sporschill, and to a journalist at the beginning of August when he knew his death was approaching. Catholics lacked confidence in the Church, he said in the interview. "Our culture has grown old, our churches are big and empty and the church bureaucracy rises up, our religious rites and the vestments we wear are pompous."
Unless the Church adopted a more generous attitude towards divorced persons, it will lose the allegiance of future generations, the cardinal added. The question, he said, is not whether divorced couples can receive holy communion, but how the Church can help complex family situations. And the advice he leaves behind to conquer the tiredness of the Church was a "radical transformation, beginning with the Pope and his bishops".
"The child sex scandals oblige us to undertake a journey of transformation," Cardinal Martini says, referring to the child sex abuse that has rocked the Catholic Church in the past few years. He was not afraid, our correspondent adds, to speak his mind on matters that the Vatican sometimes considered taboo, including the use of condoms to fight AIDS and the role of women in the Church.
Do you agree with Cardinal Carlo Martini's opinion about the Roman Catholic church being outdated already? Tell us if you disagree with his views!
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Over a Million British Diabetics Not Getting Tests that Could Save Lives
More than a million diabetics in the UK could be missing standard health checks that could save them from blindness, heart disease, amputation, or even death, according to the BBC. The shocking deficiency may be due to organizational problems, costs or simply the rising number of people with the disease.
Diabetes occurs in two common forms, type 1 and type 2. In type 1, a child or young person suffers a lack of the hormone insulin, which helps the body absorb sugar from the diet, because their pancreas has been damaged by an autoimmune attack. This type accounts for around 10% of cases. In type 2, far the commoner form, the patient's body has become unable to respond to the hormone and has developed insulin resistance. This generally happens in older people who may have a poor lifestyle in terms of weight gain, lower exercise levels, and poor diet filled with fats and sugars. In the west, including theUS, type 2 diabetes has been on the increase over recent decades as our dependence on processed foods grows and obesity becomes commoner. Type 2 diabetes has also become commoner in children and young people, who are increasingly likely to be overweight or obese, which may prove confusing for doctors diagnosing them.
In the UK, obesity trends have closely followed those in the US, with overweight or obesity now an issue for 26% of adults, both men and women. Three in ten British children are now overweight or obese. The repercussions of this, as in theUS, have been a big rise in the number of cases of type 2 diabetes, with cases more than doubling in the last 15 years. There are more than 2.9 million diabetics in theUK, and this number is set to rise to four million by 2025. The burden on the government funded National Health Service has been huge. Unlike theUS, where individuals have insurance to cover their health care, people in theUKreceive free medical care unless they elect to pay for private care. Only prescribed drugs are paid for out of the patient's own pocket, and not even then if the patient is under 16, over 60, pregnant or out of work.
Standard care for diabetics involves nine annual tests for side effects such as eyesight damage, blood pressure, nerve damage, and kidney function. The nine tests are designed to pick up signs of these complications before serious damage ensues.
The BBC report found that in some areas less than 10% of diabetics are being offered the full range of tests – some of which could save their lives or prevent an amputation. The National Diabetes Audit forEnglandtold the BBC that overall almost a million patients – 967,000 – were not given all nine tests by health trusts. In addition, if this figure holds good forScotland, Wales, andNorthern Irelandas well, the number who did not receive the nine tests could be nearer 1.3 million.
While the need to keep costs down may be behind some of the failure, the side effects that could arise from patients not getting their tests could end up costing the NHS even more.


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This is Part II of my coverage of the Louisiana Film Prize 2016. This episode is focused on craftsmanship. We hear from some effects artists, a director of photography, a costumer, a production sound mixer, and more filmmakers. Plus we hear from the actors who won best actor and best actress for LA Film Prize 2016.
Now in its fifth year, the LA Film Prize is a short-film festival in Shreveport, Louisiana that awards $50,000 to the festival's top film as determined by audience votes and a panelist of judges. Taken as a whole the films this year represent a drastic leap forward in technical achievement and ambition, compared to the short films that the festival has screened in past years.
Chalk drawing by Matthew Yerby
The cast and crew involved in making this year's slate of shorts have also worked on projects like Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Deepwater Horizon, The Magnificent Seven (2016), The Avengers, I Saw the Light, Godzilla, The Avengers, Harry Potter, Salem, The Wire, Pride & Prejuidice, and All the King's Men (2006).
Me with Susan Davis, the costume designer of The Verses
Interviews in Part II:
- Iddo Goldberg, director/writer/producer, Joe Doyle, actor, & Garrett Kruithof, actor – St. Jude's Crossing
- Calvin O'Neal Jr., director/writer/actor/editor/producer – Cookie Jar
- James Going, visual effects supervisor/musician – The Importance of Sex Education
- Jeremy Spring, director of photography – The Fallen
- Nathaniel Caauwe, visual effects artist – Memoir, Native
- Kent Ohler, production sound mixer – Native
- Frances Watson, actor – The Importance of Sex Education
- Susan Davis, costume designer – The Verses
- Tanesha Morris, director/writer – Ruthless: A Hip Hopera
- Travis Bible, director/writer/producer & Kemerton Hargrove, actor/producer – The 30 Year Deal
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- Music – Soulwax
- Film – La La Land, Tracks, Room
This includes a few breakdowns of some shots in Memoir.
In case you missed it, below are the interviews in Part I.
Part I
It starts with last year's winner and includes some of the people who have worked with him or who have worked on a number of other festival shorts.
Below is a list of people involved in this episode:
- Alexander Jeffery, director/producer – Memoir
- J.C. Doler, director/writer/producer & Taylor Bracewell, director of photography/writer/producer – Hangman
- Tamzin Merchant, director/writer/producer & Cam Owen, actor/writer/producer – American Pride
- Joel Froome, director of photography – Memoir, American Pride, The Verses
- Jency Griffin Hogan, director/actor/producer – The Verses
- Christine Chen, director/writer/producer & Diana Rose, actor – Ya Albi
- James Crawford, producer & Tyler Corie, producer – Native
You can listen to Part I by clicking here.
Part III
This episode features some of the more thought-provoking interviews or ones that really resonate with me for one reason or another. It also includes an interview with the winner of LA Film Prize 2016.
A couple of people in that episode say nice things about podcasting, so the subtitle for that episode is, "Hooray for Podcasting!"
Interviews in Part III:
- McGhee Monteith, director/writer/actor – He Could've Gone Pro
- Travis Champagne – director/writer – Native
- Tommy G. Kendrick, actor/writer/producer & Keith Rushing, actor/writer/producer – Somewhere Between Heaven And Hell
- Frank Spiro, director/writer/producer – Apocalypse Later
- Paul Peterson, writer/actor/producer – Memoir
- Robert Casiello, actor/writer – The Verses
- Austin Alward, director – Memorial Drive
- Corey Landis, actor – The Man from Mars
- Kyle Kleinecke, director/writer – The Root Cellar
- Eva Contis, director/writer/editor – The Stand
- Sabrina Adsit – producer of Louisiana Film Prize
- Jonnie Stepleton, director/writer/producer – The Man from Mars
Part III also includes my concluding thoughts about the interviews and my experiences at LA Film Prize.
You can listen to Part III by clicking here.
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Hip Hop producer Bangladesh and his differences with the Young Money Cash Money crew have been documented in recent weeks, but with all that put behind them, the producer is looking forward to working with Birdman again. He's looking to release a few new tracks himself in conjunction with a host of other artists. In a recent interview, he spoke on the upcoming projects he has setup with various other artists.
"I worked with Far East Movement, Kesha, I try to do more pop extreme type things. I worked with 2 Chainz, thats like my family. I also worked with Jeremih, E-40 and Kelly Rowland. Actually i'm working on my album. It's a production based album, I got a lot of features on it. I'm actually putting out a song on Tuesday called 'The Opera' with myself, Baby (Birdman) and 2 Chainz."
He also touched on how he came to work with Brandy.
"It's crazy because I was out in Cali in a Ke$ha session with Dr. Luke, and her mother called my partner and told him that I was Brandy's favorite producer and she wanted me to produce her album. I was shocked because I didn't know she knew about me. She came to the studio that same day and she was so humble, that she just sat on the floor and listened to my music and was going crazy over the beats. She didn't have a deal at the time, but a year later she got a deal and we started working. It's real dope when you can work with someone who seeks you out and really wants to work with you."
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Sold Date: Jul 25, 2017
Beds: 3
Baths: 2
Sq. Ft.: 936
Type: Single Family Home
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MLS Area: 251 - Central Merritt Island
Latitude: 28.386116
Longitude: -80.707696
Subdivision: MERRITT ISLAND VILLAGE
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Floors: Tile
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Women of the Covenant
Women of the Covenant
Kimberly Sowell and Edna Ellison
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God Himself made a covenant with His people and throughout the ages He has remained perfectly faithful to His covenant promises. Just as the women of the Bible experienced His faithfulness, so can believers today.
The matriarchs of the faith left a legacy of timeless truth for the women who would follow. God led such incredible women as Deborah, Rebekah, Miriam and Hannah through life experiences that now offer great wisdom for the Christian life. Women of the Covenant explores the stories of eight women from Scripture.
The authors also include contemporary faith stories from their experiences. These unique testimonies show meaningful application of the scriptural truth explored in each lesson. This eight-lesson study includes questions for individual preparation and group discussion.
God's inspired Word includes stories of real people—with both failures and victories—that point to the redeeming work of God, experienced today through Jesus Christ. Women of the Covenant is a spiritual journey for women who carry on the legacy of faith.
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Category: Bible Study, Topical
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Size: 6 X 9 Inches
Page Count: 144
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About the Authors
Kimberly Sowell is the founder and president of Kingdom Heart Ministries, a ministry dedicated to inspiring women to make their relationship with Jesus Christ the center of who they are and how they live each moment, growing in Christ and sharing their faith with the world. Kimberly's ministry includes speaking at women's events, writing devotions and Bible studies for women, leading renewal weekends, and equipping women in missions and evangelism. She also serves as the director of missions mobilization and women's ministry at Second Baptist Church in Lancaster, South Carolina. Kimberly holds a bachelor of arts degree from Clemson University and a master of divinity degree from Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. Kimberly has authored and edited numerous magazine articles and newsletters for various evangelical groups, and has been featured on various radio and television programs. She and her husband, Kevin, along with their children, make their home in Lancaster, South Carolina.
Award-winning author of 23 books and more than 400 magazine articles, Edna Ellison is a well-known keynote speaker who loves leading prayer retreats and writers conferences across the United States and overseas. Known as the Christian mentoring guru, she often collaborates with five speakers and writers she has mentored. Formerly a national women's magazine editor (Royal Service), Edna is an honor graduate of Presbyterian College with an MA from Converse College, an Ed Sp from the University of South Carolina, and a PhD from the University of Alabama. Having taught at three Baptist seminaries and two American universities, she now writes Bible study books from her Spartanburg, South Carolina, home. A leader in AWSA (Advanced Writers and Speakers Association) and a certified CLASS speaker, her life has been featured by Focus on the Family, where she has also been published.


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Sophomore Ecology major at Northeastern Illinois University
REU Mentor: Dr. Thorsten Lumbsch (Curator and Associate Director of the Integrative Research Center, S&E)
Symposium Presentation Title: What's in a name? That's what we call a species - addressing species delimitation in script lichens
Symposium Presentation Abstract: Script lichens(Graphis scripta) consists of a morphologically diverse group of lichenized fungi, that was until recently considered to represent a single species. Due to an absence of secondary chemistry and lack of taxonomically useful characteristics, species delimitation within this complex has been difficult and thus far has been based entirely on overall appearance of the apothecium. In this study we used molecular sequence data along with measured characters of the apothecia(length, width and thallus margin), to reconstruct a phylogeny in order to identify distinct lineages. We generated sequences for four genetic markers in 65 North American and European specimens which were added to previously collected data from 54 additional samples. We then performed a phylogenetic analysis using the method of maximum likelihood. Eight distinct lineages were then distinguished using the general mixed Yule coalescent model (GMYC). These genetically distinct lineages however did not correspond to morphological species recently described within the complex. It was also not possible to describe these clades based on differences in measured characteristics. Future studies will require the identification of additional taxonomically useful characters before species within this complex can be formally recognized.
Original Project Title: What's in a name? That's what we call a species – addressing species delimitation in lichenized fungi
Original Project Description: One of the most successful group of fungi forms stable symbiotic associations with algae and/or cyanobacteria, so-called lichens. These fungi are called lichenized fungi and the traditional delimitation of species within this group of organisms was based mainly on morphology and secondary chemistry. Species were believed to have very wide distributions, often including different continents. However, DNA sequence data suggest that these concepts vastly underestimated the true diversity of lichenized fungi. Recent studies suggest that many distinct lineages are hidden under common species names. In a project focusing on species delimitation in Parmeliaceae and related clades, this study will address species delimitation in lichens in a phylogenetic context. DNA sequence data of different genes will be used to address the delimitation of species. The lichenized fungi selected for this study belong to the genus Oropogon in the family Parmeliaceae (Lecanorales) and will mainly include specimens from East Asia. Previous studies of this genus in the Neotropics revealed cryptic diversity and in this extension, the question will be addressed whether cryptic species can be discovered in East Asia as well.
Research methods and techniques: REU participants in this project will receive training in molecular and organismal research methods. They will learn how important a combination of both methods is for an understanding of the evolution of the diversity of life. The training will include introduction to the literature, handling of herbarium specimens. Chemical examination will include chromatographic methods, such as HPTLC and HPLC. Molecular methods will include DNA isolation, PCR and subsequent direct sequencing of certain gene regions. Subsequently, the analysis of DNA sequence data will be performed.


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Sub Pop's favorite dirty rockers Pissed Jeans are returning to their hometown of Philadelphia on Saturday, August 29th to celebrate the release of their third album, King of Jeans. Bearing such influential alternative acts as Nirvana, Mudhoney, Soundgarden, and The Postal Service, Sub Pop has decided once again to select a band that goes against current trends.
Pissed Jeans challenges the listener to not only overlook the interesting name, but embrace the wall of chaos that disguises the very rootsy rock and punk influences. Just like Iggy Pop and the Stooges before, Pissed Jeans brings the punk mentality to rock and roll riffs and features a lead singer who can never find his shirt.
The West Philly "indie" frat Pi Lam will host 'Jeans along with Air Conditioning, Jail, and M Ax Noi Mach. Not a stranger to hosting larger shows, Pi Lam recently housed Dead Milkmen earlier this year.
Pi Lam, 3914 Spruce St., August 29th 8 pm, www.yarga.net
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